After declines in Q3 and October, sales of comics and graphic novels via Diamond Comic Distributors moved strongly upward in November, with a nearly 14% jump vs. November 2014.

Neil Gaiman's new Sandman story and a gigantic Dark Horse Comics' He-Man and the Masters of the Universe collection join Star Wars, One-Punch Man, Tokyo Ghoul and others in the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels for November, according to the list provided exclusively to ICv2 by Nielsen BookScan.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include Ant-Man , the genial 12th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, along with a pricy BD (3-D BD) collection of all 7 Phase 2 MCU movies, plus the mega-popular Despicable Me spin-off Minions , the Blu-ray debut of the X-Files TV series, the third season of Brian K. Vaughan’s Under the Dome , and the 13th of Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy .

We collect several mainstream news outlets’ picks for best graphic novels of the year.

Fear the Walking Dead leads this week’s parade of home entertainment releases.

The box office was up12% over the Thanksgiving weekend last year.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include Aardman Animations’ superb stop-motion-animated Shaun the Sheep Movie (plus a new edition of the out-of-print Shaun the Sheep TV series), plus the nail-biting thriller No Escape , the cult film in-waiting American Ultra , the first ever collection of Doctor Who Christmas Specials , and a censorship-themed anime series from Production I.G.

Frank Miller announced plans for a fourth chapter to his Dark Knight saga.

MegaCon Games has announced The Banner Saga- Warbands, a new cooperative miniatures board game based on The Banner Saga computer/mobile video game.

It’s a pretty lean week for home entertainment releases save for Guy Ritchie’s stylish Man From U.N.C.L.E. , the stunning documentary Meru , the final season of the classic Golden Age Phil Silvers Show , and the arrival of a new mecha anime series from Sunrise Animation.