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Orbiting literature
Comics: I guess they were just for kids any more after all. Shorter me: I agree entirely with his assessment of Blankets, but I think that his criticisms of Jimmy Corrigan are tied a little too closely to fetishism of the word "novel" and what it has come to imply in a literary sense. "Graphic novel" was, originally, just a marketing term. (More specific counter-argument: JC's design and graphic language is rendered poignant and marvellous by the spareness of the traditional "plot" it shares the book with.)
I had a bit of trouble with undead infestations in the hall of mirrors up there on the top right, but otherwise, I've got very fond memories of the place. At least it kind of hung together - don't forget, I was used to dealing with omnipotent dungeon masters who thought it highly witty if the dungeon corridors, when mapped correctly, spelt the word 'arse'.And that DM... was me!
John Scalzi on Amazon's new short story e-book thing. You can tell which commenters are real writers -- they're the ones obsessively calculating, down to the last cent, how much they could expect to get paid in various hypothetical situations, and therefore which brand of cup noodle they could afford next year.
justin:
Arioch was always my favorite demi-god. Chaos rulez!