Oz and Ends

Musings about some of my favorite fantasy literature for young readers, comics old and new, the peculiar publishing industry, the future of books, kids today, and the writing process.

03 April 2009

Seattle Scrapes the Sky

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Seattle rises steeply from its bay to a number of hills, with mountains in the distance. The downtown infrastructure mirrors that verticalit...
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02 April 2009

Old Think from New Publishers

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Peter Miller's recounting of the "New Think for Old Publishers" panel at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival offers...
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01 April 2009

Why Can’t You Buy Wallpaper Like This Anymore?

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This is the last week to catch the "Wall Stories: Children's Wallpaper and Books" exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Desi...
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31 March 2009

My Long March

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2nd: 1,500-word script for a six-page comic about the Boston Massacre up for discussion in a writing group. 7th: Twenty-minute presentation...
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30 March 2009

Just Back from the Emerald City

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Yesterday I flew back from Seattle, and, boy, are my arms tired! Actually, my whole body is tired since I took the red-eye flight. This was ...
29 March 2009

Mike W. Barr on Robin

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Mike W. Barr was one of the leading Batman writers of the 1980s, scripting Detective Comics and creating the magazine Batman and the Outsid...
28 March 2009

Inspiration for the Last Man on Earth

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Earlier in the week I posted a couple of panels from Y: The Last Man , an adventure (but not superhero) comic series from Brian K. Vaughan ...
27 March 2009

The Reasons Why

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From Bookgasm, a few of Alan Mott's "50 Reasons No One Wants to Publish Your First Book" : 2. There’s this thing called punctu...
26 March 2009

Why There Aren’t More Asian Superheroes?

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How come Publishers Weekly 's book-publishing articles are so staid while its Comics Week articles are so opinionated and lively (and po...
25 March 2009

Interrupting Word Balloons

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The panels above come from the first page of the first issue of Y: The Last Man , scripted by Brian K. Vaughan , drawn by Pia Guerra , and--...
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