Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* you know, I appreciate that these are big publishing names and all being bandied about, but does this group of planned comics publishing projects sound all that promising based on their own merits? Would they call for a soft, top-of-an-issue profile if there weren't a few big publishing house names to toss around? Also, if you're going to do an interview and you're asked about an aborted project that everyone remembers being aborted, shouldn't you really muster a better answer to the question than roughly "I still think the author is awesome"? Also, if I were a traditional comics publisher, I might start getting sick of the patronizing tone that a lot of book publishing people take towards their efforts. That last response reads to me like "Thanks for letting people like me come in and give these authors the success they deserve but you were unable to give them." Sheesh.

* this post from Jason Lutes wishing the CCS Class of 2008 the best of luck in future endeavors is about as clever as they come when it comes to putting together a way to send these new graduates some attention. I know I clicked through on more than a few.

* you may not appreciate the goofy headline, but this article provides an interesting look at a recent Vancouver art gallery through one of its co-curators, Seth.

* the writer Steve Duin lays into the latest Neil Gaiman reprint effort. What really caught my eye, though, is how healthy a publishing relationship Gaiman has with Dark Horse, and it's one that's still kind of under the radar a bit.

* the comics business news and analysis site ICv2.com I think has it right when they suggest Tite Kubo could be the most significant manga-related guest at Comic-Con International since Rumiko Takahashi came over in the mid-1990s.

* another manga anthology may be canceled due to declining sales.

* a few more fun to read pieces generated by the Bone exhibit in Columbus: an interview with Jeff Smith, a talk with Terry Moore, and a photo array from the Jeff Smith/Scott McCloud chat and the Terry Moore appearance, and a report on Moore's presentation.

* it's the NCS annual meeting this weekend, which means a lot of cartoonists in tuxedos will be attending the Reubens. I would imagine that Richard Thompson's is the most entertaining preview that will appear in the next few days.

* finally, the critic Jeet Heer celebrates the new John Stanley resurgence, and I bet his statement that Stanley is a better writer than Carl Barks got him a lot of traction in the various commentary blogs out there.
 
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