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August 5, 2008


Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* online bookselling giant Amazon.com has purchased my favorite comic shop, the Internet service AbeBooks.com.

image* Alley Oop marks its 75th anniversary this week. A storyline in the current version celebrates that milestone.

* are people allowed to challenge what I write? Because I'm not sure I approve.

* not comics: Paul Di Filippo write in to note that the first web cartoon based on David Rees' work is now up. I didn't even know something like this was in the works. Speaking of Di Filippo, he reviewed Strange and Stranger for the Barnes and Noble site.

* the New York Times has a gossipy, quote-laden summary of L'Affaire Sarkozy/Sine.

* I agree with the sentiment of Sean T. Collins' mini-essay on the fourth estate's apparent attitude towards last month's Comic-Con International, and with most of his specific statements as well.

* this is very cute.

* finally, J. Caleb Mozzocco talks at length about Paul Pope's process designing the Batman he would use in his Batman Year 100, as describe in that work's latest trade edition.
 
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