Catching Up on Stuff I’ve Missed

* This Comic Book Resources article notes that Marvel raised its prices for Canadians and for newsstands without telling anyone. Sticking it to the Canadians is hardly news, although there's some interesting friction that comes up when smaller companies in particular aren't keeping up with the exchange rates and putting outdated prices on their books. What I found more compelling is the newsstands angle. I guess it makes sense, being a different market and all, but I don't recall ever hearing about someone doing that before now. Is there a history of pricing for the newsstand I don't know about?

* Ted Rall wrote in to explain how the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists elections work, since I was perplexed by the recent slate of announcements that included Rall.

The usual presidential track for the AAEC is a three-year arc. The person who becomes VP in Year 1 becomes President-Elect in Year 2 and President in Year 3. He or she serves on the Board in Year 4. The idea is to assure continuity and to give future presidents a learning curve from watching their predecessors plan conventions and undertake other association business.

Terms run from September 1 to August 31. Conventions are usually in June. The nominating committee presents a slate of candidates at the convention. They, plus those candidates nominated from the floor of the convention, are voted upon between June and September.

Big boost in membership is courtesy of an influx of alternative editorial cartoonists as well as lapsed AAECers catching up with their dues.

Rall also mentions that a recent boost in AAEC membership comes from an influx of alt-paper cartoonists and some attention to going after lapsed members and getting them back into the fold. Thanks, Ted.

* The experiment at Soleil Manga in series from Korea and Japan is over, and ends with a definite thud as all series are expected to be suspended with hope of closure. In addition to sales lethargy, they note outright resistance from some of their core customers.
 
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