Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the Eisner Family pledges $250K to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

* comics veteran Buzz Dixon has completed a six-part look at the year in comic strips (or at least the ones he read regularly): one, two, three, four, five, six. He intended five, but there were too many strips.

* it'd be difficult for me to pretend to know what the hell is going on with Comic Relief, but I don't know a comic store anywhere that couldn't make use of patronage at a holiday sale. In fact, if you're done with your shopping and find yourself having to head out into town today -- I always end up being sent out for sticks of butter -- consider a stop at your local comics shop. Buy something you wouldn't necessarily buy otherwise.

* I totally missed this wacky-looking art preview from Paul Pope's forthcoming First Second work.

* not comics: I can't remember if I knew a German film version of The Super existed and simply forgot about it, or if I never knew a darn thing about it. I'm guessing the latter.

* a classic holiday post, brought to my attention by Paul Di Filippo.

* the great Steve Brodner draws Natalia Koliada and urges your support of artists in Belarus.

* Joe Gross of the Austin American-Stateman picks his best of 2010 -- a quality, rigorously selected list from one of the most consistent comics-interested voices in the mainstream press. If you're not listed out, Dave Ferraro presents his choices for 10 best superhero comics of the year. If you want to shift gears a bit, and don't mind a traditionally rigid list, there's always the Washington Post on editorial cartoons.

* the creator of One Piece, the most successful comic in the world right now, made a lot of money last year. I think this might be a bigger story if that weren't true.

* someone needs to post all the Peanuts cartoons about comics into one place. There were quite a few in the late years.

* c'mon, it's obviously Razorback.

* Renee French at Inkstuds.

* the Comics Comics site has an amazing-looking article up that was written about underground/non-mainstream comics in Vancouver in 1981.

* CBR readers select the top two comics writers. I'm not certain who my top comics writer not also an artist would be -- although, come to think of it, both of those guys draw.

* a bunch of oddities unearthed today from deep with my bookmarks folders. Man, I gotta get better about keeping rational and organized bookmarks folders. Here's a note that Diamond is planning a digital comics service, which seems to me a perfectly reasonable thing they should be doing and something I think I'd rather cover when they actually come up with the digital comics service rather than its possibility. I think I bookmarked this post because I liked the art. I'm pretty sure I failed to cover a few of DC's late-year hires, like this one. Kate Dacey picks the best manga of 2010. Here's the original "Marvel Architects" release/article; I'm not sure what I was going to do with it. Danzig and Crystar. Miriam Almeida's blog. An STGCC publication in PDF form. A press kit for Gates. A cool-looking, late-period Kirby drawing.

* last night the Invisibles saved his life.

* this holiday greeting from King Features is slightly terrifying and really, really loud.

* finally, no. No, it can't.
 
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