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Tuesday, Nov 3
Nov. 3, 2009: The death of an innocent child
Literary Comics Pop Comics Comic Strips Digital Comics Comics Culture November 3 (Hertfordshire, England): Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons will discuss his most famous book at the Stevenage Library, beginning at 8PM. Details here.
Friday, Oct 9
Oct. 9, 2009: Separate from the format
Top Story] Life in interesting times Literary Comics Pop Comics Profile] Dave Gibbons Link: Sardinian Connection (one, two) An interview with the Watchmen co-creator. Link via David Caci.) Comics Culture Multimedia] Comics-related podcasts
Wednesday, Sep 23
Podcast: Sept. 23, 2009: A sliver of hypocrisy
Literary Comics Pop Comics Comics] “Frosty the Snowman” Link: Gabriel Corbera A classic childrens’ story, as told by the great John Stanley. Digital Comics Comics] Dumb Crambo Jr. Link: John Adcock A sampler of 19th-century cartoon art from Punch. Comics Culture
Friday, Sep 11
Sept. 11, 2009: Let’s have some boring times now
Next year’s New York Anime Festival and New York Comic Con will take place at the same time and place. Literary Comics Pop Comics Comic Strips Digital Comics Comics Culture “Maybe that’s because Watchmen focuses on men.” Multimedia] Comics-related podcasts
Thursday, Sep 10
Sept. 10, 2009: The man who couldn’t shoot straight
Literary Comics Pop Comics Comics] “Luck!” Link: Pappy A classic Harvey Kurtzman-written war story, illustrated by John Severin and Will Elder, and presented from scans of both the comic and the original art. Digital Comics Comics] Early Jack Davis Comics Culture
Friday, Aug 14
Aug. 14, 2009: Waiting for Eve
Literary Comics Pop Comics Link via David Brothers.) Comic Strips Digital Comics Craft] Dave Gibbons on computer-aided drawing Link: Jack Schofield The Watchmen artist discusses the liberating effects of modern technology. Comics Culture Multimedia] Comics-related podcasts
Tuesday, Aug 11
Aug. 11, 2009: Disappeared
Top Story] Life in interesting times Literary Comics Pop Comics Review] Wednesday Comics Link: Graeme McMillan Notes toward a review of DC Comics’ oversized anthology. Digital Comics Comics Culture Your not-comics link of the day] I got nothin’.
Monday, Jul 27
July 28, 2009: Like a movie trailer
Top Story] Life in interesting times Matt Blind presents his latest set of estimates for online graphic-novel sales. Blind also lays out his business plan for a modern graphic-novel store. Literary Comics Pop Comics Manga Comics Culture
Wednesday, Apr 22
April 23, 2009: Excuse me while I kiss up to the home office
The New York Times‘ stock inches closer to junk status. Literary Comics Pop Comics Review] Detective Comics #853 Link: Graeme McMillan McMillan wasn’t taken with Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert’s take on Batman. Comic Strips Comics Culture
Wednesday, Apr 1
April 1, 2009: An aberration
Top Story] Life in interesting times Literary Comics Pop Comics Comics] Atomic War #4 Link: Chuck Wells (one, two and three Stories from the final issue of the brief-lived Cold War comic, this time with less “atomic” and more “war.” Comic Strips Comics Culture
Wednesday, Feb 25
Feb. 25, 2009: Hopeless nostalgics
Alan Moore Literary Comics Pop Comics Profile] Dave Gibbons Link: Adam Rogers The Watchmen artist discusses the film, his collaboration with Alan Moore and how their graphic novel lead the comics industry into a decades-long, grim-and-gritty dead end. Comic Strips Comics Culture
Thursday, Feb 5
Feb. 5, 2009: Next gasp?
Top Story] Newspaper Armageddon Watch Literary Comics Review] Imaginary comics: Best American Comics 2053 Link: Noah Berlatsky Wow, the series really went downhill, didn’t it? Pop Comics Manga Digital Comics Comics Culture Your not-comics link of the day]
Thursday, Jan 8
Podcast: Jan. 9, 2009: Sam Zittle’s crucifixion machine
Literary Comics Pop Comics Commentary] Critical approaches to superhero comics, round two Link: Marc-Oliver Frisch Comic Strips Digital Comics Comics] Weird cartoons Link: John Adcock Comics Culture Multimedia] Comics-related podcasts
Tuesday, Nov 11
November 12, 2008: Nothing ever ends
Literary Comics Pop Comics Profile] Dave Gibbons Link: Lev Grossman An interview with the artist behind Watchmen and the new book Watching the Watchmen. Above: sequence from the book, ©1987 DC Comics.) Digital Comics Comics Culture Your not-comics link of the day]
Thursday, Jul 31
Podcast: Aug. 1, 2008: Skipping out the door
Literary Comics Pop Comics Profile] Joe Gordon interviews La Muse writer Adi Tantimedh about his revisionist superhero tale. Digital Comics Profile] Rick Marshall interviews Dinosaur Comics creator Ryan North. Comics Culture
Wednesday, Jul 30
July 31, 2008: Comparing apples to Buicks
Literary Comics Pop Comics Manga Comics Culture Oddity] Kevin Church catches a set of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ twelve-issue Watchmen miniseries selling for $510 on eBay. As one person notes in comments, “It’s almost like the mid-90s again.”
Thursday, Jun 21
June 21, 2007: The Devil went down to Georgia
Comics Industry Graphic Novels Comic Books Golden Age Comic Book Stories presents a four-page story by Matt Fox, “The Tiny Coffin,” originally printed in Mystery Tales #22. (Above: excerpt from the story in question, ©1954 Atlas Comics.) Digital Comics Comics Culture
