Monday, May 21, 2007
Quck Links: Victoria Day, 2007
:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/21/2007 12:30:00 AM 
Happy May 2-4!
(we mean it, man)
Today is Victoria Day in Canada.
Some links:
-Ben Wicks Cartoon Trial News: now that the hearing has wound up, The Star offers an interview with one of Wicks' daughters and the Canadian Press confirms that is may be several weeks before the judge hands down his verdict.
-Hamilton's Mark Fenton, writing for Raise the Hammer, presents a photo essay about, among other things, B. Kliban, Robbe-Grillet, entropy, and urban signage.
-Writing about publicity efforts surrounding DC's new Minx line (which includes star billing at the Women in Comics forum attached to the upcoming Toronto Paradise comicon, by the way), Herve St-Louis questions the close relationship between certain comics news sites (Newsarama, CBR) and DC. (It must be noted that, although St-Louis' Comic Book Bin shares our collective habit of routinely re-posting press releases from U.S. publishers verbatim, it does not publish any "columnists" who are also creators or editors for major publishers. I'm not sure if St-Louis's column bemoans this situation or trumpets it.) Along the way, St-Louis manages to mention the fact that Fantagraphics publishes many comics as well as The Comics Journal (a not-unusual situation, as the Journal's defenders have often pointed out (and let's not forget: the owners of DC also own many forums that often promote DC product: Entertainment Weekly, Mad, AOL, Time Magazine, BOOKSPAN, CNN, Cartoon Network)).
-Derek McCulloch's Stagger Lee has won several Glyph Awards, according to The Beat. The Glyph's honour black comics creators and subject matter.
-a letter received by Michael deAdder about his Jerry Falwell cartoon lands the letter writer Tom Spurgeon's coveted "quote of the week" status.
(top: I have no idea what this JW Bengough (aka L. Cote) cartoon refers to, but it features Queen Victoria)Labels: awards, blogosphere, international, legal news, links, Ontario, political cartooning, publishing, Toronto
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