Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/30/2024

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 635: Loo Hui Phang Talks about Race and Hollywood

Calvin Reid

on 08/23/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1328

 

Mark Doyle, Publisher of IDW, Let Go Along With Three Others

Last night, Bleeding Cool heard from multiple sources that IDW Publisher Mark Doyle, had been let go by IDW Publishing.

30 Aug 2024  by Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mark-doyle-publisher-idw-let-go-along-with-three-others/

 

DC Comics Offers Retailers A DC Compact Comics Display

DC Comics Offers Retailers A DC Compact Comics Display With Watchmen and Batman: Court Of Owls In Time For Christmas

29 Aug 2024 by Rich Johnston| https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-offers-retailers-a-dc-compact-comics-display/

 

Jen Bartel On Not Getting Paid For Marvel Snap Art Cards

Jen Bartel talks about not getting paid for the additional use of her comic book work, such as the Marvel Snap Art cards... [creators rights]

Rich Johnston| 29 Aug 2024  https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/jen-bartel-on-not-getting-paid-for-marvel-snap-art-cards/

 

Meet Joe Sacco, the cartoonist drawing a graphic antidote to Palestine apathy

Joe Sacco, known for his comics on Palestine, now tackles the Gaza war in his new series 'The War on Gaza,' blending satire with his signature reporting style.

Elisa Pierandrei

29 July, 2024

https://www.newarab.com/features/joe-saccos-comics-journalism-antidote-palestine-apathy

 

Interview: Dustin Nguyen on his latest project, THE ART OF DESCENDER!

Eisner Award Winning team of Dustin Nguyen and Jeff Lemire joined Zoop for the release

Diego Higuera

08/30/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-dustin-nguyen-on-his-latest-project-the-art-of-descender/

 

 Meet Joe Sacco, the cartoonist drawing a graphic antidote to Palestine apathy
Joe Sacco, known for his comics on Palestine, now tackles the Gaza war in his new series 'The War on Gaza,' blending satire with his signature reporting style.
Elisa Pierandrei
29 July, 2024
https://www.newarab.com/features/joe-saccos-comics-journalism-antidote-palestine-apathy

SCAD AnimationFest to Honor Industry Legend Genndy Tartakovsky

Mercedes Milligan

August 29, 2024 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/scad-animationfest-to-honor-industry-legend-genndy-tartakovsky/

 

'The Wild Robot' Filmmakers Discuss the Nuts and Bolts of DreamWorks' Mech Adventure

Tom McLean

August 29, 2024 September/October '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 343).

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/the-wild-robot-filmmakers-discuss-the-nuts-and-bolts-of-dreamworks-mech-adventure/

 

August 29, 2024

The Aspiring Cartoonist: The Craft and Business of Gag Cartooning (1998)

https://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-aspiring-cartoonist-craft-and.html

 

TIFF 2024: The risky business behind Sook-Yin Lee's sex-work dramedy Paying for It

Barry Hertz

29 August 2024

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/tiff/article-tiff-2024-the-risky-business-behind-sook-yin-lees-sex-work-dramedy/

 

ComicLink Sells ASM #50 CGC 9.8 for Record $125K

Scoop August 30 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1014?ArticleID=277348

 

ComicConnect Adds Foreign Comics Category for Auction & Fixed Price

Scoop August 30 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1014?ArticleID=277357

 

How Marvel managed to upset Palestinian — and Israeli — fans

The controversy over Sabra, a new movie character, explained.

by Li Zhou

Jul 28, 2024,

https://www.vox.com/culture/362488/sabra-marvel-captain-america-israel-palestinepalestine

 

Finding Jews and Jewish Stories in Comic Books

July 26, 2024

Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Miriam Gershenson

https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2024/07/26/finding-jews-and-jewish-stories-in-comic-books/

 

Celebrating 85 Years of Marvel

Marvel Entertainment

  Aug 29, 2024 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUDyC12C4OQ

 

Fleming, Mike Jr. 2024.

Thomas Jane Brings 'The Lycan' And His Passion For '50s Comics To Comic-Con

July 26, 2024

https://deadline.com/2024/07/thomas-jane-the-lycan-comic-con-1236023570/

 

Meet Epilectra, the superhero with epilepsy, like her creator

By Ryan Warner

· Jul. 27, 2024 https://www.cpr.org/2024/07/27/meet-epilectra-the-superhero-with-epilepsy-like-her-creator/

 

Rain in the Third House – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | August 30, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/rain-in-the-third-house-this-weeks-links/

 

Paul Buhle and Benjamin Fraser, Aug. 27, 2024 [The Bund, a graphic history of Jewish labour resistance; Ben Katchor]

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

395; Aug 28, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAcNPzZp_ZY

 

Off Panel #462: Batober with Chris Samnee

August 26 2024

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel462-batober-with-chris-samnee

 

Lord of the Flies at 70: how a classic was reimagined as a graphic novel

Dutch illustrator Aimée de Jongh talks about turning William Golding's haunting novel into a visual artwork, while the author's daughter and others reflect on its evolving message of humanity

Rachel Cooke

Sun 25 Aug 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/25/lord-of-the-flies-graphic-novel-william-golding-aimee-de-jongh

 

Going Down The Rabbit Hole With 'Einstein In Kafkaland' Author Ken Krimstein

Rob Salkowitz

Aug 22, 2024, https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2024/08/22/going-down-the-rabbit-hole-with-einstein-in-kafkaland-author-ken-krimstein/

 

This is genius: A new graphic novel imagines conversations between Einstein and Kafka

Tahneer Oksman

August 28, 2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/28/nx-s1-5090981/einstein-in-kafkaland-ken-krimstein-graphic-novel

 

A deeply personal graphic memoir grapples with Holocaust remembrance

Ari Richter's, 'Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz,' explores the intersection of his family's Holocaust history and Jewish identity.

Review by Emily Tamkin

August 23, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/08/23/ari-richter-auschwitz-memoir-review/

 

Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz: A Graphic Family Memoir of Trauma & Inheritance

By Ari Richter

Fantagraphics.

 

'The Boys' Creator Garth Ennis Puts Fantasy To The Sword With New Project 'Babs'

Rob Salkowitz

Aug 29, 2024, https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2024/08/29/the-boys-creator-garth-ennis-puts-fantasy-to-the-sword-with-new-project-babs/

 

Mike Mignola Talks New 'Hellboy' Film 'The Crooked Man' & Fate Of Guillermo del Toro's Trilogy

Josh Weiss

Aug 23, 2024,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2024/08/23/mike-mignola-talks-new-hellboy-film-the-crooked-man--fate-of-guillermo-del-toros-trilogy/

 

X-Men Monday #264 – Netho Diaz Talks 'X-Men'

Chris Hassan

August 26, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/26/x-men-monday-264-netho-diaz-talks-x-men/

 

Cullen Bunn welcomes us into 'The Autumn Kingdom'

Chris Coplan

August 29, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/29/the-autumn-kingdom-qa/

 

"I Do Think that Art Elevates Life" – Zoè Delautre Corral Speaks About the Responsibilities of Autobiographical Comics and Her Love of Ink and Graphite

    by Andy Oliver

    August 28, 2024

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/interview-zoe-delautre-corral/

 

Looking Back on Small Press Day 2024 – Over 100 Self-Published Artists Get Their Moment in the Spotlight in Stores Across the UK and Ireland

    by Andy Oliver

    August 23, 2024

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/small-press-day-2024-round-up/

 

Truth, Justice, and Yakitori: Superman vs. Meshi, Volume One [manga]

By Shaenon K. Garrity

  August 28, 2024  Shelfdust

https://shelfdust.com/2024/08/28/truth-justice-and-yakitori-superman-vs-meshi-volume-one/

 

Some Credit Card Companies Are Angry About Adult Manga

  Danica Davidson August 27, 2024

https://otakuusamagazine.com/some-credit-card-companies-are-angry-about-adult-manga/

 

Self-proclaimed French artist arrested for allegedly 'signing' Kyoto manga museum walls

Yoko Minami,

August 24, 2024 (Mainichi Japan)

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240824/p2a/00m/0na/007000c

 

INTERVIEW: Dororo Meets Cyberpunk in Atsushi Kaneko's Search and Destroy

William Moo and Isabelle Lee

August 28, 2024

https://anitrendz.net/news/2024/08/28/interview-dororo-meets-cyberpunk-in-atsushi-kanekos-search-and-destroy/

 

'I was the only girl in the comic book store' [ Northern Ireland; women cartoonists]

Ross McCrea

BBC News NI August 26 2024

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y8473z0jjo

 

For graphic novelist Eddie Ahn, SF Zine Fest is where it all began

The San Francisco author of bestselling 'Advocate' will be the 2024 festival's guest of honor.

  by Tamara Palmer August 28, 2024,  https://missionlocal.org/2024/08/for-graphic-novelist-eddie-ahn-sf-zine-fest-is-where-it-all-began/

 

Smash Pages Q&A | Iron Circus invites you to the 'Perfect Crime Party'

JK Parkin

August 28, 2024

https://smashpages.net/2024/08/28/smash-pages-qa-iron-circus-invites-you-to-the-perfect-crime-party/

 

"I Want Meat!": Gendered Eating and Anthropocentric Fighting in One Piece

Gina Song Lopez

In Reimagining Species Relations: A Decade of Studying and Teaching Critical Animal Studies at Lund University. Lund University (Media-Tryck). Online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383270069_Reimagining_Species_Relations_A_Decade_of_Studying_and_Teaching_Critical_Animal_Studies_at_Lund_University#page=45

 

Sean Sidky. 2023.

Book Review:  Heike Bauer, Andrea Greenbaum, Sarah Lightman, eds., Jewish Women in Comics:

Bodies and Borders (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2023), 296 pp.

PaRDeS 29 (2023), S. 178–180.

DOI https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-65126

https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/65126/file/17_Sidky.pdf

Ronda Rousey Viewed Writing Her Graphic Novel As A Reprieve From The 'Needless' Stress Of Last WWE Run
Robert DeFelice Jul 28, 2024
https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/ronda-rousey-viewed-writing-her-graphic-novel-reprieve-needless-stress-last-wwe-run

Ronda Rousey Teases Adapting Graphic Novel Expecting the Unexpected to Screen
Ronda Rousey's graphic novel debut Expecting the Unexpected is currently available on Kickstarter.
By Haley Miller - July 28, 2024
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/ronda-rousey-teases-adapting-graphic-novel-expecting-the-unexpected-to-screen/

Changing the Narrative: Native Americans Turn to Comics to Take Control of Stories
  by Luis Monteagudo Jr. July 28, 2024
https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2024/07/28/changing-the-narrative-native-americans-turn-to-comics-to-take-control-of-stories/

WATCHMEN CHAPTER I First Clip Puts The Spotlight On That Divisive CG Animation Style
By Josh Wilding - Jul 29, 2024 https://toonado.com/movies/watchmen-chapter-i-first-clip-puts-the-spotlight-on-that-divisive-cg-animation-style-a9577

Dark Horse: Chip Mosher Teases Mystery, Danger, and Confronting the Past in Blacking Out Graphic Novel (Exclusive)
Matthew Aguilar - July 29, 2024 https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dark-horse-chip-mosher-teases-mystery-danger-and-confronting-the-past-in-blacking-out-graphic-novel-exclusive/

New Company Sycamore Studios Will Focus On Kids And Family Animation
By Amid Amidi | 08/27/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/new-company-sycamore-studios-will-focus-on-kids-and-family-animation-242756.html

Animator Spotlight: Emery Hawkins
By Vincent Alexander | 08/27/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/animator-spotlight/animator-spotlight-emery-hawkins-242760.html

Episode 668: Buddy Bradley Returns (with Peter Bagge)
Briah Heater
RiYL Podcast
Aug 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbsPRQN1D4w

Brian Micheal Bendis The Bendis Tapes
word balloon August 29 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P20hnFnci4

How to Get Your Comic Optioned For Film Or TV (And What That Really Means…)
By Rob Williams / 26 Aug 2024  https://www.robwilliamscomics.co.uk/archives/1650

Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard Break Down the Red-Hot The Power Fantasy #1
By  Brian Cronin
CBR August 30 2024
https://www.cbr.com/kieron-gillen-caspar-wijngaard-power-fantasy-interview/

Brian Cronin Explains How It Was Wolverine Who Turned Deadpool Into an R-Rated Comic Book Character
CBR newsletter August 30 2024

'Piece by Piece' Review: Morgan Neville's Animated Pharrell Williams Doc Inspires Wonder, and Some Questions
Premiering at Telluride, the filmmaker's latest chronicles the early years and success of Williams exclusively through LEGOs.
Lovia Gyarkye
August 30, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/piece-by-piece-review-pharrell-williams-1235988158

'The Crow' puts the ick in gothic
By Glen Weldon and Roxana Hadadi
Pop Culture Happy Hour August 29, 2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/29/1197972291/the-crow-puts-the-ick-in-gothic
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR9307170955.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1197972291

PCHH on The Crow

'The Crow' puts the ick in gothic

By Glen Weldon and Roxana Hadadi

August 29, 2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/29/1197972291/the-crow-puts-the-ick-in-gothic

https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR9307170955.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1197972291

Focus on Steadman - 3 exhibit events at American University

Plan now to attend these events!

Focus on Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing We know we've got some hardcore Steadman fans out there (and of course some Steadman-curious folks too). Here are three events related to Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing, opening September 7th. See you there! Gallery Talk A Steadman on Steadman September 8, 2:00 p.m. Learn more about legendary artist Ralph Steadman's body of work in this lecture and Q&A with Sadie Williams, Managing Director at Ralph Steadman Art Collection, Ltd. As Sadie is also Ralph's daughter, we're sure to get some special insights! Sadie will discuss common themes and creative methods as she shares anecdotal stories and memories. Known for his Gonzo journalism team-up with Hunter S. Thomson, explore how Ralph Steadman challenges perceptions and offers insights.   reserve your spot 9/8 Virtual Gallery Talk Conservationist and Documentary Filmmaker Ceri Levy on Ralph Steadman: Gonsovationist October 5, 2:00 p.m. Greetings from Rutland, England! Join us for a virtual gallery talk with conservationist and documentary filmmaker Ceri Levy as he discusses his 12-year collaboration with Ralph Steadman, the creation of the Gonzovation Trilogy, and what it means to be a true "Gonzovationist." register to receive Zoom link 10/5 Gallery Talk Behind the Scenes of Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing December 6, 2:00 p.m. Join Andrea Harris, Ralph Steadman Exhibition Coordinator and Kevin Runyon, AU Museum Preparator, as they discuss the curation, design, and installation of Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing. This ambitious exhibition spans over 60 years of the artist's career. Sadie Williams (Managing Director at Ralph Steadman Art Collection and Ralph Steadman's daughter) and Andrea Harris had to choose from over 15,000 artworks in the Ralph Steadman Archive to provide a cohesive, informative, and thrilling overview of Ralph Steadman's life and work. Find out which pieces made the final cut and why! reserve your spot 12/06 Images top to bottom: Ralph Steadman, Self-Poortrait – Don't Draw Ralph! It's a Filthy Habit…, 2006. Ink and collage on paper, 23.43 x 14.96 inches; Di Dodo, 2011. Pen and ink on paper, 84 x 59.5 inches; Twentieth Century Man, 1988. Pen and ink on paper, 23.23 x 33.07 inches. All images courtesy of the Ralph Steadman Art Collection.   plan your visit Follow the AU Museum on social media for the latest news and updates: American University Museum www.american.edu/cas/museum

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NPR reviews ‘Einstein In Kafkaland’ ; WaPo reviews ‘Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz’

This is genius: A new graphic novel imagines conversations between Einstein and Kafka

Tahneer Oksman

August 28, 2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/28/nx-s1-5090981/einstein-in-kafkaland-ken-krimstein-graphic-novel

A deeply personal graphic memoir grapples with Holocaust remembrance

Ari Richter's, 'Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz,' explores the intersection of his family's Holocaust history and Jewish identity.

Review by Emily Tamkin

August 23, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/08/23/ari-richter-auschwitz-memoir-review/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/29/2024

ANOTHER SIDE OF LUKE PEARSON: HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN LYING HERE?

Hagai Palevsky | August 29, 2024 | https://www.tcj.com/another-side-of-luke-pearson-how-long-have-i-been-lying-here/

 

SHHH! DON'T TELL THESE DIGITAL COMICS STARTUPS THAT AI IS A BAD IDEA

Rob Salkowitz on August 28, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/57678/shhh-dont-tell-these-digital-comics-startups-that-ai-bad-idea

 

'Terminator Zero' Review: Netflix's Anime Spinoff Gives a Classic Franchise a Promising New Look

André Holland and Timothy Olyphant lead the voice cast of an eight-episode adventure that moves the sci-fi action — past, present and future — to Tokyo.

BY DANIEL FIENBERG

AUGUST 29, 2024 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/terminator-zero-review-netflix-anime-spinoff-1235

 

'All I did was come up with the ideas for these characters, then I hired artists to draw them.' Stan Lee 2014 - Chicago Tribune Interview

DANIEL BEST

DANIEL BEST - AUTHOR AUG 29, 2024

HTTPS://DANIELBEST1967.SUBSTACK.COM/P/ALL-I-DID-WAS-COME-UP-WITH-THE-IDEAS

 

Thurber Thursday: Thurber Originals At The Library of Congress & Smith College

Michael Maslin

Inkspill August 29, 2024

https://michaelmaslin.com/thurber-thursday-thurber-originals-at-the-library-of-congress-smith-college/

 

This political cartoonist and painter has become a Baton Rouge legend [ Keith Douglas]

    Torey Bovie

    Aug 28, 2024

    https://www.lsureveille.com/entertainment/this-political-cartoonist-and-painter-has-become-a-baton-rouge-legend/article_e06193e0-6561-11ef-a5de-7bc7b4fe8ebf.html

 

Galway Carton Festival announces line-up

Alan Gardner    

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/29/galway-carton-festival-announces-line-up/

Seinen of the times? Glénat drops Japanese-style manga classification in Europe
The market leader kicks off a major shift in manga publishing in France
Dean Simons
08/29/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/seinen-of-the-times-glenat-drops-japanese-style-manga-classification-in-europe/

Crunchyroll's relative silence on the Dirty Pair Kickstarter leads to action and a welcome update
Silence leads to action and signs of hope for the long-delayed campaign
Humberto Saabedra
08/29/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/crunchyrolls-relative-silence-on-the-dirty-pair-kickstarter-leads-to-action-and-a-welcome-update/

Crunchyroll CEO: "Anime Must Remain Inherently 'Japanese'"
By  Chike Nwaenie
CBR August 23 2024
https://www.cbr.com/crunchyroll-ceo-anime-inherently-japanese/

Episode 055: With Special Guest Eric Palicki
Pop Culture Squad August 29 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHsZU2NhzhQ

Thurber Thursday: Thurber Originals At The Library of Congress, Smith College, And The Art Institute Of Chicago
August 29, 2024
https://michaelmaslin.com/thurber-thursday-thurber-originals-at-the-library-of-congress-smith-college/

Caricature everything! | Signe Wilkinson | TEDxFreeLibraryofPhiladelphia
TEDx Talks Jan 31, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpge4XQqfac

Retired Philadelphia Editorial Cartoonist Has Works Featured in the Historical Society of PA
By Jensen Toussaint
 August 27, 2024
https://philadelphia.today/2024/08/signe-wilkinson/

Comic book super­heroes fight back against hunger ["Hunger Action Heroes Unite!", Thom Zahler]
By Bree Steffen San Diego
Jul. 25, 2024 https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/entertainment/2024/07/25/comic-book-superheroes-fight-back-against-hunger

Feeding San Diego. 2024.
"Hunger Action Heroes Unite!" Teacher & Parent Curriculum Guide
https://feedingsandiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Hunger-Action-Heroes-Unite-Curriculum-Guide-Phase-1.pdf

TDC Reader Survey 2024
Alan Gardner
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/26/tdc-reader-survey-2024/

Agustín Comotto, author of graphic novel on the founder of the Soviet Union: 'Lenin would now be on TikTok'
The Argentinian cartoonist has published a carefully illustrated biography of the Soviet leader on the centenary of his death
Pablo León
JUL 25, 2024
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-07-25/agustin-comotto-author-of-graphic-novel-on-the-founder-of-the-soviet-union-lenin-would-now-be-on-tiktok.html

Will you be collecting the U.S. Mint's new comic book art coins and medals? Why or why not?
From the July 19, 2024, Numismatic News E-Newsletter Readers' Poll. The general consensus is no--for varying reasons.
    Numismatic News Staff
    Jul 25, 2024
https://www.numismaticnews.net/collecting-101/will-you-be-collecting-the-u-s-mints-new-comic-book-art-coins-and-medals-why-or-why-not

'Light of the World' Illuminates the Life of Jesus with Animators Tony & Tom Bancroft
By Mercedes Milligan
August 28, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/light-of-the-world-illuminates-the-life-of-jesus-with-animators-tony-tom-bancroft/

How 'Dan Da Dan' Director Fuga Yamashiro Conjured a Rom-Com/Horror Anime Hybrid
By Charles Solomon
August 28, 2024
September/October '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 343).
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/how-dan-da-dan-director-fuga-yamashiro-conjured-a-rom-com-horror-anime-hybrid/

Producer Fred Malmberg on Awakening the Animation for 'Mutant Year Zero'
By Ramin Zahed
August 28, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/producer-fred-malmberg-on-awakening-the-animation-for-mutant-year-zero/

Indies Introduce Q&A with Johanna Taylor [The Ghostkeeper]
Holly Weinkauf
Jul 24 2024
https://www.bookweb.org/news/indies-introduce-qa-johanna-taylor-1630954

Sean Gunn Makes Writing Debut With Shepherds Graphic Novel
July 26, 2024
By Matt Morrison
https://www.superherohype.com/comics/580131-sean-gunn-makes-writing-debut-with-shepherds-graphic-novel

Ronda Rousey Calls New Graphic Novel A Unique Genre Mash-Up, Near And Dear To Her Heart
 By Ella Jay
July 25, 2024
https://www.wrestlezone.com/features/interviews/1491100-ronda-rousey-graphic-novel-interview

Ronda Rousey on 'Expecting The Unexpected', Paul Heyman, potential return to wrestling
Bill Pritchard
WrestleZone
 Jul 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSdp9lhFh_M

The superheroes of the comic 'TEN' tackle racism, police brutality and more
July 24th, 2024
Celina Colby
https://baystatebanner.com/2024/07/24/the-superheroes-of-the-comic-ten-tackle-racism-police-brutality-and-more/

The Wendy Award by Walter Scott
CBC Books Jul 24, 2024 https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-wendy-award-by-walter-scott-1.7273562

Walter Scott's Wendy comics depict the hilarious and tender misadventures of an aspiring artist
In his sympathetic satire, Wendy is all of us — and if she's not, then she's certainly someone we know
Sarah-Tai Black · CBC Arts · Posted: Oct 02, 2019
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/inthemaking/walter-scott-s-wendy-comics-depict-the-hilarious-and-tender-misadventures-of-an-aspiring-artist-1.5304774

Comic books industry is changing, slowly, adapting to more Spanish first readers
By Matthew Bowler
KPBS July 24, 2024
https://www.kpbs.org/videos/arts-culture/comic-books-industry-is-changing-slowly-adapting-to-more-spanish-first-readers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvQ1tXTltfU

    That time I was reincarnated as a problematic trope: Viewer preferences and cultural trends in reincarnation isekai anime
Matt Guinibert and Jo Page
    Source: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 13, Issue The Afterlife in Popular Culture, Jun 2024, p. 89 - 105
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00089_1
    https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00089_1
        Published online: 31 Jul 2024

    Review of: Marveling Religion: Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jennifer Baldwin and Daniel White Hodge (eds) (2022)
    By Angelique Nairn
   Published online: 31 Jul 2024
    Source: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 13, Issue The Afterlife in Popular Culture, Jun 2024, p. 107 - 109
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00090_5
    https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00090_5
     
     Marveling Religion: Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jennifer Baldwin and Daniel White Hodge (eds) (2022). London: Lexington

     Review of: The Superhero Multiverse: Readapting Comic Book Icons in Twenty-First-Century Film and Popular Media, Lorna Piatti-Farnell (ed.) (2022)
    By Enrique Ajuria Ibarra
    Source: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 13, Issue The Afterlife in Popular Culture, Jun 2024, p. 110 - 113
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00091_5
    https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00091_5
        Published online: 31 Jul 2024

The Superhero Multiverse: Readapting Comic Book Icons in Twenty-First-Century Film and Popular Media, Lorna Piatti-Farnell (ed.) (2022). London: Lexington

Australasian Journal of Popular Culture - Superheroes, Jun 2023
Carl Wilson and Lorna Piatti-Farnell (eds.)
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/ajpc/12/1

            Re-examining superhero politics in popular culture
            Authors: Carl Wilson and Lorna Piatti-Farnell
            https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00064_2
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajpc_00064_2
https://intellectdiscover.com/docserver/fulltext/ajpc/12/1/ajpc.12.1.3_Wilson.pdf

            'You're a refugee, are you not?' 'Extraordinary bodies', monstrous outsiders and US refugee policies in superhero comics
            By Tina Powell
            https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00065_1
                 
        Superheroes and Nazis: Re-examining the legacy of the Second World War in Eric Kripke's The Boys [television]
        By Abigail Whittall
        https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00066_1

        Storying species extinction in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame [MCU]
        By Sophie Dungan
        https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00067_1

        'You don't feel anything?' The Cold War, family affect and reproductive politics in Black Widow [movie]
        By Jena DiMaggio
        https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00068_1

        Paternalism, performative masculinity and the post-9/11 cowboy in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy
        By Cathrine Avery
        https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00069_1

        'We prefer protégé': The temporal function of sidekicks in Young Justice and Titans
        By Rusty Hatchell
        https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00070_1
             
    Book Review: Using Superheroes and Villains in Counseling and Play Therapy: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals, Lawrence C. Rubin (ed.) (2020)
            By Ruth Barratt-Peacock
            https://doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00071_5

Using Superheroes and Villains in Counseling and Play Therapy: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals, Lawrence C. Rubin (ed.) (2020) New York: Routledge, 323 pp., ISBN 978-0-42945-495-0, e-book, AUD 68.99 ISBN 978-1-13861-326-3

"You will f***ing cheer" - Tom King and Ryan Sook promise their new WWE-inspired fight comic will give Black Canary her due in the DC Universe
Interview | Writer Tom King and artist Ryan Sook dig into their new comic Black Canary: Best of the Best
By George Marston
Newsarama August 27 2024
https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/dc-comics/black-canary-best-of-the-best-1-interview-tom-king-ryan-sook/

The mythical 1982 DC Comics Style Guide is finally being reissued [Tom King interview]
STEVE INSKEEP and  MICHEL MARTIN
Morning Edition August 29, 2024
 https://www.npr.org/2024/08/29/nx-s1-5090017/the-mythical-1982-dc-comics-style-guide-is-finally-being-reissued
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2024/08/20240829_me_the_mythical_1982_dc_comics_style_guide_is_finally_being_reissued.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5090017

Introduction: Untaming Comics Memory, ed. by Maaheen Ahmed and Benoît Crucifix.
Comics Memory: Archives and Styles
Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91746-7_1

We must come to terms with the Big Red Harrison Ford
Marvel is getting less and less shy about showing off Captain America's Harrison Ford Hulk and his big, red, shiny CGI nipples
By William Hughes  |  August 29, 2024 https://www.avclub.com/harrison-ford-captain-america-brave-new-world-big-red-hulk

Tom King interviewed on 1982 DC Comics Style Guide

The mythical 1982 DC Comics Style Guide is finally being reissued

STEVE INSKEEP and  MICHEL MARTIN

Morning Edition August 29, 2024 

 https://www.npr.org/2024/08/29/nx-s1-5090017/the-mythical-1982-dc-comics-style-guide-is-finally-being-reissued

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2024/08/20240829_me_the_mythical_1982_dc_comics_style_guide_is_finally_being_reissued.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5090017

Tom King writes Black Canary as a wrestler

"You will f***ing cheer" - Tom King and Ryan Sook promise their new WWE-inspired fight comic will give Black Canary her due in the DC Universe
Interview | Writer Tom King and artist Ryan Sook dig into their new comic Black Canary: Best of the Best
By George Marston
Newsarama August 27 2024
https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/dc-comics/black-canary-best-of-the-best-1-interview-tom-king-ryan-sook/

PR: SPX 2024 Announces Publisher Profiles and Other Information

Come to SPX 2024 to see our Publishers!!!

Hi Michael,, Publishers exhibiting at SPX 2024 are putting together their profiles for the SPX web site. These profiles will let you know their: Book signings Debuts Creators contributions to panels and workshops Publisher profiles are now live, with more of them coming in the run-up to the show. In the next two weeks, SPX will tell you about the exciting city wide events that are part of SPX 2024, along with a listing of all the book signings occurring at in the exhibitor room. If you have not already done so, buy your tickets now to avoid the registration lines. See you a the show and stay tuned, The SPX Executive Committee Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 500 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of workshops, panel discussions and interviews with this year's special guests. The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com. Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824

Small Press Expo | P.O. Box 5704 | Bethesda, MD 20824 US