Today on the site we remember and pay tribute to Maurice Sendak. Philip Nel has written a comprehensive obituary. Nel has also posted a personal reminiscence on his blog. And we’ve begun a series of tributes from Sendak’s colleagues, which we will continue to update in the coming days.
Elsewhere:
Aaron Renier posted a moving tribute to Sendak on his site.
In Marvel news, Tom Spurgeon writes about donating to the Hero Initiative in light of the Avengers movie. And Rob Steibel digs up a 1968 Stan Lee interview from Castle of Frankenstein #12. A relative rarity from the days before the hype vibe completely calcified.
Daniel Clowes is having a busy couple months. Here’s a fine Artforum interview with him, focusing on his current retrospective, by TCJ-contributor Naomi Fry. And now he has a YouTube channel, too!
Speaking of motion, apparently Jodorowsky is crowd-funding his next movie. And Wired asks and answers “how the streaming revolution is changing the Japanese animation industry“.
If you hadn’t heard TCJ #302 (scheduled for January) includes a career-spanning interview with Sendak conducted by Gary Groth.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Comics-Journal-302/dp/1606996037/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336658876&sr=8-1
Amazon has a few more details here.