“In many ways, the comics audience is the last big block of cultural consumers who prefer the physical thing. What happens when they go away too?”

 

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Recently posted to our homepage:

• R.C. Harvey reviews Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid, and continues Cathy-blogging.

 

• International comics: Bart Croonenborghs reviews Peter Moerenhout and Maarten Vande Wiele’s I Hate Paris.

 

• Noah Berlatsky‘s issue-by-issue look at the original Wonder Woman series continues over at The Hooded Utilitarian.

The week have been long, sleep has been short and I am close to death. Well — not really death, but you know what I mean. So this one will be short and sweet…

 

Above the Fold

 

Life in interesting times

• “Ron Rogers — who is believed to be the only African American working full-time as an editorial cartoonist at a daily newspaper — is losing his job at the South Bend Tribune.”

 

• Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series topped out the BookScan August estimates for sales to the booksellers market, according to ICv2.

 

 

 

Profiles

 

• Beth Davies-Stofka on Randall Enos

 

Reviews

 

• Andrew Wheeler on Lucky in Love
• Brian Heater on Blammo #6
• David Welsh on A Drunken Dream
• J. Caleb Mozzocco on Seedless Vol. 1
• Lori Henderson on Chi’s Sweet Home Vol. 1-2
• Nina Stone on Hellboy: The Storm #3
• Bill Sherman on Chibi Vampire: Airmail

 

Commentary

 

• David Brothers: Then state of DC Comics
• Charles Yoakum: Copyright, greater culture and the ever lovin’ business model
• Ger Apeldoorn: Howard Nostrand vs. Bob Powell

 

Comics and Art

 

• Golden Age Comic Book Stories: Four from Strange Tales
• Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Bernie Wrightson’s “The Man Who Murdered Himself!”
• Steven Thompson: Pat Boyette’s “Spacious Rooms for Rent”
• Chuck Wells: “Death Comes Three Ways!”
• Barry Deutsch: Street harrassment
     (Link via Laura Hudson.)
• Techland: Lucky in Love previewed
• Allan Holtz: Peter Pumpkin

 

Events Calendar

 

Today:

 

• Sept. 3 (Los Angeles, CA): An opening reception for an exhibit celebrating the new cartoon collection Bound and Gagged takes place at the Secret Headquarters on Sunset Boulevard, from 8-10PM. Details here.

 

This Weekend:

 

• Sept. 4-5 (San Francisco, CA): The San Francisco Zine Fest takes place at the San Francisco County Fair Building on Ninth Avenue. Details here.

 

Want to see your comics-related event listed here? Email a link to dirk@tcj.com and let me know. Please include an online link to which I can send people for more information. No sales-only events, please — it’s nice that you’ve marked things down at your store or website, but I won’t be listing it here. (Note: Under no circumstances will I link to a Facebook page. Seriously, what idiot “advertises” their event solely on a website that requires registration to see the advertisement?)