How about a Wednesday round-up of webcomic-related stories you might be curious to peruse? Yes?  Good...

AHOY THERE BE PIRATES!
Tucker Stones tucks into the issues surrounding online piracy of comic books.

SCHOOLS IS IN

Lea Hernandez dishes up lettering lessons at Panel and Pixel.  (And Mark Evanier offers a tip on how to use the letter "I" in most computer fonts.)

INTERVIEWS
ComicNewsi interviews the Philadelphia Phablist, Evil Inc.'s Brad Guigar; and Eliza Feliz of Alice in Nightmareland.

Jennifer Contino interviews Daniel Merlin Goodbrey on his comic Necessary Monsters.

Chris Arrant interviews Roger Langridge about his new webcomic Mugwhump The Great which debuts this month on ACT-I-VATE (h/t Journalista!).

Mark Mason has an interview with Jennie Breedon of Devil's Panties (h/t Journalista!).

MILESTONES
Missed it but Andy Weir's Casey and Andy wrapped up at comic # 666 last month.

AWARDS
Meet your panel of judges for Frumph.net's Webcomic Readers Choice Awards:  Philip M. Hofer, JT Shea, Kurt Sasso, Tony Camper, and Steve Hamaker.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BLOGS

The Scienteers round-up the world of Drunk Duck comics.

Scott Kurtz and Mike Krahulik paint! 

This new art for Anne Frank Conquers the Moon Nazis is indeed bad ass, Bill.

Shortpackedblowschunks.com!  David Willis strikes again.