Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Alex Hoffman on Miseryland. Andy Oliver on Bimba #2 and In The Frame: 2012-2014. Jason Wilkins on Russian Olive To Red King. Sean Gaffney on Non Non Biyori Vol. 1 and The Isolator Vol. 1.

* Greg Hunter talks to Josh Simmons.

* this discussion between Matthew Meylikhov and Eric Stephenson of Image is interesting in that it catches Stephenson right before the latest Image Expo and thus provides a snapshot as to he sees and is willing to present that key comics company. Positioning Image might be easier in terms of its relationship to Marvel and DC than it is to everyone else, in that Marvel/DC lack a creator-owned element that rewards creators at a certain level of sales the way Image's deal does. The other contrasts may be just as strong, but I suspect they're trickier to present in public.

* here are some photos from that Fantagraphics garage sale from a couple of weeks back. When Fantagraphics used to have a much bigger warehouse operation -- before letting Diamond handle a substantial part of that business -- there were a lot more damaged copies and a lot more bargains for employees doubling up with their work-there discount.

* finally, I want to separate Craig Fischer's dig into the Fraction/Aja/et al Hawkeye series from the rest of the reviews, mostly for its length but also because he mentions that the comic book -- a fun one -- was a pleasure he denied himself by boycotting Marvel for a few years over their treatment of the Kirby Family. Also, with the last issue of that series imminent, the examination is timely.

 
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