Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* David Brothers writes on Marvel having a hip-hop themed variant covers month despite having no announced African-American talent working on its books, or at least having yet to announce any as they roll out titles post-Secret Wars. It's shameful that a company of Marvel's size and influence is that unyielding in its hiring practices. I can't follow some of the writers out into analysis as to what a mega-corporation does or doesn't care about, because that seems a weird place to place one's focus, but I think companies can change and that any move in a more inclusive direction makes for better results over the long haul.

* Andy Oliver on There's No Bath In This Bathroom. Mark Dickson on Transference #1. Rob McMonigal on Adventures Of Nilson Groundthumper And Hermy. Rob Kirby on three mini-comics. Scott Cederlund on Bravo For Adventure.

* a few copies of Lizz Hickey's Jammers have become available.

* so I guess Batman is a god now, a god of information. I find this later version of the Batman weird in that he seems to me sort of feckless and ineffective despite having this huge army of fellow-traveling superheroes on which to call. DC basically cheats a bit with all of their superheroes in ascribing to them a reputation earned before the stories in which their current existence actually occurred.

* "kid, I'm sorry I said I want to kill your dad, but I still totally want to kill him."

* go, read: a brief history of Comics Nerd: A Brief History.

* Paul Gravett on learning to read from comics.

* not comics: who doesn't love a mad movie project? It's also nice to hear that big movie studios sometimes don't know exactly how they want to use Comic-Con, either.

* Gary Tyrrell's piece on the return of Bloom County notes just how much that feature had an impact on the first generation of webcomics makers, and thus webcomics more generally.

* finally, Ben Towle draws from Jack Kirby.
 
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