Magdy L Shafee Freed; Still Faces Charges
The Egyptian cartoonist Magdy L Shafee is out on bail as of about two days ago, via this Facebook posting from a family member. He had been directed to four days of interrogation based on a weekend...
View ArticlePat Bagley Wins Best Of The West Award
Via Alan Gardner comes word of an editorial cartooning prize in a journalism awards program with which I'm less than familiar: the Best Of The West, which is subtitled journalism contest and grants...
View ArticleBy Request Extra: NZ Store Fighting For Life
I'm not sure I know exactly what's going on, but it looks like a New Zealand retailer is making a last-ditch attempt at surmounting some obstacles in terms of bills and thus staying open, at least in...
View ArticleCR Newsmaker Interview: Christopher Butcher
***** If all goes well, CR is going to run a bunch of convention-related material over the next few days, including a long-delayed MoCCA/SPACE report and daily updates from the Stumptown Comics Fest...
View ArticleGo, Look: Maurice Vellekoop, Chester Brown Draw 2013 Doug Wright Awards Host...
From here. That's Vellekoop on top; Brown on bottom. The DWAs are held the Saturday evening of the forthcoming TCAF.
View ArticleRandom Comics News Story Round-Up
* love for key 'zines and comics retailer Reading Frenzy at the Drawn and Quarterly blog. * Rob Clough reviews a pair of Toon Books and Chewing Gum In Church. Todd Klein on Green Lantern Corps #18....
View ArticleForthcoming Comics-Related Events, Through June 2013
April 26 * If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This (C2E2) * If I Were In Portland, I'd Go To This * If I Were In Portland, I'd Go To This * If I Were In Fort Worth, I'd Go To This April 27 * If I Were In...
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