2d game programming

Seems like every Dx9 tutorial out there deal exclusively in 3d ... except for the occasional thing about textured quads ...

Is there like, a magical super place somewhere on the intarweb with 2d game programming resources? ... I'm trying to hack together a shmup ...

Try www.blitzbasic.com. Blitz 3D and Blitz+ very easy to use 2D graphic commands. BlitzMax is 2D in OpenGL, and only for Mac so far, but looks pretty hot.