In Part Two of this three part interview, we talk about the changing relationship between movies and publishing; Marvel’s digital initiatives; and Marvel’s position on a shift to a universal Tuesday delivery day to retailers.

As 2008 nears its end the inevitable “Ten Best” lists begin to appear.

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen topped BookScan’s list of the Top 20 graphic novels.

Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to make a live action adaptation of Ninja Scroll , the 1993 anime feature directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. It’s being written by Alex Tse, who wrote the Watchmen script.

An ICv2 Release. The ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference will be held on Thursday, February 5th, in association with the New York Comic Con. These are the panelists currently booked for the event.

Sales of periodical comics through Diamond Comic Distributors rose 2% in September.

Marvel’s Secret Invasion event is in full swing and it helped boost sales in September with seven titles in the top 25.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during September 2008.

In Part One of this two-part interview, Pavia talks about the current state of the graphic novel and manga market, and the changes in Tokyopop's publishing schedule and digital initiatives since the restructuring.

DC has announced the creation of “motion comics” based on Batman: Black & White and Superman: Red Son .