Sales were lower in all three categories of the Top 20 Manga, Author, and Superhero Graphic Novels in the book channel.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during February 2019.

New titles sprinkle the Kids graphic novel chart among the Pilkey and Telgemeier volumes.

While overall sales of the Top 20 were down in February, sales were stronger on the non- Dog Man books.

While there are very few home entertainment releases this week there are some excellent ones including the best superhero film of 2018 (and ’18 was a very good year for spandex on the big screen), an underrated musical from Disney, the first disc release from the new hit Cartoon Network series Craig of the Creek , and the 21st Pokemon movie.

A new Netflix series gave Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's The Umbrella Academy a boost, putting two volumes into the Top 20.

The actual numbers give us more insight into the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels in the book channel.

Despite some rough patches, sales in the hobby games channel grew for a tenth year in 2018, continuing a decade-long run of positive numbers.

This week, Steve Bennett looks at the role of comic book movies at the 2019 Academy Awards.

At Toy Fair, Ravensburger North America was showing off previews of several summer releases.