Over at The Comics Reporter, Tom Spurgeon lays it out for you and shares his thoughts about the biggest issues facing the comic book business today. Its a good read and one, if you have any interest in comic books, that you should take a look at. For a different perspective, Heidi MacDonald at The Beat offers her observations of Tom’s observations. Its all very observationy (if that’s even a word. let’s pretend it is, ok?)

						Oh, the picture below is of my favorite alternative covers of <em>Astonishing X-Men #1</em> by the gripping <a href="http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?cover_art=Gabriele%20Dell'Otto">Gabriele Dell 'Otto</a>, written by the wonderful <a href="http://whedonesque.com/">Joss Whedon</a> and with art by the cool <a href="http://www.johncassaday.com/">John Cassaday</a>. This series of books is one of the reasons I got back into comics after a long haitus. Now, thanks to Joss and company I've gotten to experience a whole new world of comic books I never read before. Its been great so far and I expect it to get even better.

						And yes, I like the X-Men. You got a problem with that?

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