An occasional column from the retail trenches by Kendall Swafford
August 25, 2017
This week, columnist Kendall Swafford looks at Marvel's comic publishing from the point of view of Disney, its corporate parent.
Week of August 22, 2017
August 20, 2017
There’s only one theatrical release this week, but it’s a big one, James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , and there are plenty of key TV-related offerings including recent seasons of The Walking Dead, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Supergirl, Lucifer , Ash vs. the Evil Dead , plus for music buffs, an insane punk rock TV talk show co-hosted by Blondie’s Chris Stein.
Kids Comics and Graphic Novels Round-Up
August 18, 2017
Comics mixing athletics and awkwardness, old-time Marvel Characters visit Moon Girl, Kevin Canon on Adventure Time , and Scholastic gets Dugout.
Plus: CLAMP Is Back!
July 6, 2017
All the major North American manga publishers were at Anime Expo, and they rolled out plenty of manga announcements, both new licenses and deluxe editions of classic properties.
Dynamite and Groupees Bundle Benefits CBLDF
June 30, 2017
Dynamite has partnered with digital bundling service Groupees.com on the Build-Your-Own Garth Ennis Dynamite Bundle Deal.
Save the Catnip in New Iello Card Game
June 23, 2017
Iello will release Sentai Cats , a card game inspired by super hero team-up shows, designed by a team including Antoine Bauza and Ludovic Maublanc.
Dark Horse / DC Crossover Brings Two Battle-Hardened Legends Together
June 19, 2017
The princess of Themyscira will meet up with the barbarian of Cimmeria in a new crossover from Dark Horse and DC Comics.
Sales Estimates for May Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
June 19, 2017
These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2017.
Column by Steve Bennett
June 14, 2017
This week, Bennett talks about the continued sucess of the Wonder Woman movie.
Top 12 Box Office Up 38%
June 4, 2017
Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman broke all kinds of gender-based records with a rip-roaring North American debut estimated at $100.5 million.
