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October 12, 2008


First Thought Of The Day

Almost every television series and movie would be improved if the actors were playing themselves doing whatever they're doing in the movie.
 
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CR Reviews
• Introduction/Index
• Two From Children's Books
• Mesmo Delivery
• Booth
• The Lost Colony, Vol. 3
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Bart Beaty's Conversational
Euro-Comics
• Introduction/Index
• Bart Beaty Reviews Bienvenue a Boboland And Talks Grand Prizes
• Bart Beaty Reviews Emile Bravo's Spirou/Fantasio Book
• Bart Beaty Reviews Two By Mika Lietzen
• Bart Beaty On The 2008 FIBD Official Selections
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Flipped - David Welsh
On Manga
• Introduction/Index
• Flipped!: David Welsh With More On Real Girls
• Flipped!: David Welsh On "Real Girls In The Real World"
• Flipped!: David Welsh on Red Colored Elegy
• Flipped!: David Welsh on Dororo
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CR Commentary
• Nerd Vegas: A Guide to Visiting Comic-Con International in San Diego, 2009 (Placeholder Edition)!
• Tom Spurgeon, Five-Year-Old Superhero Art Prodigy Super-Genius
• CR Sunday Feature: The 50 Things That Every Comics Collection Truly Needs
• CBR: DC Comics Ends Minx Imprint
• CR Sunday Preview: Gilbert Shelton's New Comic (730 pixels wide)
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Letters to CR
• John Vest On CR Holiday Interview #12: Matt Fraction
• Nat Gertler On Yes, There Have Been Comics Preceding A Movie
• Someone At Diamond On The Free Comic Book Day Line-Ups (PR)
• Nat Gertler On Mo Willems As A Cartoonist
• Nat Gertler On CR's Ten Unanswered Questions
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CR News
• Maddie Blaustein, 1960-2008
• Gerard Lauzier, 1932-2008
• Leon Lazarus, 1919/20-2008
• Forrest J. Ackerman, 1916-2008
• Tom Fagan 1935/36-2008
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Collective Memory
• 2009 Events Calendar
• Introduction/Index
• Collective Memory: Alternative Press Expo 2008
• Collective Memory: 24-Hour Comic Day 2008
• Collective Memory: Small Press Expo 2008
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Tomorrow's Comics Today
• Events Calendar
• Crystal Ball: Scheduled Books and Major Releases
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All About Comics
• A Brief Overview
• Buying Comics
• Getting Published -- Comic Books
• Making Mini-Comics
• Getting Published -- Comic Strips
• Reading Mini-Comics

Interviews and Profiles
• Introduction/Index
• A Short Interview With David Malki
• A Short Interview With Daniel Merlin Goodbrey
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• The Comics Registry
• On-Line Review Round-Up
 
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