Topps subsidiary WizKids announced plans for Pirates of the Spanish Main , a new game to be released in early July, at the GAMA Trade Show on Wednesday.

Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell: Innocence debuted last weekend in Japan along with two other anime feature films.

In September Wizards of the Coast will release Betrayal at House on the Hill , the first-ever tile game with a horror theme from the classic Avalon Hill line of board games.

Dynamic Forces has released the full color image of the company's last commissioned piece of Marvel art from Alex Ross.

A Paid Advertisement. In stores in April, the Exalted Players Guide is a new core release for White Wolf's hit game of epic fantasy and high action. And in May, Exalted's new line of mass-market paperbacks novels kicks off with Carl Bowen's Exalted: A Day Dark As Night .

Diamond Select Toys has an exciting line of Marvel-based merchandise for 2004.

Mattel has announced a number of its new toy offerings for 2004, including a Shaman King Deluxe Battling Figure Assortment that allows kids to act out their favorite battle scenes from the Shaman King anime series.

Z-Man Games has announced plans for a Tomorrow Knights RPG , to be released late this year.

George Woodbridge, a cartoonist and illustrator whose works graced the pages of Mad Magazine back in the humor magazine's heyday, died this week at the age of 73.

Advanced Marketing Services, the parent company of Publisher's Group West, has admitted providing clients with inaccurate figures concerning the circulation of its magazines and catalogs during a four-year period from 1999-2003.