Howdy everyone! Your old pals at Retcon Punch are going to seek a little R&R for the month of August. Some of us have travel on the calendar, some of us are taking on new projects, and some of us need time to reflect on how the waning of the summer sun reminds us of our slow inevitable descent to a slow, cold, meaningless death.

But hey! That doesn’t mean we’re going away entirely! In fact, I still hope to publish 2-3 Alternating Currents a week and we’ll still be weighing in on the new direction of the DCU (please, don’t make me use “DCYou”) and Secret Wars in the form of our now-familiar Round Ups. Beyond that, there will also always be a sort of catch-all Round Up to discuss indie books, Vertigo, Star Wars, or whatever Marvel stuff doesn’t yet fall under the banner of “Secret Wars.”

So I hope you’ll stick with us and put your own two cents in the comments. I expect we’ll still be expressing quite a few contestable opinions, and nothing brings me more joy that watching those contests play out on the site. Plus, we’ll be back in the Fall, and all of this will look a little bit fresher. On behalf of Drew, Spencer, Michael, Taylor, Ryan, Mark, Shane, Shelby and myself, have a great Summer y’all!

Patrick, Co-Editor-In-Chief