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April 4, 2011


Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the cartoonist Gene Yang joins Hamline University as a teacher in the MFA program regarding writing for children.

image* oh my gosh, after years of my begging for it we finally get to see the Roscoe version of Captain America come to life.

* Brigid Alverson talks about Tokyopop's web site redesigns and how that has an impact on the company's relationship with some of its hardcore, more participatory-oriented fans.

* Joe Matt lodges a protest against his characterization in Chester Brown's about-to-land Paying For It. I'm with those that don't see a strong enough, straight-ahead mis-characterization that would fall outside of the "I'm reading a comic book from one person that at times is about another and take all such things with a grain of salt rather than absolute, inarguable reality" standard.

* I always enjoy Douglas Wolk's columns, but I'm not sure you have to make any reaches for humor comics when Michael Kupperman isn't on your list yet. Michael Kupperman is one funny cartoonist.

* finally, there has to be an original joke out there to be made about fictional Marvel spy organization SHIELD recruiting from a base of convention attendees, but I'm not the one to make it.
 
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