Links we liked
§ We'd be completely remiss if we didn't point out Tom Spurgeon's comprehensive post on the great cartoonist Bill Mauldin in advance of Fantagraphics'...
Kubert and Romita Sr. Video
http://www.youtube.com/v/FcjgDMLmncQ
From the Balitmore Comic-con
Little, Brown scraps Tintin Congo outing
Following tons of international controversy, PW reports that Little, Brown has canceled the US version of Tintin in the Congo:
Little, Brown Books for Young...
JOHNNY DYNAMITE to green screen
Today's comic book option is JOHNNY DYNAMITE by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty, a hard boiled copper whose adventures once ran in...
Final Blade Runner?
The real, true director's cut of this seminal and prophetic film is coming:
This current "Final Cut" version, Scott said, comes closest to what the...
Farewell, Miss Moneypenny
RIP Lois Maxwell.
Oh Miss Moneypenny, forever, typing memos, answering phones and taking dictation, secretly keeping the nation secure, all with spackled on eyeliner and...
Various links and stuff
A round up of some interesting stuff from over the weekend:
§ John Jakala investigates the "failed" manga efforts of Westerners :
I thought this was...
Japan news and notes
NPR's On The Media looks at the cultural impact of manga:
Manga is Japan’s ubiquitous art form; a kind of comic book equivalent that illustrates...
To do 9/29 LA: LA Lirary event
Lots of literate stuff going on in LA, this weekend, including the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday, but on Saturday, there's another worthy...
LIbrary event recounted
ForeWord Magazine writes up a recent graphic novel event for librarians.
It may have been the first all-day event for librarians devoted exclusively to the...
Nate Fisher/Eightball case mop-up
Pretty much everything of interest in the Nate Fisher/Eightball case has been said, until Fisher himself speaks, perhaps, but a few late comments are...
