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March 19, 2019
OTBP: Fantagraphics Spring Sale This Week
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Bundled, Tossed, Untied And Stacked: Publishing News
By Tom Spurgeon
 * this news article about DC doing a Frank Miller/JR JR year one of Superman book this summer has a significant supply of story hooks. The creators are at interesting points in their careers, the character has a high-profile within the comics line, the idea of bring attention to a project like this one with book-publishing type strategies bears watching, the whole idea of where this project will sit. with similar stories at the same company might be a bit nerdy for most but it's something that still has some weight. I'm sure there are a dozen more. I figure how this book works on audiences will drive a lot of its impact. That sounds banal, but comics has a long history of manufacturing event-type comics and rules for their success have yet to be set in stone.
* Derik A Badman points out new books from mighty Fremok.
* here's the talent line-up for the Diane Noomin-edited Drawing Power, out in September and much-anticipated: Rachel Ang, Zoe Belsinger, Jennifer Camper, Caitlin Cass, Tyler Cohen, Marguerite Dabaie, Soumya Dhulekar, Wallis Eates, Trinidad Escobar, Kat Fajardo, Joyce Farmer, Emil Ferris, Liana Finck, Sarah Firth, Mary Fleener, Ebony Flowers, Claire Folkman, Noel Franklin, Katie Fricas, Siobhan Gallagher, Joamette Gil, J. Gonzalez-Blitz, Georgiana Goodwin, Roberta Gregory, Marian Henley, Soizick Jaffre, Avy Jetter, Sabba Khan, Kendra Josie Kirkpatrick, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Nina Laden, Miss Lasko-Gross, Carol Lay, Miriam Libicki, Sarah Lightman, LubaDalu, Ajuan Mance, MariNaomi, Lee Marrs, Liz Mayorga, Lena Merhej, Bridget Meyne, Carta Monir, Hila Noam, Diane Noomin, Breena Nunez, Meg O'Shea, Corinne Pearlman, Cathrin Peterslund, Minnie Phan, Kelly Phillips, Powerpaola, Sarah Allen Reed, Kaylee Rowena, Ariel Schrag, M. Louise Stanley, Maria Stoian, Nicola Streeten, Marcela Trujillo, Carol Tyler, Una, Lenora Yerkes and Ilana Zeffren. Wow.
* finally, new work this year from November Garcia.
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Go, Look: Jason Sholtis
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Forthcoming Comics-Related Events, Through April 2019
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March 22
* If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This (C2E2)
* If I Were In South Carolina, I'd Go To This (Swan Con)
* If I Were in Sebastopol, I'd Go To This
March 23
* If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This (C2E2)
* If I Were In South Carolina, I'd Go To This (Swan Con)
* If I Were In Charlottesville, I'd Go To This
* If I Were Near This, I'd Go To It (Heroes Dutch Comic Con)
March 24
* If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This (C2E2)
* If I Were In Columbus, I'd Go To This
* If I Were In SF, I'd Go To This
* If I Were Near This, I'd Go To It (Heroes Dutch Comic Con)
March 25
* If I Were In Portland, I'd Go To This
March 26
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This
March 28
* If I Were In Portland, I'd Go To This
March 29
* If I Were In Kansas City, I'd Go To This (Planet Comicon)
* If I Were In Anaheim, I'd Go To This (WonderCon)
* If I Were In Portland, I'd Go To This
March 30
* If I Were In Kansas City, I'd Go To This (Planet Comicon)
* If I Were In Anaheim, I'd Go To This (WonderCon)
* If I Were In Portland, I'd Go To This
* If I Were In Seattle, I'd Go To This
March 31
* If I Were In Kansas City, I'd Go To This (Planet Comicon)
* If I Were In Anaheim, I'd Go To This (WonderCon)
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April 2
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This
April 3
* If I Were In Toronto, I'd Go To This
April 4
* If I Were In Davenport, I'd Go To This (ICAF)
April 5
* If I Were In Davenport, I'd Go To This (ICAF)
* If I Were In St. Louis, I'd Go To This (Wizard World)
* If I Were In Portland, I'd Go To This
* If I Were In Sonoma, I'd Go To This
April 6
* If I Were In Luzern, I'd Go To This (Fumetto)
* If I Were In Davenport, I'd Go To This (ICAF)
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This (MoCCA Festival)
* If I Were In St. Louis, I'd Go To This (Wizard World)
* If I Were In Los Angeles, I'd Go To This
April 7
* If I Were In Luzern, I'd Go To This (Fumetto)
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This (MoCCA Festival)
* If I Were In St. Louis, I'd Go To This (Wizard World)
April 8
* If I Were In Luzern, I'd Go To This (Fumetto)
April 9
* If I Were In Luzern, I'd Go To This (Fumetto)
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This
April 10
* If I Were In Luzern, I'd Go To This (Fumetto)
April 11
* If I Were In Luzern, I'd Go To This (Fumetto)
April 12
* If I Were In Luzern, I'd Go To This (Fumetto)
April 13
* If I Were In Luzern, I'd Go To This (Fumetto)
* If I Were In Denver, I'd Go To This (DINK)
* If I Were In Ann Arbor, I'd Go To This
* If I Were In LA, I'd Go To This
April 14
* If I Were In Luzern, I'd Go To This (Fumetto)
* If I Were In Denver, I'd Go To This (DINK)
* If I Were In LA, I'd Go To This
April 16
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This
April 17
* If I Were In Montreal, I'd Go To This
April 19
* If I Were In Rhinebeck, I'd Go To This
* If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This
April 23
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This
April 25
* If I Were In Calgary, I'd Go To This (Calgary Expo)
April 26
* If I Were In DC, I'd Go To This (Awesome Con)
* If I Were In Calgary, I'd Go To This (Calgary Expo)
April 27
* If I Were In Columbus, I'd Go To This (SPACE)
* If I Were In DC, I'd Go To This (Awesome Con)
* If I Were In Calgary, I'd Go To This (Calgary Expo)
* If I Were In Dayton, I'd Go To This (Gem City Comic Con)
April 28
* If I Were In Columbus, I'd Go To This (SPACE)
* If I Were In DC, I'd Go To This (Awesome Con)
* If I Were In Calgary, I'd Go To This (Calgary Expo)
* If I Were In Dayton, I'd Go To This (Gem City Comic Con)
April 30
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This
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Events For April 2019 Onward Listed Here
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Random Comics News Story Round-Up
 * Isha Bhattacharya talks to Nicole Marie Burton. John Adcock talks to Ron Ferdinand.
* not comics: this succinct NYT article on the rhetorical judo that Netflix in announcing their decision to cancel the virtuous but asserted-to-be-low-rated One Day At A Time is interesting to note. We're at a high point for maximizing profit in all facets of every commercial endeavor but also for valuing the virtue of decisions of support that are much more difficult to quantify. Comics will have to deal with this as well on more occasions, with the same construction of logic that a single line of licensing for Guardians Of The Galaxy could probably pay for two dozen low-selling but admirable comic books. Why make everything pay for itself when there's so much to be developed?
* finally: Barry Pearl on Empire Of Monsters.
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Happy 57th Birthday, Michael Jantze!
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Happy 67th Birthday, Willie Schubert!
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Happy 44th Birthday, Sergio Ponchione!
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March 18, 2019
Go, Look: Juliette Vaast
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Go, Read: Russ Maheras On Visiting Steve Ditko
Here. I'm not sure it's our healthiest collective impulse to want to know this much about the late Hall Of Fame cartoonist's studio arrangement, but I imagine this will satisfy many people's curiosity.
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Go, Look: Janne Kukkonen
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Collective Memory: Emerald City Comic-Con 2019
Links to stories, eyewitness accounts and resources concerning the 2019 edition of Emerald City Comic Con, held March 14-17 in and around the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle.
This entry will continue to be updated for as long as people
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Institutional
* Con Site
* Physical Location
* Host City
Blogs And Personal Journals
* The Beat ECCC19 Index
Facebook
* ECCC Facebook Presence
News Stories And Columns
* Seattle Times
Photos
* Seattle PI Gallery
Twitter
* Sam Sykes
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Go, Look: Classic Panel Work From Virgil Partch (VIP)
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Comics By Request: People, Places In Need Of Funding
By Tom Spurgeon
 * the Gahan Wilson health needs crowdfunder is halfway to its initial ask.
* today is the last day of submissions for this year's Creators For Creators grant. That's a good program, with sterling intentions.
* the great Shaenon Garrity and Skin Horse co-creator Jeffrey Wells were able to meet their initial goals on their latest in a measurement of hours, not days. Let the bonus rewards begin.
* finally: twelve days to help out Birdcage Bottom Books with its current crowdfunder.
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Not Comics: More Franklin Booth Images
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Go, Look: Frank Quitely-Era New X-Men Designs
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Go, Read: Alex Dueben Talks To Jim Scancarelli
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Random Comics News Story Round-Up
 * Derf is quietly one of the reliable on-line comics content finders going.
* the late Flo Steinberg remembered on what would have been her 80th birthday.
* speaking of Derf, one thing I learned from him is the Cleveland Plain-Dealer goes from a skeleton crew to like three bones and a chunk of cartilage. I've been following the collapse of the newspaper industry from its 2008 initial free fall into now, and it really looks like the complete and final end of something. There's a need for community news-papering maybe more than ever before, but no ability to get there and no appetite for it that might push a bunch over the top. I wonder how long most of them will hang on, and what will take the place of most.
* this is a vicious cycle even by the general standard of vicious cycles. You can break it, though.
* finally: Noah Van Sciver shows love for Michael Dougan. I hope someone will collect his late '80s/early '90s comics one day. That's a great abebooks purchase in the meantime.
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Happy 51st Birthday, Shea Anton Pensa!
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Happy 64th Birthday, Bill Reinhold!
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Happy 58th Birthday, Michael J. Vassallo!
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Happy 47th Birthday, Farel Dalrymple!
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March 17, 2019
Go, Look: Virgil Finlay Illustrations
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Not Comics: Harry Clarke Illustrations
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If I Were In Seattle, I'd Go To This
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