Ramdom news and notes
§ Are fansubs destroying the American anime industry? This article at ComiPress says yes.
In 2006, rumors spread about anime distributor Central Park Media's bankruptcy...
Happy 60th Birthday, Steve Canyon
Sixty years ago this weekend, "Steve Canyon" flew onto the pages of the Sun and 168 other daily newspapers, beginning a run that lasted...
NYT watch: Comic Strips Reprints
Joe Matt and strip reprints sales in the comics loving New York Times:
A NIGHTMARE,” Joe Matt sighs. “All those years, all that money, all...
GET YOUR WAR ON Off-Broadway
David Rees alerts the TCJ message board to an off-Broadway version of his strip GET YOUR WAR ON:
Remember five years ago, when somebody sent...
Wheeler in the Onion
As recounted in his blog, we ran into Too Much Opera Man Shannon Wheeler on the subway the other night, and he told us...
New Archie reax
Another kerfluffle we haven't really had a chance to investigate is the Archie redesign. Basically the other day Archie announced they would be trying...
John Wesley and The Bumsteads
We're not exactly sure what this is, but it's part of an art exhibit called THE BUMSTEADS by John Wesley, which is on view...
MALLARD FILLMORE cartoonist drinks, then drives
From E&P news that a right-leaning cartooner was arrested for a family unfriendly activity:
Edward Bruce Tinsley, 48, creator of the comic...
Fight + Menace
Jesse Hamm remixes DENNIS THE MENACE with FIGHT CLUB, and the result is chilling.
Garry Trudeau profiled
Perhaps the most in-depth profile ever of DOONESBURY's Garry Trudeau appeared in this weekend's Washington Post magazine, with an emphasis on how the story...
Links so good
§ Johanna has more commentary on ICv2's Most Powerful People in manga list, including spots 11-20:
# Robin Brenner, Young Adwult Library Services Association# Jim...
RIP Michelle Urry
Legendary PLAYBOY cartoon editor Michelle Urry has died at age 66 of occular melanoma, according to the NYT obituary (which we can't find online.)...
