* not comics: one of the tough things about ownership discussions and dialogue about the use of copyrighted material is that even a well-meaning thread like this one conflates a bit the difficulty in keeping one's material out of others' hands with the issue of whether or not it should be used. It is amazing how many people who function in the world still think not getting to do whatever you want with things created on-line is some sort of violation of their freedoms.
* Randy Tischler wrote in to report that Bill O'Connor has passed way.
* finally: anyone have word about an Autoptic Festival this year? I never could figure out who's running that fine, indy show. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
* Sean Gaffney on 
