• The Beat's Heidi MacDonald writes a long post on Dave Sim. While claiming Sim is "one of the world's greatest living cartoonists", MacDonald goes on to detail Sim's misogyny and double standards and the double standards of those who seemingly ignore his "dark side" for the sake of art or charity. Tom Spurgeon has a nice follow-up and critic Charles Hatfield has some very insightful things to say in the comments section.

• (Via Tom Spurgeon) Neil Gaiman posts a Youtube clip of an old episode of Prisoners of Gravity, the once-popular TVOntario show hosted by Rick Green and produced by Mark Asquith, about comics and science fiction. Here are some other clips that pop up in a quick search.

• Review of Aline and the Others by Guy Delisle.

• Mark your calendars: cartoonist Michel Rabagliati will be in Toronto, Saturday, March 5, for a slideshow and Q+A. Toronto Public Library, Lillian H. Smith Building, downstairs auditorium, 239 College Street.

• Statscan says spending on reading is down.

• Cartoonist Troy Little is one of the contributors to a pinback exhibit in PEI, according to the Walrus Blog.

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