Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* James Bacon visited the Steadman exhibit at The Cartoon Museum and tells us about it. With art.
* Shannon Smith referred to this as the greatest drawing of all time, and indicates it was briefly an internet-thing while I was off collating my punch cards or something.
* I guess the hook to discuss this cartoon is the option for editors to use "jerk" or "bitch." I also find the cartoon fairly fascinating as political rhetoric, but I'm not sure I can articulate why.
* I have a bunch of stuff in my bookmarks folders that I'm not sure what to do with, so I'm going to list a bunch of them here: the guests and exhibitors list at the forthcoming, potentially awesome CAKE; a tumblr for Submissive Guy Comics; video reviews of Wow Cool-purchased material; a photo from a lovely-looking Kim Deitch exhibit; Dustin Harbin makes a t-shirt; advice on how to use social media by Joey Manley; new work from Noah Van Sciver.
* I'm glad Alan Gardner caught this because I sure didn't: I guess the attempts that everyone rolled their eyes at to make the valued Times-Picayune print newspaper a thrice-weekly with a major on-line component pulled a Vinko Bogataj. They're scrambling plans to get some of that readership back and to fight off the other publications that have made inroads into that market. Good for New Orleans. That was a dumb idea and seemed largely unnecessary to boot.
* I love how this review of X-Men #1 introduces the characters according to their creators. Kudos to Greg Burgas. Plus I found that part of the review super-fascinating.
* finally, I just saw this horrifying page in the comic in which it appeared via a friend.