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For Australian Fashion Week, Romance Was Born designers Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales went all Jack Kirby with an "exuberant" mix of stripes and patterns.

Well, we had a swell (and swollen) time at this year's MoCCA Fest as usual. We'll be along with some observations and books we got presently, but for the full flava here's aphotoset assembled by Jeff Newelt covering the show as well as two events for Harvey Pekar's CLEVELAND Harvey Pekar's CLEVELAND. MoCCA photos are by Shahriar Shadab, Strand photos are by Winslow Porter.

Washington has stolen our buzzwords! And we won't take it lying down!

We're outta here.

Better late than never! Please at least scroll through this (very incomplete) listing of new books out at MoCCA and just look at the pictures if nothing els.e There are some pretty amazing books coming out that haven't gotten that much press, so I think it's wroth your while.

The Bonfire Agency came on the scene a year ago with some great ideas for giving all levels of the comics industry more information; this month they are spotlighting one of the best, FanPan, a consumer input panel of 500 pop culture users and influencers. It's free to join FanPan, but brands and products can then avail themselves of FanPan input to test how their products will be received by the highly vocal and internet-savvy early adopters.

A whole lotta Game of Thrones news, a hilarious Samuel L. Jackson press clip for The Avengers, a tidbit about the latest offering from Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, etcetera...

The link is probably NSFW and some of the pieces are VERY disturbing. And mesmerizing.

As a lagniappe to the current "All Things Alan Moore" wiki currently going on in our comments, here's Pádraig Ó Méalóid with a little-remembered crossover between the Watchmen and the Question...that took place all the way back in THE QUESTION #17, June 1988. Think of it as "The Five Doctors" of this particular timeline.

Coming to this year's MoCCA-fest and feeling peckish? Veterans know that although not known as a culinary mecca, the area around the Lexington Armory still has some pretty decent, cheap grub, some of it prepared under the auspices of renowned chefs. This is our third year presenting an eating guide. We've updated last year's listings with a few new spots. As usual, foodie heaven is only a cab or subway ride at any of the city's famed eateries but here's where to grab a quick, cheap lunch or a special trea

Dynamite has just revealed these exclusive sneak peaks of their July releases. Take a look at the covers for GAME OF THRONES #10, WHEEL OF TIME #27, and FULL MOON #7. Expect these on your radar in July!

On Monday, digital distributor iVerse announced a new initiative that would allow libraries to download books from their digital library on a cost per checkout basis.