comicscomicsmag.blogspot.com - 11/2/2009
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The Comics Journal , as I noted in an earlier posting, needs to re-invent itself to make it relevant for the new era we’re in, a period where there is a much greater public interest in comics combined with a much more fragmented discourse about comics (found mostly these days the internet). It ...
comicbookresources.com - 10/31/2009
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comicbookresources.com —
In light of news that the acclaimed source
of comics news & criticism will be shifting format...
to a web-heavy presentation with semi-annual book issues, CBR speaks with the magazine's editorial to find out why now is the time for a new TCJ.
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Rethinking "The Comics Journal"
tcj.com - 10/28/2009
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tcj.com —
First things first: The Comics Journal #300,
due out in late November (and cover pictured at...
right), will be the last issue to be published on a magazine schedule. Thereafter, the Journal will publish twice a year, in bigger and more ...
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Oct. 28, 2009: We’re turning again
robot6.comicbookresources.com - 28 days ago
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Here's what we talk about when we talk
about comics. In front of a packed house at...
September's Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, a group of critics from around the comics Internet and beyond talked shop at the annual Critics Roundtable ...
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SPX '09 | The Critics Roundtable, transcribed
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THE BEAT —
... the past few years I’ve noticed smarter critical commentary on the Net, but it’s scattered all over the place, buried in the usual mountain of frivolous, tepid, dimwitted, unreadable fanboy drivel. There’s no single website you can visit and anticipate a range of interesting sensibilities on an equal footing, so one of my goals is to distill the best criticism and journalism we can into a single site.
ALSO, Jeet Heer looks at TCJ’s better qualities:
The strength of the magazine is in ...
Nov. 2, 2009: Even the indie guys need some spending money
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal —
... present version of the website, if not forever, then at least for the forseeable future — so far as I’m concerned, your TCJ.com account no longer has an expiration date.
Elsewhere: Kiel Phegley and Tom Spurgeon recently spoke to various TCJ staffers about last week’s announcement. Noah Berlatsky notes that the new Journal site will play host to the blog he edits, the Hooded Utilitarian. Finally, Steven Grant and Jeet Heer offer commentary on the Journal.
Sorry for the late posting. Playing ...
Daily OCD: 11/2/09
FLOG! Entries —
... 's new direction, from Jeet Heer (who coins the word "Grothian" — I like it) at Comics Comics and Noel Murray at ...
Groth's Mouthpiece
The Hooded Utilitarian —
Jeet Heer over at Comics Comics explains what he hopes will happen with the revamped comics journal: In terms of the print magazine, my strong sense is that the Comics Journal has always been strongest when Gary Groth has been most involved with it: his interviews with cartoonists have always set the gold standard in terms of being informed by the deepest research and asking the most searching questions. I’m thinking here of the classic and memorable conversations Groth has had with Chaykin, Crumb, Gil Kane, Jules Feiffer and many other creators. Now Groth is ...
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Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment —
... Association's Midwinter Meeting in Boston. [YALSA]
Publishing | Marvel has hired Bon Alimagno, editorial director of Harris Publications, as its editorial talent coordinator, replacing Chris Allo, who left the company in September. [Bleeding Cool]
Publishing | In the wake of last week's announcement of major changes at The Comics Journal, Jeet Heer looks at what the publication does well. [Comics Comics] ...
Comics A.M. - The Comics Internet in 2 Minutes
Comic Book Resources —
... of major changes at The Comics Journal, Jeet Heer looks at what the publication does well. [ Comics Comics ] Manga | Editor and author Jason Thompson examines how manga grew in length, only to shrink again. [ ...
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