Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the webcomics cartoonist Scott Kurtz will host the Harvey Awards, and if you're an industry professional in some way, you can fill out a nomination ballot. I encourage everyone to do so because it's a chore and as a chore those awards are more open to a few people influencing the voting for nominees.

* although I'm not the biggest superhero guy, I admire the great runs and stand-alone stories of years past in that genre. I think Marvel's best serial comics were Fantastic Four and Amazing Spider-Man as they arrived right out of the gate. While Fantastic Four peaked with that amazing run that included Galactus and the Inhumans and the Black Panther, Amazing Spider-Man never really hit the same kind of peak (although some people view the final Ditko issues that way). Rather Spider-Man enjoyed the longest quality run out of the gate of maybe any serial comic ever, combining a terrific concept and the most effective employment of Marvel's in-house attention to continuity in style and tone. The series may be a bit spotty issue to issue, but the best single comics are quite well-crafted (check out Peter's awesome head!) and the general arc works much better than you'd think as long-form soap opera. Valerie D'Orazio speaks fondly about the blend of romance and superhero action when that title was cooking.

* speaking of D'Orazio, she wrote about webcomics this week in terms of their being a publishing opportunity and Joey Manley disagrees.

* "I am the bag of sweets that DC, wrapped in a filthy mac, will be holding in their hand as the kids leave the cinema."

* the compiler of Best-Ofs Dick Hyacinth goes to the bookstore to check out some comics that people say are the best of 2008 that he hasn't yet read, and comes away basically declaring that many of you are completely nuts.

* finally, I would totally watch a Super-Nanny TV show starring Tony Millionaire.
 
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