As Christmas approaches we thought you might like to know our business closure & order cut-off dates:

Business closures:

The warehouse & head office will be operational all days except the Christmas public holidays.

Order cut off dates for receipt in store by Friday December 23rd 2011

NSW / VIC / SA / ACT: Thursday 15/12/11 – 11 am
NT / QLD / WA : Monday 12/12/11 – 11 am

To ensure the speediest delivery of your goods, please place all orders via our http://b2b.madman.com.au site.

Alternatively please email your orders to purchaseorders@madman.com.au

Just to remind you; Madman business to business site is arguably the best in the industry and really easy to use - you can search for all titles in our catalogue, many different ways. You can also place orders, track shipments, print invoices, make secure payments and a whole lot more....it's awesome! http://b2b.madman.com.au.It's simple to register; your email address is your log in & we supply you with a password once you have registered.

Thanks heaps – let us know if you have any questions or visit http://b2b.madman.com.au for all updates.

Regards,

DBD’s April 2012 sales kit is now online in the files section of the B2B:

DBD_APR2012SalesKit.pdf

Highlights:

Antarctic Press
• DIARY OF A ZOMBIE KID (978-0-9837934-7-2)
- Re-issue at lower price ($10.99 instead of $14.99)
- The original edition has been a bestseller at B/N and Wal-Mart Canada
- V2 coming in January ’12, V3 coming in Summer ‘12
- Note *new ISBN*

Dark Horse
• BPRD PLAGUE OF FROGS V3 HC (978-1-59582-860-6)
• BPRD PLAGUE OF FROGS V1 TPB (978-1-59582-675-6)
- Continues the series by Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy)

• DOLLHOUSE (978-1-59582-863-7)
- Based on the short-lived TV series created by Joss Whedon (Buffy, Serenity).
- Publishers’ expectation is sales will be 1/3 of the most recent Buffy title
- Marketing plan attached.

• MASS EFFECT: INVASION (978-1-59582-867-5)
- Tie-in to MASS EFFECT 3, the biggest game release of 2012
- Builds on Dark Horse’s line of other Mass Effect graphic novels, art book & merchandise

• STAR WARS THE CLONE WARS: THE ENEMY WITHIN (978-1-59582-845-3)
- Continues the series based on the hit TV show on Cartoon Network

• STAR WARS THE OLD REPUBLIC V3: THE LOST SUNS (978-1-59582-637-4)
- Continues the series based on the online game (coming out December 20th this year)

Dynamite
• DARK SHADOWS V1 (978-1-60690-275-2)
- The Johnny Deep movie opens May 11th 2012.

IDW
• BERKELEY BREAHTED’S OUTLAND: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (978-1-61377-176-1)
- After the artist retired Bloom County, he went on to create Outland, which has NEVER been collected into a print edition, until now.

• H.P. LOVECRAFT’S DUNWICH HORROR (978-1-61377-180-8)
- Graphic novel based on the Arkham House editions

Image
• WALKING DEAD: RISE OF THE GOVERNOR DELUXE SLIPCASE EDITION (978-1-60706-482-4)
*drop-in alert* shipping in December 2011.
- This is the deluxe edition of the prose novel (not graphic novel) published by St. Martins Press.
- Standard discount & fully returnable.

Nightshade
• AGATHA H. & THE CLOCKWORK PRINCESS (978-1-59780-222-2)
- Continues the best-selling steampunk series

Oni Press
• COURTNEY CRUMRIN: NIGHT THINGS SPECIAL EDITION (978-1-934964-77-4)
- First in hardcover, fully remastered art.

Paizo
• PATHFINDER RPG: ADVANCED RACE GUIDE (978-1-60125-390-3)
- New core book in the #1 best-selling RPG series

Presspop Gallery
• TANK TAKURO SLIPCASE EDITION (978-4-903090-24-5)
- One of the earliest manga ever published (pre-WW II), in an all-new deluxe edition that will appeal to collectors, historians
- For fans of classic manga published by Fantagraphics & Vertical
- Book designed by Chris Ware
- About.com and Manga Critic’s 2011 Gift Guide

High quality jpeg format slick images can now be downloaded from b2b.madman.com.au. The monthly archives of slick images now contain 2d flatpacks and 3d perspective packshots in JPEG format.
3d slick files are named with the convention [catalogue-number]-3dpack.jpg, and 2d flatpack files are named with the convention [catalogue-number]-flatpack.jpg. The archives can be accessed by logging in to the site and selecting "Downloads" from the navigation menu.

DBD’s March 2012 sales kit is now online in the files section of the B2B:

DBD_MAR2012SalesKit.pdf

Highlights:

Antarctic Press

• DIARY OF A ZOMBIE KID: ROTTEN RULES - 978-0-9837934-2-7
- Follow-up to the first book, which has been DBD’s #1 seller for the month of October.
- The franchise will hit another peak when the next Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie opens in August 2012
- Suggest you promote both titles for Summer Reading 2012.

Ape Entertainment

• CUT THE ROPE - 978-1-937676-04-9
- Based on the best-selling iPhone app that has downloaded 3 million+ copies since October 2010.

• KUNG-FU PANDA: THE SLOW FAST & OTHER STORIES - 978-1-937676-07-0
- Original comics content, based on the movie franchise + soon to be new TV show on Nickelodeon.

ChiZine

• THE STEEL SERAGLIO by Mike Carey - 978-1-926851-53-2
- This is ChiZine’s first real commercial fiction, based on the track record of the writer Mike Carey (well known for his comics & video game writing credits)

Dark Horse

• BUNNY IN THE MOON: THE ART OF TARA McPHERSON V3 - 978-1-59582-855-2
- Tara’s art book are among the best-selling of Dark Horse’s art books.

• GATE 7 VOLUME 2 - 978-1-59582-807-1
- Follow-up to the presumed V1 best-seller by CLAMP coming out in November 2011.

• HELLBOY V12: THE STORM & THE FURY - 978-1-59582-827-9
- Continues the favorite series. MAJOR change in the status quo of HELLBOY!

Dynamite Entertainment

• THE BOYS V10: BAKER, BUTCHER, CANDLESTICK MAKER - 978-1-60690-264-6
- Continues the best-selling series

• WARLORD OF MARS: FALL OF BARSOOM V1 - 978-1-60690-268-4
• WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS V2 - 978-1-60690-267-7
- Tie-in to the upcoming JOHN CARTER OF MARS movie from Disney opening March 9th 2012.

Hermes Press

• DARK SHADOWS: BEST OF THE ORIGINAL KEY SERIES - 978-1-61345-016-1
• DARK SHADOWS: THE COMPLETE SERIES V5 - 978-1-61345-014-7
- Tie-in to the Johnny Depp starred Dark Shadows movie coming in May 2012.

IDW

• D&D THE LEGEND OF DRIZZT: THE NEVERWINTER TALES by R.A. Salvatore - 978-1-61377-156-3
- Original comics content based on the NYT best-selling fantasy series

• MICHAEL RECYCLE & THE TREE TOP COPS - 978-1-61377-161-7
- New title in the series to tie-in with Earth Day (April 22nd 2012) and Arbor Day (April 27th 2012)

• TRUE BLOOD V3: THE FRENCH QUARTER - 978-1-61377-165-5
- Continues the series based on the HBO hit show

Nightshade

• BEST SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY V6 - 978-1-59780-345-8
- Continues the annual collection, a must for all libraries

Prime

• WITCHES - 978-1-60701-294-8
- New anthology with stories by Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link…etc.

Rovio Entertainment

• ANGRY BIRD: BAD PIGGIE’S EGG RECIPES - 978-952-276-000-5
• ANGRY BIRD: BIG GREEN DOODLE BOOK - 978-952-276-003-6
• ANGRY BIRD: BIG RED DOODLE BOOK - 978-952-276-002-9
- Based on the world’s biggest mobile app (over 200 million+ downloads worldwide)
- Very successful merchandising program (i.e. the plush has sold over $50 million)
- Publisher Rovio will be using their considerable resources to market the books, including in-app advertising
- These 3 titles are drop-ins, on-sale in late November, in time for Christmas & Boxing Day.
*drop-in alert*

Top Shelf

• HARVEY PEKAR’S CLEVELAND (978-1-60309-091-9)
- A classic autobiographical graphic book, by the all-time great Harvey Pekar (American Splendor…etc.), who was a lifelong Cleveland resident.
- Introduction by Alan Moore.

Udon Entertainment

• TOXIC (978-1-926778-44-0)
- New anthology series featuring top-flight & cutting edge Korean artists, will appeal to fans of APPLE and ROBOT.

Good morning,

Due to an error outside of our control, we have had to delay the release of Adventure Time: My Two Favorite People Collection 1 (MMA6030) from November 2nd to November 30th.
We will arrange to the release date change for you, and you will not have to resubmit your orders.


Due to unforeseeable issues with Le Quattro Volte, (MMA8101) we will no longer be releasing this title. Any orders that come in will be deleted.

We apologise for this inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Cheers
Belinda

DBD’s February 2012 sales kit is now online in the files section of the B2B:

DBD_FEB2012SalesKit.pdf

Highlights:

Dark Horse

• ART OF THE MASS EFFECT UNIVERSE - 978-1-59582-768-5
- Includes content from the first 2 Mass Effect games, and Mass Effect 3, coming out on March 6th 2012.
- We expect this to be one of Dark Horse’s biggest title of 2012. Comp is Art of Alice: Madness Returns x 2.
- Expect major promotions in conjunction with BioWare, the game publisher.
- Backlist promo opportunities with Dark Horse’s Mass Effect V1 & 2 graphic novels.
*bestseller alert*

• AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER: THE PROMISE PART 1 - 978-1-59582-811-8
- Dark Horse pioneered the model with Buffy Season Eight. Here they present a brand new season of the popular Nickelodeon TV series, continued only in graphic novel form.
- This is the beginning of a 3 book series (with more to follow). We expect this series to be a global bestseller.
*bestseller alert*

Diamond Comic Distributors

• PHOTO-JOUNRAL GUIDE TO COMICS and MARVEL COMICS (various volumes)
- Diamond has purchased the entire stock of these collector’s guides from publisher Gerber, previously only available to the hobby channel, now available to bookstores & libraries for the first time.

IDW

• KILL SHAKESPEARE: THE COMPLETE EDITION - 978-1-61377-130-3
- Omnibus of the award-winning series that has received a lot of media attention, including BBC, New York Times, NPR and Wired.

• TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES V1: CHANGE IS CONSTANT - 978-1-61377-139-6
- In conjunction with Nickelodeon, IDW is launching a brand new story line ahead of the new TV series coming in Q4 2012. The comics of this series is already a bestseller in comic shops.
- We expect this series to be a global bestseller.
*bestseller alert*

Image

• WOMANTHOLOGY: HEROIC - 978-1-61377-147-1
- This ambitious project features over 140 women comics creators and has already received a lot of media coverage. Profits will be donated to: http://www.globalgiving.org/

• WALKING DEAD SURVIVOR’S GUIDE - 978-1-60706-458-9
- This is a guide to the hit TV series. Please note this is a drop-in, will go on sale in November 2011.
*drop-in alert*

Margaret Weis Production

• MARVEL HEROES RPG BASIC GAME - 978-1-936685-16-5
- The first of 16 new RPG books based on the Marvel Universe. On the heels of hit movies X-Men, Captain America & Thor, and in anticipation of the major movie THE AVENGERS and the new SPIDER-MAN.

Oni Press

• POSSESSIONS V3: THE BETTER HOUSE TRAP - 978-1-934964-76-7
- YALSA 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens selection

Good afternoon,

After much deliberation over the month that is December, we have decided to move 2 of our titles out of Week 1 – November 30 release into less intense week.


MMA8534 / MMA8534BR - Big Mamma’s Boy
• Moved to December 21s



ASY0024 / ASY0024BR - Troll Hunter (English dub / 12,800 votes on imdb)
• Moved to December 14th


We will also post this notice up on the b2b site in the news area: http://b2b.madman.com.au/actions/news.do?method=main

All other Madman releases remain as they were.

If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Cheers
Belinda

Manga retailers, please note the following titles in the September shipping slate have been delayed due to temporary supplier stock outages.

Each of the following titles will be in warehouse early October:

ONE PIECE EAST BLUE (3-IN-1) VOL.02 CTOPCEB02
ORESAMA TEACHER VOL.04 CTOT04
SHAMAN KING VOL.32 (END) CTSHK32
TENJO TENGE (2-IN-1) VOL. 02 CTTENJO02

Good morning,

Recently we sent a note out about our warehouse move and hoped to be up and running with minimal disruption to our supply system.

Unfortunately, the set up has taken us a little longer than expected.

We are currently still experiencing delays of between 48 – 72 hours despatch of replenishment orders, with our warehouse working around the clock to ensure as much as possible is shipped out each day. Please be aware that some orders sent through in the last 2 weeks are still being completed by the warehouse and will be despatched ASAP.

This delay will not affect September 14 NR orders.

A notice will be posted up on our Madman B2B site, and sent out to our data base, but please ensure you advise your stores also.

We apologise for any delays & disruption to service during this transition period, and we thank you for your understanding during this time.

Regards,
Belinda

DBD’s January 2012 sales kit is now online in the files section of the B2B:

DBD_JAN2012SalesKit.pdf

Highlights:


APE ENTERTAINMENT

• PUSS N’ BOOTS MOVIE PREQUEL - 978-1-936340-24-8
- Note this is a drop-in. Movie opens November 4th. Book goes on sale October 28th.
*drop-in alert*

DARK HORSE

• BALTIMORE: PLAGUE SHIPS by Mike Mignola - 978-1-59582-677-0
- TPB release (HC shipped in June 2011)
- By the creator of HELLBOY; based on the prose novel published by Bantam

• BRIDE OF THE WATER GOD V10 - 978-1-59582-873-6
- Continues the best-selling Korean manwha series

• SERENITY: THOSE WHO LEFT BEHIND 2ND EDITION HARDCOVER - 978-1-59582-803-3
- This new edition contains new materials previously only available in a limited edition
- The 1st edition sold over 100,000 copies

• STAR WARS LEGACY V11 - 978-1-59582-802-6
- The final volume of the best-selling Star Wars series

• STAR WARS EPISODE ONE: THE PHANTOM MENACE digest edition - 978-1-59582-841-5 (the original movie adaptation re-formatted in digest size)
• STAR WARS EPISODE ONE ADVENTURES digest edition - 978-1-59582-842-2 (extra stories based on the original movie in new digest size)
- Tie-in the release of the SW EP I: THE PHANTOM MENACE in 3-D on February 10th 2012 in 3,000+ theaters worldwide with major promotional partners
*movie tie-in alert*


IDW

• DUKE NUKEM: GLORIOUS BASTARD - 978-1-61377-120-4
- Based on the legendary video game character

• CRYSIS - 978-1-61377-119-8
- Based on the hit PS3 & Xbox 360 game from EA)

NECA / WIZ KIDS / Paizo

• PATHFINDER BEGINNER MINIATURES BOX - 978-1-935693-33-8
- *drop-in title* on sale October 2011
- *special terms* 42% discount, 20% return cap

RANDOM HOUSE UK

• THE BRILLANT BOOK OF DR WHO 2012: THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE HIT TV SERIES - 978-1-84990-230-4