Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the project to collect comic books to replace those in the collection lost by the writer Len Wein in a recent fire continues. I guess it shouldn't be surprising that it looks like more may be done for Wein through the kindness of comic book fans than from a major corporation for whom Wein's creation made a quarter-billion dollars the last few weeks. I'd love to hear something happened to the contrary.

* not comics: this was funnier when people were doing it 10 years ago and they didn't have PR people sending out press releases.

* not comics: you know, he does sort of look like Dr. Strange with that mustache. (Also, who let Shannyn Sossamon do her movies with that unflattering haircut?)

* the writer and retailer Chris Butcher is correct: I am predisposed to like any analysis of the comics industry performed in terms of Achewood plotlines.

* Neil Gaiman talks through a fan's price complaint.

* the creator Tim Broderick talks about his first story at Odd Jobs.

* not comics: John Vest and Kumar Sivasubramanian both believe that this may be the article that detailed consumer experiences in comic book shops that a reader remembered reading but couldn't find. I agree with them.

* finally, the retailer and occasional comics pundit Brian Hibbs breaks down a recent decision by Marvel to flip around some issue numbers in order to better facilitate a tie-in to a movie, and discusses movie tie-ins generally. I know that some people are likely to see this as a retailer grousing about minutiae, but it's this kind of basic publishing failure that I think doesn't get enough scrutiny in terms of long-time, unfortunate, systemic behavior that hinders that particular market.
 
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