Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* while negotiations went well between the Birmingham News and local leaders including members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference about recent problems they had with coverage, Editor Tom Scarritt was clear that cartoonist Scott Stantis will not be fired as the protest leaders had initially demanded.

* the comics news, previews and interview site has announced its acquisition by on-line super-site network Imaginova. As they discuss, this should allow them to expand their coverage and otherwise upgrade their site, faint rumors of which had preceded today's statement. Congratulations to a very enthused-sounding Matt Brady and Michael Doran.

* a lengthy profile of Milton Caniff, his career and recent books about and by the great cartoonist in the Columbus Dispatch in advance of this month's Caniff-focused Festival of Cartoon Art at Ohio State University drew this response about some of the history from Mark Evanier.

* here's a pretty good article on the New York Times web site about family disappointment in the new David Michaelis biography of Charles Schulz, Schulz and Peanuts. There's a lot of stuff in there that makes it a bit more than the standard "you got it wrong" piece: some nuanced and I think admirable statements from Jean Schulz, some contextual work, what factual errors are actually being claimed, and so on.

* speaking of which, here's an interview with Michaelis whose introduction describes the book's genesis.
 
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