COMING DISTRACTIONS: Here’s what you’ll find on this site late tonight, tomorrow, and/or Wednesday (depending on how fast I blaze through my Real Work): the conclusion of “Now and at the Hour“; more thoughts on Watchmen; the first several of a series of short posts replying to Grotesque Anatomy’s vast reply to me on same-sex marriage; thoughts on superhero concepts vs. execution (in which, among other things, I will valiantly defend oft-overlooked aspects of the generally lame concept of the X-Men!); and, as always, whatever else stumbles onto the horizon.

In a little bit you’ll get comics reviews: Animal Man and Ultimate Spider-Man.