Hey archaica, weren't you the one wondering whatever happened to the

Drawn from sources that are listening to webcomic podcasts today… A new set of Heroes webcomics is reportedly on the way. Platinum Studios continues to send out press announcements about how great their doing, but nothing from them about thier payment issues relating to Hero by Night creator DJ Coffman. The latest, ‘Final Orbit’ will be made [...]

Hi Gang,

Sorry for being lax on the job, but as you know I’ve been having some health issues.  Anyway, does anyone want to have a June Clatch meeting in Chapel Hill?  I was thinking next Saturday, the 14^th.  We can meet at Padgett’s.  I know the next weekend is Heroescon.  Let me know what you all think and I will schedule something.  There is a very good chance I won’t make it to the meeting, but I will let you know.

It just keeps going.  Last Wednesday I had a spinal tap to determine if one of my medications was affecting my sight.  However, ever since the spinal tap I have been having pains in my lower back.  They are sharp pains, very similar to the pains I encountered during the spinal tap.  Today I was supposed to have another spinal tap w/ x-rays, but they would not do it because of the pain in my back.  Instead I had an MRI on my spine to determine if something went wrong during the procedu

Since, as I bragged earlier, I was the guy who suggested that Project:Rooftop violate their own Guideline #7 so as to host this redesign contest, I'm taking a certain amount of pride in the redesigns I'm seeing out there so far. I've only caught two, but if you see any more or have done one of your own, holler and let me know!

Here are the one I know about:

Gate Crash: Will li'l Conny defeat the challenge from the li'l spirit world? Another childhood adventure of the world's youngest monster hunter. With respects to Li'l Oscar.

I legitimately hope that, inspired by the Obamas, folks not only start giving fist bumps instead of handshakes, but they also follow up with a quick "thumbs-up" and a pat on the ass. I see the entire firmament of America changed forever.

My first entry for the Superman: Man of Style contest over at Project:Rooftop.

MoCCa MoCCa MoCCA!!
The Beat lists a lot webcomickers in attendence at this weekend's MoCCA fest in New York:  Jeffrey Rowland, Raina Telgemeier, Josh Neufeld, Lark Pien, David Malki, Cat Garza, Jen Wang, Ben Rosen, Dave Roman, Lunchbox Funnies, The Flight crew, Kean Soo...

HAMMER TIME!
ComicMix redesigns its webcomic reader for comics published on its site. ComicMix contributor Rick Marshall praises the new reader and hints at new developments to come at ComicMix.

GUEST ART
Today's the last day to submit a guest strip for Alma Mater's Summer O' Fun run.

DEAD TREES
The Pulse has an interview with some members of the Chemistry Set collective on their print anthology, No Formula.

Wet Ink has an interview with Lee Salem the head of the Universal Press Syndicate.

NOT WEBCOMICS
Warren Ellis points out that Svetlana Chmakova of Tokyopop’s Dramacon is one of the creators of the new animated series, My Life Me, which is in production for a fall 2009 release.

The A.V. Club has an interview with animator Robert Smigel.

The website came back online sometime early yesterday evening and seems to be back for good.  Mail orders that we’ve received so far are going out today (sorry for the delay!) and will be available all weekend thanks to my helpful and resourceful wife Gwen, who will be handling the orders.  She set up the [...]