Random Comics New Story Round-Up

* Didier Pasamonik has a report on comics at the Frankfurt Book Fair, with photos.

* there's a bunch of not-really-comics news out there about audiences' embrace of the Persepolis film, which could further cement Marjane Satrapi's status as a world-class cartoonist: why France submitted it for the Best Foreign Film Oscar over La Vie En Rose, further confirmation it's been well-received by those who have seen it in conjunction with its closing-festival status in New York, and it won an award in Vancouver. A short interview here. When is Oprah going to make my 2003 prediction come true?

* Marcel Gotlib taking the Grand prix Saint-Michel 2007 leads a list of winners at the Festival BD de la Region de Bruxelles Capitale.

* a conservative blogger is claiming CNN ran footage depicting and even roughly identifying the safe house of Swedish artist Lars Vilks, in such a house because of threats to his life by people angered about a drawing he made with Muhammed's head on the body of a dog.

* speaking of which, I totally missed one of those Internet hackers target country of Muhammed cartoon origin articles.

* big turn-out for Tom Batiuk's first book signing.

* no reason to stop reading Dan Clowes' Mr. Wonderful.
 
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