Tonight, on the couch, Fraction put his hands together and thanked the heavens for Supergroup.

Read this.

The Brownlee Bros have a new site. W00t!

COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Matt Fraction once took a restraining order out against Ed Brubaker...

Status: REVEALED!!

Read the rest: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed! #52

Welcome Albert Perry Chambers to the planet. We're gonna call him "Birdie."

Back from Houston and boy are my arms tired. Or whatever. My everything is tired.

What have I got for you?

_ Fraction talks Casanova at CBR. Preview pages galore!

_ Ivan talks 24seven at... well, at CBR. Also preview pages galore, as it happens.

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Listening: Glorious silence

Reading: I, Tina, Japanese for Busy People, 30 Days of Night: Rumors of the Undead

Scrawling on an index card: "Despair was never in her nature."

Thinking: About everything I have to do. And giant peonies.

Wanda, my running coach, has asked her students to spread the word:

SIXTEEN SESSIONS OVER A FOUR MONTH PERIOD.
RUNNING PROGRAM DESIGNED BY A RUNNING COACH TO GET YOU TO THE FINISH LINE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
FAST AND STRONG.
$160.00 for sixteen sessions. One session per week over a four month period.
Assessment of current fitness level and development of plan.
Followed with eighteen weeks of group sessions which include plyometrics, hill work, tempo/threshold sessions, a little fast twitch work, core strength and other proven training concepts.
Designed to get your optimal marathon yet.

MARATHON TRAINING RUNNING PROGRAM.
A new type of Marathon Training Program.
Meets on Saturday morning at Shawnee Mission Park from June 10 - September 30, 2006 at 7:00am.
Will include eight longer runs.
Includes eight strength/tempo runs done at your level.
Includes drills designed to strengthen running muscles.
This program is an individually designed program with group sessions to support your individual goal.
Different, yes.
Email coachwandat at yahoo dot com with your questions.

Sixteen Tons.

I think it reminds me of my Pop.

My Pop is awesome.

The first seven pages of CASS are up on newsarama.

Go, look, order! Order code: APR06 1763

If you've never pre-ordered a comic before and would like to give it a shot but would, say, rather shoot yourself in the throat than deal with the stoner at your local comic shop, may I suggest ordering through the Midtown Comics website?

Go to ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS, then type "Casanova" into the SEARCH BY TITLE box... after that it's easy as pie. Really, really good pie.

Also? Ferocious J is a genius.

Photographic evidence.

The rules.

EDITED TO ADD: I'm told the rules have now been updated.

AND ALSO: I'm prrrretty sure -- not 100%, but, like, more than 50% -- I'm going to organize a battle for my birthday. I haven't done a big event since THE GREAT SCAVENGER HUNT OF 2000, so it might be time. Jon Sung, can you say "Franchise"?

...I don't much care. I've been sick and traveling and I've got a headache. Cutting and pasting doesn't tax me much, so here's to cutting and pasting! Huzzah.

Fraction Feed:

Vito interviews Fraction for Random Shuffle on the Pulse;

Ian Brill reviews Cass; and

Mark Peyton reviews Five Fists for Fractal Matters.

More original content when my brain ceases throbbing.