Streets January 8
December 20, 2002
Marvel has announced the rush solicitation of a new 'Must-Have' reprint book--the new Ultimate War: Marvel Must-Have.
'Insulting'
December 14, 2002
Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw our recent coverage of Marvel's plans for Rawhide Kid and doesn't like what he's seen so far.
Trading Card License
December 13, 2002
Comic Images has acquired the exclusive trading card license for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines , which will star Arnold Schwarzenegger.
DVDs Driving Back to the Warehouse
December 2, 2002
Spider-Man has now reached $815 million in worldwide box office. Meanwhile the Spider-Man video has been selling huge numbers, but not anywhere near the numbers that were shipped to retailers.
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
November 30, 2002
Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in December 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
Yes, We Need More
November 25, 2002
Retailer Timothy Davis of Alternate Realilty in Chicago, stimulated a lot of immediate response with his well thought-out plea for more comics for young children. One retailer that responded commented that there was also a dearth of comics for young girls. Davis responded.
'I Feel So Strongly...'
November 25, 2002
Don Lynch of Gateway Comics in Morgantown, West Virginia saw Timothy Davis' appeal for publishers to produce comics appropriate for young children and sent us this strong message of agreement.
A Busy Week in Tinseltown
November 22, 2002
Lots of projects of interest to pop culture retailers were bandied about in Hollywood this week with some projected as feature films and others as TV series.
Backlist Orders Shipping Now
November 20, 2002
ICv2 has learned that Marvel and Graphitti Designs have settled the dispute that had brought a halt to all shipments of Marvel t-shirts from Graphitti in September.
Not Enough To Replace Shortages
November 6, 2002
Shawn Hamilton of the Great Escape in Nashville, Tennessee responded to Bill Jemas' Open Letter to Retailers and Marvel's quick scheduling of a Must Have for The Truth with this comment on another aspect of Marvel's No Overprint policy (difficulty in replacing shortages), and a happy ending.