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R Stevens interviewed The Diesel Sweeties creator recently inked a deal with United Feature Syndicate to put his brilliant comics in newspapers across the country, and now he’s doing the interview circuit. I am impressed more than surprised by his self-deprecating humbleness and obvious business (and media) savvy. He’ll be putting out seven strips a week, plus web-only stuff, and will retain an impressive amount of rights.

Fleen: How are you going to preserve your distinctive pixel style at the very small sizes of newspaper comics?

Stevens: I ordered some undiluted, raw pixels from Hokkaido, Japan. They are very expensive, but you can’t put a price tag on the squarest items known to man. I do not advise snorting them.

Lewis Black kills CNN crawl This is pretty amazing: while being interviewed by CNN’s Miles O’Brien, Lewis Black demands they remove the news crawl from the bottom of the screen—and they do. The whole thing is worth watching, but skip to 4:00 for the goods. (via Digg)