Conventions | Pablo Defendini, Rick Marshall, Gary Tyrrell and Rick Marshall again (this time for MTV's Splash Page) offer more reports from last weekend's New England Webcomics Weekend.

Digital comics | CBR covers the "Comics on Handhelds" panel at South by Southwest Interactive, which tackled, among other things, issues of lettering and format. "What we need to concentrate on is making the comic an enjoyable experience for the reader and not just a compromise that people are willing to make just so they can read comics on the iPhone," said Rantz Hosley, CEO of the Longbox Group.

Webcomics | Technically Philly talks with Philadelphia creators Johnny Zito and Tony Trovarello about their Zuda webcomic The Black Cherry Bombshells.

Digital comics | At Salon.com, Olly Farshi looks at the James Patterson graphic novel Daniel X: Alien Hunter on iTunes.