BRIEF INTERPRETATION
The latest issue of The Comics Interpreter is temporarily on hold, according to editor Robert Young: "I wait for various apathetic power-brokers to decide my fate at their own snail's pace." Those eager to get a look at the relaunched magazine's contents can order a condensed, digest-sized version of the issue which Young had prepared for SPX. "Basically it's a condensed version of the magazine, still packed with features including the Paul Pope & Hans Rickheit interviews." Copies of the 64-page digest can be ordered via the Comics Interpreter's website for $4 a piece.
INFO: The Comics Interpreter
posted by Egon on Saturday, October 26, 2002

CARTOON FATWA?
The Fresno Bee casts an eye on Larry Gonick's "Cartoon History of the Universe" vol. 3, which details, among other subjects, the birth of Islam. The Bee's reporter, being a journalist, anticipates backlash against Gonick's interpretation of events, particularly perceived depection of Muslim anti-Semitism. "I don't want to be blasphemous," insists the cartoonist, "I just want to be irreverent."
INFO: The Fresno Bee
posted by Egon on Friday, October 25, 2002

COCONINO CRUIKSHANK
Thierry Smolderern's Coconino Classics website has recently been updated with new excerpts from Rudolph Toepffer's "Essais d'Autographie" and George Cruikshank's "Comic Almanacks." The "Almanack" pieces are cunningly presented, first as larger tableaus and then as a series of selected and enlarged excerpts, emphasizing the narrative qualities of Cruikshank's crowded compositions. Smolderen plans to digitally publish "all 18 years" of the Almanacks, "in chronological order... This first volume (1835), is 40 screen-pages long, 12 prints + 28 zooms."
INFO: Coconino Classics
posted by Egon on Friday, October 25, 2002

JAMES KOCHALKA SIMULCAST
Fancy Froglin fans unable to attend James Kochalka Superstar's October 29 performance at Arlene's Grocery are in luck, if they're online. The Digital Club Network plans to broadcast the 7:00 pm performance live over the internet. Says Kochalka at his talkaboutcomics.com forum, "They're sending someone in to do mulitrack recording of the show, so it should be good quality."
INFO: Talk About Comics
posted by Egon on Friday, October 25, 2002

MOCCA UPDATE RUNDOWN
Kristen Siebecker recently posted updated MoCCA 2003 information to the Comics Journal message board. The show will be held on June 22nd, 2003, once again at the Puck Building. Tables are now being sold for next years show and will be discounted until March 15. In the meantime, MoCCA's 1st year anniversary celebration will take place on Friday, November 15 at Stretch Films. Suggested donation for that event is $25. Lastly: Art Spiegelman has recently been named to the organization's Board of Advisors. Advise away!
INFO: TCJ.com
LINK: MoCCA
posted by Egon on Friday, October 25, 2002

NEW CUTE BRUT
A new issue of Paper Rodeo is now available. It is impossible to improve upon the punctuated poetry of the press release:
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LINK: paperrad.org
posted by Egon on Friday, October 25, 2002

KIM, ADRIAN: BOTH ARE BOYS
Adrian Tomine and Kim Deitch are the subjects of lengthy, informative interviews promoting their recently published books. The East Bay Express speaks candidly with Tomine and further digs for dirt from past and current friends-of-Adrian to flesh out a portrait of the artist; in the process, the Express writer sketches a brief history of alternative comics. Fantastic Metropolis conducts a more straightforward interview with Kim Deitch who talks about his influences, past and present.
INFO: East Bay Express
INFO: Fantastic Metropolis
posted by Egon on Friday, October 25, 2002