Good news: The Warren Ellis Forum is shutting down!. I will not miss the WEF, though I am sure that their fickle, shapeless politics, hollow self-righteousness, and their collective taste in bland comics will find a new home in no time. To say the very least about Warren Ellis, the man has the sense to quit while he’s ahead. Still, shutting the place down now allows him to bask in praise, and spew self-congratulatory rhetoric based only loosely in fact. I maintain that the WEF has done nothing innovative, and has only benefitted from being in a right place/right time position. I think the WEF community only reinforces comic shop culture, and though they would like to think they are raising the bar, they really do little more than to celebrate a horrible status quo. Good riddance.

My love for the Forgotten New York website grows daily, and as a result, my love for the city itself is nearly off the charts. Whether it’s reading up on COST and REVS, the history of Roosevelt Island, the other lesser-known islands around the city, step streets in the Bronx, or the histories of the signage, advertisements, and subways of the city; my love for the place as a whole grows exponentially.