Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Gary Groth interviews Joe Sacco. It's short given the expectations that might come with that pair, but it's solid. If you were to make time for one thing today that's comics coverage-oriented, that'd be the one. That Footnotes In Gaza was a ruthless, city-stomping monster of a book: surely one of the five best of the last five years, and maybe a good deal better.

* speaking of fun things over at TCJ, Michael DeForge has stepped in as their latest cartoon diarist. He talks about his work day in fascinating, off-hand detail. For one thing, it's much longer than mine.

* not comics: there was a five and a half month period when I was eight years old where all I wanted to do was read Star Wars magazines and stare at fantasy images made by the Brothers Hildebrandt.

* this first of four pieces is the only time I can recall anyone writing an essay about the San Francisco period in Daredevil. I always assumed they moved Daredevil to San Francisco because of a TV development deal for the character, but I've been told many times since that this is a wrong assumption on my part.

* not comics: so if you really liked that X-Men: First Class movie, what comics should you pick up next? I think Marvel's answer may be Thor.

* I like how Mike Dawson starts these serials in a matter-of-fact way with very little fanfare. For some reason, this makes me think he'll be around a lot longer than if he called attention to every page of art he did.

* this is the first photo I can recall seeing of the expanded comics offerings at Barnes & Noble.

* not comics: congratulations to those involved in getting Essex County settled on the road to becoming a film. That's the kind of work that doesn't usually get appreciated in that way.

* finally, the cartoonist Gene Yang recommends a bunch of comics collections that are informed by video games.
 
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