I'll be appearing with Stuart Moore and Bill Sienkiewicz at the SoHo McNally booksellers on Halloween to promote "The Nightmare Factory, Vol. 2".

Reading stuff like this makes me happier to be alive than most anything else. I was in the 2nd grade when Reagan won in 1980. The politics of it all weren't clear to me, but we followed the election in class and it did feel like something huge had happened when Ronnie swept in. Government, and the peoples' perceptions of it, changed drastically and lastingly.

Obama's election is going to do this, and to a much greater degree. The GOP, George Bush and their own arrogance of power enabled this. We are very, very fortunate to have had such a talented and compassionate leader ready to step into this void. It could have been Hillary, and she would have made a fine president. It could have been Kerry or any number of our stalwarts in such a weak election cycle for George Bush's party... but it was Obama who seized this and makes us feel like we're at the start of something following the last eight years, not the terrible end.

For all you skeptics, understandably worried about the state of this country and the world we live in, please... please consider for a moment that we're about to elect a transformational figure to the Presidency... with historic Democratic majorities in both houses of congress. I used to label Barack Obama our "Last best chance" in this country.... but I think this portents so much more now.

We're going to bury the vile, hateful and gross republican party who've masqueraded as "regular people" for over a generation with this election. Be happy. Be fucking thrilled. This is incredible and you're right in the middle of it.

I've had a Twitter account for a while now... but I've only really been able to get into things recently. Come follow me, won't you?

Intrade's Electoral Map is a paradise of poll porn to get lost in... if only I had the time...

AICN Comics has a short review of THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY, VOL. 2 up today. An excerpt:

Hopefully, those of you who entered and won the NIGHTMARE FACTORY Contest we ran a few weeks back have received their prizes and will agree with me that there's some spooky poop-smack in this book. Writers Stuart Moore and Joe Harris do a great job of cutting through all of the wordiness in exchange for upping the scare quotient while adapting these tales of terror from horror novelist Thomas Ligotti. But the thing that impressed me most about this book is how many amazing artists show up to lend their eerie stylings for this book.

Go. Buy. I want there to be a Volume 3.

My collaborator on "The Clown Puppet" story in the Fox Atomic/Harper Collins graphic novel, THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY, VOL. 2, Bill Sienkiewicz, Stuart Moore and myself will be appearing at Jim Hanley's Universe here in New York City on October 29th.

I expect there might be a crowd to see Bil. Come join.

We shameless, godless liberals in the comics industry have a community for supporting Barack Obama.

I haven't unlocked the full, true use yet. But I like using the avatar on my Facebook page. And the mug I just ordered from their Zazzle store looks nice.

Check it out.