Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* Image joins the customized downloadable application for various digital platforms crowd.
* some mainstream comics talk worth noting: Jonathan Hickman and Tom Brevoort talk about killing one of the Fantastic Four; a person with the semi-terrifying name of Gavok writes about that thing that writers sometimes do where they'll tease future stories in a single panel that either don't take place or seem odd when the book is canceled and/or moves in another direction.
* not comics: Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. I only lived one place where Blockbuster was more viable option than laughable one, and my memory of that particular location is that it was a big pain in the ass that paid its lousy employees nothing. I would also suggest that those weird vending machine rental dealios were probably as big if not bigger a deal for Blockbuster and its multiple copies of current hits strategy as any of the on-line options were.
* the Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced its programming slate, which I believe is assembled wholly and not just in part by Bill Kartalopoulos. I think it's important for show of this size to have a rigorous programming dimension, because the room itself is pretty small compared to big comics shows -- if you want to spend a day at an SPX or MoCCA Festival rather than a couple of hours, programming needs to be a part of it. It looks like a good slate of stuff, with a bunch of quality spotlights.
* some mainstream comics talk worth noting: Jonathan Hickman and Tom Brevoort 
