• More French awards news: La Rivière empoisonnée, the French edition of Gilbert Hernandez's Poison River (collected by us in the new volume Beyond Palomar as well as its own older collection), is nominated for the Selection Patrimoine (Heritage Prize) 2009, to be awarded at the Festival International de la Bande Desinée d'Angoulême (caught by Spurge)
• I Wish I Had A Spare $200 Dept: New art for sale from Jim Woodring (going fast!)
• PLAYBACK:stl says Deitch's Pictorama has "a groovy charm" and "a vibe of pure fun"
• For The Patriot-News, Chris Mautner looks at Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes
• Elsewhere (Newsarama), Mautner talks to Ivan Brunetti
• Look, it's Jim Blanchard & J.R. Williams at APE
• Eye on Comics looks at Petey & Pussy by John Kerschbaum
• On the Inkstuds audio podcast: Josh Simmons
• The Beat reports from a recent NYC event featuring some of our favorite Euro–comics artists
• The Times-Union posts an essay about the mixed-race heritage of George Herriman and its effect on Krazy Kat (via The Daily Cartoonist)