Ypulse Essentials: Can Comics Save The iPad, Grammys Ratings Boost, Sweety High

Will the iPad save comics (and vice-versa? Also the first interview with Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson in 15 years) (CNN via Barking Robot) (Cleveland.com)

- Lady Gaga, Beyonce (and a crop of fresh, young artists bring in the 12-34 demo for the highest rated Grammys since 2004. Also were CBS censors overzealous with bleeps during Drake’s performance of “Forever” with Lil Wayne and Eminem? Also Jennifer Waits of Spinning Indie jumps on the “Indie is Dead” debate) (MTV News) (New York Magazine)

- Sweety High (debuts with an interactive web series and social network for 9-13 year-old girls only) (Tubefilter)

- Teens on Salinger (a selection of young readers’ comments collected after readers chided the New York Times, reg. required, for not polling actual teens on the relevance of J.D. Salinger and his canon)

- The Sex Ed Debate (flares up after the Washington Post reports on a recent study that found success with abstinence-only education “without a moralistic tone” delaying teens from having sex)

- Chegg trademarks ‘#1 In Textbook Rentals’ (and challenges rival BookRenter.co with a cease and desist letter demanding it stop using the phrase. Also Ars Technica shifts the discussion of textspeak from comprehension skills to context) (TechCrunch) (Ars Technica)

- Do Something and HP launch ‘Increase Your Green’ (an environmental initiative challenging teens to find “new and innovative ways to conserve energy and reduce waste in their schools.” Plus Best Buy celebrates its @15 Exchange powering teens to distribute $1 million to 16 nonprofits in the program’s first year)

- ‘Young Hollywood’ (interpreted by Vanity Fair doesn’t look very diverse as Jezebel points out. Meanwhile a recent Pew Report finds the large majority of Millennials accept interracial relationships Plus can a difference in civic activism between African-American and Hispanic Gen Yers and White Y’ers of the same age be chalked up to the “Obama Effect” ) (Pew) (AdWeek)

- Daria on DVD (check out the trailer for the long overdue release here) (via Pop Candy)