Carnival of souls

* Longtime altcomix figure Bill Kartalopolous returns to blogging with a vengeance, posting three worthwhile stories, noting that Pantheon Publisher Janice Goldklang has been let go–in many ways Pantheon may be the most important comics publisher of the decade, so this strikes me as a major development–and flagging release dates for two massive projects from major creators, David Mazzuchelli’s Asterios Polyp (344 pages, June 2, 2009) and R. Crumb’s The Book of Genesis According to R. Crumb (204 pages, Fall 2009).

* Will Fox and Warner Bros. settle the Watchmen lawsuit? Maybe, probably, I guess.

* Marc-Oliver Frisch weighs in on that big event-comics discussion from a few days ago.

* I’d like to be watching the complete original 1967-1968 series of The Prisoner online for free like everyone else, but the stupid Flash video is too hiccuppy on my computer.

* As far as reviews of movies I still haven’t seen go, Jeff Lester’s Oedipal take on The Spirit entertained me.

* I love the idea of Frank Santoro and Gary Panter rocking out to “Sweet Leaf.”

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