* The problem with being on the East Coast during Comic Con is that very few newsworthy things actually happen during your day. Maybe that will change tomorrow and Saturday. But other than the ongoing Twilight war (and I must say I’ve been impressed by how the comics commentariat has largely maintained a policy of shrugged shoulders at the very least and chanted “gabba gabba we accept you” at best rather than screaming “I CAST YOU OUT! THE POWER OF STAN COMPELS YOU!” at them) Thursday has been dullsville.

* That said, there were a few developments of note. For starters, Buenaventura Press is debuting Matt Furie’s Boy’s Club #3. That alone is cause for celebration.

* Speaking of which, holy crap would you get a look at all of Fantagraphics’ many many con debuts?!?

* Daniel Clowes is moving to Drawn & Quarterly for his next book, Wilson. That strikes me as big news.

* So does Bob Schreck’s move to IDW.

* Agents of Atlas lives!

* Curt Purcell ponders Blackest Night‘s “new reader friendliness” and/or lack thereof and some fannish reactions to same. And by “ponders” I mean “shakes his head in disbelief at.”

* Not Coming to a Theater Near You’s Cullen Gallagher reviews my favorite film of 2008, Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo–perhaps the strangest action movie I’ve ever seen.

* At The House Next Door, Dan Callahan pays tribute to Madeline Kahn. She will always be the Empress Nympho to me. “Say, Bob–do I have any openings that this man might fit?”

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