Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* here's a big round-up of news related to the recent auction raising money to be spent on Jerry Siegel's boyhood home.
* apparently, a major media publication discussed a plot point in a comic book released yesterday before many people got to read it. I helped them. In my defense, I don't follow American mainstream comics closely to know which plot points are a surprise and which ones aren't. Plus there's the whole not-caring thing. I think that's the cover at right; I bought a shirt at Marshall Fields once that kept doing that.
* the artists Les McClaine and Levon Jihanian have each of their own volition and to their own, individual benefit offered custom drawing services in order to raise money.
* the comics news site CBRhas a nice piece up about Aspen Studios' plans following the passing earlier this year of founder and main cog Michael Turner.
* finally, D&Q has a post up about Lynda Barry's ongoing book tour, both dates past and dates to come. These have been well-attended and very popular, both for the appeal of the work and for the quality of the presentation that Barry gives at each stop. The cartoonist Greg Cook has a report from a recent appearance in Brookline, Massachusetts.
* apparently, a major media publication 
