Shelton Drum of Heroes Aren't Hard to Find in Charlotte, North Carolina says he got a big response to his request for support of his long-running HeroesCon show in the face of new competition.

Shelton Drum of Heroes Aren't Hard to Find in Charlotte, North Carolina saw our article on the new Wizard World Atlanta convention and immediately realized that it was the same dates as his long-running Heroes Convention.

Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy saw our article on the MPAA's bootleg crackdown at the San Diego Comic-con and likes it.

Charles Solomon went bicoastal on Sunday with feature articles on manga in the L.A. Times and anime in the N.Y. Times .

John Gavin of York Comics & Cards in Parma, Ohio saw the negative response to the suggestion of a Friday street date for comics from Andy Battaglia of Comics Etc., and agreed.

Rembert Parker of Reader's Copies in Anderson, Indiana saw the comments by Dave Autzen of Reader's World on ordering Marvel variants and has a different view.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during June 2005.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during June 2005.

A number of announcements regarding the late Will Eisner's The Spirit came out of the recent San Diego Comic-Con.

Sales of periodical comics in comic stores registered a solid 13% gain in June versus sales in the same month in 2004, with graphic novel sales in the channel growing 11%.