Babbling Point

. He’s gay. She’s bi. He’s neither. LEXY, NANCE & ARGUS: SEX, GODS, ROCK & ROLL Bittersweetness Comix 68 pages, b&w P 130 per copy For Mature Readers Now available at Comic Quest Megamall and SM City North. This one-shot special compiles all the 18 pages serialized in Pulp Magazine from 2001-2002, as well as 50 all-new pages. Follow the gang’s feel-good, indie-flavored and introspective non-adventures as they question tradition, celebrate diversity, and get groiny. Story and art by Oliver Pulumbarit. The cover colors are by Ryan Orosco. Published by Oliver Pulumbarit and John Toledo.

. "I want to thank anyone who spends part of their day creating. I don't care if it's a book, a film, a painting, a dance, a piece of theater, a piece of music, anybody -- anybody who spends part of their day sharing their experience with us, I think this world would be unliveable without art, and I thank you." –Steven Soderberg, during the 73rd Academy Awards. Merry Christmas to all comic book creators out there! Writers, artists, colorists, letters, editors, and publishers! Merry Christmas to everyone who’s saving up to get their stories Xeroxed, to everyone who hopes to get their stories published somehow, somewhere. Hoping that 2005 be a year filled with new comic book stories! May we find something new in the comic book stores each and every month! And many, many thanks to the readers who bought one copy of a local comic book and to those who bought everything that every came out of local publishers. Thank you very much for all your support. ...

. the streets of heaven FROM: The West Wing, " 20 Hours in America: Part II", Season 4 Written by Aaron Sorkin …securing peace in a time of global conflict, sustaining hope in this winter of anxiety and fear. More than any time in recent history America's destiny is not of our own choosing. We did not seek nor did we provoke an assault on our freedoms and our way of life. We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil. Yet the true measure of a people's strength is how they rise to master that moment when it does arrive. Forty four people were killed a couple of hours ago at Kenneson State University. Three swimmers from the men's team were killed and two others are in critical condition when after having heard the explosion from their practice facility they ran into the fire to help get people out. Ran into the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. They're our students and our teachers and our parents ...