The holiday season is just around the corner, and really, is there anything we'd rather celebrate than the end of 2020?

The sessions for the hobby games track of the ICv2 Insider Talks Livestream include the ICv2 White Paper, a conversation on the trends in the red-hot TCG market, and a talk on retailer strategies to stay connected with customers.

The sessions include the ICv2 White Paper, a conversation on creating and distributing COVID-era comic stories, insights on 2020 from NPD from its vast data resources, and a conversation with Keith Knight, whose comics with racial justice themes were the inspiration for the new Hulu series Woke.

ICv2 will present the ICv2 Insider Talks 2020 - Livestream, a virtual event for professionals in the business of geek culture with data, strategies and inspiration for the COVID era, on October 28 and 29, the company announced.

I count down the Top 10 2019 Trends in the Comics and Graphic Novel business below.

Two big takeaways on the market were the biggest shockers.

We round up recent geek TV news, including a big change at Marvel Television.

In his column this week, Rob Salkowitz investigates a comment by GFE/Diamond Comic Distributors' Chris Powell at the ICv2 Insider Talks.

In this video from ICv2 Insider Talks 2019, Geppi Family Enterprises CRO Chris Powell talks about the future of comics retail with ICv2 CEO Milton Griepp.

ICv2 CEO Milton Griepp revealed dramatic changes in the comics and graphic novel market, some upsetting decades-long elements of the status quo.