* The last week of the year brings news that notorious, much-despised shyster Rick Olney has apparently died. Given how much energy Olney expended over the years trying to rehabilitate his utterly soiled reputation in comics (yes, comics, which tolerates racists, homophobes and scam artists like fish tolerate water), I wouldn't be surprised in the least if Olney's untimely demise ended up being another one of his lies. But in the event that he has actually passed from this mortal coil, let's remember his many contributions to comics culture.
* 180 degrees from that story, best wishes for a speedy recovery to writer Peter David, who has apparently suffered a stroke. I've always enjoyed David's Star Trek novels, feeling that he and the team of Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens are among the few writers who can capture the voices of Trek's many characters in every work they produce, not the easiest of tasks. David's Imzadi and The Rift are two of his best Trek novels, if you want to give them a look.
* Highly recommended is Tom Spurgeon's interview with writer-about-artcomix Rob Clough. They talk intelligently about dozens of comics that I haven't read, but that a few years ago I would have probably been keenly interested in. I'm glad someone is writing, and writing well, about that corner of comics.
* Christopher Allen responds to my take on a recent(ish) Grant Morrison interview.
* Tony Isabella looks at some recent movies, including The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises. I agree with his views on both of those movies.
* The uni-named cartoonist Jason says goodbye to American Elf. Scroll down to the second strip on this page to see another cartoonist named Jason say goodbye to James Kochalka's daily diary strip. (Pro tip: Putting that strip on its own page might have gotten a few more links from the elite, Jay.)
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