Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* newspaper advertising is down again, and is now at 1984 levels.

* apparently at a recent show the zeitgeist was such that Roger Langridge couldn't even given some art away. It's hard to believe, but it's sort of not hard to believe, too.

* not comics: I found intriguing this post transcribing an old essay about William Russell Flint's painting technique.

* here's a lengthy post at Stripper's Guide about the late-'70s/early '80s Star Trek comic strip and a bit about the specific market in which it tried to gain some traction.

* there's a fine photo here on Facebook of a group of Western publishing cartoonists.

* not comics: nice cover.

* Matthias Wivel unveils a 2004 interview with Chester Brown.

* not comics: I was not even aware there was a Zits television show anywhere in the developmental process.

* this cover for a new DC event comic seems funny, sad and funny-sad all at once. I can't figure out who exactly is reading these books, or I guess more to the point, who on earth would find a decapitation cover enough of an inducement to switch from non-buyer to buyer. On the other hand, I can understand why people might find this cover appealing.

* Johanna Draper Carlson suggests that more storytelling decision in mainstream comic book than we realize feel the impact of brand management.

* finally, here's a page of Alan Moore's work of which I have no memory whatsoever.
 
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