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Comic Book Resources has announced that today's B&B column, wherein DC eic Bob Harras and Editorial Director Bobbie Chase answer fan and journalist questions....has been put on the shelf after four outings :

The fabled A1 Brit comics anthology, is getting a relaunch in June, and now an annual in October with the A1 Annual billed as "a Who’s Who of comics’ talent – past, present and future." And if you look at who's in it, you may just agree. The issue comes with two covers, including a Diamond exclusive cover by Jim Steranko and Stanley Lau. Contributors include everyone from Simon and Kirby reprints to Dave Johnson to Emily Hu. 176 pages and $22.99. Sold!

Coinciding brilliantly with our post yesterday on the nagging uncertainty of making a career in future media, world-renowned best selling author Neil Gaiman said pretty much exactly the same thing in a keynote address at the London Book Fair which urged everyone to just try new shit (we're paraphrasing) to find what works:

Beat pal and writer Adri Cowan writes to say she's collecting kid-friendly comics to donate to the Boston Children's Hospital and other Boston hospitals following the horrific events in Boston this week.

We've been following the development a musical based on Alison Bechdel's classic comics memoir Fun Home for a while, and nowNew York's prestigious Public...

MAN OF STEEL, the Superman reboot, is probably the most important comic book movie since the first Sam Raimi Spider-Man -- the future of DC's superheroes on screen rests on its caped shoulders. If the movie does well, a whole new cinematic universe could unfold. If it flops...well, let's hope that doesn't happen.

§ It's been kind of hard to concentrate on comics with all the horrible things going on in Boston. Fleen blogger Gary Tyrell is also a trained EMT, and he gives some emergency basics in this post. Worth a read, and keep sending good thoughts out for a better, saner world.

In a year where indie, art and literary comix dominated  Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillip's Fatale led the pack with six Eisner nominations, followed by...

In the Brian Hibbs column I quoted in my previous post, he also wrote this: We also live in an industry where a significant number...

There is a happy feeling in general when comics folks get together these days. Oh, there may be the occasional digital kerfuffle, and DC...

We'd like to remind you that a number of fantastic cartoonists are on tour either at the moment or upcoming soon this Spring. We've...