Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* media giant Gannett reports newspaper ad avenue was off 16.8 percent in August with what looks like further degradation of classifieds revenue. Craigslist may destroy comics!

* this may be slightly older or brand new, I can't tell. It sure is good-looking: Farel Dalrymple's Percevil.

* love/hate 01: I liked this manga news story about a library defending its Boys Love collection as much as I disliked this piece of goofy invective that manages to hit all the usual culture war buttons with its simple, meaty paw.

* love/hate 02: I liked this editorial by Brian Hibbs pointing out that the way retailers have exploited the situation surrounding a recent Batman naughty word recall pretty much screams "You can't trust me with street dates, ever!" as much as I disliked this Joe Quesada mini-speech in the middle of a social interaction site interview about Robert Kirkman's exhortation for creators to make creator-owned comic books. I'm not sure I'd want to go to nerd court and defend every word of Kirkman's speech, but the general point that comics could and should be a friendlier, more profitable place for creators to create isn't a threat to mainstream comics but merely a challenge to the worst excesses of the industry that's been shaped around it.

* not comics: I didn't know this was getting an American release.

* finally, someone not working at Motley Fool (I think) enthuses about the potential for long-term, media company success at Marvel.
 
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