Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the critic and writer Francis Lacassin, an important figure in the acceptance of comics as an art form capable of sophisticated expression, died on Tuesday. He was 76 years old. His stand-alone essay Tarzan: Tarzan ou le Chevalier crispe featured a preface by Burne Hogarth.

* there's likely something profound to say about the popular exercise of mixing two pop culture creations together into one thing, but I can't get much deeper on this blend of Calvin and Hobbes and V For Vendetta than I think it's amusing.

* one long-time CCI goer declares in a San Diego Reader article he won't be going back and why. "Each year it becomes an increasingly voyeuristic affair where you leave with nothing other than the experience itself."

* the book industry veteran John DiBello takes on a more serious topic, sexual harassment at such shows.

* Leigh Walton updates his admirable attention to Dan Walsh, the author who will do the Garfield Minus Garfield book despite not originating the concept.

* finally, the twice-yearly, stupendously huge convention Comiket gets underway today at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center. Famously, the show caters to self-published work, much of it riffing on popular licensed work, and is awash in cosplay as well. This summer's version will apparently be marked by the suspension of use of certain escalators after an incident that injured several people at a similar show, and a search for dangerous weapons because of threats made. This appears to be the official site.
 
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