The same store sales decline was worse than the expected 20.5 % decline expected by analysts.

Fantagraphics Books unveiled highlights of its 2021 graphic novel list.

This week, Rob Salkowitz looks at an under-the-radar vector for fan culture that's driving sales of everything from comics to t-shirts.

TableStar Games is back in the board game business as of Q4 2020.

Wingspan was the top board game in the hobby channel for Summer with enough product hitting the market to allow retailers to meet demand.

Penn State University Press will kick off its new graphic novel imprint Graphic Mundi with COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology, a volume that collects more than 60 short comics by various creators, both emerging and well known. A portion of the proceeds from sales of this anthology will go to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc).

In a sign that the trade show landscape has been permanently altered by Covid, ReedPop has "retired" BookExpo, BookCon, and UnBound "in their current formats."

Twogether Studios has announced that it will keep The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance card game off Amazon through the holiday season.

Trends in the gaming miniatures market that formed in 2019 accelerated during the Covid summer.

On November 20, eight people were shot, none fatally, at Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin where a Board Game Barrister store is located. We interviewed owner Gordon Lugauer about his experience and his recommendations for other retailers.