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http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=comicsresearc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0061474517&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrIt’s says “essential” in the title! You know you need it (and if you use the above link, Gene actually gets paid). Will your favorite make the list (hint: is it in print and in English)? The suspense must be killing you — buy it now!

On the Road

In anticipation of my travels, here’s a raven from the Tower of London, snapped by Richard Seaman, the Flying Kiwi. NEWSFLASH! Gene-Gene the book reviewing machine has an essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education, but you have to have a subscription to get past the wall. I’m packing (well, obviously I’m typing, but you…

Gene K Superstar!

Well, UConn Alumni Magazine recognizes it! Jim H. Smith’s profile concludes: Author of dozens of papers about comics, former chair of the International Comic Arts Festival, a lecturer in frequent demand and host of a scholarly Web site, ComicsResearch.org., he is currently writing a guide to “essential graphic novels.” Kannenberg is, by general consensus, one…