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Although the bus sped off before we could get a good picture, this ad for HSBC Bank had a pretty snappy blurb that went something like "Japanese adults buy more comic books than American children do" with a picture of a Sumo wrestler reading a manga. VERY TRUE.

Apparently some politician in Baltimore is using kids reading comic books as the result of a lack of teachers and money for education. Perhaps...

One more Baltimore link before we hit the road -- AdHouse (#1904) will make Paul Pope fans happy by bringing the limited edition THB...

Via Hairy Green Eyeball II:

These memes are strong today

Season 3/Episode 10:  I Smell a Rat Episode nine ended with some bloody messes to clean up. Franklin’s entrails were all over the Merlotte’s parking...

This week: Kieron Gillen on the prospects of more PHONOGRAM; Axel Alonso on that X-Men crossover with the vampires; and the conclusion of EX MACHINA.

You cannot say that indicted former Illinois governor Rod Bagojevich is not a smart and pragmatic man. Although recently convicted on a single count of federal corruption, Blago, as he is known to fans, had a mistrial on 23 others, so he's still out and about. And what does a pol do while out on bail to feed the family? He takes it to the people, and makes a little spending money by signing autographs at Wizard World Chicago/Chicago Comic-Con. Blago is well aware that cashing in on celebrity is the best follow up to a political fall, and while thwarted in his attempt to appear on 'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!, has been a contestant on The Apprentice. So he's gone where all reality stars go.

Cartoonists Ted Rall, Mat Bors and photographer Steven Cloud are in Afghanistan to tell "the people's story" and send back cartoons. They've been uploading them as often as possible using satellite phones.

Jordan Crane's great storage room of comics, WHAT THINGS DO, posts What Am I Doing Here? by Abner Dean, a lovely mid-century comics collection....

Via Comic Book Bin, info on the new Felix the Cat: The Great Comic Book Tails from IDW, compiled by inexhaustible Craig Yoe.

Season 3/Episode 9: Everything is Broken Everything in this episode was indeed broken.  It felt fractured, like it was in between something else finishing or...