IDW Publishing has announced that the first 7,500 copies of the 30 Days of Night trade paperback will come with a tipped-in plate featuring the signatures of creators Steve Niles (writer) and Ben Templesmith (artist).

Adventure Knight in Macon, Georgia, was burglarized last Saturday night with Magic: The Gathering the target of the thieves.

Kenny Penman of Forbidden Planet International in the UK saw the ICv2 2002 Toy Awards, strongly disagreed with our choice of DC Direct as Toy Company of the Year, and offers this impassioned response.

Jason Bardyla of Happy Harbor Comics & Toys in Jasper, Edmonton, and Calgary, Alberta, who saw our recent article on Marvel prices and remembered our earlier coverage of Marvel president Bill Jemas' response to DC's price increases, sent us this comment.

Mark Broy of Yesterday Once More in Morton, Illinois saw the news of Marvel's upcoming press increases and wrote to express his dissatisfaction.

Bill Norris Jr. of New Age Comics in Eugene, Oregon sent us this comment on the new cover stock on the Marvel Ultimate books.

The Comics Journal has won a 2002 Utne Independent Press Award for arts and literature coverage.

Rick Newman of Pet Shop Comics and Collectibles in Louisville, Kentucky saw the news about Marvel's revamp of Rawhide Kid and had this to say.

These awards are given as a way of reflecting on the events of the year and to draw some conclusions from them. We chose Jakks Pacific's acquisition of the Dragon Ball toy license as the Deal of the Year, and the divergent price trends in collectibles as the Phenomenon of the Year.

We chose manga in specialty retail chains as the Phenomenon of the Year, Marvel's overprint and reprint policies as the Controversy of the Year,...