Dan Barnett of Walt's Cards in Baltimore, Maryland saw retailer Stephen Armstrong’s comments about deep discounting of Dungeons and Dragons product and observes that not only is there still discounting of Magic: The Gathering product, the new rarity scheme is unnecessary.

Floor traffic was light at the recently concluded Book Expo America at the Los Angeles Convention Center , but graphic novels were a bright spot.

Viz Media made a number of announcements at Book Expo America .

Rembert Parker of Reader Copies in Anderson , Indiana saw retailer Brian Cobos’ comments about Upper Deck and says his store received all of its pre-orders for Yu-Gi-Oh! and suggests it may be a distributor issue.

Within the last few weeks, sell-outs on new CCG releases from a number of different companies illustrate the always difficult task of managing collectible game supply in ways that keep the market happy.

Brian Cobos of Phoenix Games, Mukilteo , Washington saw the news about layoffs at Upper Deck and hopes the changes will lead to better availability of popular CCGs.

This week, Steve Bennett deconstructs Speed Racer .

Gunslinger Girl-II Teatrino , the 13-episode anime sequel to 2004's Gunslinger Girl series, is the latest acquisition announced by FUNimation

4Kids Entertainment released its first quarter financials and reported a net loss of $6.4 million.

We sat down with Upper Deck's Scott Gaeta at the recent GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas to talk about Upper Deck’s release plans for 2008.