Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* TCJ.com has put up audio files of the Gary Groth and Todd McFarlane interview. I have to admit, I thought they already did this, but it's a good one, rightfully famous for its clash of completely different comics industry mindsets.

* Sean Colins depicts a pretty bleak rhetorical landscape concerning discussion of the latest Marvel event comic. You know, it should be possible to note lower sales by most reasonable comparisons for a book like Siege without people rolling their eyes as if the notion is somehow so ridiculous that it shouldn't be acknowledged. It should just as possible to note that kind of sales data without shrieking that a series leading its market is a bomb.

* you had me at Joost.

* Sam Henderson talks about international editions of MAD.

* I haven't looked at an Overstreet price guide in 10 years -- the last copy I owned kept burning my fingers when I picked it up -- but if I were to suddenly have that desire I'm sure I'd want to pick up one with a good-looking cover instead of those weird Alex Schomburg and Schomburg lookalike covers they seemed to run every year when I was a kid.

* Tom Mason has the content of a 1964 profile of William Overgard. Overgard would go on to do the deliciously oddball Rudy, but most people at that time would know him for his long and distinguished run on Steve Roper.

* via The Beat comes this fantastic submissions letter, which while fairly disturbing still falls short of a letter I once read in front of a comic book shot story proposal starring Tia and Tamra Mowry.

* a few quick site notes: 1) holy crap, you guys know a lot about comics-related statues. 2) I can't decide between my #1 and my #2 for 2009, or I'd have had the stupid list up a month ago. I apologize for any promises I made about its imminence, and will get it up soon. 3) I'm glad Kickstarter.com exists and I'm happy you're working on getting your project out there. But unless it's something really noteworthy I'm probably not going to help you get the word out about the nuts and bolts of your efforts to publish.

* finally, Herbie even made President Hoover funny. The odd thing is, when I first discovered that Hoover lived until the mid-1960s I wondered if there wasn't some humor there, too. Something about this powerful relic of the past still lurking about, tossing veiled criticisms at the modern age. Now that Carter essentially plays that exact same role, I can safely say it's not an automatic thing.
 
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