* JK Parkin’s summary of the creative changes behind DC’s relaunch is the most comprehensive you’ll find, I think.
* Tom Spurgeon’s annual guide to the San Diego Comic-Con is probably my single favorite thing on the comics internet every year. Take a long lunchbreak and just soak in it.
* I used Dan Harmon’s big AV Club interview as a springboard for a post on why diversity in comics is fun, easy, and profitable for everyone.
* Matt Maxwell and I think superhero movies lack a certain je ne sais quoi.
* Hey, Jim Woodring’s new Frank book Congress of the Animals is out! I bet it’s good.
* Hey, Tom Neely’s new book The Wolf is on its way! I know this one’s good, from experience.
* Fun interview with Batman Incorporated artist Chris Burnham over at the Mindless Ones.
* Dustin Harbin recommends some recent releases.
* Ta-Nehisi Coates unearths a lengthy and deeply awful series of interview responses from avuncular Civil War historian Shelby Foote that will pretty much break your heart if you watched and enjoyed Foote in Ken Burns’ documentary on the subject. The comments from Cynic are worth reading in the thread below, too.
* Pleasure will always be the enemy for some.
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I am all for the return of single-sex dorms, in fact, I’d go so far as to say we should return to single-sex universities. Are you there to learn or socialize? The two goals are mutually incompatible. If you want to learn, you should be willing to sacrifice a lot for that privilege.
“You go to school to learn, not for a fashion show.” – The Fresh Prince’s Mom