Simon Davies of Comix Shoppe in Swansea, Wales describes his store's successful day, and offers some comments and suggestions for publishers.

Jamie Graham of Graham Crackers Comics saw Dark Horse VP Michael Martens' response to retailer Ilan Strasser's comment on manga timing in bookstores and had this response.

Three comic titles sold over 175,000 copies in the direct market in May, all with sales driven by variant cover promotions.

Comic sales were up again in May with a 12% over-all increase over May 2003. Comics were up more strongly than graphic novels, with a 12% increase vs. a 7% increase in graphic novel sales.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2004.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2004.

Dean Phillips of Krypton Comics in Omaha, Nebraska saw our coverage of the Barnes & Noble exclusive Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover and the retailer responses, and sent us his solution.

Diamond shipped over 230,000 copies of Superman #204 to North American comic stores in April, the best single-copy piece sale since Batman #619 last September.

Daniel McAbee of The Tangled Web in Spartanburg, South Carolina saw the news on Barnes and Noble's exclusive Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover, and the response from John Miller of Lost Realm and sent us this comment on his strategies for competing with big box competition.

Andy Eaton of TalesofWonder.com, an Internet retailer based in Tampa, Florida, saw the news of a new exclusive Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover at Barnes & Noble, and sent us his view.