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March 31, 2013


Go, Read: Cartoon Machine

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Comics By Request—People, Projects In Need Of Funding

By Tom Spurgeon

* this nice person sent me a link to their Kickstarter, a comic called GYR. Seems pretty straight-forward to me. The nice thing is when you send one of these long-running campaigns I can cut and paste it and run it on multiple column days.

image* this would be a good time to buy some JR Williams original art, if you're so inclined. JR's art is great -- his is the first art I bought when I moved to Seattle back in '94.

* a Jesse Reklaw-related crowd-funder? Yes.

* Frank Cho will take a Liberty Meadows project to crowd-funding in September.

* here's one from I think Turkey with artists from all around the world involved.

* the Tripwire crowd-funder is ongoing.

* Crowd-funding was a significant subject of this panel at WonderCon.

* Reading Frenzy isn't a comics store as much as it is a 'zine and small-publications shop, but I certainly bought comics and comics-related things there when I lived in the Pacific Northwest and I generally found it a swell place to go. Here's a crowd-funder they're doing. It's hard to imagine Portland without it.

* I totally missed that Radio Comix had a fundraiser because of an accounting snafu. They didn't need my help.

* the Caravan of Comics people are back at again.

* the Roman Dirge hospital-bills effort remains ongoing, while this post is still at the top of Peter David's site.

* this Australia/New Zealand fundraiser is heading into its final hours.

* finally, Jason Lutes wrote me about this interesting-looking project for which he's seeking crowd-funding. I might try to run this link again, but I thought it was interesting for a couple of reasons: one, there haven't been a ton of crowd-funder run by cartoonists of Lutes' caliber and generational profile; two, I think we could see a point where we have a lot of people running secondary projects through crowd-funding mechanisms.
 
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If I Were In NYC, I’d Go To This

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Go, Look: Wangela Wrong

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Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* there was a rolling story last week about the use of terminology in one of the Marvel comic books that was interpreted, sometimes angrily, in the context of a longstanding assertion that Marvel's comics with mutants in them are most effectively regarded in terms of those elements that provide insight into bigotry. I commented on it here to say that I basically think that such a conception is at best a blunt, broad metaphor so of course it's going to break down almost immediately and under tons of circumstances, and that's despite all the legitimate and even enlightening uses for blunt, broad metaphors. The most earnest and thoroughly written article on the matter from the perspective of those that engage with those comics more regularly was probably here; the writer of the comic apologized for snapping at fans here; I agree with most everything David Brothers writes here.

image* how on earth did I miss these fun cartoonist portraits by Chris Schweizer? Here's one such post.

* not comics: here's a whiskey named after Loki. As much as whiskey has lied to me in the past, with its promises of no hangovers and that I would be better looking to women if I drank a bit more, this seems entirely appropriate.

* Allan Holtz and company attempt to solve "The Frank Moser Mystery." Those are nice-looking strips.

* David Harper talks to Dennis Hopeless.

* Bob Temuka on Hit-Girl. Rob Clough on Graphic Classics: Mark Twain. John Kane on a bunch of different comics. Sean Gaffney on Tokyo Babylon Omnibus Vol. 1. Brian Gardes on Bad Machinery: The Case Of The Team Spirit. J. Caleb Mozzocco on Hawkgirl: The Maw. Jeffrey O. Gustafson on a bunch of different comics. Joe Gordon on The Massive Vol. 1. Richard Bruton on Channel Evil.

* here's a piece on the use of Fourth World characters in Lois Lane, of all places. I always loved the way the Fourth World stuff interacts with the rest of the DC material. That stuff is really potent because it's Kirby, but it also settles uneasily into the core of that universe, I think, which is still this Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman triumvirate. It's like DC has this central myth to it and then this other myth, and the other myth is so vital it kind of crashes into the first myth constantly, like an angry storm slapping against a genteel seawall.

* no one would ever make fun of Superman for this.

* finally, Alex Buchet writes on Steve Ditko's collaborations with studio-mate Eric Stanton.
 
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Happy 16th Birthday, Radio Comix!

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Happy 50th Birthday, James Robinson!

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Happy 43rd Birthday, Brad Meltzer!

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Happy 10th Birthday, Partyka!

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Happy 62nd Birthday, Bob Lappan!

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Happy 24th Birthday, Comix Experience!

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March 30, 2013


Go, Look: Gil Roth Visits The Asbury Park Comic Con

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Go, Look: Oracle-Era Barbara Gordon Art Commissions

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Go, Look: Page Adapting A Short Scene From The Warriors

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Go, Look: Elijah Brubaker At Study Group

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Go, Look: Zunar Cartoonist

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Go, Look: DC Comics Lady Superhero Mini-Gallery

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If I Were In NYC, I’d Go To This

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If I Were In Anaheim, I’d Go To This

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Go, Look: Hal Foster Tarzan Up Close

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Happy 48th Birthday, Dave Lapp!

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Happy 48th Birthday, Steven T. Seagle!

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FFF Results Post #329—Documentaries

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five Comics Makers You'd Love To See Starring In A Documentary About Their Life And Work."

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Tom Spurgeon

1. Jack Katz
2. Dave Sim
3. Chester Brown
4. Lewis Trondheim
5. Lynda Barry

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Michael Buntag

1. William Moulton Marston
2. Alfredo Alcala
3. Yoshihiro Tatsumi
4. Joe Sacco
5. Moto Hagio/Year 24 Group

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Sean Kleefeld

1. Winsor McCay
2. George Herriman
3. William Moulton Marston
4. Jim Steranko
5. Don Martin (but it would have to be animated)

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Tom Cherry

1. Richard Thompson
2. Pam Bliss
3. John Porcellino
4. Sergio Aragones
5. Evan Dorkin

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Justin J. Major

1. Jack Chick
2. Wm. Gaines
3. Steve Ditko
4. Neal Adams
5. Kim Deitch

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Jim Engel

* Walt Kelly
* George Herriman
* Harold Gray
* Percy Crosby
* Will Gould

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Mark Mayerson

1. Walt Kelly
2. Dick Briefer
3. Hank Ketcham
4. Dick Moores
5. Gus Arriola

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Dan Morris

1. Fort Thunder
2. Yoshihiu Tatsumi
3. Wally Wood
4. Kazuo Umezu
5. Dave Sim

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Nathaniel G. McDonald

1. Jean "Moebius" Giraud
2. Erik Larsen
3. John Byrne
4. Howard Chaykin
5. Katsuhiro Otomo

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Marc Arsenault

1. Pat Boyette
2. Jim Steranko
3. Michael Netzer
4. Shawn Kerri
5. Phoebe Gloeckner

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Shannon Smith

1) Jim Shooter
2) Joe Shuster
3) Bill Mantlo
4) Spain Rodriguez
5) Julie Doucet

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Chris Opinsky

1. Harvey Kurtzman
2. James Kochalka
3. Moto Hagio
4. Gary Panter
5. Gil Kane

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Douglas Wolk

1. Gerald Jablonski
2. Jim Steranko
3. Vince Colletta
4. Ann Nocenti
5. Jack T. Chick

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John Platt

1. Sergio Aragones
2. Ted Rall
3. Bill Griffith
4. Trina Robbins
5. Marie Severin

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Tom Bondurant

1. Jack Kirby
2. Jim Steranko
3. Jenette Kahn
4. Julius Schwartz
5. William Moulton Marston

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Marty Yohn

1. Harvey Kurtzman
2. Joe Kubert
3. Dave Sims
4. Gary Larson
5. Matt Baker

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Bob Temuka

1. Sergio Aragonés
2. Pat Mills
3. Dave Sim
4. Marie Severin
5. Jim Steranko

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Chad Hanna

1. Ben Katchor
2. Garry Trudeau
3. Don Rosa
4. Jules Feiffer
5. Eddie Campbell

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Jamie S. Rich

1. Renee French
2. Rumiko Takahashi
3. Brendan McCarthey
4. Evan Dorkin
5. John Byrne

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Jackie Estrada

* Dave Stevens
* B. Kliban
* Brecht Evens
* Al Williamson
* Sergio Aragones

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Joe Keatinge

1. Hugo Pratt
2. Justin Green
3. Little Thunder
4. Jim Steranko
5. Jack Kirby

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Scott Cederlund

1. Jim Steranko
2. Greg Rucka
3. Paul Pope
4. Moebius
5. Jessica Abel

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Rob Salkowitz

1. Jim Steranko
2. Bob Kane
3. Jim Warren
4. Alex Raymond (screenplay by Dave Sim)
5. Dwayne McDuffie

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William Burns

1. Naji al-Ali
2. Arn Saba/Katherine Collins
3. Al Capp
4. Floyd Gottfredson
5. Chester Gould

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Marc Mason

1. John Byrne
2. Lewis Trondheim
3. Berke Breathed
4. Marie Severin
5. Matt Wagner

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J.E. Cole

1 Jeffrey Catherine Jones
2 Tezuka Osamu
3 Jack Kirby
4 Joe Kubert
5 Siegel and Shuster - Any documentary about these two would have to be called "The Original Sin"

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Johnny Bacardi

1. Jim Steranko
2. Barry Windsor-Smith
3. Alex Toth
4. Marie Severin
5. Neal Adams

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Matt Emery

1. David Low
2. Yoshihiro Tatsumi
3. Ken Reid
4. Sid Scales
5. Nevile Lodge

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Buzz Dixon

1. William Moulton Marston
2. Frederico Fellini
3. Vaughn Bodé
4. Fletcher Hanks
5. George Caragonne (yeah, even though I saw this first hand...)

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Danny Ceballos

1. John Porcellino
2. Gabrielle Bell
3. Steve Ditko
4. Tom Hart
5. Grant Morrison (for sheer laffs)

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David Robertson

* Peter Bagge
* Phoebe Gloeckner
* Sydney Jordan
* James Kochalka
* Dudley D.Watkins

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Oliver Ristau

1. Howard Chaykin
2. Alex Nino
3. Hideshi Hino
4. Isabelle Emilie de Tessier (Marie Duval)
5. Phillipe Druillet

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topic from Aaron Dumin; thanks, Aaron; also, I chose not to use three that included links to current or past documentary projects, as that way lies madness, and also chose not to use one where all five answers were themselves, because gross

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The Comics Reporter Video Parade


Dash Shaw Book Trailer


A Kid Reads An Aquaman Comic Book


Milton Caniff At Work


Latest Scott Stantis Video Show


Carol Tyler Speaks
 
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CR Week In Review

imageThe top comics-related news stories from March 16 to March 22, 2013:

1. The very skilled cartoonist Kuang Biao is denied access to an Internet platform for an unnerving 29th time.

2. NCS announces the divisional slate of its yearly awards, with a ton of familiar-to-comics-culture-followers names joining the usual array of worthy, hard-working people most folks like that haven't heard of, in categories like greeting cards. Two on-line categories this year.

3. WonderCon opens, and thus the convention season entire has undeniably begun. This is that show's second year in Anaheim, which will lead to speculation about the future of that show in that Los Angeles-adjacent city, as opposed to its original home in the Bay Area. There will also be a lot of publishing announcements.

Winner Of The Week
Dave Whamond

Loser Of The Week
Anyone thinking of running an event near SPX to handle exhibitor overflow, as the independent-oriented show adds space for about 80 more.

Quote Of The Week
"I want to apologize for the inflammatory comments I made on Twitter a few nights ago. I was stung by an accusation made about a character -- i.e., that the point of view expressed by a fictional character in a book I write revealing me to be a racist. It was late at night, my feelings were hurt, and I lashed out in anger without thinking things through. I'm deeply sorry for my unfortunate choice of words and any offense taken to them." -- writer Rick Remender

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today's cover is from the all-time series Classics Illustrated

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