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Issue fifteen of CWR is now online, and because we took off an extra week for Comic-Con, we have come back JAM-PACKED with awesome content! Here’s what we have in store for you:

Colleen Doran interviewed! Marc Mason chatted with Colleen in San Diego and got the scoop on her involvement with Tori Amos’ COMIC BOOK TATTOO, the coming end of A DISTANT SOIL, and the person she most wants to work with in comics:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/colleeendoran.html

CWRtv times three! Video segments with writer/artist Jeff Lemire, writer/artist Colleen Coover, and artist/colorist Emily Warren!:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/cwrtv.html

The CWR San Diego Flickr stream!:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050056@N07/sets/72157606450609930/

Reviews of ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES, SLOW STORM, BLUESMAN, BORDERLINE, MUMBAI MACGUFFIN, ESSEX COUNTY: THE COUNTRY NURSE and more!
http://reviews.comicswaitingroom.com

Elliott Serrano delivers CWR’s first ever podcast, interviewing the great Gene Ha:
http://reviews.comicswaitingroom.com/2008/08/03/elliott-serrano-interviews-gene-ha-the-podcast.aspx

Marc Mason interviews Kal Penn and John Cho about HAROLD AND KUMAR, the image of Asian-Americans in film, and their roles as educators:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/mason15.html

Avril Brown imagines what San Diego would have been like if she were able to go, and it involves a comics legend… and some smooching!:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/avril15.html

Bonus Avril: she tackles first impressions, both in person and in the first issues of comics:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/avril14.html

Vince Moore takes the knives to HANCOCK and the subtle messages it contains, then wonders why Eddie Murphy’s latest was such a big flop:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/vince23.html

Matt Maxwell returns with new stuff, taking a look at what might be wrong with San Diego… and what is surprisingly right:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/fullbleed25.html

Introducing Steve Saunders! Steve joins The Waiting Room as our gaming expert, and he delivers some news on some upcoming items to look out for as well as a few comics reviews to boot:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/tpk1.html

All wrapped in a terrific Elliott Serrano designed cover:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com

Remember: If you read something at CWR that you like, pass it on to friends and blogs. Enjoy the reading!

Marc Mason
Editor-in-Chief
Comics Waiting Room