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Thursday Runaround – Saints, Ghosts And Steve Jobs
CorkWatch: The Irish town of Cork gets its own graphic novel.
The Ghost of Shandon is Alan's first book, all 64 pages and 100 illustrations of it.
"It's what I always dreamt of as a child, creating an adventure, a fairytale in my home city of Cork. I can recall as a child noting that New York had Spiderman, London had Sherlock Holmes, Paris had the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Cork had nobody! This caused me great annoyance as a child," he laughed.
SaintWatch: A Spanish Nazi-fighting saint has been featured in his own graphic novel, recently published in Spain. Could he be a "Fighting Friar"?
A Spain-based publisher released a graphic novel on the life of Blessed Jacob Gapp, a priest from Austria who was killed by the Nazis in Valencia during World War II.
"I Will Not Give In: The Life of Santiago Gapp," was issued by SM Press in December of 2011 and illustrated by Valencian artist Pacosales.
JobsWatch: PC Advisor pans the Steve Jobs biography comic. Oh and the upcoming Bill Gates cover while they are at it.
Gates appears to (1) Not look like Bill Gates, and (2) be leaning on a microwave oven.
PageWatch: PopMatters picks up the debate on print-to-digital and how it affects the reading process for comics.
What de Campi's and Larsen's experiment highlights is that digital is a fundamentally different medium from print, both in what makes for optimum reading and in its creative capabilities. When it comes to comics, "the page", is arguably an analog convention, one that has little meaning or use for most digital interfaces or reading. This has long been evident in prose where pieces written and published to the web are typically oriented vertically rather than horizontally and reading predominantly entails scrolling through text instead of flipping through pages.
RevampWatch: Now it's India's turn for classic comic book characters to be revamped.
Remember Suppandi, the goofy simpleton, who always bungles things up? Not for nothing has he been labeled Mr Bean of India. Well, Tinkle's popular character recently got a makeover, with a magazine dedicated completely to his misadventures, and his stories going teen. With more relatable settings, teenage lingo and tales, the classic comic character created over 25 years ago, is now seen connecting with technology, yet maintaining the basic essence. There's also Super Suppandi, his alter-ego, that attempts to revamp his costumes and be like Bollywood heroes.
InvestWatch: China looks to invest heavily in comic books.
China ACG Investment Administration Inc, a private equity investment management firm that focuses on the animation, comics and games industry (ACG), was established recently in Beijing.
The company will manage a private equity fund that collects capital and invests in promising enterprises or projects in the ACG industry.
ScarletWatch: Houston welcomes Scarlet Spider to its midst.
The Spider-Man clone has abandoned his villainous past and left New York to seek a new start in life. Settling in Houston, the webslinger takes on new challenges and new villains in the Bayou City. Issue No. 1 of the new series hit the comic stores Wednesday and was personally signed, sealed and delivered to fans at 8th Dimension Comics & Games by writer Chris Yost and artist Ryan Stegman.
The store at 8575 N. Highway 6 sold out if the prized first edition as more than 300 people lined up to buy it and have it autographed by Yost and Stegman.
BatWatch: Gail Simone on the Batgirl miracle cure…
some of the best real world work in the field of mobility rehabilitation is coming from South Africa. People have been talking about this as if it's some sort of mystical thing like returning from the dead, but there are treatments and surgeries that can restore mobility in some cases. Barbara's spine was not severed. That makes her a candidate.
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.
This Saturday, RTIST gallery in Prahran presents the Marvel Street Art Battle, where two of Australia's leading graffiti artists will compete to bring the colours and characters of the Marvel universe to life. Hosted by an emcee and supported by a DJ, the battle is a free, all-ages event. The winner will be decided by the public.
Publishers rethink comics for tablets – Entertainment News, Technology News, Media – Variety
"Every panel becomes a page, which I find really fascinating," Johns said. "Right when I saw that, I thought about how that could change the way you look at comics."
Although the impact of a double-page spread diminishes and folded pullouts disappear completely in digital, Johns said digital readers spend more time on individual panels, slowing down and taking in details before moving on. He compares the experience to reading Japanese manga, which paces slower with only a few panels per page.
Barry Smith — The unpublished KULL art ~ circa early 1970's
Marvel & IAVA Provide Free Comics for Veterans | Comic News | News | Marvel.com
As we enter a New Year, Marvel encourages you to remember and acknowledge the thousands of U.S. veterans who have served in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world. To honor these extraordinary men and women and say thank you, Marvel has teamed with IAVA.org to provide its member veterans with free annual subscriptions to the Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited service.
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