Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the comics business news and analysis site ICv2.com talks to Marc Weidenbaum and Eric Searleman about Viz's new original comics initiative.

* I hadn't known that many of Dr. Frederic Wertham's papers are not available to the public, due to a request from the executor of the estate.

* this has to be the most terrifying picture of the Joker, ever.

* the cartoonist Mark Ricketts previews his forthcoming webcomic.

* the prominent blogger J. Caleb Mozzocco notes that when it comes time to saving some space in a picture, it's not the straight white folks that get photoshopped out.

* the artist Youka Nitta cops to tracing photos. This is treated with seriousness in Japan that is rarely an issue in North America.

* someone sent this to me. Despite the date on the page, I think all of this stuff is older, if not the page itself. In fact, I think that stuff may be tied into that weird Superman movie from a few years back where Lois sort of looked like a junkie and the mopey lead character spent the entire movie lifting things. But hey, if people are posting those two-year-old immigrants as superhero photos as if they're new, I guess it's okay to mention this here.

* the resort city Myrtle Beach got its comic shop back.

* both Shaenon Garrity and Jennifer de Guzman note depressing trends in the kinds of discourse and art they're encountering right now.

* finally, Rick Marshall shares some of his e-mail from former Wizard staffers, some of whom were affected by the long, slow turnover of creative staff at the magazine. He also notes some of his difficulties in getting the magazine to cover webcomics.
 
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