From Viz Media
June 18, 2008
Viz Media has designated Konami as the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of the Blue Dragon TCG in North America .
CCG Sellouts Help
June 18, 2008
The general malaise that has afflicted the American economy has had only “limited impact” on the games business.
Locations, Strike, Graphic Novels
June 5, 2008
We had some loose ends from our initial article on Book Expo America, held last weekend in Los Angeles, that it’s time to wrap up.
Three Vampire Knight Volumes in Top 20
June 4, 2008
Although Naruto remains the strongest property on the Bookscan Top 20 Graphic Novels for May, with both of the top two spots, Viz’s Vampire Knight also had three volumes in the top 20.
New Rarity Scheme Unnecessary
June 4, 2008
Dan Barnett of Walt's Cards in Baltimore, Maryland saw retailer Stephen Armstrong’s comments about deep discounting of Dungeons and Dragons product and observes that not only is there still discounting of Magic: The Gathering product, the new rarity scheme is unnecessary.
In Down BEA
June 1, 2008
Floor traffic was light at the recently concluded Book Expo America at the Los Angeles Convention Center , but graphic novels were a bright spot.
Plus 'Solanin' and 'Nora'
May 28, 2008
Viz Media made a number of announcements at Book Expo America .
'Find a Different Distributor'
May 19, 2008
Rembert Parker of Reader Copies in Anderson , Indiana saw retailer Brian Cobos’ comments about Upper Deck and says his store received all of its pre-orders for Yu-Gi-Oh! and suggests it may be a distributor issue.
On a Run
May 18, 2008
Within the last few weeks, sell-outs on new CCG releases from a number of different companies illustrate the always difficult task of managing collectible game supply in ways that keep the market happy.
Looking for Better Availability of CCGs
May 18, 2008
Brian Cobos of Phoenix Games, Mukilteo , Washington saw the news about layoffs at Upper Deck and hopes the changes will lead to better availability of popular CCGs.