Two quick notices.

Small one first. I reviewed Ultimate Iron Man by Orson Scott Card below. Another good review (and one that doesn't talk politics) is here at Ain't it Cool News.

The big news? Bizarre as it may seem, comic creator and political outsider Frank Miller (who really didn't like Reagan, but seems to have a political philosophy influenced heavily by Ayn Rand) is

(wait for it)

Writing a comic about the battle between "Batman [and] Al Qaeda." Check out the happy announcement here.

I have absolutely no idea what this will be like. None whatsoever.

Why is he doing it? Miller said: "Come on, somebody had to do it."

Whatever he creates, it will not be boring