In Which I Complain About The Local Media.
The Boston Globe covers the upcoming Comic Book Show (that's its name: The Comic Book Show) in Nashua, NH (which I may or may not be attending,) focusing on Johnny Raygun creator Rich Woodall and offers this tidbit:
The guest of honor will be David Finch, creator of Marvel's "Arthur Moon" series. He will offer a limited-edition sketchbook and prints.I don't want to be that guy (especially considering yesterday's Glyph Awards post,) but it seems that going to the Marvel website and verifying a title's name wouldn't be that much work for a professional journalist. Apparently, though, this reporter is anything but. Check out this quote from the organizer, which I'm not even going to elucidate with commentary:
"People need to realize comic books are not just a silly cartoon, they are a graphic novel," said [Christian] Miller, who owns the complete Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle collection. "They can be very intelligent and make you think, like any other artistic medium."OK, no, this has to be said: I've met Christian Miller a couple of times now. He strikes me as a remarkably intelligent, sharp man who happens to be in the business of selling comic books. He's very, very savvy and he's doing his level best to bring better comics shows to an area that has been woefully bereft in that regard. Yes, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is at the top of the box office, but that has nothing to do with the story Lisa Panora was writing. She could have possibly mentioned that Miller recently ran a well-received show in Boston or that he owns a successful comic book shop. I'm just saying.
