A few links of note: Don Winslow, Ed Brubaker, Ursula K. Le Guin and Julia Wertz

Jun 27, 2012 | Books, comics, movies, writing

•Julia Wertz has a new page from The Infinite Wait up on her site, and it’s amazing. Go read the whole thing. (Julia Wertz) • Talkin’ Don Winslow’s Savages prequel, The Kings of Cool. (Barnes & Noble’s Random Notes) • My buddy Abel is...

A few links of note: Martin Amis, Marvelman and the CFL

Jun 26, 2012 | Books, comics, links of note, sports

• The New York Times profiles author Martin Amis (The New York Times, via Largehearted Boy) • 10 bands that really ought to call it quits. (Flavorwire) I agree with most, if not all, of these. It’s a mix of lead-singer-reforms-with-no-names and bands that have...

What I’m reading: The Winter of Frankie Machine

Jun 26, 2012 | Books

Savages was the first Don Winlsow book I’d read, and it hooked me in a few pages. Violent, sexualized, powerful and chock-full of characters as three-dimensional as I’d ever read in crime fiction. I knew then that I’d want to read more — which...

A few links of note: Space art, Helen Keller, Tigers and audiobooks

Jun 25, 2012 | Books, comics, links of note

• My buddy Sean T. Collins reviews Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller. (Sean T. Collins) • Joe Konrath talks audiobooks. (A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing) • Dark Roasted Blend presents some rare and wonderful 1950s space art. (Dark Roasted Blend, via...

A few links of note: Waiting for the trade, self-publishing, DMZ and more

Jun 22, 2012 | Books, comics, links of note, sports, writing

• Kelly Sue DeConnick responds to a question about “waiting for the trade.” (Robot 6) • The 25 Most Awesomely Melodramatic Archie Comics covers. (Topless Robot) • Self-publishing is for amateurs? Or not. Passive Voice shows both sides of a recent...

A few links of note: Sweat Records, Jim Aparo, G. Willow Wilson and more

Jun 21, 2012 | Books, comics, music, sports

• Miami’s own Sweat Records is spotlighted on Matador Records’ blog! Very cool. Wonder if they carry The Modern Handshake? (Matador Records, via Emma Trelles) • Four-Color Shadows has some interesting Tiffany Sinn Jim Aparo pages up. (hat tip to The Comics...