Let's Link

A few sites and articles of interest to comics fans:

* L.A. Times columnist and host of KPCC’s Talk of the City Patt Morrison admits she’s not up to date on all the current superhero comics, but she does have a few ideas for some California-inspired heroes in today's Opinion page. Maybe this will inspire Marvel to bring back the West Coast Avengers …

* David Kaplan was kind enough to alert us to an article in BusinessWeek listing the smartest superheroes in comics. They make some interesting points about the lack of supersmart female heroes (only former Batgirl Barbara Gordon, now better known as Oracle in Birds of Prey) made the list.

* And the medically inclined should check out Polite Dissent, a site that looks at the portrayal of medicine in comicbooks. It’s also great for those comics fans who enjoy the TV show “House,” which also gets a pretty thorough and entertaining examination.