( Read more... )

 I met Kim Deitch and gave him my book sort of.

 Earlier today at the CCS I watched Jason Lutes introduce himself to Charles Burns.  Watching two titans bullshit is awesome... Even when you can't really hear what they are saying.

Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse has committed suicide. 

STOP with the SUICIDES....

I wish there were a higher quality version of this

Click to view

Senator Charlie Wilson is Dead ( Read more... )

Not everybody likes Harold Bloom but I can't help it.

Click to view

A great two part interview with Maurice Sendak on the npr show bookworm.  It's generally a great show but this interview always picks me up when I'm feeling bad.  Who doesn't want to know how Sendak feels about Henry James ( Read more... )

JD Salinger also died

Howard Zinn is dead.

In spite of some of his more sanctimonious followers he was a very important guy.