Best Collected Editions Links This Week

Here are some of the best posts/articles regarding comic book reprints and collected editions that I have retweeted on @ChrisCCL, Facebook, Google+, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

Almanac

Barney Rosset, 89, American publisher (Grove Press) and free speech advocate – He didn’t have much of anything to do with comics, but Rosset’s stance on free speech was an inspiration to not only the beat writers, but also to the underground comix movement, like Evergreen Review

Announcements / PR

Awards

Interviews / Commentary

Law / Business

News

Knockabout To Sell The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier In The UK
ICv2 is reporting that the New 52 may be Hurting DC Graphic Novel Sales
Free Comic Book Day 2012 updates and cancellations
W.I.L.D.Cats Deluxe Edition and the DC/Marvel Omnibus have been cancelled – I’m not surprised by the latter book. The trades are pretty easy to find if you really want them.
Rich Burlew has raised over $1.25 million for Order of the Stick – I linked to original story a few Fridays ago but now the Kickstarter program has closed. I find this truly amazing and inspiring. I can’t wait to see the finished product. Perhaps DC/Marvel should do a Kickstarter for that Omnibus above.
Cover rough for the new edition of PULPHOPE (Legendary) – Book is due Christmas 2012, 12×12 LP format, 250 plus pages, Thanks to The Beat
Diamond, Penguin Books Announce Doctor Who Distribution Deal
DC is redesigning their site and with it a complete teardown of the Message Boards. I’m sad to see them go. For a long while I was an active participant of the DC Archives Board and I have many threads archived for my own reference. I encourage you to do the same.

Reviews

…and at the end of the shelf:

A simple, yet awesome pic by iFanboy’s Conor Kilpatrick comparing the John Romita Artist’s Edition to the Wally Wood Artist’s Edition: Size Does Matter!