but let us not forget our friends from Slovenia, the great Strip Core collective, and purveyors of the long-running anthology Stripburger. The new all-English volume is called Greetings From Cartoonia: The Essential Guide of the Land of Comics. Maybe their best volume yet, and chock full of truly excellent comics.

• Renee French ROCKS! Here's a poster she did a few years ago as part of a show group show through Presspop in Tokyo, Japan. It's now part of a show called A Cry For Help, running at Thinkspace Gallery in L.A. It's for charity, and five of these posters are for sale.

• Billy Shire Fine Arts presents JUGGERNAUT. Here is a preview link.

New comic paintings and collage works on paper by Mark Todd.
Exhibition: January 16, 2010 - February 6, 2010
Opening reception: Saturday, January 16th, 7-10 PM

• The great Jeremy Eaton has rolled all of his myriad blogs into one.

• Long-time 2.0 contributor Lode Devroe unloads his 2010 best wishes.

• “My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama.” All New Artwork by SKINNER! Show opens Jan 8, 6-9pm. Grass Hut 811 E. Burnside. In Portland and Here in the Intertubeweb.