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Monday Runaround – Shock Treatment

Published Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:13:18 -0600

AwardWatch: LA Times Book Prize nominees announce the graphic novel category;

In the graphic novel category, "Garden" by Yuichi Yokoyama was nominated along with "I Will Bite You! And Other Stories" by Joseph Lambert, "Celluloid" by Dave McKean, "Finder: Voice" by Carla Speed McNeil, and "Congress of Animals" by Jim Woodring.

ShowWatch: There were other shows aside from London and Image this weekend apparently. Such as Columbus. Or Monterry.

WoodWatch: The Estate of Hall of Fame MAD magazine and Daredevil artist Wallace Wood appoints artist's rights advocate/award-winning author J. David Spurlock as new Director.

Since the new millennium, J. David Spurlock has served in a support role to Mr. Pearson, acting as Agent for the Estate. Mr. Spurlock has worked for years with the Wood family and Estate on various projects including Wood's acclaimed biography, Wally's World (with Steve Starger, Glenn Wood and Tatjana Wood), co-founding The Wally Wood Scholarship Fund (with Glenn Wood), Curating the Wally Wood Day event at The National Arts Club (with Roger Hill), The Wizard King Trilogy (with Tatjana Wood), and more. 2011 saw a transitional period for the Wood Estate, with Mr. Spurlock taking over much of the day-to-day activities. As of January 2012, Mr. Pearson has stepped down as Director of the Wood Estate to concentrate on other pursuits, but he will continue on, as a consultant, with the title of Director Emeritus. Mr. Spurlock has been appointed the new Director of the Wallace Wood Estate.

GraphicWatch: Everyone's talking about graphic novels… Goliath, Chroniques De Jerusalem and My Friend Dahmer.

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.

Sneak Peek: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #9 | Ultimate Marvel | Comic News | News | Marvel.com

The police have Miles squarely in their sights! Prowler vs. The Scorpion! Is the secret of the new Spider-Man out?

The Avengers | ET Tonight Set Visit Promo – YouTube

"Marvel's The Avengers" is the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

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Joe Simon's Yearbook

A page was devoted to class prophecy, of which I only show the first paragraph. There he is right at the top of the list. To my knowledge Joe never selected anyone as the prettiest model in New York but he did become a renowned artist. The comic book industry had not started at this time so the art career that he eventually became famous for was not considered.

Todd's Blog » Blog Archive » When I Lettered DC Covers By Hand

For many years all the display lettering used on DC Comics covers (and there was tons of it) was lettered by hand. Ira Schnapp did almost all of it from about 1949 to 1967. Gaspar Saladino took over the lion's share of that work from 1967 through the 1970s, and continued to letter many covers for DC into the 1990s. When I started working on staff in DC's Production Department in 1977 I began to slowly pick up some of this freelance work. My cover lettering workload gradually increased through the 1980s, and by the 1990s I was doing the majority of it.