Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* a freelance cartoonist named Jim Hope has lost his gig due to claims of plagiarism over a similar cartoon by Nate Peeler. I'm sure there's a ton of material out there about this if you want to go look, but I'm not certain there's a lot to discuss. I'm probably as sympathetic as anyone out there to the concept of two people telling the same joke, and I think it happens a lot more frequently than people want to say it does, but the structure of the picture and the phrasing here is close enough that I don't think I'd want to work with the second cartoonist again, either.

* here's a summary article in English on the Sine situation at Charlie Hebdo: "I would rather cut off my balls" is going to be my way to refuse anything and everything from now on, down to and including passing the salt at dinner.

* this well-traveled link of unflattering moments from autobiographical comics is worth your time, well-selected and well-presented. I think there needs to be a re-appreciation of Jim Woodring's Jim comics, pronto.

* Mo Willems, Radio Cartoonist

* this post by Heidi MacDonald at her The Beat allowed some things to click in place for me: the reason I may be so disinterested in the Hollywood portion of Comic-Con International is that it's almost all about trailers and marketing; the comics side has some anticipatory news, but it also has the art itself. If the entire comics part of that show were nothing but those weird Marvel and DC panels where editors and marketing people and certain creators being glared at by them talk in vague terms about their future plans for the Paladin and Blue Devil or whatever, I wouldn't enjoy the comics side of things very much, either.

* "... cartoonist Ralph Steadman singing about cannibalism..."

* I found this story about Parkinson's disease making it so a cartoonist can no longer draw very sad.

* I'm not sure if this was covered earlier and I just forgot, but Jamie Quail, the studio and publicity coordinator at Drawn and Quarterly, sent out a brief note on Friday saying she was leaving the company. Her last day is today: "I'm writing to let you all know that my last day at Drawn & Quarterly will be this Wednesday, July 30th. After some very inspirational four years here, I am moving away from Montreal to work on an MFA in visual arts.

"I couldn't have been more lucky than to have had the opportunity to work with you all -- artists, distributors, journalists, organizers at various cultural institutions, translators, book-sellers, and everyone in between -- and I'd like to thank you for all of your work, which has made this such a rewarding experience."

I don't know as of this writing (it's the middle of the night) if the company is going to bring someone else on board or move folks around or both, and as I recall the late summer is their typical vacations period so maybe we won't know until Fall. Jamie was a very nice person with whom to work, and this site wishes her all the best.

* I felt bad about having no links in my post yesterday about Comic-Con International 2008, so I went back and added a bunch. I also added about 8-10 new comments.

* finally, is this the greatest San Diego Con photo ever?
 
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