Drawn from sources that believe even small accomplishments are worth celebrating…

• Emily the Strange is a rip off of a 1978 book character.
• Des Moines Register sacks Editorial Cartoonist Brian Duffy.
• Book of Biff, and more cartoons like Questionble Content, have been dumped by ADSDAQ for “…a high volume of graphics and images such as anime or comic strips.”
• TalkShoe announces Instant Talkcasting.
• The Floating Lightbulb talks about getting international traffic for your comic.
• Good post over at Webcomics.com about inking with your natural hand movement.
• UCLICK and IDW to bring Clive Barker’s The Thief of Always to the iPhone.
• Patrick Scullin, creator of Super Siblings, blogs about meeting the legendary Stan Lee.
• Brad Guigar talks about what he thinks is and isn’t newsworthy to follow up on his earlier tips about writing press releases.
• NYT has a piece about Alison Bechdel and her series Dykes to Watch Out For.
• The Webcomic Overlook #60 features Fey Winds.
• Comic Foundry Magazine is closing its doors.
• Next episode of the Webcomic Beacon is the one year special. 
• Skitzo Man has a post about Scott Kurtz’ video: Breaking Bad habits.

Reported by Michael Moss.