Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Henry Chamberlain on Steve Jobs: Insanely Great.

* some person at this CBC show talks to G. Willow Wilson.

* Alexander Lu walks readers at The Beat through a Sean Gordon Murphy interview and some of the work that David Harper's done to call attention to the distressing levels of income made by people that spend a significant amount of time on all different kinds of comics, including what were once considered good jobs with mainstream companies. The ability to generate income that benefits not just an abstract industry bottom line or stockholders or well placed executive or even star talent but the rank and file creator, I think that will become more and more of an issue here. It has been an occasional issue here and in other great comics markets of the world, and it has been an issue for isolated segments, like alt-comics, but maybe it needs to be on our minds in a sustained, catholic fashion.

* all hail equestrian cartoonist Peb.

* not comics: Hollywood Reporter re-runs its first review of The Simpsons. That show didn't hit until late Spring at which point it went bananas, mostly through the Bart Simpson character, but I remember there actually being some anticipation for a full show due to the Life In Hell books, which were popular with my college-age smarty-pants friends in a significant way.

* finally, Glenn Head describes some Crumb sketches he enjoys. It's always interesting these days to read anyone's reaction to Crumb.
 
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