Geneon and Musicland are partnering on a national mall tour featuring Japanese singer Yoko Ishida, who's a popular Japanese vocalist that has recorded many anime theme songs.

This week, Bennett talks about how to choose additional products to expand the market for a comic store.

Airwave Publishing has announced its first two book projects, Alan Moore Spells It Out and Dan DeCarlo's Jetta.

Dark Horse Comics has announced that Dirk Wood has been named Marketing Director and Michael Gombos has been appointed Japanese Licensing Manager.

Now Comics' Tony Caputo saw our interview with Marvel Publisher Dan Buckley, in which he said that Marvel would not license its comics to other publishers, and suggests that Marvel give it a try.

This week, Bennett continues his discussion of how a comic store can compete against the mega-stores.

In Part 4, we talk about whether Marvel would ever license its comics, whether comic-based movies are a bubble, how Marvel is approaching the female young adult market, and the challenges and opportunities for the coming year.

In Part 3, we talk about whether videogame licenses help or hurt comic sales and the risks and rewards of variant covers and reprints.

In Part 2, we discuss the way Marvel approaches its mass market outlets as ways to reach new consumers, the relationship between movies and graphic novel sales, and Marvel's graphic novel share and investment in inventory.

In Part 1, we talk about the over-all market conditions for comics and graphic novels in comic stores, bookstores, mass merchants, and newsstand outlets.