Step right up: Speaking of Sean Collins ... NeilAlien takes issue with something Sean wrote yesterday: "However, I'll admit that I was a little alarmed at the lockstep we all seem to be in regarding manga."

Here's Neil: "Neilalien sees a lot of lockstep in the 'comics blogosphere'. Oh, Neilalien ain't callin' y'all out, so calm yourselves. And he isn't asserting right now that manga is or is not a fad, or that the direct market is or is not doomed and why or why not, what the bookstore market means and what the newsstand market meant, etc.- his own views probably aren't that far off the lockstep. He's remarking that the blogosphere sure has its industry crystal balls all in a nice little row, doesn't it?"

Update: And ... Sean responds. It's like tennis!