* What James Kochalka has been doing since quitting American Elf. Also, Kochalka explains the print strategy (or at least the history; it's hardly a strategy) of American Elf, and reports the most recent volume sold worse than any of his other books. That's ridiculous, and just another indicator of how little regard the market has for quality, or anything that isn't wrapped in spandex and focused on scowling men grappling with each other. Comics: Never failing to fail.
* Sammy Harkham, talking to Tom Spurgeon about the response to the latest Kramers Ergot: "At this point, how could anyone making comics give a shit about how they're received?" Another interesting quote from Harkham, on the trend years back of noteworthy alternate/artcomix cartoonists publishing with imprints like Pantheon after establishing their bona fides with independent comics publishers: "I don't understand why people who are happy with their small, independent publishers who let them do what they want to do, I don't understand why they opt to go somewhere else and make middlebrow work and fairly ugly books." Given how I lost interest in the work of pretty much every comics creator who took that route, I think, artistically, Harkham may be on to something here. Go read the full interview, lots of food for thought.
* Tony Isabella discusses whether and when heroes should be willing to take a life.
* Stumptown artist Matthew Southworth talks to Tom Spurgeon about his art and his career.
* Uncomics: Star Trek Into Darkness director J.J. Abrams talks a little bit about the movie, no spoilers.
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