* congratulations to Julia Wertz. Remember, comics-makers: apply for every single "regular" arts honor and grant and fellowship that's out there that you can find.
* finally, here's a short discussion about Stan Lee and the creation of The Black Panther. Basically, there's not a lot in terms of context or content to suggest he had a ton to do with it, let alone enough to make a sole creative claim. Then again, Lee has established that he considers broad conceptualization to be the same as character creation.