linking to a recent post in a specific category

not sure if this is what you are asking, but have you tried a page template that has queries the posts in that category? for instance;

<div id=”currentBox” class=”eventBox” role=”main”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php query_posts(‘category_name=events&showposts=3’); ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div <?php post_class() ?> id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>

<h2>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?>
<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID,’event’) ) : ?>
<p><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID,’event’, true); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID,’event_img’) ) : ?>
<p><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID,’event_img’, true); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
</h2>

<div class=”entry”>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>

</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

so you enter the category in place of where mine says “events“&showpost(3 or the number of latest you want to display)

When I put that in it made the page not work.

I’ve tried just reposting the code before and replacing the category number, but the paging is ruined when I do that. Since I will be posting web comics, I want them all to be viewable with the next, previous, first, last, etc. buttons. It just seems paging is my major obstacle here. I want a category too be navigatable, so you can view one category without any of the other ones showing up and navigate all of the pages filed under that category.