Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw our article on Devil's Due leaving Image and offers his congratulations.

WizKids LLC, the category-defining manufacturer of collectible miniature games (CMGs), has announced plans for expanding its in-house publishing group into a new division called WizKids Publishing.

Warner Bros. is planning a direct-to-video animated Batman movie called Batman: The Mystery of Batwoman for release next fall.

We talked to Jon Huston of Toy Vault at GenCon to find out what's in the product pipeline for Q4, and the company plans to continue to expand its plush and other non-action figure lines.

Just as Marvel has moved its bookstore distribution from LPC to Diamond, ICv2 has learned that Dark Horse is moving from Penguin to LPC for its exclusive bookstore distribution. Though no press release has been issued as of yet, we've been told that the switch will take effect on July 27, 2001. With its extensive backlist of comic trade paperback titles (only DC's is bigger) Dark Horse is a comic industry leader in bookstore sales.

Company profile on Dark Horse Comics, Inc.

Skybound has expanded its management team with five new hires, including a top comics editor and two senior video game executives, and a promotion to officer level.

The grants provide assistance for writers who work in brick-and-mortar comic and book shops.

In Part 1, we talked about market conditions, why BOOM! Studios is with Diamond Comic Distributors, direct-to-consumer sales, and channel mix.

This week, columnist Scott Thorne looks at the Asmodee spinoff and the new, higher prices for Dungeons & Dragons on Amazon.