Minor hype.

First off, I'm going to be in Las Vegas next Saturday, the 26th, at the Sahara West Library, from 11am to 5pm, for Comics Fest. Looks to be a fairly small gathering, with panels and opportunities for discussion.

If you're in the area, please stop by. I'm packing my signing pens!!

And in the interest of continuing to pimp Crime Bible, a nice page from the upcoming Issue 4, "The Lesson of Murder." It's been something of a challenge for me, trying to pick a piece to preview, here, because there's an element of mystery to the issue in question, and I don't want to spoil anything for those who actually, y'know, like to be surprised.

So instead I offer this -- Renee and Tot. For those fans of Denny's run, please note that Tot is both in his bathrobe, and armed with a cup of coffee. Art and inks by Diego Olmos.

(I'd actually wanted to do a riff in 52 with Tot complaining about the lack of good java to be found in Nanda Parbat.)

Here ya go! Enjoy!

Just saw this story. The details in paragraph four are...ominous, frankly. Not sure if this has been verified anywhere else, yet.

And in our ongoing series about double-standards, I offer this story, from the Counterterrorism Blog. Again, I have not checked the assertion that the "he outcry in the Muslim world did not begin in earnest until Islamists showed off a number of fabricated cartoons which were never actually published by the newspaper in Denmark."

Italics theirs, not mine.

David Kushner at the Wired Blog has posted a long piece called, Two AI Pioneers. Two Bizarre Suicides. What Really Happened?

It's some fascinating, compelling reading, should any of you find the time or interest.