Dynamic Forces announced a line of Historical Retrospective Books by Stan Lee, scheduled for release beginning in 2007.

Mark Craddock of Comic Book World, Inc. in Florence , KY , saw John Riley's idea to launch an industry-wide philanthropic project and is looking for suggestions from other retailers on how to secure donations for fundraisers .

We spoke to Karen Berger, Senior Vice President of DC Comics, about Minx, the audience it seeks to reach, and how it fits into the current context of comics for teen girls, which are primarily manga.

In February Image Comics will begin publishing Kyle Baker's new releases, starting with Nat Turner Book 2: Revolution , continuation of the series The Bakers , and new titles, including Important Literary Journal .

Denis Kitchen has informed ICv2 that W.W. Norton has acquired the rights to publish Will Eisner's instructional volumes.

Tuesday's New York Times includes an article about Clamp, the four-woman collective that has produced 22 manga series in 17 years.

Longtime Tokyopop sales maven Alan Payne left the company last Friday, November 24th.

According to The New York Times, DC Comics plans to launch the Minx graphic novel line targeting young female readers in May.

Ed Sherman of Rising Sun Creations in San Diego, CA says research at his store suggests that passing on miniseries and sticking to collected trade paperbacks will improve the bottom line.

ComicsPRO, the new comic retailer organization, has announced that it will hold its first annual meeting in Las Vegas on April 11th through 13th.