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By Todd Allen

--I learned something new today. Remember how Watchmen started out as a treatment for the Charlton characters DC had purchased? Come to find out out, DC didn't purchase the rights to all the Charlton characters and Dynamite now has the rights to Peter Cannon/Thunderbolt. As in, the prototype for Watchmen's Ozymandias.

Thing From Another World, the pop culture chain store, is seeking a manager for their Portland, OR store. And yes, there WILL be a written exam. Details below:

Every two years, the Max und Moritz Preis Gala takes place at the International Comics Salon in Erlangen, Germany. Who won? Who was nominated? And what was Marc-Oliver Frisch's involvement?

We all know (or should know!) how important Will Eisner was to the comics artform. Something an increasing number of people know is how important libraries are to getting more and more people to read comics and graphic novels. So it makes sense that a Graphic Novel Prize for Libraries would be named for Eisner.

Four titles will end, and four will begin! What will they be? And what's a Zero Issue, anyway

We're done at BEA and BlogWorld and so on, and getting back up to speed on posting. Huge thanks to Torsten, Todd, Vanguard Steve, and Jessica for keeping the show running while we were away from the computer. We'll have more BEA thoughts tomorrow but in the meantime, not to make anyone jealous or anything, but here's the promo item of the show...and maybe the year, a travel themed giveaway for Lemony Snicket's new series, "ALL THE WRONG QUESTIONS", which has art by Seth...everything from a pen with an octopus to a bar of soap. The first book will have a 1 million copy laydown October 23rd.

As reported by the AP yesterday, the ugly legal battle between Archie Comics's two co-ceo's has ended with a sealed settlement. As you'll recall, Jon Goldwater and Nancy Silberkleit had been engaged in a weird battle that involved restraining orders, enforcers and penises. But...it's all legally mandated smiles now after a mediator got the two to work things out:

The Los Angeles Times has reported on the passing of Ray Bradbury. He leaves behind 11 novels, over 400 novelettes and short stories, at least 45 collections, numerous dramatizations, and various work. Wikipedia has an incomplete bibliography, and the Grand Comics Database lists the various comics adaptations.

Only a few minutes to post a few tidbits...as usual, compared to even a few years ago, everyone in the book biz knows what graphic novels are, and even if they aren't publishing them outright, nearly everyone has a book that's "sort of" like a GN with words and pictures.

DC have made it official that the much-discussed 'iconic' superhero who will be homosexual in their new 52 Universe... is original Green Lantern Alan Scott.

This Monday, June 4 is the deadline for Eisner Award voting! All the info you need is in that link, while the voting link is here.

We thought the Eagle Awards were over. We were (possibly) wrong.