From Greg McElhatton at Read About Comics:

[Age of Heroes #3] opens with the strongest piece in the book, a story starring the three liaisons for the different Avengers teams. It’s a simple but fun premise from Kelly Sue DeConnick, having the Absorbing Man attack Avengers Mansion with only Maria Hill, Victoria Hand, and Sharon Carter prepared to stop him. DeConnick brings the readers through an entertaining chase, and at the same time plays off the three women’s similarities and differences.  This is probably the most interesting I’ve found Victoria Hand in particular, who finally has a reason for being slightly defensive when you see how Maria and Sharon treat her. (Victoria’s cold and stuffed-up-nose-accented dialogue are, for that matter, rather entertaining as well.) There’s even nice throwaway bits throughout the story, like the fact that with three Avengers teams there would have to be some sort of equipment-sharing deals going on to try and make everyone happy…

Full review in link.

I actually *like* SDCC, which makes me something of an oddball amongst my friends.

That said, Fraction and I talked about it and as neither one of us is up to traveling with a baby and a toddler (and we wouldn’t have any choice but to bring them with us), I’m staying home again this year.  Wah wah.

As it stands, the first post-Tallulah con I’m planning to attend is the New York show in October.

See you then…?

• Word Balloon interview is up here.  (Be kind; I was INCREDIBLY NERVOUS.  And I was pacing.  There are a number of, ahem, lengthy pauses as I try not to sound like an idiot.  I do manage to relax a bit as it goes, but yeah… pauses.)  Anyway, Siuntres is aces, so there’s that.
• At Travis Holyfield’s suggestion, I put up a Facebook fan page here.  I think.  I have no idea if I did it right and I can’t really afford the time today to monkey around with it, but I think it’s up.  (I try to leave my Facebook page for people I know personally and I say so in my profile, but I still have 100+ friend requests from folks I don’t know sitting in my inbox.  So this is, I dunno, a way for me to not look like a jerk, I guess?  Or possibly I’m a bigger jerk now.  Netiquette remains a bit of a mystery to me.)
• CV got an update too.  (Thanks to Ariana–as ever–for fixing the formatting for me.)

Okay. Back to work.

Hey, so, today is AVENGERS DAY–a great day for Marvel fans to hit their local comic book shop.  In addition to Bendis’ AVENGERS #1, you might consider supporting the Fraction/DeConnick* clan by picking up these books as well:

• Invincible Iron Man #26 by Matt Fraction & Salvador Larroca
• Rescue #1 (of 1) by Kelly Sue DeConnick & Andrea Mutti
• Enter the Heroic Age featuring a Black Widow story by Kelly Sue DeConnick & Jamie McKelvie**

I’ve also got a couple of interviews up today:

• Atomic Comics: Radiation Interrogation
• Department H

* Fraction, some of you may know, got his name as the result of a telemarketer mis-pronouncing “Fritchman.”  Apparently, Phil Bond misheard “Kelly Sue DeConnick” as “Kelly Supersonic” while out at a pub with McKelvie last night.  I’m now considering changing my name.  (Okay, not really.  But come ON.)

**Every once in a while Jamie puts limited edition prints up for sale on his site.  They always sell out… because they’re AWESOME.  You might want to go ahead and add his site to your feed reader and cross your fingers.

• She Has No Head! Superheroine Trifeca by Kelly Thompson
• Multiversity Comics Wednesday Reviews (Scroll down.)
• Newsarama: Best Shots, Rapid Reviews
• Thor Message Board

I’m not fool enough to seek these things out, but here are a few links I’ve been sent:

• Timothy Callahan’s CBR Review.
• CollierComics’ Review.
• The Comics Bulletin Line of Fire Review.
• Comic Book News’ … well, it’s not exactly a review. It’s kind of a creative recap. They seem to like it though, so–woo hoo!

I think this is my first interview that wasn’t conducted in email? Consequently I ramble. Like, a LOT. Learning curve and all that. Still, Comics Alliance did a great job and I do appreciate the support.

Oh, and here’s a thing I’m super-excited about: I have a 6-page Satana story in the Marvel anthology Girl Comics #3. Not familiar with Satana? Have a gander:

There’s a little piece on the Sif book up on Marvel.com that includes the Travel Foreman cover and FIVE PAGES OF PENCILS. Stegman really shines. Go check it out.

Marvel announced my RESCUE one-shot yesterday. Mini-interview posted here:

EXCLUSIVE: Rescue One-Shot in May
Kelly Sue DeConnick chats about Pepper Potts’ upcoming star turn as an armored hero