* Those FTC fines for bloggers who don’t disclose freebies are neither fines nor for bloggers nor about freebies. At least that’s what FTC assistant director Richard Cleland tells PRNewser, but what does he know. I’m still pretty certain this is meant to force comics reviewers to reveal just how they got their hands on that copy of the Archie/Veronica proposal issue, anyway. Why the resistance? What are you hiding? (Via Dirk Deppey.)
* Well this is interesting, to me at least: CBR interviews Jim Rugg and C. Allbritton Taylor on their upcoming post-punk action period piece One Model Nation without any mention of the fact that C. Allbritton Taylor is Courtney Taylor-Taylor from the Dandy Warhols. A little different from how Tyrese Gibson or Gene Simmons’s kid are playing it. (Jim, if you’re reading this, it’s my fault you were misattributed as both writer and artist for this book in the little bio at the back of Strange Tales #2. I’m sorry to you both!) Via Jim Rugg’s blog, whose banner image is this awesome fucking thing:
* Yessssss: Kevin Huizenga is doing Prison Pit fan art. Here’s hoping this ends up as awesome as his Powr Mastrs tributes. (Via Spurge)
* The Descent and Doomsday director Neil Marshall is doing a 3-D horror movie about people exploding called Burst. (Produced by Sam Raimi.) Sure, I’ll eat it. (Via Jason Adams.)
* Today at Robot 6, 90 cartoonists gave Harvey Pekar head, Peter Bagge made a deal with FOX, Marge Simpson posed for Playboy, and C.B. Cebulski was caught on camera with Paris Hilton.