Steve & Sara in Spain / Manga TP

Steve Lieber is not only known for being a great cartoonist and a fine gentleman, but also for his highly entertaining convention write-ups.

Steve has now posted on the Mercury Studios blog a summary of the trip that he and Sara Ryan took to the Salón Internacional Del Comic Del Principado De Asturias in Gijon, Spain.

Although the text of the write-up is relatively short, Steve makes up for it by including a host of entertaining photos, including this one of toilet paper with manga-inspired packaging:



Which inspires us to suggest a new slogan for an up-and-coming U.S. Manga Publisher:

Manga: It's The Sh!t

YAFL: Week 6 Results

Here are the results from week 6 of Yet Another Fantasy League:



Tomorrow Syndicate 60
Kickers Inc. 75

Power Pack 44
The Inferior Five 43

B.P.R.D. 57
www.rickgebhardt.net 52

Inferior 5 plus 6 70
Moon Knights 55

Nine Pound Hammers 70
The Maxx Squad 57

Danger Limited 60
Secret Six 86


Current Standings:

   Team                 W-L-T  Pct    Pts  Streak
   -------------------  -----  -----  ---  ------
1. Inferior 5 plus 6    6-0-0  1.000  443  W-6
2. Power Pack           5-1-0   .833  384  W-4
3. B.P.R.D.             4-2-0   .667  406  W-2
4. Kickers Inc.         4-2-0   .667  343  W-1
5. Nine Pound Hammers   4-2-0   .667  343  W-1
6. Secret Six           3-3-0   .500  425  W-1
7. Tomorrow Syndicate   3-3-0   .500  402  L-1
8. The Maxx Squad       2-4-0   .333  338  L-1
9. Moon Knights         2-4-0   .333  294  L-2
10.www.rickgebhardt.net 2-4-0   .333  280  L-1
11.The Inferior Five    1-5-0   .167  293  L-3
12.Danger Limited       0-6-0   .000  322  L-6

Week 7 Games:

The Maxx Squad (2-4-0)
vs.
Kickers Inc. (4-2-0)

Tomorrow Syndicate (3-3-0)
vs.
The Inferior Five (1-5-0)

Power Pack (5-1-0)
vs.
www.rickgebhardt.net (2-4-0)

B.P.R.D. (4-2-0)
vs.
Moon Knights (2-4-0)

Nine Pound Hammers (4-2-0)
vs.
Secret Six (3-3-0)

Inferior 5 plus 6 (6-0-0)
vs.
Danger Limited (0-6-0)

Good luck to all!


In my other Fantasy Leagues, I tied 68-68 in my friends & family league (2-3-1, seventh place); lost 82-48 in my public league (2-4-0, eighth place); and scored 221.45 points in my Pass & Kick league, remaining in third place but falling further behind the lead.

Castle Waiting Returns

Great news for those who like good comics: Linda Medley's Castle Waiting will be returning in 2006, coutesy of the fine folks at Fantagraphics. Both trade collections of the past issues, and a new series too. Heidi has the news over at The Beat (as well as correcting the mistakes in the PW story), and you'll surely be able to keep up with future news on Linda's own Website/Blog (where she clears up some other misunderstandings in the Fanta press release).