• Literally everything Kathryn and Stuart Immonen do is cooler than anything the rest of us do.
• Marvel.com has posted a preview of Fraction’s first issue of Thor right here.  That’s Thor #615, if you want to pre-order it from your local comic shop.  (If you’re not a fan of your nearest shop or you just don’t like to leave your house any more than is necessary, Fraction and I always recommend Midtown Comics’ home delivery service.  You can even get them on the phone and they’ll walk you through the process.)
• Speaking of ordering comics, Casanova #2 is out from Icon on Wednesday.  Spread the word, please.
• Tom Spurgeon has posted a thorough and enjoyable SDCC Con Report in which he wonders, “Who wouldn’t want to pick up Iron Man or Casanova at least once after seeing Matt Fraction play a filthier-mouthed, comics-centric Spalding Gray?” (That’s on Tom’s EISNER AWARD-WINNING WEBSITE, ya’ll!  Congrats again, Tom.)
• Have you seen Enquirer Dharbin? ‘Cause it’s pretty astonishing. I’m just sayin’.

• Alisa and I stopped at Kate Spade on our way to see SALT Saturday night (SALT was awful, by the way. I’m convinced the test audiences doomed it and there’s a good cut floating around somewhere.  There were too many terrifically talented people involved for that movie to have been that bad.)  I fell in love with the bow ring and the Jocelyn shades.  I’m still greedily clinging to my birthday day money, but when I’m ready to spend, these are an option.

• Shaun White is coming to PDX for the Dew Tour.  DUDE.
• Hey, if I want to go see dance in Portland, where do you recommend I go?  Is there a local contemporary company I should follow?  A venue that hosts tours?  How’s the Oregon ballet?

• I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a performance called (I think) CARCASS that I saw in Austin years ago.  The choreographer was Llory Wilson.  I googled to see where she was and what she was up to and didn’t really come up with an answer, BUT–I did find that her troupe used to be called the “Tallulah Dance Company,” which pleased me greatly.

The first 10 lists are in!  I’m hoping to get 40 by my birthday (July 15th).
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What I Want For My Birthday.

I have so many things.  I don’t need other people to buy me things.  Really.  I’m set.

But you know what I would like?  If you have the time or inclination, I would like lists.

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So, as near as I can tell, our Baby Mod Roxanne Crib is part of the widespread recall of drop-side cribs.  I tweeted this morning that I was angry about that and I want to clarify–I’m not angry that the cribs are being recalled.  Mistakes are made–they’re trying to correct the mistake and insure that everyone is safe.  Great!  No problem.  I can work with that.
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You can find out what books Matt and I have coming out from Marvel and when they’re expected by clicking on these Marvel.com links:

Kelly Sue DeConnick

Matt Fraction

Matt Fraction. , originally uploaded by ToFuGuns.

One of my favorite photographers–Ed Peterson–took this photo of Fraction signing books at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend.

Present from Fraction, originally uploaded by Kelly Sue.

[I know there are people who object to what they see as the crass commercialism of the notion of "push presents." They are welcome to their opinion. And they should feel free to post it elsewhere.]

When Henry Leo was born, Fraction gave me an engagement ring. (Sure, we’d already been married for 5 years, but we didn’t have the means for a ring when we were properly engaged. He proposed with a spoon ring that his uncle made for his father and that his father gave to him. I gave it back to him on our wedding day and he still wears it today.) The gift was at once a congratulations, a celebration, a thank you, the fulfillment of a promise and an expression of love and I treasure it light years beyond its monetary value.

He surprised me last night with another gift, the occasion for which is a celebration of the birth of our daughter… albeit, a little early. It’s an antique typewriter–a 1955 pink portable Smith Corona–and it’s just about the most perfect thing I can imagine. I could spell out for you all of the reasons, the many messages embodied by this one gift, but the sap factor of this post is already alarmingly high and besides–I’ll cry.

Anyway, it’s beautiful and wonderful and I love it and I wanted to show you.

…And now I must get back to work.

Last night, Matt’s Iron Man Omnibus was $15 on Amazon–a great deal for a book that usually retails for (I believe) $40. As I write this? It’s $8.24.

Link:
Invincible Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1

More Amazon deals (most found courtesy of Chris Sims, btw):
Fraction’s Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia – $15!
Most of the EC Archives – $15!
Criminal (Deluxe Edition) – $15!
Brubaker’s Daredevil Omnibus, Vol. 1 – $8.24!
The Death of Captain America Omnibus – $8.24!

And still more:
The Ultimates Omnibus – $8.24!
Wolverine Omnibus, Vol. 1 – $8.24!
The X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1 – $8.24!
Fantastic Four Omnibus, Vol. 1 (v. 1) – $8.24!
(Stan Lee) Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1 – $14.99!
Madman Gargantua (Madman Comics) – $14.99!
Tomb Of Dracula Omnibus Volume 1 HC Variant (v. 1) – $14.99!
Amazing Fantasy Omnibus HC Brereton Variant – $14.99!
Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume (Vol 1) – $14.99!

Siege (Preorder) – $14.99!
Siege: Embedded Premiere HC (Preorder) – $14.99!
Girl Comics HC (Preorder) – $14.99!