DC Comics has announced that it will publish a new graphic novel, The Quitter , by Harvey Pekar in the fall of 2005.

Tokyopop now has around 800 trade paperbacks in print, which makes it the leading publisher of comic trade paperbacks, as measured by product line.

In Part I, we talk about the state of the comic market in comic stores, book stores, and the newsstand channel.

In Part II, we talk about the impact of movies on comic sales, and about DC's aggressive move into importing European material into the U.S. this year.

In Part III, we talk about how comic stores can share in the growth in book format comic sales, and about the challenges facing the market.

At Wizard World Chicago, Top Cow announced two crossovers with DC, b ut the biggest crossover news concerned the 'crossover that didn't happen.'

DC Comics dominated the 2004 Eisner Awards, amassing a total of 14, nearly three times the five awards earned by Dark Horse, its closest competitor.

In the latest example of corporate synergy at Time/Warner, the Cartoon Network and DC Comics have entered into a partnership in which DC Direct will produce, market and distribute new collectibles featuring characters from the Cartoon Network's growing library of animated favorites.

DC Comics has provided the details about the launch of its new CMX manga line.

DC Comics, while making no announcements for its new CMX manga line, was displaying art from three manga properties at its booth at the recently concluded Bookexpo America show at McCormick Place in Chicago.