* the way some people get hilariously upset about the constant spelling of "Charles Schulz" as "Charles Schultz," I can get that way out of the lack of recognition that Charlie Brown is a towhead, not bald. Nice picture, though.
* Dirk Deppey picked up on this commentary by Gary Reed about the sales of certain licensed comics. It doesn't really sound like the best-informed commentary, as many of these companies function just fine with low sales of serial comic books and trades through the DM. Also, I have no idea what sites he's reading if he thinks they suggest that everything is just fine with the market.
* not comics: two interesting cultural figures with tangential relationships to comics both passed away recent: Robert Short of The Gospel According to Peanutsdied last week at the age of 76; Charles Brown of Locushas also passed away.
* the prominent commentator Sean Kleefeld talks about the opportunities that might be there for webcomics if the current economic climate continues or worsens.
* the blogger and inker Charles Yoakum mentions something that's actually come up in conversation the last few years: someone doing a small comic convention in San Diego the weekend of Comic-Con, drawing on both the crowds of people there, those who couldn't get in and those that don't even think of going until day-of.
* Frank Santoro presents 
