Yeah, I haven't posted all week. Them crazy, crazy deadlines, and getting dangerously close to artists needing things to draw. But this was nice- on my birthday, the new Wizard came out and they gave Agents of Atlas Book of the Month! That's not too shabby at all. And on the same day, I turned in the script for issue #6. Sniff. Fingers crossed we'll get to do more of this book.

Regular posting returns next week.

Solicitations are up now for Marvel Adventures #9, which will probably go down as the pinnacle in the careers of me, Cameron Stewart, and Juan Santacruz. If you don't usually pick up the book, just tell your friendly local retailer that EVERYONE BECOMES MODOK!!!

I'm not implying there's a connection, but both happened on the same day. For the past few days a scratching and chirping had been coming from one of the upstairs walls like something was trying to BREAK INTO THIS WORLD. It became clear that the squirrel inside wasn't going back and forth, but had fallen down between studs and couldn't climb out. I had no choice but to cut into the sheetrock, and then the little gremlin ran into the bathroom. Jill was worried that he hadn't eaten for days (besides our house, of course) and gave him food. He slept in her slipper that night. The next day I bought a cage trap because he was getting too comfortable in the bathroom, and took him over to the big cemetary on Stark, full of big trees. He was understandably annoyed with being in the trap, but seemed fairly pleased by his new home. Of course, that's me, anthropormorphizing. I spent some time on a ladder nailing wire mesh over the luxury nest his family had made in the eave on the side of the house.

Oh, and X-Men: First Class is sold out from Diamond!

And Dave Richards and I talk about the series midway through at COMIC BOOK RESOURCES.

Got a long drive on the main road out there, lineman for the county? Need to listen to people talk comics while you search in the sun for another overload? Then listen to me talking with WORD BALLOON's John Siuntres, recorded a week ago. I don't remember what we discussed now, but it was fun. I'm not going to listen to it because I can't stand how goofy I sound next to Mr. Radio Siuntres, but you might like it. It's like his Bendis Tapes series, without all the actual interesting content or information on Marvel's future plans!

...I hear you singing in the wires... I can hear you through the whine...