This bit of news was brought to our attention by our good friend, Brian Matus. Thanks, Brian!
From USAToday:
A replica of a Revolutionary War submarine spooked New York City police and the U.S. Coast Guard today when the egg-shaped vessel was seen bobbing near the Queen Mary 2 luxury liner docked off Brooklyn.
But the handmade wood-and-fiberglass submersible — a replica of David Bushnell’s one-man
American Turtle, the first submarine used in combat — was the work of artists, not terrorists.
“It was a strange sight,” Coast Guard Petty Officer Angelia Rorison
told the New York Post.Â
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly described it as “the creative craft of three adventuresome individuals. It does not pose any terrorist threat. … We can best summarize today’s incident as marine mischief.”
Artist Philip “Duke” Riley, 35, and two Rhode Island men were detained and questioned. One Rhode Island man said he was descendant of Bushnell.
To read more, go to:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/08/colonial-era-su.html 
The Black Coat will be featured in the first issue of a new comic magazine that is sure to take the comic world by storm! Brian Deemer (of Comic Geek Speak fame) and Brent Erwin have created a new magazine called Comics Now (http://www.iwantmycomicsnow.com).
The first issue has an article called the “The 22 Page Hook” which I was lucky enough to be interviewed for. Besides being full of BC goodness, it’s just a good read and a must-buy for comic fans. Be sure to ask your comic store to pick you up a copy! The Diamond Preorder code is SEP07411.
Issue #1 should be in stores this November! 
 For those of you waiting to get back on the Black Coat forums, my sincere apologies. I’m working to get them back up and running as soon as possible. The bad news is that, in the server switch, a great deal of the old forums have been lost. It’s partly my fault but could be remedied if not for an unresponsive web hosting service that shall remain nameless. Anyway, it looks like the posting process will be starting over from scratch – sorry about that. I’m working right now to rescue the user names. Hopefully that will go a little more smoothly and be done in the next day or two. Either way, we’ll forge ahead.
I’ll keep everyone posted – thanks for your patience!
-ben Â