As some of you that follow my wife's blog, her grandmother's health has swung from poor to catastrophic in the last few days. I'm leaving KC to be with my family tomorrow; don't know when normal posting/drake stuff/anything else will resume.

If you've sent me email in the last, uh, month, it'll probably take me even longer to get back to you. My most humble and sincere of apologies.

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These PREVIEWS blurbs came out, I dunno, today or yesterday, and I'm delighted with each:

PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #8
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils and Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI
It's part 3 of “Blood and Sand,” with the heart of the American dream at stake.
Somewhere in the heart of the Sonoran desert, halfway between the United States and Mexico, the Hate-Monger and his infamous hostage go one-on-one. Meanwhile, G.W. Bridge goes rogue… Stuart Clarke investigates how the National Force gets its information and who's helping them get it… and Frank Castle unveils his astonishing plan.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

IMMORTAL IRON FIST #7
Written by ED BRUBAKER & MATT FRACTION
Pencils and Cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN
Her name was Wu Ao-Shi, and she was known as the Pirate Queen of Pinghai Bay...and that all came after she left K'un-Lun and took the power of the Iron Fist with her. Kicking her way out of the pages of THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST #2, this stand-alone issue tells the story of Wu Ao-Shi, from the moment she became the first woman to touch the heart of Shou-Lao the Undying, to her mysterious, controversial and epic ending. At long last, America: someone has combined pirates, kicking, girls, and Iron Fist into a single comic book. You're welcome.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99