Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Gary Brookins is taking a sabbatical.

* the magazine empire publisher turned multiple-convention organizer Gareb Shamus is going back to Boston.

* Brendan Wright has a short post up about artists drawing on the back of their original art intended for more commercial purposes, and has a nice pair of examples from Stan Sakai. If I remember correctly, John Buscema was one of the kings of this.

* I think if I were being truly honest about things I'd admit that I find disturbing the gems and jewels portrayed in various Richie Rich comics. I have no idea why. Just -- brrr.

* Graeme McMillan looks at why James Rhodes is the ideal black comics book hero. I'm not sure if I have anything to say on this subject. I remember when the movie came out I was talking about it with some long-ago comics fans who had fond memories of the comic from the late '70s and early '80s. When the subject of Rhodey came up one of them thought Terence Howard was a terrible choice and suggested, from out of nowhere, that Dale Earnhardt Jr. would be a better one. Okay, we were all a bit drunk, but I have no idea what it says about that character that Dale Earnhardt Jr. would actually work.

* your pal and mine Bully makes a few good points about this classic comics subscription ad.

* in things about this site that only interest me news, I sat down the other week in a doctor's office and in 40 minutes wrote out all of the Five For Friday topics for 2010. If I had done this in a psychiatrist's office, it's all I would have talked about.

* it looks like some Green Arrow art was used without the artist's permission and without the comics company's permission. That's wrong no matter what politics are involved.

* I don't know that this was the intention, but I suddenly want to put a screwdriver into the head of Fritz The Cat.

* finally, Chris Butcher has re-posted some recent trip photos of various manga-related businesses so that they can be see with greater clarity.
 
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