Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* NYCC claims attendance of 116,000; that sounds about right to me. You can read an interview with Lance Fensterman here.
* Graeme McMillan on the digital possibilities for older independent comics. I think there's something of a moment-in-time element here that won't last -- major independent comics can hit right now with a combination of not a lot of similar content, a certain kind of fan eager to maybe re-buy some comics and another kind of fan eager to buy something they've heard about. I think when this stuff becomes more widespread we'll see if there's any significant audience for material like this. Graeme also pulls a depressing factoid out of a recent market report. I don't believe in poisonous practices as much as I worry after the distressing allocation of resources and the short-term thinking it represents. That that market is given new life just over a year ago and it's already being cannibalized... that's such a wasted opportunity.
* there are so many jokes possible from a business article suggesting one "think like a cartoonist" I actually blacked out for 17 minutes.
* that's a nice quote from Robert Kirkman. Might as well embrace the life you have. Also, I always think Robert's attitude is shaped by the alternative example of a zombie apocalypse.
* Dean Haspiel talks to 
