Syncing iPhone aborts immediately after backup

Just started having this problem today. iPhone 3GS, OS 4.0.1, latest iTunes.
I plug in the USB sync cord. Goes through Verifying iPhone. Backs up the iPhone. Says "Syncing iPhone..." and then aborts with no error message, no message at all, with the iPhone device vanished from my left window pane. The iPhone itself still claims "Sync in Progress" but iTunes has nothing else to say.
What's going on here? I tried powering off and on the phone, restarting iTunes, deleting my backups and sync history. Nothing helps. Please, help!
Addendum: I am not syncing calendars or contacts or anything beyond movies, music, and apps.
Message was edited by: StefanGagne

Figured it out. ComicZeal, the most recent app I put on the thing, apparently was crashing the sync process.
The complete lack of an iPhone error message or anything to indicate what was going wrong was utterly unhelpful, however.

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