Do you ever have this voice in the back of your head that whispers,"This is not the life I want to be living?" You do? That's funny, I don't.

CHECK THIS OUT: Starting ONE WEEK FROM TODAY at Velocity Comics, all specially marked boxes of recent back issues (recent, that is) will be 50 CENTS on SUNDAY AND MONDAY ONLY. You've probably seen the boxes I'm talking about, they're stacked in front of the employees only closet. 50 cents each on Sunday and Monday for the foreseeable future. So come catch up on something, discover something else, and dig for treasure.

Here's hoping that you took a little time out over the weekend to enjoy the glitz and glamor of SAN DIEGO COMICON. Yes, the world's elite humans came together this weekend to bask in the reflected light of their glory and scream about Twilight, and anyone with access to the internet can lap it all up in the privacy of their own home! Here's a few highlights from the show:

1. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/070926-RonMarz.html

2. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/070924-QuesadaAnnounce.html

3. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22254

Can you believe that San Diego Comicon International begins in just four days? WHAT amazing news will be announced! WHO will be the first person to complain that the show isn't as good as it used to be? I'm sure we'll all be stuck to the internet all week, clicking refresh over and over and pausing only to sip from a special protein slurry designed to keep our bodies from shutting down due to extreme disuse, but lets make sure that we all take the time at least once a day to think about those less fortunate that we are. And by that I mean people who suffer from agoraphobia.

Hey gang--as you go about your normal lives today and tomorrow you may notice a large amount of construction going on around Broad St., specifically right outside the store. I can hear them out there right now, grinding into the sidewalk. Rumor has it they're searching for the secret tunnels that run under the city where Jefferson Davis hid his human/cthulhu experiments during the war. ANYWAY, I just want to assure you that we are here, open for bidness. And Blackest Night comes out tomorrow. And if you don't like that, we'll have more Asterios Polyp, too.

First of all, I want to thank everybody for their support over the last week. It's been a tough one as you probably know, but with the support of the community behind me I know that I'll get through all this in one piece. For the time being I guess the best course of action is to just put my head down and charge forward, barrel through all the tough stuff lurking ahead of me and get my life back on track. With that, on to the news.

Salutations, suckers. Hope everyone out there out a fun-tastic 4th filled with family, friends, fear, fudge, and finality. And may also those little puffy stickers that you get from the machines set outside grocery stores. Maybe ones that say "Best Friendzzzz" with a picture of a smiling bee.

ON TO THE NEWS!

Hello, all--

Tom is on sabbatical this weekend, so I'll be handling the newsletter. Seems Tom threw his back out giving his roommate Jake the Heimlich Maneuver twice in a row and has been put on bed rest until further notice. Get better soon, hero!

I can't even count how many cards and letters I have received from you, the huddled masses, all complaining of the same thing. "Dear Tom," they begin, "my apartment/house/loft/houseboat is cursed by too much counter space. You seem both both wise and benevolent, do you have any ideas on how I might deal with this issue? I turn to you because I know what you speak is true."

The long, dark national nightmare known as graduations down the street at the Seagal Center are finally at an end. Parking is once again abundant, the streets are clear of flower vendors, teary-eyed parents, and bellowing teens. Well, clear of some of that. Not the teary-eyed parents. Those people, it's like an infestation.

Greetings, my pets! Welcome to yet another dispatch from the dark heart of Velocity Comics. Join me no as I gaze far into the future and foretell what wonders it may hold...perhaps an unexpected windfall, perhaps...MURDER MOST FOUL!