Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* in continued Watchmen holy shit that word sells a lot of books news, there was apparently a 100,000 print run on Watching the Watchmen and they're going back to press again. Is anyone not happy for Dave Gibbons?

* the always-interesting Frank Santoro writes on one of the top ten comics efforts of all time, E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre.

* you gotta love this picture of Alvin Buenaventura and Kramers Ergot Vol. 7. It's also fun to take a second look at it and imagine Alvin's like three feet tall. Go here for a round-up of photos from Sunday's KE signing. Go here for the host's perspective.

* it's not the headline, but the interesting thing about this Hayao Miyazaki piece that discusses the Prime Minister's love of manga is that it doesn't take much to read this as the great director being somewhat conflicted about the commercialization of children's entertainment.

* this made me smile. So did this.

* a happy tenth anniversary this month to About Comics. Also, let's re-use the candles on a cake for the Penny Arcade team, who celebrated the same birthday earlier this week, and then save them for Heart Of The City.

* finally, I'm not one to post about guest signings by major comics conventions, but I'm pleased to note that Richard Thompson has been added to the guest list at next year's Comic-Con International. With Thompson and apparently Stephan Pastis schedule to be on-hand, that's shaping up to be a pretty good year for the comic strip contingent, and increasingly vital attraction at that show. Hopefully, Thompson will bring some of his stunning originals. Just in case you think I cover Thompson too closely, I'll freely admit even I found this to be a stretch.
 
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