* the ALA will apparently incorporate one of its big-focus tools into its comic book and graphic novel coverage. That might be the most important audience for the most kinds of comics right now.
* this may resonate with some people, but I never thought a whole lot of of self-defeating or self-congratulatory ways of looking at writing as a career. It's a pretty good one with a lot of advantages. Everyone who gets to do it should be happy to do so; there are a lot of jobs that are much more horrible. Mostly I feel little good can come from staring at what you do all the time.