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October 17, 2008


Quick hits
Craft
Eddie Campbell On Art In Joker
Who Invented The Three-Fingered Hand?

Exhibits/Events
Go See David Rees
Indie Spinner Rack At SPX
Black Age of Comics Report
Cartoons & Cocktails Event 10-23
The Sad Thing Is I'd Totally Go To This
Does Gerald Scarfe Have A New Press Agent?

History
Who Draws Attractive Men?

Industry
Another Piece on DHP's PSU Donation
I Didn't Know They Still Ran Articles Like This

Interviews/Profiles
CBR: Lucy Knisley
CBR: Robert Goodin
BBC: Garry Trudeau
Rob Clough: Various
Complex: John Mayo
Pulse: Adi Tantimedh
Inkstuds: Rick Veitch
du9: James Kochalka
Pulse: Sacha Borisich
CBR: Josh Williamson
Fear.net: Brian Azzarello
Telegraph: Matt Pritchett
Comic Riffs: Mike Luckovich
Doomkopf.com: Jim Valentino
Panel Border: Eddie Campbell
Newsarama: Richard Thompson
DownTheTubes.net: Jeff Brooks
Talking With Tim: Mike Cavallaro

Not Comics
Go Hire ADD
MAD Selling Archival Art
MN = Underground Comics Hotbed
DiCaprio Apparently Not Doing Sleeper
Batton Lash Draws Mark & Bill From The Amazing Race
Whichever Campaign Springs For Cover Incentive Will Win

Publishing
How Do We Replace Opus?
Go Take The ICv2.com Survey
DC Encyclopedia Project Profiled
I Would Not Have Guessed N=Navy
I Find This Confusing And Terrifying
Comic Books As Business Communication Tool

Reviews
Noah Berlatsky: JLA
Gary Tyrrell: Moresukine
Andrew Wheeler: Various
KC Carlson: The DC Vault
Don MacPherson: JLA #25
Richard Krauss: Octopus Pie
Kevin Church: Black Jack Vol. 1
Charlie Jane Anders: Holy Sh*t!
Joe Libutti: Krazy Kat 1943-1944
Richard Bruton: Hellblazer: Joyride
Johanna Draper Carlson: Tall Tales
Amanda Growe, John Lucas: Various
Matthew Brady: Shojo Beat (Nov 2008)
Sandy Bilus: Daredevil: Cruel and Unusual
Richard Bruton: Where Grows The Bitter Herb
Sean T. Collins: Fight Or Run: Shadow Of The Chopper
 
 
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CR Reviews
• Introduction/Index
• Death-Day Prologue
• The World Of A Wayward Comic Book Artist
• Foiled
• Wilson
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Bart Beaty's Conversational
Euro-Comics
• Introduction/Index
• Bart Beaty On Bastien Vivès and Dans mes yeux
• Bart Beaty On Randall C's Slaapkoppen
• Bart Beaty On The Herge Museum
• Bart Beaty On The Belgian Comics: Frames Of Reference Show
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Flipped - David Welsh
On Manga
• Introduction/Index
• Flipped!: David Welsh On SIGIKKI
• Flipped!: David Welsh On Events He'd Try To Attend At This Week's CCI 2009
• Flipped!: David Welsh On Omukae Desu And The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
• Flipped!: David Welsh On Yuki Urushibara's Mushishi
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CR Commentary
• In The Shadow Of No Towers Last Page In Two Halfs At Readable Size
• Here Are The Cartoonists And Comics-Related Folk For Whom We Currently Have Birthdates
• TCJ Subscriber Letter (Big)
• Art for Ng Suat Tong Article On Writers and Artists At Full Size
• Nerd Vegas: A Guide to Visiting Comic-Con International in San Diego, 2010 (Placeholder Edition)!
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Letters to CR
• Rodrigo Baeza On Stuff In The Latest Kirby Family Filing I Should Not Have Found Confusing
• Craig Yoe On Why We Need To Buy His Packaged Tiger Tea From IDW
• Paul Karasik On 21 Things I Like About Dr. Strange
• Sean Howe On 21 Things I Like About Dr. Strange
• Mark Coale On 21 Things I Like About Dr. Strange
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CR News
• Jean-Marie Brouyère, 1943-2009
• Notes From The Floor, Comic-Con International 2009
• Francisco Hidalgo, 1929-2009
• Martin Vaughn-James, 1943-2009
• Alfons Figueras, 1922-2009
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Collective Memory
• Introduction/Index
• Collective Memory: Brooklyn Comics And Graphics Festival 2009
• TCJ Covers, Contents and Mastheads
• Collective Memory: APE 2009
• Collective Memory: SPX 2009
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Tomorrow's Comics Today
• 2010 Events Calendar
• 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 Josh Neufeld
• A Short Interview With Lilli Carré
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Lists and Links
• Books About Comics
• Comics Links
• The Comics Registry
 
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