Fantagraphics Books is putting together an author tour for political cartoonist Steve Brodner.

Universal Pictures has confirmed that Andy Serkis, who played the gimpy Gollum in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, will be the on-set reference for the movements of the giant King Kong.

David Twohy, the writer/director of Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick , has announced that he will write a two-hour movie for the Sci-Fi Channel.

Elkware Inc. will create games for mobile phones based on Mage Knight.

Tim Davis of Alternate Reality in Chicago, Illinois, sent us an earlier comment on late Image books, which generated a response from Don Alsafi of G-Mart Comics, pointing out that he'd missed Spawn , which was running over a year late. Only a few days later, Image and Diamond both confirmed that Spawn orders would be canceled and re-solicited. Davis revisits the issue.

SLG Publishing was promoting its graphic novel line at the recently concluded BookExpo America with six new trade paperback properties launching between August and the end of the year.

Image Entertainment has announced the acquisition of the DVD rights to Pee-wee's Playhouse .

The change in Tokyopop's shipping made in conjunction with Diamond's new direct market exclusive took effect in May, according to Tokyopop COO John Parker.

Steve Jackson Games has announced plans for Munchkin Bites!, a 'full-set, boxed, stand-alone World of Dorkness Munchkin game.'

Sideways buying of DVDs by independent retailers is suspected of being the reason why studios are reporting brisk DVD sales this year while consumer research indicates that consumer sales are down.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban plummeted 63% during its second weekend of release but its estimated $35 million total was more than enough to dominate the weekend box office proceedings for the second consecutive week.

Manga continues to dominate bookstore sales in the graphic novel category.