Vampotato – “Sally Russet was just an ordinary potato girl, going to high school and stuff. And then one day everything changed…”
Drawn & Quarterly will be reprinting Melvin Monster – The creator most famous for Lulu also did a series of monster comics, to be released by D&Q in March.
Milky Way as massive as 3 trillion suns – There’s a “your mom” joke waiting in there, but I’m not making it.
High-tech space diaper nearly ready – Japanese toilets have reached a new level of insanity. Via Sentient Developments.
Cory Doctorow podcasts Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town – Very cool, indeed.
Ebooks for $1 – Orbit launches new promotion that features one author a month.
Joss Whedon promises more Dr. Horrible, but won’t say what – He’s just doing it to drive you all into a tizzy.
It’s working — I’m tizzied, Whedon! I’m up to *here* with tizzy!
*squeak of joy* best news I’ve had all week.
Um, I think they stole the space diaper/toilet idea from Anathem space suit technology. Seriously.
Re: Orbit’s $1 e-books
Nice, but apparently DRM’ed. At least this month, the choices are Kindle, Mobipocket & Sony. I’ll keep an eye on them to see if they offer anything that will drag a dollar out of my pocket for something with DRM – but the bar there is pretty high.