ICv2's informal and unscientific survey of retailers from coast to coast indicates that Tomb Raider merchandise is moving very well in about 70% of the stores we questioned.

Though his remarks were less incendiary than in the past, Marvel President Bill Jemas is easily the most catalytic figure in comics -- everything he does and says creates a reaction of some kind.

This is a list of the programming for the 2001 San Diego Comic Book Expo, a trade show for the comic industry.

This is the list of companies scheduled to exhibit at the San Diego Expo, a trade show for the comic industry coming July 22-23 in San Diego, California.

In previous years the show was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, the busiest days of the week for many pop culture retailers. This year the Comic Book Expo will be held on Sunday, July 22nd and Monday, July 23rd a move that organizers hope will boost attendance.

Jemas explained: 'The short answer is there is no change in policy from our no overprints policy. DC has taken a hard and fast position that they are the house of reorders, and we've sort of taken the house of ideas positioning and we're just going to see how those positions play out in the marketplace.'

The Game Industry Forum and the Comic Book Industry Alliance, two popular Internet discussion forums for the members of their respective trades are sponsoring an effort to create an organization that would include both comic and game retailers.

Peter Kuper's Speechless was reviewed in the all-important Sunday Book Review Section of the New York Times on June 24. Elissa Lin Meyers gave Speechless a short but very positive review in the 'Books in Brief' section of the Book Review .

Ain't It Cool News is reporting that a highly placed source at Warner Bros. has indicated that Neil Gaiman will be directing as well as writing the screen adaptation of his Sandman mini-series, Death: The High Cost of Living .

ICv2 has discovered several instances in which newsstand copies of Marvel Comics arrived before direct market copies, putting specialty retailers at a potential disadvantage. Marvel's Matt Ragone responds to inquiries from ICv2 and explains what is going on...