This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz takes a critical look at the recent move of creators to email newsletter platform Substack.

Brian Michael Bendis is moving his creator-owned titles, marketed under the Jinxworld brand, to Dark Horse Comics from DC Comics.

This month’s top picks include a new dragon-hunting series from Bleach creator Tite Kubo, a love story about a transgender teen, and a man traversing a zombie-infested landscape… with a cat.

Zenescope Entertainment and Kevin Grevioux's Darkstorm Comic & Media Company will co-publish three titles by Grevioux.

Manga readers are still doing deep dives into older series, but new Superhero and Author titles popped up in July.

Superheroes were the weakest category, and manga the strongest, according to the charts with actual sales.

Retailer preorders for King Spawn #1 came in at 497,000, continuing a strong roll-out for the titles in the new universe built around the Todd McFarlane character Spawn.

Sales of games and puzzles were up dramatically in the first half of 2021, NPD reported based on its tracking of sales in chains and online.

Check out the teaser images and covers for Jonathan Hickman's upcoming Inferno #1, coming in September from Marvel Comics.

Lamberti talks about the challenges of hiring to handle increased sales, the return in in-store Magic: The Gathering gaming and Free Comic Book Day, and tie-ins that drive new customers (and ones that don't).