Random Comics News Story Round-Up * Pat Grant profiles Lynda Barry. Keenan Keller talks to Benjamin Marra.
* in trying to drum up some empathy for people that seem to feel political commentary of any kind is some sort of toxic-by-definition thing in art, I try to imagine a version of me that would come to believe this, a version that stayed in my hometown or in a very strict church, perhaps. So far no good; I'm unable to make this leap of imagination. While I still find it fascinating that companies finally have people assuming ownership over characters and stories and all it means is everything is a bit fucked up now and then, I've moved past the novelty of it. It's also an embarrassment someone was drummed from a shared social media platform for having an opinion that harms no one else.
* Pat Grant profiles 
