Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* don't know if this old news or new news, but congratulations to Theo Ellsworth on winning an Artist Innovation Award from the Montana Arts Council. That dude is an interesting artist and cartoonist.

* Cory Doctorow on Sardine. Andrew Liptak on Violent Century.

* Katherine Wirick draws Walter Johnson. Dane Martin draws a back cover. Bastien Vives draws a ninja turtle.

* Sean Kleefeld wrote a fun bit here on being irrelevant to the the marketing purposes of companies. I think this is true, sometimes the companies and artists about whom you write have little to no use for you, and I urge writers about art to take this into consideration when dealing with media companies of all sizes and having respect for those companies that decided getting you free stuff is not something they're going to do for whatever reason. That's a bonus, not a requirement. Beyond that, I urge writers of criticism not to give a shit about this when it comes to their actual engagement with the art. Your interest as a 73-year-old in Zita The Space Girl is as legitimate as a nine-year-old's interest in the same book. What you have to say may be smarter or dumber or just as pertinent. One great thing you learn about making art is how to embrace this wonderful moment after which you give up control about who sees it or experiences it or reacts to it. The interests of marketers and critics intersect but rarely overlap; ditto artists and critics.

* Noah Van Sciver draws a Fantastic Four page.

* John Hendren profiles the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

* Scott Edelman sent along this photo, and I'm not sure I want to know why.

* don't give up; please don't give up.

* over at Daily Cartoonist, we get word that Clay Jones has decided to syndicate himself, a decision shaped market forces.

* finally, J. Caleb Mozzocco writes about getting rid of stuff.
 
posted 3:05 pm PST | Permalink
 

---

 
Daily Blog Archives
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
 
Full Archives