Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* Mark Badger has a word or two for an aspect of criticism leveled at Zuda Comics.

* the complainant has been called to appear in the case regarding the publication of Tintin Au Congo in France. As this article points out, this should at least result in a press conference, but the judge also has the leeway to close the case at any time.

* many of you have written in to follow-up on yesterday's news of Rick Marshall leaving Wizard's On-Line Editor position with word that the site was down yesterday afternoon and by this morning was back up via a stores.yahoo account. I have no idea what this means, if anything.

* this very linked-to article discusses a German comic book used to argue against the dangers of engaging extremist Muslim views.

* Brian Wood is blogging from the Lucca Festival. I'd say without much to back it up other than a hunch that Lucca is the European comics festival that's been the most friendly to American comics creators historically. At least, you always read about the Buscemas and the Kuberts and the Infantinos of the world making that trip more than any other. Plus, it's one big festival, and as Brian writes, it has the classic all-around-town set-up which is really amazing to see after you become accustomed to the American convention center way of doing things.

* three people just e-mailed me this blog's exploration of all things Image, including a post with a TV piece about Image's formation, which means someone else likely has it up this morning. So I apologize to that person.

* Chris Mautner talks to Monte Schulz about the family's disappointment with David Michaelis' biography about Charles Schulz, Schulz and Peanuts.

* the writer James Vance looks at comic shops that make him happy.

* the cartoonist Martin Kozlowski talks about one pretty great-sounding work sabbatical.

* the new books of criticism from John Updike apparently includes an essay on Saul Steinberg.

* it's not comics, but a discussion of the "new satirists" like Stephen Colbert, compares them to Thomas Nast. I think the more interesting question is why in an age with so much accessible satire from The Simpsons to The Daily Show, the grind of strident, exploitative politics goes on like none of these things are convincing anyone of anything.

* here's five Q&A cartoons between the musician/cartoonist Jeffrey Lewis and people writing in to ask him question.

* Jim Woodring is selling a bunch of not-available-before-now art on his art sales site.
 
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