Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the Washington Post covers the protest made by a group of cartoonists about the way newspaper strips by minority cartoonists are viewed and purchased. I hadn't seen the protest itself described -- it looks like the cartoonists will be doing the exact same strip, to underline how their comics are viewed as interchangeable.

* here are a bunch of new top comics of 2007 lists from the various folks at Chapel Hill Comics. Here's one from Jeff Vandermeer of Bookslut.

* Wizard has apparently re-launched their web site. The initial impression will surely be that it's much less hideous than the abortive last re-launch and its aggressive up-top video loop. It may be worth noting that they're going with a Joker-related Dark Knight story at a time when a lot of folks are stepping around such coverage in deference to the passing away of the role's actor, Heath Ledger.

* the cartoonist Colleen Doran kicks off Jeff Smith's series of posts on '90s self-publishing with a fairly intense but still ultimately balanced look at the pros and cons of the period from her perspective: "Making self publishing look good was more important than the objective reality that self publishing was unlikely to be good for almost everyone trying to do it."

* the cartoonist Ellen Forney writes in to say that she's posted a screensaver and the supplementary interviews from her new book, Lust.

* the manga publishing veteran Dallas Middaugh corrects a claim or two made in an article about a new manga bible adaptation.

* the writer Tony Isabella sent me a note suggesting that many of you would like his superhero/election poll. I'm still drunk from yesterday's pre-voting party outside the elementary school, so I'll be joining you later on.

* mediabistro.com notes that Marvel's picked up another new writer, the mystery author Chris Gray, who until recently also happened to be a prominent alt-weekly editor.
 
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