Scott R. Moore of Galaxy Comics in Saginaw, Michigan saw the comments by Jay Bardyla of Happy Harbor Comics on holiday shipping, and feels that the impact of holiday delays is minimal.

A Paid Advertisement. OTAKU USA Magazine launches today to over 15,000 outlets nationwide. The magazine covers the cutting edge of Japanese pop culture, from manga (Japanese comics) and anime (cartoons based on those comics) to the associated computer games, trading cards, costuming, model making, music and dress.

The Executive Committee of The Harvey Awards -- which awards excellence in the Comic Book industry -- has announced the list of nominees for 2007 awards consideration.

Book Expo America , the annual gathering of tribes for the book business, was a hot time in a sweltering New York City this past weekend.

An ICv2 Release. ICv2 has announced the release of ICv2 Guide #43: Graphic Novels.

Virgin Comics and Studio 18 announced plans to create a slate of teen horror properties for films, television, games and publishing.

Sales to comic stores continued their recent bullish trend in April, with periodical sales up 12% and graphic novels up 44% over the previous year.

Civil War and its related titles have now arrived atop the Top 100 Graphic Novels list for April, giving the publishing event the top four graphic novels and two out of the top three comics for the month.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during April 2007.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during April 2007.