* it's amazing to me that people are still giving out Jack T. Chick comics for Halloween -- I assume that's what's going on here. There's probably something clever to be said for comics made to save souls coming under fire for inappropriate content, but the whole thing kind of depresses me.
* one of the reliable fun thing on the comics Internet is retailer and foundational industry blogger Mike Sterling's regular dive into the dumpster of pop-culture junk that is certain sections of the comics shop retailing catalog.
* I missed this amazing set of posts from Jose Munoz in tribute to Kim Thompson and Spain Rodriguez. Whoa.
* not comics: Andrew Weiss rejects the gifted child scenario presented in the Ender book by Orson Scott Card.