The Free Comic Book Day Committee has announced the Gold Sponsor books for FCBD 2009.

This week, Steve Bennett gives us a potpourri of pop culture observations.

NBC will air the mini-series based on the XIII graphic novel series on successive Sundays in February.

DBD VP Sales and Marketing Kuo-Yu Liang pointed out that the schedule of key releases from DBD’s list may have had an impact.

Top Cow has announced that it will maintain a $2.99 price point for its 32-page comic books throughout 2009.

Lionsgate’s Punisher reboot flopped as Four Christmases topped the box office charts again.

The NYCC will honor artist Al Plastino, inker Joe Sinnott, and writer Marv Wolfman as “Living Legends.”

UPDATE: This chart was updated to show Dark Tower: The Long Road Home as if all four covers were counted as a single title (putting it at #8). The Killing Joke Special Ed. HC was the #20 title before that update. For the fifth straight month Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s Watchmen topped BookScan’s list of the Top 20 graphic novels sold in bookstores

This week, it’s a true “Confession,” as Steve Bennett talks about his hunt for out of print comics (online); plus, musings on TV and comics!

Marvel has announced its second wave of online-first comics.