Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* so Wizard is dropping its price guide, maybe? I have to imagine that's an overall good given how corrupt and awful those kind of enterprises can be. At the same time, when I was at The Comics Journal in the mid-1990s it was hard not to also see that section of the magazine as their providing a service greatly desired by their core audience.

* here is the first part of a long event report featuring Benoit Peeters.

* one thing that may have been lost in the news about The Comics Journal moving the bulk of its regular output on-line is the final line-up of interview pairings for its forthcoming #300 as printed on the cover for that landmark issue: Art Spiegelman-Dash Shaw, Jean-Christophe Menu-Sammy Harkham, Frank Quitely-Dave Gibbons, David Mazzucchelli-Dash Shaw, Alison Bechdel-Danica Novgorodoff, Howard Chaykin-Ho Che Anderson, Denny O'Neil-Matt Fraction, Jaime Hernandez-Zak Sally, Ted Rall-Matt Bors, Jim Borgman-Keith Knight, Stan Sakai-Chris Schweizer. I'm in love with all of those pairings except two, and figure they could all make for good interviews.

* the new web site from Fantagraphics art direct Adam Grano may delight or infuriate you.

* I can't remember why I bookmarked it or who told me to go look at it, but this cartoon is quite funny.

* there's an interesting post by Jason Miles up at Comics Comics about Gil Kane that not only provides a couple of killer quotes from Kane but perhaps provides some insight as to why a young artist with decidedly art comics interest might find Kane appealing as an artistic figure and what sets that same kind of young artist looking at books in the bargain bin.

* there's no better way to wrap up a week of stealing precious work time to look at the Internet than with a Paul Gravett interview.

* one would guess this new Batman villain is going to annoy the crap out of a lot of Batman fans.

* finally, editor Chad Anderson of Richmond Magazine was nice enough to send me their blogger's report from R. Crumb's recent visit. Here's Chris Pitzer's report from I think the same event. Richmond is a hugely underrated comics town.
 
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