Bluefin will release a pair of S.H. Figuarts Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures exclusive to the North American market in October.

Crafty Games will release the new board game Mistborn: House War based on the novels of Brandon Sanderson.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2016.

Some 28+ years ago, when The Killing Joke shipped to comic stores as a “direct only” (i.e., no newsstand distribution) title, things were different.

As expected this weekend’s two big new releases topped the box office charts, but X-Men: Apocalypse’s debut was 30% below that of the previous film in the franchise ( Days of Future Past ), and James Bobin’s Alice Through the Looking Glass opened 70% below Tim Burton’s 2010 Alice in Wonderland.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include a lost Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor, Ben Stiller’s Zoolander 2 , the latest season of the best police procedural on American TV, a rare 1970s Hanna Barbera animated drama, the DVD debut of the late 1970s newspaper drama Lou Grant , plus a second Tokyo Ghoul series heading a strong slate of anime releases.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during April 2016.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during April 2016.

Dynamite has released covers for its key trade paperback and hardcover releases during July and August. Chief among them is the YouTube sensation Grumpy Cat & Pokey .

Talking to IDW Publishing editors about kids comics, theirs and others.