Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Paul Gravett writes at length in positive fashion about manga. I hope I had you at "Gravett."

* Bhob Stewart has a couple of images from that massive Wally Wood exhibition over in Spain.

* the artist Warren Craghead has a blog devoted to his forthcoming "lo-fi arts publishing" show. That's maybe not exactly comics, not 100 percent, but Craghead is always worth reading, and the pictures look lovely, too.

* David Lasky names 15 of the many artists that inspired him. Joe Matt does the same with cartoonists, twice.

* I love that this Daryl Cagle article about the culture gap between North American editorial cartooning and similar communities in the rest of the world engages with the idea of all those international cartoon competitions, because I've never heard anyone explain exactly how they worked before.

* the on-line publication Graphic Novels Reporter has their Fall Reading List up.

* not comics: this just seems to me matter of fact and obvious, that Lucas swiped some things from Jack Kirby the same way he took a few things from Hidden Fortress. Why not? That's not saying that the entire Star Wars saga is a knock-off of Kirby's Fourth World, because that would be sort of crazy. But some of the visual elements, some narrative conflicts, that was pretty much Lucas' modus operandi, right?

* Gary Tyrrell recommends webcomicstweets.

* not comics: does anyone else think Robert Kirkman's Keaton-like stone-face is underrated? It kills me every time.

* there's probably a lesson for comic book stores in this article about the relative success enjoyed by some independent movie/rental retailers as chains that provide that service fade from; there are also probably reasons, both structural and cultural, why these lessons aren't necessarily important ones.

* I'm guessing Isaac Perlmutter made 1500 times as much money in 16 years with Marvel Comics than Jack Kirby made in a quarter-century or so with the company. I suck at math: it may only be 850 or so. I know that's the way the world works, but it doesn't mean I can't think it's sort of weird.

* here's a roundtable discussion on the beginning of the Matt Fraction/Pascual Ferry run on Thor one of the more hotly anticipated mainstream comics run among those that anticipate mainstream comics runs.

* not comics: I'm glad I just started taking money and don't have to worry about such issues anymore.

* Dustin Harbin enthuses over Gus And His Gang.

* The FPI Blog jumps on some pages of Wilfred Santiago's forthcoming Roberto Clemente biography.

* the comics scholar Ana Merino talks about comics and childhood in broad terms. Could be "talked," as it looks like this might be a translated article. I can't tell.

* finally, could Cathy Guisewite depart the funnybook business with any more class? I think giving an original to everyone that works for your syndicate is a lovely gesture. Good for her.
 
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