Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Ken Parille dissects The Death-Ray.

* I hope that Evan Dorkin won't mind if I run this picture he made of Marvel's Sandman character in order to perhaps entice you to go and read his appreciation of the character. You can see a bigger version of the drawing through that link, too.

* James Romberger talks to Gary Groth. Dave Richards talks to Steve Wacker. Alex Dueben talks to Seth. Someone talks to Andy Runton. Chris Arrant talks to Chip Kidd. Matt Seneca talks to Yuichi Yokoyama.

* I'm not sure how I feel about this bit of non-comics news. I greatly admire everything Stan Lee's accomplished in his long career, but this citation runs dangerously close to honoring him as a creator when he was a co-creator of the properties in question, which seems to me would be honoring him for something he didn't do. I also don't think a rigorous appraisal of Lee's accomplishments in digital comics would see them really stand up as lasting ones, although maybe I'm forgetting something.

* not comics: that's a nice get for Dark Horse.

* Keith Veronese picks 10 of his favorite single-issue, stand-alone, traditional comic books. I like the idea behind that exercise, and the choices are okay. It's still weird to me that in 2011 people who are writing about comics in a professional sense seem to casually conflate superhero comics with all of comics -- whether by not considering other kinds of comics at all, or having such a narrow view of comics superhero comics is where they gravitate and it's not seen as weird the way that choosing all musicals for the best plays of the 20th Century might. Also: you kids get off of my lawn!

* a history of Batgirl, I think. I got lost when Alicia Silverstone showed up in that punishment-for-her-career costume.

* not comics: that's just terrifying-looking.

* James Hunt on Avenging Spider-Man #1. Tom Flinn on The Someday Funnies. Michael Buntag on League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: 1969.

* this post from Bully about the identity of some thugs being kicked in the face in some related-to-Batman comic is a lot of fun.

* finally, Graeme McMillan steps back and gives a low whistle over the credits in a new Incredible Hulk comic.
 
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