Sales of comics and graphic novels through Diamond Comic Distributors declined in December.

We list here our picks for the Top 10 Comics Business Events of 2009, based on our assessments of their long term impacts.

Studios have already earned $10.4 billion at the domestic box office, eclipsing the previous record of $9.68 billion.

ICv2 recently interviewed Dark Horse CEO Mike Richardson. In Part 2 of our two-part interview, we talked about the manga market, Dark Horse’s movie deals, and why Watchmen wasn’t a game-changer.

ICv2 recently interviewed Dark Horse CEO Mike Richardson. In Part 1 of our two-part interview, we talked about the comic and graphic novel markets and the impact of digital delivery.

We talked to Marvel publisher Dan Buckley in our annual interview on the state of the market, Marvel’s year, and its plans for the future. In Part 2, we talk about kids comics, movies and graphic novels, and Marvel’s 2010.

Sales of periodical comic books through Diamond Comic Distributors were up 12% over sales in November of 2008.

Robert Crumbs’ The Book of Genesis took the #1 slot in the adult graphic novel chart for November, after moving up steadily since its debut in September.

Best Buy plans to sell Blu-ray catalogue titles as low as $7.99, and DVDs for as low as $3.99.

This chart of the ICv2 “Top 10 Superhero Properties” reflects sales for Q3 2009.