This week, Bates gives us his top gift items this season, in three parts. The first category he tackles is comics.

Image Comics' first art book, The Art of Greg Horn, has sold out from the publisher less than a week after release.

Kandora creator C. Edward Sellner answers retailer Ilan Strasser's questions about new c om ic publisher Kandora Publishing's plans for staying on schedule.

Best Buy has begun distributing a Constantine movie preview disc with copies of the Ultimate Matrix Collection .

Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics and Games in Whippany, New Jersey responds to Sellner's last Talk Back comment; he's now been convinced to stock the Kandora titles:

Writer C. Edward Sellner, who's writing two titles for new publisher Kandora Publishing, explains why he thinks the Kandora package is the best value.

Platinum Studios has announced that Dimensions Films has acquired the rights to develop a live action film based on Top Cow's The Darkness.

Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics in Whippany, New Jersey sent us a comment on the launch of Kandora Publishing's new comic line, which elicited a response from a Kandora creator, which prompted Strasser to comment further.

Today's column wades into the discussion of new publisher Kandora Publishing and its strategies.

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has taken the case of a U.S. Custom Service seizure of comics consigned to Top Shelf Comics.