• Seth writes about how comics is different from writing for the Walrus and illustrates his piece with a short strip.

• Canadian documentary "An Independent Mind" features persecuted Algerian cartoonist Ali Dilem.

• New Brunswick journalist Darcey McLaughlin wonders if monthly comic books/floppies are on their way out.

• The trailer for the new Apocalipstix graphic novel is now online.

• Francis Hervieux has photos from the recent Montreal Otakuthon.

• Blake Bell is profiled at Publisher's Weekly re: his book about U.S. cartooning legend Steve Ditko.

• An appreciation of that famous Lynn Johnston comic strip.

• Here is the other side, a non-appreciation.

• The Fathers for Justice types are at it again, dressing as superheroes.

• Happy birthday, Bookninja!

• Nicolas Robel's Crocos, a Topffer prizewinning book when published in Switzerland in 2007, is now translated into German.

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