• Great analysis of the theme of The Flash vol.3 by Bizarro #98
• The Science of Flash #109 (about that straw/hurricane thing) at The Comics Bin
• Zach Weiner (SMBC) and Chris Jones (Grumps) have released a book of Captain Stupendous (formerly Captain Excelsior). How is it that I never noticed the comic before? (I’d guess the archives are NSFW, since, well, creator of SMBC)
• Brendan McCarthy’s designs for the Flash (via @Robot6)
• Fan art: Lantern Draft by ~Hermesgildo on deviantART
• Marc Guggenheim talks Halcyon, Action Comics and More at Bleeding Cool.
• Children’s book: Wrath of the Weather Wizard coming in January. @liabrown1 points out that there are more Rogues/Flash kids’ books coming out soon.
• That F’ing Monkey describes some Flash merchandise he wishes existed.

• Mark Sable talks COLD CASE at CBR, featuring the Teen Titans vs the Flash’s Rogues.
• Flash, Superman, and Pied Piper in A Year of Cool Comics – Day 315.
• Costume party: Muppet Justice League including Animal as the Flash.
• Artist Colleen Doran (probably best known for A Distant Soil) writes about the impact of online piracy on artists.
• Comics Alliance: Overheard in a Comic Shop contest winner
• Multiversity Comics reviews The Flash #6
• Find out what Flash merchandise That Fing Monkey will refuse to buy! Um…No Thank You
• Comicpalooza Video Review tackles Flash # 6

Some recent articles from Quick Time: Boomerangs Across the Multiverse, The Dark Flash Saga…and a brand-new reference site focusing on Jesse Quick and Hourman.

That Fing Monkey provides a Flash Field Guide to help you identify comics’ premiere speedsters, and tells the tale of a Flash jersey.

NPR’s Monkey See columnist discovers that the Flash and Flash Gordon are not the same person, and asks readers: what long-running misconceptions have you had?

Speaking of other things called Flash, I recently attended Adobe MAX, a tech/design conference put on by Adobe Systems. Oddly enough, it had a few things in common with Comic-Con, though it had an entirely different sort of Flash fans. (That said, I did see one guy at the device lab with a super-hero Flash T-shirt, and on the last day of the conference, I drew a tiny Flash logo on the community chalk board.)

IO9 reveals 10 insane facts comics taught us about American history. (The ISB analyzes the Future Lincoln assassination seen in The Flash.)

Captain Comics considers a 30th Century Justice League: who would Barry Allen team up with in the future?

Two weeks’ worth of linkblogging!

• Major Spoilers reviews Flash #300 from 1981
• Quick Time: Jesse Quick vs Wally West for the Justice League.
• NYCC 2010: Young Justice Animated (Titanstower.com Monitor Room)
• Todd Klein: And Then I Read: THE FLASH 2
• CSBG has a new column on some of the odd things they used to advertise in comic books: I saw it advertised one day #1 and I Saw It Advertised One Day #2
• Westfield comics’ KC looks back at the history of comics pricing.
• That Fing Monkey tells a story of the Sharp Dressed Flash, then tracks down those Flash Cakes.
• Need Halloween Costume Ideas? Look at these from DragonCon! (Once Upon a Geek)
• hypnoray: What is fair in super hero comic criticism (starring The Flash)
• This is the only Flash picture I’ve found from NYCC so far. Maybe the rest were too fast to show up on camera?
• NO CURE FOR COMICS: CALL TO ACTION
• Karl Kerschl & Cam Stewart are doing an Assassin’s Creed comic.