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Cover by Mike Mignola, color by James Sinclair. Interviews with James Kochalka, Mike Mignola, and Frank Stack. Diamond buys Capital City Distribution. Report on 21st Chicago Comicon by Gregory Cwiklik. Report on Dragon Con '96 by Paul Wardle. Report on 27th annual Comic-Con International in San Diego by Greg Stump. Obituaries for Franco Fossati (Italy), Keith Green, Mike Parobeck, and Mark Gruenwald. Letters from Alex Toth (hand-written two-sided postcard), Randy Reynaldo, Pete Hamill, Darcy Sullivan, Dave Collier (Canada), Bob Levin, Jeff Gelb, Ian Cairns (England), James Kochalka, Steve Weiner, Kent Curry, Fred Rutherford, J. David Spurlock, Don Walsh, Chris Juricich, Gary Dunaier, Bart Beaty, and "Ampersand".