Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the writer Mark Evanier remembers his first comic book convention and reminds us through a barrage of names that "significantly responsible for the birth of the modern comics industry" is another reason we pay attention to them even now. The July 4 weekend date is to comics conventions what the Thanksgiving night date is to professional wrestling -- a date that used to be just perfect for the biggest shows for a lot of reasons that no long apply, but a lingering memory in that a certain generation of folks will always link the two.

* the PictureBox site has relaunched. You can read about it here or just dive in.

* the other 16 panels.

* Wilson reviewed at length in the New York Times Book Review.

* Anime Shower sounds like the greatest book to have out on one's coffee table maybe ever. Also, the publisher recommends this interview with Clowes.

* I totally missed the point of this early Schulz gag the first time around, but it's a funny one.

* from the same source, how Chris Ware is spending his summer vacation. "Re-watching each version of Day Of The Triffids" is beginning to look a little less ambitious every day.

* not comics: as much as I think about such things (not really), and as much as I think it has anything to do with the comics (it doesn't), I agree with the Spin-Off On-Line crew that it would be nice to have someone attempt a Wonder Woman blockbuster-style movie. I don't see why a good one couldn't be done. It's a beautiful-woman, super bad-ass movie with a little Greek gods thrown in. Someone smart should be able to get two hours out of that.

* I've bookmarked it for a rainy day, but don't let that stop you from enjoying Paul Gravett's piece on war comics right now.

* finally, an all-star panel of writers about manga present the 10 best manga you're not reading. I did surprisingly well against this list, which sort of made me sad. I'd like more books to discover, after all.
 
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