In Part II of this far-ranging interview, the person in charge of DC's business operation talks about the future of direct market retailing, the growing importance of the bookstore channel, the original graphic novel format, overprinting, the future of newsstand distribution and the periodical format of comics, and the potential impact of Japanese pop culture on American.

In Part I of this far-ranging interview, the person in charge of DC's business operation talks about how his background in the business, the organization of DC's top management, the comic market size and trends, the state of DC, and the comics code.

The first series of Dark Alliance figures did very well at retail (it topped the ICv2 Top Ten Cool Toy list the month it debuted), and the sculpting on the new series looks better than ever.

Twentieth Century Fox announced today that the three-disk Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1 DVD will street on Jan. 15, 2002 with an SRP of $39.98.

Retailers have been debating the proposed change with some vigor.

Mochizuki published 48 trade paperback volumes of this series in the decade following the debut of Wild 7 in 1969.

As it becomes increasingly clear that the U.S. (and perhaps the rest of the world) is slipping into a recession, we decided to take a look at the potential impact on sales of the product categories carried in pop culture stores -- anime, comics, toys, games, and movie/TV merchandise.

We wanted to let you hear what some of the retailers that won the Grow with Shojo display contest had to say about it.

The GAMA (Game Manufacturer's Association) site at gama.org has recently launched discussion boards

The chief topic at today's Marvel news conference was the 'Retailer Rally Presentation' that will be held at the China Club in Times Square on Monday, October 1.