These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during August 2019.

Sales of comics and graphic novels to comic stores were down 5.76% vs. August 2018, an impressive performance in a month with one fewer week.

This week's home entertainment offerings include Sony's attempt to revive the comic book-based Men in Black franchise, an Olivia Spencer horror movie, a smart and savvy coming-of-age film directed by actress Oiivia Wilde, plus the latest episodes of Bob’s Burgers and the breakout superhero anime series My Hero Academia.

We caught up with Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson recently to get his views on current issues, and discussed his perspective on the comics market "malaise," periodicals vs. graphic novels, whether tastes in genres are shifting, and Image titles that may offer more opportunities than are currently being realized.

There was plenty of geek TV news over the last week, and it's time for another round-up!

These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2019.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2019.

This week's home entertainment releases include the #1 film of 2018, plus the first live-action Pokemon movie, an Aretha Franklin documentary saved from the scrapheap with a computer restoration, a brilliant martial arts film from the auteur of The House of Flying Daggers, the latest seasons of the Archie Comics-inspired Riverdale and the Stephen King-based Mr. Mercedes, as well as new episodes of the white hot anime science fiction series Attack on Titan.

David Leitch's Fast and Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw dropped 58%, but still had enough firepower to top the weekend box office.

With 31 weeks through the end of July 2019 vs. 30 weeks through the end of July 2018 (or 3% more weeks), sales were up 0.63% year-to-date.