Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Chris Arrant notes that DC may be uncorking its odd, protective of its copyrights policy against writer/artists.

* in his "Drawn To Read" feature at Barnes & Noble, Ward Sutton takes a look at two works by Elizabeth Bishop and one work about Elizabeth Bishop, which I would imagine in terms of natural comics-making has a much higher degree of difficulty and fewer opportunities than your standard Clive Cussler effort might offer.

* Andi Watson sketches a way for a Marvel writer to get the Hulk over with the good people of their weary, smashed-up world.

* I wrote Monday about a recent cartoon on the Wisconsin teachers' issue with which I didn't agree because I admired the notion put forward by the cartoonist that he was following his opinion on the specific matter despite that opinion running counter to his general political beliefs. I didn't talk about the quality of that cartoon on purpose, because 1) I didn't think that was germane to that particular bit of praise and 2) I think processing art according to how it satisfies or runs up against our personal political beliefs is a sign of the laziness and decadence of our general political conversation. I'm criticized for that stance here -- well, the stance the writer imagines I'm taking. In contrast, I'm more than willing to say here's a cartoon I don't like very much at all, on any level, by a cartoonist whom if you described the piece without my seeing it would have been my first guess as to its author. The suggestion I think is that we're supposed to admire a cartoonist for being brave enough to go to extremes, and while I'm certain that can be a virtue in specific contexts, I don't think it's a stand-alone virtue, I think it's a bit misapplied to this kind of expression and unlike pursuing one's opinions even when the result is personally unsettling I think the ultimate value of extreme expression is overstated and not exactly a tonic to what ails that field. This probably makes me a hypocrite, I don't know.

* Alan Gardner has dug up a link to more information on the MLK Jr. comic distributed in Egypt during the anti-Mubarak rallies there.

* not comics: I enjoyed this post by Fred Noland about having to provide illustrations on a recurring topic.

* RC Harvey talks about verbal-visual blend, his primary contribution to the understand of comics. Like if you invited Bob to your college campus, this is the subject on which he'd likely speak.

* not comics: I know I'm repeating myself, but I'm still not sure I understand how worldwide action icon Wonder Woman is a TV show and self-contained, dark, single-but-extended story Preacher is a movie, rather than the other way around, but I still hope both are entertaining and that as much money goes to creators involved as possible.

* finally, Jody McGregor continues down the homestretch of his 100 Comics To Read Before You Die project: The World Of Charles Addams, Sugarshock!, Penny Arcade and The Far Side.
 
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