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.

DVD sales in October, despite the release of Iron Man and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, were weaker than expected.

The nation’s largest book chains are feeling the pain of the financial crisis and passing it on to their suppliers, with a tough holiday season and 2009 ahead.

Longtime comic retailer and distributor Kirby Gee passed away last Wednesday at his home in New Orleans .

An ICv2 Release . Pop culture publishing and consulting company ICv2 has announced that Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novelist Art Spiegelman will deliver the keynote address at the ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference.

The tween-friendly High School Musical 3 topped the weekend box office for the second weekend in a row.

ADV has outlined an aggressive weekly release schedule for 12 Japanese live action genre films.

ICv2 talked with Chris Oarr about ADV’s aggressive release schedule for its Switchblade live action films.

Jerry Ringi of Amazing Fantasy Comics and Cards in Chesapeake , Virginia saw the recent news about Marvel’s online exclusive offerings and add this to his list of "reasons [to] despise Marvel."

Yen Press will join Orbit, Hachette’s science fiction and fantasy imprint, in a new division named Orbit, with Orbit’s Tim Holman as VP and Publisher of the division.