• Reddit has a new new subreddit dedicated to the Scarlet Speedster at r/theflash.
• Geeky Home Decor You WISH Was on Etsy at Comediva. @luisn1 says: “I wish Sears sold Cosmic Treadmills! Too much time-space liability, I guess.”
• Stack Exchange considers what the Flash’s tracks look like in damp sand
• Mark Waid’s new webcomic initiative, Thrillbent, is live with the first installment of “Insufferable.” He posts what they learned from the first 24 hours.
• Flash writer Brian Buccellato has upped the page count for his Kickstarter-funded FOSTER ANTHOLOGY and raised the goal.
• Star Wars Speedster: That F’ing Monkey manages to combine Flash Friday & May the Fourth, and not with “force speed.” Beware: He had to go to Ewoks: The Battle for Endor to do it.
• Collected Editions reviews Justice League: Origin.

And of course be sure to check in with The Fastest Fan Alive for Flash collectibles and The Rogues Kick Ass for the Rogues.

Two weeks’ worth of linkblogging.

First, the Flashy links

• Boston Comic Con DC panel report from dcwomenkickingass: Francis Manapul talks about trying to sneak in a Wally West cameo, why the Rogues have powers now, other supporting cast members for Flash who didn’t make the cut, and more.
• Flash is faster than Writing and Art – The Absorbascon on why the Flash concept works.
• Interview with Francis Manapul at Boston Comic Con by Retcon Punch

Flash writers’ other work

• Mike Baron’s “Nexus” returns at Dark Horse
• CBR reviews Brian Buccellato’s Foster #3
• Update: Mark Waid’s webcomic initiative Thrillbent launches May 1

More comics links

• Food for thought: Why do people like comics? Progressive Ruin
• Art mashup: comics & classic paintings (CSBG/The Line It Is Drawn). Black Canary in The Scream, Flash in Eight Elvises, etc.
• WTF moment of the day. These people need to get off the internet. Imagine what they’d have said if she’d written a negative review, rather than one that was merely lukewarm? (Progressive Ruin)
• Is there anyone left who hasn’t seen these photos of the DC Comics offices at BuzzFeed?
• Should Superheroes Ever Quit? – Comic Vine
• Empirical Reasons Why The Silver Age Was Better – Mightygodking

Creators’ Rights. This is an ongoing discussion, but here are a few key posts.

• David Brothers’ article on Before Watchmen & the Avengers movie at ComicsAlliance
• Chris Robeson leaves DC now that iZombie is done, feeling he can no longer trust/support the company’s SOP toward creators, and will stop working for them after his Fairest arc is complete.
• Not surprisingly, DC canceled his Fairest arc. The Beat comments on Didio & Lee’s response
• The Comics Journal interviews Roberson
• The Beat on Alan Moore & creators’ rights in general