If you had speculated 10 or 15 years ago that there would come a time when Marvel and DC between them had one title in the Top 10 Graphic Novels in comic stores for the year, it would have seemed laughable.

This week’s home entertainment releases include Denis Villeneuve’s cinematic science fiction tone poem Blade Runner 2049 , the only one of 2017’s many successful horror films that was written by a comic book scribe, a fascinating animated Vincent Van Gogh biopic fully painted in the fevered style of the artist, the key “turning point” season of Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul , and a new anime adaptation of Kentaro Miura’s bloody Berserk manga.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle overcame a quartet of challengers to top the box office for a second weekend in a row.

Oscar-Winning screenwriter John Ridley ( 12 Years a Slave ) will examine The Other History of the DC Universe .

The Conan franchise is returning to Marvel.

Fantasy Flight Games has announced that Promise of Power will be the last release for its Living Card Game Star Wars: The Card Game.

IDW Games will release the storytelling party game X-Files: Conspiracy Theory.

Early indications are this will be an interesting year for manga, as some popular series wrap up and an interesting variety of new ones debut. Plus an anime film may stir up new interest!

Another accuser alleging sexual harassment by Marvel icon Stan Lee has come forward.

Fox is shuffling the X-Men -related film schedule again.

Bryan Fuller is working on the pilot for a new Vampire Chronicles TV series with Anne Rice and her son Christopher Rice.

GF9 has shared information and art for the first Expansion Sets for Firefly Adventures: Brigands & Browncoats.