Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Meet a Local Cartoonist: D. Feng and her Cosmicals project

by Mike Rhode

Artomatic just concluded, and there were plenty of cartoon / comics-influenced people exhibiting. On the weekends, there was a sales area on the third floor and I met D. (Dani) Feng there and bought her comic collection, The Cosmicals: Dusky Dunes. She has some interesting aspirations and plans for a Cosmicals universe that I look forward to following in the future.

What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?

Everything I draw at the moment are personal projects of my own characters. Usually on the cartoonier end. 

How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?

I mostly draw digitally. Sometimes I’d sketch things out on paper first and then refine it on the computer. 

I use a Huion Kamvas Pro 16 as my graphics tablet. The software I use is Paint Tool SAI 2 and Rebelle Pro 5. For the Cosmicals comic book, I had actually used TVPaint for most of the line art because I was borrowing an Android tablet from university, and TVPaint was free on the Android. I simply carried around wherever I went and worked on the comic when I had down time. Since I had to return the Android tablet, I’ve been getting used to doodling on my iPad with Procreate now. 

When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?

November 2000 in Rockville, Maryland.

Why are you in Washington now?  What neighborhood or area do you live in?

I was born and raised in Montgomery County, Maryland. And… I still live there. I am never getting out of here, am I?

What is your training and/or education in cartooning?

Self-taught through copious amounts of unrestricted internet access

Who are your influences?

A huge blend of various internet artists that I looked up to. Too many to count. Some notable ones are vewn, Xamag, miraculoustang, and Natasha Allegri. 

What would you like to do or work on in the future?

I have a very vivid two-season animated series idea for The Cosmicals that is currently occupying much of my brain space everyday. The only way this could work out the way I want it to is: 1) I gain an ample amount of animation industry experience so I feel comfortable enough about pursuing this project and 2) I win a lottery or win a bunch of Mr Beast Dollars to pay people. In the meantime, I’ll try to do as much as I can by myself before even getting to that stuff (writing scripts, making the side comics, maybe building a little website for them if I figure that out). 


Tell me a little more about your characters, The Cosmicals. In the intro to your book collecting strips of them, you say there were failed greeting cards?

The Cosmicals are a group of original characters that are very dear to my heart. I made around 20 greeting card designs for Stelle and Lune back in 2021, but I really don’t know much about that market to sell them well. The cards don’t seem to sell compared to my other items on my Etsy shop. I've emailed a lot of places that might take the cards but I haven't had any luck, since they're already stocked to the brim with greetings cards. Oh well. 

Are these a webcomic? Or just one-offs when you feel like doing one?

It's not a webcomic. I have a lot planned for these characters, too much for me to explain in one sitting. I’ve explained the whole story to a couple of friends in person and each time, it took at least 4 hours. But the basic gist of it is: it’s a long-running 'unfiction' art project meant to satirize those marketable-character corporate franchises. Contents of it would include a website that treats The Cosmicals as a lost media franchise, fake flash games hosted on the site, fake animated commercials, and if we get to it, an animated series of shorts made to look like it's from the 90s. I started typing a long explanation of the project, and then I realized it would take way too much time, so I had to stop myself. 

One's a happy star, and one's a depressed moon? Is that an accurate description of their characters? How do you write them so they relate to each other?

They have two very different outlooks on life despite having similar circumstances. They learn from each other’s outlooks over time. 

These are not my best answers. I'm gonna be honest, I genuinely started blanking when I trying to figure out how to explain the entire project. I've made so much and so much of it has changed over the past 5+ years that I genuinely don't know where to begin. I have about 20 Google Docs of notes. Sorry I can't give a more thorough answer. I feel like this is one of those projects that has to explain itself. I'm also unsure if I can even get to making it due to lack of funding and experience. Check back on me in about 5 years. Then, I can probably give you a more concrete answer. 

For more background, you can look at my animated YouTube videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pusxJQ48rn8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpOpiKtGvw0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-hy4EsWTHY

What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?

When I was younger, I used to shame and berate myself inside my head whenever this happened. Now, I’ve kind of just stopped caring and let the art happen when it wants to. I can’t predict my mind so I’ve stopped trying to.

What local cons do you attend? The Small Press Expo, Awesome Con, or others? Any comments about attending them?

Yes, I’ve tabled at a few conventions in the past (Awesome Con, Baltimore Comic Con). I don’t often do this since it’s pretty exhausting and most of the time, I just forget to apply. (I missed the Katsucon artist alley application deadline by one day.) I absolutely love the Small Press Expo. Me and my friend  Ian made it our mission to table there someday, but alas, we did not get in for this year. 

What comic books do you read regularly or recommend? Do you have a local store?

I don’t actually consume a lot of media nowadays but I’ve recently been reading Dungeon Meshi and Witch Hat Atelier, which are super great. The closest store to me is “Purple Narwhal Music & Manga”, but they’re only open for less than half a week. Third Eye Comics in Annapolis is worth checking out if you’re a comic lover.

What's your favorite thing about DC?

It’s easy to find things to do or find hidden gems in the area, like the Glen Echo Park. I appreciate how diverse and (mostly) walkable the locations I’ve been to are. That being said, I’ve been kind of confined to this area my whole life so I don’t have a good reference point for what is good or bad. 

Least favorite?

It’s expensive to live in the area, and the traffic on the beltway is as congested as my sinus.

What monument or museum do you like to take visitors to?

The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore! 

How about a favorite local restaurant?

I’ve got several favorites. I probably go to Taco Bamba the most in this area. I also recommend Lavende Patisserie as my go-to local cafe and bakery (their Yuki cake is my favorite; you would not find a cake like that anywhere else). Pho 75 is a great, no frills pho restaurant (it’s cash only though). I also love the flatbreads from the Z&Z Manoushe Bakery. Another authentic Mexican taco place I love is Taqueria Los Primos in North Laurel. 

Do you have a website or blog?

https://www.danifeng.com/ 

My etsy shop link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/dfengshop

More socials here: https://dfeng.carrd.co/

How has the COVID-19 outbreak affected you, personally and professionally?

I was a comp-sci college student at UMD during the entire COVID-19 era so I wasn't doing much art stuff, besides making this one animatic for my Art Scholars capstone project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpOpiKtGvw0 

Man, that whole time period felt like a blur.  

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/29/2024

Ray Chan, Art Director and Production Designer for Marvel Films, Dies at 56

He worked on the 'Avengers' movies, 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and the upcoming 'Deadpool & Wolverine.' There was "nobody on Earth like him," says Ryan Reynolds.

Mike Barnes

April 27, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ray-chan-dead-marvel-art-director-deadpool-wolverine-1235882096/

 

'Deadpool & Wolverine' Director Shawn Levy Says Film Requires No "Prior Research" of Marvel Cinematic Universe

"I am definitely not looking to do homework when I go to the movies," he says of his aim to make a movie that MCU newcomers will enjoy as much as passionate fans.

Kimberly Nordyke

April 28, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/deadpool-wolverine-no-prior-knowledge-mcu-shawn-levy-1235885731/

 

Will Deadpool & Wolverine mark the real introduction of the X-Men into the MCU?

The collaboration between the merc with a mouth and the clawed crusader has to work hard to mashup the alternate realities, but it could open portals to a lot of multiversal fun

Ben Child

Fri 26 Apr 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/26/will-deadpool-wolverine-mark-the-real-introduction-of-the-x-men-into-the-mcu

 

Interview: Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows talk about the use of satire in BABS

Christian Angeles

04/29/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-garth-ennis-and-jacen-burrows-talk-satire-usage-in-babs/

'27,' 'Sirocco' Win Top Prizes at Successful 31st Stuttgart Animation Fest

By Mercedes Milligan

April 28, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/27-sirocco-win-top-prizes-at-successful-31st-stuttgart-animation-fest/

Nine Helpful Tips and Insights for Animation Supervisors

By Boris Maras

Animation Magazine

April 26, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/nine-helpful-tips-and-insights-for-feature-animation-supervisors/

 

'Wander to Wonder' Director Nina Gantz Explores the Existential Angst of Puppets [Netherlands; stop motion]

By Ramin Zahed

April 26, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/wander-to-wonder-director-nina-gantz-explores-the-existential-angst-of-her-award-winning-stop-motion-short/

This article was written for the

May '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 340).

 

Beat's Bizarre Adventure: God warriors, whales and legends. A new column of manga reviews

Adam Wescott,  Merve Giray,  Derrick Crow

04/29/2024 
https://www.comicsbeat.com/beats-bizarre-adventure-god-warriors-whales-and-legends/

 

"I Think After All These Years I Finally Accepted That Comics is Actually my Calling": Talking with Jay Stephens

Jason Bergman | April 29, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/i-think-after-all-these-years-i-finally-accepted-that-comics-is-actually-my-calling-talking-with-jay-stephens/

 

Get Graphic: Building The 'Bio Mechs' with Cleber Souza Lima [of Brazil]

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Apr 22, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/274135-Get-Graphic-Building-The-Bio-Mechs-with-Cleber-Souza-Lima


Chinese animated films are booming

But they would be even better if censors relaxed

 Economist Feb 8th 2024 https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/02/08/chinese-animated-films-are-booming

 

Clay Bennett Takes 2024 Headliner Award – Mike Thompson and Robert Ariail Finalists

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/29/clay-bennett-takes-2024-headliner-award-mike-thompson-and-robert-ariail-finalists/

 

Trump Rumpus with Mr Fish - Rude Trump Political Cartoons! Caglecast

Caglecast 42

 Apr 29, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGJAvSbZPZM

 

Heroes at the Cartoon Museum review: an invaluable slice of history told through 130 years of comics [London Cartoon Museum]

Christian Adams

April 29 2024

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/heroes-cartoon-museum-review-superman-batman-b1154378.html

 

London Cartoon Museum collects newspapers to record coverage of Charlie Hebdo attacks

Robin de Peyer

14 January 2015

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-cartoon-museum-collects-newspaper-coverage-of-charlie-hebdo-attacks-9977346.html

 

Letter: A comic shouldn't make people sad [aka 'Comic made me sad'; For Better or Worse letter about Farley's death]

BARBARA L. DOANE

    Apr 27, 2024

https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-a-comic-shouldnt-make-people-sad/article_b825728c-0285-11ef-836c-ff6e89490acf.html

 

Free Comic Book Day now well into its second decade

By Stan Ashbee

April 29, 2024

https://www.mylethbridgenow.com/40134/news/free-comic-book-day-now-well-into-its-second-decade/

 

Evangelista, Benny. 2019.

Artist Wins Award for 'Best Comic Design' [John Jett; 'NIF'; National Ignition Facility; government comics; educational comics].

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (October 15): https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/artist-wins-award-for-best-comic-design

 

Jett, John. 2018.

NIF [comic book]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility.

Online at https://lasers.llnl.gov/content/assets/docs/education/LLNL-NIF-comic.pdf

 

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. 2024.

Comic Book Tells the Story of Ignition [John Jett; 'Ignition'; National Ignition Facility; government comics; educational comics]]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (April 29): https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/comic-book-tells-the-story-of-ignition

 

Jett, John. 2024.

Ignition [comic book]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility.

Online at https://lasers.llnl.gov/content/assets/docs/education/LLNL-NIF-comic-2.pdf

 

Handing down a 38-year legacy: Acadiana Comics [Louisiana store]

Calyn Lamanno

Apr 28, 2024

https://www.katc.com/lafayette-parish/handing-down-a-38-year-legacy-acadiana-comics

 

We hired a professional comic-book artist to tell the incredible true story of the FBI's bust of a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan's governor

Josh Adams and Anthony Del Col

Apr 21, 2021, https://www.businessinsider.com/comic-attempted-kidnap-governor-of-michigan-2021-4#-1

 

Meet comic book writers Sam Romesburg and Sam Freeman [Hound]

    Lauren LaRocca

    Apr 28, 2024

https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/meet-comic-book-writers-sam-romesburg-and-sam-freeman/article_61fe9870-2c21-53fd-b50d-c87785f71319.html

 

Grandma, mother, daughter: how 3 generations of Chinese women's emotional story is told in graphic novel [Feeding Ghosts; Tessa Hulls]

Bernice Chanin

28 Apr 2024

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3260308/grandma-mother-daughter-how-3-generations-chinese-womens-emotional-story-told-graphic-novel

 

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode eighty-five | Zac Thompson, part one

Apr 29, 2024

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/uncle-owen-797

 

BETH HETLAND for TENDER

Comix Experience

Apr 28, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXCJKOV-1WQ

 

Comic Culture with John Rose

terence dollard

 Apr 23, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfRHG4Rc_iE

 

Words, Images, & Worlds with Matt Kindt

Jason DeHart

 Apr 22, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF4E92tUXj4

 

Words, Images, & Worlds: Arie Kaplan Returns! [ X-Men '97]

Jason DeHart

 Apr 21, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ6GQa8_ykA

 

Words, Images, & Worlds with Tony McMillen

Jason DeHart

 Apr 24, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hahbftLqUPM

 

Words, Images, & Worlds: Ed Brisson Returns! [Predator]

Jason DeHart

 Apr 23, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc0lRdSCRz4

 

Mr. Fish: Cartooning From the Deep End

Starring:Dwayne Booth

Directed by:Pablo Bryant

2017 · 1 hr 11 min

online at https://tubitv.com/movies/602161/mr-fish-cartooning-from-the-deep-end

 

Monday, April 29, 2024

Presale Thursday - SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE LIVE IN CONCERT



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Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Cleber Souza Lima of Brazil

Get Graphic: Building The 'Bio Mechs' with Cleber Souza Lima [of Brazil]

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/27-28/2024

Asian Comics Virtual Highlights Tour

Paul Gravett

Bowers Museum

 Apr 25, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69CFmrMtIFo

 

Intense, mean, and viscerally upsetting: Aubrey Sitterson and Megan Hutchison talk 'Archie Comics: Judgment Day'

David Brooke

April 25, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/25/archie-comics-judgement-day-qa/

 

On crafting heroes and creatures: Shannon Denton and Marcus To unpack 'Kingdom Riders'

David Brooke

April 23, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/23/kingdom-riders-qa/

 

X-Reads Podcast Episode 122: Mohawks, maternity, and Nasty Boys: The X-Men '97 prelude with writer Steve Foxe

Chandler Poling and Chris Riley

X-Reads Podcast

April 25, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/25/x-reads-podcast-episode-122-steve-foxe/

 

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 272: Unpacking July 2024 releases and Christopher Cantwell talks the return of 'Briar'

David Brooke and Collier Jennings

April 21, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/21/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-272/

 

Meet the 2024–2025 Fellows of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers [Eric Orner]

By NYPL Staff

April 23, 2024

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2024/04/23/meet-cullman-center-fellows

 

What Cartoonists Saw in Isolation: A Portrait of the Pandemic

In the spring of 2020, artists captured silliness, sexiness, despondence, and hope. What does quarantine look like when viewed from the other side?

By Gabe Fowler

April 27, 2024

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-cartoonists-saw-in-isolation-a-portrait-of-the-pandemic

 

If only we had little grey cells, we wouldn't have little gray cells [size of comic strips letter]

Bob Boxwell,

 

Washington Post April 27 2024: A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/26/redheads-indian-cupboard-racism-forgiving-oj/

 

Unknown. 2013.

Superman 75 anos.

Guatemala Presna Libre (April 18): 49

 

R.I.P. Larry Dalrymple, Simpsons cast member and barfly; Born Lawrence Dalrymple, Larry "the Barfly" was 42 [cartoon character obituary]

Matt Schimkowitz

AV Club April 25 2024 https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-larry-dalrymple-simpsons-cast-member-and-barfly-1851435815

 

Invasion of Privacy: Comic Editor David Potter [student cartoonist]

Apr 19 2024

Written By Kendall Cruise

https://www.thelamron.com/knights-life/invasion-of-privacy-comic-editor-david-potter

 

Artomatic and comics in photos, part 2 - floors 5 through 8

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/04/artomatic-and-comics-in-photos-part-2.html

 

Award-winning illustrator, cartoonist named head of Penn State Graphic Design [Joel Priddy]

April 24, 2024

Pamela Krewson Wertz

https://www.psu.edu/news/arts-and-architecture/story/award-winning-illustrator-cartoonist-named-head-penn-state-graphic/

 

2023 National Newspaper Award Winner for Editorial Cartooning is Bruce MacKinnon

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/26/2023-national-newspaper-award-winner-for-editorial-cartooning-is-bruce-mackinnon/

 

How the Baltimore bridge collapse upended a D.C. coffee chain's business [in print as How the Key bridge collapse upended a D.C. coffee chain]

By Marisa Iati and Danny Nguyen. Illustrations by Hannah Good.

April 27, 2024  :B2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/24/baltimore-bridge-coffee-supply/ and https://wapo.st/3JE07xw

 

April 26, 2024

Is MUTTS Missing From Your Local Paper? Here's Why (and How You Can Show Your Support)

— Alison Datko

https://mutts.com/blogs/news/mutts-missing-from-newspaper-lineups

 

Kraven The Hunter wants to be your Christmastime supervillain surprise

Sony has delayed Aaron Taylor-Johnson's Kraven to December 13, putting it in direct competition with Sonic 3 and Moana 2

By

William Hughes

April 27 2024

https://www.avclub.com/kraven-the-hunter-wants-to-be-your-christmastime-superv-1851440735

 

70 Years of Skewering: The "magic dust" of adding funny drawings to words has been an important part of the Texas Observer.

by Gayle Reaves

April 26, 2024,

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2024 issue.

https://www.texasobserver.org/70-years-of-skewering/

Ed Steckley. 2024-

The Steckley 'Stack!

https://edsteckleyillustrator.substack.com/

 

Hop Art! [Ralph Steadman beer label exhibit]

Monday, April 29 - Saturday, June 22

https://carrollcountyartscouncil.org/event/hop-art/

 

Artist Creates Relatable Girly Comics That Touch On Various Subjects Including Mental Health (44 Pics) [Tunisia; Salma; Shiki's Stupid Comics; webcomic]

Apr 25, 2024

HidrÄ—lÄ—y

https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-girly-comics-stupid-shiki/

 

Comic Books Through the Ages

Devin Singh

https://www.advocate-online.net/comic-books-through-the-ages/

April 25, 2024

 

Outrage over a local comic highlights ski town tensions [Ryan Stolp]

Wyoming Public Radio KHOL/Jackson Hole Community Radio | By Dante Filpula Ankney

April 26, 2024 https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/2024-04-26/outrage-over-a-local-comic-highlights-ski-town-tensions

 

Remembering the great comics of yesteryear [David Kunzle]

By Michael Taube | Jul 19, 2022

https://troymedia.com/lifestyle/these-comics-artists-of-old-were-among-the-greatest/

 

The historian who rediscovered America's first comic book [Bob Beerbohm]

By Michael Taube | Apr 23, 2024 https://troymedia.com/arts-entertainment/ae-books/robert-beerbohm-a-pioneering-comics-historian-and-retailer/

 

CROSSOVER STRIPS [Canada; Philip Street's Fisher; Graham Harrop's Back Bench].

By Michael Taube

July 26, 1999

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/591484/crossover-strips/

 

How comic books are becoming more accessible

Sound, tactile materials and new technologies are all being used to help bring the visual storytelling of comics to life for blind and partially sighted people

By Mark Sinclair 23/04/2024

https://www.creativereview.co.uk/how-comic-books-are-becoming-more-accessible/

 

Comic strip exhibition opens in Zhejiang, showcasing realistic works depicting modern China

Global Times Apr 24, 2024

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1311225.shtml

 

The year of the Spawn: Calgary's Todd McFarlane predicts 2024 will be the year when Spawn reboot gets a greenlight

Eric Volmers

Apr 24, 2024

https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/the-year-of-the-spawn-calgarys-todd-mcfarlane-predicts-2024-will-be-the-year-when-spawn-reboot-gets-a-greenlight

 

Vancouver author's graphic novel explores the fear of adulthood and running away

Adam De Souza's The Gulf aims to capture raw emotion of being a teenager nearing the end of high school

Margaret Gallagher,

CBC News Apr 23, 2024

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/the-gulf-vancouver-author-1.7179499

 

'Gleem' Review: A Glittering Glimpse into Carrasco's Afrofuturistic Worlds

By Claire C. Swadling,

Harvard Crimson April 23 https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/4/23/Gleem-Freddy-Carrasco-Afrofuturistic-Graphic-Novel-Worldbuilding/

 

New Graphic Novel 'Punk Rock Karaoke' Chronicles Chicago's Diverse DIY Scene

Bianca Xunise's debut young adult graphic novel came out this week, with celebratory events Thursday and Saturday.

  by Megan Kirby

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/24/new-graphic-novel-punk-rock-karaoke-chronicles-chicagos-diverse-diy-scene/

 

From comics kept under the bed to printed collections, a new publisher is saving N.L.'s illustrated past; Heavy Sweater Comics publisher Kevin Woolridge debuts latest titles with book launch on Friday

Elizabeth Whitten · CBC News   Apr 27, 2024 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/heavy-sweater-april-book-launch-1.7182450

 

Kamloops author releases 2nd action-packed science fiction comic book [Canada; Nick Klie; Life the Necropolis: The Red Wizard]

Shannon Ainslie

April 22, 2024

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/kamloops-author-releases-2nd-action-packed-science-fiction-comic-book/it104392

 

The first woman to draw Wonder Woman is alive and well in San Francisco

By Julie Zigoris, San Francisco Standard | March 14, 2023

https://jweekly.com/2023/03/14/the-first-woman-to-draw-wonder-woman-is-alive-and-well-in-san-francisco/

 

Trina Robbins, 85, the first woman to draw a full issue of 'Wonder Woman'

By JTA, J. Staff | April 24, 2024

https://jweekly.com/2024/04/24/trina-robbins-85-the-first-woman-to-draw-a-full-issue-of-wonder-woman/

 

Jewish Life Stories: A pioneering woman comic book artist, a British children's book author who raised three Israeli sons [Trina Robbins]

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 23, 2024 https://www.jta.org/2024/04/23/obituaries/jewish-life-stories-a-pioneering-women-comic-book-artist-a-british-childrens-book-author-who-raised-three-israeli-sons

 

Veteran of underground comics scene adapts her father's Yiddish tales [Trina Robbins]

By Maya Mirsky | October 31, 2017

https://jweekly.com/2017/10/31/veteran-underground-comics-scene-adapts-fathers-yiddish-tales/

 

'Death knell of capitalism': Artwork of Uncle Scrooge Duck unveiled in city centre [Brussels]

Sunday, 28 April 2024

Lauren Walker https://www.brusselstimes.com/art-culture/1024652/death-knell-of-capitalism-artwork-of-uncle-scrooge-duck-unveiled-in-city-centre

 

Review: 'Fun Home' Shares An Important Story.

Kirsten Laskey

Los Alamos Daily Post April 23, 2024

https://ladailypost.com/review-fun-home-shares-an-important-story/

 

Comic book authors complain about the lack of support in Portugal

The difficulty of getting support in Portugal for Comics was discussed at the Buenos Aires Book Fair, where illustrator Júlia Barata revealed that she is adapting "Caderno de Memórias Coloniais" with Isabela Figueiredo completely 'pro bono'.

April 28 2024

https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/en/cultura/2549759/autores-de-banda-desenhada-queixam-se-da-falta-de-apoios-em-portugal

 

Demon Slayer Voice Actor Natsuki Hanae and Aniplex Producer Yuma Takahashi Attend Mumbai Comic Con 2024

This marked the first visit of a Japanese voice actor to India for anime promotions. Here are the highlights from their visit.

Rayan Sayyed

April 22, 2024,

https://in.ign.com/demon-slayer/205484/news/demon-slayer-voice-actor-natsuki-hanae-and-aniplex-producer-yuma-takahashi-attend-mumbai-comic-con

 

What Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse can tell us about the public domain and remix culture

    ANDREW DALTON | The Associated Press

    Apr 21, 2024

https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/what-winnie-the-pooh-and-mickey-mouse-can-tell-us-about-the-public-domain-and/article_28f428be-fdf4-11ee-a9f3-378c4bd7fb93.html

 

Student Spotlight: Ash Padilla '24; Art major lands Assistant Editor position at DC Comics following graduation.

4/23/24 https://miamioh.edu/cca/news-events/2024/04/student-spotlight-ash-padilla-24.html

 

Louis Southard discusses his career and his latest project, "Comics Are Dying: The Comic"

Nicholas Yanes

April 24 2024

https://www.scifipulse.net/louis-southard-discusses-his-career-and-his-latest-project-comics-are-dying-the-comic/

 

Post Malone and Michael Bay Are Cooking Up Something Crazy With Demons and Trucks

The musician and filmmaker are collaborating on a new project that'll start as a graphic novel to be published in 2025

April 23, 2024 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/post-malone-michael-bay-graphic-novel-movie-1235009062/

 

A perfect Sunday with...Michael Moreci

Fever Pitch, having time as an enemy and the perfect Sunday pastry

Cavan Scott

The Cavletter Apr 28, 2024

https://www.cavletter.com/a-perfect-sunday-with-michael-moreci/?ref=the-cavletter-newsletter

 

Barbara Dale Retrospective June 15, 2023-August 6 2023 Virtual Tour

Peale Museum

https://thepeale.org/vt-barbara-dale/

 

Launch Night! Heroes: British Invasion At London's Cartoon Museum

Launch Night! Heroes: The British Invasion Of American Comics, a new exhibition at London's Cartoon Museum

by Rich Johnston

 27 Apr 2024

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/launch-night-heroes-british-invasion-at-londons-cartoon-museum/

 

Preventing the Destruction of the World: Ian Cordingley on THE SECRET OF THE SWORDFISH by Edgar Jacobs

Ian Cordingley

April 15, 2024

https://solrad.co/preventing-the-destruction-of-the-world-ian-cordingley-on-the-secret-of-the-swordfish-by-edgar-jacobs

 

2023 NCS Divisional Award Nominees for the 78th Annual NCS Reuben Awards!

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/28/2023-ncs-divisional-award-nominees-for-the-78th-annual-ncs-reuben-awards/

 

Searching for Snoopy: What happened to all the 'Peanuts' statues in St. Paul?

The creative tributes to the comic strip characters were ubiquitous in the capital city in the early 2000s.

By Katie Galioto Star Tribune

April 26, 2024 https://www.startribune.com/peanuts-statues-st-paul-snoopy-charlie-brown-lucy-linus/600361833/

 

Interview : Kokopello pour un grand bazar décrypté [La Tour de Babel]

Jean-Laurent Truc

28 avril 2024

https://www.ligneclaire.info/kokopello-la-tour-de-babel-290778.html