I’m departing from the topic for the first time in the history of this blog, in order to pick up on Tegan’s Blogaround Challenge.
First, two observations, one technological, one political.
1. Cheap flatbed scanners rule. Apparently everybody has one, all the better to scan in covers and select pages from their vintage comic collection.
2. Comics bloggers seem to be a leftish bunch, judging from the politics mixed in with the scans.
Oh, just for free, a third observation: Many of the blogs on Comic Weblog Updates don’t have a lot of comics content. If they’re funny, I don’t care.
On to the blogs.
1. The Comics Curmudgeon I read this regularly, so it’s kind of cheating to include it, but I couldn’t miss the opportunity go by to give props to Josh and the Comics College of Cardinals. This is the rare site where the comments are as good as the blogging (and the blogging is wicked good). Warning: may cause sudden and violent addiction to Mary Worth, Apartment 3G, and Mark Trail.
2. The Hurting As a Comics Curmudgeon fan, I gotta love a blog that has a weekly out-of-context Mark Trail panel (although, I’m sorry to say, they’re not out of context for me). Even better are the composite covers for imaginary comics, i.e., The Wolverine vs. Soren Kierkegaard (“Fear and Trembling in the Mighty Marvel Manner”).
3. Polite Dissent. A doctor reads the comics. Informative and well written.
4. Sequential News and commentary, with more international content than other blogs I’ve seen. Despite the unlovely design, I’ll be back.
5. news from me A nice mix of comics, unintentionally funny stuff (Costco is selling an original Picasso? And you can return it if not satisfied? Consider the possibilities!) and liberal politics. The author seems to be a Blondie fan, which makes him, well, different.
6. Suspension of Disbelief fact-checks the comics so you don’t have to. Is the Empire State Building north or south of the Flatiron Building? Is there such a thing as a collapsible longbow? How many jurors would a civil trial in New York City have? It’s all in here.
7. Filing Cabinet of the Damned Even funnier than it sounds. The interviews with obscure comic book villains alone make it worth a look, but be sure to scroll halfway down to learn why “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and “Where’s Waldo” are among the most harmful books of the last two centuries.
8. Precocious Curmudgeon David Welsh, writer of the “Flipped” column at Comic World News blogs on comics, with special attention to manga. Like “Flipped,” witty and well written.
9. Thirty-two Pages of Love Down at the far end of the Long Tail, we have a blog devoted entirely to romance comics. Earnest and entertaining.
10. Komikero Comics Journal Another specialized site, this one focusing on Filipino comics. Great visuals!
A final observation: Laura “Tegan” Gjovaag, do you have any idea how powerful you are? As I was doing the blogaround, I kept crashing into other people who were doing it too. It’s a Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog world out there today.
Peace out!