Out in the cold? ICv2.com reports on the distribution deal between Tokyopop and Diamond, and gets reaction from Cold Cut Distribution, one of several smaller distributors who will be affected by the new arrangement:

"A spokesman for Cold Cut Distribution, one of several distributors directly affected by Tokyopop's decision, told ICv2 that Cold Cut had not been contacted by Tokyopop, but if the reports of a Diamond Tokyopop exclusive were true, 'It would not be a good thing for comic shop retailers.'"

As Franklin Harris points out: "What this spokesman really means is that this is bad news for Cold Cut."