Art books featuring classic illustrations from pulp magazines, comic strips, comic books, men's magazines, and even toy catalogs from the golden age of American pop culture 1930-1960 were prevalent at this year's Book Expo America. Part I of our coverage.

ICv2 recently submitted a number of written questions to Marvel President Jemas, and he took time to respond in his usual frank style (we guess it's not just the spoken interviews that bring out that trait).

ICv2 has learned that Pioneer has sold out the Special Edition DVD of the re-mastered Akira more than two weeks before the order cutoff date of June 19th.

A quick trip around the exhibition floor at Book Expo America demonstrates two very important facts.

This is a directory of comic distributors, with links to more extensive profile pages on each of them.

In spite of a lawsuit from Fox, Tribune Entertainment, which licensed the property from Marvel, is forging ahead with production of the syndicated Mutant X television series. The sets have been built and dressed, the casting is complete, and filming starts next Monday, June 4th in Toronto, Canada.

Dark Horse Comics announced today that Buffy The Vampire Slayer #35 , which is due out in July, initiates a storyline that ties in directly with the Buffy The Vampire Slayer television series season finale.

Trends that we have seen during the first quarter, such as the increasing dominance of the DVD format, the overall sales importance of high ticket items, and the continuing reign of CCGs are even more apparent in the April numbers.

ICv2 has learned that Marvel is still submitting books to the CMAA (Comics Magazine Association of America) in order to get the Comics Code Seal of Approval.

The direct and newsstand versions of Marvel's X-Force #116 hit the street today.