Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* today is the first day of HeroesCon. I wish I were there, but I'm glad to hear the CBLDF will be. If you're going, track down Richard Thompson and congratulate him on his Reuben win. Also look at his originals -- they are to die for, and that's not always the case with a lot of cartoonists these days because so much gets drawn and/or fixed via a computer program.

* Sean T. Collins uses the occasion of new, funny work on Spider-Man to assemble links to all of the Kate Beaton cartoon series that comment on various superheroes.

* Dave Ferraro reports from the front lines of Barnes & Noble attempting a much more focused and intense newsstand coverage program with serial comic books.

* hey, look at this fun Superman cover by Jeff Smith.

* the writer Johanna Draper Carlson notes via Dark Horse publicity that Joyce Farmer and Jill Thompson are the first NCS division award winners in the comic book categories (comic books, graphic novels). There have of course been female winners in other divisions, including I think two winners of the Big Award (Outstanding Cartoonist aka "The Reuben"). I hope no one takes this the wrong way, but it's also sort of nice that few suspected there was a novel aspect to Thompson and Farmer taking home prizes this year.

* a core chunk of Team Marvel discusses its latest mega-series.

* not comics: Alan Gardner has taken note of a profile of DeviantArt.

* someone let me know when we're all allowed to walk into various Borders location and offer to buy stuff from around the store for pennies on the dollar. Because that sounds like fun.

* Geoff Grogan would like to sell you some comics at $1 a pop.

* finally, Brigid Alverson explores the current state of the infamous Marvel digital vault.
 
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