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Christopher Butcher: Is 29 years old and lives in Toronto Canada. In addition to the manager of world-famous comic book store The Beguiling, he is a freelance writer and comics production artist and the co-founder of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. He can be contacted at chris at beguiling dot com , though chances are it will get caught in the spam filter. You're better off posting in the comments field.

Comics Blogs I Read & Like:
Bags & Boards: Tom McLean's media-focused comics blog.
The Beat: Heidi MacDonald, dishing and digging up dirt (now at PW).
Beaucoup Kevin: Kevin talks about all of the comic books.
Big Sexy Arune: Comic journalist Arune Singh's blog.
Brill Building: Ian Brill's blog.
The Comics Reporter: Tom Spurgeon's all-in-one website featuring newsblogging, interviews, reviews, and more. A great site.
Comics Worth Reading: Johanna Draper-Carlson reviews and recaps with a unique eye for comics.
Completely Futile: Excellent commentary on manga.
The Cultural Gutter: Toronto blog about video games, comics, and all manner of low-culture.
Drawn.ca: Lots of Canadian Illustrators and artists linkblogging the best art of the internet. Neat.
Egon: Grand-daddy of art-comix coverage.
Forbidden Planet Blog: Brit Comic Retailer Forbidden Planet.
Galleycat: About publishing, including comics.
Gumpop: Sophie Yanow runs a very cool blog about comics, that I enjoy reading.
Jog The Blog: Like the similarly singley-named Cher, Jog contributes something precious and unique to the world.
Johnny Bacardi: Comics coverage, and the promise of alcohol.
Journalista!: Dirk Deppey sacrifices martyrs his social life for comics. Bless.
Kelly Sue's Pro Blog: Kelly ends up re-writing manga I love. Also, she has a personal blog.
Kochalkaholic: Alan David Doane's living tribute to cartoonist James Kochalka.
Love Manga: Exceptionally thorough manga blog.
The Low Road: My buddies Ed and John talk about comics and stuff.
Manga Blog: Accurately named! Considered manga commentary.
MangaCast: More manga than you can shake a stick at.
Mystifying Oracle: Jeff Parker's very cool blog.
NeilAlien Has been blogging longer than I have.
Blog @ Newsarama Graeme and Kevin Melrose live here now.
Panels and Pixels: Dude, it's comics and video games all in one. I find this excellent.
Peiratikos: Rose and Steven's unique, contrary views on comics.
Polite Dissent: Unique comics criticism and examination, through the eyes of an MD.
Precocious Curmedgeon: Manga, North American Comics, and the industry. A fabulous read.
Postmodern Barney: Dorian blogs about comics, homosexuals.
Progressive Ruin: Mike Sterling's chronicle of funny superhero nonsense and working in a comic store.
Read About Comics: Greg McElhatton's new reviews website.
Riot! Blog: Blog for a new indy-friendly comic book store.
Rocketship Comics: Blog for an indy-friendly Brooklyn-based comic book store.
Royal Academy of Illustration and Design Blog: A fabulously talented studio of comics and illustration peeps.
Savage Critics: From sunny California...
Splash Panel: Comics reviews and discussion from a talented artist.
Sporadic Sequential: Huzzah! It's John Jakala blogging again!
When Will the Hurting Stop: Tim O'Neil, man of action.
When Fangirls Attack: A big 'ole round-up of women's issues as they relate to comics.
Yet Another Comics Blog: Even with its strange preoccupation with superhero books, I still find myself enjoying this one.

Comic Weblog Update
PubSub - The Comics List

Comics Publishers Blogs:
Drawn & Quarterly Blog: Oh, Canada! You publish great comics!
FLOG! Fantagraphics Blog: Company blog from Fantagraphics.
First Second Books: Featuring tons of editor and creator blog posts.
Oni Press Buzz: Oni Press' company blog.
Prism Comics: All things gay and comic related.
Top Shelf: Hey, Bartender! The Top Shelf company blog.
Tulip Tree Press: Hope Larson's new publishing company.

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