Davis Marketing Services has announced that it is representing Starz Behind Barz , a playing card deck featuring mug shots of celebrities ranging from Frank Sinatra and Nick Nolte to Michael Jackson and Winona Ryder.

Warner Bros. Animation is producing a new Batman series, which will air on the top-rated Saturday morning Kids' WB next fall.

DC Direct is preparing a series of four action figures based on Frank Miller's seminal The Dark Knight Returns saga for a July release.

DC Direct is moving beyond just comic book fans by with offerings that feature Justice League Animated and Super Friends versions of the DC heroes that should have a strong appeal to animation aficionados.

Diamond Comic Distributors has announced agreements with publishers SQP Inc., Toyspress, and Graphic-sha that will allow Diamond to represent them to the bookstore, library, warehouse club, mass merchandiser, and specialty retail markets.

The networks are releasing their fall schedules and the WB, which scored a major hit with Smallville last season, is bringing that series back for a second season and adding another comic-based series from the Smallville producing team.

We had so many great entries for our May Movie Moolah Display Contest that we decided to do profiles of the three displays that were closest to breaking into the top three.

Jerry Robinson is participating in a unique international collaboration with Ken-ichi Oishi (Hotel ) and Shojin Tanaka to create a science fiction manga.

The compendium brings together Drake’s training and early exploits as he takes on the role of Robin.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.