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The issue frames market momentum alongside concerns about upcoming changes, and explains how knowledge sharing through Internal Correspondence, its website, and conferences supports understanding of what lies ahead. Content includes tabletop and collectible game coverage, graphic novel reviews, best-seller highlights, and interviews connected to the broader gaming and geek culture business ecosystem.","2019 – Hobby Games  \nCHannel  \nsCores  \nanotHer GrowtH year  \nreviews on  \nUpCominG GrapHiC  \nnovels!  \nwww.IC v 2. Com  \nTabletop Games Comics/ Graphic Novels/  \nManga Merch  \nGet the Insider’s  \nEdge for the Business of GeeK Culture!  \nSubscribe / Follow / Visit [ic](icV2.com)[V](icV2.com)[2](icV2.com)[.](icV2.com)[com](icV2.com)  \nAvailable May 1, 2020  \nMay 2020’s 100-card booster set captures the final showdown between Playmaker and Ai from Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS! With brand-new themes as well as support to bolster fan favorite strategies, Eternity Code marks a new chapter for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME.  \n[www.yugioh-card.com](www.yugioh-card.com)  \nOFFICIALYUGIOHTCG  \n @YUGIOHTCG  OFFICIALYUGIOHTCG  \nsales are up, buT wHaT’s nexT?  \nBoth of ICv2’s core categories,  \nhobby games and comics/ graphic novels, were up across channels in 2019, which is great news! But both businesses are being roiled by change, and there’s a lot of concern about what’s coming next. I’ve always operated on the principle that what helps arm us for the future is knowledge  \nthat furthers our understanding. That’s why we publish Internal Correspondence, our website, [ICv2.com](ICv2.com); and participate in conferences. Thanks for reading, and here’s looking ahead to continued growth.  \nMilton Griepp, Publisher  \nTable of ConTenTs  \nHobby Games CHannel sCores anoTHer GrowTH year  4 TouGH Comps, fewer HiTs in Hobby CHannel  9  \nColleCTible Games sHow sTrenGTH in Down season  10  \nGames worksHop, D&D, sTar wars sTill DominaTe miniaTures  11  \neCleCTiC CarD Game mix for HoliDays  12  \nrpGs sTill THe fasTesT-GrowinG CaTeGory 12  \nHobby Game besT sellers 13  \nHobby Game piCk HiTs  16  \ninTerview wiTH CHris powell of DiamonD/allianCe 20 GrapHiC novel reviews  26  \nGrapHiC novel besT sellers  28  \npublisHer anD eDiTor  \nMilton Griepp  \nmanaGinG eDiTor  \nJeffrey Dohm-Sanchez  \nwriTers  \nBrigid Alverson Milton Griepp Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez  \nresearCH  \nBrigid Alverson Dennis Viau  \nGrapHiC DesiGn  \nBrian Glass  \nsubsCripTions:  \nRetailers: This issue, and most back issues are available free to retailers while supplies last. Subscriptions:  \nU.S. subscription rate is $19.95 for two issues (one year). Library subscriptions are available through Ebsco (\\#408- 601-128), and WT Cox (\\#128411) . Two issue subscription rate for Canada/ Mexico is $24 .95, and outside-North America is $39.95. Digital back issues and subscriptions are available through the Drivethrucomics.com and [DrivethruRPG.com](DrivethruRPG.com) websites. Current annd back issues also available at ICv2 Pro website.  \nPublished by GCO, LLC 448 W. Washington Ave. Madison, Wisconsin 53703  \n[http://www.ICv2.com](http://www.ICv2.com)  \n[ISSN](ISSN 1934-346977)[ 1934-346977](ISSN 1934-346977)  \nThe front cover is a sponsored position. All interior editorial content is un-sponsored and solely the opinion of the ICv2 editorial staff.  \nICv2’s Internal Correspondence is TM and © 2020 GCO, LLC. ICv2 and Internal Correspondence are ® registered trademarks of GCO, LLC. All rights reserved. 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