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January 5, 2015


Here’s All 50 Of This Year’s Comics Positive Posts Links

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At the beginning of the year I spend a few days doing brief posts on stories I think were positive ones for comics in 2014. It helps me not enter the year full of despair. I spread them out over a few days because I was unable to get them all up on January 1, so I thought a summary post might be useful. It looks like I may have done 51 by accident, which totally makes sense for a year like 2014.

* Alison Bechdel, Genius
* Anders Nilsen Vs. Amazon
* Anecdotal Evidence Suggests Fortunate ACA Insurance Outcomes
* Banned Books Week Has A Comics Focus
* Bart Beaty Throws Gauntlet As Keynote Speaker At ICAF

* Bill Watterson Won The Grand Prix At Angouleme
* Billy Ireland Exhibits Featuring Bill Watterson And Richard Thompson Draw Worshipful Crowds
* Bone Celebrates Ten Years At Scholastic
* Broadening The Influence Base
* Chicago Icon Tony Fitzpatrick Announces Move To New Orleans

* Don Rosa Gets A Hardcover Collection Series
* Great TCAF Keynote Features Lynn Johnston, Kate Beaton, Raina Telgemeier
* Issues Of Diversity, Harassment, Opportunity Gain Crucial Momentum
* Joe Sacco Returns To Satire
* Jonah Weiland Re-Boots His Forums

* Jules Feiffer Says He'll Make Long-Form Comics Until He Can't Work Anymore
* Julia Wertz Started Doing Comics Again
* Julie Doucet Attended CAB 2014
* King-Cat Turned 25 Years Old
* Last Gasp Sought And Received Public Funding For Its Next Season

* Lisa Hanawalt Won A James Beard Foundation Award
* Liza Donnelly Is The First Cartoonist To Be A Finalist For Thurber Prize
* Los Bros Win Eisners
* Many Cons Continue To Grow At A Staggering Rate
* Marvel Has A Book Reprint Series My Friends Seem To Like

* Mineshaft Hits 30 Issues And 15 Years
* MoCCA Announces Move From Armory
* Ms. Marvel As Bonafide Hit
* Musa Kart Won His Court Case... Against Recep Erdogan
* New Comics Scholarship Organization Formed At ICAF

* New Zealand Society Of Authors Extends Mentoring Program To Include Comics-Makers
* Patreon Began To Yield Comics Success Stories
* Pete Sickman-Garner Came Back
* Raina Telgemeier Is Generating Astonishing, Career-Defining Sales Numbers
* Reprint Programs Still Able To Find Hidden Treasures

* Richard Thompson Had Two Giant Books Out
* Roz Chast Was A National Book Award Finalist In Non-Fiction
* Simon Hanselmann Got Married... Twice
* Stephan Pastis Got To Duet With Bill Watterson
* Support For Seth Kushner

* Team March Receives Special Recognition Award For March, Volume One
* The Inkstuds Rob Liefeld Episode
* The Kirby Family Settlement
* The Struggle To Appreciate Bhob Stewart
* The Way Newsday Welcomed Matt Davies

* There Was A 500-Foot Long Joe Sacco Cartoon In A Paris Subway
* Two Admirable CNRI Editorial Cartooning Courage Award Winners
* We Have A Small Arts-/Alt- Comics Show In Los Angeles Now
* What A Great Art Spiegelman Photo
* Zunar Won In Court On The 2010 Book Seizure And Detainment

* Zunzi Was At The Heart Of Occupy Central

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