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November 1, 2011


Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Jog wrote about pre-Code horror books for the Los Angeles Review Of Books.

image* hey, Ariel Bordeaux updated her cartoon site; first time since January.

* Ken Gale talks to Ted Rall. Kiel Phegley talks to Joshua Fialkov. Tim O'Shea talks to Tim Hall. Andy Khouri talks to Chris Sims. Cyriaque Lamar talks to Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato. Jen Vaughn talks to Andy Christensen. The Sound Of Young America talks to Kate Beaton.

* The Schweizer Guide To Spotting Tangents.

* not comics: an Australian retailer lost a fight with Marvel over the name "Ghost Rider."

* John Allison talks about the beauty of print.

* not comics: this baby is a better actor than Ryan Reynolds.

* the hobby business news and analysis site ICv2.com discusses the bump felt by other publishers in the DC-soaked recent weeks.

* congratulations to Matt Wiegle and Sally Madden, apparently married yesterday.

* Dylan Williams is remembered by a writer from India.

* Philip Nel shares a letter from Syd Hoff.

* Casey Burchby on Tales Of The Batman -- Gene Colan Vol. 1. Joshua Yehl on Wolverine And The X-Men #1. Don MacPherson on Secret Avengers #17-18. Greg McElhatton on Twin Spica Vol. 9. Christopher Allen on Marvel In The '70s. Johanna Draper Carlson on Graven Images. Todd Klein on Legion Of Super-Heroes #15-16.

* not only comics: Jeffrey P. Jones looks at the long-standing tradition of making fun of the president.

* missed it: for this year's World Series, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch apparently revived the hero/goat thing Bill Gallo used to do.

* I'm not exactly sure why I bookmarked this cartoon by KAL, but it's a handsome one.

* not comics: that Tintin movie had a good opening weekend. Tom McCarthy hated it.

* finally, The Adventures Of Mr. Phil has a bunch of old advertising fliers and postcards up: Bible John, Lloyd Llewellyn, Yummy Fur, Brat Pack, Taken Under and a Michael Zulli gallery show.
 
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