Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Scott Edelman wonders if anyone out there has a photo of he and his now-wife standing near one another at an early Sueling con. Because that would be really cool.

* there's a great "days of the fanzine editors" story starring John MacLaughlin, Gary Groth and the late Al Williamson in the first comment under this post.

* you can buy this nice-looking print featuring a Megan Kelso illustration for $25 and all proceeds will benefit the Zine Archive and Publishing Project. (thanks, David Lasky)

* Chris Mautner points out that his review of Dungeon Quest was likely the first. I'd sit down and figure this out, but now I'm suddenly concerned that I'm not seeing these great comics.

* speaking of which, here are a couple more first reviews I've seen: Nick Abadzis digs into Darryl Cunningham's Psychiatric Tales; Ken Parille has tips on how to read Weathercraft.

* Sandy Bilus takes a look at major books arriving in the second half of 2010.

* the retailer Brian Hibbs has once again written about digital comics and their potential impact on the Direct Market. When Brian starts doing math, I start heading for the door, but it does let you know where his head is at -- it's a head space likely shared by many in his part of the industry.

* Paul Gravett writes at length on David Hughes' Walking The Dog

* for reasons that should be obvious for anyone reading a couple of posts rolling out on this site after this one today, I was looking at the wikipedia entry for the Association of Comics Magazine Publishers, a precursor to the CMAA that rattled apart in quick and impressive fashion soon after releasing its own version of the comics code. I like the phrase "sexy, wanton comics." I also like the fact that it was likely Dell not wanting to join the ACMP that was the first nail in its coffin.

* the writer and cartoonist Shaenon Garrity names ten defining manga. Okay, 11. Seems like a fine list to me.

* this is sort of like finding out some of your friends from 3rd grade are working as strippers and pot dealers, but I'm sure it will sell gangbusters. Plus, come to think of it, some of my best friends are either strippers or pot dealers.

* finally, my friend Gil Roth saw that there was a small comics convention taking place about 10 minutes from where he works and since he had to be in the office on that day made time to stop by for a little break. He took photos. This is shaping up to be the year of the convention, and when you think of stopping by a show to meet a few solid pros like Joe Staton and to dig through some longboxes, that's not a bad way to spend some downtime on a weekend afternoon.
 
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