ComicsDC: John Romita Sr.

After six stints as the web crawler, the 27-year-old Brit opens up about the pressures of mega-celebrity, his superstar girlfriend and his "Spider-Boys" group chat with Tobey and Andrew.

Seth Abramovitch

June 14, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/tom-holland-the-crowded-room-future-spider-man-1235514347/

"Debauching the minds and morals of youth…" the Society for the Suppression of Vice and the London print-trade 1802-03.

Mathew Crowther

13 Tuesday Jun 2023

theprintshopwindow

https://theprintshopwindow.wordpress.com/2023/06/13/debauching-the-minds-and-morals-of-youth-the-society-for-the-suppression-of-vice-and-the-london-print-trade-1802-03/

C.J. Grant, The Caricaturist, A Monthly Show Up, 1831-1832

Mathew Crowther

29 Thursday Dec 2022

theprintshopwindow

https://theprintshopwindow.wordpress.com/2022/12/29/c-j-grant-the-caricaturist-a-monthly-show-up-1831-1832/

'Shooom's Odyssey' Director/Producer Launch First Feature with 'On the Run' [France]

Julien Bisaro and Claire Paoletti, whose adorable Annie-nominated short won Annecy's Cristal prize in 2020, are pitching their feature debut: The tale of a penguin who cannot lay an egg.

June 14, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shoooms-odyssey-director-producer-team-launch-first-feature-with-on-the-run-1235515150/

Netflix at Annecy: 'Nimona' Debuts; 'Chicken Run 2' Gets Release Date

The streamer also shared details about its upcoming animation slate, which includes projects starring Adam Sandler, Tom Ellis and Lucy Liu.

Carolyn Giardina

June 14, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/annecy-netflix-nimona-trailer-chicken-run-2-release-date-1235508264/

"Closeted Brains" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

June 5, 2023 by Lawrence Wood

https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/closeted-brains-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

Anatomy of a Cartoon: Cars

June 13, 2023 by Phil Witte and Rex Hesner

https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-cartoon-cars/

What's so Funny and Why AI?

June 12, 2023 by Bob Mankoff

https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/whats-so-funny-and-why-ai/

WHO BELONGS?
Written by Greg Pak
Line Art by Jeremy Arambulo

WeTeachNYC is an online space for educators developed by the New York City Department of Education.

https://www.weteachnyc.org/resources/resource/who-belongs-1/

Skybound announces the shared Energon Universe for Transformers and GI Joe

Heidi MacDonald

06/14/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/skybound-energon-universe-transformers-gi-joe/

INTERVIEW: Robert Kirkman on how Skybound's Energon Universe "ultimizes" TRANSFORMERS and GI JOE

So how did that Void Rivals cameo happen, anyway?

Heidi MacDonald

06/14/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/robert-kirkman-transformers-gi-joe-skybound-energon-universe-interview/

'Nimona' Review: Chloe Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed Voice a Delightfully Subversive Netflix Animated Film

A knight falsely accused of murdering his queen finds an unlikely, shapeshifting ally in this movie based on ND Stevenson's acclaimed graphic novel.

Frank Scheck

June 14, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/nimona-review-chloe-grace-moretz-riz-ahmed-netflix-1235514278/

'Secret Invasion' Review: Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury Gets a Middling Disney+ Vehicle

Jackson's character takes a long-overdue turn in the spotlight in this six-episode adventure co-starring Olivia Colman, Emilia Clarke and Don Cheadle.

June 14, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/secret-invasion-review-samuel-jackson-nick-fury-1235514959/

Marvel's 'Daredevil,' DC's 'Penguin' On Hold Amid Writers Strike

The Disney+ and Max series were disrupted by picketers in New York.

By Aaron Couch, Borys Kit

June 14, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/daredevil-born-again-the-penguin-1235515431/

The Comic-Book Aesthetic Comes of Age in "Across the Spider-Verse"

The Spider-Man sequel might be the first superhero film to take full advantage of what comic-book art can achieve onscreen.

By Stephanie Burt

June 14, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-comic-book-aesthetic-comes-of-age-in-across-the-spider-verse

Poison Ivy: The Virtuous Cycle - A Dark and Complex Journey of Revenge and Redemption

Poison Ivy has lost something and this trip is her attempt to regain it. It's more than just her powers that are lost; it's her direction.

Scott Cederlund

Jun 14, 2023

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/poison-ivy-the-virtuous-cycle-g-willow-wilson-marcio-takara/

Biographies in Graphic Novel Form

by Tom Batten
Jun 12, 2023

https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/biographies-in-graphic-novel-form-june-2023

Understanding the Complex World of Superhero Publishing

by Brigid Alverson
Jun 08, 2023

https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/Understanding-the-Complex-World-of-Superhero-Publishing

The party to end all parties: What four graphic novels tell us about The Great Gatsby

Alice Kelly

Times Literary Supplement (6267, May 12 2023): 18-19

"It Was Exactly What I Needed": Marcos Martín Talks the Art and Process of Friday

By David Harper

June 13, 2023

https://sktchd.com/art-feature/marcos-martin-art-feature/

The Flash's Troubled Production and Ezra Miller Controversy Explained

After years of false starts, The Flash is finally making it to the big screen, yet there are a few reasons folks have been swearing off seeing the movie.

By David Crow | June 14, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-flash-production-ezra-miller-controversy-explained/

The Little Mermaid, Disney, and the China Relationship That Changed Hollywood Forever

The Little Mermaid's sinking at the Chinese box office acts as a bitter post-script for a relationship between Disney and China that once seemed golden in the days of the '90s Mulan, but has since curdled.

By Kayleigh Donaldson | June 14, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-little-mermaid-disney-china-relationship-changed-hollywood/

Comicon Napoli 2023

Valerio Stivé | June 14, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/comicon-napoli-2023/

IDW's Star Trek Writers Usher in an Interstellar Day of Blood

By Dave Richards

CBR June 9 2023

https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-day-of-blood-interview/

Thanos Creator Jim Starlin Praises The Flash for Doing Something Marvel Doesn't

By Leon Miller

CBR June 11 0223

https://www.cbr.com/jim-starlin-praises-the-flash-marvel/

Luna Lauren Vélez Reflects on What Across the Spider-Verse and Transformers Have in Common

By Lissete Lanuza Sáenz

CBR June 12 2023

https://www.cbr.com/spider-verse-rio-morales-transformers-luna-lauren-interview/

An Interview with John Romita by Tom Spurgeon

June 14, 2023

This interview was originally published in The Comics Journal #252 (May 2003).

https://www.tcj.com/an-interview-with-john-romita-by-tom-spurgeon/

Monday, September 10, 2007

Baltimore Comic-Con UPDATE 2 - now with more pictures

Because YOU (well, Richard Thompson at least) demanded it, here's some pics with commentary to follow later. I will say this is the busiest I've seen the con.

Greg LaRocque was sitting, possibly with his son, sketching. I always liked LaRocque's smooth style in the 1980s on the Legion of Super-Heroes and the Flash. I bought some DC tryout pages he'd done of Batman facing down Darkseid - lovely work. He should be still getting all the work he can handle. He's working on a new book for a small company - when I find the ad again, I'll mention it as he's a Northern Baltimore creator.

Me with Al Feldstein, EC artist, and Mad editor in chief during the glory days.

Jim Shooter, former Legion of Superheroes writer, Marvel Editor-in-Chief and Valiant EiC.

Jim Shooter was quite friendly - one of the guys in front of me had a pile of Avengers comics to be signed. Shooter told an anecdote about 3 of them. In one, artist George Perez added in art that wasn't in the script, like a nun answering the door when the Avengers were in hot pursuit. So Shooter called someone at the local Berlitz and had the Beast speaking correct Latin to the nun. He said they were planning to pay, but the translator was so tickled to be in a comic, he didn't want it. The issue of the Avengers with Ant-Man shooting up full-size and hitting other Avengers? Rob Liefeld told Shooter it was the best comic ever. Finally, in the first What If series - What if the Avengers Never Existed? - Archie Goodwin provided the main plot for the story by telling Shooter, "You have to kill Iron Man." Shooter spoke briefly about the fun times the old Marvel Bullpen was, and then signed my Avengers: The Korvac Saga and the DC Legion of Superhero Archives 6-7 - without mentioning this! "OFFICIAL: JIM SHOOTER RETURNS TO DC'S LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES"
by Matt Brady, Newsarama (September 6, 2007).

Don Rosa, heir to Carl Barks on the Disney Ducks.

Herb Trimpe drawing Wolverine.

John Romita Sr. and Herb Trimpe getting together.

The line for Herb Trimpe was always long, which I was pleased to see. He had written an article for the NY Times a year or so ago about being forgotten by comic book companies, but people reading comics in the 1960s and 70s saw his work all the time, especially on the Hulk. When John Romita Sr., the former Marvel art director stopped by, they hugged and then kept giving each other credit for creating Wolverine. Apparently Trimpe came up with the character and Romita the costume. Trimpe's got a book out - The Power of Angels: Reflections from a Ground Zero Chaplain. I had him sign that and a copy of Origins of Marvel Comics that my wife had signed for me by Stan Lee in 1991. Trimpe took a great pleasure in asking if he could sign the page over the top (ie higher) than Stan Lee. Fine with me.