Here's the beginning of what SG #64 had to say about the comics generally:
There will be more about the Trade Paperback in a future post. Will it actually come out in July? What do you think?
I always get a good chuckle whenever Campiti insists things like "Careful and thorough attention is given to detail and continuity between books but also within what was shown in the 13 broadcast hours." OK, there does seem to be continuity between the books - but when it come to sticking to what was shown in the series, it's a ridiculous claim, as has been pointed out numerous times...
And unfortunately the text of the Previews blurb didn't scan clearly (but then, I needed a magnifying glass to read it from SG), so what it says is:
DARK SHADOWS BOOK TWO #2
by Maggie Thompson & Jose PimentelThe mind-reading mysterious stranger known
as Nathan takes a job with the Grimm sisters
next door, but begins to uncover a terrible family
secret spanning generations. But Willie Loomis
and he have poked into Barnabas Collins's affairs
once too often -- and the vampire strikes back!
Cover painted by Hector Gomez.
How will Barnabas strike back? We're not too far away from finding out.
And continuing on with SG #64's report:
I also always get a good chuckle when Campiti makes claims that are clearly false. I keep all my issues in the envelopes they were mailed in and the postmark for Book 2, Issue 2 clearly says May 17. So, unless everyone else received their issues almost two months before I did...
I have no memory of Innovation doing a special QVC version of the comics. But if they did, details of it will surely show up in a future issue of SG...