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According to an announcement from the Hearst Corporation, King Features Syndicate editor-in-chief Jay Kennedy died yesterday while on vacation in Costa Rica. He was 50 years old. "Jay had a profound impact on the transformation of King Features as a home for the best new and talented comic strip creators in the country," said Bruce…
Manga Friday: As Different As Possible
I’ve generally tried to organize the weekly columns around some sort of theme, but sometimes themes just serve to hide the variety and depth of the comics world (whatever country it might be from). So, this week, I picked three books with nothing at all in common (except a Japanese origin), just because: Nightmares for…
Book-A-Day 2018 #96: Rise of the Black Flame by Mignola, Roberson & Mitten
Another day, another Hellboy spinoff. It’s not quite that frequent in the real world, but it certainly can seem that way. (And I did just talk about The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed yesterday.) Rise of the Black Flame is another unnecessary book, which fills in backstory that wasn’t required the first time around….
RIC MEYERS: Slings and Extras
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Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Time Trout by Doug Savage
First up: I know I missed one. In between the original Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy and this book, there was Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Disco Fever, which is unavailable from any library near me, digitally or physically. (In fact, none of the nearby libraries seem to have any of the Laser Moose books in…
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