It's Friday!

• Tod Goldberg on Comic-Con.

• Alison Bechdel has posted an image from her upcoming book.

• Arthur Phillips writes about writing about music.

• Writer Justin Taylor is looking for people with literary tattoos for a book. Got one? Want to be in a book? Send a photo!

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Tonight in our U District store, we welcome Portland's Jay Lake, a three-time World Fantasy Award nominee. He'll read from his new book, Green. The fun starts at 7pm.