Volume 009, Issue 02

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News
- Blogs that have been updated: blognewsarama (including reactions to Scott McCloud's new book "Making Comics", Downloading comics: good or bad?, and Project Rooftop's Powergirl Special),
spinblog,
whedonesque (with a preview for Runaways #25),
officialgaiman,
and warrenelliscom
- The April issue of "Sequential Tart" is up!
- Goodbye Chains page 75 is up.

Discussion and Questions
- seanmoon posted a link to his interview of Gilbert Hernandez.
- thete1 posted a love letter to DCU fandom.
- halo_maraud has questions about the Marvel Ultimates issues.
- anippe is looking for Johnny/Reed fics.

Art
Marvel
- syreen drew Nightcrawler: Blue Beefcake. (NSFW, I guess)
DC
- max_hazard posted a link to Rorschach & Nite Owl fan art. (Watchmen, rated G)
- skitty_kat drew Koriand'r. (G)
- leyna55 drew Nightwing/Ivy. (worksafe)

Fic
- yuletide has a Constantine and a Spider-Man fic as stories of the day.

Marvel
- laenwyn and skybluerae wrote part 14 of "Torn". (X-Men AU, NC-17)
- dorksidefiker wrote "Zap". (X-Men, various. G)
- deep_salt_water wrote parts 17 and 18 of "Renewal". (Rogue/Pyro, NC-17)
- bloodnfire wrote "The Worst Part". (John, mentions of Bobby/Rogue and Bobby/John, rated M)
- htbthomas wrote part 2 of "Best Wishes". (Spider-Man movieverse, Peter/MJ, PG-13)
- mississippienne wrote "Variations on a Theme: 3 mornings the Sentry never awoke to" (The Sentry, warnings for "death, sexuality, general pervertedness".)
- citrinesoul wrote "Not For Me". (Kitty Pryde, PG-13)

Entries for the summers_fling challenge (Scott/Jean unless stated otherwise):

- lilacsigil wrote "With Purpose Knit". (PG)
- lady_sarai wrote "Mark the Music". (PG)
- likeadeuce wrote "Like a Window in Your Heart". (Scott Summers, Lee Forrester, Warren Worthington III. Rated R, dark content, )
- zoe_chan wrote "Point and Counterpoint". (Scott, Mystique. PG)
- stubbleglitter wrote "in other words". (PG, somewhat angsty)
- renata_kedavra wrote "Go Fly a Kite". (G )
- familyarchives wrote "There Is Life Out There". (PG)
- musamea wrote "Confessional". (Scott/Emma, NC-17)
- counterfeitcoin wrote "Modern Life". (Scott/Logan. PG-13)
- noafterglow wrote "parts of a while". (PG)

DC
- buggery wrote "Auld Lang Syne". (Dick, Selina. PG-13)
- merfilly wrote "Warm Fuzzies". (Deathstroke, Black Canary (technically). PG)
- __marcelo wrote "174.2". (Oracle, PG-13)
- bradygirl_12 wrote "Dark Alley". (Bruce/Dick, PG-13, Drama)
- katarik wrote "The red and running life". (Bruce, Cass.)
- jen_in_japan wrote "Nightwing & Flamebird: Prologue". (Bruce/Clark, PG-13)
- merfilly wrote "Pushing It All Away". (Roy Harper, Dinah Lance, rated R, Angst)
- harmless_one wrote "Established, Prologue: Another Thing Altogether". (Superman/Batman, PG)

Drabbles
DC
- petronelle wrote "Showmanship" and "Maybe he's born with it". (Clark/Dick, Tim, Oracle, Adult/Gen)
- greeneyelove wrote three drabbles: "Failure", "Failed Again", and "Unforgivable Failure". (Cass (mentioned), Bruce, Dick, Tim. PG)

Polls and Challenges/Contests
- mrshamill posted about the Bad!Fic Contest.
- liviapenn has a poll about this year's comica_obscura challenge for obscure comic characters. News: now formally includes fan art and (probably) obscure Elseworlds versions of mainstream characters.
- xmen_icontest's new theme is Smiles. The winners of theme 122 are here.

Scans/Pictures
Communities: scans_daily, comics_scans, fullscans_daily
- evilgrins posted the comic issue Hitman/Lobo: That Stupid Bastich! .
- monkeycrackmary posted scans of the Vampire Chronicles comics.


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