We talked to Marvel Publisher Dan Buckley recently in a wide-ranging interview covering numerous topics of interest to retailers.

We talked to Marvel Publisher Dan Buckley recently in a wide-ranging interview.

In Part I, we talk about the state of the comic market in comic stores, book stores, and the newsstand channel.

In Part III, we talk about how comic stores can share in the growth in book format comic sales, and about the challenges facing the market.

In what appears to be a coordinated campaign, the board of directors of GAMA, Ryan Dancey, and GAMA President Don Perrin all released statements on Monday responding to criticism of their actions surrounding Dancey's resignation.

Organized Play CEO Ryan Dancey, who recently resigned from the GAMA board of directors has released this public statement on his actions. Dancey declined to answer questions from ICv2, saying, 'At this time, I'm not going to make any further public comments about the situation.'

Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw our coverage of the Daredevil/Batman crossover that didn't happen and sends us his thoughts.

Paizo Publishing LLC, publisher of Dragon , Dungeon , Undefeated , and Amazing Stories , has announced the promotion of Keith Strohm, who has spent the last eight months as Paizo's Circulation Manager, to the position of Chief Operating Officer.

Toys R Us announced that it will take $150 million in inventory markdowns in Q2 to reduce inventory, improve productivity, and generate cash.

Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Bellflower, California saw Teresa Moran's comments on the Free Comic Book Day date and feels that a first weekend in May date for the event and doing movie-related promotions at other times are not mutually exclusive.