Rob Salkowitz's annual column in which he looks ahead with predictions for the new year.

2020 was rich in the kind of news we could all do without.

This week, Rob Salkowitz looks at an under-the-radar vector for fan culture that's driving sales of everything from comics to t-shirts.

Comic publishers not named Marvel or DC are already looking up a steep slope.

Video of the conversation between AWA Studios CCO Axel Alonso and writer Ethan Sacks with ICv2 columnist and author Rob Salkowitz, including Q&A, for the ICv2 Insider Talks Livestream.

What would a vaccine for COVID mean for the comics industry, given the huge disruptions that have taken place this year?

The holiday season is just around the corner, and really, is there anything we'd rather celebrate than the end of 2020?

The sessions include the ICv2 White Paper, a conversation on creating and distributing COVID-era comic stories, insights on 2020 from NPD from its vast data resources, and a conversation with Keith Knight, whose comics with racial justice themes were the inspiration for the new Hulu series Woke.

ICv2 will present the ICv2 Insider Talks 2020 - Livestream, a virtual event for professionals in the business of geek culture with data, strategies and inspiration for the COVID era, on October 28 and 29, the company announced.

In its latest SEC Filing, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. warned its investors that it is in danger of running out of cash resources by the end of 2020 or the beginning of 2021.