Creators | Watchmen writer Alan Moore responds to recent comments made by The Dark Knight Returns creator Frank Miller: "I think that the Occupy movement is, in one sense, the public saying that they should be the ones to decide who’s too big to fail. It’s a completely justified howl of moral outrage and it seems to be handled in a very intelligent, non-violent way, which is probably another reason why Frank Miller would be less than pleased with it. I’m sure if it had been a bunch of young, sociopathic vigilantes with Batman make-up on their faces, he’d be more in favour of it. We would definitely have to agree to differ on that one." [Honest Publishing]
Conventions | Tom Spurgeon files a lengthy report from the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, held Saturday in New York City. [The Comics Reporter]
Creators | Uncanny X-Men writer Kieron Gillen comments on the use of sites like Kickstarter to fund comics projects through the lens of Alex de Campi and Jimmy Broxton's Ashes: "I think that Kickstarter or – if you’re not a yank – Indie Go Go is the single biggest new thing to be considered by a working creative this year. And not just comic creatives. Digital is something people have been chewing over for years now – and I suspect it’s going to be next year when we see some more movement there – but this has surprised a lot of people, and lead to a cheerily wild-west vibe to it all. People running Kickstarters are still trying to work out how to do this thing, and balance all sorts of questions of personal moral integrity. And this is important to do, just because when you don’t, things go bad quickly and you’re risking tarring the very concept of kickstarter-esque funded projects." [Kieron Gillen]
Creators | CNN profiles legendary MAD cartoonist Al Jaffee. [CNN]
Creators | Gerry Alanguilan talks about his graphic novel Elmer. [Philippine Daily Inquirer]
Creators | Rebecca Guay discusses her Dark Horse adaptation of Jane Yolen's short story "The Last Dragon." [Sequential Tart]
Creators | Box Brown discusses his career and approach to making comics, among other topics. [The Comics Reporter]
Comics | Deb Aoki previews some of the manga we can expect to see in the coming year. [About.com]
Marketing | Johanna Draper Carlson, always quick to call out bad marketing tactics, takes a Kickstarter creator to task for not responding well to criticism. The creator responds in the comments; you be the judge. [Comics Worth Reading]
Commentary | Chris Murphy looks back at "four incredible years" with Marvel's Hercules. [ComicsAlliance]
Commentary | David Anderson looks at the first issue of John Byrne's Cold War. [Spandexless]