Trina Robbins, the author of the GoGirl! series of comics from Dark Horse, joins us today as our guest.

Zeljko Ivanek is one of those actors who, in character, could have made tough guy actors Lee Marvin or Robert Mitchum cry real tears. He almost always plays a hardass, SOB, an unsympathetic ballbuster. And he’s really, really good at it. He was that guy on “Homicide: Life on the Street.” And again on “Oz.” And pretty much everywhere else. And that’s the thing: Ivanek sometimes seems like he’s on every drama on TV. And maybe he is.

Lucky Damon. “Happy Endings” became a certifiable success this fall. But even luck, luck, luckier Lamorne Morris, who stepped in as the third male roommate sharing quarters with adorable nerd Zooey Deschanel. Because “New Girl” is the biggest breakout comedy of the season and it only gets better week to week. Anyway, Morris, whose previous credits include a run with the Upright Citizens Brigade, has a good story to tell. At least I hope he does.

If you've ever watched ABC’s romantic dramedy “Ugly Betty,” you know that Betty’s boyfriend Henry will always be the one who got away. And came back. And got away again. The actor who plays “Henry” is Chris Gorham, a busy young man who is a husband and a father.

The last time Christopher Gorham was on Mr. Media, he and a lot of other people were dealing with the sudden cancellation of ABC’s “Ugly Betty.” Gorham made an indelible impression on that show as Betty’s frustrating as all get out boyfriend, Henry, who was always just beyond her reach. Gorham wasn’t yet sure if Henry would make a final appearance on Betty—he did—but what he really wanted to discuss was a new USA Network show he was shooting called “Covert Affairs.”

"Behaving Madly" is an irresistible window into a forgotten era of occasionally first-rate (but mostly second- and third-rate) satire comics of the 1950s. Ger Apeldoorn and Craig Yoe – the latter of whom appeared on Mr. Media to talk about his book, "Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-creator Joe Shuster" – have crafted a must-read for humor fans of all generations. (Search the Mr. Media archives for previous interviews with Mad's Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth and Sergio Aragones.)

Remember when convenience stores had spinning racks with signs at the top that shouted, “Hey, Kid! Comics!”? Actually, I barely remember that myself, it’s been so long. Finding comic books hasn’t been easy since the late 1970s. And the comic book companies don’t even make the real dough from the so-called 32-page “pamphlets” anymore. The real money is in selling characters to the movies or as toys. So fire up the web browser and head for ComicMix.com.

I think the reason that many people who never read comic books find themselves drawn to graphic novels isn’t because they come in hard cover or because they cost more or because they’re hip at the moment. I think it’s because we’re more likely to find little pieces of ourselves in the stories, which are often more autobiographical than Spider-Man or Green Lantern could ever be. At least that’s the thought I kept returning to as I read through Peter Kuper’s latest graphic novel, Stop Forgetting t

If you love the speed, contradictions, dangers and delights of Manhattan, you’ll find a lot to love in artist Peter Kuper’s new graphic collection, Drawn to New York. I only hesitate to call it a graphic novel, because it is so much more than a single comic story – or even stories – in book form.

Book authors really need a professional guide. Someone like Fauzia Burke. This experienced publicist has worked with authors such as Sue Grafton, Alan Alda and Deepak Chopra and has mastered the digital highways. She recently put together much of what she knows in a new book, Online Marketing for Busy Authors: A Step-by-Step Guide.