Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* according to the comics business news and analysis site ICv2.com, the cartoonist Jeff Smith will make one story appearance in 2008-2009, and ComicsPro member stores will bid for it. The auction and Smith's participation in the signing will benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Smith did an similarly exclusive event for charity deal with a launch party for RASL earlier this year at the New York Comic-Con.

* a 1982 fan-directed book of fumetti stuffed with obscure, early-'80s comics industry gags? How did they know 26 years ago to make a book that is obviously solely intended for me?

* comics consumer advocate Johanna Draper Carlson notes that ADV isn't answering pleas from PiQ subscribers for refunds on the canceled magazine.

* congratulations to Joann Sfar for making the most frequently challenged authors of 2007 list. Lot of cat haters out there.

* not comics: another analyst strangely not working for Motley Fool that thinks Marvel's stock is severely undervalued.

* good = long podcast interviews with Don Rosa, better = long podcast interviews with Don Rosa including talk of Rosa's obscure pop-culture projects, best = long podcast interviews with Don Rosa including talk of Rosa's obscure pop-culture projects and photographs.

* finally, the Naruto-as-glacier theory.
 
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