I thought I would let everyone know have a new article up on The Geekery Online called The Forgotten Comics, I go over some of the titles that will probably never be collected in trade paperback and are thus very hard to find. It has a similar theme to an article I wrote on Geekadelphia called The Top 5 Most Underrated Writer/Artist Creative Teams In Comics. A lot of these are personal favorites of mine and titles I still look for at comic book conventions.

Check it out and let me know if I missed anything.

Not much to plug today. There is just my regular Comic Roundup column over on Geekadelphia. This week I review the new issue of Fear Itself, the first issue of the Spider Island tie-in miniseries Cloak & Dagger and the final issue of Booster Gold.

So I’ll take this opportunity to let you guys know about my plans for the blog on Thursdays.

When I relaunched the site, it was important to me that I give you some kind of new content 5 days a week. That way you would always have a reason to stop by. Tuesdays I have pretty much decided was going to be for plugging my other writing and updates about the comic. That meant I had to get creative for whatever was going to appear on Thursdays. Starting this week you will see the launch of one of the two ways I plan to entertain you when there isn’t a new comic.

The first is called Longbox Diving. I’m going to pick a random back issue either out of my collection or from the back issue bins at my local comic shop and offer my thoughts about it and a review. It’s similar to the Comic Roundup, just not as relevant. Back issues are fast becoming a lost part of comic book collecting, with digital comics and trade paperbacks becoming so prevalent, and I really feel it is important to remember what used to be a key part of the hobby.

The second is called The Cerebus Project. After reading Tim Callahan’s recent When Worlds Collide column on Comic Book Resources about his Cerebus reading marathon via the collections, it got me thinking. Cerebus really was an amazing comic (at least until the last 100 issues or so) and I already own a good sized chunk of it. I had always wanted to do something similar and read Dave Sim’s aardvark odyssey from start to finish, except I want to read it in issue form, instead of the massive phone books. That way I get to read the letter columns and all the extras plus I get to complete my Cerebus collection and have all 300+ issues all bagged, boarded and boxed. The Cerebus Project will be a chronicle of my quest to complete my run, read all the issues and put my thoughts about them into words.

So that is what you can expect on Thursdays here at New Book Day. And remember, the comic now updates three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

As of tomorrow, it will be two weeks since I brought NBD back from the “dead” and so far the response has been pretty good. My page views are already higher then the last time I worked on the strip and the comic itself is proving much more fun to work on. It seems the 3 times a week updates were the way to go.

The really nice thing is knowing that not only are next week’s comics already uploaded and ready to go, but half of the following weeks are also done. Getting a little ahead really helps and enables me to keep new content coming to you on a dependable, regular schedule.

And this is just the beginning. I have big plans for the future of the comic and this site. Nothing I can talk about yet, but if things keep going this well you could see some new stuff around Thanksgiving. We’ll have to wait and see.

Just know that you have my thanks for reading the story of Diego and his friends. Without you, this wouldn’t even be possible and a colossal waste of time.

See you tomorrow.

Since it seems that the bulk of the writing I do about comics hits the web early in the week, I figure that Tuesdays will make the perfect day to update you on what you can read where.

Welcome to The Write Stuff.

Over on Geekadelphia, my weekly column The Comic Roundup is live and waiting for you. This week I look at the new Punisher series from Marvel, the latest book from the minds of Robert Kirkman and Rob Liefled, The Infinite and the anxiously awaited new title from Terry Moore, Rachel Rising.

On The Geekery Online, it’s Diversity in Geekdom week where all the articles will look at Geekdom in different ways. My contribution is all about female leads in comic books and titled “Where have all the Wonder Women gone?” I’m really proud of it and I hope you enjoy reading it.

That’s all for this week. Make sure you come back tomorrow for an all-new New Book Day.

A couple weeks ago I was lucky enough to interview Jeffro Kilpatrick, the co-founder of the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society, as the Geek of the Week for Geekadelphia. He’s a hell of a nice guy and a really talented artist.

Turns out he has a limited edition t-shirt going on sale Tuesday, August 9th at teefury.com. The shirt is only 10 bucks, is cool as all get out and only on sale for one day. So mark your calendars and plan on getting yours. I know I am.