One to watch for, and other things.

So I'm not as up with the comics news stuff as much as I used to be, particularly in the way of comics and books coming out in a few months (and, thank you, Chris Butcher, for getting Previews Review up and running again). So, while I was goofing off and surfing today, I came across Sexy Chix, which is coming out from Dark Horse in December:

Don't let the title fool you-this isn't your average collection of comics featuring impossibly proportioned vixens in spandex. This time around the sexy chix in question are the writers and artists behind the comics, respresenting some of the best and brightest talent contributing to the medium of comics and graphic novels today. With stories ranging from mainstream adventures to hilarious comic shorts to heart-wrenching autobiography, Sexy Chix is devoted to the under-recognized contingent of female cartoonists in an overwhelmingly male-oriented industry. It's about time these divinely talented creators get to tell the stories they want to, and the result is an exquisite variety of artistic visions and styles.

Among the sexy chicks are New York Times best-selling author Joyce Carol Oates, Eisner Award-winning illustrator Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother), A Distant Soil writer/artist Colleen Doran, Bitchy Bitch creator Roberta Gregory, DC Comics writer Gail Simone, novelist Sarah Grace McCandless (Grosse Pointe Girl), and many, many more!

And all for $12.95! I think this might be one to watch out for.

Speaking of Chris Butcher, the weblogs update thingy doesn't seem to be reading his blog as of late, so go check out some of his recent posts. at Comics.212.Net.

And while we're on the subject of blogs... Via Larry Young, I noticed a new review blog called Gateway Comics. The concept of the blog is "[c]omics reviews for people who don't normally read comics, but should." There's no team-loyalty "us vs. them" going on, just cogent, concise reviews on a variety of comics. I particularly like how Daniel Palacio eschews ratings systems in favor of a "Recommended For/Not Recommneded For" breakdown.