Five For Friday #284 -- Somebody's Babies
Five For Friday #284 -- Name Five Characters From The Comics That Right This Second And Without The Benefit Of Looking It Up You're Not 100 Percent Sure Who Created Them 1. 3-D Man 2. Hot Stuff 3. The...
View ArticleGo, Read: Street Art And The World's Protest Movements
There's only a little of direct comics content in this article about the rise of valuation for street art in the wake of the world's various ongoing protest movements -- a nod in the direction of Ali...
View ArticleGo, Read: David Brothers On Marvel's Increased Production
The writer-about-comics David Brothers has a nice post up here about an implication to a publishing practice that I hadn't ever considered. Marvel has apparently been utilizing the dependable sales...
View ArticleMissed It: Michael George Denied Acquittal And New Trial
I whiffed on noticing this story, but apparently last week an effort to see Michael George acquitted and have a new trial ordered on his behalf crashed and burned via a judge's denial of the motion. A...
View ArticleShepard Fairey Pleads Guilty To Criminal Contempt Charge
The visuals maker Shepard Fairey, best known for his work on iconic imagery from the 2008 Barack Obama campaign, entered a plea guilty last week on a criminal contempt charge based on trying to...
View ArticleGo, Read: The Art Of Brett Ewins
The nice folks at the FPI Blog are using the occasion of a big anniversary for 2000AD to focus a bit of attention on the work made, friendships accrued and current plight endured by longtime...
View ArticleThis 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 ArticleThat Sound You Heard Was Something New Snapping Into Place
There's now a devoted comics and graphic novels section at Apple's iTunes bookstore. A bunch of Marvel stuff is either driving that effort, or at least is enjoying the most concurrent publicity -- I...
View ArticleExamples Why The Ali Ferzat Story Was Really, Really Important
A couple of passing mentions of Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat in the last week of news story about the horrendous, Miyazaki-giant-creature-in-decay heave and collapse of that country's basic civilities...
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