The Smart Bitches and their readers talk about some people who aren’t there, behind their back even, readers who buy romance–and other books–without going online, but based on the covers at the grocery store, etc. The comment thread about how and where people find books is particularly worthwhile.
Brontë Sisters Power Dolls. They’re not action figures, they’re Power Dolls! “Book’em, Brontës!” (thanks, Denis!)
Learn to write the Nicholas Sparks way! The Nicholas Sparks formula is fully analyzed with multimedia illustrations in this fine comedic article. Bonus: Nicholas Sparks quotes!(via the Smart Bitches)
Chris Sims and Rusty Shackles bring you, “Great Comics That Never Were (But Shoulda Been)!”
“13 Ways of Looking at the Scott Pilgrim Movie Trailer.” (Guess Carol’s not the only one who likes Wallace Stevens).
Cecil Castellucci, Minx comic artist and Canadian nerdcore icon, has cut the middle brow out with her fusion of low and high art, the comics opera, Les Aventures de Madame Merveille. See it in Montreal with art from Pascal Girard, Michael Cho, Scott Hepburn and Cameron Stewart.