Bundled, Tossed, Untied And Stacked: A Publishing News Column

By Tom Spurgeon

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* the cartoonist Mike Dawson has revealed the cover image for his Troop 142, due this Fall from Secret Acres. That's an interesting project for a lot of reason, one of them being that Dawson serialized the story on the Internet and through some high-end mini-comics before seeking out a publisher for the book.

* Barack Hussein Obama has migrated to What Things Do. It's great to see What Things Do back up and going. Speaking of things that are coming back, you're likely seen this announcement by PictureBox over the next iteration of the great anthology Kramers Ergot by now.

* one of the bigger items of traditional publishing news this week is a re-launched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics effort at IDW, which includes the creative effort of co-creator Kevin Eastman. I'm not totally convinced there's a ton of life in those particular comics relative to previous re-launches, even, but I have to imagine there's enough for a modestly successful effort by comics standards.

* I had no idea that a bunch of creators were doing an anti-bullying comic. That sounds like a good idea.

* there's some speculation here and here over what Jim Lee and Geoff Johns are going to announce at some forthcoming LA Times event. The fact that this is an announcement of an announcement sure seems indicative of that company's exhausted state. An actual major sea change could conceivably do that company some good, but only if it sustains itself for two to three years and actually shakes things up in a positive way. I've yet to see much of anything that justifies the major vote of confidence placed in the veteran comics people put into place as a team by DC President Diane Nelson. In fact, other than a couple of abortive creative moves, it would be very hard for me to articulate a single significant thing that distinguishes the DC of right now from the DC of one, three, five years ago.

* here's regarding the publishing particulars for the next volume in the Twilight comics series.

* here's the cover image for the forthcoming Casanova: Gula.

* here's Sonny Liew with more on the English-language Malinky Robot collection.

* a P. Craig Russell-drawn Spirit story will see print this summer.

* finally, David Chelsea informs us that he's finished a three-part comics story for Dark Horse Presents. It would be great if DHP could make a go of it simply based on giving a publishing platform for a lot of cartoonists, like Chelsea, that aren't necessarily easy to find in that realm of comics anymore.

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