Cold Cut becomes Haven
Cold Cut Distribution, the largest comics-centric alternative to Diamond as a distributor, was recently acquired by a Chicago-based webcomics publisher, and the new owners are changing the name. PR:
Rogue Wolf Entertainment announced today a...
Bits o’ DC news: LIARS trailer, Canadian pricing
§ DC has created an animated trailer for the new David Lapham book YOUNG LIARS. No direct embed but its in there.
§ DC has also updated their Canadian pricing policy. With the Canuck...
Who has time to read 3,300 graphic novels?
In a promo for their new ICv2 Guide #52: Graphic Novels ICv2 offers a few stats:
...the number of graphic novels released in the North American market in 2007 was 3,314, a 19% increase...
Think Future GN panel video up
Speaking of PW AND videos, we have a new area for multi-media content, and one of the first is a video of last fall's Think Future panel on "Harnessing the Power of Graphic Novels".
PW’s...
UPDATE: The continuing obsession with sales figures
The Great Bookscan debate continues. Rich Johnston has helpfully leaked the actual chart so everyone can play along at home. ADD, Brian Hibbs and Dick Hyacinth all weigh in with second third or 99th...
Updated: Boom gets $600k
It seems that Boom! Studios has joined the ranks of comics publishers getting a little VC pie: The Los Angeles company, officially known as Boom Entertainment, has just taken a $600,000 investment from...
Bookscan revisited
We've been trying to collect our thoughts on Brian Hibbs 2007 Bookscan analysis all week but what with catching up on 500+ emails, work, laundry, getting engaged and all, we have had a...
RBI for sale
As you may have heard, yesterday Reed Elsevier announced they were selling off RBI, the b2b publishing end of their operation, including Variety, Broadcasting and Cable, and, yes, Publishers Weekly, the home of this...
Marvel’s dark ’09
Remember when Marvel Studios was one of the independent movie studios who signed a separate interim deal with the WGA? It turns out there was quite a bit of urgency behind this, as...
HeavyInk: Learning, sharing, shopping
HeavyInk is a new comics e-tailer that offers social networking functionality with its 20% discount. We'll let you parse the press release:
After a period of public beta, comics retail and social networking site HeavyInk...
Marvel: Profits more than double, Publishing up 6% in Q4
Marvel had its quarterly earnings call today, and the picture was rosy, led by a rise in net income from $11.7 million in Q4 2006 to $27.6 million in Q4 2007. The rise...
Platinum goes public
Some news from late last week: Platinum Studios is now a publicly traded company. Follow along at PDOS.
Platinum Studios, Inc. (OTCBB: PDOS), an entertainment company that controls an international library of more than...
