Return of Fear of Blogging

Well folks, I'm back, and you can call me Cookie, because I've been a wafer too long.
What's new? Well, in '06 I contributed to lots of anthologies and even two encyclopedias, and they're all starting to come out. Two that are out now are Moonstone's "The Phantom Chronicles," with my short story in it, and Seal Press' "It's So You; women write about personal expression through fashion and style," with my essay on Thrift shopping. (You did know that I'm the San Francisco Queen of thrift shopping, didn't you?"
The two encyclopedias aren't out yet, but keep an eye open for them. They are "Girl Culture," an encyclopedia of girls and grrrlz, and "The Woman's Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Fiction", and for both of them I wrote about (are you surprised?) comics.
You can also find a very nice chapter about me in Arie Kaplan's swell book, "Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed!," published by The Chicago review Press. Thank you, Arie, for all the good things you write about me!
What's coming? On Sunday, November 11th, you can find me at the Portland Comic Book Show, where I'll be presenting my talk and slideshow on the women who flew planes during World War ll, both in real life and in the pages of comic books, "When Women Flew." (That's an image from the slideshow up top, flying nurse Jane Martin, drawn by pioneer woman cartoonist Lily Renee) I guarantee that this is not the usual "Who's stronger, the Hulk or the Thing?" kind of panel you see at so many conventions. Come see it, and stay to say hello. Because of the subject of my talk, and because the show is on Veteran's Day, veterans get in for free.
What's coming out? My full-color book on the art of Nell Brinkley will be out in '08, published by Fantagraphics. If you know my work, you probably know that Nell was a brilliant artist in the early 20th century, and that I've already written a biography of her (Nell Brinkley and the New Woman in the Early 20th Century), but that the world still needs to see Nell's beautiful full color art, and when this book comes out, they will.