Around the web
§ USA Today interviews Alicia Torres, whose AMERICAN WIDOW, with artist Sungyoon Choi, has just come out. The book recounts her struggles after the death of her husband in the 9/11 attacks:
Over lunch in...
Land o’ the links
§ An Entrepreneur.com story on webcomics includes the fact that Chris Onstad makes $250K a year from ACHEWOOD-related activities:
Webcomics cultivate an underground rapport with readers that relies on word-of-mouth, so readers discover the comics--and...
Giant kibbles, huge chunks
News from all over the place today:
§ We may only have a month to live -- but at least there's a comic book about it.
§ Heavenly: Hervé St-Louis looks at Milton Caniff’s influence...
A few links, just for fun
§ Alex Toth car comics at Comics Comics. Can't ALL comics just look like this?
§Fewer cartoonists at GOP convention:
There are several editorial cartoonists here, but fewer than previous years, according to Nick Anderson,...
The catch-up post
Too much to catch up on, but here's a teeny sampling:
§ Via Colleen: Ross Rojek may soon be at large again!
Ross Rojek, formerly of Another Universe, formerly of Comics and Comix, formerly the guy...
Brief items
§ Bob Greenberger is the new News editor at ComicMix:
Almost a year ago to the day, Mike took me to lunch to talk about my life post-Weekly World News and we began discussing a...
A few tidbits
§ Jeff Smith on PBS News Hour.
§ Jeff Trexler looks at the filing in the WATCHMEN lawsuit. Analyze away!
§ Silver Age Bullpenner Scott Edelman presents an original Stan's Soapbox manuscript:
One of my duties...
8/18: People are talking about…
§ Brian Hibbs talks about ordering in the era of POS, FOC and TPs. It isn't all anagrams.
It also isn't as true for publishers (or distributors) for that matter - all one needs...
8/15: People are talking about…
§ John DiBello is talking about sexual harassment at conventions:
Quite simply, this behavior has got to stop at Comic-Con. It should never be a sort of place where anyone, man or woman, feels unsafe...
8/13: People are talking about…
§ Matt Brady asks Paul Levitz about The Watchmen Effect:
NRAMA: I spoke with John Cunninghman at the DC booth and he said that, for the first time he could remember, people were coming...
People are talking about…
§ Tim O'Shea offers a rare interview with Dirk Deppey on the loneliness of the long-distance blogger:
Dirk Deppey: Journalista’s a big part of it, yes — I mean, it requires anywhere from six...
Stuff people said: Part XIV
§ Believe it or not, the Tucson Weekly has a column called "¡Ask a Mexican!" Arriba! Andale! Anyway, someone asks him whether MEMIN PINGUIN and Tijuana bibles are all Mexican comics have to offer:
Memín...
