The prolific Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw Mark Amoroso's comments on chain competition on key comic and game products, and explains how he meets competition from big box retailers on those categories and on toys.

Another Marvel film is in production. Last week filming began on a low-budget production of Man-Thing in Australia.

DC Comics has lined up some major press coverage for Neil Gaiman's Sandman: Endless Nights hardcover, which goes on sale on September 17.

Videogame maker Activision has hired legendary comic book creator Stan Lee as a consultant for the development of future video games based on Marvel characters. Lee will work closely with Activision's developers during the production process and consult on game design.

Steven Bates from Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw James Deckert's comments (on his Free Comic Book Day missive, and feels that retailers shouldn't complain about paying for advertising.

Entertainment Weekly has begun its subscription-only 'Listen 2 This' supplement this week, which features two pages of c om ic reviews ('Discoveries: C om ics').

Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairfield, Ohio saw Anthony Furrferi's comments on Free Comic Book Day and has this to say.

In Part 2 of our two part interview, we continued our discussion with DC Vice President -- Direct Sales Bob Wayne on DC's sell-outs, weekly order cut-offs, and including reorders in retailer discounts.

Marvel Comics is preparing a hardcover gift book, The Art of Marvel Comics, which will ship to retailers on Nov. 5 in plenty of time for the key holiday selling season.

The 6-part BBC adaptation of Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel Neverwhere ships to retail on September 9 from A&E Home Video.