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July 1, 2006


CR Sunday Magazine

Welcome to Nerd Vegas: A Guide to Visiting and Enjoying Comic-Con International in San Diego, 2006!

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Updated and Improved for 2006: More tips! More advice! More jokes! More photos!

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Chatty Chat Chat

* This thread about "gateway comics" interests me for the concept of "gateway comics." Is broadening one's taste in comics really dependent on an interactive experience with a single comic book, or even set of comic books, or does it happen over time as one's interests change in general? .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

* I too have enjoyed this discussion of chairs.

* Abhay Khosla holds court.

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Go, Read: Peter Whalley Illustration Described

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Congratulations, Zander Cannon

Cartoonist completes his first marathon at 3:25:33.

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Alison Bechdel and Craig Thompson at Powells.com

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Go, Download: 1962 Peanuts LP

Good grief.

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Go, Look: Rick Froberg Art

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Go, Revisit: Andertoons

I'm not totally up on this kind of stuff, but it seems like cartoonist Mark Anderson has slipped a pretty aggressive automatic sales function into the fabric of his site. He says it's already doing work for him.

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Not Comics: Live Action Cromartie High School Review

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Richard Corliss and Manohla Dargis liked the film, too.

thank you, Matthew Esposito

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First Thought Of The Day

It's July?
 
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