June 2011
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Zack Soto Starts Richard Corben Appreciation Blog
Terrific cartoonist in his own right, Zack Soto has started a Tumblr blog devoted to one of his own favorites, the sensual, elusive and still damn prolific Richard Corben. Check it out.
—Christopher Allen
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ADD Reviews Approximate Continuum Comics
Lewis Trondheim is one of the few comics creators whose work appeals to me despite carrying large doses of whimsy. Can I be honest with you? I hate whimsy. I hate anything whimsical. But the autobiographical comics of Lewis Trondheim, these I love. Trondheim’s autobio comics both feel very close to reality to me — I love other autobio creators like James Kochalka, Harvey Pekar and...
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A Retailer's Response to DC's Relaunch
John Belskis is the owner of Excellent Adventures in Ballston Spa, New York and the organizer of the twice-annual Albany Comic Con (an advertiser on Trouble With Comics). The following is his response to DC’s recently announced plans to relaunch their universe of superhero comic books and provide same-day digital download capability for their titles. If the words, “desperate times need...
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Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth
Writers - Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell Publisher - IDW Publishing $49.99 USD
I get a little uneasy calling anyone a genius, but since many folks I respect got there to slap that sobriquet on Alexander Toth way before me, I can live with it. There are really only a handful of true eccentrics and iconoclasts in the history of the comics medium. In recent years, publishers have gotten around to...
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CA and ADD on DC, FYI
Christopher Allen: So, as everyone knows by now, DC Comics is relaunching every single one of their ongoing series on August 31st, as well as a bunch of new ones. Kevin Melrose at CBR and Kiel Phegley at Newsarama have done good work tracking the news we have so far. Basically, on that date, there will be 52 #1 issues, meaning relaunches of most current series as well as several more. Note, some...
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