Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the Comic-Con folks scare the crap out of all comics reporters with another press release in everyone e-mail. It's still not the "will we move or won't we?" announcement; it's the formal explication of the steps they're taking to ameliorate some of the hotel situation: an expanded shuttle, more parking. Newsarama of all places notes the growth of non-genre related other media at Comic-Con.

* via Comics Blogger Fundament Neilalien comes this article by Matt Dembicki about the closing of the comics shop that got him excited about reading comics. I think a lot of people of a certain generation of comics readers will relate to the piece.

* the reviewer Matthew Brady applies a classic construction to a review of a Wonder Woman encyclopedia, to fine effect. I also liked the pairing of this review and this piece of commentary.

* these bitchy comments by longtime Marvel Editor Tom Brevoort about some crappy DC comics crack me up.

* it's probably too difficult to follow the back and forth on the issue of DC recently killing a minority character that was wearing the costume of one of their big properties that lead one to this David Brothers post, but it seems to me a great example of how sarcastic commentary for something that deserves sarcastic commentary can be kneaded into something less pointed by the application of nerd court principles. What screws things up on both sides -- but mostly the nerd court grinders' side -- is the assumption that there's some level of appropriateness to what are essentially creative choices, that there's some standard by which we can define the rightness of killing this character or promoting that character. I'm not sure what the individual numbers are, nor do I care, it's just that I imagine that any minority character gaining the barest of traction even in the goofy manner of swiping someone else's costume might represent greater value to a company than the juice gained by offing them for the ephemeral thrill of a swerve-type plot point.

* it's much funnier that someone tried to do "Calvin Without Hobbes" and gave up because of the deep sadness it forced upon them than if they had continued on.

* Lori Henderson takes another look at the cancellation of the CMX line and lays the blame at DC's myopia and resulting lack of marketing. I think marketing is all-too-frequently employed as a sort of magic bullet when it comes to sales analysis, but Henderson is talking more about the complete lack of marketing more than asserting that successful marketing would have led to a more successful line.

* via Sean Collins comes some blogging that I should have been on top of, but failed: John Porcellino talking comics on the Spit And A Half blog.

* this is fun on a few levels, including the fact that you rarely get to see checks from the big companies anymore.

* finally, I wish I knew beyond a first name who did the reviews at this site, because I would like to link to reviews like this one. I've been told before, of course, I just can't keep the knowledge in my head. Is it labeled on the site somewhere where I can reference it?
 
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