Hot Damn.

This post by Don Simpson is a real tour-de-force summation of issues facing artists (and, tangentially, publishers and audiences and retailers) in the American comic book industry, and the consequences of rotating creative teams, companies perpetuating trademarks at the expense of new ideas, and work-for-hire contracts. A great contrast to Dirk Deppey's "Opening Shot" column in the new Comics Journal. Should be required reading.

But I'm at a little barbeque and beer party, so I'll have to post more coherent thoughts about it later.