Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/30/2024


Drawing Monsters: Directors on Mike Mignola Documentary, Hellboy Films
Drawing Monsters directors Jim Demonakos & Kevin Konrad Hanna spoke to us about Mike Mignola's rise in comics and the prominence of Hellboy
by Tom Chang
  29 Sep 2024   https://bleedingcool.com/movies/drawing-monsters-directors-on-mike-mignola-documentary-hellboy-films/

Horror Beat: HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN lets itself down
Jared Bird
09/30/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-hellboy-the-crooked-man-lets-itself-down/

Massachusetts cartoonists have entertained millions of people
By Sharon Oliver
September 15, 2024
https://www.fiftyplusadvocate.com/2024/09/15/massachusetts-cartoonists-have-entertained-millions-of-people/

'La Borinqueña' Debuts Action Figure & Hardcover
Afro-boricua superhero La Borinqueña is getting an action figure along with the rest of team
Anna Ortega
September 15, 2024 -
https://hiplatina.com/la-borinquena-action-figures/

US Trademark Office cancels Marvel, DC's 'Super Hero' marks
By Blake Brittain
September 26, 2024
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-trademark-office-cancels-marvel-dcs-super-hero-marks-2024-09-26/

U.S. Patent And Trademark Office Cancels Trademarks On The Term 'Super Hero' Owned by Marvel and DC
Milton Griepp on September 30, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57904/u-s-patent-trademark-office-cancels-trademarks-term-super-hero

RJLF Triumphs Over Comic Giants: SUPER HERO Trademarks Open to Public Use
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg (RJLF)
September 26, 2024
https://www.reichmanjorgensen.com/news-events/superherotmcase

Marvel and DC lose trademark on "superhero"
Gail Sherman
Sep 29, 2024
https://boingboing.net/2024/09/29/marvel-and-dc-lose-trademark-on-superhero.html

How Marvel and DC Comics Gained – And Lost – The Super Hero Trademark
Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool reported that Marvel Comics and DC Comics had lost the rights to the trademark for "super hero."
 30 Sep 2024
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-dc-comics-gained-lost-super-hero-trademark/

Petition to Cancel Super Heroes Trademark Registrations
Superbabies Limited And Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg Llp
May 14, 2024
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cacd395da50d351748d72b5/t/66438f17a54db528bfb516ae/17157

Cancellation No. 92085201: Superbabies Limited v. Marvel Characters, Inc. and DC Comics
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board September 26, 2024
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zgvoawwzdvd/MARVEL%20DC%20SUPER%20HERO%20TRADEMARK%20default.pdf

Interview: The cast & crew of GREMLINS: THE WILD BATCH unleash new animated mayhem
Taimur Dar
09/30/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-gremlins-the-wild-batch-cast-crew/

The Nature Of The Absolute DC Earth Is Confirmed (Spoilers)
Previously, Bleeding Cool reported that "the Absolute Universe world is indeed the Elseworld, Alpha Prime," ahead of DC All In.
 30 Sep 2024  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-nature-of-the-absolute-dc-earth-is-confirmed-spoilers/

Leah Williams' Original X-Factor Plans Before It Was Cancelled
The immersive Uncanny Experience saw former X-Factor writer Leah Williams take a class through her original plans for X-Factor.
  30 Sep 2024
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/leah-williams-original-x-factor-plans-before-it-was-cancelled/

Nat Gertler Spotlights Missing Black Golden Age Superhero Sergeant Joe
Nat Gertler's About Comics has started a new video series with a look at a long forgotten Black superhero, Sergeant Joe.
 30 Sep 2024
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/nat-gertler-spotlights-missing-black-golden-age-superhero-sergeant-joe/

Comics Show and Tell with Nat Gertler, Episode 1: Sergeant Joe
Nat Gertler
About Comics
 Sep 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSeGWIJKZUo

Words, Images, & Worlds with Fish Lee
Jason DeHart
 Sep 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_JG4XmBS40

RAM V & FILIPE ANDRADE for RARE FLAVOURS
Comix Experience
 Sep 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9VT0G4h32E

A Comic Art Page I Love with Mark Schultz [Joe Kubert]
Kevin Sharp.
Comic Art Live
Sep 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmsy80WDQuo

Superman: Jewish Nazi Hunter behind a Gentile Façade
Warren J. Blumenfeld
The Times of Israel's The Blogs Sep 14, 2024
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/superman-jewish-nazi-hunter-behind-a-gentile-facade/

It's furshlugginer Harvey Kurtzman week!
The Editors | September 30, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/its-furshlugginer-harvey-kurtzman-week/

Harvey Kurtzman's Hey Look!: An appreciation and retrospective
Paul Karasik | September 30, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/hey-look-an-appreciation-and-retrospective/

The Comedy Specials You Need to Watch Now
Mo Welch
New Yorker Humor newsletter September 30 2024
https://link.newyorker.com/view/5be9fe2e3f92a4046939ea2alz1vw.9dkn/6bfb9479

Michael Hirsh Recalls Animated Life with Tintin, Babar, Berenstain Bears, Franklin and Beetlejuice
By Michael Hirsh
September 27, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/09/michael-hirsh-recalls-animated-life-with-tintin-babar-berenstain-bears-franklin-and-beetlejuice/

Michael Hirsh 2024.
Animation Nation: How We Built a Cartoon Empire [Nelvana, Canada].
Sutherland House Books

Wētā VFX Supervisor Daniel Macarin Unmasks the Visuals of 'Deadpool & Wolverine'
By Trevor Hogg
September 27, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/09/weta-vfx-supervisor-daniel-macarin-unmasks-the-visuals-of-deadpool-wolverine/
This article was written for the
September/October '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 343).

Julian Glander Makes a Splash with Out-of-This-World Indie Movie, 'Boys Go to Jupiter'
By Ramin Zahed
September 27, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/09/julian-glanders-makes-a-splash-with-out-of-this-world-indie-movie-boys-go-to-jupiter/

Kamala Spanks Trump! The Best, New, Political Cartoons about the Presidential Election!
Daryl Cagle, Milt Priggee, Ed Wexler, and Hajo de Reijger
Caglecast 48; Sep 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njCh1mqe9qc

Embassy of India in Cairo to Organize 'Caricature Exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi'
Rana Atef
Sun 29 Sep 2024
https://see.news/embassy-of-india-in-cairo-to-organize-caricature-exhibition-on-mahatma-gandhi

Lady Gaga's latest lingers on pop's past. But what about its future? [in print as "Harlequin," Lady Gaga's latest, lingers on pop's past]
A companion album to the film "Joker: Folie à Deux," the singer-songwriter's "Harlequin" finds her in a lounge-ready mode that may leave fans in the lurch.
Review by Chris Kelly
Washington Post September 30, 2024 : C1, 4.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/09/28/lady-gaga-harlequin-joker/

Yes to 'Mein Kampf.' No to 'The Color Purple.' Which books are banned in Texas prisons? [graphic novels; Brian K. Vaughan interviewed]
KUT's The Texas Newsroom | By Lauren McGaughy
Published September 26, 2024 https://www.kut.org/2024-09-26/banned-books-week-texas-prison-hitler-mein-kampf