* not comics: Gary Tyrrell calls our attention to the horrifying case of John T. Unger. Stories like these should remind us that there are people out there that think it's their god-given right to rip off artists, and are willing to go to the mat for it.
* I think everyone in comics needs to post embarrassing pictures of themselves in Halloween costumes right now.
* you know, for as much beating up as I've done on the Vertigo slate -- which doesn't come close to matching the nasty words you'll hear from comics creators about their impressions of the imprint if you just sit around a bunch of them long enough -- I do think they've done a good job in the post-Y world of nursing some of their series into solid performers.
* finally, a grant to help libraries build their graphic novel holdings seems like a nice idea to me, and I hope the program is executed with skill to match the good will such an idea engenders.
* everyone is agog over 
