Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* longtime supporters of this site Top Shelf Comix has a cyber sale going today with a 30 percent cut in prices across the board. They have a wide variety of books for a wide variety of tastes, but I thought Lucille in particular was under-discussed upon its release. The cartooning in that book is frequently very beautiful.

* Seth Peagler talks to Roger Langridge. Matthew Dick talks to Anders Nilsen and Elijah Brubaker. Andy Burns talks to Jonathan Maberry. Yan Basque talks to Nathan Fairbairn. I should probably know who this is that is talking to Paul Hornschemeier. Jason Sacks talks to Bill Schelly and Royden Lepp. Zack Davisson talks to Roy Thomas.

* via one of Brett Warnock's life-affirming catch-all posts comes word that Nate Powell's site has been redesigned. That would be worth a visit.

* Matthew Dick on Paying For It. Joel Meadows on that recent Drew Struzan movie poster book. Bill Brownstein on Someday Funnies. Sean T. Collins on Tales Designed To Thrizzle #7. Glen Weldon on various comics. Ruth Brown on Oil And Water. Michael Taube on Drawing Power. Bill Boichel on Lost In The Andes.

* it makes me feel good to know that discussion groups devoted to comics exist. It's also very strange given how private my consumption of comics was until I moved to Seattle in 1994. That shift from isolation to group activity may be the biggest change wrought by the Internet, with a discussion group being an even more concrete manifestation.

* while I'm idly reflecting on 1994, I think I'll stare at this commissioned piece of art from Peter Bagge featuring the Hate cast.

* congratulations to Jonathan and Amy Bennett.

* Matt Seneca digs into a sequence by Victor Moscoso. Also at Robot 6 was a not-really-comics post I nearly missed about a Carl Barks painting going for a lot of money. I think what I find remarkable about that is that this is a painting that's a recreation of a moment from a comic, as opposed to an original piece. I'm not exactly sure why that should change my outlook on it, though, and I swear I'm not processing that in a snotty way. It just seems like when something starts to creep into that higher price range, it's usually in part because of the nature of the act of creation...? Yeah, I'm clearly not ready to write about that.

* this may be funny, but it's not unique enough to be news.

* one of the significant minor pleasures of the recent comics Internet is the occasional travelogue written by D+Q head honcho Chris Oliveros. Here's a photo-driven report on his recent trip to Los Angeles.

* finally, a few folks have been nice enough to send along this link to a short piece from Tim O'Neil analyzing a Jack Cole pin-up. That almost certainly means someone prominent had it first, and my apologies to that person for not knowing who you are. Good piece, though.
 
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