* the Kapow! convention is apparently suspending operations for 2013; may try again in 2014. That's the one closely aligned to Mark Millar and his "Millarworld" on-line presence.
* there will be multiple printings of certain Spider-Man comics in a recent plotline that so enraged certain fans of the character that they wished death upon their writer, which even if one supposes is not exactly passionate death-wishing of the "you destroyed my entire family" variety is really quite different than the reaction one imagines anyone should have regarding any piece of popular entertainment.
* there's a pair of nice Christmas-related posts from Sean Kleefeld here and here.