Led by titles that went AWOL in November, sales of periodical comics rose by 12% in December.

The final issue of Marvel’s Secret Invasion miniseries topped comic sales by a wide margin in December.

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

The guest list at the upcoming New York Comic Con is getting longer than the tally sheet of banks getting Federal bailouts.

Sales to comic stores on the top titles in October appear to have slipped, with only two titles in the top 25 eking out an increase over the previous month's issues.

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

These charts of the ICv2 Top 10 Superhero and Genre graphic novels reflect sales in all channels in Q3 of 2008.

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.

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.