• Toy company Mattel, which creates numerous lines of toys for DC Comics, has posted images of its DCU Classics Wave 8 on their collector’s site. Wave 8 of the toy line will include Dr. Fate, Gentleman Ghost, Hawkgirl and Vigilante, among others.
• Former Marvel editor Carl Potts shares memories of working with artist Steve Ditko and trying to convince the artist to let him see two Dr. Strange stories that never saw print. “I told him that I’d be happy to look over his shoulder as he flipped through the pages,” Potts says. “That way the pages would never leave his hands, but he still declined to bring them in. Since then I’ve fantasized about what those pages look like and what the story was about. I wonder if I’ll ever find out!”
• Comics retailer Rocketship has an interview with Raina Telgemeier, the artist of the Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel adaptations, up on their blog. On her own site, the artist reveals her webcomic Smile! will be come to print courtesy of Scholastic. She’ll be at Rocketship this Sunday, along with Dave Roman and Matt Loux. Details on the event can be found here.
• Sparkplug Comics posted a video they made at the Alternative Press Expo last weekend.
• Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith will be at the Fantagraphics store in Seattle this weekend. Details here.
• The Comic Book Club in New York will host Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, Brian Michael Bendis and Jeff Katz next Tuesday. Details here.
• Via Drawn comes news that United Features is offering its comics content, including years of archives, for free.
• Kevin stole my headline for this one earlier this week: Salman Rushdie says he’s “a world expert on superhero comics.” He also says he’s been approached about doing a graphic novel, but hasn’t said yes yet.
• Here’s two names that might look familiar … Tim O’Shea talks to Frank Santoro, and Chris Mautner talks to Art Spiegelman.
• Colleen Doran shares more agents who work with comics folks.
• Jim Rugg adds to Kevin Church’s J. Jonah Jameson sketch collection.
• This weekend’s Wordstock Book Fair in Portland, Ore. will feature several comic creators, including Mike Mignola, Alison Bechdel and Lynda Barry. Oni Press, Dark Horse Comics and other comic companies will also be there.
November 7th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Church’s JJJ sketch collection is great! thanks for that link. i especially enjoyed the Pat Lewis and Jim Rugg sketches.
after reading the Salman Rushdie quote, i decided i should Wiki him and learn more because i always see his name floated around but i don’t know much about what he’s done. i know this is painfully immature of me BUT… i couldn’t help but notice that his father’s first name is Anis and his mom’s last name is (or at least WAS) Butt. that’s classic! what a couple!!!