Yes, all good things must come to an end, but that doesn't mean we have to be happy when they do. So while we're glad to see she's in good spirits about it, we were crushed to hear that The Stranger decided to cut Ellen Forney's Lustlab Ad of the Week cartoon. Obviously, we were big fans. (And does this mean that the July 31 cartoon was her last? There's a trivia question in the making.) Ah, well, at least we'll always have Lust, the collection published by Fantagraphics in February. more ›

We've been Ellen Forney fans since we read "I Was Seven in '75" -- back when it ran in The Rocket. Her latest project is Lust, a collection of the "Lustlab Ad of the Week" cartoons she does for The Stranger, published this month by Fantagraphics. We interviewed Forney about the cartoon at Georgetown's All City Coffee, just down the block from the Fantagraphics store where there will be a book launch party tomorrow night. more ›