Based on Sales During March
April 27, 2003
Beginning this month, we're beginning a new phase in our reporting on top comic and graphic novel sales. Diamond Comic Distributors, the largest distributor of comics in the U.S., has changed its sales reporting methodology...
Including Crumb, Frazetta, & Shirow
April 3, 2003
Tide-Mark's list of 2004 calendars includes at least nine entries that will have strong resonance with pop culture retailers who deal in comic books and RPGs.
Jamie Kennedy To Star
March 27, 2003
Jamie Kennedy will be taking the lead role in the second installment in The Mask franchise, which is based on the Dark Horse comic series.
Monty Python, Marvel, Imports
March 1, 2003
Diamond Select's showroom at this year's New York Toy Fair was more crowded than ever. New licenses including Monty Python and the Holy Grail contributed to the growth as did the natural expansion of the Diamond's Marvel line.
Shipping In July
February 19, 2003
McFarlane's Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines toys will be out in July, and they'll include five Terminator 3 figures plus a deluxe boxed set edition.
Figures, Busts, Kubricks
February 18, 2003
Diamond Select is adding a number of 3-D items to the Lupin III product mix including 12' action figures,...
Shadowrun: Duels
February 16, 2003
WizKids has announced a game using action figures as play pieces based on the FASA Shadowrun property, Shadowrun: Duels.
For May and June
February 15, 2003
Green Ronin has announced two new d20 sourcebooks for release in May and June.
Intergalactic Ninja Back in April
January 26, 2003
The comic book that was originally launched in the 1980s as Zen Intergalactic Ninja , and is now known simply as Zen , returns to the world of comics as a monthly color book debuting with issue #0 in April.
Down for Fifth Consecutive Month
January 25, 2003
Initial raw dollar orders on comics and graphic novels from comic stores continued to decline in February vs. the previous year for the fifth consecutive month, but the rate of decline slowed to under 1%.
