Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* manga at Dark Horse Comics turns 20.

* the prominent blogger Christopher Butcher has started a series detailing his take on the shape of the manga market right now, which is additionally important because of Butcher's POV as a strong advocate for manga in comic shop retailing. Here's the first one. Here's the second one.

* on the occasion of Jesse Helms' passing, Rob Tornoe remembers his contentious relationship with the late Doug Marlette.

* I'm a little confused after reading this article just what Mike Mignola contributed to the visuals and monster designs in the forthcoming Hellboy 2. I had assumed everything I'd seen in a commercial was from Mignola.

* the long-time Fantagraphics cornerstone Eric Reynolds enjoys a huge perk of his position in comics and work on behalf of so many cartoonists.

* you can debate whether or not critics should be friendly with the cartoonists about which they write all you want; I'll be over here reading an excerpt of Gary Groth writing on Ralph Steadman.

* the cartoonist Richard Thompson notes the hopping-away of Spot the Frog.

* the cartoonist Evan Dorkin starts a contest where readers of his on-line journal list the five living comics-related folks they would invite to a dinner party and those they wouldn't, to frequently hilarious and mean results. I don't have much to say about anyone's list except that I'd break bread with Bil Keane any time -- that guy's hilarious.

* the writer and reviewer Katherine Farmar puts together a pair of lists for new comics publishers: things to do and things not to do.

* finally, here's something I'd heard about before discussed in more detail: one of the recruiting tools used by the Oregon Ducks football team is personalized comic book. I guess the idea is that seeing themselves as superheroes plays into the young man's ego as being larger than life.
 
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