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September 1, 2011


Go, Read: Kipp Friedman’s Comic Book Fever

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if nothing else, you'll now know where you're going when you get that time machine finished
 
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• Do You Know Me? TCAF 2017 Exhibitors In Unidentified Photos
• The Collected Notes From The Comic-Con International Floor, 2013
• Ongoing Link List To Publishing News Stories From San Diego’s Comic-Con International 2013
• Kim Thompson, 1956-2013
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CR Interviews
• News Interview: Matthew James-Wilson
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CR Letters
• Michael Grabowski On Laundry Land As A Habit-Changer For Alt-Comics Consumers
• Jim Salicrup On Russ Heath’s Last Comics Works
• Brad Bartkus On People Having Beefs With The Lenticular Process
• Mike Catron On TCJ’s Long Ago Coverage Of Wally Wood’s Passing
• Ivan Brunetti On His Informal Lecture In Chicago, March 28
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CR Commentary
• Welcome To Nerd Vegas: A Guide To Visiting Comic-Con International 2014 (The Placeholder Edition)
• The Comics Reporter Planned Convention And Festival Schedule For 2014
• The Comics Reporter Group-Facilitated Reconsideration List, 2013
• Comic-Con Coping Guide 2013—180 Tips To Survive And Thrive San Diego Con Weekend!
• Photos From The Matt Fraction Hawkguy Sandy-Relief Signing At House Of Secrets In Burbank
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• Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On The Angouleme 2012 Program Sent Out This Week
• Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On Kolor Klimax
• Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On The Recent, Slyly Revealing Diary Comics Of David B.
• Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On Recent Work From Lewis Trondheim
• Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On Jean-Christophe Menu Leaving L’Association
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Collective Memory
• Ted Stearn, 1961-2019
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• Best Comics And Graphic Novels Lists For 2018
• Marie Severin, 1929-2018
• Harlan Ellison, 1934-2018
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