This week’s home entertainment offerings include one of this summer’s big comic book superhero films, the first seasons of two Vertigo-inspired TV series, Venture Bros ., and Peanuts animated releases, plus a strangely relevant horror film, and a host mecha-themed anime releases as well as the latest Final Fantasy anime feature film.

There have been happenings on several geek-related television properties recently and we round them up here.

Top Cow’s comic series Postal will be adapted into a TV series for the online streaming service Hulu.

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

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

No, not that other side. Don’t write obits yet. I’m talking about the other side of our industry.

As the late summer doldrums ebb, home entertainment releases are ratcheting up, especially in the TV category with this week’s complement of five comic book-based TV series including the initial seasons of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow , Lucifer , and Ash vs. the Evil Dead , plus on the theatrical side, one of the best films of 2016 so far, Shane ( Iron Man 3 ) Black’s highly enjoyable The Nice Guys.

In Part 2 of our three-part interview, we talk about a new test in a large mass retailer, the digital market, changing the characters, and the kids market.

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

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