Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the blogger Jeffrey Meyer is playing illustration detective again. Can you solve the mystery?

* did I somehow completely miss the imminent arrival of a collection of Jack Survives? (Luckily, Nick Mullins didn't. Thanks, Nick.)

* the books downloading service Wowio, which made enough comics creators enough money they're happy to tell people they're making money, has apparently transferred hands and will shut down briefly to ensure the smoothest transition possible.

* the editorial cartoonist Jimmy Margulies has won his second consecutive Clarion Award.

* the New York Times runs a piece about the use of Comic-Con International as a place to hype movies, and points out that the economic impact on the city is less for Comic-Con than for other shows. Plus: comics fans = stinky. I think they're even quoting an article I wrote for the CCI magazine. I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised that CCI's patrons spend less in the city than pharma executives with huge reserves of cash, any more so than I bet there are gradations of differences in terms of outlay between various conventions doing Las Vegas. Anyone who's done a comics convention and a trade show knows you eat and drink more expensively at the trade show, without any exception of which I'm aware. My friend Gil just wrote me a note about several high-end restaurants he did during a San Diego BIO show in case I get the chance to try them, although we both know it's highly unlikely. I just don't get why those figures are relevant. Did anyone claim this not to be true? Is CCI somehow keeping these people from not doing their shows there on other weekends? Is San Diego so loaded now they can demand in backhanded fashion the equivalent of municipal bottle service from existing, long-running conventions?

* Newsarama begins a series on Tokyopop.

* the not-really-a-comics-company Platinum completes its heel turn on its one-time biggest public booster. Longtime industry observer Joey Manley comments.

* I enjoyed reading this.

* finally, I have several requests for Jim Borgman.
 
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