Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* I enjoyed this Don MacPherson walk-through that discusses several of the comics-related Internet start-ups of the last decade.

* I greatly enjoyed J. Caleb Mozzocco's walk though recurring imagery in the post-election editorial cartoons. It's amazing how relatively uninspired and even borderline nonsensical many of these cartoons are by the usual standards of that fine profession. Will no one intelligently kick our new president-elect in the balls?

* it's not fair that the great Joe Sacco writes this well about comics.

* the date on this Jonathan Ross look at Watchmen makes me pretty certain that someone out there ran a link to it in the last couple of days and I'm getting what is basically their link from the person that e-mailed it to me, not one that is based on an original visit. Sorry, random person out there. Someone should get Ross to write a bunch of comics reviews while he's on that strange prank phone hiatus.

* not comics: I thought this article on 19th century journalism in New York City a lot of fun. Plus: numbers! Don't know how long that will be up on-line where everyone can get to it, though.

* the prominent blogger Brigid Alverson wonders out loud if we're head toward another compressed publication period for Naruto or if it's just someone's database that needs updating.

* I'm not sure there's any news value in a retailer that admits he got into the business to get advance copies of book learning he isn't going to get advance copies of Marvel books any longer. However, a Marvel Comics that may be in the process of reevaluating its programs and re-pricing them according to today's economic times? Definitely news worthy.

* finally, Charles Yoakum looks at some of the claims the writer Steve Englehart has made regarding Batman to look at the issue of how movies and related media mine the work of comics creators without rewarding them.
 
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