Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the deadline for the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship rapidly approaches.

* I'm intrigued by the thought of Kyle Baker taking a crack at a biography of our soon-to-be president, and care not at all about whether or not the character makes an appearance in some superhero funnybook. I don't understand why stories like these always get put together: one is clearly more seriously-intended than the other. The former seems to me like conflating a well-funded documentary coming out from an established director with an Obama-like character being inserted into a pro-wrestling storyline.

* the prominent retailer Brian Hibbs provides commentary on recent mainstream comics publishing events; I agree with the majority of his sentiment and analysis. A couple of place I'd disagree with him. First, while it's clear that Marvel may feel emboldened in going to $3.99 comics because of the success $3.99 comics enjoyed at the top of the charts this year, that doesn't make it a better or more reasonable move and I think pointing out that part of it is more important than revealing Marvel's likely logic construction. Second, you can't argue that Marvel is making this kind of a move out of pure A leads to B logic and then suggest that Marvel or DC providing lousy solicitation is harming their overall brand when A has never, ever lead to B.

* finally, some not comics: the comics business news and analysis site ICv2.com has a nice summary up of a recent magazine publishing news article, where the distribution company with about 1/5 of that market has announced a pair of attempts to pass certain costs back up to the suppliers. I don't think there's enough comics product pushed through that market for this to be a huge concern, but I can see it scuttling some arrangement should these things become industry-wide policy. Mostly, I see it as most people have seen it: a waved handkerchief from a guy standing on top of his car surrounded by water in the middle of a stream, another print industry in trouble.
 
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