* I have a bunch of stuff that's been sitting in my bookmarks folder for a while, and I think it's time to get get that stuff out there rather than hold it for a bigger article. Plantu was acquitted for the cartoon he did of Pope Benedict having sex with a child. The dispute over the Comic-Con name is going to court. You know how I feel about that one. On the one hand it seems absurd to be able to have rights to the phrases "Comic-Con" but on the other it really does seem like some shows are trading on the goodwill and branding built up by the San Diego show. I assume this wil be decided by actual law instead of "people arguing on the Internet" law. That very nice and talented man Gene Luen Yang won an award at the ALA conference in San Francisco before he ruined all those betting pools in San Diego. Hillary, Peggy and Tom. Congrats to Mark Parisi, and god help us all. Seriously.
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