Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* here's an interesting article about the relationship between Ramsey Clark and Iranian cartoonist Ardeshir Mohasses. The piece describes Mohasses as an Iranian Saul Steinberg. I have to admit this looks pretty cool.

* I like that you can sum up Richard Nixon by saying that Herblock drew him crawling out of a sewer. I'm guessing that's a reference to this 1958 Herblock cartoon. I would buy a book that contained nothing but Herblock beating on Nixon.

* I'm trying to figure how you might steal this many comics during a convention. I'm guessing there's something unique about the way the retailer believes they were robbed because there are no details shared. I'm also trying to figure out how you would move this kind of merchandise.

* when I was a sportswriter, every single weekend we received a press release or a phone call giving us the results of the state karate championships; either karate people had a state championship every week or there were a lot of people having state championships. I swear international cartooning competitions are the comics equivalent.

* two publishers will co-sponsor an appearance by Hiro Mashima at Comic-Con International.

* this contest really needs an "all of the above."

* Paul Gravett presents Chinese cartoonist Coco Wang's on that country's recent earthquakes.

* I totally missed that Borders launched its on-line sales initiative yesterday. The front page looks manga-dominant. Don't read a value judgment into that.

* this may be the kind of thing that only interests me, but news stories on Google News about the passing of Thelma Keane outnumber news stories on Google News about the passing of Will Elder, 343 to 38.

* Newsarama surveys Direct Market retailers about the growing economic downturn and how it might affect their business.

* finally, Gorillaz has apparently already been around for 10 years.
 
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