People in the media
§ The Wall Street Journal interviews DC publisher and president Paul Levitz on his origin, and Paul says you should stay in school -- sometimes:
Q: Do you think a degree is more important today...
People are saying…
§ Jeet Heer interviews Seetha Srinivasan about The University Press of Mississippi's excellent comics scholarship publishing program, and reveals that some people don't just roll over and play dead when you say...
More thoughts, more memories
You can't stop after just 300. Just some random linkage and so on; by reading a few of these, you begin to see the elephant:
§ Caleb Monroe attempts the greatest experiment of all with...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits
§ Just what we needed, more competition.
§ John McCain is...the Joker?
§ Viz has a new movie division and ICV2 interviews head Jason Hoffs:
As far introducing a new, rich world, I think that manga...
Land o’ Links
§ By request: Let's flash back five years with the original Beat's famous essay on San Diego's Book of Invasions. Part One: Last Fan Standing. Part Two: San Diego's Book of Invasions. (I wish...
KIbbles ‘n’ Bits
§ Stan Sakai recounts a gathering to remember Dave Stevens:
If you think Dave was a handsome man, Scott revealed he was even better looking as a woman as he found out when Dave was...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits
§ Wanna buy a domain? T Campbell is selling Webcomics.com:
Current offers are ranging between $2000 and $3000; this may change. I'll try to keep this page as current as I can.
I'm not using a...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 7/7
§ At long last! Shaenon Garrity takes on the "Littles" -- Dot and Lotta!:
Little Lotta, incidentally, really needs to be revived, as she's a great role model for plus-size kids, and there are certainly...
People are talking about…
§ Alex Cox reviews GODDESS OF WAR and comments on sundry other matters at Comics Should Be Good!:
This is a comic unlike anything I have ever read, and certainly one of the most original...
Many links
§ Diablo 3? Oh dear god.
§ George Gene Gustines on original comics art prices:
The art eventually stopped being discarded, and in the 1970s it generally became policy to return the covers and pages to...
Many links
§ Johanna Draper Carlson looks at Josei Manga in the US:
In the US, josei titles have struggled. That’s unsurprising, given the typical audience for comics and graphic novels; older women are the last untapped...
