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February 1, 2015
Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* James Kaplan on
a few Image comics
. Sean Rogers on
an array of comics
. Adrian Kinnaird on
657
. Todd Klein on
The Complete Peanuts 1993-1994
and
Little Nemo: Return To Slumberland
#3
. David Pepose on
a bunch of different comics
. Brianne Reeves on
Torso
. Scott Cederlund on
Revenger
#1
. Someone I can't tell their name (Tucker Stone?) on
Demon
#10
.
* not comics:
here's a piece on mental health in the schools
that was recommended to me, but I don't remember by whom. I like the illustrations.
* I don't remember if I ever linked to
BK Munn's Top Comics Of 2014 list
, but it's not a horrible thing if it gets linked-to twice.
*
Gerry Alanguilan writes about moving past easy rants
.
* Trevor Abes
reviews
a recent Art Spiegelman public presentation on comics. Spiegelman is very good at those, if you ever get the chance.
*
Ng Suat Tong picks a bunch of works he feels make up the best comics criticism of 2014
.
*
these Kevin Huizenga viral webcomics are making me laugh
.
*
Frank and Gary
.
* Jenny Nelson talks to
Lisa Hanawalt
.
* Gray Morrow draws
Doctor Octopus
. Frank Miller draws
the Luke Skywalker/Darth Vader lightsaber battle from
The Empire Strikes Back
.
* finally,
this show is new to me
; they're doing vendor applications right now. That's the big MoCCA/SPACE weekend, so I can't imagine anyone traveling out there, but there are more than enough comics-makers that use 'zines in that region.
posted 3:05 pm PST
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