IDW Publishing has announced that it reprinted its 48-page Prestige format comic adaptation of Underworld in a reduced size so it would fit in the DVD box of the two-disc Underworld Unrated Extended Cut DVD .

Games Workshop is building a second U.S. sales force, separate from the group that reps its tabletop wargames to retailers now, for its Entertainment and Media Division (EMD).

Fantagraphics Books will publish Hanging Out With the Dream King: Interviews With Neil Gaiman and His Collaborators this October.

Lion's Gate plans to release The Punisher DVD on September 7.

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.

SLG Publishing was promoting its graphic novel line at the recently concluded BookExpo America with six new trade paperback properties launching between August and the end of the year.

Image Entertainment has announced the acquisition of the DVD rights to Pee-wee's Playhouse .

The change in Tokyopop's shipping made in conjunction with Diamond's new direct market exclusive took effect in May, according to Tokyopop COO John Parker.

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.

Tokyopop is rapidly ramping up its Cine-Manga production this year and next,...