Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the Superman legal battle has been delayed. Delaying the final outcome of legal matters almost always favors the status quo, so no one should be surprised when it becomes a tactic or at least looms into a view as a desirable mid-stream outcome for one side or another.

* I'm not sure why I keep bookmarking this Paul Gravett article on the current state of comics in India; maybe all that substance and keen insight frightened me.

* Marvel sues a power tool company for trademark infringement. If the power tool company wins, somebody tell me, because I will commit a crime just to hire that lawyer.

* not comics: J. Chris Campbell writes in to inform that you can buy a new Dan Zettwoch t-shirt here.

* making a United Way superhero.

* the fact that there's a Red Hulk now reminds me of decades ago when one of the wrestling federations had a new guy show up in the territory and they'd work their way through the various faces (or heels) on the roster and there's a little charge with every new match-up. It also shows how hard it is to introduce a credible threat into those shared-universe superhero funnybooks.

* I think we all need to wear Jon Vermilyea buttons.

* this article where a bunch of Portland-area comics retailers are interviewed about price points and digital comics proves fairly fascinating on a lot of levels, not the least of which is the "bring it on" attitude that many of the businessmen convey.

* Secret Identities: Shattered is seeking submissions.

* this picture of the 1980s X-Men as they might have been drawn by EC Segar shouldn't work, but it sort of does. I've been intermittently puzzling over the nature of the iconic status of those X-Men characters, and I can't quite figure it out.

* the actor Tom Bosley died. Bosley got a big boost from starring as Fiorello Laguardia in the musical Fiorello!, maybe the most successful musical that's never been revived, and if I remember right it opens with the famous scene of the mayor reading the funnies over the radio. I'm not saying this is the thing for which the longtime character actor will be remembered, but it's the first thing that popped into my head.

* "we'd like the bukakke Spider-Man honeymoon suite, please"

* finally, I think Gary Tyrrell's kidding that he wishes someone would provide him with a Tuesdays With Morrie opportunity, but don't you kind of wish someone out there had written such a book with Bob Kanigher?
 
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