Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* the Internet giant Google has announced its Chrome browser by way of a comic from Scott McCloud. I'm sure I could run some art or enthuse about what an awesome gig this must have been for McCloud, but that's kind of gilding the lily; if you're on-line at all, you'll likely want to read about the browser, and it's fairly apparent that this is a opportune platform for Scott doing what Scott does comics-wise. Or I could just link to mean stuff like this.
* the comics business news and analysis site ICv2.com does a state-of-company interview with First Second's Mark Siegel. (Part One, Part Two, Part Three) It may shock some people to hear the kind of numbers that Siegel is throwing around for basically first-run alt-comic graphic novels. Heck, it may shock some people that Siegel is willing to throw numbers around at all. He also talks about their 2009 schedule.
* finally, it would be a very nice thing indeed if the house where Superman was created were to be fixed up, but I have a hard time being convinced from what I've read that this is the most deserving comics charity out there given the advancing age of many freelancers whose works are making millionaires of big-company board members instead of affording those creators a comfortable retirement. How many older creators are living in a house that looks even this nice? Or at all? How was the $50,000 for exterior repairs arrived at? According to a realtor.com search, there are 21 three-bedroom houses in that zip code that go for $40-60K for the whole shooting match. Is there an appraisal of the work that needs doing from someone not a writer that visited the house once? Is it too much to ask for the creators that make enormous amounts of money from Superman like Brad Meltzer lead the way and make public their donations? Would Superman organize an auction? At the risk of sounding like a jerk, something about this doesn't seem all the way thought through to me.
* the comics business news and analysis site ICv2.com does a state-of-company interview with First Second's Mark Siegel. (
