Somehow, when I was plotting my Con schedule, I had missed that Ray Bradbury would be here (related story: Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is on our list of the hottest graphic novels of summer). He had been one of the featured guests at the first Comic-Con back in 1970, when the crowd was a mere 300 at the U.S. Grant Hotel. I had seen him three years ago at the L.A. Book Festival in what was one very memorable afternoon.

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about a new venture from Borders: a pilot program aimed at building on the booming teen market, which includes a healthy percentage of graphic novels. Borders is going to add a teen department (that includes graphic novels, fantasy, and YA books) to the majority of its stores before the end of August.

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Stephanie Meyer is bringing her bestselling (to make an understatement) Twilight series to comics with a graphic novel to be published by Yen Press. Details are very sketchy at this point (EW broke the news exclusively, before there was all too much to report), but the site has one sample panel and there's promise of a bigger preview in the issue going on sale tomorrow. If you're a Twilight fan, check it out!

Those of us who walk through Times Square on a regular basis are used to seeing some weird things. Usually, at the very least, it's a matter of fighting your way through throngs of people while trying to avoid people like the Naked Cowboy and silently cursing anyone who would come to New York and actually eat at the Olive Garden or (shudder) the Hard Rock Cafe. But yesterday there was another sight entirely: Batman in handcuffs and Superman on the ground being taken into custody by the police.