Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the Ignatz Awards were announced over the weekend. Congratulations to all winners and nominees. On Sunday, a consortium of cartoonists ran 9/11-related Sunday strips for the event's 10th Anniversary.

* the writer Fran Lebowitz talks about Ben Katchor's work on the third page of this interview about New York writers. (thanks, Gil Roth)

* Philip Nel reprints one of the cut appendices from his forthcoming book on Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss, and links to all of the other posts on the same general subject matter. You could lose yourself for a while there.

* Kevin Czap on 21 Journeys. Alex Carr on The Hidden and Daybreak.

* JH Williams III is fired up for the advent of his new Batwoman and is sharing art: 1, 2, 3. Jeff Lemire talks about writing Animal Man for that general DC initiative. I hold it's really important they find one or two fresh creative voices in their line-up, and that those talents hit with an audience: Lemire seems a likely candidate. In related news, at least one retailer -- grateful for how the books are doing -- would like better information on subsequent printings. David Uzumeri tracks continuity changes. Mike Sterling's post here makes me think that some folks are selling these hot comics for more than cover price, which is somewhat distressing. I wish people wouldn't do that.

* Larry Marder draws the World's Finest.

* Gary Tyrrell notes that Shaenon Garrity is looking for information about successful Kickstarter campaigns.

* the dumbest story in recent comics industry history comes to an equally idiotic end.

* Chris Mautner picks superhero stories from unlikely sources. He's not really interested in satire, so no Kurtzman/Elder, but it's a pretty good list. Looking at the comments, it always makes my eyes roll when people argue that some title about the adventures of a superhero doing superheroic things "really isn't" a superhero title when it really, really is. I have no idea where that impulse comes from, but it probably has something to do with the rigidity of the genre as practiced. The only comparison I can think of is when people used to say Stephen Sondheim didn't write musicals. Warren Ellis used to be highly amusing about crushing people on his on-line platforms that would offer up that argument.

* imagine encountering Blankets in high school.

* finally, I thought this the most interesting critic-examining works post on the subject of 9/11 cartoons. I wasn't aware that Sean Phillips did the cover for last week's Village Voice. Daryl Cagle provides a platform for a bunch of editorial cartoonists to remember the day and their most memorable cartoons about it. Alan Gardner reflects on yesterday's strip-comics effort about 9/11's anniversary. I don't think anyone really distinguished themselves with a memorable comic there. Paul Gravett looks at two comics commenting on the event from two of the world's best cartoonists: David B. and Joe Sacco.
 
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