Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Phoebe Gloeckner talks to Julia Gfrörer. A small army of interviewers talks to Jay Lynch.

* Paul La Farge profiles the relationship between HP Lovecraft and fan Robert Barlow, which I'm sure interests a lot of comics fans like myself who keep meticulous track of the intersection between professional and fan communities on a variety of scales.

* this is a terrific interview with Jay Lynch that Gary Groth did earlier this year. Groth is always solicitous towards older cartoonists, and Lynch was slightly diminished here so Groth is careful with him in a way that great interviewers know how to be. The cascading details are wonderful. I'm guessing his Shannon Wheeler might by Shawn Kerri? Lynch comes across the genial soul he seems in real life. It would be nice if an intern at Fanta could find Groth a grant to interview cartoonists 70 years old and older until that money ran out. Whatever might focus his energy in that direction would be amazing. Pair it with the '90 Kane and the Sendak into its own book (unless the Kane is spoken for).

* finally, look at this lovely picture of George Herriman and his family.
 
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