Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Daryl Cagle talks to Hajo about the cartoon where President Obama is depicted like a baboon from The Lion King. I don't think a cartoon like that one suggests the cartoonist is racist, just that they made a piece of art with troubling aspects. If a clear path to the heart of the artist and definitive proof that the artist is a flat-out Bull Connor racist were the only standard that counts, that really limits any serious conversation about art. Then again, since that kind of TV-show racism is sometimes assumed, it's hard to tell someone not to defend themselves that way.

* not comics: this Troll Hunter poster by James Stokoe looks nice. Stokoe's stuff looked really great on the big screen at the Doug Wright Awards.

* is this Peter Sanderson-approved? Because it doesn't count unless it's Peter Sanderson-approved.

* I'm not even comfortable with the DC Universe version of noted writer-about-comics Chris Sims dying before I get my hands on him. Your days are numbered this universe and next, Sims.

* not comics: this set of coping mechanisms is way better than the last one I heard for a fussy baby on a plane.

* there's an interesting note here from Evan Dorkin about a conversation he had with Shannon Wheeler on not being able to talk about forthcoming work.

* the aspiring cartoonist Daniel Beyer wins the Cartoonist Studio's Cartoon Contest and secures a developmental deal with Creators.

* Sean Rogers interviews Chester Brown for the Journal. Joyce Farmer is writing about her week for them.

* here's a fun one: the writer Paul Tobin has compiled all of his favorite cover artist essays into one place.

* you know what comics needs? There needs to be a Blockbuster for comics.

* finally, this news indicates that's the recession is at long last over, although it may only be over for like 2350 dudes.
 
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