Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* so apparently there's still no answer from the Moscone Center on WonderCon? I think I would sever that relationship if I were them. That's just... that's just not acceptable in this day and age with so many convention centers out there. If anyone from Moscone Center wants to talk, you have my previous inquiry. If for some reason you don't have said inquiry, you can always reach me through the site.

* Sarah Morean on Only Skin. Shannon Smith on a bunch of mainstream comics. Todd Klein on Aquaman #9. Rob Clough reprints a piece on books by Ivan Brunetti and Peter Bagge. Sean T. Collins on Batman: Earth One. Bart Croonenborghs on Dirk's Big Bunny Book. Johanna Draper Carlson on Princeless: Short Stories For Warrior Women #1. Sterg Botzakis on Level Up. Doug Zawisza on Daredevil #15. Matt Seneca on Untold Tales Of The Punisher Max #2.

* that movie about CCS continues to play the festival circuit, which is a big deal for a movie like that but isn't something that makes it friendly to track. You can go here to see if it's playing anywhere near you, though.

* I thought these t-shirts that tell a comics story across four different designs were super-clever and kind of pretty-looking, really. You can rarely do better than throwing money at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

* a bunch of you sent me this link to a Steve Rude process post, which means someone out there likely had it first (and recently). So sorry to that person. On the other hand: Steve Rude process post.

* not comics: I can't be the only person that finds every article about newspapers and paywalls terrifying.

* I think we should all pay attention to the Kickstarter campaign Top Cow is running for one of its comics. I'm really uneasy about publishers using that mechanism, and I'm not even sure I can explain all the way why. It's almost like that I feel the old model of doing things is being circumvented, somehow. Like these publishers are switching over to that mechanism because they're not doing the other one well, not because the new one presents specific opportunities. I'm not sure, I'm really inarticulate on the subject and I need to firm that up because that moment in history is here. What makes it difficult is there are things I'm thinking about trying to crowdfund, too, which I'm not sure should make my opinions suspect but it should make them open to extra self-scrutiny. No one out there has one of those cartoon gag islands where I can mull this stuff over for a couple of days, do they?

* I love that creators like Kelly Sue DeConnick and Jeff Parker are doing things like Jeff does here in terms of making his case and asking for direct action on behalf of his book. I wish that the publishers were doing more to not just promote these books -- there shouldn't be room for a creator's "New Title 101" on any book from a publisher because that should be out there already -- but to rebuild and improve the infrastructure that allows for people to come to titles without having to ask people to double down. I would also like there to be one Hulk book, starring The Hulk, but maybe that's just me.

* Scott Thill talks to Grant Morrison. Frank Santoro profiles a bunch of nice folks.

* finally: thanks, Sean. I've been looking for a graphic like that.
 
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