Brian Hibbs was prompted by Marvel's recent decision to accept returns on over 100 issues from the past to issue this statement on the topic. '..[T]his is a major step in the right direction.... Nonetheless, the action by Marvel hardly 'solves' the issues between retailers and Marvel.'

Wizards of the Coast has eliminated 60 employees as part of a company-wide reorganization. While t he layoffs are quite wide-spread (ranging from senior VPs to game designers with considerable experience including Jeff Grubb and J.D. Wiker), the number of positions eliminated represents only 6% of WOTC's approximately 1000 employees.

MGM has licensed three properties, Stargate SG-1 , Species , and Robocop to Avatar Press. The three properties involved started on the big screen, and then migrated to television before getting a chance at four-color immortality.

Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California liked what CrossGen founder Mark Alessi had to say in our recent interview and how he does business.

ICv2's DBZ Dollars Display 'contest is a great way to take advantage of this huge property and its large television audience, and to draw in new customers as well as maximize your sales to existing customers.

An ICv2 Release. ICv2, with the support of sponsors Score, Diamond Comic Distributors, and Viz Communications, is launching its DBZ Dollars promotion today, to draw attention to the money retailers can make by capitalizing on the current bestseller of the anime category.

In this first part of our two-part interview, we talk about the market for comics and graphic novels, what's happening in the bookstores, and how DC's toy business is changing with its new Mattel deal.

Future Comics is launching its first issue this month with a unique distribution plan that emphasizes direct relationships with retailers, especially via the Internet.

Eden Studios and Bizzaro Games announced that Eden will co-produce, publish, and distribute future Bizzaro Games products.

In this second part of our two-part interview, we talk about anthologies, the market research that showed Viz Shonen Jump would sell here and why, and whether Yu Gi Oh will be bigger than Pokemon.