It's Joe McCulloch with your week in comics!
Elsewhere:
The closing of the comic book store Bigkatt's, and the effect of that closing on the community.
This is a fun and groovy anecdote about a very early Bill Griffith drawing of Mick Jagger.
Here's a nice profile of Gary Panter on the occasion of his new painting show.
Here's another take on the Friedman and Beauchamp comic book history books.