Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* here's a random statement from Jess Nevins that, if true, is pretty damn fascinating to fans of superhero history. I have no idea if it's true, but I wouldn't bet against Jess Nevins. Nevins and John Lent are the two guys in comics who could be lying 95 percent of the time and I'd never be able to tell.

* Tom Mason offers up a nice, lengthy write-up on Ed Dodd and Mark Trail.

* not comics: I liked and would recommend The Damned United, although I fear it would have been at best ordinary without its fine crew of super-reliable British performers (Broadbent! Sheen! Spall!), and outright intolerable given a US sports-movie narrative template. There's not a whole lot to the movie save for unpacking its lead character's hubris, but the acting and consistent albeit dry comedy moments did it for me. If you laugh more than three times without prompting at Colm Meaney's dead-on portrayal of a barrel-chested mediocrity so full of himself it shapes his haircut, you'll have had a good time.

* here are few links sent in by Devlin Thompson: letterhead used for Disney's take on Peter Pan, letterhead used for something called The Junior Justice Society Of America, a letter written by one of the Team Popeye members about a tree and a review of Joann Sfar's Gainsbourg film. Thanks, Devlin.

* finally, Tom Toles makes an appearance on The Real World (after the first commercial break). This was sent to me as "Dash Shaw interviews Tom Toles," which I think was a joke at Shaw's expense, comparing him to the kid on the show. Or maybe I misunderstood. If I did, I apologize. But generally: while I love and appreciate receiving your links, getting a link with a joke in it that confuses me just wastes my time. This is my job; I need to be able to do it efficiently, but I want to stay as open to outside input as I can. To that end, I usually just quietly block such senders. Anyway: Tom Toles! Current King of Editorial Cartooning! On a silly TV show!
 
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