It’s the usual Friday news dump, but there was only one big shocker as far as news.  You can find that below as well as other things you might have missed in the last 24 hours.

Around the Blogs:

Bleeding Cool – Gio Spinella And The Politics Of Comics – Interesting news of Canadian councilor Gio Spinella.

IGN – Goodbye, Tokyopop – The American publisher calls it quits in the US, but still is going on elsewhere.

The Beat – A little Tokyopop follow up – Folks react to the news of Tokyopop.

Graphic Novel Reporter – Librarian wins $20,000 Graphic Novel Library Collection at Texas Library Association’s Annual Conference – Congrats Weslaco Public Library

Technique – Students design comic books – Another great example of comics being used in an educational setting.

Con Coverage:

Comic Book Resources – CBR’s MoCCA Festival 2011 Report

Around the Tubes Reviews:

Graphic Novel News – The Books of Magic

Grizzly Bomb – Superman: Earth One