Comic news round-up: “One day in 1977, I bought the first issue of 2000 AD. Thirty years later, I bought it again along with most of the following eleven hundred and eighty eight issues in a moment of madness in an eBay auction. Obviously, this would be a total waste of money if I didn’t read them all.” Paul B Rainey’s 2000 AD Prog Slog {via Forbidden Planet} * Charles Yoakum looks at when good girls turn bad: “She puts on a darker costume (Dark Phoenix), uses her powers more creatively (Sue Storm), starts to use her vagina a little more, throw in a little lesbian kink and, PRESTO! You’ve got the “Bad Girl”.” {via Journalista!} * A review of a talk given by Japanamerica author Roland Kelts (look out for a review of the book in 3:AM soon) {via same} * The LA Times profile Boom Comics: “A lot of people think that if you’re not Marvel or DC, you can’t compete,” said Rob Felton, Wizard Entertainment’s associate publisher. “I don’t agree with that, and I think Boom is a perfect example.” {via LHB} * Alvin Buenaventura attends a Robert Crumb retrospective in San Francisco. * Panels and Pixels interview Aline Kominsky-Crumb: “My work is expressionistic. It doesn’t really fit into any comic genre. It’s not superhero. It’s not manga. It’s not feminist. It’s not science-fiction. It doesn’t refer to any of the comics genres because I really come from a painting and literary background more. It’s just like my own storytelling is very angst-ridden. So I’m talking to the other angst-ridden fellow travelers out there. It’s work that I’m attracted to reading — Charles Bukowski, Gene Rees [sic] — writers like that. I know there are people out there that can relate to it, I just don’t think that I’ve ever reached that audience and now maybe I will.” {via Comics Reporter} * Mr Skin interviews Peter Bagge. * The Bwog interview Art Spiegelman: “Not only don’t I like the praise, I’m not even sure that long comics were such a good idea. They were necessary for that one project of mine.” * The Daily Cross Hatch reviews Micrographia by Ren ée French [above image]
