* the 2017 FCBD comics have been announced. That's in recent years been a pretty good group of comics for buyers like me, which is weird, but I'm not complaining. I'd pick up five or six of these books for sure and be very happy to have them. Bleeding Coolpulled out an interesting piece of news from the comics with which I'm less familiar.
* a year-end speech by book publishing executive Carolyn Reidy reminded me that Gallery 13 will be part of the publishing landscape in 2017. I wasn't blown away by the initial launches in terms of their bringing something unique to the table, although it will matter more if the comics released are good or not.