Here’s details on Bookfest. I’ll be there in the morning.
Roman will host a workshop on writing for comics. Telgemeier will be signing books, including her Baby-Sitters Club books.
And here’s a charming cartoon about their relationship.

Here’s some cool Iron Man sketches; I especially heart the Francesco Francavilla ones.
Sorry for the blog absence; I caught a stomach bug. At least I don’t talk about it like Max Barry does.
I’ve been on board with Civil War, and I think it’s the best ubercrossover Marvel’s ever done, but I have one problem with [...]

I do my best thinking in the shower.
I was trying to think about what I’d like to talk about while showering this morning, and something occured to me. I missed the boat on the pog story yesterday. Sure, there were pogs in a 7-11…
…but where were the comics?
Eighteen months ago, Marvel announced a deal where [...]

I was grabbing a Vitamin Water and a banana this morning at a 7-11 on the way to work when I saw these- pogs. Apparently, they’re back.
I weep for the youth of America.

Everyone who reads comics wants to write comics. Yes, you too.
Comics are the second easiest storytelling media to create, behind prose. All you need to make a comic is the ability to make words and pictures come together on a page to make a story. If you can draw, take photos, or [...]

Easterbrook, noted editor at The New Republic, Atlantic Monthly, and the Washington Monthly, and also writer of ESPN’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback, discusses the X-Men.
True story: I got the idea of writing haikus in book reviews from him, as he uses haikus in his column to describe football teams. If you’re going to steal a gimmick, [...]

Brevoort’s an editor at Marvel, and responded to some comments on his blog with this gem:
"Here’s the thing: the characters are invulnerable.
"I’m not talking about super-powers here; I’m talking about the ability to survive bad stories and bad times and to live on and prosper again. The primary Marvel characters have been around for four [...]

Colleen Doran posted this LA Times story about a retiring librarian from Mississippi and his struggles with a community where illiteracy runs rampant. There’s some comics content in there too, including a note about a custom comic the people at Archie created for the community.
I’m lucky. I’ve been able to read all of my [...]

How many major Frank Miller works aren’t in oversized books?
Dark Horse put out Sin City in 8 oversized tomes. Marvel’s putting his Daredevil work into two Omnibus volumes, and they’ve already published his Spider-Man work and collaborations with Bill Sienkiewicz in oversized hardcovers. 300, his story about the Persian invasion of Greece, was originally [...]

Lynn Johnston opens up her studio to the public and shows how her award-winning strip, For Better or For Worse, gets made. Here’s the link, courtesy (again) of Blog@Newsarama.
No reviews tonight again, but I’ll catch up this weekend.