[Above, Shooting War goes literary on Tuesday. Below, the same old Dispatch.] 

• Rocketship is hosting a release party and signing for Hotwire Comix on February 22.  Expect free beer.
• Mad Magazine to go highbrow? Well, we’ll see…
• Do any of the comics awards have a category for “Just Plain Awesome?” If not, they should.
• Comics AND Poetry!? Neeley, you’ve gone too far…

 –Ben Gold