David Bigas of Wyldstar in Oshawa, Ontario saw our article on the Canadian Comic Expo 2004 and liked the show, but is concerned about the proliferation of bootlegs there.

Canadian police raided the Canadian Comic Book Expo and carted away two truckloads of still-packaged replica weapons.

Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw the notice that voting is now open for the date for Free Comic Book Day 2005 and prefers May.

Last week's box office leader ( Alien vs. Predator ) and leading box office surprise ( Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie ) both dropped by over 67% during their second weekend of release.

NBC and Universal are planning to create a cable network devoted to horror movies and TV series.

Buddy Saunders of the Lone Star Comics chain in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex saw the comments from Teresa Moran of Acadiana Book & Comic Shop and Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics on comic movies and feels that there's a lot to be learned from the comic movies that have been successful.

In Part I, we talk about the state of the comic market in comic stores, book stores, and the newsstand channel.

In Part II, we talk about the impact of movies on comic sales, and about DC's aggressive move into importing European material into the U.S. this year.

In Part III, we talk about how comic stores can share in the growth in book format comic sales, and about the challenges facing the market.

Platinum Studios has announced that it has a deal with First Family to produce half-hour TV series and direct-to-DVD movies based on two new comic properties, which will be published by Top Cow in 2005