* Glenn Hauman asks whether or not Time Warner's apparent apathy towards making a big real estate commitment to New York will result in all of DC being moved to the west coast. I honestly don't know why they didn't all make the trek the first time.
* today is the last day you can climb on board with the successful Kickstarter campaign that David Lasky and Frank Young started for their Carter Family project, and get some of that sweet, sweet Lasky original art.
* another high-interest item to benefit the family of the late cartoonist and publisher Dylan Williams: a pair of sketches of the Ice Haven book design by Dan Clowes. That one's out of my price range, but there are plenty of items going for much cheaper that look lovely. Also don't forget that Williams' friends will help Sparkplug exhibit this weekend at APE.
* I don't know how in the hell I ended up reading a Marvel.com story about the character Rogue, but it's sort of fascinating to measure each writer's approach to something like that. For instance, Mike Carey is really quick with definitive statements, much more so than the other writers save for the occasional strong statement from Jason Aaron.
* finally, Rob Steibel responds to one of those posts about how everyone hates Stan Lee's guts and wants to disparage his contributions. I think Steibel's right to point out that this is one of comics' great generalizations that hardly ever turns out to be accurate and certainly isn't true in a general sense. It's also fair to point out that one way not to experience a push back against your contributions is to make sure that what you put out there initially -- or simply allow to be put out there on your behalf -- is as accurate and fair as possible.
* today is the last day you can climb on board with 
