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The biggest business book show in America is inching towards a full-on consumer day, as the Comic-con-ization of trade book shows continues. BEA director...

Okay this is the limit. In January DC will launch a new JLA book by Geoff Johns and David Finch, and to make sure...

Things are sort of returning to the semi-normal in Manhattan, as least from what we can see. We stopped by Jim Hanley's Universe on...

Newsarama have published a statement from Dark Horse President Mike Richardson regarding Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm. This move obviously raises questions about Dark Horse,...

As rumored last week, two major publishing companies Random House and Penguin have merged, creating one big Franken-publisher that will control 25% of...

Is this the magic moment? Probably. Or as a recent ICv2 headline put it:Comic Retailers Cautiously Ecstatic, following the "Return of the Pamphlet." Despite the innate caution, pessimism and low self-image endemic to the comics industry, it seems that following a year of improved sales, general awareness, mainstream recognition and booming live events, the comics industry has taken a moment to kick back the recliner and crack open a frosty one:

Despite the nearly daily arrival of Wizard World PR in our inboxes, we haven't been the most attentive to running their news; apologies for that. With this weekend's Wizard World Austin Comic Con coming up, here's a little of what's happening and a peek at the most recent SEC filings:

Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius has been a success on the web ever since folks started anxiously asking "Can peoplez read comicz on webz?" and it even has a load of Hugo Awards to show for it. But In a humorous press release copied below, they've announced they're moving over to TopatoCo for fulfillment and merchandizing, while staying with Diamond for distribution.

At the Diamond Retailer appreciation breakfast this morning, after being forced to surrender phones and become sequestered behind a blast shield door, attendees...

I've been hearing complaints from small and digital publishers about Comixology being closed for submissions.  This seems to have fueled some of the recent...

Judging by the number of emails featuring new business announcements we're getting, comics must be HOT. here's a new attempt at a mini-distributor: Comic...

I hate to differ with Torsten but I think Wednesday still counts as a Day Zero becuase of the ICv2 conference—a lot of people...