Rob Salkowitz takes a fresh look at the growing digital collectibles market at the San Diego Comic-Con tech pavilion.

We talk about what’s going on in comic stores in the first part of this interview.

We talk about the book channel, the games business, turnover, licensing, and key releases.

These are the dog days for home entertainment releases, but there are some interesting offerings on disc this week, including what is quite likely the best adaptation yet of the Death of Superman saga, along with the second seasons of Star Wars Rebels, a LEGO/DC Aquaman animated feature, and the second season of Riverdale.

After a solid, but somewhat underwhelming debut, given the film’s critical pedigree and pre-release buzz, the Tom Cruise-starring Mission: Impossible - Fallout demonstrated some strong staying power.

Mondo Games will release Fight Club: The Home Game, a new two-player competitive deck-building game.

ComiXology revealed the next wave of comiXology Originals during a press event at San Diego Comic-Con, and founder and CEO David Steinberger included a few more interesting tidbits of information during the presentation.

We caught up with Lion Forge President Geoff Gerber at San Diego Comic-Con to find out more about the company’s plans for games.

There are definitely bright spots in recent sales of comics and graphic novels, but comics retailing remains extremely challenging.

Rights, options, casting, and trailers dominate the latest geek TV update.