Profiting from movie merchandise is always a tricky business even if the movie is a surefire hit. Pop culture retailers are dependent on manufacturers and publishers...

Marvel issued its annual report on Friday, and although the key financial results had previously been released, some interesting information appeared in the details.

In a print exclusive for its publication the ICv2 Retailers Guide To Games , released this week at the GAMA trade show, ICv2 has analyzed the market size of the major game categories sold in pop culture stores in the U.S.

CrossGen Entertainment sent out a press release today announcing that after the publication of Red Star Vol. 2 #2 , Team Red Star will leave the CGE imprint and continue to publish the Red Star comic through its own Archangel Studios.

LEGO has announced that Bionicles: Mask of Light, the Movie , a CGI feature from Miramax/Buena Vista Home Entertainment, will be released on DVD and VHS in September.

Greg Buls recently announced that Bulldog had made arrangements with CrossGeneration Comics to be its sole source for backlist comics. We tracked down CrossGen VP Sales and Marketing Chris Oarr for the details.

Rick Shea of Famous Faces and Funnies in Melbourne, Florida sends us these comments reacting to the new pricing from Marvel and Diamond.

Rick Veitch has announced that he will be putting his Splash news and comment page, hosted on Comicon.com, on hiatus.

Publishers Weekly reported that Borders CEO Greg Josefowicz questioned whether the time for returnable sales to bookstores was over.

In a bold move, Marvel Comics has changed its terms of sale to eliminate the monthly order form as the basis for calculating wholesale prices, and to delay the date by which orders must be finalized to as little as three weeks prior to release date.