The independent pop culture retailers contacted by ICv2 are nearly unanimous in their conviction that the The Fellowship of the Ring ( the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), which debuts in December, is the best fit for the tastes and interests of their customers.

Retailers have continued to send us their comments on Marvel's reprinting of the Ultimate #1s for Wal-Mart. The retailers who have written us have managed to highlight the overlapping elements of this complex issue.

Spiegelman and Mouly have done it again with a sequel to Little Lit--Strange Stories For Strange Kids-- another great collection.

Ben Edlund's The Tick made its live-action network debut on Thursday, November 8 opposite Survivor: Africa and Will and Grace .

When we put out a call for comments on Marvel's new Walmart program, we weren't sure what we'd get.

Some retailers opposed Marvel's handling of the program and others were in favor. The comments below are from retailers supporting the program.

Some retailers opposed Marvel's handling of its Walmart program, and others were in favor. The comments below are from retailers opposing the program

We've now had some time to fill in our year-over-year numbers for initial U.S. comic orders to Diamond Comic Distributors from pop culture stores, and the results show a blah third quarter followed by robust growth in the first two months of the fourth.

Retailer Russ Toney of C&C Comics in St. Albans, West Virginia had some comments on Marvel's Ultimate reprints for Walmart...

ICv2 has learned this week that Marvel has reprinted Ultimate X-Men #1 and Ultimate Spider-man #1 for Walmart -- the nation's largest retailer.