John Matthews, comic relief

Drama over the editorial change at the North Coast Journal continues, prompted in no small part by the already infamous interview between KSLG's constant man-of-the-hour John Matthews and Tom Abate, who assumed the reins of the Eureka-based alt-weekly paper in a surprise move last week. (Then-editor Hank Sims was relegated to "web editor" with little warning and resigned as of yesterday.) Local political bloggers at The Humboldt Herald, SoHum Parlance and The Humboldt Mirror are wondering what it all means. You can check out the original interview here, listen to an anonymously sourced flavor-packed remix here and don't miss this week's NCJ, in which cartoonist Joel Milke immortalizes the moment in his weekly strip: