Well, NJ only scored 100 points. So that was kinda weird.

I've seen hints that Gotham City is located in New Jersey, but has it ever been officially acknowleged?

I always thought Gotham was where NYC is, and it was Metropolis that was down near NJ-Philly.

Of course, in the Batman RPG manual that Mayfair Games published, the map of Gotham and its surrounds is a crude map of Rhode Island with the names changed.

Anyone else watch the final episode of JLU?

While I think last year's finale was a better coda for the DCAU as a whole, I still enjoyed the episode. It felt a little rushed and I was surprised that there didn't seem to be any of Braniac in Darkseid which was what I thought was going to be the case after "Alive". I got a little chill from Superman's little speech about getting to cut loose and then him whalloping Darkseid but it didn't make any sense considering the number of times he'd faced Darkseid before, particularly in places much less-likely to cause collateral damage than on the frickin' Earth!

I did like the 5-minute head start bit.

It was a little disappointing, but I'm not sure what would have been a completely statisfying send-off for the DCAU. I'm certainly going to miss it. Kevin Conroy will always be the voice of Batman to me.

Comic book panel quiz.

There aren't any I can name comic, issue, writer and penciller for. But I do know something about these: 11 is Animal Man in that arc where he takes peyote and can see his artist. Terrifying to read on acid, let me tell you. The writer was Morrison, and the cover artist was Brian Bolland, but I couldn't tell you who did the insides. #13 is the Barry Windsor Smith pencilled X-Men issue where he runs with one of the Power Pack kids (Katie Power, perhaps? Was that the name of the youngest one?). I adore that cover. Just marvellous. I know I've read #25 -- it's Doom Patrol, isn't it? Possibly also written by Grant Morrison, but I can't be sure.

Ooh. #11 sounds cool.

Wow, I actually know some of those!

2: Goddess. Ennis & Winslade. Probably issue #6. 8: Lazarus Churchyard. Ellis and D'Israli. 15 I assume it's an Ennis issue of Hellblazer, only because the last panel looks dimly familiar. 19: Scars, Ellis and Jacen Burrows. Last issue again.

From online news services...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon is writing a new six-issue Buffy mini-series for Dark Horse Comics. The first volume is due out in October. A Dark Horse spokesperson has confirmed to ICv2 that the new series chronicles events that happened to Buffy and her friends after the conclusion of their televised adventures and will function as a "Season 8" to the highly popular cult hit TV series that ran for seven seasons...

A Dark Horse spokesperson has confirmed to ICv2 that the new series chronicles events that happened to Buffy and her friends after the conclusion of their televised adventures and will function as a "Season 8"

I'm VERY much looking forward to this, but six issues won't cover a whole "Season 8".

ETA: Unless he winds up writing a book like Matt Wagner would write, and crams every page full of many panels, and much very small text.

I'll bet $10 that Spike appears on the cover of at least three of the issues.

I'll bet $10 that Spike appears on the cover of at least three of the issues.

That would be especially execrable, given he was with Angel for the next year.