All The Cool Kids Are In San Diego This Week For Comic Con '05.

Me? I'm here in good ol' Louisville, KY (It's not "The 'Ville", I don't care what anyone else tells you) working the day job and watching all of the grass dry up and blow away after 7 weeks of 95+ degree weather and no rain:

It's not just no rain, either; The sun has been out every single day during that time, too. By the time I take the car from my house five miles down the road, two inches of dust and pollen in the air collects on my windshield that's just thick enough to diffuse the laser-like direct sunlight into an eye-obscuring haze, yet it's too thin to actually shield my eyes from the glare. Summer blows goats.

In other news, holy crap on a stick, did anyone else know that a new Frank Miller Batman comic is coming out this Wednesday? I had no idea! I had to stumble across this interview to find out about it! This will be the first DC comic I've bought in almost ten years. Looking forward to it.

Here are a couple of other cool blogs I check out regularly: Confessions of A Southern Literary Queen. A recent college grad headed to Berkely who majored in Lit. I like the cut of her jib. Mike Manley's Draw! Manley is a comics pro. He drew Batman while I was in college, and I always loved his stuff, especially his inks. This was during the big Image comics era, and I loved Manley's work because he never tried to be another Lee/Liefeld/McFarlane "Flavor of the Month" artist. Just, good, rock-solid drawing, draftsmanship and linework.

More cool links to share later in the week.