I gotta say, Dorian over at Postmodern Barney is a new friend of mine for mentioning in his Planet of the Capes review that he's going to try to use the book as a gateway drug for superhero-only dudes at his shop to point them to other AiT/Planet Lar books. I love it when a plan comes together.

Rick Geerling has a great review of his experience reading Planet of the Capes, which includes this line: "Yeah, it jumps around. Yeah, no one really has much motivation. But that doesn't end up mattering." Which is exactly what Brandon and I were trying to get across about superhero comics. The rest of the review is pretty complimentary, too.

Dave Fiore finally got his package of books; there's no Planet of the Capes in there, Dave, because it wasn't printed yet when I originally sent it out. Apparently, the mail to Canada is slower than I thought.

Mike Sterling has some nice words about Demo. As a publisher, there's nothing better to hear from a retailer or reviewer than: "You certainly get your three bucks' worth."

My man in Texas, Ken Lowery, shines his reviewing flashlight ("Reviewing flashlight... OF JUSTICE!") on Codeflesh this week. "Codeflesh is a gutpunch of a comic" is going on the review site...

Those of you following Proof of Concept will note the new script is up, but Caleb and JG haven't been able to format the column yet, because of the huge amount of art we're showing off for last time's "Hemogoblin" script. Read this one, "For the Time Being," and get a head start on it, because the clock doesn't start ticking until the column goes up.

Bill Sherman, he of the refined taste, doesn't think much of The Annotated Mantooth!, and, honestly, I don't know what I was thinking sending that along to him. That's like expecting noted Savage Dragon fan Augie De Blieck, Jr. to like Manny Bello's restrained but confident graphite work. Too much kick-splode with the former and not enough kick-splode in the latter.