* The San Diego Comic-Con is raising the price of extra exhibitor badges from $75 to $200? That’s a massive year-to-year increase, that’s for sure, though I know so little about the economics of the Big Show that I hardly feel equipped to comment. My first instinct is that yes, this is a way to price out smaller exhibitors to make more room for the big guns given the lack of elbow room the show now has, but I’d be happy to be persuaded otherwise as I find the show a generally admirable organization in terms of its attempts to balance art and commerce and the needs of a wide variety of media and fandoms. (Via Kevin Melrose.)
* Rest in peace to the front-of-Previews comics internet’s greatest troll, Alan Coil.
* Recently on Robot 6: Rollins Loves Danzig, Shaw and Moynihan Love Lost, and He-Man and Tron love men.
* Benjamin Marra barbarian action as you like it!
* Lots of interesting RPG talk in the comments for yesterday’s Carnival, including a special guest appearance from a member of my old war party, cartoonist Davey Oil. Another such august personage, AllTooFlat.com’s Kennyb, weighs in on his tumblr.
* Won’t you please check out last episode’s Lost thoughts thread before rejoining us this evening? Wow, are there only four episodes left of the whole series, or am I miscalculating?
And it must be said that “Professionally” might be overstating it a little. But thanks much for the vote of confidence and shout out, Sean!