I've visited LJ only sporadically over the last few months, and had missed Barb's post. Thanks to you I got to go back and read it and all the wonderful comments that followed.
TOTALLY my pleasure!

And as for the comics? You're pretty spot-on. Despite the fun stuff we're getting now, on the whole they've been pretty awful. (And I have in my time loved some comic books to distraction, so it's not the medium!)