Ed Sherman of Rising Sun Creations in San Diego, CA says research at his store suggests that passing on miniseries and sticking to collected trade paperbacks will improve the bottom line.

Planetwide Media has announced plans to release Tokyopop Manga Creato r self-publishing software for Spring 2007.

In Part 4 of our Dan Buckley interview, we talk about the Civil War delays and the challenges and opportunities in 2007.

In Part 3 of our Dan Buckley interview, we discuss Marvel's editing policies for changing content for different audiences, its current Web strategy, and its perspective on legal and illegal comic downloads.

In Part 2 of our Dan Buckley interview, we talk about Marvel's latest efforts to increase its sales to female consumers.

In Part 1 of our Dan Buckley interview, we reviewed the state of the market on a channel by channel basis, and asked how Marvel will handle its publishing program for its big movie year in 2007.

The chunky dollars from a number of top-selling hardcovers helped drive graphic novel sales up 38% vs. the previous year in October.

The Civil War family of titles took the top comic slot in October despite the absence of the flagship title.

WizKid's Joe Hauck stated that while he has 'no intention of canceling MechWarrior ,' he feels that the game's 'current overall business model does not work for anyone.'

Diamond Book Distributors (DBD) has announced the formation of Diamond Kids Group.