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Heroes Con 08 - Covering Comics

By Dollar Bin • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Shows

Criticism, Reportage, and Gossip

The digital age has allowed a deeper understanding of comics criticism and reporting than has ever been possible before. Tom Spurgeon of the Comics Reporter moderates this discussion featuring some of the leading lights on the comics journalism scene, including Heidi MacDonald of The Beat, Matt Brady of Newsarama, and Johanna Draper-Carlson of Comics Worth Reading. From industry reporting and journalism to criticism and good ole gossip, this is sure to be a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the comics news!

 
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  1. ZEITGEIST / Collective Memory: HeroesCon 2008 on June 25th, 2008 at 6:08 pm:

    [...] 06 The Beat 07 The Beat 08 Message Boards and Chat Rooms News Stories and Columns ComicMix Audio The Dollar Bin: Covering Comics The Dollar Bin: Collaboration and Storytelling The Dollar Bin: Jimmy Palmiotti The Dollar Bin: [...]

  2. Comics journalism: Carrots, sticks, threats, and spankings | Bent Corner on June 25th, 2008 at 6:31 pm:

    [...] one of the panels held at the recent Heroes Con in North Carolina. The panel was entitled, “Covering Comics: Criticism, Reportage, and Gossip“. It was moderated by Tom Spurgeon of the Comics Reporter. The panel was comprised of Johanna [...]

  3. Heroes Con 2008 Comic Journalism Panel » Comics Worth Reading on June 25th, 2008 at 9:59 pm:

    [...] panel was recorded by the very nice folks behind the Dollar Bin podcasts. After this panel finished, I could relax the [...]

  4. Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » June 26, 2008: Following up on June 26th, 2008 at 7:38 am:

    [...] MacDonald responding to yesterday’s round of snark. The Heroes-Con panel that inspired it is now online, and panel participant Tim Hodler has [...]

  5. Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo » Thoughts on Heroes Con ‘08 on June 26th, 2008 at 8:53 am:

    [...] the panel itself, being chained to my table most of the weekend, but listened to it afterwards here.  The one panelist likely least familiar to comics-folk was a guy who does comics reviews for [...]

  6. ZEITGEIST / Collective Memory: HeroesCon 2008 on June 26th, 2008 at 6:08 pm:

    [...] Balloonists 03 Tom Neely Message Boards and Chat Rooms News Stories and Columns ComicMix Audio The Dollar Bin: Covering Comics The Dollar Bin: Collaboration and Storytelling The Dollar Bin: Jimmy Palmiotti The Dollar Bin: [...]

  7. Newsarama wins an award for journalism? | Bent Corner on July 26th, 2008 at 6:01 am:

    [...] the meaning of the word journalism or didn’t get wind of the Heroes Con panel entitled, “Covering Comics: Criticism, Reportage, and Gossip“. Newsarama’s co-founder and current editor Matt Brady attended the panel and made some [...]

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