ICv2 Guide--

The Top Trade Magazines in Anime, Manga, Graphic Novels, and Games

December 12, 2006
  • The hottest categories in pop culture --        
    • Anime and Manga in one flip-book, published quarterly.
    • Games, covering CCGs, miniature games, board games, and RPGs, published quarterly.
    • Graphic novels, published three times per year.
  • Top circulation --
    • The ICv2 Guide averages over 9,000 copies per issue -- tops in their categories.
    • Distribution -- the ICv2 Guide gets to retailers through seven distributors covering all of the U.S. and Canada in the comic, book, game, anime, and toy categories.
    • Trade shows -- the ICv2 Guide is distributed at over twenty trade shows each year.
    • Multiple channels -- You don't just need your products exposed to one channel, so we give you an audience of independent retailers, chain buyers, distributors, and librarians.
  • The best environment for your ads --
    • The most respected editorial content
    • Magazine size, all color, high quality, glossy paper.

 

ICv2 Guide -- Anime/Manga

A two-cover flip-book covering the two red-hot related fields of Japanese pop culture in the U.S. -- manga (comics) and anime (animated videos).  Four times a year.

 

Circulation:  9,000-11,000 copies

  • To retailers served by the following distributors:
    • AAA Anime
    • Alliance Game Distributors
    • Bookazine
    • Diamond Comic Distributors
    • GTS Distribution
    • Lion Rampant
    • TMZ Distribution
  • By request from ICv2.com
  • Mailed to retailers
    • Mailing to 1200 independent book retailers through Booksense.
    • ICv2 Chain and Distributor Buyer Mailing
  • And distributed to around 15 trade shows and special events.

 

ICv2 Guide -- Games

Giving retailers what they need to know to sell trading card games, miniature games, role-playing games, and board games.  Four times a year.

 

Circulation:  9,000-11,000 copies

  • To retailers served by the following distributors:
    • Alliance Game Distributors
    • Diamond Comic Distributors
    • GTS Distribution
    • Lion Rampant
  • By request from ICv2.com
  • Mailed to retailers
    • Mailing to 1200 independent book retailers through Booksense.
    • ICv2 Chain and Distributor Buyer Mailing
  • And to around 15 shows and special events:

 

ICv2 Guide -- Graphic Novels

The hottest format in the comic business deserves its own guide.  Covering indy books, manga, and mainstream superheroes.  Three 2006 issues.

 

Circulation:  8,000-10,000 copies

  • To retailers served by:
    • Bookazine
    • Diamond Comic Distributors
  • By request from ICv2.com
  • Mailed to retailers
    • Mailing to 1200 independent book retailers through Booksense.
    • ICv2 Chain and Distributor Buyer Mailing
  • And to around 15 shows and special events.

 

2005/6 Show List

Shows in 2005/6 at which the ICv2 Guide was distributed: 

    • Anime Expo
    • New York Comic-Con
    • Gen Con 
    • GAMA Trade Show
    • Ingram Publishers Showcase
    • Waldens Managers Meeting
    • Borders Vendor Expo
    • Baker and Taylor Spring Show
    • BEA
    • ALA
    • PLA
    • Book Expo Canada
    • PNBA
    • NEBA
    • Barnes and Noble
    • NCIBA
    • Books-a-Million
    • Hastings Meeting
    • Alliance Open Houses
    • Diamond Retailer Summits


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608-284-9400

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