Rather than make jabs about men raining down and unicorns galloping through the land, I’ll just let the headline speak for itself and get right to the gay-friendly, week-in-review goodness. Enjoy!

-Dean Trippe, the well-known creator of Butterfly, a webcomic about the life of a sidekick of a sidekick, has joined forces with assistant editor over at Dark Horse Comics, Rachel Edidin, to form Sequential Heart, an organization geared towards providing youth-friendly comics to programs and shelters serving homeless youth.

According to an article at PrismComics.com, over 20% of today’s homeless are members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transexual (LGBT) community, a startling statistic that has driven several people to take action. Trippe has championed other causes in the comics community and this just adds to the growing list for the socially-conscious creator.

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If you have been working on a comic and aren’t quite sure what to do with it, or if you have an idea sitting on the shelf gathering dust, check this out: Comics Village, a new commentary and review site, is teaming up with Markosia Enterprises to host a webcomics competition. Unlike Zuda, where you are one of many, the winner gets their webcomic posted for a year on the Markosia site, then rendered in glorious print and distributed throughout the UK.

While you’re at it, check out Comics Village itself, which has a fresh selection of comics news, commentary, and reviews up every day.

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Discovery of the day: High Maintenance Machine, by Matthew Reidsma. I stopped into Hub Comics, the new comics shop in Somerville, MA, on Friday, and they had his adorable mini-comic on the rack. I snapped up the last one and went to the website for more. It’s a deceptively simple diary comic about married life. Well worth a look.

Thinking about the Eisners? Given the number of really strong webcomics out there, I thought last year’s selection was pretty weak. So by entering your work not only do you have a shot at winning, you may actually improve the gene pool. Here’s the procedure:

Entries are also being accepted for the category of best webcomic. This category is open to any new, professionally produced long-form original comics work posted online in 2007. Webcomics must have a unique domain name or be part of a larger comics community to be considered. The work must be online-exclusive for a significant period prior to being collected in print form. The URL and any necessary access information should be emailed to jackiee@mindspring.com.

Over at Fleen, Gary Tyrrell is trying to subvert the process for his own selfish ends. Just ignore him!

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