Seth, Chris Ware, Robert Crumb, Dan Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Mark Beyer, Julie Doucet, Gary Panter, Jim Woodring, Karl Wirsum, Marc Bell, Peter Bagge, Sam Henderson, Mark Newgarden, Bob Sikoryak, James Kochalka, Kaz, Tony Millionaire, Lynda Barry, Ron Rege Jr., Richard Sala, Bill Griffith, Ben Katchor, Mat Brinkman, Wayne White, J. Bradley Johnson, John Porcellino, Richard McGuire, Charles Burns, Kim Deitch, Jason Lutes, James Sturm, Archer Prewitt, David Mazzucchelli, Adrian Tomine, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Justin Green, Phoebe Gloeckner, Debbie Dreschler, Jeffey Brown, David Heatley, Lauren Weinstein, Michael Dougan, Carol Tyler, David Collier, Ivan Brunetti, Kevin Huizenga, Walt Holcombe, Charles Schulz, Ernie Bushmiller, Bud Fisher, Frank King, George Herriman, Winsor McCay, Otto Soglow, Virgil Partch (VIP), Basil Wolverton, Rory Hayes, Harvey Kurtzman, Gene Deitch, Sammy Harkham, Jonathan Bennett.

"I've got six graphic novel projects that must get done, so I'm looking for professional quality comics artists able to work well in black and white (pencils & inks). Downside: there's no upfront pay. Upside: they will be seen. Backend pay on a wing and a prayer, so it's rolling the dice.

Requirements:

They're all modern day, down to earth "real world" type stories: crime, action, or espionage material. So:

* No superhero art
* No "manga" art (I know there's not really a "manga" style but there's a style an awful lot of Americans in particular have convinced themselves is "manga" style)
* No cartoony art
* At least semi-realistic is preferred, but stylized (Bill Sienkewicz, Alex Toth, Darwyn Cooke type styles, or any strongly identifiable and confidently rendered style) is just dandy
* Good anatomy rendering and composition skills a must

I realize most people capable of such are already working professionally, but worth a shot, right? Two scripts are ready to go, the others will be written one per month from August through November.

If interested, send samples (must be sequential art, preferably two sequential pages; no pinup shots or sketches) to malcolmcory@gmail.com. No more than three pages per person, preferably two pencilling samples and one inking sample. DO NOT email anything to any Comic Book Resources account."

"'Legend' was a bunch of guys who would starve to death before agreeing on what to order at a Chinese restaurant. But I can't say it wasn't successful. It got publicity and the books sold. CONCRETE never sold so well (though there was quite a boom on during that time, generally, so it's impossible to tease out what caused good sales). 'Legend' died from bickering and neglect. We were lone eagles, trying to fly in a flock. Doesn't work, not if you're spread across the country. Things like that have to have geographic closeness, and a leader. We were a committee without a chairman."

Items up for bid- originals for the 2005 S.P.A.C.E. poster and the following pages from No Dead Time- pgs. 72-73, 130, 106, 113, 111,& 108. I work pretty big so the sizes average around 15x21 inches (double for the two-page spread).

"1. "They're not just for kids anymore" is not an original, interesting, clever or even remotely intelligent opening statement. You're recycling a decades-old stereotype, akin to declaring "Novels: They're not just for ladies of leisure anymore" in a review of a "real" book.

4. Every single non-superhero-comic-book writer need not be compared to Art Spiegelman...

5. Now that the arty comics are seen as almost respectable, isn't it time for the superhero comics to get a little mainstream love?..."

"Dear Pros:

Sorry for the mass e-mail, but we just feel that this is too important not to try to mass some support for our friend.

Well, it seems that Wizard World Atlanta's finally been made official, according to ICV2. This is great in theory, because Atlanta needs a good, large comics show.

The problem here is that they've chosen the exact same weekend as the long-running Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC. They've done this after being apprised of those dates months ago by Heroes organizer Shelton Drum, with an offer to support their new show in any way possible as long as they didn't try to run him over. WWA coud've chosen a number of other dates, but they've decided instead to try to shut down Heroes, one of the friendliest, most family-oriented, and now longest-lived conventions in the country.

Our opinion is that they know exactly what they're doing, and we think it's unconscionable and overtly hostile. They have no reason to do this other than to try to crush the other guy. This is just low.

We've never done anything even close to organizing a protest or a boycott before, but it seems to us that Shelton and his crew are our people, and we owe them at least our public support in the face of abject greed. We're all for Wizard in Atlanta, but not at the expense of Shelton's bread and butter. So, we propose a very public show of support on the part of every Atlanta-area comics professional that we can get in contact with. So, if you agree, please forward this to as many professionals and retailers as you can in and around Atlanta. Hopefully, we can rally enough attention to get them to change their dates.

Thank you!

Best,

Cully Hamner
Brian Stelfreeze
Karl Story
Gaijin Studios"

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"I'd love to see Werewolf by Night, or Dracula, or Howard the Duck, or another danged Ghost Rider, or friggin' HAUNTED TANK, or any number of low-rent "forgotten" comics re-launched, before some "BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT" goofy Egyptian Batman pastiche."

"1. What action-figure body mold was reused by the 1970s toy company Mego to create the "Thing" action figure?

3. Fight trainer Joe Morgan trained what super-hero in the pugilistic arts?

8. Name the Justice Leaguer who once led the street gang known as "Los Lobos."

10. What was the first suggested name for the Punisher?

15. Colossus dumped Kitty Pryde for a girl from out of town. Waaaay out of town. What was her name and where did they meet?

19. Wonder Girl has made a single appearance on the small screen. Who played her?

21. There’s only one superhero who can’t say his own name. Who is he and why?

24. Swamp Thing and Man-Thing weren’t the first swamp monsters in comics. Name the original.

"9. I note that Jeff Smith is probably one of three cartoonist who can start jogging for the stage and not have everyone worried for him."

"10. The special issue of Variety throwing a spotlight on the show quote Mike Richardson as saying that Dark Horse moved 180,000 Sin City books in one week around the time of the movie's release."

"Beginning in February 2006, the six-issue limited series Moon Knight: The Bottom will be drawn by (wait for it…) New Avengers David Finch and written by Charlie Huston."

"Famed British author Michael Moorcock, creator of Elric Of Melnibone and dozens of other characters, who indirectly gave comics the concept of the "multiverse," and who has been adapted into and worked in comics since the early '70s, most recently with Walt Simonson on DC's ELRIC: MAKING OF A SORCERER, is seriously ill in France with a bone infection that threatens to cost him a leg. Apparently what he needs most right now is moral support, and if you'd like to lend a little, bop over to Moorcock's Miscellany and find the Q&A section and the thread "Moorcock Abroad" to find out how."