Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* this sounds like a very worthy cause.

* before he was a prominent writer of comics, Matt Fraction was a well-regarded writer about comics. He engages a handful of books from the perspective of the holiday season here, here, here, here and here.

* Anders Nilsen is the featured guest on the latest episode of Comix Claptrap. Comix Claptrap, like seemingly all comics entities this year, has decided to generate new and startling content during the previously super-slack period that was late December. I'd be bitter, but hey! Anders Nilsen interview!

* a couple of folks have e-mailed me a link to this Mark Sable post about a previously unpublished Teen Titans story and the way it served to process the loss of the writer's father.

* not comics: Gil Roth buys eggs.

* Tintin fan art.

* should we be so quick to give racist dipshits all this press? I don't mean that in accusatory way -- I'm posting this link, after all -- but I've been thinking about it in a wondering out loud way. Anyway, the latest douchebaggery is sort of interesting in that it the analysis actually goes past the company or creative choices and seems to assume that Batman himself should worry about the symbolic aspects important to many of today's conservative-values bloggers, as opposed to simply stocking his International Legion Of Ass-Kickers with the finest folks out there devoted to the kicking of ass. Also, the character as constituted so easily fits into the basic DC conception of immigrant/outsider heroes, it's weird that anyone would question it if they thought about things for half a second.

* Nighthawk is kind of a tool. I always thought there was some room to do some things with both of Marvel's Batman-homages, Nighthawk and The Shroud. Is The Shroud even still around? Does he still want to kill Doctor Doom? I also kind of always liked the idea that the big-name heroes and villains would attract folks who thought of themselves as that character's "nemesis" when in actuality they weren't even close to being a long-term, serious threat.

* Sean Gaffney shares some thoughts on 2010. Kate Dacey gives us the 2010 Manga Hall Of Shame. The Cool Kids Table gang shares their favorite mainstream comics covers from the upcoming March serial comics season. Internet or no Internet, if if Psylocke's new costume involves her being naked from the waist up, that series should sell pretty well. Johnny Bacardi provides a best-of for 2010.

* the more I dig into my unused or already-used bookmarks folder, the weirder and more random they become. Today's: an anonymous manga artist's work schedule. I'm sure there are people in North American comics that have schedules to match, and I'm sure there are many more people in North American comics that think they work this much. David Petersen interviews Karl Kerschl -- not about Teen Titans: Year One, of course, but I just liked this image. Darby Conley interviews Bill Amend. Jon Chad's site. A list of black creators of BD. Reviews of a BCGF haul, a Ragman comic book, and the Kidd/Spear Shazam! book.

* I missed the second half of this Red Plains Christmas story when it originally posted, but look forward to catching up on it at some point this week.

* CBR talks to Jon Goldwater about all the publishing/content moves at Archie.

* James Kochalka wrote a new Christmas song, although I didn't see it until this morning. It's still Christmas until we throw the tree out! Speaking of Christmas things I missed, this Richard Sala post is terrific.

* here's a list of what I imagine to be pretty good webcomics, or at least comics with a chance of being pretty good. Too bad about the original post title, though.

* not comics: sad to hear 13.5 months later -- I'm afraid I don't keep up with news from those quarters -- that a man with whom I went to school and played football, Chris Coffland, died in Afghanistan. I have no doubt that he was a heroic figure and in his early forties was in better shape than just about any soldier serving. I benefited from his kindness, and I hope he rests in peace.

* Frank Santoro talks illuminated manuscripts.

* finally, here's the comics-related programming from the forthcoming meeting of the Modern Language Association in Los Angeles, plus a lot of contextual information so you'll know why that's being linked to here.
 
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