Drawn from sources that are struggling to be productive…

• Cleveland.com has the first interview in 15 years with Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes.
• On the Etsy blog there’s an interesting post by Amanda Steinberg, founder of Dallyworth.com, about understanding online advertising.
• Charlie Stross posts about earning a living as a writer in a ‘post-Google’ era that has some good questions for webcomic creators as well.
• Xerexes has an interesting comparison of various webcomic tools for WordPress.
• The blog Vana Jezebel wants to know what webcomics you read.
• Hey! Look! Comics! has posted some thoughts on the Washington Post Webcomic of the Decade award.
• Comic Riffs at the Washington Post has eight burning questions from readers about their poll.
• While we’re on the subject of awards, This Week In Webcomics gives his us thoughts on The Webcomic List Awards.

Reported by Michael Moss.