As announced in this news release, I have agreed to be part of a five-person "jury" (along with Denny O'Neil, Jules Feiffer, Roy Thomas and Jerry Robinson) that will decide on a new trophy — the Bill Finger Award, to be presented at this year's Comic-Con International and every one thereafter. Jerry convinced the necessary folks that it would be a good idea to honor someone for a lifetime contribution to the art/craft (take your pick) of writing comic books. It's also, of course, a good way to remember the late Mr. Finger, who wrote an awful lot of comics that were much better than his financial compensation indicated…plus, we can all make "finger" jokes. I think it's long overdue.