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August 19, 2008


Quick hits
Craft
Jesse Hamm Sketches
Karl Kesel Draws Medusa

Exhibits/Events
EIBF 2008 Report
Indian Cartoons Exhibit

History
On Linus
This Made Me Laugh
Elephants On Parade
Seven More Weapons
Kid Enjoys Pep Comics #28
The Answer Is Element Lad's 'Fro

Industry
Gainesville Sun Adds Cartoons
PR Black Hole Created, Brain Sucked Into It
Johanna Draper Carlson on Retailer Economics

Interviews/Profiles
Propaganda: Paul Pope
Daily News: Abby Denson
Newsarama: Karen Berger
Comic News: Joe Chiappetta
OregonLive.com: Matthew Bernier
Metromix: Owen King, John McNally
Mediabistro.com: Marc Tyler Nobleman
Citizen-Times: Bryan Lee O'Malley, Hope Larson

Not Comics
No
God Bless Joe Ferrara
Pre-Movie Rape Scene Hype
We Need More Bigfoot Hoaxes
Bookstore Sales Down In June
Well, The Headline Made Me Giggle
Hopefully, He'll Lift Even More Things
Spawn Endorsed Abstract Notion of Vengeance

Publishing
Oh Great
Opinions Sought
Sexy TinTin Fails To Fly
Incredibly Weird Article
More on FBoFW Decision
New Trudeau Book Profiled
Drug Comic Hits PR Bonanza
That Lynn Johnston Video on FBoFW

Reviews
Paul O'Brien: Various
Greg Burgas: Various
Richard Bruton: Laika
Jog: The Punisher #60
June: Steal Moon Vol. 1
Don MacPherson: Air #1
Ed Sizemore: Yen+ #1-2
Jared Gardner: Wasteland
Jared Gardner: The Sword
Rob Clough: Grotesque #2
Jonah Winter: Jackie Ormes
Andrew Wheeler: Flight Vol. 5
Shannon Smith: Rashy Rabbit
Sean T. Collins: Three Shadows
Henry Chamberlain: Exit Wounds
Herve St. Louis: Fantastic Four #558
Xaviar Xerexes: How To Draw Stupid
Bill Sherman: Too Cool To Be Forgotten
Paul O'Brien: X-Men Origins: Jean Grey
Chris Mautner: Glamourpuss, Judenhass
Paul O'Brien: X-Men: Secret Invasion #1
Johanna Draper Carlson: Beauty Pop Vol. 8
Leroy Douresseaux: Warcraft: Legends Vol. 1
Johanna Draper Carlson: High School Debut Vol. 3
I Wouldn't Share Most of These With Anyone, Actually
Geof Boucher: The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics
 
 
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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
• John McCorkle On Another Prix de la Critique Nominee Out There In English
• Rob Barker On Steve Gerber
• Brian Moore On One Strip Retiring, Another Strip Benefiting
• Noel Murray On Problems With Comics.com
• Jason Michelitch On First Thought Of The Day
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Send e-mail to tom@comicsreporter.com

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
• 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
• An Interview With Lynda Barry
• A Short Interview With Thomas Scioli
• A Short Interview With Gary Panter
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Lists and Links
• Books About Comics
• Comics Links
• The Comics Registry
 
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