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Eric Millikin seeks beta testers for new major news media blog
Submitted by EricMillikin on May 3, 2006 - 14:52
Fetus-X creator Eric Millikin will soon be blogging for a major media news group. He says "Well, my webcomics-and-vampire-killers-who-mail-cat-poop-sandwiches-to-courthouses blog is ready for beta testing. They've built an entirely new Cold Fusion blogging engine for this, and so I need people to test out the comments system, the category system, look for busted links, measure how hard it rocks, whatever. If you're interested in getting a sneak peak at this project as well making sure it's only bizare in intentional ways, then leave me your e-mail either here or at eric-at-fetusx-dot-com."
Mallard Fillmore jumps on Fat Uncle Sam Bandwagon
Submitted by EricMillikin on April 12, 2006 - 18:17
My good freind and protege Bill Tinsley is using my Fat Uncle Sam character in his latest Mallard Fillmore. I haven't been following the previous 30 installments of this storyline closely, but apparently Fat Uncle Sam has run out of bacon double cheeseburgers and has resorted to stuffing his mouth with green polaroid photos. He's also bringing us the facts that the mainstream media want you to ignore: "The costs of operating the tax system eat up an estimated 65 percent of every dollar collected from us!"
Shaenon Garrity and Eric Millikin in The Comics Journal
Submitted by EricMillikin on April 11, 2006 - 22:06
In issue #275 of The Comics Journal, Shaenon Garrity (Narbonic) considers The Best Comics of 2005 along with Dirk Deppey, Evan Dorkin, Craig Thompson and others.
Eric Millikin (Fetus-X) reports on the Danish Muhammad cartoon controversy along with Michael Dean, R.C. Harvey, Houria Kerdioui and Dirk Deppey. The Comics Journal has posted an online excerpt of Cartoons of Mass Destruction: The Whole Story Behind the Danish 12.
Case Against Comics Shop Dismissed But New Charges Filed
Submitted by EricMillikin on April 4, 2006 - 14:29
CBLDF: "When Judge Larry Salmon entered the courtroom shortly after 9 AM Monday, prosecutors declared the case nolle prosse, meaning that the charges that were to go to trial this week have been dismissed. Prosecutors are re-filing under a new accusation alleging that Lee handed Alternative Comics #2 to a six-year-old minor and his nine-year-old brother, instead of solely to the nine-year-old, as has been previously, and repeatedly, declared.
Gordon Lee Trial Begins Today
Submitted by EricMillikin on April 3, 2006 - 15:10
CBLDF: "On April 3, CBLDF defendant Gordon Lee will appear before the court in Rome, Georgia to begin his trial on two remaining misdemeanor counts of 'Distribution of Harmful to Minors Material.' ... Mr. Lee's case first came to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund early in 2005 following his arrest for accidentally distributing 'Alternative Comics #2,' a Free Comic Book Day edition, to a minor. The comic book at issue included a segment from Nick Bertozzi's upcoming graphic novel 'The Salon' depicting Georges Braque's first meeting with Pablo Picasso, in which Picasso is shown painting in the nude. The comic depicted no sexual situations."
No Straight Lines: Queer Culture and the Comics
Submitted by EricMillikin on April 3, 2006 - 15:08
"SAN FRANCISCO, CA.--Twenty cartoonists join forces at the Cartoon Art Museum for No Straight Lines: Queer Culture and the Comics, the first museum exhibition devoted entirely to queer comics. ... [including] Alison Bechdel, creator of the nationally-syndicated strip Dykes to Watch Out For and Howard Cruse, creator of the series Wendel and the award-winning graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby."
Announcing Project: Fat Uncle Sam with a Bacon Double Cheeseburger
Submitted by EricMillikin on March 28, 2006 - 15:10
Eric Millikin has announced his latest project: painted artwork for a short story with a working title of "Fat America: Who's to Blame," exploring issues like how our goverment's agricultural subsidies, consumer spending habits, and fast food marketing contribute to our nation's obesity. The story is written by a prominent cook-book critic and food/nutrition journalist. The print run for the project is over half a million copies.
