Juan Navarro returns to Vigil with a second season starting March 15th, 2005. Get ready for more great stories of life, death and invulnerability.

In addition, check out Vigil pin ups by Jon Morris, Jason Martin, Ramon Sierra, and Tim Kelly.

Interesting article in the March/April Columbia Journalism Review about using comics in journalism.

http://www.cjr.org/issues/2005/2/ideas-essay-williams.asp and reprinted at Alternet http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21520/

The author appears to really understand comics. S/he uses a definition of comics that I think she got from McCloud's Understanding Comics.

S/he's pushing two ideas:
1) Comics are uniquely appropriate ways to communicate current events in this era when the paradigm of objectivity in reporting lies shattered on the ground.
2) Comics may be a uniquely effective way to reach the masses with reporting too content-rich for the TV. If they wouldn't read it in long columns of text, they are more likely to read it in a comic.

Read it. React.

John

If you're in London this March 19th, be sure to stop by the UK Webcomix Thing. Highlights include a panel on webcomics at 2:30 PM with Mr Madsen, John Allison and Roger Langridge. A full list of exhibitors is here.

Top Two Three Films is currently in post-production of a documentary film called Adventures Into Digital Comics.