Dynamite Entertainment is continuing the saga of Bill Mantlo and Jackson Butch Guice’s Swords of the Swashbucklers.

It’s bleak week for home entertainment releases enlivened only by the second (and perhaps final) season of the BBC’s Dirk Gently series, the first Blu-ray edition of Glen Murakami’s 2003 Teen Titans animated series, the 8th film in the Saw series, plus a disastrous film about a man-made mega-storm that is far less interesting than an anime series about the consequences of an ill-fated scheme to terraform Mars.

Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle topped the box office for the third weekend in a row, solidifying its status as a “monster hit" as two new films debuted above modest expectations, while a new anime from a studio founded by former Ghibli animators faltered.

There has been news released about several geek film projects in the last few days.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during the full year 2017.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during the full year 2017.

These are estimates of the sales on Graphic Novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during the full year 2017.

These are estimates of the sales on Graphic Novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during the full year 2017.

If you had speculated 10 or 15 years ago that there would come a time when Marvel and DC between them had one title in the Top 10 Graphic Novels in comic stores for the year, it would have seemed laughable.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during December 2017.