Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the artist Jillian Tamaki writes at length about an arts-related proclamation she made on Twitter that became a top tweet.

* the longtime writer-about-comics Alan David Doane updates folks on his discount comics rent sale, and lists the lots he has remaining. #s 11, 15 and 31 in particular seem like good deals to me.

* Timothy Callahan talks to CBR's sizable audience about two major releases from PictureBox: If 'N Oof and Powr Mastrs Vol. 3. I would love to see more matter-of-fact writing about great books like these on as many sites as possible. They're a part of comics, too.

* Kate Dacey divulges her top 10 spooky manga.

* the writer and comics historian Mark Evanier puts all of the most recent Garry Trudeau links in one place so no one else has to.

* Pat Lewis has drawn a very nice poster for an upcoming event at the Toonseum.

* the writer Sean Collins ends his recent look at the work of Jaime Hernandez with a review of the recent Love & Rockets: New Stories #3, whose centerpiece story is a comic of the year frontrunner.

* this is potentially interesting: Gary Groth is selling some original art. Gary has never been a focused collector, but he has some random pieces that are pretty weird and awesome. That link shows you one.

* Fantagraphics' blog hypes its contribution to that free Halloween giveaway mini-comic thing where certain comics stores are carrying certain ashcans and minis in preview of bigger works.

* without knowing for sure, I bet whatever article that accompanied this illustration by Rob Ullman was full of piss and vinegar.

* this is deeply upsetting and very funny.

* longtime comics reviewer Johanna Draper Carlson talks about what people that want you to review stuff shouldn't do to you. I sympathize. For the most part, I feel out of necessity, anyone that tries any avenue of communication other than what's outlined on the site -- trying to engage me in a dialogue before they send me a comic, trying to get me to talk to them after I've received it, seeking promises of coverage -- usually just gets ignored. I know how horrible that sounds, but there's only so many hours in the day and to use some of that acting as a delivery confirmation service or letting a publicist try to direct my coverage somehow aren't ways I can afford to spend them.

* I would have hired him.

* not comics: I like how honest Warren Ellis has been about the relief he's felt that RED didn't bomb. I hope that kind of thing never makes or breaks someone's entire life, but it would have to be a bummer/source of additional happiness depending on how things turned out.

* the retailer and prominent blogger Chris Butcher takes some photos, mostly of an airport bookstore's graphic novel offerings. Sean Kleefeld also spent some recent quality bookstore time.

* finally, Jared Gardner writes about the new serial book format through a review of two recent books by alt-comics heavyweights.
 
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