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Issue 26 of CWR is here, and it’s packed with comics goodness. Here’s what we have for you this time!

Josh Medors interviewed! Marc Mason caught up with the artist at Phoenix Comicon and got a health update, a look at his upcoming artistic projects, and his feelings on how the comics community has rallied behind him:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/joshmedors2.html

Jimmy Palmiotti interviewed! Comics’ renaissance man talks to Avril Brown about what’s wrong with superheroes, his work in translating Euro comics, and the future of Painkiller Jane on-screen:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/jimmypalmiotti2.html

5 Questions with Warren Ellis: Elliott Serrano chats with The Most Powerful Man on the Internet about his new book, IGNITION CITY:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/warrenellis.html

SHRAPNEL, HERO SQUARED, NEVER AS BAD AS YOU THINK, WHY I KILLED PETER and more:
http://reviews.comicswaitingroom.com

Marc Mason recaps the goings on at Phoenix Comicon:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/mason26.html

Matt Maxwell notes the passing of the monthly comic and is kind enough to perform the eulogy:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/fullbleed34.html

Saurav Mohapatra discusses storytelling tropes and how to subvert them to make better fiction:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/ninepanelgrid9.html

Jocelyn Saddler takes a look at FINAL CRISIS 7 and, well…:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/bb5.html

Jess Blackshear returns with an update on her recovery and what she’s got coming up:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/jess16.html

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