Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 12/31/13: These links will blow your mind. And then they will make you lose control of your bladder. Sorry.http://ift.tt/1cjVpuN
§ I don’t know what the Brevard Times is, but they are hiring a cartoonist.
Experience in caricature drawings. Interested applicants should send their resumes along with a sample caricature drawing to [email protected].
No mention of pay so you might want to ask about that. I was also amused by some of their requirements for a reporter:
A personal computer that is less than 4-years-old.
High speed internet.
§ Michel Fiffe turned out 12 highly acclaimed monthly issues of COPRA this year, and now he contemplates Life After C O P R A. He ALSO did an Exit Interview
ComicsAlliance: So what was the feeling like when you put the last copy of Copra #12 into the last envelope and shipped it off? Were you relieved?
Michel Fiffe: I think I felt more of a sense of relief when I finally sent off the pages to the printer. I think that’s when I thought it was done for real, but it was such an unremarkable thing, just hitting “send” like every other month. It was a weird moment. It was sort of bittersweet, too. I was kind of sad that it was done, because I knew I was going to take a break, but I just couldn’t believe it, really. I couldn’t believe I finished this thing. It was a mixed bag. And when I finally mailed that comic, I gotta tell you, every month, I mailed those comics and it was like a mountain to overcome. The biggest hurdle, just mailing alone was like a job in itself. With the final issue, I think I took a break and read a book afterwards.
§ Tim Callahan is giving up his long running column at CBR, and here’s his exit interview. It’s a familiar story—suddenly a lot of the comics seemed like crap, there was so much to cover, etc. But still, love.
And yet, I am apprehensive about stepping away from comics in the sense that as much as I say I don’t care what Zeb Wells is writing or who is drawing “Detective Comics,” a part of me wants to go look that up right now and find out. I do feel a void in not knowing everything about comics, but I am hoping that it will pass. I don’t feel the need to watch every movie or read every novel any more. I have moved on. But comics has been a longer love affair, so I can’t imagine that I’ll stop reading comics entirely. It’s been a major interest of mine since I first picked up “Web of Spider-Man” #2, if not before. Certainly “Ambush Bug” #3 sealed the deal, and I can’t violate that sacred covenant by turning my back on the medium.
§ Area man adds up all the money he’s spent on comics in nine years and it’s a lot.
§ More departures. Matt Kindt is leaving Suicide Squad because he has a lot of work and had to give up something. No drama. Wow.
BEST OFS!!!
§ Bleeding Cool’s 11 Best Graphic Novels of 2013
§ Kelly Thompson’s Best Of 2013
§ Flickering Myth’s Top Comic Books of 2013
§ Big Shiny Robot also had picks.
§ As did the staff of First Second
§ And DC Comics is rounding up ten moments that mattered .
§ Finally, the fine art of horn tooting.
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