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We’re a whole week into the new year and stuff is coming at you like a burbling popcorn machine: § What was that you guys were saying about webcomics being out of the mainstream and all? Webcomics merch and distribution company TopatoCo just bought a building to house their operations. So there.
People are doing it…EVERYWHERE> Let’s dive right in.
Tweet§ Matt Thorn at TCJ on the life of Barefoot Gen creator Keiji Nakazawa: Nakazawa hated platitudes and whitewashing. He generally avoided the annual peace memorial observances in Hiroshima, considering them pointless. “They never demand accountability. They make their call for peace, they ring their bells. That’s not what it’s all about. You need anger.” [...]
TweetWasn’t sure we’d still be here this morning, but as we wait for the end of the world, here are some stockpiled bookmarks to amuse and educate. § First off The Comics Reporter’s Holiday Interview Series has started, and its only flaw is that CR doesn’t support tags so we can’t just send you to [...]
Tweet§ If you were playing along on the Moore/Morrison stuff and can stand ONE MORE LINK, this piece on Moore, Morrison, Supergods by Emmet O’Cuana provides a fine coda. § DO NOT mess with The Oatmeal. § This piece on actors who have appeared in more than one comic book movie proved that I was [...]
Tweet § For when you are feeling down in the dumps, Call Me Maybe – Telephones in Romance Comics! § Did you know that actress Geena Davis has an institute? In fact it’s the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. MENSA member Davis started the organization nearly a decade ago to investigate how the [...]
Tweet§ FIRST UP, Julian Darius continues his examination of the Moore-Morrison feud with a timely look at their history with Vertigo and a look at the historical record from an outside perspective: I should probably point out that it’s strange, in Moore’s recollection, that he’d mention Morrison at all. After all, Moore’s described Morrison as [...]
Tweet § One of the best spectator sports the last week or so has been the John McAfee story—basically, the guy who invented that anti-virus software that spammed you endlessly in the “cyber” era, is actually a paranoid oddball who has been living in Belize and has fled to the jungle after being accused of [...]
Which is real and which is fake? CAN YOU TELL?
First off the holiday is face-to-ass, with Mark Sanchez and Brandon Moore and Spider-Man and Uncle Sam as captured by Marvel CCO Joe Quesada. One is amusing, one tragic…you decide which is which.
Tweet § Apparently an election has been taking place for the last four hundred years? Ward Sutton shared his cover for this week’s Village Voice with us. I think we can all relate to those dreams. § J. Caleb Mozzocco interviews Steven Weissman on his book BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, which many have labeled “bizarre.” As [...]
Tweet Just a very brief K ‘n’ B this time out; we have a giant stockpile of links but not a lot of time today. § The story of Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi’s sojourn on Bigg Boss has ended. He got kicked out of the Big Brother house on Friday, but not before being spotted [...]
§ Comics are heating up across the nation!
TweetIt’s kind of quiet out there as everyone suits up for New York Comic Con, but here’s some linkage that piled up over the last few days, § Curious about all the CEREBUS fooferaw? While surfing around, we found this post by Ben Lundy that explains the whole 300 issue saga, warts, wonders, and all. [...]
Tweet§ First off, big congrats to Beat colleague Whitney Matheson on the birth of her baby girl! § Tony Isabella celebrates his 40th anniversary in comics I met Stan Lee that day and managed not to embarrass myself. Stan told me I would also be assisting him with Monster Madness, which consisted of big photos [...]
Tweet§ Indie icon Adrian Tomine is interviewed at The Comics Reporter. His new art book NEW YORK DRAWINGS is shockingly good: TOMINE: I feel like I came along… the timing was just perfect for my age and my interests, for when I tried to thrust my work upon the world and everything, that I really [...]
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