Comic Book Blog browsing on a Thursday night
We’re bracing for some crazy weather tonight in Michigan; up to 12 inches of snow with bitter cold temps and lots of wind. There is already talk of school getting canceled on Friday. I hope that isn’t the case because I am slated to accompany my daughter Erin, to the Daddy-Daughter Dance Friday night.
I went by Detroit Comics today and had a good talk with my friend and owner, Brian. First and foremost he his a film guy and is eagerly awaiting new legislation to pass in the Michigan House and Senate that will allow more movies to be filmed in Michigan, thus giving him more work for him to do. Our Governor, Jennifer Granholm even mentioned the subject in her State of the State speech Tuesday night. I’m not sure on the details, or how it will all pan out, but from the sounds of it a lot of good will come about if these measures are passed. On with today’s links:
- Boom! Studios blogs about a review of Salem: Queen of Thorns by Indie Comic Book Noise (Congrats to Bruce and Derek!)
- More digital goodness. Chapter One of Criminal Volume One is available for free at MySpace
- The Arts Show on RTE 1 - a public service broadcaster, essentially Ireland’s equivalent to the BBC - has an episode dedicated to discussing graphic novels and comics. Thanks to my friend Joe, FPI Blog
- Alan Gardner, Daily Cartoonist, reports that a new book published about first African American woman cartoonist. Turns out it is Jackie Ormes who created Torchy Brown in 1937. I mention this because not only does this sound like a neat retrospective, but the folks at University of Michigan Press are publishing it. Perhaps to coincide with the release of the book, there will be some sort of celebration or acknowledgment in the Ann Arbor area later in the year. I’ll keep you posted.
- Check out the final cover art for Eddie Campbell’s upcoming new book The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard. You may recall that Campbell did the book The Black Diamond Detective Agency and has won numerous awards including an Eisner, an Ignatz, and a Harvey
- I love comics and I love sports. Throughout the years there have been many attempts to combine the two into a successful and profitable relationship. This has failed time and time again, except for Tank McNamara (1974) and another comic strip that has prevailed since 1958: Gil Thorpe. Alan Gardner, Daily Cartoonist, reports that a new Gil Thorp character will be named after fan of the strip. It should be noted that Neal Rubin, from our local paper The Detroit News is the current writer. I read (or at least I try to read) Gil Thorpe everyday, and so should you.
- Review: Collected Editions Blog on 52: The Companion. Whether or not you like 52, this is a book that should be in you collection. (and the CCL is even mentioned, hooray!)
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