Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (aka glecharles) (aka loudpoet)

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COMMENT: Forest, Trees and Taki Soma

Things that are pissing me off right about now: 1) Tom Spurgeon's unnecessarily snarky and ill-informed commentary yesterday, which includes an ill-timed reference to old rumors about Friends of Lulu, and barely a cursory mention of the actual situation which precipitated the creation of the Empowerment Fund. 2) Heidi MacDonald's total lack of reference to Taki's coming forward, or the creation of the Empowerment Fund, and yet she posts about her "FIGHT!" with Spurgeon over his disparaging comment about Friends of Lulu. (UPDATE: Within minutes of this post, Heidi's comments on the situation went up.) 3) Elayne Riggs' hypocritical Reasons…

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On the Shelves: 4/12/06

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 4/12/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com] PICK OF THE WEEK Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle TPBBURLYMAN ENTERTAINMENT Shaolin Cowboy Darrow Cvr #5 (resolicited), $3.50 Shaolin Cowboy Delgado Cvr #5, $3.50 While I'm not reading either of their titles, I like that Burlyman…

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LINK: Sexual Assault Follow-up

Ronée Garcia Bourgeois follows up on her story from a few months back about a sexual assault at a comics convention that led to some serious behind-the-scenes dustups that found us fighting off complaints of libel from one innocent bystander; the guilty successfully hiding behind a ill-conceived bigger (but in actuality, significantly smaller) picture; and the victim hitting roadblock after roadblock in her quest for legal recourse. What A Girl Wants #24 - The Rest Of the Story! Back in December, I first told you about an alleged sexual assault that occurred at a comic convention and expressed my own…

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LINK: Establishing Shots #7

My latest column is up at PopCultureShock, a month late and on a completely different subject than I'd originally intended -- NY Comic-Con is kind of a dead topic now -- but worth reading nonetheless!Establishing Shots #7: It's Hard Out Here For a PimpYou Gotta Love 'em or Leave 'em AloneI want to get back to how I felt the first time I read Batman as a kid, or Skyscrapers of the Midwest as an adult -- that sense of unequivocal joy that comes from reading a story well-told, with characters who stick with you long after the comic is…

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Ye Olde Comick Booke Meme

From Ye Olde Comick Booke Blogge, via Chris @ 2 Guys... Hypothetical situation: Due to diminished readership and rising paper costs, it has been decided only fifteen comic titles will be published from this day forward. You have been charged with the decisions of which titles shall be printed and what creative teams will be assigned to them... What fifteen comic books will we find on the racks next month and who will be the creative teams behind them? This is kind of tough since I still tend to favor characters over creators -- except in the case of creator-owned…

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LINK: Isotope Legal Download Fest

A Week-Long Celebration of the Future of Comicsw/ Previews from Oni, Top Shelf, AdHouse & More In celebration of the overwhelming response to their offering all of their exclusive sneak peeks of upcoming books, the Isotope is doing something a little special as they lead up to the Alternative Press Expo and the awarding of the 2006 Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics this weekend... and that's a week-long Legal Download Fest featuring books from the fine folks at Oni Press, Top Shelf, Silent Devil Productions, Boom! Entertainment, and AdHouse Books.All week long, only at the Isotope!

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LINK: Moench and Huston talk Moon Knight

It's like one of the best Marvel Team-Ups ever, and I'm totally jealous that ComicFoundry got it instead of me:THE CONVERSATION // CHARLIE HUSTONDOUG MOENCHThere's a lot of great back-and-forth between the two of them, and Moench provides some interesting background on the original Moon Knight series, including sales figures from its canary-in-the-coal-mine shift to a direct market-only series, and insight into Bill Sienkiewicz' development from a Neal Adams clone to the signature style he's known for today. The conversation kicks off with a really awkward moment that reflects really badly on Marvel:MOENCH: You know what? I got a phone…

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