* Rina Piccolo reminds us that the deadline for applications for this year's Jay Kennedy scholarship is closing fast. Jay Kennedy was a very nice man, and I miss seeing him a couple of times a year.
* Graeme McMillan suggests that the net effect of three Fear Itself epilogues was to walk back "real-world" changes made by the Marvel event series.
* I'm not amazed by the amount of money involved here as much as I am by the number of words on the page. Plus I liked the way Byrne and Austin's art looked in those last half-dozen X-Men issues they did together.
* Greg Pak has a page up where fans can donate to the ongoing care for the writer Bill Mantlo. I hope that you'll consider pledging something; that's a rotten deal for the writer turned socially active lawyer.
* I spent some time this year cracking on DC for not developing more of its character library, so it behooves to mention that this looks like just that kind of thing. "Amethyst" is such a great name for a magical princess it practically sells the concept all by itself.