Jan 21 2008
Thanks to Mike over at the Satisfactory Comics blog, who’s posted a nice review of Midnight Sun, along with some scans of artwork therein. As Mike notes, I’ve been involved in a few random projects over the years with him and his frequent comics collaborator Isaac Cates and he’s linked to a few of those …
Jan 18 2008
Great news today that Stephan Pastis’ very funny comic strip, Pearls Before Swine, will be added to the Winston-Salem Journal’s lineup as a replacement for Kudzu. I’ve been reading the strip regularly online, but I’ll be glad to get the “real deal” as treeware now. In addition to that news, though, the above-linked article contains …
Jan 18 2008
Props to the folks at the Newsarama.com blog (blog@newsarama) not just for picking up my post yesterday where I briefly discussed the odd squarish format of the Midnight Sun GN, but also for coming up with the title I should have come up with for that post: “Hip to be Square.”
Jan 17 2008
Johanna Draper Carlson has posted a great review of Midnight Sun over at ComicsWorthReading.com, Midnight Sun – Recommended. Among other things, she mentions the book’s trim size: Plus, the package is well-chosen. It’s a squarer book than typical, making for a compact volume that feels great in the hand and suits the rectangular panels and …
Jan 17 2008
Comics scholars/writers Craig Fischer and Charles Hatfield have launched a new comics blog of comics writing and criticism at: http://www.thoughtballoonists.com. Both writers are involved with teaching comics curricula, have worked together on The International Comic Art Forum, and both have written for publications such as The Comics Journal. It looks like the plan is to …
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