This Isn't A Library: Notable Releases To The Comics Direct Market
Here are the books that make an impression on me staring at this week's no-doubt largely accurate list of books shipping from Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. to comic book and hobby shops across...
View ArticleDaily Cartoonist: Mike Peters Cartoon Reworked
Alan Gardner has a disgusting example of a cartoon reworked by a magazine in order to make it say the opposite of what its cartoonist -- in this case Mike Peters -- intended. I know that...
View ArticleHelen Fontana Bechdel, RIP
Condolences to the cartoonist Alison Bechdel on the loss of her mother. Bechdel's relationship to her mother was the subject and focus of her most recent, challenging and admirable book.
View ArticleBundled Extra: Koyama Announces Its Fall 2013 Titles
Publisher Anne Koyama and Publishing Assistant Ed Kanerva of Koyama Press announced that house's Fall 2013 titles today. The season for the established, well-regarded, small press publisher will...
View ArticleRandom Comics News Story Round-Up
* the writer Grant Morrison makes a case for a special quality of comics: their soap opera quality. He means superhero comics, but this has long been true of certain comic strips and is true of the...
View ArticleCollective Memory: TCAF 2013
Links to stories, eyewitness accounts and resources concerning the 2013 edition of TCAF, held May 11-12 in Toronto at the Toronto Reference Library. This entry will continue to be updated for as long...
View ArticleMissed It: KCR! Comics Awards Throws Focus On Kids Comics; Your 2013 Nominees
Here. Sounds good to me. That's certainly an awards niche that was destined to be filled given the leaps and bounds in terms of the waves of product being offered in that area. The nominees are:...
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