No to DeviantArt For Now

I'd been considering setting up an account on DeviantArt for a while now, but I'm afraid that I'm going to have to back away until some issues of policy change for the better regarding their handling of comics inkers. Bob Almond makes the case better than I can, so I'll refer you directly to his statement:

http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=13403

Bob is the founder of the Inkwell Awards, so his opinion on the subject is not without just cause, I believe. If you want to know more about them, take a gander over here:

http://www.inkwellawards.com/

Danes in Space?

Maybe sooner than we think.

warrenellis pointed this one out at Wired Online:

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-08/23/danish-manned-spacecraft

If this works out, it could be a Most Useful Kick in Several Sets of Pants.