In this column by former DC Publisher Paul Levitz, he takes a look at retailing in the era of the graphic novel.

With Gary Con coming up this week, Thorne reviews Michael Witwer's book on Gary Gygax.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include one of the best boxing movies in years, Oscar contenders, The Danish Girl and Room , plus the excellent Cold War drama The Americans , the underrated crime drama Legend , as well as the long-awaited Blu-ray debut of the Death Note anime and the return of the long out-of-print Zeta Gundam series.

Fox’s R-rated, fourth wall-breaking, superhero spoof/saga Deadpool easily took the box office crown for the third weekend in row, earning an estimated $31.5 million to bring its domestic total to $285.6 million, sending the $140 million sword and sandal epic Gods of Egypt scurrying back to its giant stone tomb.

This week, Bennett deconstructs DC's upcoming "Rebirth."

Salkowitz looks at Image Publisher Eric Stephenson's speech to ComicsPro.

This week, Thorne wonders whether Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons & Dragons releases are targeting the right part of the market.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include a top Oscar contender, a visually-stunning Pixar film that actually lost money, the latest Doctor Who Xmas Special , the second season of Fargo and Shaun the Sheep , plus a Blu-ray edition of Warehouse 13.

The X-Men spin-off Deadpool easily took the box office crown for the second week in a row with an estimated $55 million as the Ryan Reynolds-starring movie brought its ten-day domestic total to a superb $235.4 million, vanquishing newcomers from both sides of the religious spectrum ( Risen and The Witch ).

I am saddened that none of my children really want to take over the family business from me.

This week, Bennett looks at a new sales tool for stores, crossovers, and some new comics worth reading.

Comic Fest was nostalgic for a purer form of nostalgia. And that fact ironically places it at the center of one possible future of comics culture.