Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* I was finally able to get on-line and tweak Monday's WonderCon report: adding a few video snippets, linking the thing out, tightening the language. I'm the world's worst videographer and barely managed to remember I had the thing, but I think the three I put up were instructive enough to include. And yes, in that shot of Saturday's crowd, I nearly stomped to death a seven-year-old child. You can hear me apologize so that the dad won't punch me in the jaw.

* Drawn and Quarterly reminds us that there's a new Melvin the Monster collection out the best way they possibly could: by putting on-line a short story featuring the character.

* not comics but certainly a lesson for comics, too: you should never work for free when someone else is getting paid.

* not comics: a great photo of author and one-time comics scribe Samuel Delany.

* Johanna Draper Carlson has declared it the West Coast Age Of Comics. I disagree as to the general argument that such a designation is necessary and even if I were to give Johanna that argument I think I would tend to disagree with her on who, for instance, are the most exciting publishers in comics. Still, I sure haven't named anything recently.

* if you were to put the platonic ideal of a short report from a signing into the Museum Of Things That Aren't In Other Museums, that report would probably something like Robert Boyd's tale of John Porcellino's visit to Houston.

* the writer Matt Maxwell analyzes Greg Rucka's departure from DC. It's weird that we live in an age where you can't accept certain statements at face value, but you really can't anymore. Artist JH Williams discusses it here.

* Gorilla and Children.

* sucks being Tesla.

* finally, Bhob Stewart has a nice write-up on the first book in Shel Silverstein's career.
 
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