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Thursday Runaround: 9/11/11

Published Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:33:19 -0500

Last updated Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:38:34 -0500

HarlemWatch: New York Daily News on the Harlemisation of Static Shock.

Though neither Rozum or the book's co-writer and artist, Scott McDaniel, live in Harlem, the illustrator said he uses Internet map searches, photo books, real estate journals and other sources to nail the look and landmarks of the neighborhood. It doesn't hurt that their editor, Harvey Richards, does live there and can provide eyewitness descriptions.

911Watch: Rick Veitch may not want The Big Lie to be called a "truther" comic. But that's not going to stop Wired who put it in the headline.

"And Veitch doesn't stop at one conspiracy. They build in their scope and scale. First it's about Norad unexpectedly preoccupying U.S. air defenses with frivolous training exercises. Then it's about how the neocons in the Bush administration are looking for an excuse to invade Iraq. ("I've heard more than one of these nut-jobs say what the U.S. needs is a 'New Pearl Harbor,'" says a character who informs us he voted for Reagan.) Finally, the skeptical husband, an engineer who did his thesis on the World Trade Center, dismisses his future-wife by assuring her that "the only way to bring down these structures down is with explosives." You see where this is going."

BannedComicWatch: The Marjorie Barrick Museum at the University Of Nevada in Las Vegas is putting on a Seduction Of The Innocent exhibition of banned comic books.

SignWatch: Peter J. Tomasi will be signing Batman And Robin #1 at Midtown Comics in New York on Wednesday from 5 to 6pm.

DecadeWatch: This Sunday, most comic strips in the US will focus on bthe decade since the Septemebr 11th 2001 attacks. Pluggers by Gary Brookins is above.

This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on.

They say I am a work in progress. The fools.

Brill Building – New chapter, same story

"This begins my first real week as a freelancer writer. After three great years I've left my position as an Editor at BOOM! Studios to build upon what I have now as a comics writer."

ICv2 – DC's 'New 52' Commercial Airing Widely

The spot is running on BBC America, the Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, IFC, SyFy, and MTV2.

Exclusive Deleted Scene From the Thor Blu-ray and DVD | Superhero Hype

The scene features Sif (Jaimie Alexander) and the Warriors Three (Ray Stevenson, Joshua Dallas and Tadanobu Asano).

Vertigo: Graphic Content » Blog Archive » Sweet Tooth #25 Preview

New revelations about Walter Fish and Project Evergreen push Jepperd over the edge. When his violent actions finally ostracize him from the rest of the group, he's forced to leave The Dam. But Jepperd won't go quietly – and he won't go without Gus.

Alt-Comics Reacts To News Of Criminal Records' Closure

"The news of the imminent closure of Atlanta's Criminal Records yesterday hit comics in general: all comics stores are important right now, let alone the long-running ones with a national identity. Alternative comics was struck by the news harder than most. Not only was Criminal Records one of that region's leading accounts in terms of consistently carrying alternative comics material as part of their product mix, and not only was that even more important in the 1990s when material from publishers like Fantagraphics and Top Shelf wasn't widely available in bookstores and selling a lot of comics on-line was still a dream, Eric Levin's Little Five Points neighborhood anchor shop was a certain type of comic store that was key to those comics' development and self-conception: the combination music and comics store."

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