This was definitely a Rip Van Winkle week for me, so why don’t we get caught up a little?

The highlight in terms of blog entries during the past few weeks has been the Herge-fest courtesy of Matt Wivel at Metabunker, beginning with a tribute to the brilliance of Herge. It is in the form of a lively conversation filled with specific examples that gives witness to their admiration for the celebrated comics creator. “Wivel and friends” follows it up with a series of graphical tributes to Herge from various cartoonists. If you haven’t already caught this, you should definitely check it out.

It seems like Kyle Baker has been working overtime lately. He’s doing interviews with UVC and Newsarama. His Nat Turner comics are getting love from BoingBoing. Some of his work is up at the Other Heroes exhibit. He’s working on Special Forces. He’s getting ripped off by Craig Fergeson’s comedy writers. And there are always the wonderful animated shorts. Why keep it all to myself. Go on…

Who knew Jeffrey Brown would be so perfect for poetry? Definitely one of my favorite poetry comics crossovers. (via Bookslut)

News these days never stay put. First it gets denounced by Iranians, who had only just finished denouncing 300. Then it scores the Jury Prize at Cannes. Read some reviews.

Shaenon Garrity delivers another great find with the latest Overlooked Manga Festival entry on the 1970s-era Golgo 13.

Are you psyched about the upcoming Scott Pilgrim Volume 4? Show it with this desktop wallpaper from Bryan O’Malley himself. It pumps you up!

New York Times highlights a trend in the comic book industry of borrowing the committee and “showrunner” process used in television production as well as some tv-like formats to their publication schedule, though most of the comics mentioned in article are Marvel and DC. I’ve heard many independent and alternative comic book artists say that they got into comics because it could be done alone. So far though, Team Atrox seems to be one of the few independent comics produced somewhat collectively (unfortunately, there site seems to be down for the time being).

—EC