Creators | Mark Sable, writer of Unthinkable, reports that he was detained for more than a half-hour yesterday by Transportation Safety Administration agents after a random luggage search turned up a script for the BOOM! Studios series. Unthinkable centers on a U.S. government think tank devoted to imagining nightmare scenarios involving terrorist attacks. "My privacy, a small price to pay for educating the government about the medium," Sable writes. [Twitter]

Conventions | There's a bevy of coverage from this weekend's Toronto Comic Arts Festival, including an overview, creator snapshots and a Q&A with Yoshihiro Tatsumi from The Toronto Star, and coverage of the Authors at Harbourfront Centre discussion with Tatsumi, Seth and Adrian Tomine in the National Post. Sequential has a solid roundup of blog discussions. [Toronto Comic Arts Festival]

Awards | Nominations have opened for the U.K.'s annual Eagle Awards. The deadline is May 22. [The Eagle Awards]

Retailing | Xtremes Comics, Games, Toys and Puzzles in Roanoke, Virginia, will close later this month after more than a decade in business. [The Roanoke Times]



Publishing | Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog marks its 200th issue this month. According to this article, it's the second-longest running licensed comic series, behind Marvel's Conan the Barbarian, which ran for 275 issues. [Kombo.com]

Creators | Cartoonist Gregory Gallant, aka Seth, discusses his fashion sense, George Sprott, and opting for a pen name: "I changed it simply because I was looking for a pretentious-sounding pseudonym. In retrospect, I wish I hadn't done it. It's a stupid name." [The Globe and Mail]

Creators | Tom Spurgeon talks at length with Darwyn Cooke and Ed Brubaker about crime novelist Richard Stark (Donald Westlake), and Cooke's adaptation of The Hunter. [The Comics Reporter]

Creators | This is a nice profile of artist Ric Estrada, who passed away on May 1 at age 81, with quotes from his wife and children. [Daily Herald]

Creators | Craig Yoe talks more about Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster. [The Toronto Star]



Creators | Mouse Guard creator David Petersen chats about the book's fan base: "I am never surprised at who's reading Mouse Guard because it's everybody — grandparents, 5-year-olds who were reading with their parents, boys, girls, men, women, people from every walk of life." [Hometown Life]

Creators | Writer Paul Storrie answers five questions about his comics work. [Detroit Free Press]

Creators | Artist George Perez moved from designing the set for the local theater's production of Li'l Abner to playing the role of the ruthless General Bullmoose. [Orlando Sentinel]

Events | Durham University's Oriental Museum is staging an extensive exhibition called "Manhua: China Comics Now," featuring more than 200 pieces of artwork. It's billed as the first exhibit of its kind in the United Kingdom. A number of creators from China and Britain will appear between now and Sept. 27 to discuss their work and lead master classes and workshops. [Durham Times]

Fandom | Eighty-seven-year-old Joseph Deschenes may be the world's only biggest fan of Rex Morgan, M.D. [Wicked Local]