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Comic Book Resources has announced that today's B&B column, wherein DC eic Bob Harras and Editorial Director Bobbie Chase answer fan and journalist questions....has been put on the shelf after four outings :

Patton Oswalt has been rather busy over the last few weeks. When not convincing the World that he should be cast as The Penguin...

One of the later additions to DC's New 52 reboot was a new version of Dial H For Hero, this time shortened to just Dial...

  You can tell we're getting into the comics spring/summer stride as highly desirable books begin hitting the shelves in rapid tandem. Last week saw...

The fabled A1 Brit comics anthology, is getting a relaunch in June, and now an annual in October with the A1 Annual billed as "a Who’s Who of comics’ talent – past, present and future." And if you look at who's in it, you may just agree. The issue comes with two covers, including a Diamond exclusive cover by Jim Steranko and Stanley Lau. Contributors include everyone from Simon and Kirby reprints to Dave Johnson to Emily Hu. 176 pages and $22.99. Sold!

Coinciding brilliantly with our post yesterday on the nagging uncertainty of making a career in future media, world-renowned best selling author Neil Gaiman said pretty much exactly the same thing in a keynote address at the London Book Fair which urged everyone to just try new shit (we're paraphrasing) to find what works:

Beat pal and writer Adri Cowan writes to say she's collecting kid-friendly comics to donate to the Boston Children's Hospital and other Boston hospitals following the horrific events in Boston this week.

Interviewing Matt Kindt at WonderCon brought with it some unusual circumstances. Just prior to speaking to Kindt, I had the opportunity to hear him...

We've been following the development a musical based on Alison Bechdel's classic comics memoir Fun Home for a while, and nowNew York's prestigious Public...

MAN OF STEEL, the Superman reboot, is probably the most important comic book movie since the first Sam Raimi Spider-Man -- the future of DC's superheroes on screen rests on its caped shoulders. If the movie does well, a whole new cinematic universe could unfold. If it flops...well, let's hope that doesn't happen.

§ It's been kind of hard to concentrate on comics with all the horrible things going on in Boston. Fleen blogger Gary Tyrell is also a trained EMT, and he gives some emergency basics in this post. Worth a read, and keep sending good thoughts out for a better, saner world.