August was another tough month in a tough year for comics and graphic novel sales in comic stores.

Funko debuted its first branded retail location, a 17,000 square foot store, last month, and Rob Salkowitz shares his impressions and photos.

This week’s home entertainment releases include Bruce Timm’s stylish animated Batman and Harley Quinn , the jiggly box office disappointment Baywatch , plus a bunch of interesting TV offerings including the latest seasons of Gotham, Star Wars Rebels, Black Sails, Elementary, The Originals , and more Peanuts by Schulz .

There’s only one theatrical release this week, but it’s a big one, James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , and there are plenty of key TV-related offerings including recent seasons of The Walking Dead, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Supergirl, Lucifer , Ash vs. the Evil Dead , plus for music buffs, an insane punk rock TV talk show co-hosted by Blondie’s Chris Stein.

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

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

In Part 1 of our interview with comiXology CEO David Steinberger, we talk about the market for digital comics and personalization.

In Part 2 of our interview with comiXology CEO David Steinberger, we talk about in-app purchasing and the differences and overlap between the digital and print customers.

After a bunch of slow weeks the pace of home entertainment offerings picks up this week with the release of the latest installment in the biggest horror film franchise of all time, plus the first season of the densely-populated DC Comics-based series Legends of Tomorrow , a Twin Peaks -infused take on the teen heroes of Archie Comics, the latest season of Once Upon a Time , and a great collection of vintage Sheena TV series and movies.

Sales of comics and graphic novels to comic stores dropped 19.31% vs. the previous year in July.