Newsy notes, 9/24
§ Douglas Wolk is interviewed at Comic Debrief:
Why are superheroes so prominent in the medium? Why not, say, pirates?
Superheroes ended up dominating pamphlet comic...
Some quick links
§ Manuel Auad has a new book called The Art of Alex Niño.
§Brian Heater presents his interview with Kyle Baker and Mo Willems:
We’d...
News and notes
§ Taro Aso, the controversial Japanese pol who is expected to become their next Prime Minister, is getting a lot of support from...
Random universe, random links
The week in Beat columnists: We erred horribly when we stated that Marc-Oliver Frisch has moved to North Dakota. He has, in fact, moved...
People are talking about…9/15
§ Chris Butcher goes to PAX, the video game confab, and comes back wondering why things can't all be so simple. You see,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...













