Seriously, Fred is all over the place.

On the comic shelves this week, a couple of comics by Close Personal Friends that I wish to point out to you, the potential readers of such: First off is Fixation #1, part of the new line of crime comics from IDW: This is written by Amy Chase, one of my regular customers and a Special Guest at the last couple of Free Comic Book Day events at the shop (here’s a nice photo of her at one, in her swell shirt), with some great art by Savanna Mayer (whose work you saw in Return to Sleepy Hollow, amongst other books). There’s moider at a convention celebrating the anniversary of a popular vampire film, but is it more than just an unstable fan? Read the comic and find out! Also, listen to Amy chat about the series on the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast. Also out this week is the Major Taylor hardcover from Drawn and Quarterly, about the first Black world champion cyclist: …written and drawn by my old, old pal Fred Noland. I’ve known Fred since he was but a young’un, probably at least since the…