Bundled, Tossed, Untied And Stacked



By Tom Spurgeon

* the DC-owned webcomics site Zuda has dropped the contest component of their original set-up. I think that's probably for the best.

* pal to the site Robert Boyd sent along this article, which talks about the English translation of a Francis Ayroles project. Does anyone know if that comic came out? .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

* Rina Piccolo launched her webcomic Velia, Dear on Monday. A second installment should be up today. Piccolo is one of the Six Chix creators and also has her own syndicated strip Tina's Groove, and clearly this new work is designed to help counter her extreme lazy streak. Sheesh. Piccolo has re-launched her personal web site as well, which she'll update while sleeping.

* Tokyopop licenses one from the crazy pile.

* here's one for those of you that only like to collect rare and offbeat comics: a comics trade as graduate thesis.

* all of the non-Marvel, non-DC Simon and Kirby superhero work under one cover? I'll definitely be interested in taking a look at that when I see it.

* I haven't received a ton of e-mails about debuts at this weekend's TCAF, but that sort of makes sense with the shape of this year's schedule. Certainly the belle of the ball is the public launch of Dan Clowes' potential book of the year Wilson, but there are some smaller books of interest. Conundrum Press has two books out: Children Of The Atom by Dave Lapp; Ruts & Gullies: Nine Days In St. Petersburg from Philippe Girard will be the other CP work on hand. A bunch of smaller press debuts are covered in TCJ's write-up on the show.

* it should be a great summer. Is there a better kick-off book than this?

* the writer Mark Millar is apparently launching a monthly British comics mag. One of the features -- likely the lead feature -- will be a sequel to the comic just turned film Kick-Ass. I like the idea of people like Millar and Alan Moore looking at the magazine model just when everyone else declares it unprofitable. It's very Monocle of them.

* flush from the excitement of the launch of his Psychiatric Tales Darryl Cunningham announces that his next book for Blank Slate will be an all-ages book, Uncle Bob Adventures.

* here's more coverage of a book that this column noted a couple of weeks ago: The Rocketeer: Artist's Edition which sounds gorgeous but more importantly is only being offered through IDW, the kind of move that can sometimes backfire and as such is only done when a company feels that's the only way to profit from the project in question.

* Rob Tornoe is planning an arts and humor magazine to launch in July.

* finally, it's not coming out in time for TCAF, but the Conundrum Press cover for the Inkstuds book (image reprinted below) sure is pretty. I think I'm in the book, which is sort of terrifying in that I remember not being very good on the show either time.


 
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