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Digital comics, convention centers, women and comics...the usual.

A few notes from around.

Continuing the talk on creator-owned comics, events, Art Spiegelman, the history of fonts, and the Michael George murder trial.

More in Wizard, the forgotten history of Top spot, the future of comics shops, an Frank Santoro's excellent adventure.

Follow ups, embezzlers, and the truth about Lois Lane in today's link roundup.

Interviews, book battles, Caotain Canuck -- what can it all mean???

The Spider-Man musical comes to an end! Paolo Rivera drafts his dad. And how much money do artists make? All that and more in today's linkage.

Well, someone had to do it: Sean T. Collins delves deep into Google cache and old wounds to give a critical look at the legacy of Dirk Deppey and ¡Journalista!. Like pretty much everyone we talk to, Collins feels that the recent ¡Journalista! as found on the revamped TCJ.com was not as effective as the earlier one. And Collins points out that Deppey himself had much to answer for in the woeful rollout of TCJ.com:

Interviews, craft, big boobs. Just another day at Comic Book Ranch.

Stuff we've been bookmarking: § You know you've arrived when internet blowhards start yapping about you. In this case, a right-wing blogger protests the new...

Cartoonists smiling and doing things! Things to see and listen to! Plus, when reason meets...the internet.

Naked cartoonists, youth culture, Abhay's surprise appearance in the secret volcano, One Piece restaurant...