So with one more month to go and ison in mars-distance from the sun, the chances it'll make it and be brilliant are looking gooood! :D
http://cometison.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/new-reseach-shows-ison-will-survive-sun.html
Fine. So it fizzled out. . It was pretty exciting to watch how it developed, though :)
http://thespacereporter.com/2013/12/ison-spotted-from-space-station-expert-comet-watcher-writes-eulogy/