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The National Book Awards were presented last night - I haven’t read many of the finalists this year (and none of the winners), but I do want to point out Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese. It’s the first graphic novel ever to make it that far, and it’s fantastic (in both senses of the word).

One small step for a graphic novel - one giant leap for sequential art.

Can I just say that PRINTED BLUE TEXT is one of the most distracting things ever in a book? I’m reading something now that I’d like if I could keep from being disturbed by the color of the text every couple of minutes. Sheesh. It’s not even a book you’d think would be pushing the boundaries of design - it’s a popularization of some psychological theory (which brings with it a whole separate set of frustrations).

Of the many blogs I read on a daily basis (thank you, RSS aggregators of the world!), there are a few that I enjoy above and beyond the rest. Posts in these blogs may be infrequent (ahem, Zeldman) or outside my area of expertise, but there’s just something about the way the blogger connects with the audience (i.e., me) that I really appreciate.
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