I meant to post about this earlier in the month but what the hey -- Aaron Diaz finished up his "Hob" storyline at Dresden Codak this month (last comic; first comic) and while there was a ton of discussion on his forum I didn't see much reaction around the web except for El Santo who generally doesn't seem to have liked the transhumanism aspect of the Hob storyline (El Santo also reviewed Dresden Codak for ComixTalk earlier this year).

I did see this review from Saloon Muyo which did seem to be mostly about the Hob storyline (Muyo was put off by the character development in the storyline) but for such a popular strip I was surprised there wasn't more reaction to its first complete major storyline.

Well I guess it's news since FLEEN has it posted: the Webcomic Idol contest at Bombshell is returning and they let me return as a judge once again.  The guys at Bombshell do a good job running it and for the most part I think it's been a great experience for all involved, winners and losers.  I'll be joined this year at the judges table by DJ Coffman, Brad Guigar and Jim Mahfood.

I may be in Phoenix the first half of the week of Sept. 15th and in Tucson the later half of the week. 

Who out there lives in Arizona and might want to meet up to talk comics and pop culture?

I met Rick Marshall, the former news editor at ComicMix this month and he's a heck of a nice guy and really smart as well.  So after he and ComicMix parted ways, anyone taking up the reins there has a pretty big set of shoes to fill.  They've hired Bob Greenberg for the task.  He worked at DC up until a couple years ago and has apparently been contributing stories to ComicMix previously.

I don't want to prejudge things but I do hope he continues to try to include news about independent creators and the digital side of comics in the mix over there.