A Trio Of News Updates: Roger Slifer, Ali Ferzat, Before Watchmen

* mid-week last week Hero Initiative updated the condition of injured writer/editor Roger Slifer. He's apparently on the positive end of projected treatment schedules. No one's been found responsible, although police are still looking and have a very rough idea of the kind of car involved.

* unless I'm reading this incorrectly, Ali Ferzat's web site was updated for the first time in quite some time on Thursay. It was news of an honor the Syrian cartoonist and gallery owner won in March, but it's still good to see new content over there. As far as I know, Ferzat is no longer in the country, although he has expressed a desire to return once the political turmoil ends.

* this list tells me that DC's "Before Watchmen" project will have its 12th issue published this week, with many, many more to come. There were 12 issues in the original series. That might make this week a time to reflect on some of the non-creator's rights issues brought up by this particular creative effort, perhaps what an editorially-driven 2012 project looks like as compared to a mid-1980s creator-driven project. I'm glad that people have talked about the issues raised, even if it seems like the topic has exhausted itself a bit for now.
 
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