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[Above, Michael Kupperman "Thrizzles." Below, the Dispatch sizzles.]

• Michael Kupperman’s Tales Designed to Thrizzle Vol. 1  really does thrizzle – and IcV2 has previews.
• Christopher Irving and Joe Infurnari chat on GRAPHIC NYC about his webcomix, Eisner Award nom, and how he got there.
• Great stuff, judging by the trailer – a documentary from Mills James Productions is in the works about Jeff Smith, Bone, and the self-publishing movement.
• Tonight (May 13) in Mesa, AZ, BOOM! Studios’ Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid will be signing at Atomic Comics, coinciding with the launch of his new series, The Unknown.
• This weekend, May 16-17 in San Jose, CA, is the Super-Con, including guests like Eduardo Risso, Adam Hughes and more.
• Also this weekend on May 17, The Maine Comics Arts Festival takes place in Portland, ME, with awesome indie guests Gabrielle Bell, Kean Soo, Mike Lynch, Becky Cloonan, Chris Giarrusso and many others.
• According to Warren Ellis, it’s Webcomics Week in Whitechapel.
• The Center for Cartoon Studies’ Schulz Library is blogging, with postings from students, teachers and others on cartoonists, artists and other delightful items.
• Tomorrow, Thursday May 14, Cafe Racer in Seattle is selling some bargain-priced drawrings from the likes of Jim Woodring, Ellen Forney and others. 

- Adri Cowan