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September 10, 2013


Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* totally missed this NYC election-related cartoon yesterday.

image* Michael Buntag on K-On! College. J. Caleb Mozzocco on DC Universe Vs. Masters Of The Universe #1. Rob Clough on Boxers/Saints. Bob Temuka on The Dan Clowes Reader. John Kane on a bunch of different comics. Chad Nevett on Thanos Rising #5. Sean Gaffney on Midnight Secretary Vol. 1. Jeffrey O. Gustafson on Avengers: Endless Wartime. Richard Bruton on Briony Hatch and Savant #1.

* not comics: the very good writer-about-comics David Brothers, now at Image Comics, is running a 5K for charity. You might consider a pledge.

* and now a few words on Leo Dorfman.

* RM Rhodes penned an interesting article here about how folks should channel their dissatisfaction with the actions of mainstream comics companies. The two best broad points -- and I think they could be argued specific example to specific example as much as I appreciate the general take -- are that sometimes these companies have different motivations than whatever value that fans wish for them, and that these companies react poorly to certain attempts at outside-in change just on a structural basis. I think these are good points, as well as the notion that sometimes we're working with incomplete information that might change the way we look at a specific incident -- or at least provide a different context for how it happened other than someone actively acting in that direction.

* finally, the sad thing is I would kill for my comics collection to look even this together.
 
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