Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* another round of comics are being sold from the late Dave Cockrum's private collection to benefit the family.

* Jevon Sawyer, the third of three men accused of wrongdoing in the shooting of retailer David Pirkola, has been arraigned on formal charges and is headed towards a formal trial. Marvin Jones is expected to go to trial next month. The first suspect entered into a plea agreement in exchange for testimony. Pirkola was shot last April. Sawyer avoided arrest longer than the other two suspects.

* the retailer and prominent blogger Mike Sterling notes the third annual Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk day, designed to bring attention to a notoriously unfinished mini-series with writing from one of the folks behind Lost. It looks like there will be an attempt made to get that particular series done. It's really hard to measure just what it is companies lose when they publish in an irresponsible way -- like I'm pretty sure you can conclude was going on here. The new books should sell just fine, but it's hard to measure the kind of unpleasant experiences that cause people to lose passion for a certain way of buying comics, and fans not getting the comics they feel they've been told they get would seem to be something that would diminish folks' passion.

* the prolific webcomics commentator Gary Tyrrell notes a new webcomics revenue model that may not be so new after all.

* this two-part interview (Watchmen, Economy) with DC's Paul Levitz is all over the place but not in the pejorative sense one usually describes someone whose opinion are scattered about. Levitz just seems to have opinions that come at various issues of the day from some very different places than a lot of people. There are some unanswered questions that weigh heavily on the rest of it, particularly when it comes to Diamond.

* not comics: latest Ed Brubaker's Angel of Death preview.

* finally, I can't decide if I like or hate this animated comic. Although I was impressed when I went to the site through the link that it was an animated comic, not simply a piece of animation. You'll see what I mean.
 
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