[Above, simple arithmetic with Paul Peart-Smith. Below, the Dispatchian equation.]

• Join Terminal Press every Thursday as they co-host Comic Book Novice Radio Show, with Mark Torres, on AM 1240 at 9PM.
• Etsy.com interviews Jessica Abel. Abel sat down with the site to share some advice for emerging artists who wish they were as busy as her.
• Drawn and Quarterly was on the scene last weekend for Chicago’s Printers Row Festival. Chris Ware and Ivan Brunetti signed and made a panel appearance with D+Q editor-in-chief Chris Oliveros.
• More Chris Ware news! The artist brought home the VPRO Grand Prix, which basically means he’s a “world class comix artist.”
• Art Spiegelman “calls out contemporary comics.”
• Act-I-Vate is presenting a new weekly comic, One Plus One, from Paul Peart-Smith.

–Jason Owen