“But, what I’ve stated in the past is that what we’re hoping for Civil War to do is to get us a little closer to that feeling that was prevalent in the early days of the Marvel Universe. Back to that feeling of uncertainty, of unease between characters. This was always an integral part of [...]

Here’s details on Bookfest. I’ll be there in the morning.
Roman will host a workshop on writing for comics. Telgemeier will be signing books, including her Baby-Sitters Club books.
And here’s a charming cartoon about their relationship.

Here’s some cool Iron Man sketches; I especially heart the Francesco Francavilla ones.
Sorry for the blog absence; I caught a stomach bug. At least I don’t talk about it like Max Barry does.
I’ve been on board with Civil War, and I think it’s the best ubercrossover Marvel’s ever done, but I have one problem with [...]

I do my best thinking in the shower.
I was trying to think about what I’d like to talk about while showering this morning, and something occured to me. I missed the boat on the pog story yesterday. Sure, there were pogs in a 7-11…
…but where were the comics?
Eighteen months ago, Marvel announced a deal where [...]

Easterbrook, noted editor at The New Republic, Atlantic Monthly, and the Washington Monthly, and also writer of ESPN’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback, discusses the X-Men.
True story: I got the idea of writing haikus in book reviews from him, as he uses haikus in his column to describe football teams. If you’re going to steal a gimmick, [...]

Brevoort’s an editor at Marvel, and responded to some comments on his blog with this gem:
"Here’s the thing: the characters are invulnerable.
"I’m not talking about super-powers here; I’m talking about the ability to survive bad stories and bad times and to live on and prosper again. The primary Marvel characters have been around for four [...]

Lynn Johnston opens up her studio to the public and shows how her award-winning strip, For Better or For Worse, gets made. Here’s the link, courtesy (again) of Blog@Newsarama.
No reviews tonight again, but I’ll catch up this weekend.

Amazing what you can learn on the intarwub these days…
Reviews should be back tonight; I’m nearly finished a few books, but I was wiped last night.

Found this on Neilalien: Alex Toth wrote a scathing, brutally honest critique of a Johnny Quest story Steve Rude had drawn. It’s a real piece of tough love. Toth points out every flaw in Rude’s story to try to inspire him to draw better. Take a look.
One thing that I’ve always loved about comics is [...]

The champion of the comics blogosphere, Heidi McDonald, has posted breaking news about Harlan Ellison’s lawsuit against Fantagraphics. There’s a PDF of the complaint at Journalista here. From reading the PDF, Harlan is suing over two issues: published excerpts from Fanta’s upcoming company biography, Comics As Art: We Told You So, and the cover attribution [...]