Shawn Hamilton of the Great Escape in Nashville, Tennessee responded to Bill Jemas' Open Letter to Retailers and Marvel's quick scheduling of a Must Have for The Truth with this comment on another aspect of Marvel's No Overprint policy (difficulty in replacing shortages), and a happy ending.

Total comic and graphic novel orders from comic stores for November were down about 3% vs. last year, continuing the trend from last month.

Following the trend established in October, comic store orders on most top comics slipped again in November, with only five of the top twenty-five posting increases (all below #15).

Stan Tychinski of Collectible Dreams in Selinsgrove, Pa. has been watching the recent dialogue on in our Talk Back section on Marvel and wanted to send us a positive story about the lengths to which a creator went to make a difference in his store.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in November 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in November 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.

Retailer Ron Catapano of Comics Plus in Mount Holly, New Jersey saw Bill Jemas' comments on oveprinting in conjunction with Marvel's plan to tweak its no overprint policy, and sent us this comment.

Diamond's new bookstore division has been busy adding all sorts of smaller and medium-sized publishers to its roster. Prominent among the new additions is the Checker Book Publishing Group of Dayton, Ohio.

James Baird of New World Games and Comics in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma saw Bill Jemas' comments on oveprinting in conjunction with Marvel's plan to tweak its no overprint policy, and sent us this comment.

Mike Boze of HawgHead Comics in Fort Smith, Arkansas saw Bill Jemas' comments on oveprinting in conjunction with Marvel's plan to tweak its no overprint policy, and sent us this comment.