Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* there's always a chance I could have screwed the dates up here, but it looks like the Supreme Court will today review the California video game law struck down in February 2009. The CBLDF is one of many organizations that have targeted the precedents set in this case as important ones.

* working on spec for a comics company sounds fairly depressing to me, and I would advise against it on general principle. Other pundits will tell you that all of the arts are headed in this direction.

* Chris Mautner interviews comics artist, historian and industry advocate Jerry Robinson.

* if I were making up subject matter for videos to put up on the weekends "video parade," one of them would surely be Vanessa Davis holding forth about watercolor technique.

* this 30 Characters Challenge looks pretty cute, although it's hard for me to imagine just creating creators for the sake of creating characters. There's something very... corporate? is that the word I'm looking for? about such an activity.

* Heidi MacDonald analyzes the book charts. One reason people advocate for change in the Direct Market is because it's long been clear that bookstores would eventually calcify into their own buying patterns, reminiscent of how they approach prose books.

* here's a nice, numbered essay on why Love & Rockets: New Stories #3 is so astounding. It really is, you know.

* everyone has a better Halloween than Peter Parker. The artists here do a magnificent job with J. Jonah Jameson's hair. It's like its own character in this scene.

* please feel better, J.M. DeMatteis.

* not comics: this Bam Bam Bigelow costume made me laugh. I heard that Bam Bam was once the subject of a Jeopardy question in a professional wrestling category, with the awesome answer/question of "What are... 'squiggles and flames'."

* old Wonder Woman letters pages are the second-best (after the ones in Lois Lane) that DC ever published.

* as expected by most people heading into the weekend, the Walking Dead TV adaptation on AMC killed it in the ratings. I'm happy for all the people made happy by that news, unless you're over-invested in something that's not yours in any sense, in which case I'm still happy for you and slightly unsettled by your devotion. Here's a review by Don MacPherson. Here's a short piece by Curt Purcell.

* I've never really understood the wacky Internet handle thing. I sort of understand utilizing and maintaining a nom de plume, just not one that humiliates any person who uses it on your behalf.

* Comics Alliance has a long list from Alan Kistler describing the entirety of the Final Crisis mega-crossover. That's one thing that comics will always have over TV -- the baffling sprawl of its mega-events. Imagine if watching a random episode of According to Jim contributed to your experience of seeing Lost. Half-depressing, half sort-of-awesome, right?

* hey, more Dave Eggers World Series sketches. I'm not sure this is the kind of thing best parceled out in installments, but that ain't my publication and I imagine San Francisco audiences are absolutely lapping up any and all unique content concerning the World Series.

* not comics: I kind of thought James Nesbitt was slightly higher profile than to play one of the dwarves, but that shows you what I know.

* finally, this just in: it looks like we may have a late and very strong contender for the title of Most Handsome Comics Maker In The World.
 
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