The Cross Hatch Dispatch 5/11/09

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[Above, Scott Morse's "Gears" get heady. Below, the Dispatch.]

• Scott Morse recently posted the complete pages of his comic Dawn of the Gearheads, which he’s been working on as a special project for the San Diego Comic Con.
• NBM gives a 10-page preview of Neil Kleid & Nico Cinquegrani’s new graphic novel, The Big Kahn.
• This is what happens when Rick Veitch starts taking commissions – brilliant!
• Because reading glasses are just not enough, the world’s biggest Tintin page, covering 735 yards, has been unveiled in Brussels. 
• The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, is using a comic book called Bravo Zulu to help recruit minorities to the school. 
• On Comics Worth Reading, Johanna Draper Carlson chats with Gina Bigg about her webcomic, Red String. 
• In honor of Neurofibromatosis Awareness month, artists and celebrities like Colleen Doran have donated their artwork for an eBay auction to benefit Neurofibromatosis Inc.
• The Motor Comic Con is next weekend, May 15-17 City with some of nerd-dom’s favorites: Carrie Fisher, Yancy Butler, Bruce Davison, Mick Foley and more.
• The fifth annual Doug Wright Awards winners were announced this week at the Art Gallery of Ontario, including Kate Beaton’s History Comics for Best Emerging Talent and Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki for Best Book for Skim. 

- Adri Cowan