I know that we’re all thinking the same thing: how great it is that Michael Rosenbaum is coming back to Smallville for the big series finale. I’m stocking extra Doritos for my goodbye party.

Now that you’re sitting down, why not read a few things:

England: I missed this end of the year interview with head of brand marketing for DC Thomson John Paul Murphy. DC Thomson publishes, among other things, the British comics the Beano, the Dandy and Commando.

Art: After looking at these paintings from Britain’s War Picture Library, I can only conclude two things: (1) Giorgio De Gaspari is a terrific painter and (2) I want to see more!

Nate: Comic Strip Of The Day takes a look at Big Nate. “It is self-deprecating, self-reflective humor delivered on an adolescent level. And it works.”

Gross: When George Gross paints a paperback cover of a man fighting for his life against crustaceans, it becomes a book I want to read. Joe Ackerman at Two-Fisted Tales Of True-Life Weird Romance has more.

MAD: Tom Richmond at The MAD Blog has news of a new Jack Davis book. I don’t need to add more to that do I?

Movies: Early Word, the site for librarians, takes a look at the comic book movies, from Thor to Cowboys & Aliens, still coming out in 2011.

Huffpo: Cartoonist Mike Lynch writes about the AOL/Huffington Post merger and the idea of working for free.

Lucasfilm: Scoop interviews author John Jackson Miller about how his comic book mini-series, Star Wars: Knight Errant, ties into his new novel by the same name.

Sex: Rod Lott at Bookgasm declares Slave Labor’s The Vesha Valentine Story by Des Taylor to be “one sexy book!”

And finally, do Star Wars characters get better as the series progressed? You can bet that some of them do and sci-fi writer John Scalzi makes a list.

Now use your internets responsibly!

[Artwork: Michael Rosenbaum from Smallville]