Quick Hits

• Over at Comic Book Resources, there's a discussion of what effect the WGA writers' strike will have on comics. The short answer is that some TV writers who've been neglecting their comics work will have plenty of time to get back to it. The longer answer, though, is that the strike probably won't last long enough to get any new comics projects off the ground. CBR also links to a blog post on the strike by comics writer turned screenwriter Brian K. Vaughan.

• Via Rich Johnston, Suburban Glamour creator and Phonogram co-creator Jamie McKelvie is borrowing a page from the recent Radiohead experiment and urging people who torrent his work for free to come by and drop a little something into his Paypal account. If it works at all, I suspect he'll let us know soon enough.

• Can somebody please tell me the difference between Fruity Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Berry Pebbles? Are Fruity Pebbles supposed to have orange or grape or watermelon or kiwi or something in addition to the obvious berry flavors?