Earth One: the retail perspective
Today's big DC news story is WAR OF THE SUPERMEN, the big Superman event for 2010 everyone has been speculating over. James Robinson and...
Non-payment updates: Devil’s Due, Dabels
It's been no secret that even as comics have been enjoying better-than-those-around-them economic results in the Great Recession, a few companies have been late...
Marvel’s Maisel to step down
Marvel Studios Chairman David Maisel plans to step down after the Disney deal goes through, the trades report. President Kevin Feige will remain...
C2E2 to host Diamond Retailer Summit
Diamond will be holding its next retailer summit in the Midwest, as it's announced a team-up with Reed's C2E2, to be held this April...
Exclusive: Dynamite acquires Dabel Brothers titles
The much traveled fantasy adaptation imprint run by the Dabel Brothers has been acquired by Dynamite Entertainment. Les and Ernest Dabel have made...
Italian studio buys Coconino Press
Variety reports that Italian producer Domenico Procacci's Fandango has purchased Igort's Coconino Press.
As you might guess from the name (taken from the setting of...
The Funnies Business
A few links making the rounds related to the health of various sectors of the comics business.
§ In Boston, while book industry sales...
Meanwhile, in sports cards….
While comics and trading cards were once joined at the hip in the Speculatory Era as twin collectibles, the trading card industry has faded...
Do you remember the time? MAYHEM
If we had to guess, we'd imagine that when actor-musician-model Tyrese Gibson wanted to join the infectiously lively world of graphic novels, he...
Silence of the WUMBs
It seems that the Wizard Universe Message Board, home to seditious postings on bad customer service, personnel changes, joyless conventions and other, hoi polloi,...
Newsarama sold to TopTenReviews
Newsarama, the long-running comics news site, has been purchased by TopTenReviews, a content aggregation site out of Ogden. UT, it was announced today. The...
Nick acquires Turtles for $60 million
Another giant IP deal unfolded yesterday, as Viacom/Paramount/Nickelodeon acquired the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for $60 million.
Created in 1984 by...
