Comics Links
R. Sikoryak’s Dostoyevsky Comics, an adaptation of Crime and Punishment staring a Dick Sprang Batman and originally published in Drawn & Quarterly #3 in 2000, has been posted on the web.
Amazon Daily interviews Nick Abadzis, author of Laika.
The New York Times Magazine last weekend started its serialization of Dan Clowes’s comic Mister Wonderful, in its “Funny Pages” section.
The Baltimore Sun profiles cartoonist Emily Flake.
AnimationInsider interviews manga expert and popularizer Fred Schodt.
The Fresno Bee talks to local broadcaster Dale Berry, who creates graphic novels in his spare time.
New York Magazine has a ten-page excerpt from Gipi’s Notes for a War Story.
Publishers Weekly chatted with David Michaelis about his upcoming biography of Charles Schulz, Schulz and Peanuts.
Publishers Weekly has a preview of Legend of the Dark Crystal, Col. 1: The Garthim Wars.
PW also interviews Jonathan Hickman, author of The Nightly News.
Comic Book Resources chats with Mark Guggenheim about his Oni Press series Resurrection.
To celebrate the publication of their collection Dr. Thirteen: Architecture and Morality, creators Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chang have done thirteen separate interviews, all published the same day. Links to all of them are on Cliff Chang’s blog.
South Carolina’s The State rounds up recent reader reaction to Tom Batuik’s deeply depressing current storyline in Funky Winkerbean. [via Comics Reporter]
Journalista! takes aim at comics’ poster-boy for getting out of the house more often, Dave Sim. (And what is Sim doing these days? Didn’t Cerebus end several years ago now?)
A truck ran into Oni Press’s wall/window, but everyone there is fine.
Wizard interviews Gerald Way, who writes Umbrella Academy (and also has a band or something).
Eye on Comics wonders what happened to the promised Adam Hughes All Star Wonder Woman.
Arowette’s Diary presents the Dan Didio Advisory & Warning System. Is your comic at risk of Rape, Death, or Emo?
The Icarus Comics blog notes that some manga categories (for adults, even!) previously little known here are starting to come out in the US market. The possibly not-so-good news is that they’re having to be in Diamond’s “Adult” section since they actually have sexual content.
Comics Reviews
Bookgasm reviews The Architect, by Mike Baron and Andie Tong.
Los Angeles City Beat reviews Tom Neely’s The Blot.
Hannibal Tatu lists this week’s “buy pile” for Comic Book Resources.
Comics Reporter reviews Al Hirschfeld’s 1951 book Show Business Is No Business.
The Daily Cross Hatch reviews Shannon Wheeler’s Screw Heaven, When I Die I’m Going to Mars.
Comics Worth Reading reviews Fell: Feral City. (more…)
The Big ComicMix Broadcast hits 100 and we couldn’t be prouder to share the party than with two incredible talents who are each part of ComicMix Phase Two. You saw the previews this week, now listen as Robert Tinnel and Mark Wheatly spill the beans on EZ Street, premiering right here FREE on October 3rd. Plus, we dig up the dirt on the new Superman/Doomsday DVD, cover the rebirth of The Weather Girls, herald the return of Steve Canyon and trip back to the moment the "Philadelphia Sound" was born.
As we 
While we be on the topic of pirates, we note with pride that 
Hey, you’ll never guess what Marvel’s doing next year!
Wednesdays at ComicMix will mean EZ Street, the new graphic story from writer Robert Tinnell and artist (and co-writer_ Mark Wheatley. It’s the story of brothers Scott and Todd Fletcher. They have a dream – they want to tell stories. Fabulous stories about heroes and adventure. They decide to create a comic book because, as young boys growing up on Ezelle Street in Pittsburgh, it’s what they can do. Scott, 14, writes the script and Todd, 12, draws the pictures about an amazing superhero, Lone Justice. 
