Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the great Kim Deitch finishes up his life story through music. If you haven't been reading that series the second they've come out, maybe go bookmark the entire thing for some future, unstructured, in-front-of-a-computer time.

* Kevin Czap discusses the bizarre and for-adults-only webcomics effort Slechtemeisjes.

* Matt Adler talks to Ivan Brandon. Dave Richards talks to Jan Van Meter. George A. Tramountanas talks to Daniel Way. Brigid Alverson talks to Box Brown. Paul Gravett talks to Dave Gibbons.

* not comics: Peter David's daughter is trying to raise money to save a theater in Jacksonville, Florida.

* I'm not the person that can even pass judgment on this piece featuring ten properties that could do well as digital comics, although it does seem likely that the Star Wars books could have an impressive life there if certain factors fall into place. Speaking of features in that horrible slideshow format, here's one from the same site on comic book properties that should be revived, which is mostly limited to a list of well-regarded superhero comics of the last dozen years that didn't quite make it sales-wise.

* Steve Rude draws Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy in his Andrew Loomis-like way.

* not comics: it seems like these kinds of disputes happen a lot, which is sort of crazy given the amount of money generated. As in comics, the amount of money involved often works against the creators in terms of public perception.

* Michael May suggests a different reading of some specific jungle girl comics than the standard one.

* these Archie covers make me feel funny.

* not comics: a Lauren Weinstein print.

* the writer and critic Graeme McMillan discusses a list of improvements to the comics industry suggested by the writer Tony Isabella some 15 years ago, and point out that most of them are still a ways off yet.

* Alan Gardner digs up a list of top newspaper comics, pointing out that many of these are older strips from years back.

* David Brothers on Thunderbolts. Somebody I can't tell who it is on 2000 AD #s 1752-1753. Michael Cavna on Metamaus. Rob Clough on various NBM titles. Gavin "Gavok" Jasper on a bunch of new DC titles. Sean Gaffney on Shocking Pink. Don MacPherson reflects on DC's New 52 comics. Grant Goggans on Zatanna: Everyday Magic. Ed Sizemore on A Zoo In Winter. Johanna Draper Carlson on Usagi Yojimbo: Fox Hunt. Sharayah Read on Bump #4. Maggie Koerth-Baker on Hark! A Vagrant. CM Punk on Criminal.

* not comics: this report on forthcoming DC Comics-related cartoon offerings is probably a must-read if you're tracking that company's efforts to utilize their character library across different media. Or if you really like cartoons.

* retailer Brian Hibbs notes that he's selling a lot of comics these days that he's getting through Baker & Taylor.

* not comics: I have no idea how this ended up in my comics bookmarks, but it reminds me of someone saying once that the president that had the most gay friends was Ronald Reagan.

* finally, Frank Miller, Karen Berger and Jennifer and Matthew Holm have joined the CBLDF's fundraising initiative by offering incentives.
 
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