Dark Horse Comics has announced that it will publish a full color 'Anime Manga' based on Trigun.

Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics in Whippany, New Jersey has decided to withdraw from the manga business.

Electric Tiki has announced a set of three figures based on The Ghostly Trio from Harvey Comics.

Last Gasp is planning a new edition of Barefoot Gen .

Tim Davis of Alternate Reality in Chicago, Illinois, sent us an earlier comment on late Image books, which generated a response from Don Alsafi of G-Mart Comics, pointing out that he'd missed Spawn , which was running over a year late. Only a few days later, Image and Diamond both confirmed that Spawn orders would be canceled and re-solicited. Davis revisits the issue.

Stephen J. Cannell has signed an agreement to release DVDs of his TV series.

Using its subsidiary, Cover Concepts, Marvel Comics has distributed two million Summer Reading Calendars and two million copies of Marvel Age: Spider-Man #2 comic books to school children in 46 states around the country.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced today that it is rolling out a new licensing strategy for Batman at the Licensing International show that will divide Batman merchandise into three separate streams.

IDW has signed a deal to publish comics based on next fall's second CSI spin-off, CSI New York .

Don Alsafi of G-Mart Comics in Batavia, Illinois, who sent us this comment last week on late Image books, saw the news that Image was re-soliciting Spawn and sent in his kudos