Art Spiegelman: In the Shadow of No Towers
http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/towers.html

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1291550,00.html

Politics reaches a fever pitch in the USA: 
http://www.freewayblogger.com/story.htm

Australian hip-hop poll
http://rocknerd.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=19&aid=-1

A nice bit on comics storytelling, from Warren Ellis. 
http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/pulse.cgi?http%3A//www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi%3Fubb%3Dget_topic%26f%3D36%26t%3D002853Amusing discussion on Manga. Courtey 'Die Puny Humans'
"You know that guy that's never, ever listening to anything other than Zeppelin IV? That uber-Spicoli that never quite left his spring semester of 10th grade? That's the comics mainstream."
http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=17

Amusing Goth tidbit: anybody remember 'Halloween' by Ministry? (I do!)
http://www.teaandcockroaches.com/