Marvel's efforts to gain attention for its products with hot-button editorial material recently succeeded in an unlikely way -- its Captain America comics were reviewed by Michael Medved on National Review Online.

In one of the more interesting collaborations between a collector-oriented toy company and a comic book publisher, Palisades Marketing and Top Cow Productions have joined forces to create a line of Witchblade Animated Toys as well as a Witchblade Animated comic book. The only thing that takes this story out of the ordinary is the fact that, at least for right now, there is no Witchblade Animated cartoon series.

Dreamworks has optioned a comic book-derived film. Band of Brothers writer Bruce McKenna is writing The Hands of Shang Chi.

The increase in graphic novel sales has been one of the few bright spots in the firmament of American publishing, so it's not surprising to see that Book Expo America is devoting a day of educational programming to help retailers...

Three new DVD releases featuring The Incredible Hulk will debut over the next two months hoping to gain momentum from the release of Ang Lee's blockbuster version ...

The 2003 Eisner Award Nominations include an unprecedented number of titles from small press, alternative, and non-direct market publishers...

Now that the smoke has cleared from the bankruptcy of Japanese toy distributor Reds, it appears that it will not delay any releases of Kaiyodo toys and figures here in the U.S...

Nicholas Cage will star in Ghost Rider , which is set to begin filming late this year or early in 04.

Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga , the publishing result of a competition to produce American manga works, raises a number of interesting questions beyond the immediate one for retailers of how to order it.

CrossGen is testing the popularity of its new 'Traveler' trade paperback editions by launching six titles in a floor display in a major program in June.