September 12, 2012
Random Comics News Story Round-Up
*
happy belated 35th anniversary to the late Jeff MacNelly's Shoe, a comic my newspaperman father very much enjoyed.
* Dustin Harbin on
Barack Hussein Obama. Jason Thompson on
Genju no Seiza. Johnny Ryan on
every autobiographical comic ever. Shannon Smith on
Maggots and Glamourpuss in 2008. Tucker Stone on
a bunch of different stuff. Chris Marshall on
Economix.
*
one reason it's nice when Indie Con season hits is because it means Secret Acres updates their blog.
* I always enjoy looking at
Steve Rude's version of Batman. There's a cartoon verve to it that places it right smack in the middle of the various effective character portraits featuring that guy, I think.
* not comics: Patricia Highsmith
doodles.
* Michael Dooley talks to
Eliza Frye. Ian Boothby and David Dedrick talk to
Ty Templeton. Will Scott talks to
Brandon Graham. Julinda Morrow talks to
Jonathan Luna. Jim Rugg and Jasen Lex talk to
Anne Koyama. Rob McMonigal profiles
Katie Sekelsky and
Matt Dembicki.
* wait,
Steve Parkhouse did the comic-book adaptation of Time Bandits?
* I am always just about the last comics-focused blogger to learn about
a new installment of Perry Bible Fellowship.
* for some reason that has nothing to do with anything other than when I move to a new computer and rebuild my links I always forget someone, I haven't been linking to
the Deconstructing Comics podcast. This means I also haven't been listening to the
Deconstructing Comics podcast. The ones I downloaded to take with me on a travel day are
this one on Flex Mentallo and
this one on Doonesbury.
* I've also taken a bunch of
Comic Books Are Burning In Hell with me.
* I can't remember if I linked to
this article on the politics of Batman or not. I probably didn't read it all the way through then, either. One thing I like about those films is that they're kind of a mess, so I can't imagine any cohesive political view emerges from them without some really wishful thinking by the person who wants to see them. I could be wrong, and usually am.
* not comics: Michael May
writes about the small-business aspect of comics and the appeal of small businesses more generally.
*
Alex Toth was apparently a sentinel of liberty.
* I am jealous of Martin Wisse's
construction of an artist's illustration not being a character but a standard figure from that artist
cosplaying that character. That's a funny way to get at a pretty brutal criticism, one that can be applied to a lot of comics-related art.
* finally,
here's a nice blog post that's just been sort of sitting in my bookmarks about an anniversary visit to the D+Q bookstore.
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