It only seems right to finally update this blog on the eve of the Mayan Apocalypse. In short, the site is overgoing major changes over the holidays and I look forward to bringing you up to speed on everything right after the New Year. In the meantime, please follow me on Facebook, Twitter, pgturn.com and…Google, I guess. Happy holidays!

Re the lull in posting Bitter Girl: The gals decided to take the summer off and didn’t tell me. They’re so very sorry. They’re back now.

Wherein I weigh in (briefly) on the subject of objectification, on segment B of this fine NPR show.

One of the first things I see walking into the Javits: Grove’s promotional push for Alif the Unseen, my awesome author G.Wilson’s debut prose novel about a young Middle Eastern hacktivist in a repressive emirate, presciently written at the dawn of the Arab Spring. The first chapter’s free on flashdrive to anyone who wants their computer checked for genies.

I’m thrilled to be on the inaugural advisory board for this tablet newsmagazine specializing in illustrated content:  ”a visual cure for the common news story.” It’s founded by forward-thinking powerhouse Erin Polgreen with the support of New Media Women Entrepreneurs and the International Women’s Media Foundation.

Before getting sucked into comics editorial, I was, and remain, a journalism nerd: as an editorial cartoonist in college, a West Coast newsweekly contributor/founder in the 90s, and an East Coast newsweekly and custom magazine illustrator in the 00s. So I’ve been watching the rise of graphic-narrative journalism with great interest, per the blogroll — everything from Cartoon Movement to the Stanford Graphic Novel Project — and now it’s time to stop watching. Stay tuned.

Headed to Wildcat Comicon, where I’ll have the honor of kibitzing with Dave Elliott, Barry Lyga, Alex Simmons, Jim Ottaviani and many others on comics editing, diversity, and new publishing trends. It’s just a little unfortunate my panels are all first thing in the morning, because I’m just not that kind of gal. But hey: all the more entertainment for you.

Thanks for the nice interview, DC Women Kicking Ass! I could talk about Kate Spencer ’til the cows come home.