The Topps Company has trading cards for three of the top movie projects for 2002, Spider-Man , Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones , and Lord of the Rings: The Two To wers.

Both the top-selling comic and the top-selling graphic novel ordered by pop culture retailers for April are for properties initially popular in the US in the 1980s.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in April 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.

Estiumated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in April 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.

ICv2's second annual look at the merchandising potential of Hollywood movies comes at what could be described as both the 'worst of times' and the 'best of times' for selling tie-in goods.

Just ten years ago it appeared that Marvel couldn't get a movie made to save its life. How times have changed. This week the second Blade film topped the box office, and everyone expects that Sony/Columbia's Spider-Man movie is going to be one of this summer's biggest hits.

Blade II strolled into 2,707 theaters on Oscar weekend and promptly cut the competition down to size by earning over $33.1 million, the second largest March opening ever.

Dark Horse Comics and laser-mavens Gentle Giant have announced an agreement for Dark Horse to act as the exclusive sales agent for Gentle Giant's consumer products.

There's now another way to dress a store for Free Comic Book Day on May 4--

Serious USA has announced that it has acquired the licenses to produce CD Cardz, rectangular CD-ROMs in trading card size, based on a number of 2002 movie properties.