Comic sales in July stayed true to form, with Batman topping the list, Marvel taking the most slots (19 out of the top 25), and roughly the same number of titles up as down in the top 25.

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These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2003.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2003.

This week's Entertainment Weekly has a six-page story written by Pekar and illustrated by long-time collaborator Gary Dumm.

Anthony Furfferi of Empire Comics in Rochester, New York would like Marvel to have more trade paperbacks in print, at lower prices:

Harvey Pekar has a 12-panel comic strip, drawn by Gary Dumm and entitled 'Comics Are My Thing,' on page 9 of the Arts & Leisure section of Sunday's New York Times .

DC Comics announced a number of major initiatives at WizardWorld Chicago, but the biggest bombshell was the announcement that Michael Turner and Talent Caldwell will be illustrating two major DC Comics projects.

Future Comics announced today that the company will cease publishing monthly comics after the publication of its August cover dated books.

Although final numbers are still being tabulated, a San Diego Comic-Con International spokesperson told ICv2 that attendance topped 70,000, up from around 63,000 last year, and set a new record.