A cavalcade of A.V. Club news

A frantic glance at the clock on the wall seems to verify that I have been writing for The A.V. Club -- that is, the non-satirical, pop-culture-criticism wing of The Onion -- for six years now. It's been a crazy ride, and by that I mean mostly good-crazy. It seems that someone agrees with me, too, because I am proud to be at liberty to divulge the irrefutable fact that I have a veritable cavalcade of positive A.V. Club news to report:

1. I have been made a Senior Writer of The A.V. Club, which has nothing to do with my age, at least I hope not. In any case, it is an honor and privilege, even if it is the setup for a bad Golden Girls joke or something.

2. My ambitious, epic, sprawling, Brobdingnagian new monthly column about '90s punk rock, Fear Of A Punk Decade, debuted today. As befits such an ambitious, epic, sprawling, Brobdingnagian new monthly column about '90s punk rock, it's pretty rad. Really. Just ask me.

3. As of today I have also assumed co-authorship of The A.V. Club's monthly, big-fancy-award-nominated, comic-book review column, Comics Panel. I kick it off by reviewing some comic books. It seemed only apt.