Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* although my memory is that most of the initial reports focused on the tragic aspects of the murder-suicide of cartoonist Richard Horne and MS-afflicted wife Mandy, and that it's that aspect of the story that was countered by recent evidence that the crime was much more brutal and over the top than originally believed, a family member points out that this also indicates it was not a mutual suicide pact. Also: is it ever justified to cover up evidence that a crime was more horrible than widely believed?

* the writer Cory Doctorow goes to Secret Headquarters.

* you know, Earl & Mooch is a great name for a strip, too.

* the cartoonist Signe Wilkinson writes in to suggest that her CCI panel will be good, too, honest: "While I completely understand anyone wanting to see and hear Jim Woodring at 2PM on the 24th at the convention, may I put in a plug for myself since, as a dumpy, middle-aged white woman with zero super powers and inconsequential breasts, I will be one of the weirdest people there. Anyway, comics aficionados just don't get enough edgy matron humor. I can fix that. I do hope someone other than my children show up." This made me laugh, and I'm sure her spotlight panel will be great. If you like editorial cartooning and strip cartooning together, between Wilkinson and Mike Peters it's a great weekend for that.

* today's rousing pre-defense of CCI is from Fantagraphics' Jacob Covey.

* now there's an unexpected source for cultural criticism.

* the Cartoon Research Library at OSU has received an anonymous $1 million gift, which they'll likely put to good use.

* not comics: Mark Waid cracks me up.

* not comics: I don't take a computer to San Diego, let alone to the convention center, but a look at the top of the CCI site indicates that for the first time in probably forever there will be free wi-fi at the show in non-exhibition floor areas.

* not comics: I found the first part of this post about the relationship between the writers Thomas Disch and Samuel Delany to be fairly fascinating, and I have no idea why.

* not comics: I would imagine the super-strong box-office showing of The Dark Knight, and the positive reception greeting the Watchmen trailer, should at the very least have a positive effect on DC Comics morale heading into the CCI weekend. A summer watching Marvel make a successful transition into its own film studio and getting punched by them in the face in terms of dueling crossover comic book series projects had to have felt like a long one, and I say that as someone that openly distrusts any emphasis on emotional synergy between movies and comics. Anyway, even someone as cynical as I am will admit that ruling the box office and nerd buzz world at the same time is probably the first significantly good news for the company since they made their formal switch to their new book distribution partnership. Speaking of which, I suppose that new relationship should get a boost from both movie and trailer, too. I'd be surprised if there wasn't a mini-run on Watchmen at many retailers, including the on-line ones -- although now that I think about that, not being able to serve that kind of mini-demand wouldn't exactly be encouraging given the size of the company and the core value of those books. Okay, now I'm just writing as I'm talking out loud.
 
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