Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* there's a nice post up from Caitlin McGurk at the Billy Ireland Library about their recent hard-hat tour of the new facility as it rounds into shape. That's going to be a crown jewel for comics in...
View ArticleForthcoming Comics-Related Events, This Month And Next
October 11 * If I Were In New York, I'd Go To This * If I Were In White River Junction, I'd Go To This October 12 * If I Were In Berkeley, I'd Go To This * If I Were In New York, I'd Go To This October...
View ArticleA Curious Coda: Opting Out Of Digital High Society
So I tried to use an e-mail received about the digital versions of Dave Sim's Cerebus story High Society that I purchased through Kickstarter. A couple of the links didn't go anywhere, and I didn't...
View ArticleThe Never-Ending, Four-Color Festival: Cons, Shows, Events
By Tom Spurgeon * big show weekend. One of them is NYCC, aka "The Great Boozening." Another is APE. * NYCC is an intriguing show, although one I'm not particularly interested in attending. It has the...
View ArticleLet's Try A NYCC 2012 Publishing News Link Clearinghouse
I've never found a way to do one of these things effectively, but it occurs to me it might be nice if I could manage to keep a running tally on publishing news stories coming out of the four or five...
View ArticleSyndicate Icon Lee Salem's Retirement Date Announced For 2014
Universal Uclick sent out a press release in PDF form late yesterday -- here it is: 2012_Universal_Uclick_Andrews_McMeel_Publishing_Lee_Salem_Leave_of_Absence_-10.11.12_(1).pdf that spells out the...
View ArticleBruno Le Floc'h, 1957-2012
Bruno Le Floc'h, whose striking style formed from years working in animation won the artist the Prix Goscinny in 2004, has passed away. No cause of death has been reported. Le Floc'h was born in 1957...
View ArticleGo, Bookmark: Series Of Chris Ware Essays At TCJ.com
The folks over at The Comics Journal have figured out a terrific way to honor the major release that is Chris Ware's Building Stories: they're running essays from a bunch of different writers asking...
View ArticleCBLDF Launches Be Counted Membership Drive
Please consider joining. It's a meaningful, well-run, admirable institution with a successful record stretching back a generation now.
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