Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* missed it: Alan Gardner scores the first interview with new Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis.

* the publisher and all-too-infrequent cartoonist Chris Oliveros pops up at his company's blog to talk about R.O. Blechman. That's my kind of cameo.

* speaking of D&Q, I think they've gone a little overboard with the interns.

* there's a cutely conceived Peter Parker costume way down in the photos of this Dragon*Con report, but, again, I will never in my life comprehend the costume impulse. I mean, of course I recognize that look of giddy, mostly-but-not-entirely sexual thrill. And I'm pleased for people doing stuff that makes them happy. Still, I'm not sure how people playing dress-up with furious conviction developed such a strong connection to an art form I enjoy as much as I enjoy comics (granted, Dragon*Con is a multi-media con) or why we pay so much attention to it. I guess it's fun to look at, maybe? My own con photos have quite a few costumed people in them. Anyway, there were apparently lots of people getting off at Dragon*Con this year, as in years past, and God bless 'em.

* I liked this post from Johnny Bacardi talking about the specific sequence from Paul Grist that made him a fan.

* the writer Chris Allen responds to two essays: Ilan Strasser's and Ng Suat Tong's. I'm not objective on his response to the article that appeared here, but I thought his reply to Strasser fairly compelling. I'm not sure I agree with a word of it, but it's interesting.

* finally, the columnist Steven Grant talks about royalty-only deals. I think I'm a bit kinder to these kinds of deals than Grant is -- certainly classic newspaper syndication pays according to how many clients purchase a strip -- but I'm not in his position as a freelancer, so it's valuable to hear that perspective.
 
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