Video of the conversation between AWA Studios CCO Axel Alonso and writer Ethan Sacks with ICv2 columnist and author Rob Salkowitz, including Q&A, for the ICv2 Insider Talks Livestream.

The sessions include the ICv2 White Paper, a conversation on creating and distributing COVID-era comic stories, insights on 2020 from NPD from its vast data resources, and a conversation with Keith Knight, whose comics with racial justice themes were the inspiration for the new Hulu series Woke.

ICv2 will host an invitation-only event for business professionals in association with New York Comic Con.

I offer up some takeaways, and a look ahead.

Don't miss this important event for business and creative professionals, the ICv2 Insider Talks: Direct Market Summit, and Comic Industry Social Hour, at New York Comic Con.

Part two of columnist Rob Salkowitz's annual picks of the programming for pros at San Diego Comic-Con.

We discussed the company's media pipeline and the prospects for current and future projects, with a sidebar on a bigger role for Chris Staros and Top Shelf Books.

In Part 2 of columnist Rob Salkowitz's three-part interview, Jonas explains, "[T]he company was headed to insolvency."

This first part of this three-part interview talks about the company's publishing plans, including output, its retailer and distributor relations, licensed books, originals, and more.

Columnist Rob Salkowitz shares his reporting and photos from Emerald City Comic-Con.