Edward Bolme, Brand Manager for TCGs at Press Pass , saw comments about CCG pre-release events and wanted to point out that pre-release events aren't bad, but should be offered to all stores.

Dave Salisbury of Fan Boy Three in Manchester, England, saw Steven Olsen's additional comments about CCG pre-releases and says the UK recently adopted the pre-releases for all stores approach and recommends it to U.S. retailers.

In Part 3 of our interview with Tokyopop's Mike Kiley, we talk about Tokyopop's fiction program, the differences between Japanese light fiction and the U.S. market, and what's next after Fruits Basket .

This week, Bennett talks about the joy of comic strip collections.

Steven Olsen of A Little Shop of Comics in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, who kicked off our discussion of CCG pre-release events responds to Dave Salisbury of Fan Boy Three with some numbers, and says, 'numbers don't lie.'

Paul Stock of Librairie Astro in Montreal , Quebec saw the comments on the location of the Diamond seminars and recalls that there used to be seminars at various locations.

Virgin Comics' one-shot comic Virulents will be made into a movie produced by Virgin and New Regency.

DC Comics has ended its relationship with Hachette for bookstore graphic novel distribution, and will be moving to Random House early next year.

A film based on the Humanoids series Lucha Libre , written by Jerry Frissen with art by Bill and Gobi, will start shooting early next year.

Seven Lights is using comic books to provide context to its online game, The Continuum.