Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* It's not worth it at this point to name names, but I spent most of the first half-hour of my day whining about the full appropriation of a cartoon into another site, to the point that the site administrator quickly discovered and subsequently removed the offending post. So if you see that around, that's what that is. I'm glad for the outcome. This kind of thing happens more than you'd think, which is odd in that there are clear exceptions involving criticism (here's how this comic works), history (look at these comics from XXX years ago), news (strip causes controversy) and even sampling (check out these 100 strips of which this is one), to the point where it's usually super-obvious when someone crosses the line. There's so much not-actively protected material out there as well.

* this MySpace.com exclusive Chris Onstad Christmas piece made me laugh.

* apparently, First Second's Mark Siegel always wanted to be a comic book publisher, which this article makes sound like the greatest job ever.

* a Carla and Lance Hoffman update at PW-sponsored comics culture site The Beat.

* if I'm reading the piece correctly, they're spending some money on renovating the comics-related murals in Brussels. I like the fact that there is public comics-related art in a big ol' city like that, much more than I enjoy Peanuts statues or whatever. It's like seeing the banners in San Diego during the big con, which is always nice, only much more impressive and all the time.

* someone out there wants your scans of old British small press comics.

* finally, the writer Kiel Phegley brought to my attention this mini back-and-forth between John Byrne and Tom Brevoort. It would be interesting to see if Byrne could find purchase at Marvel now in any capacity. Byrne has refined his style in a way that I don't think most older creators of Byrne's generation that are still out there working have refined theirs, in a way that I don't think most mainstream comics readers particularly appreciate. It's sort of like if some syndicated editor had suggested the gag-era Floyd Gottfredson take over Steve Canyon.
 
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