In this interview, Schanes talks about his career, the market trends in major pop culture product categories, Diamond's plans for product selections in the coming year, and what he sees as the next hot thing.

In addition to a major article in Time Magazine, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez are also featured in the 'Life' section of the online Salon magazine for February 20th.

Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell has been a major success in the U.S. market. Shirow has continued the series with Ghost In the Shell 2 : Man-Machine Interface , which has recently been collected and published in a hardcover edition in Japan.

Alliance Game Distributors and Diamond Comic Distributors have announced that they will jointly have the exclusive right to distribute Game Workshop's new table-top war game based on the film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Ri ngs trilogy.

Paramount is putting the finishing touches on the publicity campaign for Tomb Raider , starring Angelina Jolie as the buxom heroine Lara Croft. The film debuts on June 15th.

All the info you need about Right Stuff, Inc.'s distribution operations.

Everything you need to know about this Wisconsin-based distributor.

Company info and areas of emphasis for this leading distributor of backlist independent comic books.

The Topps Company is readying its first Marvel series based on comic art, which features line art by some of today's top pencilers including, Steve Dillon, Randy Green, Humberto Ramos, Pop Mhan, Kevin Lau, and Sean Chen. Has the market recovered from the hangover caused by the Fleer binge?

Coca-Cola Company has forged a deal with Warner Bros. to become the sole promotional partner for the Harry Potter film series.