Hey, internets. What's happening?

We're briefly back at headquarters, in between rounds of holiday travel. I'm slowly catching up on correspondence and blog feeds, noting items of possible interest for later investigation. Here's a few I thought well worth sharing:

• Lou Anders has posted a note about Hal Duncan's Escape From Hell! (and about the MonkeyBrain novella line in general) over on Tor.com.
• Over on the Beat, Heidi reports that R. Sikoryak’s “Masterpiece Comics” are going to be collected in 2009 by D&Q, which is a cause for much rejoicing.
• Bruce Ross ruminates on pulp heroes, and shares his custom figures of Commando Cody, Doc Savage, and the Shadow.
• John Coulthart points to Kevin St. Onge's flash emulation of Texas Instruments "Speak & Spell", which immediately flashed me back nearly three decades to the Christmas of 1979.

So how are your holidays going so far, everybody? Get (or give) any good presents?