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Tuesday Runaround – Clowes, Kapow And Cricket

ClowesWatch: Daniel Clowes on being a mainstream icon.

"It does have a bit of the feel of 'Here's your gold watch. Thanks for the years of service,' " he says.

"But I do think things have changed with comics over the years, and that was sort of my reason for embracing the whole thing. The book and these museums were dealing with it in such a way that it wasn't like they were treating comics like this weird anomaly. Both seemed to want to show it as the work of an artist. That they've treated the work so respectfully, I think is a good sign about how comics are being accepted."

WomenWatch: At the beginning of the year, Kapow was being described as a "sausagefest". After the addition of a number of key guests, it's now receiving coverage from the Guardian as a bastion of feminism in comic books. Quite the transformation. Lucy Unwin says;

"We ourselves as women organising the show have been accused of misogyny because of the obviously male guest list, but there is just this lack of female creators and it's the nature of the industry. There's no point in taking it to heart because I don't employ the creators. I would love there to be more women at the show in terms of guests."

WaistcoatWatch: Tony Lee gets profiled by Scout London, ahead of hius appearance at MCM London Expo.

So is it as much of a dream job to write comics now as it always was? "Your friends and family don't really understand what you do most of the time, and seem to think it's one step above Garfield," jokes Lee. "But at the end of the day, I write. I tell stories, and whether it's comics, TV, movies, radio, novels – writing stories for people to read is the greatest thing in the world."

StatWatch: Avengers does well… everywhere.

This helped Disney sell it as a classic "four quadrant" movie which could maintain credibility among "fanboys" while also appealing to civilians. Fifty per cent of viewers have duly been over 25 years old, while women made up roughly 40 per cent of audiences so far, far higher proportions than for a normal superhero flick.

IndiaWatch: Cricket and comics mix well, it seems.

With the fifth edition of Indian Premier League nearing its finale, the comic industry too has jumped into the fray and is cashing in on its popularity. While Puma recently came up a superhero range of comic books featuring IPL teams such as Deccan Chargers, a.k.a. Electric Chargers and Rajasthan Royals (Rock 'n' Royals), Diamond Comics and GMR Sports Pvt. Ltd have come up with a series of comics Diamond Daredevils Series that will feature team members of Delhi Daredevils alongside iconic Indian comic characters Chacha Chaudhary and Sabu.

After every Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals match, a superhero comic illustration is being released with a match-report. Puma has tried to make the strips imaginative in order to attract more attention. The page is uploaded online and is available to all cricket fans the day after the match.

If you're a Deadpool fan, you're going to see Wade in a new light, and get to see him doing things we'd never dare allow normally. If you're the type of reader who's always dismissed Deadpool as just a goof, take a look. I think you'll be surprised at how sinister we get. And if you're a horror movie fan, like me, you gotta give it a try. Where else are you going to see the heartless slaughter of people who only want to make the world a better place?

This comic is going to be vicious. It's a dark and wicked comic, both in the sense of gleeful evil and in the Boston sense. Because you demanded it, Deadpool is going to kill every one of your idols! Aren't you intrigued?

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