Missed It: Ted May Seeks Support For Injury Comics #4
I should have had this up in the 2 AM column, and I'll make it part of next week's, but I wanted to draw special attention to Ted May's announcement of a campaign on behalf of his Injury Comics #4. I...
View ArticleBCGF Shifts 2012 Iteration Of Show Into Mid-November
The Brooklyn Comics And Graphics Festival has announced its 2012 dates; the successful, still-just-starting out show will have its next offering on November 10. This marks a move into November from the...
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Collective Memory: WonderCon 2012
Links to stories, eyewitness accounts and resources concerning the 2012 edition of WonderCon, held March 16-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. This entry will continue to be...
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Wanted: More Comics About Violent Psychotics Named "Butt"
Imagine a character actually named "Butt Riley." Now imagine how awesome a comic would have to be to surpass the awesomeness of that name. This is that comic.
View ArticleRizzoli Responds To Accusations Of Shoddiness On Corto Maltese
You can read the publisher's response to accusations of shoddiness on a new Corto Maltese book here; they sent a letter out that's gone around a bunch (I had it forwarded to me three times). The...
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The Never-Ending, Four-Color Festival: Cons, Shows, Events
By Tom Spurgeon * Sarah Boslaugh reports on a Tibet in Comics exhibit passing through St. Louis. * I'm not sure that I've linked to the Stumptown poster yet. That's an image of it here. * Fumetto...
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Comics' Giving Heart -- Projects, People In Need Of Funding
* Sparkplug Books is going the crowdfunding route for its first slate of books following the 2011 passing of founder Dylan Williams. You can read and pledge here. The projects in question is a...
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Fran Matera, 1924-2012
Fran Matera, an illustrator who worked in both comic strips and comic books including a long run on the Steve Roper and Mike Nomad daily, died on March 15 in Safety Harbor, Florida. He was surrounded...
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The Never-Ending, Four-Color Festival: Cons, Shows, Events
By Tom Spurgeon * this weekend is Emerald City Comicon, which is in the major regional show category and getting a bit more major every year. They seem to have done a pretty good job of folding an...
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Thoughts And Prayers With The Great S. Clay Wilson
I'm hearing the great S. Clay Wilson is not responding well to recent surgery. I'm on the road right now, with intermittent on-line access, so while I will keep up with the situation as best I can, I...
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Please Consider Buying Seth Art To Benefit Ailing Writer
The cartoonist Seth is among those artists donating work to a benefit auction for the writer Derek McCormack, who just underwent an operation for cancer. The site is here. They are gorgeous pieces,...
View ArticleForthcoming Comics-Related Events, This Month And Next
March 31 * If I Were In Tijuana, I'd Go To This * If I Were In Seattle, I'd Go To This (Emerald City Comicon) * If I Were In Athens, I'd Go To This * If I Were In Inverness, I'd Go To This * If I Were...
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