Marvel's recent announcement of exclusive deals with Joseph Michael Stracynski (JMS) and Kevin Smith could be seen as a response to DC Comics forging similarly exclusive deals with Brian Azzarello, Warren Ellis, and Mike Carey.

The window for Spider-Man promotions is turning out to be a big one, with planned events continuing through Memorial Day weekend.

Non-sports trading cards can be a successful product category, so we sought out a couple of retailers that we were told do an especially good job of merchandising and promoting entertainment cards to find out their secrets.

Two creative groups will be leaving Image and making new publishing arrangements, beginning with July releases.

This is a listing of all the great stuff for the store that wins Third Place in our May Movie Display Contest. The total value is over $600, and it could all be yours.

This is a listing of all the great stuff for the store that wins Second Place in our May Movie Display Contest. The total value is over $1000, and it could all be yours.

This is a listing of all the great stuff for the store that wins our May Movie Display Contest. The total value is over $2400, and it could all be yours.

The GAMA Trade Show, the gathering of the RPG, CCG, miniature game, and board game industries, recently wrapped up in Las Vegas, with a record number of exhibitors and stable attendance vs. 2001.

We knew it was coming when we spotted a vintage Strawberry Shortcake t-shirt on the Gen-X coed at our neighborhood coffee store a few weeks back.

Checker Book Publishing of Centerville, Ohio announced the May publication of its second collection of comic stories, Clive Barker's Hellraiser -- Collected Best .