Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Rob Clough on My Hot Date.

* James Whitbrook calls for stronger LGBT representation in the Marvel books. I think mainstream companies have a problem with this kind of thing that we don't talk about: they can change the present reality of their comics but both companies have for years sported a core identity separate from their current identity. So the moves to increase diversity don't feel as strong and as permanent as they might be.

* I feel for the editorial cartoonists that needed to cover this fairly one-note campaign for as long as they have. Generic cartoons seem necessary.

* not comics: I thought this show was cute, too.

* Mike Sterling provides a perspective on Jack T. Chick comics that has been difficult, I think, for a lot of people to understand. To a lot of dumb kids that couldn't quite see the hatefulness of the agenda involved, those comics sometimes found favor as more comics in a world where it was hard to find people interested in them. Plus kids are attracted to authoritarian stances!

* sometimes I'll roll with a Bully headline as if it's completely normal.

* finally, Whitbrook suggests that the X-Men titles will be relaunched in 2017 in a major way. I think those titles didn't have to be snuffed out, but I also think they're exhausted, so they better come back at their fans with a strong enough concept for a formal relaunch like this one.
 
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