Rob Hiaasen at the Baltimore Sun, who’s got a solid, Emdashes-approved history of covering New Yorker-related stuff, wrote a good profile of Emily Flake, whose endearingly nihilistic comics of love and shame, or love of shame, or shameful love, can sort of be described (and Hiassen does a bang-up job), but should mainly be seen. Update: Disturbingly, the paper’s site seems to be temporarily down, so use this for now.
Also, if you’re following that letter to the editor from John Yohalem, who wrote in to update readers on his state of mind, residence, and solvency (he’s just fine) after reading Tim Page’s recent story about life with Asberger’s, you’ll want to read this entertaining little chat about it. Also, in addition to his other good qualities, Alex Ross has a sense of humor.