Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* I'm not exactly sure why this is news, but I'll play along: MySpace Comic Books changes formats. Wait, this is more like publishing news: Joe Quesada's "Cup Of Joe" feature debuts on that site after a long run at Newsarama. Oh, and Stan Lee apparently has a page up.

* it's been pointed out to me by several CC Beck fans that the news of DC repackaging the original Monster Society of Evil comics into a volume that I guess will be more affordable than the older collection out there is also holy freakin' crap-level news. Some people claim status for those comics as the first serialized graphic novel by a mainstream comics publisher; but really, they're noteworthy for just being very entertaining. (I think this is a cover from the original run, but mostly I like tiny versions of superheroes and I love the fact he's visiting Indianapolis.)

* David Welsh points something out about the credit crisis at Borders and its potential sale that I missed being three hours from a big box bookstore: if Barnes and Noble were to buy Borders, there's a chance that its graphic novel buying and shelving policies would win out over the current Borders policies, and that might not be a good thing.

* Isotope thanks Tim Sale and Whitney Matheson for their recent in-store event and provides links to photos and coverage. Heidi MacDonald provides an initial impression of last night's Comic Foundry party.

* Checker has apparently picked up Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey. Beetle Bailey probably has the greatest success-of-strip/mediocre performance for everything else ratio in the history of American comic strips, even though Walker has been willing to pursue a lot of different directions as far as getting his work out there, so it will be interesting to see how these books do.

* Steven Grant talks about the the myths comics culture holds dear, and a recent Joe Field speech that bravely seeks to cross one of those pieces of conventional wisdom that may not make sense anymore.

* a Charles Schulz-decorate item related to 1960s space exploration fetches a hefty price at auction. I hadn't known that the Schulz ice rink has been vandalized so many times Jean Schulz was dismissed from jury service on a vandalism-related trial.

* finally, Kim Thompson presents the greatest Herriman tributes around.
 
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