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Wednesday Runaround – X-Men As Bacteria

Published Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:43:55 -0600

SignWatch: Danny Fingeroth and Dennis O'Neil will be signing The Stan Lee Universe at Midtown Comics Downtown, 6pm to 7p, tomorrow.

IndiaWatch: Don: The Origin is a new graphic novel, that works as a prequel to the movies Don and Don 2, written by the films' director Farhan Akhtar.

"A lot of people like reading comics during short breaks and in their cars. This ('Don: The Origin') is the first one in a series of comics that will narrate the making of popular and new movies. We will extend the series," Ajay Mago, the publisher of Om Books, told IANS.

"The graphic books were Farhan's idea and he approached us with it, followed by the Excel (Excel Entertainment) guys later. We had earlier published Shah Rukh's biography," Mago said.

The publisher said he was in touch with various filmmakers for more "film-related graphic novel projects".

X-BacteriaWatch:Scientific American considers which bacteria would make good X-Men.

"I've written about this once before, and will in all likelihood cover it again sometime, but there are some bacteria that contain little organelles called "magnetosomes". These particles contain magnetite crystals which although they don't allow bacteria to attract metal, they can act like little compasses, which means the bacteria can all line up in the direction of the earth's geomagnetic field."

LibraryWatch: Ryan Haggerty, owner of Ryan's Comics in Murrieta, California is running a kids comic workshop in the local library on January 5th.

ImageWatch: Eric Stephenson despairs at the current comic book market;

"Chew had a banner year in 2011. Awards, TV deals, it continues to show up on the New York Times bestselling graphic novels list. It sells well, but with all the positive word of mouth it gets, I think it could be doing even better. I get emails from people telling me their store doesn't order enough copies or doesn't order it at all, and the fact that it's one of our fastest growing digital titles seems to bear that out. It's a great book – an excellent, multiple award winning book – but honestly, it doesn't get commensurate retail support. The issues come out and disappear as soon as they hit the stand. I mean, I was just informed today that Chew #22 is out of stock at Diamond, after being on sale less than a week."

SchoolWatch: Bryant High School in Long Island City, New York has its own comics class. Both kinds of comics.

"The goal for Graphic Novel & Comedy is to allow the students' creative sides to fuel the class, allowing them to really understand the literary aspects they are being taught," he added.

The assignments given to students in the course are the most enjoyable part for both the students and teacher. "I like seeing the students come up with their own work," Fischedick said. We just recently made our graphic novels and I was blown away by the amount of work and detail the students put into their work."

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