Milton Griepp, founder of ICv2, has joined the board of directors of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. He joins Peter David, John Davis, Neil Gaiman, Greg Ketter, Denis Kitchen, Frank Mangiaracina, and Louise Nemschoff, who voted unanimously for his inclusion.

James Furfferi of Empire Comics in Rochester, New York brings his 30 years of retailing comics to bear in his opinion of the current Marvel path.

Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California liked what CrossGen founder Mark Alessi had to say in our recent interview and how he does business.

Confirming what we heard in San Diego, the Tokyopop Website contains images and information about the manga version of Monsters, Inc ., which was created by Hiromi Yamafuji. Although no official announcement has been made yet, images from the manga that appear on the site are already fitted out with English captions and dialogue, and the book is listed with an October 15 street date.

Outpost 2000 is a pop culture store that specializes in both comic and games, located in Minneapolis suburb Brooklyn Park. ICv2 talked with Outpost 2000's Jeff Prentiss about the store's highly successful in-store gaming program.

Friday's Variety reported that the Fox-based Regency Enterprises has acquired the movie rights to Doug TenNapel's graphic novel, Creature Tech .

Dragonball Z and the original Dragon Ball animated series are the backbone of the Cartoon Network's Toonami Block, where they regularly gain the network's highest ratings. Yes, the series has already been on the Cartoon Network for over two years, but the good news is that there are plenty of 'new' shows on the way...

ICv2's DBZ Dollars Display 'contest is a great way to take advantage of this huge property and its large television audience, and to draw in new customers as well as maximize your sales to existing customers.

An ICv2 Release. ICv2, with the support of sponsors Score, Diamond Comic Distributors, and Viz Communications, is launching its DBZ Dollars promotion today, to draw attention to the money retailers can make by capitalizing on the current bestseller of the anime category.

We spoke with CrossGen founder and CEO Mark Alessi at the recent San Diego Comic-Con to get his comments on comic distribution, find out about CrossGen's educational initiative, and the future of his company.