Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* I hope this means that Josh Neufeld gets to blow off parking tickets now, or that a cartoonist could punch a cop and then seek asylum in Neufeld's apartment. Actually, it's hard to think of a better person for a gig called "Ambassador of Free Expression" -- Neufeld is as smart and articulate and personable as anyone in comics, and is well-traveled to boot.

* if you have a few minutes today, you probably couldn't do much better than drinking in Marc Arsenault's personal take on the history of his Wow Cool DIY clearinghouse and distributor, focusing on the 1998-2002 years. There's a whole element to tactile comics culture that I think we forget about. I did an interview with a grad student recently about webcomics culture and how it relates to print and talking about 'zine culture and whatnot it always sounds like I'm talking about the late 1940s as opposed to 12 years ago, it's so removed from most of our daily comics experiences now.

* a note from the fine cartoonist Dave Lasky:

Just a note to let you know that Greg Stump and I will be contributing the 'graphic novel' portion of a very ambitious novel tomorrow night (Tuesday) from 6 to 8pm, Pacific Standard Time, in front of a live audience and streaming on the web. For two hours, we'll write and draw roughly two pages (?) of The Novel: Live, a Seattle7Writers event to raise money for literacy in our community.

You can watch online as 36 Northwest authors take their turns in the hot seat, picking up where the last author left off, and, we hope, by Saturday, bringing the story to a riveting and satisfying close at 6 p.m. PST.

This event takes place live in front of an audience as well at Richard Hugo House, Seattle's literary center. If you're in the neighborhood, please drop by! If you're far far away, please tune in. If you want to hit that "donate" button on their website, please do, and know that your money will be going to a great program here called "Writers in the Schools."

Learn more and tune in here: www.thenovellive.org. Or just show up! Anything could happen...

Here's that web site again. And here's the sponsoring group.

* as a general rule, is there any better subject for a comics-related essay than Russell Johnson and Mr. Oswald? I think not.

* here's a sneak peek at the forthcoming Hive 5.

* the writer JM DeMatteis is leaving his gig as Editor-In-Chief of Ardden Entertainment, citing creative differences. They're the one doing the revival of the '70s imprint Atlas Comics. Meanwhile, Associate Editor Nathan Cosby is leaving Marvel.

* Frank Santoro wonders if this is the first time Harry Lucey has been given on art credit on an Archie publication.

* finally, if you're going to sketch something, why not make it characters from The Wire? Best custom Tarot deck ever.
 
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