I'll be at the Fair this weekend, shmoozing and cruising, and introducing three comics-GN panels; Saturday at 2:30, it's David Hajdu and Francoise Mouly; at 4 pm, David Heatley, Ariel Schrag, Jessica Abel and Matt Madden. On Sunday at 2 pm, it's Jim Morin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of The Miami Herald.
If you're around, stop by and say hey.
Here's a music video David Heatley did to promote his new book.
Neil Gaiman says that this Andy Kubert image, shown as the cover of the forthcoming release of the "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" hardcover (due in July 2009), is NOT the real cover image for either volume of his 2-issue mini-series, which follows Grant Morrison's current Batman: R.I.P. storyline.
There was a bit of controversy when it was first posted by colorist Chris Sotomayor, as plot points were allegedly revealed.
So why is it that image used on the cover of the compilation? Is Neil obfuscating? Is DC?
And if you've been reading the series and wondered where Batman got the idea for his funky duds...
The story (which was essentially a non-denial) originally appeared on MTV's "splash page" site then referenced — and linked to — in several other places. Then the item item disappeared.
Uh, yeah. That's what my mother called 'em when I was a kid, as in, "Richy, straighten up those joke books." Or "Time to get rid of some of those joke books."