* Don S. Davis, Twin Peaks‘ Major Garland Briggs, is dead. The Major was one of Twin Peaks‘ most likeable and fascinating characters, a late bloomer in terms of becoming a major player who evolved into a model of intellectual and emotional decency on a par with Agent Cooper himself, and this was surely in no small part due Davis’s tremendous grace with everything the writers gave him to do and say. I’ll miss him, for this magnificent monologue and more.

* Sean’s friends are online part one: Justin Aclin launches ToyFare magazine’s official blog, FarePlay. I would have gone with Fare Balls, but that’ll work.

* Sean’s friends are online part two: Zach Oat runs down comics’ 10 Worst Women in Refrigerators. If you don’t know what that term means, this will be quite an education.

* Sean’s friends are online part three: Kiel Phegley interviews incoming Immortal Iron Fist writer Duane Swierczynski. Saying Swierczynski has a tough act to follow after Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction’s run (the only reason anyone cares about the character at all) is putting it mildly, so the start of his tenure on the title will be more closely observed than most.

* Hey, it’s David Bowie talking about his favorite David Bowie songs. The picks are idiosyncratic and interesting, as is Bowie’s take on each–equal parts erudition, self-effacement, healthy ego, and occasional 30-year-old-axe-grinding. (Via Whitney Matheson.)

* Hey, it’s Paul Pope blogging about his upcoming action epic Battling Boy. If “godlike kid squares off against a continent-sized city overrun by monsters” doesn’t tickle your fancy–well, you’re probably not reading this blog. (Via Heidi MacDonald.)

* Guillermo Del Toro explains to SciFi Wire how he plans to tapdance between the raindrops of copyright issues on the one hand and the existing Lord of the Rings films on the other while making The Hobbit and (maybe) its sequel.

* Finally, in case you missed it, Curt Purcell at The Groovy Age of Horror interviews me about my comic book Murder.

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