Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* ICv2.com runs word from Marvel executive David Gabriel that their swap-out/fuck you to DC Comics has resulted in a number of responses. Um... good? I don't know how to process that one. The market is in such a precarious state generally that any incentive used for anything other than a modest reward to such retailers feels like exploitation to me, whether it's rings or books at the core of the giveaway.

* here's a long profile of Jack Kent that that talks about his career after comic strip cartooning. Someone should put them back into print. At the very least, it'd be another group of books for Tom Devlin to sell in his store.

* Eric Burns-White on Flattr.

* the writer Kurt Busiek answers a few questions.

* Charles Yoakum points out that even if crossovers increase sales, they can also lose a certain kind of reader.

* if you are any kind of fan of Americana and/or comic strips, I dare you to click this link and then not smile at the picture that pops up. I mean, come on. That picture's all the best parts about being eight years old and checking out the world where adults live and think it seems safe and cool and awesome.

* finally, here's Jeet Heer with more notes, this time on Crumb and sourcing.
 
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