Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* although there would still be a lot of work to do before a deal could be finalized, ICv2.com notes that RR Donnelly has entered into the Quebecor story as a potential buyer.

* the cartoonist Oliver East talks at length (1 2 3) about his new book Proper Go Well High

* ICv2.com also has a small item up on Dark Horse moving into provide comics for mobile services. The caution expressed by Mike Richardson may seem odd to some, but I'm not convinced already-successful companies like that have to be in a hurry with this particular expansion.

* I'm not sure I totally understand what's going on here in a structural sense, but this article features very good Asian-American cartoonists talking about identity and cultural issues in their comics, and that's certainly of interest.

* three informal con reports: Shannon O'Leary's remembrance of Swedish SPX is cute enough to pull out and take notice of here. I thought Ivy McCloud's personal TCAF journal entry and Dustin Harbin's con report were fine models of their respective types as well.

* finally, one of the interesting things about the economy doing a number on the newspaper comic strips business is that you don't see as many weird, made-up articles like random accusations of plagiarism. Some people are certain there's a nefarious plot starring themselves when one of 200 comic strips doing 365 jokes a year comes up with a concept similar to one they thought up. This wouldn't really count as such an opportunity for even the most misguided rejected strip artist, but here's Richard Thompson on coming up with the same basic joke as another cartoonist.
 
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