Updates here continue to be infrequent and not-really-news-filled. That will change, for the better, sooner or later. But here’s my monthly what-I’ve-been-up-to check-in:

A *New York Times Book Review* [piece](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/books/review/Wolk-t.html) on a handful of vintage-comic-strip reprint books

A bunch of columns and features at Techland, including pieces on Jason Shiga’s [*Meanwhile*](http://techland.com/2010/03/05/emanata-the-ultimate-choose-your-own-adventure-book/), on [*Punisher Max* and *Cry for Justice*](http://techland.com/2010/03/12/emanata-fridge-kids/), on [*Siege* and *Krazy Kat*](http://techland.com/2010/03/19/emanata-permanent-tidal-wave/), and on [music in comics](http://techland.com/2010/03/26/emanata-one-chord-wonders/)

A couple of features on eMusic: on [the Chills’ *Submarine Bells*](http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/2010_201002-ht-the-chills.html) and on [a bunch of Sub Pop albums](http://www.emusic.com/features/hub/essential_sub_pop/index.html?fref=704243)

A few reviews at Pitchfork: the [*Nigeria Afrobeat Special*](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13978-nigeria-afrobeat-special-the-new-explosive-sound-in-1970s-nigeria/) compilation and [the Kleenex/LiLiPUT live album](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14056-live-recordings-tv-clips-roadmovie/)

A quick review of Jules Feiffer’s memoir [*Backing Into Forward*](http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/In-Brief/Backing-Into-Forward/ba-p/2333) over at the Barnes & Noble Review

A pair of brief appreciations for Hilobrow: [Lady Gaga](http://hilobrow.com/2010/03/28/lady-gaga/) and [Rick Rubin’s Queen remixes](http://hilobrow.com/2010/03/10/hilo-hero-rick-rubin/)

My first post at the NAJP’s blog ARTicles, on Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez’s outstanding [*Perfumes: The A-Z Guide*](http://www.najp.org/articles/2010/03/scents-and-sensibilities.html)

So: a reasonably productive month word-count-wise. Not as productive in other ways, maybe, but that’s what April will be for, right?