Plus the Comics Explained
March 13, 2002
Two weeks before Blade 2: Bloodhunt opens in theaters on March 22, writer/producer David Goyer told Cinescape Online that Blade 3 was already a 'go.'
Banners, Free Posters Available
March 10, 2002
There's now another way to dress a store for Free Comic Book Day on May 4--
March 1992 in the Pop Culture Products Industry
March 6, 2002
We took a look at the archives of Internal Correspondence , the print predecessor of ICv2...
From the 80s
March 5, 2002
We knew it was coming when we spotted a vintage Strawberry Shortcake t-shirt on the Gen-X coed at our neighborhood coffee store a few weeks back.
Three Months of Growth in Q1 2002
March 4, 2002
Initial March comic orders from US pop culture retailers were up 7% over March 2001, powered by strong performances from Marvel and Dark Horse.
No DKSA or Origin Means No Big Comic Hits this Month
March 3, 2002
The best-selling comic title for March 2002, New X-Men , has initial raw orders to Diamond US of only around 104,000 copies, the lowest quantity for a #1 comic title since April of last year.
Beginning in July
March 3, 2002
Marvel Comics announced today that it will be reducing its retail prices on new trade paperbacks by $2 to $3, depending on page count, beginning in July 2002.
He Doesn't Like It
February 27, 2002
Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics and Games wrote in to say that he doesn't like Marvel's recently announced plan to bump prices on three of its lower-selling titles.
Check Out the Mix
February 26, 2002
January is a transition month in the pop culture products business, with the first week or two typically showing strong post-Christmas sales, followed by slowing traffic as the winter doldrums set in. But there was a lot of activity in pop culture stores this January, with especially strong releases in the comic category.
Spidey and LOTR
February 25, 2002
The good news is that ToyBiz action figures are getting better and better thanks to new high tech imaging equipment and an increasing willingness to hire top sculptors, but the bad news is that the first wave of Spider-Man Movie Action Figures showed up in Wal-Mart (and reportedly, in Toys R Us) a month before other channels.