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Sunday Runaround – Reading Comics In Gaol

Published Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:29:43 -0500

RiverdaleWatch: Archie comic shop sales have doubled over the last year.

WorkWatch: Want to be an Editorial Assistant on Comic Heroes and SFX? You have until tomorrow to apply...

Comics2StageWatch: Comic book Cheapjack Shakespeare is being adapted into a play, Cheapjack Shakespeare: The Non Musical, opening on September 9th in Buffalo, New York.

SeedWatch: Marc Emery, sentenced to five years in a US jail for selling cannabis seeds through the mail, is reading Alan Moore in prison.

I have a nice collection of books and graphic novels. In jail I have read Alan Moore's WATCHMEN twice, PROMETHEA (best graphic novel ever done, all six volumes), Tom Gordon (Vol. 1 & 2), with Top 10 and SWAMP THING still to go.

Tom Strong probably there.

BatWatch: Batwoman 0 for November sees JH Williams III and Haden Blackman write the issue half drawn by JH Williams III, half drawn by new artist Amy Reeder, before the series starts properly in January.

ShulkWatch: Just as Hulk becomes Hulks, now She-Hulk becomes She-Hulks, with Harrison Wilcox and Ryan Stegman putting Jen Walters and Lyra in the same new book from Marvel for November.

CommunistWatch: Local government grants and subsidies to the Chinese comic book industry have grown a significant cultural investment…

PirateWatch: How to read CBR and CBZ files for free on the iPhone/iPad. Well, it's not like you paid for the comics in the first place, is it?

CuratorWatch: A Northpark jewelry store in Mississippi is displaying original art comic strips instead of precious stones right now as part of a new exhibit.

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