Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* publisher Archaia Studios Press seems to be hiring for stability these days. Marvel adds Alan Fine to its Chief Executive Office team, which sounds like the entertainment company's version of that comic they do with Professor X, Black Bolt and Namor whose name I can't remember. As always, I'm a little nervous when Marvel makes another move up top because it seems like the vast majority of Marvel's post-bankruptcy success has been funneled to powerful men in suits rather than rank-and-file comics makers or those books' original creators.

* I expected to see this kind of thing but maybe not so soon: one of the Savage Critics uses the brand-new Mark Waid interview as a window into what they feel is the inner life of DC Comics.

* here's something I thought we might see sooner: Scott McCloud's reemergence as a more frequent blogger leading to an exploration of the state of the more experimental webcomics that the cartoonist championed during his first sustained foray into the on-line world.

* I'm a little confused by articles castigating the New York Times for running a cartoon showing the Statue Of Liberty with a whip. For one thing, the fact that anyone would get worked up about something like that makes me want to go to bed for the rest of my life. More importantly, I'm confused in that the Times rarely runs comics, certainly doesn't have a cartoonist of their own, the cartoonist is never mentioned, and I can't find it. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

* a few of you have e-mailed me the link to this follow-up on the changes at BEA, from the publishing arm of the convention organizer. I also found this article kind of confusing. First of all, it seems to me either the Macmillan representative or Lance Fensterman isn't telling the whole truth about Macmillan not having a floor presence at this year's big book trade show: two entities not being able to come to a satisfactory arrangement really isn't the same thing as one of them deciding to do something different with their marketing money. It's one member of a couple saying "we had differences about the wedding" and the other saying "I decided I want to sleep with Tony from work from now on." Those statements look really odd in paragraphs right next to one another in an article about those decisions. Second, I honestly don't know what it means for Random House to change its booth space to feature authors more directly. I never had a problem finding authors at any booth during the BEAs I attended -- they were always right there.

* finally, Ted Rall would like to remind you that Ted Rall is awesome. (I enjoy Ted's writing and admire the uncompromising nature of his cartoons, but that first line cracked me up more than any cartoon I read this morning.)

2008 photo of Mark Waid by Whit Spurgeon
 
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