Links of note — UPDATE
§ One last kids comics are a teaching tool link, as Francoise Mouly was on the Brian Lehrer show on NPR yesterday talking about that very topic.
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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/14/08
§ At CBR, George Khoury summarizes the history of comics in the direct sales era. Clip and save!
"Nobody was happy about that, I guess," Steve Geppi recalled about the Marvel/Heroes World era, "Especially the...
Links and lot of them
We had actually had an even LONGER list of links here, but accidentally deleted half of it so...well...it wasn't meant to be.
§ The LA TImes on the end of the Marvel/Universal character pact:
Universal’s...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/7/2008
§ LOST GIRLS is now available in the UK and the Scotsman reports on a new round of controversy:
Sandra Affleck, a historian who leads Barrie themed tours in his hometown of Kirriemuir, was appalled...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits
§ It seems that 2007 is STILL winding up, as CBR looked at the big trends of last year including crossovers, and Andy Khouri sums things up:
We observed this Crossover Event trend last year,...
News and notes
With Tom and Dirk both out of commission we're feeling the pressure to link blog! Luckily not much is going on, because everyone is as focused on the holidays as we are! However, here...
Quick links
§ See The Beat spout off about 2007 at the Daily Cross Hatch!
There were more mountain peaks, but 2007 had a higher over all batting average, to wildly mix metaphors. There were more...
People are talking about….2007
A few more end-of-year comics wrap-ups in what passes for mainstream media:
§ Gary Brown at Cox News plays the curmudgeon with "In year of comics mediocrity, a shining dozen"
§ Randy Myers
§ Natalie Nichols...
Quick links and ITEMS!
§ Queenie Chan notes the 3rd volume of THE DREAMING is out and gives the closing credits along with a correction:An apology and thanks to Katie Huang and Paul Aeria, who helped me with...
Quick hits
§ ComixTalk has it's annual roundtable on the state of webcomics up, including blatherings by some idiot.
§ Is a film about "Calvin and Hobbes" and its reclusive creator in the works? Well,...