ABC late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live ran a taped segment Wednesday, May 7 in which co-host Patton Oswalt visited Los Angeles comic retailer Bill Liebowitz at his Melrose Avenue Golden Apple store.

Joe Field is the Concord, California retailer who originally came up with the idea for the worldwide Free Comic Book Day promotion, which was held for the second time last Saturday.

There is no doubt that X2: X-Men United will blitz the box office this weekend, it's just a matter of by what multiple it will top the sum of all the other movies in theaters during the first weekend in May.

The Cartoon Network is planning a series of limited edition maquettes, based on its proprietary animated series, which will be released only through Diamond to the comic store market (and sold on the Cartoon Network Website).

Beginning this month, we're beginning a new phase in our reporting on top comic and graphic novel sales. Diamond Comic Distributors, the largest distributor of comics in the U.S., has changed its sales reporting methodology...

Tide-Mark's list of 2004 calendars includes at least nine entries that will have strong resonance with pop culture retailers who deal in comic books and RPGs.

Jamie Kennedy will be taking the lead role in the second installment in The Mask franchise, which is based on the Dark Horse comic series.

Diamond Select's showroom at this year's New York Toy Fair was more crowded than ever. New licenses including Monty Python and the Holy Grail contributed to the growth as did the natural expansion of the Diamond's Marvel line.

McFarlane's Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines toys will be out in July, and they'll include five Terminator 3 figures plus a deluxe boxed set edition.

Diamond Select is adding a number of 3-D items to the Lupin III product mix including 12' action figures,...