Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* former TCJ Editor Mike Dean writes on the transfer of MoCCA assets to the Society Of Illustrators. It sort of looks like that's a full dissolve, and whatever the Society wants to do with the assets, okay. I have to imagine that any rational accounting of the MoCCA Festival says that's way too big a pain in the ass and has been devalued to the point it's not worth doing; then again, there's no guarantee the accounting will be rational. I hope the folks that told me they weren't going to exhibit shoot a letter to the Society people saying as much. My hunch before reading Mike's article was that at most we'll see them take a shot at the festival, do some of the classes that MoCCA had been doing because there are people involved that will agitate for those to continue, and maybe do an extra show or two; the article kind of bears that out. Our best wishes to all that worked hard on MoCCA, and to the Society in terms of deciding what to do with those newly-purchased resources.

* Shelley Rice talks to Emmanuel Guibert. Vaneta Rogers talks to Justin Jordan.

* Tony Moore's lawyer unpacks why a new filing was made in that artist's Walking Dead lawsuit.

* not comics: nothing says True Love like a sudden appearance by Larry Reid.

* Nick Smith on Trinity. Rob Clough on Unterzakhn. Craig Fischer on Jonah Hex and All Star Western.

* Jerry Siegel goes to war.

* this article surveying artistic efforts in various Arab Spring countries has some comics content, but it's better for placing cartoon expression over there in a wider context. For instance, another artist in Syria was harmed in a way that suggests the symbolism in thugs trying to break the hands of Ali Ferzat was wholly intentional and probably coordinated on some level.

* wow, that sounds weird and awful.

* Graeme McMillan wonders after homage covers referring to Fantastic Four #1 and if that's the one that receives tributes most frequently.

* not comics: hey, I want this poster.

* not comics: another argument for something other than being exhausted and working all the time. I mention it here because working all the time and constantly talking about how you're walking all the time is a significant part of comics culture.

* finally, Noah Van Sciver does commentary.
 
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