Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* kudos to cartoonist Matthew Inman on standing up to a series of legal threats from someone that believe they should be able to profit from his work and that offering up a dissenting opinion is grounds for a legal attack, and then turning it into a positive good. Inman's response is so classy I hope that none of his fans potentially ruin it for him by actually harassing the pathetic person in question.

* Ng Suat Tong calls on the original art of Howard Chaykin to make his points.

* I'm not sure I knew this about Kin Platt. This blog will run links to any posts about Kin Platt.

* not comics: Ron Goulart e-books.

* Sean Gaffney on Ouran High School Host Club Vol. 18. Grant Goggans on Nikolai Dante: Hero Of The Revolution. Nikolai Dante is my goofy pulp comics character that I see all the time, have never read, but still like the guy. Sean T. Collins on Before Enemies. Steve Miller on Iron Man: Doomquest.

* The Beat has the press release up for TFAW's search for a comic shop manager.

* fun with deeply weird mainstream comic book art. Speaking of which, are there any superstar artists left? Tucker Stone had a theory as to why mainstream comics companies might prefer to promote writers rather than artists, but damned if I can remember what it is.

* there are entire technologies better than a blog when it comes to pointing out and enthusing over comics art, but this Josie And The Pussycats image is pretty cool.

* not comics: advice on how to get health care while uninsured. As someone whose current insurance set-up has made me creative with certain doctor's visit, I think the framework of this advice is sound: I get a 40 percent discount by paying cash and recouping one of my doctor's visits by doing the paperwork myself, for instance. I believe the comics community needs to be better engaged with the realities of health care, even if the situation isn't always ideal.

* Andrea Lipinski and Keith R. A. DeCandido talk to David Chelsea.

* hey, Shaenon Garrity is doing capsule reviews of webcomics. That should be useful.

* congratulations to Robb Armstrong.

* finally, I was going to look at some DC Comics covers because I think looking at a bunch of covers from one of those companies is a great way to pick up on some things they're doing in addition to being entertaining, but I got to the one of a black Green Lantern wearing a ski mask and brandishing a gun and started to laugh so I gave up.
 
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