We caught up with Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson recently to get his views on current issues, and discussed his perspective on the comics market "malaise," periodicals vs. graphic novels, whether tastes in genres are shifting, and Image titles that may offer more opportunities than are currently being realized.

This week, Steve Bennett discusses the return of Shang-Chi and offers some wisdom on the merits of kung fu in comics.

These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2019.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2019.

With 31 weeks through the end of July 2019 vs. 30 weeks through the end of July 2018 (or 3% more weeks), sales were up 0.63% year-to-date.

New Asmodee studio Atomic Mass Games will release Marvel Crisis Protocol Miniatures Game Core Set in Fall 2019.

Fantasy Flight Games will release Marvel Champions: The Card Game Core Set, the first product in a new Marvel-based game.

Here's a preview of the upcoming "Mary Jane" variant covers coming this October.

Marvel Comics has released additional cover images for their upcoming "Immortal Variants" for September.

Detective Comics, Saga, and My Hero Academia were the familiar titles at the top of the graphic novel charts broken down by content category.