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January 27, 2012
Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* if you're going to read one blog post today, make it
Gary Tyrrell's write-up on R Stevens' recent sojourn into packaging books of his cartoons
for various Internet platforms. If you're not a webcomics person, maybe try R Fiore's
review of
The Someday Funnies
.
* Jen Vaughn discusses the recent visit to the Center For Cartoon Studies by
Paul Pope and Sam Hiti
. Sarah McIntyre has a report up from
Craig Thompson's visit to London
.
* Graeme McMillan
remembers being baffled
by the Bill Sienkiewicz run on
New Mutants
.
* Bart Croonenborghs talks to
RM Guéra
. Someone at
Study Group
talks to
Maré Odomo
. Alex Fitch talks to
Craig Thompson
. Chris Sims talks to
Paul Tobin
. Michael Doran talks to
James Robinson
.
* Abhay Khosla finds
some cool-looking Marshall Rogers art
.
* Warren Ellis on
Saga
#1
. Brian Cronin on
Journey Into Mystery
#93
. Philip Shropshire on
Wizzywig
Vol. 2
. J. Caleb Mozzocco on
various comic book-type comics
. Sean Gaffney on
Short Cuts
Vols. 1-2
. Richard Bruton on
Chloe Noonan Monster Hunter Colour Special
. BK Munn on
Comics Class
.
* Daryl Cagle pulls out for notice
a short collection of State Of The Union-related cartoons
. It's always interesting to see how different cartoonists take on a subject like that one.
* not comics:
is it too late to roll back piracy?
* also not comics: I'm not sure if it showed up on a prominent blog or what, but a couple of people in the last couple of days have sent me links to
that
Simpsons
art reference Internet Classic
.
* the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
announces its membership package and reveals its membership card
for 2012.
* finally, I had no idea there was
a Bizarro Joker
.
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