Daniel Block of Titan Games and Comics in Atlanta , GA weighs in on the controversy surrounding the Obama variant cover for Amazing Spider-Man #583.

This week, Bennett gives us a two-fer: a discussion of the virtues of heroism, and the use of market research for comics.

Fables Vol. 11 topped the graphic novel charts in comic stores in November with around 12,800 sold in.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during October 2008.

In Part One of this three-part interview, Buckley talks about the current state of the comics and graphic novel market, including the possible impacts of the economic turmoil; the impact of increasing bookstore sales on Marvel’s publishing strategy, especially on comics for kids.

ICv2 caught up with Yen Press' Kurt Hassler and asked him about the effect of Hachette's internal reorganization.

This week, Steve Bennett discusses trends in cartoons on TV.

Part Three of an interview with Gonzalo Ferreyra, Viz Media Vice President of Sales and Product Marketing.

This chart of the ICv2 Top 50 Manga Properties reflects sales in all channels in May, June, and the first half of July 2008.

In Part Three, Hoffs talks about markets outside of North America and how that affects film development, and the vast manga library Viz Productions has access to for its film projects.