I enjoyed the Harvey awards. It was great to be in a room with all that comic talent. What wasn't so great was the winners, the greater talents by the awards were absent. Apart from 2 recipients, surrogates were sent to recieve the awards "on behalf of . . ." That kind of killed the event for me.

We had a fabulous presenter in Kyle Baker, full of life and energy; a terrifc keynote address by Jerry Robinson (created The Joker!) about the days of comics when a creator was not just a cartoonist, but an entertainer, a comedian; and then it was ruined by acceptance speeches of "thank you," over and again.

I felt it was just as much a slight to the recipients as the organizers. To have an employer or co-worker step up to recieve your award and say nothing about your work is terrible. The nominees were not a surprise. Would it have taken more than a few minutes to write on an index card about how much you enjoy the work that your contributors do to further your company?

For those interested in Harvey Kurtzman, a short bio can be found here. He was the founder of MAD magazine and became known as the Step-Father of underground comics through his work with R.Crumb and others.

Someone found a way to make me love supers comics again.

"Get me a case of vodka, eight loose women and a stomach pump! Stat! Imma watch TEEVEE!" -Gen. Dirk Anger.

If you missed issue 1 of American Virgin, I forgive you. I wasn't sure about it myself. I mean, how entertaining could the life of an abstinence poster-boy be?

If you miss issue 2, I will never forgive you. You should know better by now.