Netflix dropped the first seasons of three IDW series based on comics between December and February, and has now reached a decision on which series will go forward.

Sotheby’s Books & Manuscripts began a private sale today of DC Complete: The Ian Levine Collection, a complete run of every DC comic from 1934 to 2014, over 40,000 comics in all.

Some portions of the book distribution channel are continuing to function during the coronavirus crisis, so we reached out to two companies active in the graphic novel segment in the book channel to determine their status.

We round up recent responses to the coronavirus crisis from the comics biz here.

This week, Scott Thorne talks about the situation for retailers in week 2 of the Covid-19 lockdown, and offers an obituary for small press game publisher Bill Levy.

In response to the coronavirus crisis, DC Comics is exploring distributors in addition to Diamond Comic Distributors to get product to comic stores, the company said in an e-mail to retailers.

The new series will put the long-running manga in the hardcover format that’s proved so successful for Dark Horse Comics in its repackaging of Berserk.

Black Mask is offering a share of online sales, and Vault Comics is incentivizing comic store gift cards.

Lockdown orders in 21 U.S. states and another 53 locales are now keeping at least 196 million people at home unelss they are engaged in essential activities.

Peter DeFelice of Pyramid Comics and Cards in Sparta, New Jersey is looking for something from the #2 comic publisher.