Signs Of The Times
We salute you, happy gay people of Red Pegasus Comics in Dallas, Texas. Source: Sign outside a Dallas comic shop on the day the Supreme Court OK’d gay marriage – Boing Boing
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JG Ballard, 1930-2009
From the BBC: Cult author JG Ballard dies at 78 The author J.G. Ballard, famed for novels such as Crash and Empire of the Sun, has died aged 78 after a long illness. His agent Margaret Hanbury said the author had been ill "for several years" and had died on Sunday morning. Despite being referred…
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R.I.P., Vampira, 1921-2008
Boing Boing points us to the passing of Maila Nurmi, famous for her portrayal of the original horror movie hostess Vampira, on this past Thursday. Miss Nurmi was 86. We raise a glass of O+ in her memory.
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Things That Make Your Eyeballs Go Huh?
Three words you never expected to see all at once: KISS. yaoi. manga. Our illustration today is, I’m afraid, only the beginning… [via Journalista!] Chris’s Invincible Super-Blog not only reviews a bunch of new comics, but also has a picture of Jughead with a jetpack. Speaking of Jugheads, the Joplin Independent is in love with…
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All This Stuff Happened…
Greg Rucka has some post-Comic-Con thoughts, mostly about how crowded it was. How about this: next year, just rope off the whole city of San Diego, and use the streets for aisles. Brilliant, right! Publishers Weekly has a whole load of Comic-Con wrap-up today: photos, general news, manga news, movie news, and even more. The…
