Thursday, June 19, 2014

COMICS NEWS ROUNDUP WITH PW


New Yorker: Thank You, Charles Barsotti
New Yorker cartoon editor Robert Mankoff remembers cartoonist Charles Barsotti, who died earlier this week at age 80. more

Multiversity: Talking The Hard Facts of Making and Selling Comics with Retailers
Comics retailers including Third Eye Comics, Challengers Comics + Conversation, and Jetpack Comics talk about the realities of ordering comics, including the importance of pull lists, subscriptions, and variant covers. more

Comicsbeat: Kids Read Comics Show Enters its Sixth Year
Librarian David Carter talks to educator Jerzy Drozd about Kids Read Comics, an energetic show in Ann Arbor, Mich., that celebrates comics for younger readers. This year's show will be held June 28–29th. more

Comics and Cola: Gipi: songs of innocence, songs of experience
Two books by one cartoonist, Gipi—'They Found the Car' and 'The Innocents'—provide examples of widely differing ways to tell stories, says Zainab Akhtar. more



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