James Meeley, assistant manager of Ron's Coin & Collectibles in Yakima, Washington saw Steve Bennett's latest column on comic formats and had this to say.

James Meeley, assistant manager of Ron's Coin & Collectibles in Yakima, Washington, saw the column by Steve Bennett on 86ing the 32-page comic format and disagrees.

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Jim Crocker of Modern Myths in Northampton, Massachusetts saw the response from Allen N. Swords to the column by Steve Bennett and decries 'moralizing masquerading as market analysis.'

Rick Newman of Pet Shop Comics & Collectibles in Louisville, Kentucky saw the comment from Buddy Saunders on Steve Bennett's column on comics content and added his agreement (and a concern about prices).

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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.'

Ann Dupuis of Grey Ghost Press saw the news of retailer Kirby Gee's rescue from New Orleans and sent this comment on the situation.

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