Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* people are falling over themselves to point to Kodansha manga listings. I don't know, it seems like they were going to start appearing sooner or later. Their not appearing seems to me like it would have been more of a story, but maybe that's just me.

* the great Neilalien drew our attention to this cute chart of Batman holding down every position on an old-fashioned RPG alignment chart. I suppose they still have those, although to a lot of nerds that's like seeing an elaborate joke about Batman and CB radios.

* another round of benefit activities on behalf of cancer-stricken cartoonist Josh Medors have been announced.

* I'm not sure if these are the first images of the Musee de la BD d'Angouleme but a) they're the first ones I've seen and b) they look pretty cool.

* excelsihorror!

* this is cute, too. Everything is cute today.

* the writer Steve Duin wrote in to note that Fantagraphics' Low Moon is more "already here" than "about to arrive," as I claimed for it earlier this week. Here's a preview.

* finally, there are still a few posts on the James Turner matter out there, including this statement by Dan Vado of SLG. One of the things I found interesting about the whole argument is this construction where people ascribe market reality to things that I see as being largely shaped by policy. And those aren't mutually exclusive things, for sure. It's just that there always seems to be a rush in comics to declare one thing dead and dive headfirst into the Next Big Thing. I'm not certain when this started -- probably with the publishing moves that turned American comic books into a synonym for superhero comics. I do think it's unfortunate, though, particularly as I think a clearer picture of publishing realities is of a series of overlapping systems, some fading while some are coming on. I don't think it's unrealistic to advocate for reform and ethical behavior in all of these systems, or to wish they all operate for the best return to the creator that wants to pursue them. I'm consistently baffled when, say, the wonderful news that several cartoonists are making a living on-line is taken as a call to accelerate the decline of traditional newspaper comic strips. As a fan of great actors, I want Jeffrey Wright to act in film and to act in Broadway shows, as it suits his desire to pursue both.
 
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