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November 30, 2007


Evel Knievel, 1938-2007

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I was five years old before I realized Evel Knievel really wasn't a superhero, and 24 before I realized he kind of was.
 
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CR Reviews
• On-Line Review Round-Up
• Tales Designed To Thrizzle #4
• Runes of Ragnan
• Crustacean Frustration
• Tokyo Zombie
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Bart Beaty's Conversational
Euro-Comics
• Bart Beaty in Luzern 02
• Bart Beaty In Luzern 01
• Bart Beaty Reviews The New Actus Book, How To Love
• Bart Beaty Reviews Campo Di Baba, by Amanda Vahamaki
• Bart Beaty Reads Fokke & Sukke, Drinks A Free Beer
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Flipped - David Welsh
On Manga
• Flipped! David Welsh on Kazuo Umezo
• Flipped!: David Welsh On The Banjo
• Flipped! David Welsh on Manga Translation Projects He'd Like To See
• Flipped!: David Welsh On More Of The 2008 Manga-Related Nominees
• Flipped!: David Welsh Speaks To Bryce Coleman About Tokyopop's New Full-Color GN Line
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CR Commentary
• Nerd Vegas: A Guide to Visiting and Enjoying CCI in San Diego, 2008! (Final Version)
• The CR Holiday Shopping Guide 2007
• Nerd Vegas: A Guide to Visiting Comic-Con International in San Diego, 2008 (Placeholder Edition)!
• CR Sunday Preview: Gilbert Shelton's New Comic (730 pixels wide)
• Andrew Farago Remembers Creig Flessel (1912-2008)
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Letters to CR
• Matt On Gilbert Shelton's Forthcoming Signing Via Gosh! Comics (PR)
• Jim Kingman on Alan Moore's Difficulties With Watchmen Including Difficulties With DC Comics
• Hugh Stewart on One of My Recent Batman Comments
• Katherine Wong On Nickelodeon's First Ever Best Kids Graphic Novel Awards (PR)
• Justin Colussy-Estes on Comics at the Decatur Book Festival
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CR News
• What It Is Is A Very Strong Seller
• Fantagraphics Announces Its Fall 2008/Winter 2009 Books List
• Michael Turner, 1971-2008
• DC Keeps Batman Year 100 Excerpt From The Best American Comics, 2008
• The Last Great American Comic-Con -- 50+ Thoughts on HeroesCon 2008
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Out and About
• Collective Memory Index
• Collective Memory: Comic-Con International in San Diego, 2008
• Collective Memory: 2008 HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC (June 20-22)
• Collective Memory: Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Art Festival 2008
• Collective Memory: 2008 NCS Meeting (New Orleans) and 2008 Reuben Awards
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• An Interview With Lynda Barry
• A Short Interview With Thomas Scioli
• A Short Interview With Gary Panter
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