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Since Mr. Toth never met a typewriter he ever liked, I keystroked Alex Toth Critiques Steve Rude this from his hand-written notes, as posted on the Concept Art forum. For the uninitiated, this is a Jonny Quest comic illustrated by Steve Rude. Accompanying the pages are even more pages of critique from Alex Toth, when Rude solicited his analysis. As well-rendered as Rude's pages are, Toth's volumes of advice all ring true. Even more interesting is the guidance he gives Rude in his final pages (plural!). Excellent reading for artists, and likely to be of interest to anyone invested in comics.

Hub Comics will be celebrating Free Comic Book Day 2009 in style. Stay tuned to the site to find out more!

From Mental Floss -- a great magazine -- comes a list of five comic characters who made a difference in the real world.

It's a great (and fairly short) read -- take a look!

So now that the Presidential election is over (WOOHOOO!), another election comes right up on its heels.

We've been nominated in the Weekly Dig's DigThis Awards!

Please, go vote!

Edited to add: Yep, we lost. To a chain store. Maybe next year!

Hub Comics hosted its first of -- we hope -- many annual 24-Hour Comics Day events.

The only problem was that no one told the cops. Apparently, looking open at 3 a.m. when your posted hours say you close at 9 p.m. is a no-no. And rather than argue with the nice, armed, uniformed men, most of the dozenish denizens of Hub's 24CBD event relocated up the hill to one of the artists' apartments.

David Marshall and Aya Rothwell, whom from each I stole the above pictures, blogged about their varied experiences. Aya completed her book, I believe, and Dave's was waylaid by the availability of good conversation and great '70s sci-fi movies (which he provided).

Thank you to everyone who participated. Please let us know when you complete your comics so we can see them, and carry them in the shop!

Investigative reporter Greg Palast, and lawyer/activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have authored a voter's guide to stealing your vote back, along with artists like Ted Rall, Lloyd Dangle and Louis Ketner.

CBS News has reported than voter purges are going on in at least 19 states, assisted by the 2002 Help America Vote Act, which -- ironically -- makes it easier for states to do such things.

Voter suppression is nothing new, but it has become much more widespread in the last few Presidential elections.

Hub Comics is open:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 2 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Wednesdays* Noon - 9 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

*Wednesdays are new comic days! On weeks when the shipment comes Thursdays instead (usually weeks with a Monday national holiday), we will open at 2 on Wednesday and at noon on Thursday instead.

Hub Comics, the comics shop for NPR listeners, opened January 19, 2008, in Union Square, Somerville, Massachusetts.

You can reach us via email at hubcomics@gmail.com, call us at (617) 718-0987, or you can use this handy form.

Hub Comics
19 Bow Street
Somerville, MA 02143