Chris Allen sings the praises of the comics blogosphere. Alan David Doane doesn’t think he’s singing loud enough. La la la!
ADD also has a 5-Question interview with True Story, Swear to God creator Tom Beland. Beland was on the Comics Journal message board once or twice back in the day and rubbed me the wrong way (which is unsurprising, because as Evan Dorkin points out, that board brings out the absolute worst in absolutely everyone), but I really like his attitude as it comes across in this interview. Give it a read.
But hey–occasionally a nugget of value can drop from between the Journal messboard’s clenched cheeks. For example, board regular Chris Polkki will be editing a new anthology series for Fantagraphics, called Blood Orange. Marc Bell, Anders Nilssen, John Hankiewicz, Ron Rege Jr., Jeffrey Brown, and many more plan to contribute. Fanta has been seen as unnecessarily hostile to young alternative cartoonists–this title ought to go a long way toward putting that to rights. (Link courtesy of Egon, who really needs individual-entry permalinks.)
In a column about CrossGen’s attempt to get back on track, Steven Grant points out that its ostensibly superhero-free lineup is, of course, full of superheroes–“it was blatantly obvious to everyone they were.” Shhhhh–don’t tell Mike Dean!
(While I have your attention, can someone tell Comic Book Resources to put date-specific permalinks to each column within the column itself?)
The Pulse interviews Incredible Hulk writer Bruce Jones. It’s a surprisingly in-depth look at Jones’s thoughts about his work on the series.
Bill Sherman reads and reviews about forty million comics, so you don’t have to!
Finally, holy crap–Enid Coleslaw is an anagram for Daniel Clowes! Did everyone else know this but me? Seriously, I never would have noticed that on my own. Thank you, Guy Leshinski! (Link courtesy of Kevin Melrose.)