Flush with the excitement of a new set of content ratings from Marvel, Scott at Polite Dissent offers some helpful suggestions. Parents may not find them particularly useful, but I know I’d rely on them.
Dorian at Postmodern Barney rattles off 100 annoying things about comics. The love shines through all the same.
At The Great Curve, Brian Cronin looks super-heroic death in the eye.
David Taylor at Love Manga looks at ICv2’s graphic novel numbers for January. Good stuff, and I particularly like his wrap-up remarks:
“The new audience that Manga is currently attracting, are not always your average comic readers, and the chance (however minute) that they may crossover into other non-manga graphic novels must surely be a good thing, for both us comic readers and comic publishers.”
In the latest installment of Past the Front Racks at Comic World News, Shawn Hoke wants more people to give The Comics Journal a try:
“If you email me (shawnhoke at gmail dot com) your reason for not trying TCJ yet in 500 words or less, I’ll enter your name in a drawing (I’ll pick the entry that entertains me the most) for my copy of the Bendis issue. That’s right, I’m giving away my copy of this issue, and creating a gaping hole in my Journal run, just so you, Mr. or Mrs. Non Journal Reader, can be exposed to the magic for free.”
Further details and regulations are at the end of Shawn’s column.