I was working on a long article this week so this all piled up, but I know it’s the weekend and everyone has nothing to do but read all the stuff they missed earlier, right?
§ The final cover to Simon Hanselmann‘s Megahex has been revealed. The book comes out this fall, collecting the popular webcomic, and a lot of people I know will be talking about this.
§ Eric Colossal’s Rutabaga the Adventure Chef will be published by Amulet Books, in a two book deal. The first books comes out in March, 2015. The webcomic concerns the fantasy adventures of a chef who goes questing for exotic ingredients. There will be recipes in the print version.
§ Speaking of fun fantasies, Game of Thrones show runner David Benioff and HBO are auctioning off a set visit during Season Five filming. I haven’t read the books so I don’t know if this will involves another grisly wedding, wandering around icy fjords or just watching someone get a vital appendage chopped off, but whatever happens it will be amazing! Go place your bid here. The current top bid is $9,500 so be prepared to spend. A Lannister always pays via Paypal. The proceeds benefit the Epic Theatre Ensemble.
§ Corinne Mucha’s break up comic Get Over It! is previewed here. Been there.
§ The feature I was working on involved libraries, so this expose of library school amused me.
You’re probably wondering at this point how you’re going to fit in. Simple! Have you seen Doctor Who? You should probably have a favorite Doctor (NINE FOREVER.) You’ve read Harry Potter and maybe dabbled in fandom? And you love Tina Fey. You must love Tina Fey. To really stand out you should probably have at least one “thing.” It’ll have to be really weird to stand out in library school though. Maybe cyborg hockey player RPS? Oh wait, that’s taken. Maybe just think on it for a while. Whatever you do, don’t talk about the rock wall at your gym constantly. Nobody likes that guy.
§ I joked about the Camden Comic Con, but it was “a Pleasant Surprise” and I am very happy to hear that. CO2 Comics’ Gerry Giovinco has a nice report.
For a small, first-time convention organized in just two short months, so many things were done right that it is just amazing, beginning with and highlighted by the hospitality of the staff and Rutgers University. They found a way to make everyone feel appreciated which is, in and of itself, a rarity anywhere in today’s society. They even provided a delicious,complimentary lunch to all vendors, dealers and guests! Who can not be happy when you are being fed?
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§ Tom Devlin has a photo report on MoCCA and stained glass windows.
§ And Maura McHugh went to MCM Dublin, which appears to be one of those “emerging markets.”
If anything MCM Ireland Comic Con has proved that the potential audience is bigger than previously realised. It’s not so much a case of ‘if you build it, they will come,’ as ‘if you let them know the event is going on, they will come.’ MCM had the media connections and marketing budget that many of the Irish conventions don’t possess, and even though it rolled out its poster campaign in Dublin a little late, it still collared the attention of a large audience impatient for this kind of event.
§ Speaking of conventions, First Second’s Gina Gagaliano has another Comics Etiquette 101 on why pitching your great American graphic novel in the middle of a comicon is unlikely to end in a sale. Everyone is busy and distracted and buying a book is serious business. BUT wise words at the end:
So — if we see you at a convention and we tell you that we like your work and that you should stay in touch, that’s not us giving you the brush-off.
That’s us telling you to stay in touch with us — the first step towards an author/publisher relationship.
§ Mimi Pond’s Over Easy has been getting lots of press and it even made Buzzfeed with a piece called 14 Observations About Working At A Restaurant From Mimi Pond’s Graphic Memoir.
§ Here’s a project where they are redrawing ROM, the Marvel Publisher, Bill Mantlo-written, Sal Buscema drawn comic about a robot that will never ever be reprinted because no one has the rights any more. Well, someone does but they don’t want to reprint it.
§ Laura Hudson interviews Matt Fraction because he got sex comics right. Indeed he did!
§ Here is an old one. Sean Michael Robinson on an aborted graphic novel project that he had to scrap after four years. Among the problems: the characters weren’t well designed and the art style was too introcate. Definitely something an aspiring creator should ponder before launching a big project. Sam Alden’s Eighth Grade is another
§ Here is an old news item I completely biffed, the Kirby family taking their case regarding ownership of various Marvel characters to the Supreme Court. Although this sounds unlikely, Beat legal expert Jeff Trexler actually caleld this—and some of the issues raised in the filing—back in his thorough analysis of the case for TCJ. A very sim chance, to be sure, but perhaps…one last chance.
The Marvel v. Kirby appeal could offer an attractive case for justices on both sides of the ideological fence to resolve the question of judicial takings in a mutually acceptable way. On the one hand, it is a documentable case of judges unilaterally depriving freelancers and their heirs of substantial property rights, including both the original copyright and the right to terminate the earlier transfer. In this case it’s all intellectual property, but as the court indicates in Stop the Beach Renourishment, property rights are property rights, no matter how intangible.
I went to this event and had a GREAT time. There were so many kids, families, and people of all-ages that were having a ball. The vendors were nice, the creators were sweet, and FREE is always good. Highly recommended.
oh, by ‘this event’ I meant the Camden CC
Well, my library school awarded a bachelor’s… so it was sort of minor-league library school. (MLS is what most librarians have, my school trained school librarians… the grunts of librarianship.)
My “thing”? Graphic novels. But this was 1990. Nobody knew what they were, and if a library had them, they shelved them with the New Yorker cartoon collections in the “drawing” section.
Of course, this was undergrad… EVERYONE had a thing. You’re exploring the Brave New World without adult supervision. Let your Geek Flag Fly!
Thank you for this. You always have some great posts.
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