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TORONTO, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- In early April 2009, Diamond Comic Distributors notified Jack Lake Productions Inc., publisher of Classics Illustrated comics, that due to "new operating guidelines and benchmarks," they are dropping solicitation and distribution of the full Classics Illustrated series. President of Jack Lake Productions Inc., Jaak Jarve, commented, "That this is another example of a knee-jerk reaction to the tough economic environment everybody is struggling with to get through." He also added, "Ironically, here we have an American intellectual property (consisting of 325 classical literature titles) which are being dumped in favor of spandex-super-hero titles.

By Chris Kaltenbach, The Baltimore Sun Mar. 6--Closed since 2005, the Westview Mall cinemas will reopen tomorrow as the Diamond Cinemas Westview under the ownership of local comic-book distributor Steve Geppi.