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While researching the previous item, I cam across this every other month chart of graphic novel bestsellers in indie bookstores, via the ABA. It's about what you'd expect, with Raina Telegemeier and Allie Brosh, Noelle Stevenson, Kate Beaton and Saga reigning supreme. In other words, the unstoppable forces of mainstream comics acceptance. A little surprised that no Walking Dead on there, but the new season hadn't debuted when this chart was made.

The book is alive! Alive, I tell you! Bookstore sales rose in 2015 for the first time since 2007. It was only a modest...

We survived the server move! Did you miss us? Don't lie! A lot more change and improvement lie ahead but we're settling into our new IP nicely. And it's Leap Day! What better way to celebrate than with a salute to Batroc...the Leaper! This Captain America villain was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and appeared in Tales of Suspense #75. A French kickboxing champion he has no superpowers...save the ability to talk in a horrible French accent and...to leap!

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There's a lot of news about comics out there, so this is going to be a lot of column. • Faith #1 continues to be...

L'Affaire de Angoulême continues and will not stop. As we reported yesterday, 40 French publishers — basically all the important players in France— have...

The Angoulême Comics Festival is supposed to be the crowning event of the comics world, a festival that celebrates the art of the medium...

There's a few items I expect from CBS' multi-cam sitcom Two Broke Girls and a positive outlet for comics discussion or commentary isn't among such items....

The LA Times Book Prizes have been around for a while but added a graphic novel category only recently. Since then, its nominees have...

Your princess may be in another castle, but you'll leave your heart in this one when you see Leila's gorgeous work...

DC Comics Co-Publisher Dan Didio appeared in an online Q&A with ComicVine. Didio teased a controversial moment taking place in the DC Universe: Rebirth...

Yesterday, G. Willow Wilson won the Second Annual Dwayne McDuffie Awards for Diversity in Comics for her work with artist Adrian Alphona on Ms. Marvel.  The...