NBC and Universal are planning to create a cable network devoted to horror movies and TV series.

Buddy Saunders of the Lone Star Comics chain in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex saw the comments from Teresa Moran of Acadiana Book & Comic Shop and Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics on comic movies and feels that there's a lot to be learned from the comic movies that have been successful.

In Part I, we talk about the state of the comic market in comic stores, book stores, and the newsstand channel.

In Part II, we talk about the impact of movies on comic sales, and about DC's aggressive move into importing European material into the U.S. this year.

In Part III, we talk about how comic stores can share in the growth in book format comic sales, and about the challenges facing the market.

Diamond Comic Distributors and Alliance Game Distributors are gearing up for their only Retailer Summit of 2004, which is to be held in Baltimore from September 12th to 14th.

Writer Brian Michael Bendis has issued a statement about the WizardWorld Chicago panel in which he talked about the Daredevil/Batman crossover that didn't happen.

Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Bellflower, California saw Teresa Moran's Talk Back comment on Comic Movies, and agrees.

Dollar sales on comics were flat in July, with a barely perceptible .2% increase over-all as the result of a 1% increase in graphic novel sales.

Comic piece sales dropped almost across the board in July vs. the previous issues.