Trends and Change in the Comic and Book Markets
May 22, 2024
In Part 1, we discuss recent market trends in comic stores and the book market, and the nature of those changes.
New Hero Pack
May 28, 2024
Fantasy Flight Games will release Nightcrawler Hero Pack, for Marvel Champions: The Card Game, into retail.
Webtoons Stand Out as New Sales Driver
June 10, 2024
Webtoon properties that have big audiences can bring those audiences to print collections in a powerful way.
Based on Trading Cards IP
June 19, 2024
Keenspot will launch Mark Spears Monsters, a new bi-monthly comic series based on the trading card intellectual property by Spears.
Column by Rob Salkowitz
June 24, 2024
This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz examines the recent controversy over apparently AI-generated (or assisted) DC covers, and what it means.
New Board Game Inspired by Creator's Real Life Experiences
June 25, 2024
Exotic Cancer revealed Nightshift, a new exotic dancer board game.
Shop Talk, June 2024
June 25, 2024
All this and more in Shop Talk, our roundup of comic and game store news.
'Pikachu' Posts Best Vid-Game Film Bow Yet
May 12, 2019
Marvel Studios' juggernaut, Avengers: Endgame, topped the charts for a third straight weekend, but it scored only a narrow victory over Warner Bros.' live-action hybrid Detective Pikachu, which set a new domestic record for a video game adaptation with a $58 million opening weekend.
Global Tally Is At $1.2 Billion After Just One Weekend
April 28, 2019
Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame obliterated all opening weekend box office records with an astounding $350 million debut in North America, which was just part of an equally impressive global bow totaling $1.2 billion .
But 2019 Box Office Slide Continues
February 17, 2019
The James Cameron-produced, Robert Rodriguez directed Alita: Battle Angel won the Presidents’ Day Weekend box office with ease, surpassing modest expectations with a $27.8 million 3-day total. But the 2019 box office slide continued.