Saturday, January 5, 2013

Comics A.M. | National Cartoonists Society splits webcomics award ...

National Cartoonists Society

Awards | The National Cartoonists Society initiated a webcomics award last year, and this year the organization is splitting it in two, one for short-form works and one for long-form. The challenge with including webcomics, says NCS President Tom Richardson, is that to be eligible, creators must make the majority of their money from cartooning. ?That isn?t an easy thing to quantify anymore. With online comics, we need to take into account site traffic, professionalism in consistent and regular publication, online community activity and other factors that are the hallmark of professional online work,? he says. ?In some cases, it?s pretty obvious the creator is making a career out of cartooning. In some, it?s not so obvious.? [Comic Riffs]

Passings | British writer and producer Charles Chilton has died at the age of 95. Chilton was the creator of two radio serials, Riders of the Range and Journey Into Space, and the producer of The Goons. He also wrote Western and science fiction comics for Eagle, Girl and other publications. [Bear Alley]

Battle Vixens, Vol. 12

Censorship | Jason Thompson looks at manga censorship in all its forms: Over the years publishers have covered up body parts, removed religious imagery, even taken out cigarettes and swears, not to safeguard the readers? morality so much as to increase sales. Even Pokemon was censored ? apparently that first volume was pretty scandalous. Good stuff, and you can have fun playing spot the differences with the before and after pictures. [Anime News Network]

Conventions | Emerald City Comic Con director Jim Demonakos and Rose City Comic Con co-founder Ron Brister discuss joining forces for 2013. [TFAW.com]

Creators | Mike Mignola talks about taking Hellboy back to hell, why it?s easier to draw hell than the real world, and sundry other topics. [Paste Magazine]

Axe Cop

Creators | Artist Ethan Nicolle discusses the origins of Axe Cop, the hit webomic-turned-print comic-turned animated series he created in 2009 with his 5-year-old brother Malachai. [LA Weekly]

Blogosphere | Tom Spurgeon continues his holiday interview series with a conversation with Heidi MacDonald. [The Comics Reporter]

Retailing | Here?s a report from the ceremony held at That?s Entertainment in Worcester, Massachusetts, to mark the renaming of the adjacent private road as Lois Lane. [DC Women Kicking Ass]

Best of the year | Don MacPherson bestows his 2012 Glasss Eye Awards for best limited and new series. [Eye on Comics]

Source: http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/01/comics-a-m-national-cartoonists-society-splits-webcomics-award/

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Bulls Defeat Heat, 96-89: Carlos Boozer Leads Chicago To Rebound Edge Over Miami (VIDEO/PHOTOS)

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    Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) is unable to stop Chicago Bulls' Nate Robinson (2) from scoring two points during the second half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. The Bulls won 96-89. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Carlos Boozer,Chris Bosh, Shane Battier

    Miami Heat players Chris Bosh and Shane Battier (31) chases the ball after they blocked a shot by Chicago Bulls Carlos Boozer (5) during the second half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. The Bulls won 96-89. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Carlos Boozer,Chris Bosh

    Miami Heat player Chris Bosh (1) tries to defend as Chicago Bulls' Carlos Boozer (5) drives to the basketball during the second half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. The Bulls won 96-89. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

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    Miami Heat player LeBron James reacts after officials ruled he step out of bounds while stealing a Chicago Bulls' ball during the second half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. The Bulls won 96-89. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • CARLOS BOOZER

    Chicago Bulls player Carlos Boozer reacts after the Miami Heat were charged with an offensive foul during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. The Bulls won 96-89. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Taj Gibson

    MiamI Heat player LeBron James (6) watches as Chris Bosh (1) blocks a shot by Chicago Bulls' Taj Gibson (22) during the second half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. The Bulls won 96-89. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • CARLOS BOOZER

    Chicago Bulls' Carlos Boozer looks for a ball during the second half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 against the Miami Heat. The Bulls won 96-89. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Taj Gibson

    Miami Heat player LeBron James (6) watches as Chris Bosh (1) blocks a shot by Chicago Bulls' Taj Gibson (22) during the second half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. The Bulls won 96-89. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Dwayne Wade, Luoi Deng

    Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade (3) falls backwards as Chicago Bulls' Luol Deng (9) goes up for two points during the second half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. The Bulls won 96-89. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Carlos Boozer,Chris Bosh

    Chicago Bulls player Carlos and Miami Heat player Chris Bosh battle for a ball during the second half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. The Bulls won 96-89. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • LeBron James

    MiamI Heat's LeBron James reacts after the Heat fouled a Chicago Bulls player during the second half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. The Bulls won 96-89. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Nate Robinson

    Chicago Bulls player Nate Robinson (2) celebrates as the Bulls defeat the Miami Heat 96-89 during a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Nate Robinson

    Chicago Bulls player Nate Robinson (2) celebrates as the Bulls defeat the Miami Heat 96-89 during a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • CARLOS BOOZER, LEBRON JAMES

    Chicago Bulls' Carlos Booze (5) blocks Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) during the first half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

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    Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau during the first half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 against the Chicago Bulls. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Jimmy Butler, Dwyane Wade

    Chicago Bulls Jimmy Butler (21) forces Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade (3) to pass the ball during the first half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Dwayne Wade

    Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade (3) slams the ball into the basket for two points during the first half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 against the Chicago Bulls. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

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    MiamI Heat players Udonis Haslem ((40) and LeBron James (6) block Chicago Bulls' Richard Hamilton (32) during the first half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • LeBron James, Luoi Deng, Carlos Boozer

    Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) along with Chicago Bulls players Carlos Boozer (5) and Luoi Deng (9) watch as James scores two points during the first half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Carlos Boozer, LeBron James, Jimmy Butler

    Chicago Bulls players Jimmy Butler (21) and Carlos Boozer (5) try to block Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) during the first half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

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    Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra yells instructions to his team during the first half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 against the Chicago Bulls. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • LeBron James, Luoi Deng, Carlos Boozer

    Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) slides in between Chicago Bulls players Carlos Boozer (5) and Luoi Deng (9) for a two point shot during the first half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Joakim Noah, Chris Bosh

    Chicago Bulls' Joakim Noah (13) applies pressure as Miami Heat's Chris Bosh (1) looks to pass the ball during the first half of a NBA basketball game in Miami, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat shoots a free throw during a game against the Chicago Bulls at American Airlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Norris Cole #30 of the Miami Heat drives to the basket during a game against the Chicago Bulls at American Airlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Nate Robinson #2 of the Chicago Bulls shoots over Shane Battier #31 of the Miami Heat during a game at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat drives past Nate Robinson #2 of the Chicago Bulls during a game at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Nate Robinson #2 and Kirk Hinrich #12 of the Chicago Bulls celebrate during a game against the Miami Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat dunks during a game against the Chicago Bulls at American Airlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Nate Robinson #2 of the Chicago Bulls and Ray Allen #34 of the Miami Heat react to a play during a game at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat dunks during a game against the Chicago Bulls at American Airlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat guards Luol Deng #9 of the Chicago Bulls during a game at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat drives past Nate Robinson #2 of the Chicago Bulls during a game at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Dwyane Wade #3 and LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat high five during a game against the Chicago Bulls at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Carlos Boozer #5 of the Chicago Bulls yells during a game against the Miami Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Carlos Boozer #5 and Jimmy Butler #21 of the Chicago Bulls celebrate during a game against the Miami Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat looks on during a game against the Chicago Bulls at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: ( Editors Note: This images has been converted to black and white) LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat looks on during a game against the Chicago Bulls at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Taj Gibson #22 of the Chicago Bulls is fouled by Chris Bosh #1 of the Miami Heat during a game at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Joakim Noah #13 of the Chicago Bulls reacts to a play during a game against the Miami Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Carlos Boozer #5 of the Chicago Bulls reacts to a three point play during a game against the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Carlos Boozer #5 of the Chicago Bulls reacts to a three point play during a game against the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat passes over Luol Deng #9 of the Chicago Bulls during a game at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Dwyane Wade #3 and LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat warm up during a game against the Chicago Bulls at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat posts up Richard Hamilton #32 of the Chicago Bulls during a game at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat looks on during a game against the Chicago Bulls at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Chris Bosh #1 of the Miami Heat and Joakim Noah #13 of the Chicago Bulls fight for position during a game at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

  • Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat

    MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 04: Chris Bosh #1 of the Miami Heat and Joakim Noah #13 of the Chicago Bulls fight for a jump ball during a game at AmericanAirlines Arena on January 4, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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    Friday, January 4, 2013

    An interview with Robert Wistrich (Powerlineblog)

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    Oil prices tumble over ample supplies, flat demand

    (AP) ? Oil prices fell Thursday as fiscal-cliff euphoria fizzled and the traders evaluated ample energy supplies against lackluster demand.

    Benchmark crude for February delivery fell 21 cents at midday Bangkok time to $92.91 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices had jumped Wednesday after a deal in Washington averted the dreaded "fiscal cliff." The contract rose $1.30 to finish at $93.12 a barrel on the Nymex.

    Despite the stopgap budget deal, more hurdles are ahead for the U.S. economy, including a new deadline for more spending cuts in two months.

    Moreover, Moody's Investors Services said the U.S. government's "AAA" credit rating could be at risk if lawmakers fail to take additional steps to lower the deficit, which has topped $1 trillion annually in each of the past four years.

    Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., said it expects data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency and the American Petroleum Institute to show a 1 million barrel draw for the week ending Dec. 28. Still, the U.S. market is "well-supplied," Platts said, citing analysts.

    U.S. supplies, at 371 million barrels for the week ending Dec. 21, are 15.6 percent higher than the five-year average, Platts said, citing EIA data. For the same week, data showed U.S. production at nearly 7 million barrels per day, the highest since December 1993.

    Carl Larry of Oil Outlooks and Opinions said production levels were "at new high" and noted that "the room for demand to expand is not even close to what we had just a few short years ago before the global recession."

    Brent crude, used to price various kinds of international oil, fell 30 cents to $112.17 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.

    In other energy futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange:

    ? Wholesale gasoline fell 0.3 cents to $2.7925 a gallon.

    ? Heating oil fell marginally to $3.041 a gallon.

    ? Natural gas fell 3.5 cents to $3.198 per 1,000 cubic feet.

    Associated Press

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    Syria rebels in push to capture air base

    AZAZ, Syria (Reuters) - Rebels battled on Thursday to seize an air base in northern Syria, part of a campaign to fight back against the air power that has given President Bashar al-Assad's forces free rein to bomb rebel-held towns.

    More than 60,000 people have been killed in the 21-month-old uprising and civil war, the United Nations said this week, sharply raising the death toll estimate in a conflict that shows no sign of ending.

    After dramatic advances over the second half of 2012, the rebels now hold wide swathes of territory in the north and east, but are limited in exerting control because they cannot protect towns and villages from Assad's helicopters and jets.

    Hundreds of fighters from rebel groups were attempting to storm the Taftanaz air base, near the northern highway that links Syria's two main cities, Aleppo and the capital Damascus.

    Rebels have been besieging air bases across the north in recent weeks, in the hope this will reduce the government's power to carry out air strikes and resupply loyalist-held areas.

    A rebel fighter speaking from near the Taftanaz base overnight said the base's main sections were still in loyalist hands but insurgents had managed to infiltrate and destroy a helicopter and a fighter jet on the ground.

    The northern rebel Idlib Coordination Committee said the rebels had detonated a car bomb inside the base.

    The government's SANA news agency said the base had not fallen and that the military had "strongly confronted an attempt by the terrorists to attack the airport from several axes, inflicting heavy losses among them and destroying their weapons and munitions".

    Rami Abdulrahman, head of the opposition-aligned Syrian Observatory for Human Rights which monitors the conflict from Britain, said as many as 800 fighters were involved in the assault, including Islamists from Jabhat al-Nusra, a powerful group that Washington considers terrorists.

    Taftanaz is mainly a helicopter base, used for missions to resupply army positions in the north, many of which are cut off by road because of rebel gains, as well as for dropping crude "barrel bombs" of explosives on rebel-controlled areas.

    "WHAT IS THE FAULT OF THE CHILDREN?"

    Near Minakh, another northern air base that rebels have surrounded, government forces have retaliated by regularly shelling and bombing nearby towns.

    In the town of Azaz, where the bombardment has become a near nightly occurrence, shells hit a family house overnight. Zeinab Hammadi said her two wounded daughters, aged 10 and 12, had been rushed across the border to Turkey, one with her brain exposed.

    "We were sleeping and it just landed on us in the blink of an eye," she said, weeping as she surveyed the damage.

    Family members tried to salvage possessions from the wreckage, men lifting out furniture and children carrying out their belongings in tubs.

    "He (Assad) wants revenge against the people," said Abu Hassan, 33, working at a garage near the destroyed house. "What is the fault of the children? Are they the ones fighting?"

    Opposition activists said warplanes struck a residential building in another rebel-held northern town, Hayyan, killing at least eight civilians.

    Video footage showed men carrying dismembered bodies of children and dozens of people searching for victims in the rubble of the destroyed building, shouting "God is greatest". The provenance of the video could not be independently confirmed.

    In addition to their tenuous grip on the north, the rebels also hold a crescent of suburbs on the edge of Damascus, which have come under bombardment by government forces that control the center of the capital.

    On Wednesday, according to opposition activists, dozens of people were incinerated in an inferno caused by an air strike on a petrol station in a Damascus suburb where residents were lining up for precious fuel.

    The civil war in Syria has become the longest and bloodiest of the conflicts that rose out of uprisings across the Arab world in the past two years.

    Assad's family has ruled for 42 years since his father seized power in a coup. The war pits rebels, mainly from the Sunni Muslim majority, against a government supported by members of Assad's Shi'ite-derived Alawite minority sect and some members of other minorities who fear revenge if he falls.

    The West, most Sunni-ruled Arab states and Turkey have called for Assad to leave power. He is supported by Russia and Shi'ite Iran.

    (Additional reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis in Amman and Dominic Evans in Beirut; Writing by Peter Graff; Editing by Ruth Pitchford)

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-lifts-syria-death-toll-truly-shocking-114651501.html

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    Silenced Voices: The Independent Florida Alligator

    Sitting on a bed, Danielle Ruiz watched Luis Pereira and his roommate in the kitchen. They stood with their backs to Ruiz and filled a milk jug with alcohol and another mysterious substance.

    "Crystal Light," Pereira said.

    Ruiz met with Pereira earlier that night in October 2010 outside Spannk, a Southwest Second Street club, after she left a costume party. Pereira invited Ruiz -- and others, he said -- to his place. Ruiz always enjoyed his parties, so she went, still wearing a black sequin jacket and a pink tutu. When she arrived, though, the apartment was empty.

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