Crumb still shocking
R. Crumb's appearance at Virginia Commonwealth University last week has led to a campus controversy, with his comments on rape and misogyny igniting complaints from students and statements from officials:
Timothy Patterson, a Richmond College...
Library report: Some good, some not as good
A couple of stories spotlighting the matter of graphic novels in libraries-- GNs remain among the most popular books to check out, and libraries have been a major force in getting younger readers exposed...
Crumb’s GENESIS makes waves and appearances
You're one of the world's most revered but reclusive cartoonists and you've just put out a book that confronts the biggest human enterprise of all: religion. So how to do you promote your book...
Just how dirty is DRAGONBALL?
Ever since the manga revolution hit American shores, comics industry observers have been writing for parents to catch on to the fact that their kids are reading stories about passionate gay love affairs and...
OH NO, not the gossip war again.
Sometime in the night, the marvelous Gail Simone went on Twitter and spoke thusly: Do We Need Tabloid And Gossip Comics Journalism? which Rich Johnston picked up at the above link. Simone is no...
SDCC Safety alert: Beware the pedicab!
Those of us who are San Diego bound are gearing up for many things, including the inevitable oceans of pedicabs swarming like seagulls over every scrap of pedestrian. But a lengthy LA Times report...
TSA finds comic script threatening
Via his Twitter feed, writer Mark Sable reveals that he was detained for 30 minutes prior to a flight by the TSA after a random search turned up a copy of his script to...
Cartoon Last Supper offends some San Diegans
A painting by Glen Tarnowski refitting Da Vinci's Last Supper to include Bugs Bunny, the Grinch, and other toons has offended some passers-by in Old Town, San Diego.. The painting is hanging in the...
Sexy Spidey outrages mom
As reported late last week, a mother in Millard, Nebraska was shocked by the sexual undertones in a Spider-Man graphic novel that her six-year-old son checked out of the local school library:
"It has a...
Devil pleasing twiddle rompus is upon us
We're on a hiatus today while we deal with pressing matters, but we thought you would like this subtext-laden Wolverine blow up toy, and the ChristWire article that blows it up:
It looks like our...
Nerd moles moving on hurting comics?
We received a note the other day about Time's Top Ten of Everything being far from everything, since it doesn't include Graphic Novels. It does have a (rather unimaginative, we think) Top 10 Editorial...
