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March 29, 2007

Happy 48th Birthday, Marc Silvestri!

3/29/59 is what CBG has; for some reason I had it up as 3/3/58 last year, so who knows? Happy something-birthday sometime around here, Mr. Silvestri!

posted 4:04 am PST | Permalink

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CR Reviews

• On-Line Review Round-Up
• Alan's War
• The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
• WoW: Ashbringer #1
• Incredible Hercules #120
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Bart Beaty's Conversational
Euro-Comics

• Bart Beaty Reviews Le Petit Christian 2, by Blutch
• Bart Beaty On Museumification And The Blab! Show In Kansas
• Bart Beaty on New Publications About Euro-Comics
• Bart Beaty Reviews Two By Francois Ayroles
• Bart Beaty Reviews La Veritable Histoire de Futuropolis
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Flipped - David Welsh
On Manga

• 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
• Flipped!: David Welsh on Fruits Basket
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CR Commentary

• Nerd Vegas: A Guide to Visiting Comic-Con International in San Diego, 2009 (Placeholder Edition)!
• The CR Holiday Shopping Guide 2007
• Nerd Vegas: A Guide to Visiting Comic-Con International in San Diego, 2008 (Placeholder Edition)!
• CR Sunday Feature: The 50 Things That Every Comics Collection Truly Needs
• CBR: DC Comics Ends Minx Imprint
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Letters to CR

• Michael Aushenker On Five Manga Series He's Reading
• Jacob Goddard on Five Manga Series He's In the Midst of Reading
• James Kingman On Our Remarkable Feet of Spoileage
• John Sayers On The Federal Digitization Collaboration (PR)
• Nat Gertler on David Welsh's Response to the Minx Imprint's Cancellation
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CR News

• Raymond Macherot, 1934-2008
• 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
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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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Tomorrow's Comics Today

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All About Comics

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Interviews and Profiles

• An Interview With Lynda Barry
• A Short Interview With Thomas Scioli
• A Short Interview With Gary Panter
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