Interview and Greg Tocchini art up on CBR. Check it out!

The action in “Captain America and the Secret Avengers” is triggered by Tatiana, a young girl who debuted in a short story by DeConnick and artist Jamie McKelvie, in last year’s “Enter the Heroic Age” one-shot. In this new story, Tatiana reenters the Black Widow’s life by writing her a letter. “Natasha called her mini-me in the short. She’s a teenage girl who was trained young, like Natasha. She’s also Russian, like Natasha. She’s not super powered, but she is a well-trained, highly competent assassin. She was being traded in an international arms deal when Natasha liberated her. Steve Rogers put her in a safe house from which she has run away,” DeConnick told CBR. “So in the beginning of our story, she has written to Natasha and said, ‘Thank you for believing in me and thinking of me as more than a bullet. I wanted to thank you and say that I’m sorry. I’m sorry that you were wrong.’

Hey, Eagle Award Nominations are open! Can I make a few suggestions?

Favourite Letterer: Dustin Harbin
He HAND LETTERS Casanova, y’all. Like BY HAND. And it looks INCREDIBLE.

Favourite Editor: Alejandro A. Arbona or Steve Wacker
Alejandro is my guy. We’ve worked together on SIF, RESCUE and OSBORN and every time he makes me stronger. He also has a way of calming me down when I’m freaking out for which I am eternally grateful. And Wacker? Wacker’s quietly changing the industry. Later you’ll see I called it. (Okay, Jen Van Meter called it. I quoted it.)

Favourite American Comicbook: Colour: Casanova
DUH. (Also it’s misspelled on the dropdown menu as CASSANOVA. I added the proper spelling and hopefully they’ll combine the nominations.)

Favourite 2010 Single Story: “Count 5 or 6,” CBGB #4
Yes. I am suggesting you nominate a story by Chuck BB and myself. Sue me. I’m proud of it. Also? It was already in the drop down menu when I cast my vote so someone else liked it enough to nominate it first and I’m flattered by that.

That said, it does stand the proverbial snowball’s chance in hell and I’m not even sure it’s appropriate to the category as it didn’t look like there were many other short stories listed, but what the hell. You might consider it.

Favourite Comics-Related Movie or TV Show: RED
It was so much fun! And so not embarrassing or demeaning! That’s right. You heard me.

Favourite Comics-Related Website: Comic Alliance or The Comics Reporter
Tom and Laura continue to impress me. I’d be delighted to see either of them take this.

Roll of Honour: Howard Chaykin or George Perez
Please.

ALL of my friends deserve awards and kudos for their continued hard work, but these are the ones I feel really strongly about and/or I fear might not be the most obvious choices.

Just my opinion, of course, but there you go.

Hey, just as a quick reminder–Osborn 3 is out at your local comic shop tomorrow and IGN thinks you should buy it.

Who am I to argue with IGN?