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Who knew that San Diego would be as muggy and humid as New York this time of year? As Carol and I were in town for Comic-Con, the walks to and from the convention center were intense…and a little bit sweaty. Carol prefers the word dewy, but no matter what the phrasing, it was HOT.

Welcome to another update of GraphicNovelReporter.com. We’ve been busy putting a lot of content together in between plane trips around here (seriously, I feel like this has been my most traveled summer ever). As you may recall from the last newsletter, my most recent trip was a sad one as I went home for my father’s funeral. I want to say thank you to everyone who wrote me after that newsletter came out. I was so touched by the outpouring of responses that came in. Your well-wishes, thoughts, and prayers were really appreciated, and I am grateful to all of you who shared your own stories and kind words. It's really great to know we have such thoughtful readers.

I got the call from my mom a week ago Friday. My dad had been ill for a long time, and I had just recently been back to visit him, but it was still a shock to hear that he had passed. He was a good man, a great one...a World War II vet who had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1976 and later suffered diabetes, skin cancer, and a stroke, and never once complained about any of it. He died at 81 years old.