I am very much looking forward to the arrival of spring; it cannot come soon enough. These past few days in New York have been glorious! This winter has been rough, not only for those in the Northeast, but nationwide. I remember reading not too long ago that 49 states had snow on the ground at the same time just a week or two ago. Hawaii, obviously, was the exception, though I have been told since then that there ARE mountains in Hawaii that could see snow. Who knew?

Spring is just around the corner, and I for one could not be more excited (I'm heading to the Outer Banks for Spring Break in a few weeks!). I've always been a summer girl, and with the warm weather starting up, especially after all the snow we got this winter, I definitely have an early case of spring fever.

I hear it’s going to be sunny this weekend. I am holding the weatherman/weatherperson to this. I think in my next life I am going to be the weatherman/weatherperson. You can say it’s going to rain and an entire city of people will carry umbrellas; you can be consistently wrong and not get fired.

Welcome to the newest “issue” of GraphicNovelReporter.com. (Since I came up professionally in the world of magazines, I still tend to think of every update to the site as an “issue”—it’s a tough habit to break; for that matter, I still call all my CDs “albums”). Anyway, whatever we choose to call it, I’m happy to welcome you to it, because I have to say…this update has been one of my favorites since the site began. It incorporates such a wide-reaching scope of articles, I think, and they’re all in some way important to my love of this format. I’ll explain.