* there are a couple of slots left in Paul Karasik's summer workshops.
* here's a bunch of short reviews from Derik A Badman about comics he read in April. Rob Clough reads a bunch of diary comics. Todd Klein on World's Finest #11. Johanna Draper Carlson reviews one of those DC Entertainment video adaptations of comic book material. Grant Goggans takes on more newer Legion Of Super-Heroes material.
* from Dean Mullaney comes this article about an exhibit featuring the works owned by former prominent retailer JR Riley.
* I would imagine this shouldn't make any difference.
* Deb Aoki talks the manga market in broad strokes as part of the Deconstructing Comics series on comics markets, a series in which I took part a few weeks back.
* Valerie Gallaher predicts the future; it reflects a very mainstream-centric view of comics, but there's some interesting analysis in there.
* Shannon Smith floats the notion that Twitter makes it easier for fans and readers to express their displeasure over corporate policies.
* there's an interesting, short post here from Ryan Holmberg about the effect of manga on alternative comics in India. If that doesn't just sound like an interesting article right out of the gate, I don't know what would.
* finally: Princess Captain America.

* from Dean Mullaney comes this article about an exhibit featuring the works owned by former prominent retailer JR Riley.
* I would imagine this shouldn't make any difference.
* Deb Aoki talks the manga market in broad strokes as part of the Deconstructing Comics series on comics markets, a series in which I took part a few weeks back.
* Valerie Gallaher predicts the future; it reflects a very mainstream-centric view of comics, but there's some interesting analysis in there.
* Shannon Smith floats the notion that Twitter makes it easier for fans and readers to express their displeasure over corporate policies.
* there's an interesting, short post here from Ryan Holmberg about the effect of manga on alternative comics in India. If that doesn't just sound like an interesting article right out of the gate, I don't know what would.
* finally: Princess Captain America.