U.S. sales for mid-sized comic publishers were a mixed bag in 2002, with big increases and decreases the norm according to our analysis of circulation and dollar data from the last two years.

J. Michael Straczynski, the creative force behind Babylon 5 , is the showrunner and executive producer behind Jeremiah , a new science fiction series that will debut on the Showtime Cable Network at 8pm (ET/PT) on Sunday, March 3.

Francois Schuiten, the architectural student turned comic book artist who created the fascinating series of graphic novels known in English as ' The Cities of the Fantastic ,' (' Les Cites Obscures ' in French) won the grand prize at the International Comics Fair in Angouleme, France.

Neil Gaiman and Marvels and Miracles, LLC (which has been assigned the Miracleman rights by its creators) have filed a suit in Federal Court in Madison, Wisconsin against Todd McFarlane Productions.

The December Top Ten Cool lists, which reflect how products actually sold through in pop culture stores, had big products selling big...

The syndicated television series Mutant X will be back for a second season.

According to Variety , MTV has committed to a Spider-Man animated series to premiere in the second half of 2002.

Marvel improved its on-time percentages during December, but remains behind on a significant percentage of its top titles. Seven out of Marvel's top 25 titles scheduled for December did not ship during that month, a 28% late percentage.

We're going to let Strasser's comments below be the final word on this topic as we wrap up the debate.

Our article on the orders on Batman: 10 Cent Adventure brought response from a retailer who thought the numbers were still way too low. This comment is from Dave Luebke of Dave's Comics in Richmond, Virginia, who takes an opposing view.