Heads up, everybody. Sandra and I will be opening pre-orders for Schlock Mercenary: The Teraport Wars next week — probably on Tuesday or Wednesday.

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More news from Fan Expo in Toronto. [CBR]: DiDio confirmed that a new Plastic Man series will happen one day, the book's biggest advocate just needs to free up some time in his incredibly busy schedule. "The biggest problem [with the hold on the title] is we're not going to do 'Plastic Man' without Ethan," said DiDio. "That's the rule now. I don't see the reason to do it. [Plastic Man] can do guest star appearances here and there but there is no sense doing the book without Ethan. He's the most passionate about it. "Also Plastic Man is a character...

Melpomene: The Chaos Orb, the online graphic novel from Jamie Robertson and Clint Hollingsworth, is now online for free. The Clan of the Cats spin-off was originally intended for Keenspot Premium, a service Keenspot discontinued in May of 2008.

I got a twitter, for all the one line thoughts that pop into my head. I always rush to LJ to post them, because they seem terribly interesting, but when they're all typed out on the journal page ... well, one line posts look sort of sad. So I don't post them. Thus, TWITTER! Yay! (Note: twitters will not be posted here. This is an LJ for THOUGHTFUL posts of GREAT MAGNITUDE. Or, y'know, posts about pretty boys, cartoons and what I discovered in my nose while picking it this morning. Whatever.)

Here’s the black-n-white art for today’s comic. -Krishna

The third installment of “Ingress and Egress” further ratchets up the tension between the roommates in the dirty, disgusting Boston apartment, setting the stage for the violent climax. It was written by me and drawn by Jason Ho.

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Rounding up the latest news from the "black capes"... A 'VILLAIN-CENTRIC WEEKLY?' [CBR] Dan Didio led the 'DC: A Guide to Your Universe' panel last Saturday at Fan Expo in Toronto, and while there were no major announcements, the DC Comics Executive Editor and his creative cohorts... answered an hours worth of thoughtful and thought-provoking questions from the assembled members of DC Nation.

What is this - the fifth annual PAX (Penny Arcade Expo)?  It seems like just yesterday that Mike and Jerry hung out with a few fans at a game center (that was the year before the first PAX) and now they're bigger than John Lennon!

The local newsprint has a pretty good feature story on the amazing success story that is Penny Arcade Inc:

PAX, or Penny Arcade Expo, taking place Aug. 29-31 at the Washington Convention Center in Seattle, is the largest video-game conference, rivaling others like E3 and earning the nickname the "Woodstock for gamers." Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Blizzard and Nintendo will be exhibitors there.

Drawn from sources that are sleeeeepy… Boy on a Stick and Slither are featured in this post over at Boing Boing for an episode they did about surveillance. The Seattle Times has an article about PAX. A blog that I’ve never heard of ‘This Week in Webcomics.’ Happy to finally have found it! Jump Leads and Nightmare World [...]