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Interview: George Gene Gustines, New York Times Comics Reporter
If you're interested in comics and pay attention to their coverage in mainstream news outlets, the name George Gene Gustines might ring a bell. Throughout the 2000's, Gustines has handled a fair chunk of the New York Times ' comics coverage, and his byline also appears in the weekly ...
Spotlight on: George Gene Gustines
Spotlight on: George Gene Gustines
pwbeat.publishersweekly.com — MUST READ ALERT! Marc-Oliver Frisch talks to probably the most powerful person in comics who we have... never seen interviewed before: the New York Times’ George Gene Gustines . As the main comics reporter/reviewer at The Paper of Record, ... (more) Spotlight on: George Gene Gustines
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Spotlight on: George Gene Gustines
THE BEAT — ... MUST READ ALERT! Marc-Oliver Frisch talks to probably the most powerful person in comics who we have never seen interviewed before: the New York Times’ George Gene Gustines. As the main comics reporter/reviewer at The Paper of Record, Gustines has an incredible influence over what the rest of the mainstream media thinks about comics — the explosion of the gay Batwoman story to hundreds of outlets is but one example. He’s also involved with reviewing comics and the Times Graphic Books bestseller list. He’s probably ...

Nov. 24, 2009: Torn on this
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal — ... - New York Times comics critic George Gene Gustines, on whether he’d consider writing a bad review   Above the Fold   [Top ...

Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — ... New York Times: "Comic books, graphic novels, whatever you want to call it, they get a lot more respect than they used to. I think that’s a result of all these comic-book properties being turned into movies, TV shows, cartoons, video games, etc. It’s also because there’s been incredible work being done: Fun Home, which I mentioned before, Bottomless Belly Button, Asterios Polyp, the list goes on. It’s a great time to be a fan and to be covering the medium." [Comiks Debris] ...

Comics A.M. - The Comics Internet in 2 Minutes
Comic Book Resources — ... comics for The New York Times: "Comic books, graphic novels, whatever you want to call it, they get a lot more respect than they used to. I think that’s a result of all these comic-book properties being turned into movies, TV shows, cartoons, video games, etc. It’s also because there’s been incredible work being done: Fun Home , which I mentioned before, Bottomless Belly Button , Asterios Polyp , the list goes on. It’s a great time to be a fan and to be covering the medium." [ Comiks Debris ] Publishing | Ron Perazza, vice president of creative services for DC Comics, ...

Georges Gene Gustines speaks out
Blog@Newsarama — ... Mark-Oliver Frisch interviewed Gustines, who has broken stories such as DC’s new logo, the gay-bashing storyline written by Judd Winick for Green Lantern, as well as Batwoman being a lesbian. Here’s a highlight: ...

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