REINTERPRETED
Robert Young has updated the Comics Interpreter's website with news of an impending issue. TCI Vol. 2 #1 will be available in September and will feature interviews with Paul Pope, Glen Fabry and Hans Rickheit, who provides the issue's wraparound cover.
INFO: The Comics Interpreter
posted by Egon on Wednesday, August 21, 2002

MUSÉE COME, MUSÉE GO
A widely distributed Associated Press story reported on the opening of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California this past weekend. Despite comparisons to Graceland, the Center is conceived as a functioning research center, with a library and extensive archive. More quietly, Mort Walker's International Museum of Cartoon Art officially closed its doors on July 31 after prolonged financial difficulties. According to the News-Journal wire service, the Museum's collections are in storage as organizers seek a new venue, preferably one with institutional support.
INFO: CNN.com
INFO: News-Journal Online.com
LINK: Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center
LINK: International Museum of Cartoon Art
posted by Egon on Tuesday, August 20, 2002

FOLDING, STAPLING THE INNER CHILD
Kurt Wolfgang has announced the upcoming publication of the latest issue of his popular alt-mini-comics all-star anthology. Lowjinx #4: It's a Wise Child is set to debut at this year's SPX and will feature childhood artwork by Nick Bertozzi, Ivan Brunetti, Tony Consiglio, Sam Henderson, Megan Kelso, James Kochalka and several other artists. Wolfgang further adds: "Graced with a strikingly beautiful cover by Kevin Scalzo (with a bonus back cover by Johnny Ryan), each copy's cover has been HAND COLORED with CRAYONS by ACTUAL CHILDREN! AND BECAUSE WE LOVE CHEAP-ASSED GIMMICKS AS MUCH AS YOU, the first 100 copies have a box of crayons stapled right to the back cover, so you can color the rest!! HOLY SHIT!"
INFO: TCJ.com
LINK: Kurt Wolfgang / Noe Fie Publications
posted by Egon on Tuesday, August 20, 2002

ART PUCKERS UP, SUCKS FACE
The Times of South Mississippi reports Art Spiegelman's inclusion in an upcoming University of Southern Mississippi lecture series. Spiegelman, who is scheduled to speak at the University on November 5, is reportedly at work on a new book titled "The Jew's Kiss."
INFO: Zwire.com
posted by Egon on Tuesday, August 20, 2002