Here’s are some more thoughts, recounts, musings, and pictures from this past weekend’s Heroes Con held in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Here are some news bit, photos, blog postings, etc. regarding this past weekend’s Heroes Con held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Be sure to check back for more links as they become available.
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The post-war era in America gave rise to a remarkable number of
amazing cartoonists retuning from overseas. These members of our
“Greatest Generation” had their careers interrupted by World War II
and again when the comic book hysteria of the 1950s all but erased
this innocent pastime from the cultural landscape. When comic book
work could no longer provide their livelihood, many turned to racy
down-market digests, and in the process created a legacy of sensual
and seductive pin-up art that remains as appealing today as it did
when this distinctly American aesthetic emerged. A new exhibition at
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery opening June 28 highlights the work
of five of the most notorious pin-up cartoonists of this period.

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Blasting into stores today is SMUGGLING SPIRITS: BOOK 2, the thrilling conclusion to the SMUGGLING SPIRITS saga written by Ben Fisher and illustrated by Mike Henderson!

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“Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels” Book Collection
Deadline - August 1, 2008

The success of the “Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books & Graphic Novels” conference held April 11-13, 2008 at Boston University has generated publisher interest in turning its various essays into a print book collection. Given the limited time previously available for presentations last April, the conference organizers are now inviting supplemental submissions to the “Graven Images” collection from further individuals who did not read their papers live at the 2008 conference.

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