Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* here's a long piece on George Sprott.

* the cartoonist Dash Shaw is in Brazil and posting pictures like this one from a 24-Hour comics shop.

* I'm not sure if this counts as "not comics" because there's a cartoon, but here's another fun piece from Tim Kreider in the Times: "I recently had dinner with some old friends, a couple with two small children, and when I told them about my typical Saturday in New York City -- doing the Times crossword, stopping off at a local flea market, maybe biking across the Brooklyn Bridge -- they looked at me like I was describing my battles with the fierce and elusive Squid-Men among the moons of Neptune."

* that's certainly an impressive number of comics-related birthdays today.

* not comics: it's probably that I don't get it over the chance that everybody else is not getting it, but I'm not sure why this is news. The Siegel litigation has been a factor in most news stories about the potential for another film for months now. While one might believe that Warners going ahead with DC's restructuring might imply a certain attitude about the outcome of that litigation, I'm not sure anyone's suggested that the reality of the litigation would stop having an impact on any film they'd want to do just because Diane Nelson's in charge. I guess you could take it as an admission that they won't be doing a quickie film in order to outrace a certain deadline, if that was still on the table.

* this sounds like a terrific exhibit.

* not comics: Mark Evanier writes like the veteran writer he is about the latest round of "why won't writers help me be a writer?" stuff that's flashing through the Internet. Two things that are guaranteed if you do any writing whatsoever, even if it's just community theater reviews in the penny weekly: 1) someone out there thinks you suck and they should have your gig, 2) someone out there thinks you can get their Kung Fu Christmas script made into a movie, even if it doesn't really exist beyond those few words strung together as a concept.

* not comics: this is the first time I've seen the interior of a 1940s bookstore that wasn't the fake one with Dorothy Malone from The Big Sleep. (via). I'm guessing the manga section was really small, but I do see a book with a cover illustration by future New York Daily News editorial cartoonist Warren King.

* finally, the publisher and critic Gary Groth speaks eloquently about first generation DM retailer Bob Beerbohm and the hip operation he so desperately needs.
 
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