Bundled, Tossed, Untied And Stacked



By Tom Spurgeon

* the designer and author Chip Kidd reveals in this interview two forthcoming comics-related projects, one a bit more definite than the other: an art book for Abrams drawing on classic Captain Marvel imagery; a follow-up to his Bat Manga! book.

* have you ever wondered about Aleksandr Zograf's current output, where the books are coming from and where they're being serialized? Let Vanja Miskovic walk you through it.

* IDW's Library of American Comics sent out its official press release yesterday afternoon talking about their doing Li'l Abner in chronological order. This is more details than formal announcement -- I think it's been known since mid '09 at least that IDW would be doing the 20th Century newspaper mega-hit. Al Capp's strip was one of the most popular strips of the 20th Century and one of the most universally admired, although I always got the sense that with Caniff Capp is perhaps the least loved of the collected, acknowledged masters by fans working their way into that material for the first time.

* the other publisher-directed, pr-announced move of the week was BOOM! announcing BOOM! Town, a "literary imprint," and announcing projects from Shannon Wheeler and from the Denis Kitchen-controlled Crumb stuff as initial projects. If nothing else, their slush pile just became a lot crazier.

* a recent -- I think it's recent -- Russ Cochran newsletter notes that "the license for reprinting the EC Archives series is still 'up in the air', with several publishers competing for it." That could obviously be a huge get for the right publisher.

* finally, it's surprising to me how few creators bother to keep a blog or site anymore -- there are lot of abandoned ones out there, many dropped in the summer of 2009, some but not all of whose owners are active on twitter -- and even more surprising how few of the creators with a site do the occasional "coming soon" post. Here's a good example of that kind of post from Colleen Coover. Hope Larson's new site is oriented that way, too, I think to fine effect.


 
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