So, those idiots over at the Eisner commitee decided to give one to that big loser Scott Kurtz. Do they have any idea what this is going to do to his already disgusting ego?

What a jerk.

Just kidding. Congratulations, Scott. I know what it means to you as a comics and webcomics enthusiast to be given what is, truly, the highest earnable accolade. Well done.

So, I spent the weekend at the glorious M.O.C.C.A. Festival in New York City at the Puck Building and, before I commence my paltry epilogue, I feel I should tell you that I didn’t get much sleep, I drank an heroic amount, and I had a table to schill my own wares from my other job.

That said, I was very happy to see that there were so many more webcomicers than last year. As a fan of all types of comics, I was also happy to see some of the non-webcomicers, but I’m not allowed to talk about that or Daku will put me in the dark place again.

It’s really dark there.

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You should probably click on this picture if you’re confused.

So, Daku comes up to me, right, and he’s all like, “Mr. Heezy, there just ain’t no news no more!” and I’m all like, “Look at you, all roguish, and you can’t even find no news” and he was all like, “Whatchou talkin’ bout, Hian? There just ain’t none” and I’m all like, “Just sit back apiece, son, an’ I’ll show you the wassup”

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The big names in comics continue to make their tentative forays to the computron. The question “can they dominate the webernet the way they’ve dominated print?” has been raised. The answer is no & no. Unless diamond gets an exclusivity deal in hosting on the webernet, and even then, some places would remain open to independents.

The Lulufriends have assembled to form the Friends of Lulu Empowerment Fund to raise money, initially, to help Taki Soma whose story has captured the attentions even of Internet Jesus. Go. Read. It is important, significant, and not a joke. It is, in fact, the opposite.

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Daku asked me to write an essay either about Joey Manley’s “Webhead” or webcomics nation. I’ve been mulling this over for about two weeks, I think, and I frankly wish he’d given me a broader topic to work with because I can’t think of too much to say about Webhead or webcomics nation that hasn’t been said and isn’t readily available other places on the web. I do have an observation, however.

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OMFG! There is a clickwheel discussion supervening this very moment at the Apple repository in Londinium. Will Simons will be there; he is a crazy inventor.

Also in the Kingdom of Unity, is, uh… This Thing. I have been assured that “it should be a really good day for all involved.”

Dylan Meconis has launched a prequel to Bite Me. My sources tell me that it details the history of a Jewish werewolf of Germanic heritage. I forget what it is called; having paid attention to Dylan’s artistic evolution, I can safely advise that you pay attention to this strangety.

Also, I hear tell there is also some news for your eyeballs. And more for your earballs.