Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Piers Baker would like you to know that if you've been holding back at all in terms of getting behind his strip Ollie & Quentin, now would be the time to stop doing that.

* I quite enjoyed Joel Meadows' post on the Kapow Comic Con. That's the show that was organized by the writer Mark Millar. It sounds like there was a ton of hype for things that didn't quite materialize but a lot of expectations and structural work to make certain that the show wouldn't be hurt by some things not coming through. Meadows' post has a ton of intriguing-looking photos like this one at left, of the writer James Peaty.

* there's a bit of reaction to the shutting down of the anthology MOME that popped up around the Internet in the wake of the news, and I'll stick links to that material here as they roll out and I see them. Sean Collins notes that digital, not changes in print publishing, may have made the publication less relevant than it was when it started.

* the underground cartoonists dropped out and moved to Europe; it looks like the first-generation alt-comics cartoonists may run for office.

* click the link for the Warriors 3 swimsuit image from Charles Vess; bookmark the link for the Charles Vess Transformers cover.

* as always, Mr. Meadows would like you to know that this is the link to the Tripwire site. Right now you can download their latest, digital issue.

* if you want to know why I'm a fan of the cartoonist Richard Thompson, one clue is that the first written of his description of a comic here is as funny as the comic. I wish I'd written a sentence that lean and funny this week.

* this seems an extremely psychological astute take on Jim Shooter. (via Sean Collins)

* talking about the fabulous Ramona Fradon.

* sometimes I think that a lot of us stay in a state of willful denial about many mainstream comics fans and the kind of art they support.

* I keep forgetting to link to this interview with Dynamite's Nick Barrucci. Barrucci's commentary on the comics business tend to be worth reading because he's at once deep inside the publishing part of comics but also kind of outside of it when compared to other businessman. Of particular potential noteworthiness in the interview is his observation that something strange happened last year, and the market started to swoon, which is something I'd heard before but no one's been able to figure out exactly what that is as of yet.

* finally, Comic Strip Of The Day notes that the Retail comic strip currently has a subject worth digging into: the Borders bankruptcy.
 
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