This week, Bennett continues his discussion of comic content and its impact on sales.

Buddy Saunders of Lone Star Comics in Arlington, Texas saw the column by Steven Bennett on the contents of comics and Allen N. Swords' response and concurs with Bennett's view that the dark themes of comics limit sales.

Nancy Drew is headed for the big screen in Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills.

Allen N. Swords, an English lecturer at Clemson University Department of English in Clemson, South Carolina saw Steve Bennett's column on the contents of comics and the relationship with sales, and decided he 'wanted to spend a few moments taking umbrage to the recent column from Steve Bennett.'

NBM Publishing has announced that it will be publishing new stories starring long-time post-underground comics character Omaha the Cat Dancer.

Dark Horse has announced that it will release a 25-cent 24-page preview comic promoting its first Penny Arcade trade paperback collection.

Comic retailer (Crescent City Comics) Kirby Gee was extracted from New Orleans on Wednesday by friends who went to the city to retrieve him.

Graphic novel sales in comic stores rose a dramatic 21% in the first half of 2005, dragging a near-flat 2% growth rate in comic periodicals to a 7% over-all growth rate for the comics and graphic novel category.

This week Bennett tackles what's between the covers, with a look at how content may be affecting comic sales.

Buddy Saunders of Lone Star Comics in Arlington, Texas feels that a portion of the money raised by such projects should go to those in the industry that are affected by the disaster.