Thursday, February 23, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/23/23

Forbidden Planet To Open New Store In Brighton, With A Sea View

Forbidden Planet International, is to open a new store in Brighton, further south than any Forbidden Planet store has ever been before.

 by Rich Johnston

 22 Feb 2023 
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/forbidden-planet-to-open-new-store-in-brighton-with-a-sea-view/

 

EXCLUSIVE: ONI HIRES THIRD EYE COMICS MANAGER TO HEAD UP SALES TEAM

Also: Editor Promoted to Digital Marketing Manager

 Brigid Alverson on February 22, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53388/exclusive-oni-hires-third-eye-comics-manager-head-up-sales-team

 

ComicsPRO 2023 meeting kicks off in person as the industry faces challenges

Cartoonist Kayfabe is giving the keynote

Heidi MacDonald

02/23/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/comicspro-2023-meeting-in-person-industry-challenges/

 

Leiji Matsumoto, legendary manga creator, dies aged 85

By Imogen James

BBC News February 20 2023

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64703518

 

Riding the Toonerville Trolley in Kentucky…or New York?

By Michael Taube

February 21, 2023
https://troymedia.com/arts-entertainment/ae-books/riding-the-toonerville-trolley-in-kentucky-or-new-york/

 

Happy Birthday To Raymond Scott's 'Powerhouse,' The Most Iconic Song In Cartoon History [music]

By Vincent Alexander

Cartoon Brew 02/20/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/raymond-scott-powerhouse-80th-anniversary-226143.html

 

The Pessimism of the Comic Strip

Patrick Kearney

Vanity Fair February 1923 : 57, 96

online at https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1923/2/the-pessimism-of-the-comic-strip

 

'The Flash' Movie to Screen at CinemaCon

The DC movie, which has a release date of June 16, will debut at the conference in Las Vegas.

Mia Galuppo

February 22, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-flash-movie-to-screen-cinemacon-1235332115/

 

Barnes & Noble Highlights Moomin Books and Products

By Karen Raugust 

Feb 23, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/91602-barnes-noble-highlights-moomin-books-and-products.html

 

'Honestly, I Equate It to Human Greed'

By Chris Lee

FEB. 22, 2023 https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/marvel-vfx-workers-on-ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.html

 

'The American Way' is a tale of pluck and luck [n print as 'The American Way': A fast-moving tale of pluck and luck]

A new book tells the story of a family's escape from Nazi Germany that wends its way through bootleggers, comic-book creators, sports legends and one iconic starlet

Review by Jennifer Howard

Washington Post February 23, 2023 : C3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/02/22/american-way-stapinski/

 

I hid my disabilities at work. Now I know they don't limit my worth.

I gradually learned my worth wasn't determined by what I could "do," and that it was more important to listen to my body and myself

Perspective by Rachel Litchman

February 19, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/02/19/i-hid-my-disabilities-work-now-i-know-they-dont-define-my-worth/

 

A First Time for Everything: Dan Santat Discusses His Graphic Memoir, How Memories Change, and the Best Flavor of Fanta

February 21, 2023 by Betsy Bird 

https://afuse8production.slj.com/2023/02/21/a-first-time-for-everything-dan-santat-discusses-his-graphic-memoir-how-memories-change-and-the-best-flavor-of-fanta/

 

13 Stories That Influenced My AVENGERS Debut, by PAUL LEVITZ

 Feb 19, 2023

https://13thdimension.com/13-stories-that-influenced-my-avengers-debut-by-paul-levitz/

 

LA Times Book Prize 2023 Graphic Novel finalists announced

And Alex Segura's Secret Identity is a Mystery/Thriller finalist

Dean Simons

02/23/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/la-times-book-prize-2023-graphic-novel-finalists-announced/

 

Exclusive: Asterix Returns with New Writer

February 23, 2023 by Brigid Alverson  

https://goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2023/02/23/exclusive-asterix-returns-with-new-writer-news/

 

Steven Yeun Joins Marvel's 'Thunderbolts'

The Oscar nominee will play a key role in the film, which focuses on villains and anti-heroes.

Aaron Couch

February 23, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/steven-yeun-joins-marvels-thunderbolts-1235330495/ 

 

'He created something magical': Calvin and Hobbes fans rejoice as creator plans first work in decades

Bill Watterson to publish a sombre 'fable for grown-ups' after disappearing from public eye in 1995

Matthew Cantor

@CantorMatthew

Wed 22 Feb 2023  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/22/calvin-hobbes-bill-watterson-the-mysteries-new-book

 

European Journal 2023, Part 1: Bologna

Bill Kartalopoulos | February 23, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/european-journal-2023-part-1-bologna/

 

Precarious Youth in Contemporary Graphic Narratives :  Young Lives in Crisis

Edited By

María Porras Sánchez,

Gerardo Vilches

2023

Routledge

https://www.routledge.com/Precarious-Youth-in-Contemporary-Graphic-Narratives-Young-Lives-in-Crisis/Sanchez-Vilches/p/book/9781032123592

 

Introduction: Graphic Narratives and the Precarious Condition

María Porras Sánchez and Gerardo Vilches

1. The Ideological Depiction of Childhood during the Great Depression: from Little Orphan Annie to Little Lefty

Francisco Saez de Adana

2. Oppressive Structures and Childhood Precarity in The Witches: A Graphic Novel

María Augusta Albuja Aguilar

3. Journey to Adulthood: Visual Representation of a Morphing Identity in Inio Asano's Goodnight Punpun

José Andrés Santiago

4. "A Malaise That We Don't Know What to Name:" Cruel Optimism and Residual Disenchantment in Nadar's El Mundo a Tus Pies (2015)

Katie Salmon

5. What Is Love? Precarious Lives, Precarious Loves in the Works of Italian Women Graphic Novelists

Nicoletta Mandolini and Giorgio Busi Rizzi

6. Uncertain Homes: Trauma, Fracture, and Resilience in Roma Biographies from the "Children's Homes" in the Czech Republic

Andrea Hoff

7. Finding Voice Within the Objects of Their Lives: Adolescents Writing Memoir Comics to Interrogate Crisis

Michael Kersulov

8. Super-Precariat: Socioeconomic Fictions and Realities of Superhero Comic Books

Elisa McCausland and Diego Salgado

9. "What Happens to a Dream Deferred?": Super Villains of African Descent

Óscar Gual Boronat and Mario Millanes Vaquero

10. Precarious Identity: Labelling Oneself Fumettista?

Lisa Maya Quaianni Manuzzato and Eva Van de Wiele

11. Amazing Ultradeformer Cartoonist from Ituzaingó: The Memes of Pedro Mancini

Amadeo Gandolfo

12. In Conversation with Vicent Giard: A Decade Taking Care of a Little Colossus

Enrique Bordes

13. Crises, New Modalities of Social Struggle and the Emergence of LGBTIQ+ Discourses as Revulsive and Autonomous Responses in the Field of Argentine Comics (2016- 2020)

Laura Cristina Fernández

14. Cultural Otherness in Der Traum von Olympia (An Olympic Dream)

Julia C. Gómez Sáez

15. Wasted Potential, Disposable Bodies: The Many Victims of Backderf's My Friend Dahmer

Monica Chiu

16. Strike Comics: Representing the Inequities and Absurdities of Academic Precarity

Lydia Wysocki

 

JOCK exhibition announced at the UK's Panel Gallery this April
An exhibition showcasing original art from Jock's Batman: One Dark Knight limited series
Dean Simons
02/23/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/jock-exhibition-announced-at-the-uks-panel-gallery-this-april/

Bad Idea personnel moves: Stern and Militano
Heidi MacDonald
02/23/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/bad-idea-personnel-moves-stern-and-militano/

ComicsPRO president Jenn Haines: "Comics retailers know how to fight and how to adapt"
2022 was a great year, but the industry needs to work together to face new challenges
Heidi MacDonald
02/23/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/comicspro-president-jenn-haines-comics-retailers-know-how-to-fight-and-how-to-adapt/

This Superman fan film is so good that people thought it was an actual game leak
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson
Newsarama February 20 2023
https://www.gamesradar.com/this-superman-fan-film-is-so-good-that-people-thought-it-was-an-actual-game-leak/

How Scott Snyder is blazing a new path in comics after 'Batman'
The acclaimed comics writer who shaped Batman for the modern era is leading the charge on a new anthology for IDW. Here's the deal on 'Dark Spaces.'
by Eric Francisco
Aug. 2, 2022
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/scott-synder-batman-interview

Raising Felix: Love and Fear
By Julia Wertz
February 22, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/raising-felix-love-and-fear

 

 

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