* the cartoonist and educator Steve Bissette tells a story about pay vouchers and DC Comics and Julie Schwartz and the mid-1980s that's actually nice, although he notes its rarity in the context of his overall relationship with the company in that period.
* finally, it may not be the best thing I ever wrote, but I didn't think last Sunday's feature on "best series" was so bad it falls under the category of "Swine Flu In Comics." Ouch.