Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* there's a fine mini-essay here from R. Fiore that contrasts the World Science Fiction Convention with Comic-Con International at the point at which the two conventions diverged, 1984.
* J. Caleb Mozzocco suggests that My Greatest Adventure was a pretty great-looking comic before it was turned over to the Doom Patrol, and it's hard to argue the fact on the evidence provided.
* I'm glad that folks are still catching up to Footnotes in Gaza. That is a fine comic, very troubling for the nature of its subject matter and it kind of slipped out at the beginning of the year. I hope that people beat those drums as long as is necessary for everyone to make a decision one way or the other.
* Jeet Heer looks at a potential syndrome common to many of the greatest mainstream comic book artists.
* I'm trying to work up some enthusiasm here and it's not really happening. I'm happy to hear about the actual project, though, whenever that gets announced.
* Katherine Dacey provides a list of ten great global manga; I'm not quite up on my knowledge of manga culture to understand all of the implications of that designation, but I like some of the books on the list.
* finally, the retailer and industry advocate Brian Hibbs offers up a few thoughts on the new DC regime; Kurt Busiek talks more in terms of leaping to conclusions about future possibilities based on what you might know or think you know about the past.
* J. Caleb Mozzocco 
