Grauniad special

The Guardian is probably the best newspaper we have, but it has its idiosyncracies. And every now and then, a single issue provides a bumper crop. Last Wednesday (23.01.08) in the G2 supplement alone (reading backwards from the back cover):

• The quick crossword provided the clues of one puzzle and the grid of another,


• the Arts Diary not only managed to mangle a paragraph of text beyond all comprehension (right), it also headlined the resultant mess "Say What?"


• Plus an article about comics that is simultaneously so spot on and so selective in its approach that it left me gasping. Brilliantly Drawn Girls appears in the women's pages, and argues that - are we ready for this? - comics aren't just for boys any more...