Ahem! Coming your way in about 120 days — it's supposed to be out in time for the Comic-Con International in San Diego — is Comic Books and Other Necessities of Life, a paperback collection of columns I wrote over the years for Comics Buyer's Guide about the creation and collection of the great American funnybook. They're a lot like the columns I have posted on this website except that they aren't posted on this website and you'll have to pay money and read them on paper like a normal human being, instead of off your computer monitor. (By the way, we haven't made the final selections yet so if there's a specific piece you think oughta be included, drop me a line. There will also be a couple of never-before-seen essays.) The volume is being issued by TwoMorrows Publishing and above is the cover which, like a number of interior illustrations, is drawn by some guy named Sergio Aragonés who claims to know me.
I hope you like the cover because, if you visit this site, you're going to see a lot of it in the months to come. I'll also be telling you how to order the book and practically shaming you into so doing. This will be difficult — the book will only appeal to comic book fans, and comic book fans are notoriously difficult to shame — but trust me. I will find a way.