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September 17, 2015


Random Comics News Story Round-Up

image* Rob Clough on Flop To The Top and the autobiographical comics of Gabrielle Bell. Matt Little on Tokyo Ghost #1. Doug Zawisza on Captain America: White #1.

* some notes on recent King Features strips from the forthcoming Library Of American Comics book.

* here's a preview of a forthcoming Guardians Of The Galaxy relaunch, which seems really weird to me in that the movie seems like it came out three days ago and they're already doing massive in-continuity riffs on what should be a viable structure for years and years considering that movie's success. The whole thing seems exhausting to me, and while my old-man money isn't the target, it certainly keeps from spending any in that direction. It's like carrying an umbrella when you know it's going to stop raining in 120 seconds.

* not comics: it's Buzzfeed's world.

* condolences to Landry Walker.

* so I'm guessing this Fall, probably at the time of the DK3 assault, will be when the second round of fascination with variant covers will begin to turn on itself. I like the idea just fine that that there are some issues that might facilitate a second cover or even programs for multiple covers once in a while. The downside this time around seems to be settling in on the ideas that this represents a distortion of the overall sales figures and is basically diverting resources from fans and DM retailers that could be better spent elsewhere -- even though the retailers of right now are too smart to do too much self-damage.

* Joel Meadows talks to Jamie Delano.

* finally, Glenn Walker would like to explain Crisis On Infinite Earths from a Flash-centric point of view, which I guess works right now because of the TV show.
 
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