I had the distinct pleasure of attending two events at the New Yorker Festival yesterday. I saw a talk called Comics 101 by Art Spiegelman, and an interview of Stephen Colbert by Ariel Levy. I won’t summarize the whole talks, but I want to discuss some small thoughts I had. Spiegelman’s...

Joss Whedon’s gone and given Buffy a casual same-sex encounter in the “Season 8″ serial comic. Two points: (1) If you are going to have Buffy buff a woman in the buff, why not Willow? I mean, yes, it’s a bit obvious, but that doesn’t diminish it’s inherent appeal....