Drawn from sources close to the Pope…

• Cory Doctrow cosplayers at the XKCD picnic.
• Clickwheel will continue to be commissioning work from independent creators. If you have a comic and want to pitch it to them, email Tim (tim@clickwheel.net) 
• Wizard has a conversation with Karl Kerschl of Transmission X.
• T Campbell blogs about the Heroes webcomic.
• Wall Street Journal article about comics jumping back and forth between web and print.
• DIY comic software for the Mac? Comic Life 1.3 
• Fleen has a review of Zuda.com’s submissions agreement.