ICv2 recently spoke with Directeur du label Glénat Comics Olivier Jalabert about their joint publishing agreement with IDW Publishing for OGNs.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during October 2017.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during October 2017.

Sales of comics and graphic novels to comic stores declined 11.12% in October.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy novels may be adapted once more.

Two new titles with the potential to be on the list for a while took the second and third slots in October.

This week, Bennett talks about Robert Kirkman’s non-zombie series and the Hallmark Channel pushing the Christmas promotion a bit too far.

The first season of Marvel’s Inhumans, currently running on ABC, isn’t doing well, with both IMAX and Marvel Studios making their feelings known over the past week, and even Marvel Television execs dodging questions.

Typically having five release dates in a month means meager offerings in the final week, but it’s now the fourth quarter, so we have one of the summer’s more interesting failures, a moderately-budgeted adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower , plus the first season of the Robert Kirkman-created horror series Outcast , and a full house of holiday-targeting “complete series” releases from the BBC that includes the geek favorite series Orphan Black and Sherlock .

The Walking Dead isn’t off to as strong a start as it has been in previous seasons.