Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* BK Munn writes about library labor difficulties in Toronto and the wholly unlikely possibility that this could have any effect on the forthcoming TCAF.

* someone whose name I can't figure out writes about superhero horror using a recent issue of Daredevil as a springboard. Speaking of horror, Bob Temuka writes on the potentially fascinating subject about how a category of monster -- in this case, vampires -- takes root at a company that's devoted almost solely to servicing superheroes. It's like the horror material at companies like that, the 1970s stuff, was the last hiccup of the era when popular genres truly drove what those companies would publish.

* all best wishes for the health of Frank Miller, if that's a concern right now. I guess he missed a recent appearance citing an injury.

* I'm not sure where this comic came from or what it's doing in my bookmarks, but it's pretty cute.

* there'll be no hugging Earth-2 Batman.

* Richard Bruton on Things To Do In A Retirement Home Trailer Park... When You're 29 And Unemployed. Greg McElhatton on Adventure Time With Finn And Jake #1. Johanna Draper Carlson on Batman: The Brave And The Bold #16 and Friends With Boys. KC Carlson on Marvel: Two-In-One #51. Sean T. Collins on Olympic Games. Douglas Wolk on Birdland. Brandon Soderberg on Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #1.

* then... Korea.

* Chad Nevett is apparently leaving CBR.

* Ben Katchor is one of those cartoonists that could probably support an entire blog, or even a major portion of one's critical life were one to choose to go that direction.

* Brian Hibbs plays Murray to David Brothers' Carvelli on Marvel's recent practice of using artists not the artists driving the general publicity thrust for a title in order to facilitate more issues of a title. I think it's worth noting that Hibbs uses a last-three-issues racking policy that making more than 12 issues a year doesn't necessarily benefit, and it's also worth engaging his point that there's been a shocking general decline in terms of Marvel sales from the last bad old days to this potential new era of things sucking. I also think there's something to be said about his observation that Marvel has winnowed some of its fans' buying habits by focusing on brands and imprints within the overall Marvel umbrella. That said, a friend of mine pointed out that there's a big difference between correlation and causation, particularly in the comics industry, so maybe take Hibbs' readiness to cite definitive causes for trends he's seeing with some significant hesitation.

* you could do far worse than to spend some time taking in various articles out there about Osamu Tezuka.

* every time I start reading Sean Kleefeld's post on independent comics and food, I leave the computer before I finish in order to make myself a sandwich.

* Tom Gauld makes with the window display.

* Evan Derrick talks to Mark Millar. Todd Allen talks to Rich Burlew. Tim O'Shea talks to Stephanie Buscema. Eric Buckler talks to Wilfred Santiago. Erin Williams talks to Nate Powell, Mark Long and Jim Demonakos.

* Jillian Tamaki answers questions from her students.

* finally, that is one terribly weird one-page comic.
 
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