* I guess these sorts of bells and whistle appeal to some folks out there, particularly when serial comics suffer from a deserved perception that most of them cost way too much for the value of the experience provided. The comic book that I read was so achingly dull and uninspired and rote I can't imagine wanting to extend that experience, though.
* somehow missed this post on the first round of Lucy Shelton Caswell research award winners. Frank Santoro is probably the familiar name there for most people, but all of the proposals sound solid. I am all for every last thing in comics that offers up cash money and support for use of comics institutions to do comics-related things. We don't have a safety net, and we don't have a structured industry, but comics can provide a bit of a framework for itself through the smart application of the resources available to it. It'd be neat to win something with Lucy's name on it.
* Alex Thomas on 
