Comics Research Bibliography update January 11, 2008 citations

Lots of Ratatouille, the Washington Times's Szadkowski and other bits and pieces.

Rhode, Michael and Manfred Vogel. 2007.
Film and TV Adaptations of Comics 2007 edition.
Arlington, VA: Michael Rhode through Lulu.com

Fields, Curt. 2008.
Family Guy: A Big Tremor in the Force.
Washington Post (January 11): WE32.
Online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/10/AR2008011001550.html

Astor, Dave. 2007.
'Nancy' Comic Character Stars in You Tube Video.
E&P Online (November 27):
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.j\
sp?vnu_content_id=1003677975

Astor, Dave. 2008.
Online Photo Contest Judges Include 'Mutts' Cartoonist.
E and P Online (January 8):
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003693872

Astor, Dave. 2008.
Black Cartoonists Plan Feb. 10 Comics-Page Action.
E and P Online (January 8): http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003694006

Astor, Dave. 2008.
New Blog From 'Pooch Cafe' Cartoonist.
E and P Online (January 8):
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003694062

Astor, Dave. 2008.
Raleigh 'News & Observer' to Run More Comics.
E and P Online (January 8):
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003694072

Astor, Dave. 2008.
Standup Comedy Show for 'Bizarro' Cartoonist.
E and P Online (January 8):
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003694046

Astor, Dave. 2008.
'Non Sequitur' Comics Satirizing Schulz Book Donated to Schulz Museum.
E and P Online (January 7):
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003693415

Astor, Dave. 2008.
Milestone for Long-Running 'Prince Valiant' Comic.
E and P Online (January 7):
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003692420

Astor, Dave. 2008.
One Cartoon Blogger Interviews Another.
E and P Online (January 7):
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003692524

Astor, Dave. 2008.
A Collection of Copley Candidate Caricatures -- in Color.
E and P Online (January 7):
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003693374

Astor, Dave. 2008.
Two 'My Cage' Comic Fan Contests Announced.
E and P Online (January 7):
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003693361

Astor, Dave. 2008.
Book Lists Film and TV Productions Inspired By Comics.
E and P Online (January 7): http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003693308

Astor, Dave. 2008.
Cartoonist Henry Payne Is Writing As Well As Drawing.
E and P Online (January 7):
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003693302

Axmaker, Sean. 2007.
'Ratatouille': Pixar serves up another winner by turning a rat loose in a Parisian restaurant.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (June 28).
Online at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/321659_ratatouille29q.html

Barlow, Helen. 2007.
Rat in the hat [Ratatouille].
Sydney Morning Herald (August 24).
Online at http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/rat-in-the-hat/2007/08/23/1187462404467.html

Berardinelli, James. 2007.
Ratatouille.
Reel Views (June 29): http://www.reelviews.net/movies/r/ratatouille.html

Boston Herald. 2007.
No Kidding! A Cartoon for Grown-Ups [‘Ratatouille’].
Red Orbit (June 19): http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/973792/no_kidding_a_cartoon_for_grownups/index.html?source=r_technology

Castellanos, Melissa. 2007.
Ratatouille The Video Game; Disney Pixar and Heavy Iron Studios capture the culinary adventure of the summer movie.
CBS Interactive (April 24): http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/24/tech/gamecore/main2724420.shtml

Cieply, Michael. 2007.
It’s Not a Sequel, but It Might Seem Like One After the Ads [Pixar Animation Studios ‘Ratatouille’].
New York Times (April 24).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/movies/24orig.html

Collura, Scott and Eric Moro. 2007.
Edit Bay Visit: Ratatouille; IGN checks in with writer-director Brad Bird for a preview of his
latest Pixar feature.
IGN (April 25): http://movies.ign.com/articles/783/783392p1.html

Corliss, Richard. 2007.
Why Pixar Is Better: The studio that invented CGI stays on top with the tasty Ratatouille.
Time (June 18).
Online at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1630548,00.html

Foundas, Scott. 2007.
Ratatouille: Brad Bird and Pixar Earn Their Michelin Stars.
Seattle Weekly (June 27).
Online at http://www.seattleweekly.com/2007-06-27/film/ratatouille-brad-bird-and-pixar-earn-their-michelin-stars.php

Germain, David. 2007.
Brad Bird puts the rat in 'Ratatouille'.
Associated Press (June 20).
Online at http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MjA2MDgxNDM2OQ==

Germain, David. 2007.
Pixar perfectionists cook `Ratatouille'.
Associated Press (June 26): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070626/ap_on_en_mo/film_perfect_pixar_2

Gleiberman, Owen. 2007.
Ratatouille (2007).
EW.com (June 20): http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20043117,00.html

Goodman, Dean. 2007.
"Ratatouille" cooks up lukewarm box office win.
Reuters (July 1): http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070701/film_nm/boxoffice_dc_6

Hartlaub, Peter. 2007.
‘Ratatouille’ is a feast for the eyes.
San Francisco Chronicle (June 28): E1
Online at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/28/DDGLOQG6NI48.DTLandtype=movies

Honeycutt, Kirk. 2007.
Pixar's ‘Ratatouille’ a tasty treat.
Hollywood Reporter (June 26): http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070626/en_nm/film_ratatouille_dc_2

Hotwani, Vikas. 2007.
Animation goes to the rats! [‘Ratatouille'].
DNAIndia (May 28): http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1099635

Levin, Josh. 2007.
Brad Bird, Animation Auteur; How the director of Ratatouille became the Stanley Kubrick of animation.
Slate (June 28): http://www.slate.com/id/2169280/

Levine, David. 2007.
Ratatouille.
filmcritic.com (June 29): http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Ratatouille

Locke, Michelle. 2007.
How a cartoon rat learned to cook; Top chef worked with animators [Ratatouille].
Associated Press (July 11): http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6336799?source=rss

Lumenick, Lou. 2007.
Gratifying: Latest Pixar Romp Takes The Cheese [Ratatouille].
New York Post (June 29).
Online at http://www.nypost.com/seven/06292007/entertainment/movies/gratifying_movies_lou_lumenick.htm

Morris, Wesley. 2007.
Cheese wiz: Pixar's 'Ratatouille' serves up magic with its touching tale of a rodent chef.
Boston Globe (June 29).
Online at http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movieandid=8933

Mountz, Dezhda. 2007.
Ratatouille.
E! Online (June): http://www.eonline.com/movies/e_reviews/index.jsp?uuid=3f652066-9e3b-4edf-85c1-1ace984763d9

Phillips, Michael. 2007.
Movie review: 'Ratatouille'.
Chicago Tribune (June 29).
Online at http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-070629-movies-review-ratatouille,0,3953295.story?coll=mmx-movies_top_heds

Puig, Claudia. 2007.
Special of the day: Remy's 'Ratatouille'.
USA Today (June 28).
Online at http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-06-28-ratatouille-review_N.htm

Rhodes, Joe. 2007.
A Nerd Gone Wild Gives Voice to His Inner Rat [Patton Oswalt in Pixar's ‘Ratatouille’].
New York Times (June 24)

Starker, Melissa. 2007.
Cartoon Cooking [Ratatouille].
Columbus Alive (July 5): http://www.columbusalive.com/?sec=filmandstory=alive/2007/0705/f-cartoon.html

Thomson, Desson. 2007.
Hollywood and Indie Offerings [Ratatouille].
Washington Post (June 29).
Online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/28/AR2007062802484.html

Thomson, Desson. 2007.
'Ratatouille': A Classic Recipe.
Washington Post (June 29): C1

Travers, Peter. 2007.
Ratatouille.
Rolling Stone.com (June 25): http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/15137663/review/15221337/ratatouille

Tse, Derek. 2007.
This rat takes the cheese; We watch all of the latest trailers and see if they'll spoil the movie for you [Ratatouille].
Toronto Star (June 9).
Online at http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/222884

Turan, Kenneth. 2007.
'Ratatouille': The film is audacious and its unlikely hero is hard to resist.
Los Angeles Times (June 29).
Online at http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/cl-et-ratatouille29jun29,0,3880862.story?coll=la-home-middleright

Unknown. 2007.
Rat tale 'Ratatouille' leads animation field with 13 nominations.
Canadian Press (December 3): http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gt_DfbhoDO8XCQb8Mkc9fL8-YA0Q

Unknown. 2007.
Ratatouille sparks pet rat rage.
ANI (October 28): http://in.news.yahoo.com/071028/139/6migy.html

Whipp, Glenn. 2007.
'Ratatouille' has its own French accent.
U-Entertainment (April 28): http://www.u-entertainment.com/ci_5775951?source=rss

Whitty, Stephen. 2007.
French-fried cartoon fun from Disney: There's nothing Mickey Mouse about the recipe for 'Ratatouille'
Newark Star-Ledger (June 29).
Online at http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1183091971244080.xmlandcoll=1

Emad, Mitra C. 2006. Reading Wonder Woman's Body: Mythologies of Gender and Nation. Journal of Popular Culture 39 (6; December): 954-984

Gallardo, Ximena. 2005. Wonder Women: Feminisms and Superheroes [book review]. Journal of Popular Culture 38 (6; November): 1109-1111

Hilton, Laura. 2006. Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book [book review]. Journal of Popular Culture 39 (6; December): 1096-1097

Hoppenstand, Gary. 2006. Not Your Parents' Comics, or Maybe They Are [editorial]. Journal of Popular Culture 39 (4; August): 521-522

Hughes, Jamie A. 2006. Who Watches the Watchmen?: Ideology and Real World Superheroes. Journal of Popular Culture 39 (4; August): 546-557

Smith, Robert W. 2005. Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation [book review]. Journal of Popular Culture 38 (6; November): 1128-1130

Astor, Dave. 2007.
Tribune Media Services Sued in 'Shoe' Comic Contract Dispute.
E and P Online (November 30): http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003679879

Berge, Paul / QSyndicate. 2006.
2006 The Year in Cartoons [gay editorial cartoons].
Washington Blade (December 29): 23-24

Chang, Elizabeth. 2007.
Making it: A bartender feels a rush of inspiration [computer animation].
Washington Post Magazine (October 28): 9

Chao, Loretta / Wall Street Journal. 2007.
In China, Motorola turns to rabbit as bait; Animated character helps tap tech-savvy youth market in rollout of smartphone.
Washington Post (December 27): D8

Cherkis, Jason et. al. 2007.
And on the first day… [illustrated by Brian Ralph].
Washington City Paper (August 31)

Ervolino, Bill. 2007.
Gallery of superheroes [Montclair Art Museum ‘Reflecting Culture’ exhibit].
Bergen Record (July 13)

Ervolino, Bill. 2007.
Creating comics was his strong suit [Roy Thomas interview].
Bergen Record (July 13)

Fields, Curt. 2007.
Young critics sound off on four DVD sets [animation].
Washington Post (October 12)

Kohanik, Eric / CanWest News Service. 2008.
Painkiller Jane comic-book heroine.
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (January 5).
online at http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/weekend_extra/story.html?id=ca8e4c40-4673-4a23-b3b4-babfda8bf1c0

Khoury, George. 2007.
Dale Keown Interview Excerpt From Image Comics: The Road To Independence.
Comicon's The Pulse (June 14): http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=006361

Mauldin, Bill. 1953.
Bill Mauldin in Korea: a Book Length Feature.
Man's Day (March): 87-97

McArdle, Sean. 2006.
Small Press Expo.
Washington City Paper (October 13)

Olszewski, Tricia. 2007.
They’re with the brand: The Simpsons and Jason Bourne extend their franchises without wrecking them.
Washington City Paper (August 3): 32

Pines, Ned L.(ed.). 1948.
Cartoon Fun [gag cartoon collection].
New York: Popular Library

Spurgeon, Tom. 2008.
CR Holiday Interview #15: Alan Gardner on the Year in Newspaper Strips and Editorial Cartooning.
Comics Reporter (January 7):
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_19/

Spurgeon, Tom. 2008.
CR Holiday Interview #14: Sean T. Collins on The Year In Mainstream Comics.
Comics Reporter (January 7):
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_2_graeme_mcmillan_on_the_year_in_mainstream_comics/

Stevenson, James. 2007.
Lost and Found New York: Croton Dam.
New York Times (October 27)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Mix of tradition, fantasy comics pays off for artist [Jeff Smith].
Washington Times (June 16).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070615-091422-5597r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Snake's looking for data but gets a blast of action [videogames and comic books]
Washington Times (April 15)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
One Piece takes players on adventure with pirates [videogame based on Japanese manga and anime by Eiichiro Oda].
Washington Times (October 21).
online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20061020-084920-4295r

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Dragon Ball Z's Fighters do battle with a monster.
Washington Times (March 18)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Convoluted plot spoils Man of Steel's comeback [Superman Returns videogame].
Washington Times (January 20).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070119-090217-6513r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Films, comic products offer plenty of choices [Toy Fair].
Washington Times (March 3).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20070303-123011-4505r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Toy fair features array of multimedia creations.
Washington Times (February 24).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070223-084103-9688r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
How Bernie Wrightson learned to love monsters.
Washington Times (February 17).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070216-085724-6348r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
'Iron Man' lacks mettle [Hellboy, Teen Titans animation].
Washington Times (February 10).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070209-090619-1667r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Predator, Darth Maul are intricate models of terror [Star Wars toys].
Washington Times (February 3).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070202-090714-9104r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Spider-Man, Batman face police states of the future.
Washington Times (January 27).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070126-090037-7518r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Spider-Man battles foes on many toy land fronts.
Washington Times (May 5).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070504-085837-9647r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Spider-Man's living suit retold for young readers.
Washington Times (April 28).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070427-094509-2896r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
It's only game of solitaire as turtles go on missions [Marvel Trading Card Game].
Washington Times (April 21).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070420-083723-8759r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Darth Sidious is perfect Star Wars creature [toys].
Washington Times September 1).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070901/ENTERTAINMENT/109010016/1007/entertainment

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Doctor Strange meets a dreaded archenemy ['The Secrets of Isis: The Complete Series'].
Washington Times (August 18).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070818/ENTERTAINMENT/108180024/1007

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Morphing Megatron has plan to rule the universe.
Washington Times (July 7).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070707/ENTERTAINMENT/107070014/1007/entertainment

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
'Fantastic Four' DVD exonerated by extras.
Washington Times (June 30).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070630/ENTERTAINMENT/106300014/1007

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Extra credit: The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete First Season, Collector's Series.
Washington Times.com (June 28): http://video1.washingtontimes.com/zadzooks/

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Bone creator sees skies sunny ahead for industry [Jeff Smith].
Washington Times (June 23).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070623/ENTERTAINMENT/106230014/1007

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2003.
A violent, evocative romp from brain behind Spawn.
Washington Times (December 27)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Hall of Justice arrives at Six Flags' Gotham City [DC comics amusement park ride].
Washington Times (June 9).
Online at
http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070608-103244-6648r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
'Justice League' on DVD; 'King Kong' weak on extras.
Washington Times (April 8)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Bizarro issues challenge to archrival, Man of Steel.
Washington Times (April 1)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
With push of a button, Mysterio's face changes.
Washington Times (April 7).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070406-103239-6265r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
G.I. Joe American Hero teams up three new sets.
Washington Times (December 1).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071201/ENTERTAINMENT/112010015/-1/RSS_ENTERTAINMENT

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Spooky comic books bring Halloween chills.
Washington Times (October 27).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071027/ENTERTAINMENT/110270011/1007

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
HD enhances 'Heroes'; 'RoboCop' director's cut.
Washington Times (September 8).
Online at http://washingtontimes.com/article/20070908/ENTERTAINMENT/109080044/1007

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Earth's top hero, Goku, takes action at a low price.
Washington Times (March 17).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070316-090551-4598r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Samurai warriors slash and smash their enemy ['Spider-Man 2.1'].
Washington Times (April 14).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070414-122732-5465r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Ghost Rider just burning to prevent Armageddon [300: March to Glory videogames].
Washington Times (March 10).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070309-085203-3017r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
One shot alters universe; 'Prophecy' series compiled.
Washington Times (May 26).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070525-090244-7830r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Spider-Man 3 figure set easy to assemble, clobber.
Washington Times (March 31).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070330-092431-7558r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Elephantmen are free, but watched by humans.
Washington Times (March 24).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070323-085419-3633r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Spidey faces the dark side.
Washington Times (May 19).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070518-084728-9480r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Strong thirst for more after 'Trinity Blood' DVD.
Washington Times (May 12).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070511-084957-8730r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Animated ninja figures learn all about warrior art [Naruto: Uncut Boxed Set, Simpsons].
Washington Times (January 13).
Online at http://washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070112-105906-1258r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Killer mutant from Japan arrives on American soil [Medicom Toy, Marvel Comics].
Washington Times (January 6).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070105-090111-3798r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Batman, Spirit in Hawaii; Spider-Girl back in action.
Washington Times (December 30).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20061229-092545-5077r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Trivia tests, side missions part of search for villains [videogames].
Washington Times (December 23).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20061222-093839-6972r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Scissorhands inventor a detailed, dapper figure.
Washington Times (November 4).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20061103-090307-9495r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Graphic-novel adaptation ignores its true 'History'
Washington Times (March 11).

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
'Phantom' artist's work recalls childhood memories [Graham Nolan].
Washington Times (February 18).
Online at http://washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060217-092131-4835r

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Lego builds its inventory of Batman-related figures
Washington Times (February 25)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Toy fair figures can tickle the interest of action fans.
Washington Times (March 4)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2005.
Spirit of the season is spoiled by holiday chaos.
Washington Times (December 31)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2005.
Fantastic Four Blasters help opponents see light.
Washington Times (December 17)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Quality figure of Thanos goes easy on the budget.
Washington Times (January 7).

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2005.
Memorable 'Sin City,' dismal 'Fantastic Four' [movies].
Washington Times (December 24)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Original TV 'Superman' 2nd season now on DVD.
Washington Times (January 14)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Gift ideas that will thrill cartoon, comic-book fans.
Washington Times (December 16).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20061215-084936-4272r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2005.
DVD set traces complete history of Batman films.
Washington Times (November 12)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Heroes must again save the world from Brainiac
Washington Times (November 11).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20061110-090558-1845r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2005.
'Batman Begins' package does justice to Caped One.
Washington Times (October 22)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2005.
Bump on head does good for warrior, target Earth [toys].
Washington Times (December 3)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2005.
Nightmare 3, Triple Threat rate a ho-hum response [videogames].
Washington Times (December 10)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2005.
Shanna battles dinosaurs.
Washington Times (November 26)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
'Incredible' powers retained for full superhero action [videogame].
Washington Times (January 21)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
From Darth to Washington, action stars have shrunk.
Washington Times (February 4)

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
The 'Pumpkin' is still special [‘It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ Peanuts animation].
Washington Times (October 27).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20061026-102733-7957r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
X-Men take a stand, Tracy a slapstick injustice.
Washington Times (October 14).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20061013-085321-9456r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Plagues pummel Earth, good fights evil in Spawn.
Washington Times (November 25).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20061124-090648-1518r

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Star Wars action figures hit right note for season.
Washington Times (December 2).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20061201-084853-6055r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2006.
Animated 'Star Trek' cast; Donner's 'Superman II'.
Washington Times (December 9).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20061208-082514-3075r.htm

Szadkowski, Joseph. 2007.
Hammer-wielding Steel packs 6-inch-tall punch [action figure toy].
Washington Times (June 2).
Online at http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070601-082806-1738r.htm

Sutherland, JJ. 2008.
Bugs Bunny: The Trickster, American Style.
National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday (January 6).
online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17874931

Wertheimer, Linda and Robert Siegel. 2000.
Bugs Bunny Turns 60.
National Public Radio's All Things Considered (July 27).
online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1080049

St-Louis, Herve. 2008.
Interview With Chris Staros of Top Shelf Comix.
Comic Book Bin (January 6): http://www.comicbookbin.com/Interview_With_Chris_Staros_of_Top_Shelf_Comix002.html

Tobias, Scott. 2007.
30 Days of Night [movie based on Steve Niles comic].
Onion (October 18): 16

Toles, Tom. 2007.
The Year According to Toles.
Washington Post (December 30): B8

Milbank, Dana and Cavna, Michael (ill.). 2007.
Who will rule Potomac Man?
Washington Post (December 30): B1-2

Truitt, Brian. 2006.
Batman villain flies again in new ‘Man-Bat’ miniseries.
Washington Examiner (April 24): 22

Associated Press. 2008.
Stolen Mickey Mouse watercolors recovered 17 years after NY theft [from International Museum of Cartoon Art].
Newsday (January 5).
Online at http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--cartoontheft0105jan05,0,4370497.story

Van Gelder, Lawrence. 2008.
Mickey Mouse paintings are recovered [for International Museum of Cartoon Art].
New York Times (January 7)

Unknown. 2007.
Vote Now for Lambda Legal's Cartoon Contest, ‘Life Without Fair Courts’! [gay cartoons].
Prism Comics (June 13): http://www.prismcomics.org/display.php?id=1426

Unknown. 2007.
Nationally Syndicated Cartoonist and Artist Rob Harrell '91 Opens First Solo Show.
DePauw University News (June 13): http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=19601

Unknown. 2008.
New cartoon series in ‘Wiener Zeitung’: Danish duo ‘Wulffmorgenthaler’ to feature daily on the new English page.
Wiener Zeitung (January 4)
Online at http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4082&Alias=wzo&cob=320542¤tpage=0

Wulff, Mikael and Anders Morgenthaler. 200?
Wulffmorgenthaler no. 1: Look, No Hands!
Copenhagen, Denmark: Wulffmorgenthaler ApS

Wulff, Mikael and Anders Morgenthaler. 200?
Wulffmorgenthaler no. 2: Whoops…
Copenhagen, Denmark: Wulffmorgenthaler ApS

Wulff, Mikael and Anders Morgenthaler. 200?
Wulffmorgenthaler no. 3: Fun for the Whole Family!
Copenhagen, Denmark: Wulffmorgenthaler ApS

Wulff, Mikael and Anders Morgenthaler. 200?
Wulffmorgenthaler no. 4: The Beauty of Nature.
Copenhagen, Denmark: Wulffmorgenthaler ApS

Wulff, Mikael and Anders Morgenthaler. 2007.
Wulffmorgenthaler no. 5: Extreme Tetherball.
Copenhagen, Denmark: Wulffmorgenthaler ApS

Van Gelder, Lawrence. 2007.
Jamming and Tuba-ing at Animal House [Theater Review 'The Wolves In The Walls' by Gaiman and McKean].
New York Times (October 12).
Online at http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/theater/reviews/12wolv.html?ex=1349928000&en=99dc1b459c98f003&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Rogers, Vaneta. 2007.
Pia Guerra: In The Home Stretch [Y: The Last Man].
Newsarama (June 12): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=116325

Fitzgerald, Michael. 2007.
Carmine Infantino: Decades At DC And Beyond; The legendary creator recalls some of comics' pivotal moments in his new autobiography. Here he shares the origins of Batgirl and the Silver Age Flash and tells us what's he looking forward to at Wizard World Philadelphia.
Wizard Universe (June 13): http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/004812442.cfm

Gurewitsch, Matthew. 2007.
Learning to Move Under the Sea, on Wheels [Disney Little Mermaid play].
New York Times (December 30).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/arts/dance/30gure.html?ex=1356584400&en=f0f9eedaa7478070&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Moore, John. 2007.
‘Mermaid's’ Menken still in tune with muse [Little Mermaid play].
Denver Post (June 17).
Online at http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6143384?source=rss

Nolte, Carl. 2008.
Martha Arguello - Bobby Sox, Emmy Lou cartoonist dies in San Rafael [Marty Links].
San Francisco Chronicle (January 9).
Online at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/09/BAQOUBFBN.DTL&hw=arguello&sn=001&sc=1000

Flinn, Tom and Milton Griepp. 2008.
Interview with Dark Horse CEO Mike Richardson.
ICv2 (January 7): http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/11807.html ;
http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/11808.html ; http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/11809.html

Aviv, Rachel. 2008.
One Generation Got Old, One Generation Got Soul [Pekar and Dumm SDS book].
New York Times (January 6).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/education/edlife/sds.html?ex=1357189200&en=2933e405a8dfc2f3&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Barnes, Brooks. 2007.
Web Playgrounds of the Very Young [Walt Disney Company, Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers Entertainment, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera and D. C.].
New York Times (December 31).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/business/31virtual.html?ex=1356843600&en=1742e921e9c2fb50&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Pineo, Janine. 2008.
An interview with Piers Baker, creator of "Ollie and Quentin".
Bangor Daily News (January 7).
Online at http://bangornews.com/news/t/lifestyle.aspx?articleid=158581&zoneid=14

Pineo, Janine. 2008.
Gull Ollie and worm Quentin new comic strip's unlikely duo.
Bangor Daily News (January 7).
Online at http://bangornews.com/news/t/lifestyle.aspx?articleid=158610&zoneid=14

Laun, Christina. 2008.
The Planet Express Guide to Management - 33 HR Lessons from Futurama.
Bootstrapper (January 8): http://www.businesscreditcards.com/bootstrapper/the-planet-express-guide-to-management-33-hr-lessons-from-futurama/

Gregorian, Dareh. 2008.
Spidey's Smooch Scandal [Spider-Man ‘Brand New Day’].
New York Post (January 7).
Online at http://www.nypost.com/seven/01072008/news/nationalnews/spideys_smooch_scandal_165956.htm

Benefiel, Elizabeth. 2008.
Daniel Clowes.
Onion AV Club (January 4): http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/daniel_clowes

Cabron, Lou. 2008.
Records Broken By the Perry Bible Fellowship?[Nicholas Gurewitch interview].
10 Zen Monkeys (January 5): http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/01/05/records-broken-by-the-perry-bible-fellowship/

Getsinger, Annie. 2008.
Good grief! Don't depend on the luck of the draw to save your favorite comics [poll].
Herald & Review (January 7).
Online at http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2008/01/07/life/features/doc4782338896588556507872.txt

Snelgrove, Erin. 2008.
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist branches out to comic strip [Signe Wilkinson and Family Tree].
Yakima Herald-Republic (January 7).
Online at http://www.yakimaherald.com/page/dis/308892319900527

National Archives press release on exhibit and panel discussion

NATIONAL ARCHIVES PRESENTS POLITICAL CARTOONISTS PANEL DISCUSSION AND A FILM SCREENING FOR OPENING OF NEW EXHIBIT “RUNNING FOR OFFICE”

Washington, DC. . . On Thursday, February 7, at 7 p.m. the National Archives presents a group of Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoonists, including Pat Oliphant, in a special panel discussion celebrating the opening of the new exhibition “Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman.” Also in conjunction with the opening, the National Archives will offer a screening of The Great McGinty on Saturday, February 16, at noon.

The exhibition opens in the Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, February 8 and runs through August 17, 2008. Winter hours (through March 14) are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Spring hours (March 15 through Labor Day) are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., daily.

The “Running for Office” exhibition includes 41 exceptional pen-and-ink drawings that highlight timeless aspects of the American campaign and election process. Clifford K. Berryman, staff political cartoonist for The Washington Post and the Washington Evening Star during the first half of the 20th century, drew thousands of cartoons commenting on Presidential and congressional candidates, campaign issues, and elections of his era. The cartoons are part of the official Records of the U.S. Senate housed in the National Archives Center for Legislative Archives.

The programs are free and open to the public. For information on National Archives Public Programs, call 202-357-5000, or view the Calendar of Events online at: www.archives.gov. The William G. McGowan Theater is located in the National Archives Building on Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th Streets, NW, Washington, DC. Use the National Archives Building Special Events entrance on the corner of 7th Street and Constitution Avenue.

Running for Office: Cartooning and Politics
Thursday, February 7, at 7 p.m.
William G. McGowan Theater
Award-winning editorial cartoons are often characterized by their originality, editorial effectiveness, and quality of drawing and dramatize a wide range of social and political issues with style and humor. Join moderator Stephen Hess, Distinguished Research Professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University and co-author of Drawn & Quartered: The History of American Political Cartoons, as he welcomes four Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoonists: Pat Oliphant, the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world; Ann Telnaes, freelance editorial cartoonist with CartoonArts International/NY Times Syndicate and Women’s eNews; Matt Davies, editorial cartoonist for the Journal News, Westchester, NY, syndicated internationally in more than 80 newspapers by Tribune Media Services; and Clay Bennett, editorial cartoonist with the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The panelists will discuss their work, what inspires and motivates political cartoons, and the effect of these cartoons on the political community and the public.

Running for Office Film Series—The Great McGinty
Saturday, February 16, at noon
William G. McGowan Theater
Writer-director Preston Sturges’s first film tells of the rise and fall of Dan McGinty, which begins when he endears himself to the political machine by voting 37 times in a single election and ends with him working as a bartender in a banana republic. In between, he is pushed by a ruthless political boss into the governor’s chair as the stooge to end all stooges. The film stars Brian Donlevy and won an Academy Award® for Best Screenplay. (1940, 82 minutes)

Sandra Boynton in Post

Today's Post had a kid's feature on Sandra Boynton who began as a greeting card cartoonist, moved into books and tchockes and is now omnipresent. See Hippo, "Hurray! You're Never Too Old to Enjoy Sandra Boynton -- and She Has a New CD/Book," by Eve Zibart, Washington Post Thursday, January 10, 2008; C14 and
Meet Sandra Boynton

Feb 23: Oscar animated shorts at National Archives

Bruce Guthrie reports that these will be shown at the downtown Archives building (7th and PA Ave, NW) at 3:30 pm.

Opus based on Washington Post contest

Gene Weingarten reported on his January 8, 2008 chat:

Some alert readers noticed with outrage something odd about the Opuses of Dec. 9 and Dec. 16. What they noticed, specifically, was that every pun in the strips was lifted from a Style Invitational from 1998.

What they didn't notice, specifically, was that Breathed acknowledged the thievery: Note what Steve Dallas is reading in week one.

To give credit where credit is due, here are the names of the original entrants, and their entries:

Flabbergasted -- adj., appalled over how much weight you have gained. (Michelle Feeley, Arlington)

Coffee -- n., a person who is coughed upon. (David Hoffman, San Diego)

Willy-nilly -- adj., impotent. (Beth Benson, Lanham)

Flatulence -- n., the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. (Russell Beland, Springfield)

Abdicate -- v., to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. (Tom Witte, Gaithersburg)

Later, he also says:

Raleigh, N.C.: I wanted to apprise you of the following depressing sentence on the front page of the section our comics are in, in the Raleigh N & O. "Cathy's coming back, as are Drabble and Hagar!" How will they ever make this betrayal up to me?

Gene Weingarten: Omigod.

How can the same newspaper that chooses to carry my column choose to do something as humor-impaire as that.

Hagar the Horrible has not had an actual joke in it since 1973.

Politics and Prose Bookstore featured in article

P&P has a lot of talks by cartoonists and they're featured as a reason to visit DC in "Great bookstores make great destinations," By BETH J. HARPAZ, AP Travel Editor, Mon Jan 7, 2008.

Feb 8: Clifford Berryman's Running for Office exhibit opens at National Archives

Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman

Introduction

The exhibit “Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman,” which opens in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, February 8, 2008, and runs through August 17, 2008. The exhibit features 42 original pen-and-ink drawings including all of the cartoons seen here. Timed to coincide with the Presidential primaries and the 2008 campaign season, the exhibit highlights both specific and timeless aspects of the American campaign and election process.

The cartoons, drawn by renowned cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman, illustrate campaigns beginning with the candidates’ decision to run for office and ending with the ultimate outcome of the election. Although many political procedures have changed, these cartoons show that the political process has remained remarkably consistent; Berryman’s cartoons from the early 20th century remain relevant today.

All of these cartoons appeared on the front page of Washington newspapers from 1898 through 1948. They are part of a collection of nearly 2,400 pen-and-ink drawings by Berryman. In 1992, in honor of former Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, the Charles Engelhard Foundation purchased the drawings and donated them to the U.S. Senate.

Feb 7: Oliphant, Telnaes, Davies and Bennett at National Archives

A tip from Bruce Guthrie... I'll try to be there.

The Center for the National Archives Experience is pleased to present programs in celebration of our new exhibit "Running for Office: Candidates,Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman" which opens February 8 in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery.

Thursday February 7 at 7pm
William G McGowan Theater
Running for Office: Cartooning and Politics
Join moderator Stephen Hess, Distinguished Research Professor of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University and co-author of Drawn & Quartered: the History of American Political Cartoons, as he welcomes four Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonists: Pat Oliphant, the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world; Ann Telnaes, freeland editorial cartoonist with CartoonArts International/NY Times Syndicate and Women's eNews; Matt Davies, editorial cartoonist for the Journal News, Westchester NY; and Clay Bennett, editorial cartoonist with the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The panelists will discuss their work, what inspires and motivates political cartoons, and how these cartoons effect the political
community and the public.

OT: My buddy Marc at Viz needs an editor in San Francisco

Actually, I thought this WAS Marc's job...

Senior Editor, Magazines - VIZ Media - Anime Manga (north beach / telegraph hill)
Reply to: jobs@viz.com
Date: 2008-01-09, 7:09AM PST
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/wri/533365969.html

We are looking for a Senior Editor to join our Magazines Division.

SUMMARY
The Senior Editor oversees editorial and design for an assigned magazine in the Magazines Department of VIZ Media, which publishes a variety of materials originally published in Japan. The Senior Editor will ensure that the assigned magazine and magazine-related products maintain the company's position in the marketplace, and ensure that the company's publications reflect the VIZ Media strategy, and
maintain an engaged readership through the following duties:

PRINCIPAL DUTIES
1. Sets the tone and style of the magazine editorial.
2. Manages the schedules and production of a professional team of editors and designers who produce magazines.
3. Works closely with Managing Editor and Managing Editor's Design team to ensure timely production of magazines.
4. Responsible for enforcing deadlines regarding editorial, design, and production work.
5. Recruits, hires, and sets fees for freelancers assisting with editing and design work related to production (includes writers, photographers, illustrators, etc.).
6. Supervises the work of a Lead Designer and an Editor (Associate or Assistant) in the Magazine staff and has significant input into measurement of staff performance. Effectively utilizes the staff and provides support so that department goals can be achieved. Helps manage their workload.
7. Remains actively involved in writing, editing, and rewriting of magazines.
8. Represents magazine at industry events.
9. Mediates and helps to resolve disputes between editorial and design staff and with other departments.

In addition to these typical responsibilities, performs other activities as assigned.

MINIMUM ABILITY, SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
• Magazine publishing experience REQUIRED.
• Previous experience with manga, comics, and/or gaming industries REQUIRED.
• Ability to successfully manage and lead a cutting-edge editorial operation for successful comics and book publisher.
• Ability to correctly identify needed improvements in editorial strategies, scheduling, and production strategies.
• Ability to speak and write effectively in English, and to interact with culturally diverse clients and staff.
• Ability to speak, read, and write Japanese preferred.
• Ability to utilize Microsoft Word and the Internet.
• Ability to manage staffs and work effectively in a small organization with an emphasis on teamwork.
• Ability to assess the quality of writing, editing, copy-editing, and design work.
• Ability to interact with culturally diverse clients, service providers and staff.
• Ability to work legally in the United States.
• Ability to live in/commute to the SF Bay Area.

MINIMUM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, AND EDUCATION
• 1-2 years of management experience preferred.
• 2-3 years of experience in delivering increasingly responsible management and leadership to editorial operations required.
• 3-5 years of experience in delivering high quality editorial services related to magazines, comic books, and/or trade books required.
• Equivalent of Bachelor's Degree in Creative Writing, Journalism, English, or related fields from an accredited college or university, or equivalent, with a record that demonstrates suitable preparation for this position.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position supervises the work of others, including the staff of each assigned magazine.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT/MINIMUM PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Primarily works in an office environment, requiring the following activity: lifting and carrying materials, weighing up to 25 pounds, kneeling, bending. Approximately 75% of time spent on the job may involve use of a video display terminal and telephone. Must be able to safely operate a motor vehicle to perform tasks related to job duties.

As part of a multi-media entertainment company, employees may be subjected to work-related images including content such as: sexually explicit images, nudity, and graphic violence. Employees should be willing to work with this type of content. VIZ Media does not condone the viewing of this content where not work-related.

OTHER INFORMATION
Employees must adhere to all applicable VIZ Media policies and procedures. Regular and predictable attendance is required.
Willingness and ability to work non-standard business hours, such as nights and weekends, on an as-needed basis is required. Employees must be able to cope effectively with deadlines and multiple demands.

TO APPLY
Please send your cover letter, resume, AND salary requirements. Please specify "Senior Editor" when applying.

By e-mail (NO ATTACHMENTS!!!) to jobs@viz.com
NO PHONE CALLS!!!

COMPANY/PRODUCTS
Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media) is one of the most comprehensive and innovative companies in the field of manga publishing, animation and entertainment licensing of Japanese content. Owned by three of Japan's largest creators and licensors of manga and animation, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan Production Co., Ltd. (ShoPro Japan), VIZ Media is a leader in the publishing and distribution of Japanese manga for English speakingaudiences in North America and a global licensor of Japanese animation.

The company offers an integrated product line including, magazines such as SHONEN JUMP and SHOJO BEAT, graphic novels, videos, and DVDs, and develops and markets animated entertainment from initial production, television placement and distribution, to merchandise licensing and promotions for audiences and consumers of all ages.

VIZ MEDIA OFFERS
A competitive salary and an excellent benefits package including:
• Health (including chiropractic/acupuncture), Dental, and Vision insurances
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid personal time off (PTO) — 17 days per year to start!
• Paid holidays — average 11 days/year
• Partially paid gym membership
• Flex-time
• Full-time casual dress policy

* Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* Please, no phone calls about this job!
* Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Articles in Post's hardcopy

There was a wire service obituary - "Joyce Carlson, Disney Animator," Washington Post Wednesday, January 9, 2008; Page B06

and an article on the recent trends in Indian animation -
"In India, Gods Rule The 'Toon' Universe: Hindu Myth a Fount of Superheroes," by Rama Lakshmi, Washington Post Foreign Service, Wednesday, January 9, 2008; A11

OT: Comics artists in the New Yorker

Years ago, I used to borrow the New Yorker from the library and go through it looking for the new wave of comic book artists that Mouley and Spiegelman were using. Eventually I started reading it and then subscribing. I'm still subscribing, but fell out of the habit of reading the issue as it arrived - a major error since piles of them now lurk around the house. To try to keep up, I'll post the comic artists who are not gag cartoonists here each week. The new issue has:

1/14/08
#Rutu Modan illo, "27 Dresses," directed by Anne Fletcher and
starring Katherine Heigl, opens Jan. 11, p. 18,
#Philippe Petit-Roulet illustration for Rarely Available, p. 38,
#JC Duffy cartoon, "I've got a gun," p. 64.

Telnaes animation on Post website

The Washington Post has put an Ann Telnaes editorial animation on their website for the first time, although a UK newspaper site has been running them for a while. Check out Bill and Hill now!

Comics Research Bibliography update January 4, 2008 citations

Berge, Paul / QSyndicate. 2007.
2007 The Year in Cartoons [gay editorial cartoons].
Washington Blade (December 28): 22-23

Cohen, Alex. 2007.
Politicians Are Best as Rubber, Cartoonist Insists.
National Public Radio's Day to Day (December 12).
online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17151862

Fudge, Tom. 2007.
Cartoonist Steve Breen on the Top Political Stories of 2007.
National Public Radio and KPBS's These Days (December 18).
online at http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=10486

Gross, Terry. 2003.
Illustrator Marjane Satrapi.
National Public Radio's Fresh Air (June 2).
Online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1283520

Hockenberry, John. 2007.
Episode Two: Redesigning the Election: Election Splendor [Harvey Pekar interview].
WNYC's Billion Dollar President (December 18).
online at http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/episode-two-redesigning-the-election/ and http://audio.wnyc.org/billiondollarpres/billiondollarpres121807g.mp3

Hockenberry, John. 2007.
Harvey Pekar Talks Politics.
WNYC's Billion Dollar President website (December 18): http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/harvey-pekar-talks-politics/

Inskeep, Steve. 2007.
Story of Growing Up in Revolutionary Iran [Satrapi on Persepolis].
National Public Radio's Morning Edition (December 25)
online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17597762

Mann, Brian. 2008.
'Max and Pinky' an Adorable Dynamic Duo [children’s book influenced by Calvin and Hobbes by Maxwell Eaton].
National Public Radio's All Things Considered (January 3).
online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17809602

Mondello, Bob. 2007.
Short Takes: 'Persepolis'.
NPR.org (December 24): http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17590198

Moore, Scott. 2007.
A novel idea for a comic [Gene Luen Yang interview].
Washington Post (October 25)

Nocenti, Annie. 2007.
Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, by Douglas Wolk; Need More Love: A Graphic Memoir, by Aline Kominsky Crumb [review].
Print (November / December)

Kartalopoulos, Bill. 2007.
Rodolphe Töpffer: The Complete Comic Strips, compiled, translated, and annotated by David Kunzle; Father of the Comic Strip: Rodolphe Töpffer, by David Kunzle [review].
Print (September / October)

Canemaker, John. 2007.
The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney, by Michael Barrier [review].
Print (September / October)

Robertson, Campbell and Brooks Barnes. 2007.
Disney Wonders if a Mermaid Can Follow a Trail Blazed by a Lion [theater].
New York Times (December 20).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/theater/20disn.html?ex=1355893200&en=557463a542560c88&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Rosenberg, Scott. 2007.
Mmm …Spider-Pig on DVD: ‘The Simpsons Movie’ is green on disc, in more ways than one.
Express (December 19): 15

Takahashi, Rumiko and Stephen Ayres (trans.). 2005.
The Art of InuYasha (2nd Edition).
San Francisco: Viz Media

Unknown. 2008.
Editorial: Comic Books in the Classroom
New York Times (January 3).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/opinion/03thu4.html?ex=1357102800&en=8eda1e28b28bf0b7&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink


Woodall, Bernie. 2007.
‘Fantastic Four’ surfs to No. 1 spot at box office.
Reuters (June 18).
Online at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070618/film_nm/boxoffice_dc_6

Garry, Joan. 2007.
The source of my super powers; I have a greater sense of purpose because I am gay [comic book as fundraiser].
Washington Blade (December 14): 21.
Online at http://www.washblade.com/2007/12-14/view/columns/11733.cfm

Andersen, Kurt. 2007.
Persepolis and Iran: Marjane Satrapi
Public Radio International and WNYC 's Studio 360 (December 21).
online at http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2007/12/21

Brooks, Anthony. 2007.
'The War' Neglects Latino Stories, Cartoonist Says [Baldo’s Hector Cantu].
National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation (September 24).
Online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14658074

Ehrenreich, Ben. 2007.
Comic Genius? Before there was even a comic book to adapt, 'Cowboys and Aliens' had a movie deal [Platinum Comics].
New York Times Magazine (November 11).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/magazine/11wwln-cowboys-t.html?ex=1352350800&en=b40a849873288532&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Gopoian, Rebecca and David Heatley. 2007.
The Creche [autobiographical religious comic strip].
New York Times (December 23)

Horn, Maurice. 1976.
The Comics: a cultural history [filmstrip].
Pleasantville, NY: Educational Audio Visual

McLaughlin, Jeff. 2005.
Comics as Philosophy.
University Press of Mississippi

McLaughlin, Jeff. 2007.
Stan Lee: Conversations.
University Press of Mississippi

Wertham, Fredric. 1953.
What Parents Don’t Know About Comic Books.
Ladies Home Journal (November)


Charras, Pierre and Chantal Montellier. 1982.
Le sang de la commune [graphic novel on French revolutionary communes].
Paris : Futuropolis

Ross, Steve. 2005.
Marked [religious graphic novel retelling the Bible’s Gospel of Mark].
New York: Seabury Books

Wallace, William N. 1978.
Willard Mullin Dies; Cartoonist Created 'Bums'; 'Sports Cartoonist of Century'.
New York Times (December 22)

Smith, Red. 1978.
Looking Back With Willard Mullin; Sports of The Times.
New York Times (July 1)

Durso, Joseph. 1971.
Mullin Hangs Up Brushes and Board After 10,000 Sports Cartoons.
New York Times (January 10): S3

Unknown. 1963.
Mullin to Be Honored At Boxing Writers' Fete.
New York Times (December 29)

Lardner, John and Willard Mullin (ill.). 1947.
It Beats Working.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

Michaels, Dave. 2007.
Remebering Willard Mullin and the Lost Art of Sports Cartooning.
Illustration (20; Fall): 46-56

Mitchell, Jerry and Willard Mullin (ill.). 1964.
The Amazing Mets.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap

Palmer, Joe H. and Willard Mullin (ill.). 1954.
This Was Racing.
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co

Unknown. 1959.
Cartoonists Honored; Creator of 'Gasoline Alley' and Others Cited Here [National Cartoonists Society].
New York Times (April 22)

Unknown. 1962.
Luncheon Is Planned By Cartoonists Society [National Cartoonists Society].
New York Times (October 21)

Unknown. 1972.
Cartoonists Will Honor Paige at Dinner Jan. 25 [National Cartoonists Society].
New York Times (January 16): S5

Rossen, Jake. 2008.
Superman vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon.
Chicago Review Press.

Scivally, Bruce. 2007.
Superman on Film, Television, Radio and Broadway.
McFarland

Lunning, Frenchy (ed.). 2007.
Mechademia: Networks of Desire, Vol. #2 [anime and manga].
University of Minnesota Press

Lunning, Frenchy and Thomas LaMarre. 2007.
Introduction: Art Mecho.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Shamoon, Deborah. 2007.
Revolutionary Romance: The Rose of Versailles and the Transformation of Shojo Manga.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Toku, Masami. 2007.
Shojo Manga! Girls’ Comics! A Mirror of Girls’ Dreams.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Aquila, Meredith Suzanne Hahn. 2007.
Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction Writers: New Narrative Themes or the Same Old Story?
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Kotani, Mari and Thomas LaMarre (trans.). 2007.
Doll Beauties and Cosplay.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Vincent, Keith . 2007.
A Japanese Electra and Her Queer Progeny.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Miyao, Daisuke. 2007.
Thieves of Baghdad: Transnational Networks of Cinema and Anime in the 1920s.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press


Mizuno, Hiromi. 2007.
When Pacifist Japan Fights: Historicizing Desires in Anime.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Bolton, Christopher. 2007.
The Quick and the Undead: Visual and Political Dynamics in Blood: The Last Vampire.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Rauch, Eron. 2007.
Bridges of the Unknown: Visual Desires and Small Apocalypses.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Long, Margherita. 2007.
Malice@Doll: Konaka, Specularization, and the Virtual Feminine.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Hiroki, Azuma with Yuriko Furuhata and Marc Steinberg (trans.). 2007.
The Animalization of Otaku Culture.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Drazen, Patrick. 2007.
Sex and the Single Pig: Desire and Flight in Porco Rosso [Miyazaki anime] .
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2007.
The Education of Desire: Futari etchi and the Globalization of Sexual Tolerance.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Ortega, Mariana. 2007.
My Father, He Killed Me; My Mother, She Ate Me: Self, Desire, Engendering, and the Mother in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Hairston, Marc. 2007.
Fly Away Old Home: Memory and Salvation in Haibane-Renmei.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Kuge, Shu. 2007.
In the World That Is Infinitely Inclusive: Four Theses on Voices of a Distant Star and The Wings of Honneamise.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Lunning, Frenchy. 2007.
Between the Child and the Mecha.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Benzon, William L. 2007.
Godzilla’s Children: Murakami Takes Manhattan [exhibit review] .
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Allison, Brent. 2007.
Anime: Comparing Macro and Micro Analyses.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Robbins, Trina. 2007.
Crazy Rabbit Man: Why I Rewrite Manga.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Ruh, Brian. 2007.
Brain-Diving Batou.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2007.
Lurkers at the Threshold: Saya and the Nature of Evil.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Bolton, Christopher. 2007.
UAAAAA! Trashkultur! An Interview with MAK’s Johannes Wieninger.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press

Lunning, Frenchy (ed.). 2006.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Lunning, Frenchy and Christopher Bolton. 2006.
Anifesto [editorial].
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Allison, Anne. 2006.
The Japan Fad in Global Youth Culture and Millennial Capitalism.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Wong, Wendy Siuyi. 2006.
Globalizing Manga: From Japan to Hong Kong and Beyond.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Napier, Susan. 2006.
The World of Anime Fandom in America.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Winge, Theresa. 2006.
Costuming the Imagination: Origins of Anime and Manga Cosplay.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Wolf, Mark J.P. 2006.
Assessing Interactivity in Video Game Design.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Takayuki, Tatsumi with Christopher Bolton (trans.). 2006.
Mori Minoru’s Day of Resurrection.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Looser, Thomas. 2006.
Superflat and the Layers of Image and History in 1990s Japan.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Toshiya, Ueno with Michael Arnold (trans.). 2006.
Kurenai no metalsuits, “Anime to wa nani ka/What is animation” .
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

LaMarre, Thomas. 2006.
The Multiplanar Image.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Levi, Antonia. 2006.
The Werewolf in the Crested Kimono: The Wolf-Human Dynamic in Anime and Manga.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Kotani, Mari. 2006.
Metamorphosis of the Japanese Girl: The Girl, the Hyper-Girl, and the Fighting Beauty.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2006.
Revolutionary Girl Utena: Manga and Anime Citations.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2006.
In the Sound of the Bells: Freedom and Revolution in Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Benzon, William L. 2006.
The Song at the End of the World: Personal Apocalypse in Rintaro’s Metropolis.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Bullough, Vern. 2006.
The Influence of Manga on Japan - Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society, by Sharon Kensella [review].
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Drazen, Patrick. 2006.
The Shock of the Newtype: The Mobile Suit Gundam Novels of Tomino Yoshiyuki.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Hairston, Marc. 2006.
The Yin and Yang of Schoolgirl Experiences: Maria-sama ga miteru and Azumanga Daioh.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Ruh, Brian. 2006.
Historicizing Anime and Manga: From Japan to the World - Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics, by Paul Gravett; Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews, by Fred Patten [reviews].
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Ollie, Michelle. 2006.
Interview with Lindsay Cibos.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press

Gibson, Mel. 2007.
The Tale Of One Bad Rat: the child alone and the alternative and substitute family.
In Bradford, C & Coghlan, V (eds.), Expectations and Experiences: Children, Childhood & Children's Literature.
Lichfield, Pied Piper Press

Gibson, Mel. 2007.
Graphic Novels In The Curriculum.
Learning and Teaching Scotland

Gibson, Mel. 2007.
"Wham! Bam! The X-Men Are Here": The British Broadsheet Press and the X-Men Film and Comic Revisited.
In: Comics into Films, Gordon, I, Jancovich, M & McAllister, M (eds.)
University Press of Mississippi: 101-115

Gibson, Mel. 2007.
"What is this mango, anyway?" Manga and younger readers in Ireland and Britain.
INIS. The magazine of Children's Books
Ireland, Dublin: CBI: 10-15.

Gibson, Mel. 2007.
Manga and younger readers in Britain. Some initial observations.
IBBYLink: British Section Newsletter
London: IBBY

Gibson, Mel. 2006.
Mehr als eine Heldin - das Motiv der Clique im britischen Mädchencomic von 1950 bis 1980.
In Diekmann, S & Schneider, M (eds.) Szenarien des comic: Helden Und Historien Im Medium Der Schriftbildlichkeit.
Berlin: SuKuLTuR

Gibson, Mel. 2003.
'You can't read them, they're for boys!' British Girls, American Superhero Comics and Identity'.
International Journal of Comic Art 5 (1; Spring)

Gibson, Mel. 2003.
‘What became of Bunty?' The emergence, evolution and disappearance of the girls' comic in post-war Britain.
In Bearne, E. and Styles, M. (eds.) Art, Narrative & Childhood.
Trentham Books.

Feb 10: Black cartoonists work a theme

See "Black Cartoonists Plan Feb. 10 Comics-Page Action," by Dave Astor, E and P Online January 8, 2008. Several of these strips are published in the Post including Candorville and Watch Your Head. Curtis by Ray Billingsly is also in the Post, but not mentioned in the article.

Film & TV Adaptations book STILL available

In spite of election mania driving paper prices sky high, Film & TV Adaptations of Comics - 2007 edition by Rhode and Vogel is available for order.

149 pages long, it's a listing of the thousands of adaptations to film and television of hundreds of comic strips and books. Worldwide, it includes the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, Senegal, India, Turkey, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia among others. Cross-referenced by cartoonist and translated titles, it includes a bibliography and index.

You can buy it via Lulu.com for $12.99 (plus shipping) or $3.00 for a pdf download at http://www.lulu.com/content/1677433.

This is not a book that you can sit and read - it's a reference book, and one that might spark a bit of curiosity. Lulu will let you see a preview, and here's a sample section of late additions from the Errata page:

Titles of strips samples:

Suramu Danku [Slam Dunk] (Takehiko Inoue)
Suramu Danku (Japan: Toei Animation, 1993-1996; 101-episode anime tv series)
4 DTV anime movies (Japan: Toei Animation, 1994-1995)

Oldboy (Nobuaki Minegishi)
Oldboy (South Korea 2003)

Scary Godmother (Jill Thompson)
The Scary Godmother, Vol. 2: The Revenge of Jimmy (USA 2005; animated DTV movie)

Wulffmorgenthaler (Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler)
Wulffmorgenthaler? (Denmark 200?; tv series)

Cartoonists cross-reference sample:

Eliot, Jan (Stone Soup cartoonist)
Oregon Art Beat Episode# 915 - Illustrator Jan Eliot (Oregon Public Broadcasting, 2008; segment on January 10, 2008 tv show)


Bibliography samples:

• Ehrenreich, Ben. 2007. “Comic Genius? Before there was even a comic book to adapt, 'Cowboys and Aliens' had a movie deal [Platinum Comics],” New York Times Magazine (November 11).
• Kohanik, Eric / CanWest News Service. 2008. “Painkiller Jane comic-book heroine,” Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (January 5).
• Takahashi, Rumiko and Stephen Ayres (trans.). 2005. The Art of InuYasha (2nd Edition), San Francisco: Viz Media.
• Unknown. 2008. “New cartoon series in ‘Wiener Zeitung’: Danish duo ‘Wulffmorgenthaler’ to feature daily on the new English page,” Wiener Zeitung (January 4).

Big Monkey Comics profiled

See "Washington’s Big Monkey Encourages Debate," by Laurel Maury, PW Comics Week January 8, 2008.

Check out Weds. Post website

Apparently a well-known local cartoonist will have some animation running there. Somewhere.

Additional information suggests the editorial / opinion page. So will it be Toles? Telnaes has beaten him on the animation front, although hers appear an ocean away in London, although beaming them back to the US takes seconds, I guess.

QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 01-09-08

QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 01-09-08
By John Judy

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546 by Dan Slott and Steve McNiven. Okay, Spider-Fans, I know a lot of you are out there licking your wounds (gross!) after Mephisto Quesada brought back Harry Osborn and un-did yet another decade or so of continuity. So buy SCALPED already! It’ll put hair on ya! (Ahem.) Beyond that, I offer these words of comfort: “Dan Slott.” Dan Slott can write anything in any circumstance and find real character-based humor and drama even in the most forsaken realms. He made SHE-HULK work. Think what he can do with Spidey. And he’ll be doing it three times a month. This week’s “Gotta-Look.” Recommended.

BAT LASH #2 of 6 by Peter Brandvold, Sergio Aragones, and John Severin. There’s bears! Bears drawn by the great John Severin! Recommended!

BOYS #14 by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. C’mon, you know you have to look. The crazy Russian hero “Love Sausage” is back in costume. His tight, tight costume… Recommended, but Not for Kids or those who already teeter on the brink of madness.

BPRD: 1946 #1 of 5 by Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart, and Paul Azaceta. Okay, this one sounds like a lot of fun! The early days of the BPRD, when they were still mopping up after the ratzis and the mysterious “Project Vampir Sturm.” A must for Hellboy/Mignola fans!

BPRD VOL. 7 GARDEN OF SOULS SC by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, and Guy Davis. Collecting the whole series featuring Abe Sapien, steampunk cyborgs, and a mummy!

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS VOL. 3 SC by Various Creators. Collecting BUFFY #1-8 (original series), “Play with Fire”, and “Spike and Dru.”

CONAN: THE BLOOD-STAINED CROWN AND OTHER STORIES SC by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, Bruce Timm, John Severin, Tim Truman, and Others. Collecting a series of “done-in-one” stories by some of the heaviest-hitting talent in the comics biz. Worth a look even if you don’t usually read CONAN.

ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 4 SC by Lotsa People including Steve Gerber, Tony Isabella, Herb Trimpe, and Frank Robbins. Collecting issues #157-186. Werewolves, Nomad, Yellow Claw, Secret Empire, X-Men, Namor, Dr. Faustus, and the Falcon, of course. Enjoy!

GOON #20 written and drawn by Eric Powell. The Goon and Franky fight tartish harpies! “Mmmm, tartish harpies…”

HULK #1 by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness. Hulk’s red. Darkstar and Red Guardian aren’t dead. Doc Samson is short-tempered and appears to be having trouble pounding the Red Guardian into paste, which says to me at least one of them is a Skrull. Plus, the return of an old friend who was not dead last time I looked.

JLA CLASSIFIED #50 by Roger Stern and John Byrne. A couple of veteran creators team up again, this time for a JLA story that’s half-fight, half-mystery.

JSA PRESENTS STARS AND STRIPES VOL. 2 SC by Geoff Johns and Lee Moder. Collecting issues #9-14 of the series that launched Johns’ career. Neat stuff.

JUDGE DREDD COMPLETE CASE FILES VOL. 9 SC by John Grant, Alan Wagner, and Various Artists of Note. The latest volume for fans with reinforced bookshelves.

MIGHTY AVENGERS #7 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. The entire population of New York has been transformed into murderous, flesh-eating Venom creatures. “How could they tell?” – Dorothy Parker.

NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF H.A.T.E. VOL. 2: I KICK YOUR FACE SC by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen. Collecting issues #7-12. You know you want it. Recommended.

SALVATION RUN #3 of 7 by Bill Willingham and Sean Chen. Also known as “Planet Luthor!” Featuring the world’s naughtiest talking monkey! And it ain’t George Bush! (Okay, technically it is.)

SCALPED #13 by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera. The casino’s been open less than 24 hours and Agent Dash Bad Horse’s mom has been murdered. This is the week you put that stupid WOLVERINE comic that hasn’t been good since Rucka left back on the rack and start reading SCALPED. Not for kids. Consistently, highly recommended. Find out why.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER VOL. 1 SC by Lotsa People, including Gardner Fox Neal Adams, Gil Kane, and Everyone Else. It’s a whole lotta Robin, folks.

SPIRIT #12 written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke. It’s Cooke’s last issue before a fill-in and then the new team of Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones, and Mike Ploog take over! This one features the return of Sand Sarif. Recommended and already missed.

STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY GN by Harvey Pekar, Gary Dumm, and historian Paul Buhle. A non-fiction account of the rise and fall of one of the most ambitious and controversial activist groups of the 1960s. For grown-ups and interested parties. Very well-timed publication. Recommended.

SUPERMAN #672 by Kurt Busiek and Peter Vale. Insect Queen is on the Moon and on the move! It’s Insect Queen! Recommended!

TEEN TITANS: THE LOST ANNUAL by Bob Haney, Jay Stephens, and Mike Allred. The original Teen Titans: Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Speedy, and Aqualad go on a mission in space to rescue President John F. Kennedy! Featuring a cover by the great Nick Cardy! (I kind of love this comic…) Highly recommended.

THE TWELVE #1 of 12 by J. Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston. You remember all those great 1940s Timely heroes who weren’t in the Invaders of the Liberty Legion? Yeah, me neither. But Straczynski does and Chris Weston’s drawing them! A great read that embraces the weirdness of the Golden Age. Recommended.

WOLVERINE #61 by Marc Guggenheim and Howard Chaykin. Howard Chaykin created AMERICAN FLAGG and is a terrific artist.

X-FACTOR #27 by Peter David and Scot Eaton. Part Eleven of “Messiah Complex” which means it’s almost over.

YOUNGBLOOD #1 by Joe Casey and Derec Donovan. It is, of course, wrong to shoplift comics for the express purpose of setting them on fire in a ditch… But this one has a character saying “Yo! Wassup!” in 2008!!! And its sales would enrich Rob Liefeld!!! No, it’s still wrong. Always wrong, no matter what. Don’t shoplift.

www.johnjudy.net

Former DC resident writing for Marvel

See "ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA ON YA PRESENTS #3," by Benjamin Ong Pang Kean, Newsarama January 2, 2008.

DC Anime Club and JICC to bring Anime/Live Action Movies to Washington, DC.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Chris Wanamaker, (202) 262 2083 president@dcanimeclub.org

DC Anime Club and JICC to bring Anime/Live Action Movies to Washington, DC.

The DC Anime Club and the Japanese Information and Culture Center (JICC) will collaborate to bring more Anime and Live Action Screenings to Washington, DC at the Japanese Information and Culture Center located at Lafayette Center III 1155 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20036- 3308. The screenings will be held every fourth Thursday of the month at 6:30pm starting January 24, 2008. Screenings will include but will not be limited to the following:

Love Com, xxxholic The Movie, Tsubassa Chronicals The Movie and One Piece Movie
8.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information please visit the Japanese Information and Culture Center website at http://www.us.embjapan.go.jp/jicc/ or visit the DC Anime Club website at http://dcanimeclub.org.


About DC Anime Club:

DCAC was established in 2003 to introduce and educate people in the Washington,DC area about East Asian culture, through viewing and discussion of Japanese animation (also known as anime) and Japanese comics (manga). DCAC is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, contributions to DC Anime Club are tax-deductible to the extent allowable under the law.

The club also works to provide a positive, alternative activity to the youth in the area by exposing them to foreign culture, encouraging artistic expression and creativity, and providing opportunities for participation in community activities and leadership.

In addition to our weekly meetings, the club holds an Annual Art Show, an Annual Costume fundraising event, and visits local schools to do presentations on anime. The club also works with the Smithsonian Freer Gallery and DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival on their anime screenings, and has helped locally promote performances for Japanese bands such as Puffy Ami Yumi and Pine am. DC Anime Club was founded by Chris Wanamaker (President), Jules Chang (Vice President) and Craig Vaughn (Sgt in ARMS) on Saturday June 5, 2003. We have a strong membership that continues to grow -- most of which are teenagers.

About Japanese Information and Culture Center:
The Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) is the cultural and public affairs section of the Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C. Our primary role is to promote better understanding of Japan and Japanese culture by providing a wide range of
information, educational services and programs to the public. The area we serve includes Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Other Japanese Consulates provide services in areas outside of our jurisdiction. The JICC is located on the lower level of the glass-enclosed Galleria at Lafayette Centre III in downtown Washington, D.C. Its facilities include a research library, a 152-seat auditorium, and a 1,500-square-foot exhibition gallery where a wide variety of events
sponsored by the JICC are hosted throughout the year.

--
Christopher Wanamaker
DC Anime Club President
http://www.dcanimeclub.org
202 262 2083

AU prof and comics writer Wenthe interviewed

Michael Wenthe, who teaches comics at American University and does minicomics is interviewed along with his collaborator Isaac Cates. See "For Your Consideration: Satisfactory Comics #6 & 7, and A Treatise upon the Jam," by Chris Beckett, Comicon's The Pulse (January 3, 2008).

OT: Dave Cockrum fundraising

Got this in the mail today. Dave and his wife Paty gave me hours of entertainment with the Legion and X-Men, among others, so here's the appeal:

I am helping Dave Cockrum's widow sell his personal comics collection-- Golden & Silver Age books, his X-Men file copies, etc. For more information, please visit my site.. And please be kind enough to note this at *your* blog and pass along the info to help Dave's widow.

Clifford Meth

Film & TV Adaptations book available

I got the proof copy and reviewed it today, so now Film & TV Adaptations of Comics - 2007 edition by Rhode and Vogel is available for order.

149 pages long, it's a listing of the thousands of adaptations to film and television of hundreds of comic strips and books. Worldwide, it includes the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, Senegal, India, Turkey, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia among others. Cross-referenced by cartoonist and translated titles, it includes a bibliography and index.

You can buy it via Lulu.com for $12.99 (plus shipping) or $3.00 for a pdf download at http://www.lulu.com/content/1677433.

This is not a book that you can sit and read - it's a reference book, and one that might spark a bit of curiosity. Lulu will let you see a preview, and here's a sample section of late additions from the Errata page:

Titles of strips samples:

Suramu Danku [Slam Dunk] (Takehiko Inoue)
Suramu Danku (Japan: Toei Animation, 1993-1996; 101-episode anime tv series)
4 DTV anime movies (Japan: Toei Animation, 1994-1995)

Oldboy (Nobuaki Minegishi)
Oldboy (South Korea 2003)

Scary Godmother (Jill Thompson)
The Scary Godmother, Vol. 2: The Revenge of Jimmy (USA 2005; animated DTV movie)

Wulffmorgenthaler (Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler)
Wulffmorgenthaler? (Denmark 200?; tv series)

Cartoonists cross-reference sample:

Eliot, Jan (Stone Soup cartoonist)
Oregon Art Beat Episode# 915 - Illustrator Jan Eliot (Oregon Public Broadcasting, 2008; segment on January 10, 2008 tv show)


Bibliography samples:

• Ehrenreich, Ben. 2007. “Comic Genius? Before there was even a comic book to adapt, 'Cowboys and Aliens' had a movie deal [Platinum Comics],” New York Times Magazine (November 11).
• Kohanik, Eric / CanWest News Service. 2008. “Painkiller Jane comic-book heroine,” Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (January 5).
• Takahashi, Rumiko and Stephen Ayres (trans.). 2005. The Art of InuYasha (2nd Edition), San Francisco: Viz Media.
• Unknown. 2008. “New cartoon series in ‘Wiener Zeitung’: Danish duo ‘Wulffmorgenthaler’ to feature daily on the new English page,” Wiener Zeitung (January 4).

Post letter on shrinking comics

Shrunk!
Washington Post Saturday, January 5, 2008; Page A15

Regarding the recent changes to the Comics pages:

Why not just eliminate the comics altogether? That would be far more humane than shrinking them to the extent that you have. Many readers, children included, have less than perfect eyesight; many of us now need magnifying glasses to read your comics. Our family has always enjoyed "Slylock Fox" together, but none of us can now "find the six differences" in the shrunken panels. This is almost sadistic and an affront to readers paying to subscribe to material we are now unable to read.

-- C. Randall Williams

City Paper's Faustian bargain?

Did the City Paper's editors make a Faustian bargain? This week's issue again has no strips beyond local Classen's -- but it does still have new artwork by Ullman and Belschwender! Was the trade the cost of the syndicated strips vs the original spot illos?

Zadzooks on toys again

"Comic-book characters take action as figures," by Joseph Szadkowski, Washington Times January 5, 2008.

In this week's free papers

The City Paper has a surprise review of Frederik Peeters' Blue Pill, in which he discusses having AIDS. The online version is shaky now, but pick up the paper or try the link later.

Also, the Onion has its best comics list - six in the newspaper and more online. See "The Best Comics Of 2007," by Noel Murray, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson, Onion January 3, 2008.

Richmond's Chris Pitzer interviewed

Chris runs Adhouse Books in Richmond and has published some lovely stuff recently including books on Paul Pope and James Jean. Chris is a regular at SPX which is where I got to know him better this year, especially at the underattended Matt Wagner signing at Big Planet comics. He publishes absolutely gorgeous books. Check out Tom Spurgeon's "CR Holiday Interview #8: Chris Pitzer," Comics Reporter (January 4 2008).
Then go buy those two books in particular.

OT: Allan Holtz's Strippers Guide

On his Daily Cartoonist site, Alan Gardner put a link to Allan Holtz's Strippers Guide project. For years, Allan's been doing research on comic strips and in the 1990s he had a subscription cd service where you could buy a cd of his research. It was a great resource and I'm glad to see an update is going to be coming along. Click on the video and let him know what you think. Nobody has more information on obscure strips than Allan and I still use the earlier version regularly.

Oct 4-5: Small Press Expo

Announcing Small Press Expo (SPX) To Be Held October 4th and 5th, 2008

For Immediate Release
Contact: Warren Bernard
Phone: 301-537-4615
E-Mail: webernard@spxpo.com

Bethesda, Maryland; January 3, 2008 - Small Press Expo announces that its yearly festival of alternative comics, graphic novels and political cartoonists will be held Saturday, October 4th and Sunday, October 5th, 2008. The Expo will be once again be held at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center, where we are pleased to announce that the 2009 Small Press Expo will also be held.

By popular demand, SPX 2008 is shifting its exhibition hours to a Saturday-and-Sunday show. The show will be open to the public Saturday from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm and Sunday from noon to 6:00 pm. Admission prices remain the same they have been for the last few years at $8/day, $15 for both days.

"The show has grown over the years to the point where we really need both days of the weekend to let exhibitors sell their comics," said Executive Director Karon Flage. "This makes it easier for attendees to come to the show and see what all of our creators and publishers have to offer."

Exhibitor registration is now open through the SPX web site at http://www.spxpo.com, where registration forms and guidelines can now be downloaded.

More information on guests, panels and other SPX information will become available in the succeeding weeks.

For further information, please contact Warren Bernard at webernard@spxpo.com.

SPX, a non-profit organization, brings together more than 300 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers and distributors each year. Graphic novels, political cartoon books and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators.

SPX culminates with the presentation of the 12th Annual Ignatz Awards for outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The Ignatz is the first Festival Prize in the US comic book industry, with winners chosen by balloting during the SPX.

SHOC: Hoiman & Douglas Aircraft

Warren Bernard contributes a Secret History of Comics bit to start off the new year right:

The first scan shows the cover of the book called "Hoiman", below it is the paper wrap around that was fortunately intact. This is because nowhere in the book itself is there any reference to where this stuff was published, which the wraparound says was for the Douglas Aircraft Plant in Chicago, IL.

Douglas Aircraft at this time had its main plants out in California, some others in Oklahoma, there were 7 total Douglas plants in operation during World War II. Now the question is, were these cartoons just done for only the in house mag for the Chicago plant? Did the other plants also use "Hoiman"? If not, what cartoons did they use? And who is Phil Brown? What else did he do? Where there other "Hoiman" books? How long did "Hoiman" run? Was "Hoiman just for Douglas Aircraft, or did other manufacturers also use the cartoons?

The Secret History of Comics does not give its secrets up easily...

Comics journalist Scott Rosenberg heading to NYC

Scott who has written many a comics story for the Examiner and then the Express reports, "I’m leaving for New York to become an assistant editor for amNew York, the largest circulated newspaper in Manhattan. It’s a free daily commuter, just like Express. The circulation is more than 300,000. But my byline will still be showing up in Express as a freelancer, hopefully covering comics still, but definitely still writing."

Best of luck in the New Year, Scott, although I'll miss running into you at Big Planet.

more Red Meat in DC

Apparently the Red Meat strip by Max Cannon will also be carried in the Onion starting this week. Or only in the Onion, if the City Paper really dropped its strips.

More bad news from City Paper?

The December 28th issue doesn't have any comics in it, except for local cartoonist Ben Classen's Dirt Farm. Unfortunately, I'm afraid this will carry into the new year as a cost-cutting measure. The Blade seems to be having similar issues, and certainly hasn't realized that Bechdel's gone back to bi-monthly for Dykes to Watch Out For, if they're even still running it.

On the positive side, they did hire Harvey Pekar-collaborator and nice guy Ed Piskor to do an illustration.

So the new year may bring far less reason to pick up two of the local free papers...

Local comic book contender John Reed

photo by Darrow Montgomery for the City Paper.

Catching up on some reading before the new year, I see John Reed of Alexandria was featured in "Shock and Draw: Jon Reed is suddenly a rising star in the world of superhero comics," by Josh Eiserike, Washington City Paper December 21, 2007. Reed is competeting in a Comic Book Idol contest.

Something to do on Jan 1

At the Renwick Gallery near the White House, the exhibit "Going West! Quilts and Community" has a Comics Quilt, circa 1935, with a bunch of comics characters sewn into it. It's on loan from the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer.

Another option would be the Uncle Scrooge and Carl Barks show that opened right before Christmas at Geppi's Entertainment Museum. I plan on seeing that in January myself.

Jan 1: Big Planet's New Year's Day sale

Bethesda's Joel P reports: Tuesday, January 1st, from 12-5. Everything in the store 20% OFF!

Jan 19: 3rd annual D.C. Counter Culture Festival

Cartoonist Matt Dembicki writes, The D.C. Conspiracy will hold its third annual D.C. Counter Culture Festival at Dr. Dremo's on Sat., Jan. 19. It'll be especially meaningful because Dremo's will close the following week. (I've been fillin' my pint glass there since it opened in 1993. It's a local institution.) For a list of vendors (comics, crafts, wares, etc.), bands and other entertainment (tribal bellydancers, freak show, etc.), visit www.dcconspiracy.com. There's no admission fee.

I'm going to try to make it this year!

Richard Thompson covers Post Magazine

See his blog for the story. I'm behind on reading the paper again which is why this post is a day late, but I'm looking forward to seeing this.

Comics Research Bibliography updated

My co-author John Bullough updated our Comics Research Bibliography over the holidays. We went from 18,500 citations to 23, 880 in our neverending battle to aid research on comic art. I don't check the email account listed on the site anymore due to literally thousands of pieces of spam, but feel free to post comments and suggestions here.

QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE FRIDAY 01-04-08

QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE FRIDAY 01-04-08
By John Judy

(NOTE: Comics are once again delayed two days because of the holidays. Happy New Year!)

30 DAYS OF NIGHT, VOL. 8: RED SNOW written and drawn by Ben Templesmith. Y’know, at first I was going to snark about how the vampires’ current prey seems to be dead horses, but then I noticed this was by the guy who drew the first “30 Days” series. This one’s set in Russia circa 1941 and looks very much worth a read. Recommended.

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #10 by Joss Whedon and Georges Jeanty. Willow and the Buffster meet a demon while Dawn confides to Xander how she “filled out” and then some. Recommended.

DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF THE ATOM VOL. 4 HC by Various Creators. This volume collects issues #23-32 of the original series, plus a guest-shot in “Occult Files of Dr. Spektor #14”, thus completing the entire Silver-Age run of this early Gold Key/Wilson hero.

DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #4 by Warren Ellis and Ivan Rodriguez. It was solicited for October of last year and sucks a lot less than the Avatar Press website which sucks quite a bit. Featuring a variant wrap-around cover and a 1-in-15 variant cover, which is the sure sign of a great (and highly collectable!) comic.

END LEAGUE #1 by Rick Remender and Mat Broome. From the creator of “Fear Agent” comes this new series about the last superheroes on earth and their quest for the hammer of Thor. Good thing mythological figures are public domain, eh? This one has a preview up on YouTube. Worth a look.

ESSENTIAL POWER MAN AND IRON FIST VOL. 1 SC by Lotsa People including Chris Claremont and John Byrne. “It’s so dark… I can barely make it out… is it…the Bottom of the Barrel?! What’s it doing up there?”

GRAVEL #0 by Warren Ellis & Mike Wolfer and Raulo Caceres. Okay, it’s “co-written” by Ellis which historically means the soggy cocktail napkin was handed to the interns to decipher and a room full of lemurs to type up. That said, it has a rave from Garth Ennis in which he says “It’s like someone made a comic just for me.” That and the art by “Crecy” co-creator Raulo Caceres elevate this to a must-read for the week. Recommended.

NORTHLANDERS #2 by Brian Wood and Davide Gianfelice. Prince Sven the Viking is back home and looking to square accounts with the uncle who’s taken all his stuff. It’s like “Hamlet” if Hamlet had less depression, more A.D.D., and no mommy issues. Recommended, but not for kids.

OMEGA THE UNKNOWN #4 of 10 by Jonathan Lethem and Farel Dalrymple. An interesting series featuring a new take on the classic Steve Gerber cult hero. Possibly it will read more smoothly in trade but for now it’s a good read for those who like a slow build.

PATH OF THE ASSASSIN VOL. 8: SHINOBI WITH EXTENDING FISTS SC by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. From the guys who gave us “Lone Wolf and Cub”, it’s more stuff like that! For ages 18 and over!

POWERS VOL. 11: SECRET IDENTITY SC by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Avon Oeming. Collecting issues #19-24 featuring the adventures of two homicide cops in a world of super-heroes and trademark Bendis patter.

PRIDE OF BAGHDAD SC by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon. Finally in soft-cover for all us cheapskates out here in Comicsville! From the gifted creator of “Ex Machina”, “Y the Last Man”, and “Runaways” this is the story of four lions who escape from the Baghdad Zoo after a 2003 bombing raid. Highly recommended unless you live in San Francisco. (Too soon?)

TEEN TITANS: YEAR ONE #1 of 6 by Amy Wolfram and Karl Kerschl. Pretty much what it says, notable for the vaguely manga look to the art and the scripting being done by the writer of the animated Titans series. Worth a look.

THUNDERBOLTS #118 by Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato. Dark Speedball beats up his shrink. Super-heroes are about the wish-fulfillment, kids…

ULTIMATE HUMAN #1 of 4 by Warren Ellis and Cary Nord. Finally a comic book about Chuck Norris! From now on there are no comic shops. There are only Chuck Norris shops! (Actually it’s about Iron Man fighting the Hulk. Don’t tell Chuck.)

UNCANNY X-MEN #494 by Ed Brubaker and Billy Tan. Hockey goalies dream of being padded like this latest X-crossover. Just remember: It’s this comic that helps make “Criminal” possible. (C’mon, you bought all the others….)

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Zadzooks on Satchel Paige

A review of James Sturm's new book, among others at "Double Paige narrative looks at baseball, racism," By Joseph Szadkowski, Washington Times, December 29, 2007. He also looks at a Daredevil collection and JG Jones' 52 covers.

Persepolis snubbing DC?

Anyone have any idea if we're going to get this? It opened in a lot of the rest of the country on Christmas day, but I've seen nothing about it being in DC.

Bits from the Examiner

Today's paper has The Best of Beeler 2007 in it, 5 cartoons. I don't think I agree w/ the editor's choices, but check it out and see what you think.

Also, Sam and Max was a comic book back in the day, and it was selected as the year's #1 videogame on page 21.

Dec 28: Big Planet Vienna CBLDF fundraising party

Randy T sends along this missive

Just a reminder we are closed on Christmas, and will be getting new books on FRIDAY this week because of the holiday. So we’ll be open 11-7 Wed and Thurs, but 11-8 on Friday when the new comics come in.

PLUS: We will also be hosting a special party Friday from 5 to 8 pm for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The Fund is a non-profit that supports the First Amendment and raises money and legal assistance for comic book creators and retailers who are unfairly targeted by people who often think that “comics are just for kids.”

Their website is http://www.cbldf.org if you want to read more about some of the outrageous cases they’ve had to fight against.

CBLDF members will get an additional 10% off anything they buy during the party, and the first 50 members will also get a free gift bag with lots of limited stuff, and Big Planet will donate 10% of the proceeds during that time to the fund. (You can also sign up to be a member during the party - a yearly membership is only $25.) Plus, the party will be hosted by former Big Planet Vienna manager, and now CBLDF Fundraising Manager, Elizabeth Schreck!


Have a good break, and see you all later this week!

Jared Smith

bigplanetvienna@verizon.net

Big Planet Comics - Vienna

http://www.bigplanetcomics.com

Zadzooks last minute gift ideas

See "Superheroes on alert to rescue procrastinators," By Joseph Szadkowski, Washington Times December 22, 2007

Comics bits in Sunday's Post

The undersung greeting card cartoonist gets a piece in the Jobs section - see
"They Wish You a Merry Christmas Card: Writers and Artists by The Thousands Craft Holiday Greetings," By Vickie Elmer, The Washington Post, Sunday, December 23, 2007; K01

and it turns out there really is something in Cinderella's castle in Disney World. See "At Disney World, a Real Cinderella Story," by Eve Zibart, Washington Post Sunday, December 23, 2007; Page P05

Weingarten on Post's comics shenanigans

In his December 18th Chatalogical Humor chat, Gene Weingarten said,

"Yes, I hate the new Sunday comics squeeze, too. It's bad and I hate it. And I hate that Weekend is losing Tom The Dancing Bug, one of the few remaining strips with a brain.

Hate, hate, hate."

with reader responses of an outpouring of love for Tom the Dancing Bug, and:

Hate, Hate, Hate: Opus has been shrunk to one quarter of its original size. Need reading glasses......

Get down to comics and smack the individual responsible!

Gene Weingarten: They don't listen to me.

and:

Washington, D.C.: Tom the Dancing Bug is going away?! I'd cancel my subscription if I had one. I certainly won't get another subscription now. I had been considering going Friday through Sunday only, but not anymore. What's going in his space? More crap to entertain the dozen kids in the area who don't watch tv nonstop?

Gene Weingarten: I dunno. I am upset.

and:

Bethesda, Md.: Why is Weekend dropping Tom the Dancing Bug? That's the smartest strip around. Can't they move it to Outlook or somewhere else? Should we riot?

Gene Weingarten: I would never personally endorse a riot. In fact, inciting to riot is a crime. So I would never personally endorse RIOTING. But some action is in order short of rioting.

and:

Tom the Dancing Bug:...is available Thursday on Salon.com -- in color no less.

Gene Weingarten: Noted. Boy, I hate posting this. DON'T READ THE POST, READ SALON!

QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE FRIDAY 12-28-07

QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE FRIDAY 12-28-07
By John Judy

(NOTE: Friday, not Wednesday, this week for comics. L)

ACTION COMICS #860 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. There’s mad doings in the future with the Legion of Super-Heroes! Recommended for anyone who needs more time-travel continuity to keep up with! From the powerhouse scribe of the JSA!

AL WILLIAMSON READER VOL. 1 SC by Al Williamson. A great collection of stories and art from a comics and fantasy illustration legend. Recommended.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #545 by J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada. It’s the final chapter in which Spidey must sell his marriage to the Devil. Note to younger fans: If you see anyone laughing in the comics stores this week it means they are, or have been, married.

AVENGERS INITIATIVE #8 by Dan Slott and Stefano Caselli. The first batch of recruits are about to graduate even as a new bunch is coming in. Humor and adventure mix perfectly in what is probably the best series to come out of Marvel’s “Civil War.” Recommended.

BATMAN #672 by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel. There’s a Third Batman out there killing cops! Hmmm, maybe he’s tight with the Third Kryptonian over in the Super-books? Nah, not going there. And who’s the second Batman in all this? Gotta look.

BLACK PANTHER #33 by Reginald Hudlin and Francis Portella. Lotsa great fights on the Skrull Gangsta World in which it becomes apparent that Skrulls have almost no imagination. It’s like a world of Rob Liefelds who can shape-shift…

BRAVE AND BOLD #9 by Mark Waid and George Perez. The Book of Destiny has been opened! Looks like someone’s not waiting for the movie! Recommended for everyone who loves the Silver-Age as much as Waid. Try it, whipper-snappers! It’s good for ya! (Cough, wheeze, hack…)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #33 by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting. Winter Bucky versus Iron Man! With a final panel we all knew had to come. Good stuff!

CAPTAIN MARVEL #2 of 5 by Brian Reed and Lee Weeks. Okay, I’ll admit it: I am completely stumped at what Marv sees in the old painting. Guest-starring Ms. Marvel and an old painting.

CRIME BIBLE: FIVE LESSONS OF BLOOD #3 of 5 by Greg Rucka and Matthew Clark. “The Lesson of Greed” guest-starring Vice-President Cheney and the Haliburton Gang! Buy every copy, because no one else deserves this comic but you! Recommended.

DAN DARE #2 of 7 by Garth Ennis and Gary Erskin. The pilot of the future is back on the job, Ennis-style! Imagine “War Story” set in space. Recommended.

DAREDEVIL #103 by Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark. DD actually stands for “Down and Dirty” as Matt Murdock fights his way to Mr. Fear and the cure to his wife’s madness. Recommended.

DAREDEVIL BY FRANK MILLER OMNIBUS COMPANION HC by Frank and Friends. If Miller breathed on it before it hit the newsstands it’s probably in here. From the glory days before Miller went Hollywood/Nuts, back he still recognized the word “No.” Recommended.

GIANT SIZE AVENGERS SPECIAL #1 by Lotsa People. It’s 55 pages, plus re-prints!

GREEN LANTERN #26 by Geoff Johns and Mike McKone. The GL Corps gets a shake-up with the arrival of the Alpha Lanterns. Intriguing….

HELLBLAZER #239 by Andy Diggle and Leonardo Manco. Refugees from Sudan are bearing a package for one known only as “The Laughing Magician.” Wonder who that could be? Leads into a three-parter marking the 20th anniversary of this flagship Vertigo title. Recommended.

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #37 by Jim Shooter, Francis Manapul, and John Livesay. Wow, nevermind the story in the book. The real “gotta-look” is Jim Shooter returning to the title he first wrote back in the mid 1960s when he was thirteen years old. Wow.

MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #3 of 5 by Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips. It takes a slugger like Kirkman to make good zombies scare you more than bad zombies. Not for kids but otherwise recommended.

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN-AGE HUMAN TORCH VOL. 2 HC by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Basil Wolverton, and Mickey-friggin-Spillane! Golden-Age epics from 1941-42, collecting HT #5-8. Torch versus Sub-Mariner versus Hitler and…GAH!! Just read it while your brain pops and sizzles to the classic excellence contained herein! Highly recommended!

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL.5 HC by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. Collecting Spidey #41-50, plus Annual #3. This one has the first appearance of future Mrs. Spidey, Mary-Jane Watson. “Face it, Tiger…”

PUNISHER #53 by Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov. Okay, after the last page of the previous issue you know this one’s gonna be savage, out of control mayhem, right? Not for kids, highly recommended.

SATCHEL PAIGE: STRIKING OUT JIM CROW HC and SC by James Sturm and Rich Tommaso. A fictionalized account of the legendary ball-player’s life, from his early days to the peak of his career in the Negro Leagues. Highly recommended, as are all of Mr. Sturm’s other works. A preview is available online at www.cartoonstudies.org

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE BRAVE & THE BOLD: BATMAN TEAM-UPS VOL. 2 SC by Dennis O’Neil, Bob Haney, Neil Adams, Nick Cardy, Jim Aparo, and more. Collecting B&B #88-109. Crack cocaine for Silver-Agers. Fun stuff for all ages. Recommended.

STEVE RUDE: ARTIST IN MOTION HC by Steve Rude and John Fleskes. Limited to 1000 copies this book explores the work and philosophy of a master illustrator who still considers himself an “art student.” If you haven’t treated yourself to anything wonderful lately, now is the time. Highly recommended.

THOR #5 by J. Michael Straczynski and Olivier Coipel. The return of a character who’s been through some changes. If I were Thor I would be having some serious oogies after this issue. Pretty art.

ULTIMATE POWER #9 of 9 by Jeph Loeb and Greg Land. They promise it’s ending this week, hopefully with a big ol’ fight!

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #117 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen. This is the final battle between Ultimate Spidey and Ultimate Gobby! For now! Honest! I wonder who wins?

X-MEN #206 by Mike Carey and Chris Bachalo. Okay, so now we know the Mutant Killer Jesus Baby is cute and has the super-power to make Cable mute. Also there’s a mutant-eating dog loose who really needs someone to go Old Yelller on him. And could anyone on the X-teams who isn’t a traitor, please raise your hand? Are they only taking the stupid telepaths now?

Plus, PREVIEWS by Diamond and Marvel. The future is now!

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AP article on growing acceptibility of comics in Express

The Express has an AP article on comics courses featuring quotes by Carol Tyler.

Richard Thompson's HeroesCon invite

Noted Arlington cartoonist Richard Thompson is among the recently announced guests for Charlotte, NC's HeroesCon.

My next project

Earlier this year, I posted this Film & TV Adaptations of Comics list here, and attempted to update it on the fly. That didn't work all that well, so I'm going to self-publish it through Lulu.com later this month. It's all-revised (anyone know anything about Jewel of the Gods, a possible South African comic) and with a new index will be over 130 pages long. It's a listing of basic information for comic strips, comic books, manga/anime, pirated characters, fan films and the like. Details to follow.

Wash Post apparently doesn't get any favorable letters about comics

Or doesn't run them if it does. In "Your Pique Grows While Your Comics Shrink"
Saturday, December 15, 2007; Page A19, the two letters about the comics read:

My family's peaceful, serene ritual of reading the Sunday morning paper together is in jeopardy. You see, it works this way: My wife gets the front page first, I get the Business section first and the two kids split the Sunday comics. Then the sections are exchanged. Everybody is happy.

Now, in one fell swoop, The Post threatens the very tranquility and quality family time that we've come to cherish every weekend. Whose featherbrained idea was it to "combine the two comics sections into one convenient section"? Convenient for whom? Now our Sundays will be filled with bickering, battling and brawls as my wife and I will be relegated to mediating the battle for the single comics section.

-- Eric Fremont
Fairfax

The Post has made a major error by reducing to squint-size the comics we readers have come to love.

I do not exaggerate when I say that I have had to buy a large magnifying glass to figure out what in the world is going on with the many characters I know so well. And before you dismiss this as the grump of an old fogey, consider that my eyesight is 20/20.

-- Wes Pedersen
Chevy Chase

OT: Metropolitan Museum of Art commissions Sorel

Edward Sorel's done an ad for them, "Home is Where the Art Is." The New York Times had a black and white print of it on the 14th and online there's a teeny-tiny version.