Not sure if it's been mentioned here, but industry magazine Comics International has new ownership

Alex Fitch writes: via Quality Communications Yahoogroup

Hello all,

I present a radio show on Resonance 104.4 FM about TV, film & comics. So far, I'm afraid we've neglected the latter a little (having only done one show on comics in general with Kev F Sutherland and another on Dan Dare), so this month the show is devoted to the world of sequential art...

Here's the plan so far:

Thursday 4th Jan:
It's the start of comic book month on I'm ready for my close-up, so in the first of a series of shows on four colour periodicals, Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott are talking to Charles Brownstein, the director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a charity that protects comic book creators and shops from the vagaries of American law regarding the first amendment...

Thursday 11th Jan:
Continuing comic book month on I'm ready for my close-up, in the second of a series of shows on sequencial art, Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott are talking to author and journalist Paul Gravett about his books on British comics, Graphic novels and Manga.

Thursday 18th Jan / Clear spot in between (i.e. date to be confirmed) /

Thursday 25th Jan:
Continuing comic book month on I'm ready for my close-up: Alex Fitch conducts an epic three part interview with magician, orator, novelist and oh, yes, comics writer Alan Moore about his continuing work in the medium, his career so far / in the years to come plus his collaborations and his many and varied interests...

You can receive Resonance within the M25 (allowing for topography and topiary blocking the signal) or streamed at www.resonancefm.com - podcasts and info at www.readyformycloseup.blogspot.com

I'd like to do a show on Mark Millar next month. I've e-mailed the head of PR at Marvel and
put a post in a thread at millarworld but to no avail. Could anyone help me get in touch
with him?

Alex

Paul Gravett writes about the new (comics) revolution

The good people at Flying Monkey Comics emailed us to say:

Hello there, and a Happy New Year to one and all

Of course those of you who are regular readers of the monkey will need no such cheap tactics to peruse the site, but seeing as the sum total of our readership is the two of us, some dude in Israel (true) and my cat, we're looking to up the numbers a bit, so pass it on

Fractal Matter previews the gorgeous looking new graphic novel from Matt Coyle at MamTor, 'Worry Doll':