# ICv2

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{{Short description|American digital trade magazine}}
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{{Infobox website
| name           = ''ICv2''
| screenshot     = ICv2 homepage screenshot.webp
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| url            = {{URL|http://www.icv2.com}}
| commercial     = yes
| type           = [Comics](/source/Comics), [show business](/source/show_business) and [gaming](/source/Gamer) [webzine](/source/webzine)
| language       = English
| registration   =
| owner          = GCO, LLC
| author         = [Milton Griepp](/source/Milton_Griepp)
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| current_status = Active
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| launch_date    = {{start date and age|2001|1}}
}}

'''''ICv2''''' is an online [trade magazine](/source/trade_magazine) that covers [geek culture](/source/geek_culture) for retailers.<ref>Gustines, George Gene. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/books/girl-power-fuels-manga-boom-in-us.html "Girl Power Fuels Manga Boom in U.S.,"] ''New York Times'' (December 28, 2004).</ref> ''ICv2'''s main areas of focus are [comic books](/source/comic_books), [anime](/source/anime), [gaming](/source/gamer), and [show business](/source/show_business) products. The site offers news, reviews, analysis,<ref>Itzkoff, Dave. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E4DE1731F930A25752C0A9649D8B63 "ARTSBEAT; Out With New, In With Newer at DC,"] ''New York Times'' (January 13, 2012).</ref> and sales information for retailers and librarians. ''ICv2'' holds an annual trade conference in conjunction with the [New York Comic Con](/source/New_York_Comic_Con); the company also periodically publishes ''ICv2 Retailer Guides'' in [hard copy](/source/hard_copy) format.

The site is produced by GCO, LLC, based in [Madison, Wisconsin](/source/Madison%2C_Wisconsin).

==Name==
''ICv2'' stands for '''''Internal Correspondence'' version 2''', named after a trade magazine published in the 1980s-1990s by [Capital City Distribution](/source/Capital_City_Distribution).

== History ==
[Capital City Distribution](/source/Capital_City_Distribution) co-founder [Milton Griepp](/source/Milton_Griepp) published ''Internal Correspondence'', first as a newsletter and then as a magazine, until Capital City was acquired by [Diamond Comic Distributors](/source/Diamond_Comic_Distributors) in 1996, retaining rights to the name. He launched ''ICv2'' in January 2001. The ''ICv2 Retailer Guides'' magazines were launched in 2002.

In 2011,<ref>Reid, Calvin. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/54206-icv2-conference-on-comics-and-digital-kicks-off-new-york-comic-con.html "ICv2 Conference Kicks Off New York Comic Con,"] ''Publishers Weekly'' (Oct., 3, 2012).</ref> ''ICv2'' began holding an industry conference on the eve of the [New York Comic Con](/source/New_York_Comic_Con), at the [Jacob K. Javits Convention Center](/source/Jacob_K._Javits_Convention_Center). Held annually, the ''ICv2'' event is now known as the "White Paper Happy Hour."<ref>MacDonald, Heidi. [http://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-15-icv2-to-host-white-paper-happy-hour-industry-event/ "NYCC ’15: ICv2 to host White Paper Happy Hour industry event,"] ''The Beat'' (September 23, 2015).</ref>

Griepp (on behalf of ''ICv2'') supervised the 2015 [American Anime Awards](/source/American_Anime_Awards) balloting.

''ICv2: The Business of Pop Culture,'' edited by Griepp, was nominated for the "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" [Eisner Award](/source/Eisner_Awards) in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Heidi |author-link=Heidi MacDonald |date=May 15, 2025 |title=2024 Eisner nominations announced, led by Fantagraphics and Tom King |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/2024-eisner-nominations-announced-led-by-fantagraphics-and-tom-king/ |access-date=May 15, 2025 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}</ref> In July 2025, ''ICv2'' announced they had "transitioned to a fully remote company after occupying offices in Madison, Wisconsin for its first 24 years".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Griepp |first=Milton |author-link=Milton Griepp |date=July 9, 2025 |title=ICv2 Has Moved! |url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59988/icv2-has-moved |access-date=July 9, 2025 |website=ICv2 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.icv2.com}}

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Category:Online magazines published in the United States
Category:Professional and trade magazines published in the United States
Category:Magazines established in 2001
Category:Magazines published in Wisconsin
Category:Magazines about comics

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