Right smack dab in the middle of what has become a remarkable year for comic books, Wizardworld Chicago was short on major announcements and long on behind-the-scenes maneuvering and positioning.

Comics2film, which has to be one of the busiest sites on the Internet these days, is reporting that the Disney studio has given the green light to an adaptation of Matt Wagner's Mage .

Singer/Jensen Entertainment has optioned the rights to Top Shelf Production's comic, Mephisto and the Empty Box for development as a feature film.

Spidey , who has been on the list for just 3 weeks, vaulted to the #1 position past Dragonball and even past the seasonally potent Mother's Day.

Marvel executives met Twin Towers Fund board member Al Leiter on the field at Shea Stadium in New York Tuesday night to hand over an oversized check for $1 million.

We talked to Joe Field, the Concord, California retailer who came up with the idea for an industry-wide promotional comic giveaway, about his reactions to the events of Free Comic Book Day last Saturday.

ICv2 took in the 2002 Book Expo America show (BEA) at the Javits Center in New York City on Friday, May 3, where the comic publisher mood was upbeat, with booming sales to the book trade a common refrain.

Fox News is reporting that Quentin Tarantino is set to produce a film version of Larry Hama's Mort the Dead Teenager . Unlike Spider-Man , the X-Men , or The Hulk , Mort is no superhero--just a teenager who loses his head (literally) in a train wreck.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in May 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.

Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters, & Marvels , a direct-to-DVD (and VHS) release featuring film director/actor/comic scribe Kevin Smith talking to Lee about his amazing career, is set for release May 14.