Marvel fourth biggest brand
License Global magazine has released its top 50 licensing companies, and toon-based behemoths once again top the list (last year's ranking in parentheses):
1. Disney Consumer...
Buenaventura Press and Diamond make theirs comic books
Via email, an announcement from Buenaventura Press, the publisher of such fine comics as KRAMERS ERGOT and BOYS CLUB:
Despite the 'industry trend' of cancelling...
Platinum $20 million in the red
Hm, whatever happened to Platinum and their 5000 comic book properties? It's been a while since we checked in, but luckily, Van Jensen has...
HUNTRESS soars up the charts…huh??!?
Okay, here's today's mystery achievement, and perhaps SOMEONE somewhere can give us a clue. As of 10 pm last evening, HUNTRESS: YEAR ONE by...
The webcomics approach to printing
The New York Times strikes yet again, this time with a profile of XKCD creator Randall Munroe and his plans to go to print:
The...
That darned New York Times bestseller list!
Now that the New York Times' online-only Graphic Books Chart has been around for a month or so, people are beginning to wonder just...
Dark Horse and Image join Final Order Cut-Off program
As planned for over a year, Dark Horse and Image are joining the ranks of "FOC" publishers at Diamond. Already used by Marvel and...
More Diamond minimum casualties
While it makes big news when acclaimed cartoonists like Sammy Harkham and Kevin Huizenga don't make Diamond's new order benchmarks, rest assured, there's lot's...
Business news briefs
• ECCC news: The initial launch of the BOOM!/Fox Atomic partnership will be an ongoing 28 DAYS LATER comic:
Initial launch story will be...
ShoWest’s growing obsolescence
The annual ShoWest confab is wrapping up in Vegas today. Begun as a trade show for NATO, the National Association of Theatre Owners, the...
Recession Watch: Baker & Taylor fights lowered rating
Well, this can't be good. Baker & Taylor, the self-proclaimed "world's largest distributor of books and entertainment", insists they aren't in trouble, even though...
Recession Watch: Borders announces big loss
Borders, the embattled bookstore chain, announced their numbers on Tuesday, and they showed, not surprisingly, a huge loss.
A series of one-time charges...
