Vera Brosgol and Rich Stevens have joined forces in an unholy alliance to bring you this Halloween t-shirt. Go order one for yourself (or for that special mummy in your life) right now!

Bill Mudron has contributed a story to the fan-organized Serenity Tales, a collection of online comics set in Joss Whedon’s Firefly universe. Bill’s story, “The Black”, can be read in its entirety here.

For more on the Serenity Tales project, visit the official website.

That’s right, this is cause for tears, but also celebration! Joey Weiser‘s comic, The Ride Home, has completed its run. This 150-page graphic novel is now available to be read in its entirety online, and all for free! It’s a wonderful story, and you should start reading it here.

The very first Winterview is now online! In it, Winter McCloud (11-year old daughter of Scott McCloud) interviews Dave Roman and Raina Telgemeier, and it is literally the most entertaining interview I have seen in a very long time!

Dave and Raina will also be making an appearance at the Ocean County Library BookFest in New Jersey this coming Saturday, Sept. 30th. Click for more info.

Joana Carneiro recently set up a new art blog! Check it out over here.

Clio Chiang recently posted a new short comic to her blog. Clicking on the image below will take you directly to the comic.

Clio has also collaborated on a new series of prints with Krista Huot, called “Vampyres and All Things Sucky.” These prints can now be purchased online, so hop to it!

This Sunday September 24th, the annual Word on the Street festival will be held all across Canada, but of special note, the Halifax Word on the Street will feature a new Cartoonist’s area that will involve presentations, workshops, and Q&A with such artists as Hope Larson, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Seth, Michael Cho, Ryan North, Rebecca Kraatz, and many more! The event will run all day from 11 AM to 5 PM at the Cunard Event Centre on the Halifax waterfront (full details here).

For more information on Word on the Street in Halifax, as well as all the other Word on the Street festivals across Canada, visit the official Word on the Street website.

Bill Plympton + Weird Al Yankovic = the new music video for “Don’t Download This Song”

Have you all been keeping up to date with the Blue Sky Studios Challenge blog? The blog has some of the gang from Blue Sky Studios posting themed sketches every week. Jake Parker has been a regular participant, and there are some definite gems on the blog worth checking out.

A new interview with Amy Kim Ganter is now up online, courtesy of the folks over at Broken Frontier.

It’s also worth noting that Amy and Kazu will be making a signing appearance at Meltdown Comics on Saturday Sept. 23rd, from 12-3 PM. From the Meltdown Comics website:

Blank Label Comics members Kris Straub, Steve Troop, and Dave Kellett will be joined by fellow Los Angeleno cartoonists David Malki ! of Wondermark, Jorge Cham of PhD, Kazu Kibuishi of Flight, and Amy Kim Ganter of Sorcerers & Secretaries for a 7-in-1 signing at the one of the coolest comics shops west of the Mississippi. Each cartoonist will be signing their latest and greatest book releases, and will have additional wares as well.

Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender gets a special all-Avatar issue this month! Featuring comics (19 pages worth!) drawn by Justin Ridge (Flight Vol. 2), the magazine has just hit newsstands, so you should head out and grab a copy right now.

The Nickmag Comic LJ community has also posted up the cover image and a preview page online, as well as an in-depth look into the making of one of the many comics, which is well worth the read.

There’s a new Iconic Audio Interview with Enrico Casarosa, care of IllustrationMundo.com, where Enrico shares his thoughts on SketchCrawling, as well as sketching and art in general — don’t forget, the 11th Worldwide SketchCrawl is this coming Saturday the 23rd!

And in case you haven’t been following along, Enrico’s Venice Chronicles are continuing along at quite a nice pace too!

On the heels of the McClouds‘ 50 State tour, it looks like Jeff Smith is going to take comics on the road internationally! He’s gearing up for a world tour to promote Bone. You can find more info at the Boneville Blog, or you can check scheduled tour dates here.

Catia Chien’s illustration work is featured on Daily Candy. They also have a nice write-up on some of her pieces. You can also check out her website here.

Scott McCloud’s Making Comics is now available in stores and online. On September 8th, Scott, Ivy, Sky, and Winter McCloud will be hanging out and speaking about the new book and their epic journey across the 50 States (as well as a few Canadian provinces to boot) at Midtown Comics in Manhattan’s Times Square. Be sure to say hello and cheer them on as they continue on their journey! They’ll be at the store from 5 to 7 pm this Friday, Sept. 8th.