All comics tidbits since I’m at the Nerd Prom!

• USA Today’s Whitney Matheson makes some sensible comic book recommendations based on tastes, though I disagree with recommending Strangers in Paradise to Gilmore Girls fans.

• I say “Yay!” to Minicomic Mondays, a new feature at Comics Worth Reading. There are plenty of great minicomics deserving of wider notice.

• I agree that the biggest problem with Superman Returns’s marketing was that the movie never looked cooler than Smallville. Perhaps they should have put this movie off for a couple years and hire Tom Welling?

• Check out Bento Physics’ sharp feminist analysis of Nana. It nicely captures a lot of what I love about this series.

• Keith Giffin’s legendary hat trick explained. (via Johanna)

Supplemental tags: Nana, Superman Returns, Smallville, Keith Giffen