* not comics: I'm not sure if this closure news is new and real because I don't follow magazine publishing news, but if it is, all condolences to those displaced. At one point, that publication had a fine little comics section.
* Michael Cavna on Exploring Calvin And Hobbes. Here's an article about Calvin And Hobbes on the occasion of its 30th birthday. That's a great strip, and seemingly the great strip for a lot of comics-makers and comics fans who enjoyed it as children.
* just how much is Frank Miller contributing to this third Dark Knight series? My guess is that he contributed at the story ideas level. Whether or not this makes any of the publicity behind the series dishonest isn't the kind of question I can answer not being in the role of consumer or buyer on this one, but it's worth keeping an eye out for someone making that kind of complaint, particularly someone with a commercial interest.
* Chris Mautner on 
