Mr. Trail comes to Washington

Following hot on the heels of the Family Circus, Mark Trail is visiting Washington to see the Smithsonian and meet with Christian Samper, the head of the Natural History Museum. Meanwhile, in Doonesbury, NPR host Mark Slackemeyer has a Library of Congress archivist on his show to talk about a new document she's acquired. Unfortunately last week the Post laid off reporter Rick Redfern... well, they offered him a buyout. Perhaps he can work for them on contract!

Cavna's Post comics blog starts

Michael Cavna's new blog started today - "Calling All Comics Fans...," July 14 2008 - with a Mark Trail story and a promise of a Garry Trudeau interview tomorrow.