Cleburne GN

two-part interview with writer/artist Justin Murphy

The Patrick Cleburne Society

an overview on black soldiers in the Civil War (including links to books on the subject)

Xeric Award winner Justin Murphy presents this graphic novel about the Civil War Confederate general and the black soldiers who fought for him.

Sista Samurai #0

Writer Kevin Grevioux’ mini-series about a supermodel turned samurai.

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Also this week:

Buffy TVS #19. Pencils by Jeanty.

Push #2 (of 6). Co-written by Bernardin.

Adventures of Spawn #2. Art by Randolph.

New Warriors #18. Final issue. Written by Grevioux.

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Also notable:

Umbrella Academy: Dallas #1. The hit fantasy title spawns a sequel.

Batman #681. The conclusion of “Batman RIP.”

JSA: Kingdom Come Special – The Kingdom

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Next Monday, submissions for the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards will begin to be taken. I’m not gonna be on the panel this year for the first time, since I’ve gone back to creating comics again and I don’t want any conflict of interest to pop up. I’ll still run the proceedings, however, so if you’ve got a black comic from this year you want in the competition, be prepared to submit it beginning next Monday. This year’s panel will also be named at that time.

Here’s another interview with one of the stars of True Blood, Nelsan Ellis.

A nice George Herriman article that discusses the slightly ambiguous nature of his racial identity.

New Zoe Saldana as Uhura poster.