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SubscribeWarner/DC comics shuts down children's cancer charity auction over trademark
http://www.boingboing.net/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ warnerdc-comics-shut.html-
Summer Movies 2008
http://guttervomit.com/ 2008/ 05/ 15/ summer-movies-2008/RottenTomatoes recently came out with a very nice feature on the upcoming feature films for the period of May to August 2008 (referred to as “summer” in other countries, although it’s decidedly a bit more wet than that here).
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Drawings of cartoon characters in middle- and old-age
http://www.boingboing.net/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ drawings-of-cartoon.htmlScott Beale says: "Spirit Magazine, the inflight magazine for Southwest Airlines, recently published an article on Nickelodeon which includes a wonderful illustration of some popular cartoon and comics characters as senior citizens." Link
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“That’s not my name!”
http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/ blog/ ?p=7449The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre has uploaded their musical video - set to “That’s not my name” by the Ting Tings - from last weekend’s Bristol Comics show. Below, a bemused and amused looking Gary Spencer Millidge with aforementioned singing Sock Puppets by the Strangehaven stand.
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Lego My Statue!
http://www.2pstart.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ lego-my-statue/Sorry for the late comic today, but Ray’s back and things are back to normal now, meaning everything will be late again. Just kidding, if Ray were gone one more day, the comic duties would have fallen to me! That’s not a situation that should ever happen again, so I’m glad to see in Ray’s limited time back he was able to put together a quality comic.
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Video profile of BLAB!'s Monte Beauchamp
http://www.boingboing.net/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ video-profile-of-bla.htmlHere's Lo-Fi Saint Louis' profile of BLAB! publisher Monte Beauchamp. If you don’t know Blab, you should. It’s a collection of artists published lovingly in a magazine only once a year and each issue is kicked off with a gallery opening of work from the book.
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Check Out My New Leotard!
http://antickmusings.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ check-out-my-new-leotard.htmlToday I reviewed Eddie Campbell's new graphic novel (maybe) The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard for ComicMix.
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On Comics: A Webcomix Reading File
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/ shookdown/ 2008/ 05/ a_webcomix_reading_file.phpBy Matthew Shaer Over at Digital Strips, the Midnight Cartooner notes that, “More and more creators are learning that it’s easy as cake to take their webcomics and get them printed. Even if an established printing house won’t pick up a collected work, there are options via Lulu and other
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The Comic Book Script Library
http://rhbfictions.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ comic-book-script-library.htmlThe Comic Book Script library is a fascinating repository of the comic scripts of notable authors including Alan Moore, Bendis, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Matt Fraction, Neil Gaiman, Brian K Vaughn and many more. Some are links, some documents, some pdfs. Neil Gaiman - The Sandman # 24 Page 10 panel 1 Long panel across the top of the page.
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Comic Book & Cartoon Characters as Senior Citizens
http://laughingsquid.com/ comic-book-cartoon-characters-as-senior-citizens/Donald Soffritti has a great series of illustrations showing what some superheroes and supervillains might look like in their old age. Along these same lines, Spirit Magazine, the inflight magazine for Southwest Airlines, recently published an article on Nickelodeon which includes a wonderful illustration of some popular cartoon and comics characters as senior citizens.
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Full Response: Fantagraphics Signs With Diamond
http://comics212.net/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ full-response-fantagraphics-signs-with-diamo…Although he was under no obligation to do so, Tom Spurgeon didn’t post the full text of my response to the news that Fantagraphics has signed an exclusive deal with Diamond… It’s a little more balanced and nuanced then what ended up in the CR piece, in my always-humble opinion, so I figured I’d post it here.