* this was a nice story in the Times about Stan Lee reaching out to the kids. It's a reminder of the power the best superhero characters have in the imaginations of a lot of young people. I'm glad they corrected their initial error.
* the guys at Deconstructing Comics talk to John Layman. Mary Duan profiles Dan Perkins.
* not comics: this seems like an article that might be meaningful to a number of you that are at a point in your career where the signs that it is a career might be hard to find or to explain to people. It's probably a perspective I could use, but I'm far too frightened to read it.
* not comics: I would really like to know what Jeff Bezos will eventually do with the Washington Post. I'd particularly like to know if comics will have a part in that. This article seems like it details things that could have done three weeks after the purchase, and the end result still isn't clear.
* finally, I didn't catch this while it was live, but it's a perfect example of what I think will be endless opportunities moving forward to not just say things on-line where people can read us saying them but to do something concrete even if modest. I'm all for the power of words and argumentation, I just think we're at a stage where solutions will come in a lot of different guises.
* Sean Gaffney on 
