Mike Bullock, the writer of Lions, Tigers and Bears and The Gimoles, did two store appearances on Free Comic Book Day and shared his experiences, which included 'many new faces.'

This year's nominees for the 18th Annual Harvey Awards have been announced, with DC and Fantagraphics leading the way with the most nominations.

Peter David has announced on his Website that he will be writing Marvel's new Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man series, which should hit retail later this summer.

Seven Seas announced that there have been more than 12,000 manga downloads for the Sony PSP from its site.

Sony Pictures is in negotiations with Marvel to turn the 1970s comic book character, Killraven , into a major science fiction movie franchise.

Diamond has posted the April Previews Order Form on its Website and retailers have noticed that there are no Marvel comics listed at $2.25.

The steady drumbeat of exclusive signings by the Big Two continued this week as Marvel inked artist Paolo Rivera and writer Dan Slott to exclusive contracts.

Marvel's Peter Cuneo announced that the publisher had reached a distribution agreement with the 7-Eleven convenience store chain that would more than double the number of current outlets for Marvel comics.

The top 13 best-selling comics were all Marvels in January, with the top title from any other publisher selling less than 70,000 copies.

Wizard Entertainment will release a special extra issue of Wizard: The Comics Magazine on Wednesday March 9th.