When I said last time that it’s been a busy week, I really wasn’t kidding. Today I resigned from the Girls Entertainment Network, where I’ve been Comics Editor for almost two years. I’ll definitely miss the site and all the wonderful people who gave their endless support, patience, and friendship. If it wasn’t for them and the opportunity they provided, I wouldn’t have grown so much as  a writer.

But where one door closes, another opens, as they so often say. I’ve accepted a new position at OneMetal.com, where I’ll mostly be publishing comics-related news, reviews, and the like—but also some video games and movies stuff now and then, too. It’s a very cool site, and the staff has been extremely generous and kind in welcoming me aboard. If you wouldn’t mind taking a minute to leave a comment and pass along the link to my first article, that’d be awesome.

Additionally, you’ll be able to track everything I write for OneMetal on my shiny author page.

The review is of The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity, which comes out in early January from Vertigo. It’s fantastic, folks, so I hope you decide to pick it up (1/6 at your LCS and 1/12 in book stores). It’s only $10, which is even better.

Gifts won’t be the only things exchanged in the final days of 2009. Resolutions are the primary commodity of every new year, and they come and go with whims and that vulnerable platter of cookies your aunt just set out on the kitchen table. Everyone makes game-changing plans, sacrificing the little moments that become lost in the shuffle. This winter, instead of quaking boots and shattering earths, why not sit down with an equally breathtaking graphic novel? Sounds good, right? You bet your red and green-colored socks it is.

DC’s Vertigo division is essentially the dirty closet of the comics world. And while their books won’t make you lift an eyebrow at scandalous art, they will fulfill the expectations of readers looking for comics with a little more substance and mature themes. In comic shops on January 6 (or January 12 for book store browsers), writer Mike Carey and artist Peter Gross’ collaboration, The Unwritten, will arrive in paperback form. The volume binds the first five issues of the series, and before you let out that sigh of disappointment, keep in mind that these issues are particularly meaty. You know, in that wholesome good way.