Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/28/22
Dictionary and compendium: English professor publishes comic dictionary
Memorial University Gazette March 17, 2022
https://gazette.mun.ca/research/books-at-memorial/dictionary-and-compendium/
'Sonic the Hedgehog 2': Film Review
Justin Lowe
March 28, 2022
DC Universe Infinite now available outside of the U.S.
The app is available in Canada now, with more countries gaining access over the next few months
Joe Grunenwald
03/28/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-universe-infinite-international-access/
Ukrainians have faced Russian terror before
By Paul Karasik
Washington Post (March 27, 2022)
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/25/ukraine-russia-holodomor-terror/
Con Report: Angoulême returned with style in 2022
With the dust settled, and wifi access restored, Dean Simons takes a pictorial look back at Angoulême 2022
Dean Simons
03/28/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/con-report-angouleme-returned-with-style-in-2022/
INTERVIEW: Alek Shrader talks adapting the iconic opera CARMEN as a graphic novel
The Kickstarter campaign to fund the graphic novel is live now.
Joe Grunenwald
03/28/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/alek-shrader-carmen-gn-interview/
The best graphic novels from Quebec (no matter what your taste)
By François Vigneault
March 2022?
https://shepherd.com/best-books/graphic-novels-from-quebec-no-matter-your-taste
"I'm A Citizen Of Gay America": An Interview With Eric Orner
Alex Dueben | March 28, 2022
https://www.tcj.com/im-a-citizen-of-gay-america-an-interview-with-eric-orner/
"Hubert" and World War Two [Paul S. Snyder]
by D. D. Degg
March 27, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/03/27/hubert-and-world-war-two/
Unknown. 1942.
Sergeant Snyder, Creator of Hubert, Is Transferred: Will Do Animation Work.
Biloxi Daily Herald (December 30).
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/03/27/hubert-and-world-war-two/
Amis, Everett O. 1942.
Stork Didn't Bring Hubert, Pvt. Snyder Tells Protégé.
Biloxi Daily Herald (June 17).
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/03/27/hubert-and-world-war-two/
Wonder Harbour Comics fire determined arson, damages estimated at $450K
Investigators have determined the fire was deliberately set and originated on the main floor
Anna Junker
Mar 28, 2022
Lena Henningsen and Duncan Paterson
READCHINA: The Politics of Reading in the People's Republic of China March 15 2022
https://readchina.github.io/comics/
MSX Bonus Podcast #1: Ken Niimura talks 'Spicy Tuna'
Christopher Woodrow-Butcher and Deb Aoki
MSX: Mangasplaining Extra March 28 2022
https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/bonus-podcast-ken-niimura-talks-spicy
The Daily Heller: The Profusely Incomparable Edward Sorel at 93
By Steven Heller
March 24 2022
The Daily Heller
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-the-profusely-brilliant-edward-sorel-at-93/
France summons Russian envoy over embassy Twitter cartoon that mocked Europe
By John Irish
March 25, 2022
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-summons-russian-envoy-over-embassy-twitter-cartoon-that-mocked-europe-2022-03-25/
Disney Says Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Bill Should Be Repealed as Gov. DeSantis Signs It Into Law
A company rep says the legislation "should never have passed and should never have been signed into law."
Alex Weprin
March 28, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-says-floridas-dont-say-gay-bill-should-be-repealed-as-gov-desantis-signs-it-into-law-1235120892/
The Daily Heller: The Profusely Incomparable Edward Sorel at 93
By Steven Heller
The Daily Heller March 24 2022
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-the-profusely-brilliant-edward-sorel-at-93/
The Incredible Hulk & The Amazing Spider-Man: The Gamma Gambit [toilet paper merchandising].
Tom Brevoort
The Tom Brevoort Experience March 26, 2022
https://tombrevoort.com/2022/03/26/the-incredible-hulk-the-amazing-spider-man-the-gamma-gambit/
Human New Yorkers and Their Doppelgänger Dogs
Five cartoonists fanned out across the city to find pet owners and their look-alike canines.
Jeremy Nguyen, Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell, Emily Bernstein, Jason Adam Katzenstein, Carolita Johnson
New Yorker March 26, 2022
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/human-new-yorkers-and-their-doppelganger-dogs
Monday, March 28, 2022
Karasik on Ukrainians in yesterday's Post
Ukrainians have faced Russian terror before
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/27/22
With $9.3M in fresh funding, Zestworld plans a newsletter service for creator-owned comics
Brian Heater
TechCrunch March 21, 2022
And It Looks Like We've Made It Once Again [Abrams ComicArts; Hulk vs Thor]
By Graeme McMillan • Issue #24 March 25 2022
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/and-it-looks-like-we-ve-made-it-once-again-1099794
Hulk and Thor's Marvel rivalry may finally be put to rest
Who is the strongest Avenger?
By Graeme McMillan Mar 23, 2022, https://www.polygon.com/22991749/hulk-vs-thor-strongest-marvel-comics-who-would-win
Nick Newman
How should cartoonists respond to war?
From magazine issue: 26 March 2022
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-should-cartoonists-respond-to-war
CSotD: The Art of War
by Mike Peterson
March 27, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/03/27/csotd-the-art-of-war/
Australian Cartoonists' 2021 Stanley Awards
by D. D. Degg
March 26, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/03/26/australian-cartoonists-2021-stanley-awards/
Exhibition in photos: Aude Picault at the 49th Angoulême International Comics Festival
by Nick Nguyen
International Journal of Comic Art blog March 26, 2022
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/03/exhibition-in-photos-aude-picault-at.html
Tone-deaf comics aren't funny [WuMo letter]
Lana Nelson
Washington Post March 26 2022
The Comics That Made Them with John Allison
By David Harper
March 22, 2022
https://sktchd.com/interview/the-comics-that-made-them-with-john-allison/Sunday, March 27, 2022
That darn WUMO
Tone-deaf comics aren't funny
The Feb. 28 "WuMo" comic was tone-deaf and callous. Its timing demonstrated a lack of attention and insensitivity to current world events. It was stupid rather than funny.
Lana Nelson, Annapolis
Washington Post March 26 2022
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Walt Ditzen safety PSAs from 1955
I ran across these two National Safety Council cartoons by Walt Ditzen in a scanned copy of the Navy Medical Center San Diego newspaper Dry Dock. The 'resume speed' cartoon is from Sept. 22, 1950, and "traffic is unusually heavy today" is from Sept. 8, 1950.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/25/22
Famous Waunakee cartoonist John Kovalic sells signature posters to support Ukraine
Ward Jolles
Mar 19, 2022
Sherman's Lagoon Relocates to Andrews McMeel
by D. D. Degg
March 24, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/03/24/shermans-lagoon-relocates-to-andrews-mcmeel/
Q & A with Scott Magoon
By Nathalie op de Beeck
Mar 24, 2022
Dr. Seuss Made More Money Than Ever Before After Pulling Racist Books. Here's How CEO Susan Brandt Did It
By Megan McCluskey
March 20, 2022
https://time.com/6148788/dr-seuss-enterprises-ceo-susan-brandt-interview/
Zorro in Arkham: Reflecting on a Legendary Batman Saga With Writer Grant Morrison, Part 1
Grant Morrison looks back at the stories that introduced Batman's son and transformed Joker.
By Jesse Schedeen
16 Mar 2022
https://www.ign.com/articles/batman-grant-morrison-retrospective-interview-joker-damian-wayne
The Fire Burns Forever: Reflecting on a Legendary Batman Saga With Writer Grant Morrison, Part 2
On the perils of navigating a Crisis and giving Damian Wayne a proper farewell.
By Jesse Schedeen
1 Mar 2022
https://www.ign.com/articles/batman-grant-morrison-retrospective-interview-final-crisis-new-52
Some Thoughts on Toxic Fandom in British Comics – Or Why the UK Comics Industry is Right to Unshackle Itself from What Amounts to Comicsgate-Style Thinking
Andy Oliver
March 22, 2022 https://www.brokenfrontier.com/toxic-fandom-comicsgate-uk-comics/
PW Comics World: More To Come
More To Come 509: Julie Doucet Wins Angouleme Grand Prix
Calvin Reid, Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons
03/18/2022
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1191
PETER BAGGE for BUDDY DOES JERSEY — March 2022 Masterpiece Selection
Mar 23, 2022
Comix Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTNX2LcaTlQ
Elsa Charretier Talks Love Everlasting Star Wars and More
March 23, 2022 wordballoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtnT_1u2I6A
Marc Bernardin' Star Trek Picard and His New Graphic Novel
Mar 22, 2022
wordballoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRisNWVe6t4
Rodney Barnes Talks HBO LAKERS KIladelphia and Boxing
Mar 22, 2022 wordballoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=842s8r9V_go
Knights and Fantasy in Winds Of Numa Sera [Morgan Rosenblum]
Mar 21, 2022 wordballoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOkloKvJfgo
Off Panel #346: Known Unknowns with Katie Pryde [store owner]
David Harper
Mar 21, 2022
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-346-known-unknowns-with-katie-pryde
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Katie_Pryde.mp3
March 25, 2022 Anna Claire Mauney
Encanto: The Art History & Anthropology Behind the Movie
https://www.artandobject.com/slideshows/encanto-art-history-anthropology-behind-movie
The Simpsons Creator, Matt Groening, Sells Apple Computers To Impressionable Youths In This Rarity.
Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg and Warren Bernard
Mar 19, 2022
Cartoonist Kayfabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHoRUnZuylo
Winsor McCay! The First Master of Comic Art (Except for that Dialogue Lettering). Archives Unlocked!
Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg and Warren Bernard
Mar 20, 2022
Cartoonist Kayfabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7YIkkT2tNA
A Super Rare DAN CLOWES Artifact! 1 of 100 In Existence!!
Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg and Warren Bernard
Mar 24, 2022
Cartoonist Kayfabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgonPO50PbI
Peak Superman (1940s)! King of All Media! Books, War Bonds, Cartoons, Serials, Newspaper Strips!
Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg and Warren Bernard
Mar 22, 2022
Cartoonist Kayfabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9ZE9Ma7dw4
Warren Bernard shows us peak Superman - books, war bonds, cartoons, serials, comic strips.
HELP! by Harvey Kurtzman! The Origins of Underground Comix and Monty Python in One Humor Magazine!
Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg and Warren Bernard
Mar 23, 2022
Cartoonist Kayfabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep-6VxVHLVM
'Flee' makes Oscar history, and resonates with the refugee crises
The movie is the first to be nominated in the documentary, animated and international feature categories
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post March 25 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/03/25/flee-movie-oscars-hulu/
Piecing It All Together: PW Talks with Emma Grove
By Shaenon Garrity
Mar 18, 2022
Squire is a fantastical feast for the eyes with bold historical roots
Yes, the book is an epic of girls with swords, but it's also about how identity is shaped by stories—and who gets to tell them.
Caitlin Rosberg
AV Club March 24 2022
https://www.avclub.com/squire-comic-review-shammas-alfageeh-1848681246
Finally, Marvel Studios is getting around to a Nova movie or TV show
The Human Rocket is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe... one way or another
Sam Barsanti
AV Club March 24 2022
https://www.avclub.com/marvel-studios-nova-disney-plus-mcu-1848699268
Anton Dyakov, Director Of The Oscar-Nominated 'Boxballet,' On Crafting An Unconventional Love Story [CTB Film Company; Russia's Melnitsa Animation Studio]
Alex Dudok de Wit
Cartoon Brew 3/22/2022
Draw Mr. Wolf with the Cast + Director! | THE BAD GUYS
Mar 24, 2022
Peacock Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G_AveHq_JQ
Disney Employees Walk Out Amid Furor Over Florida Legislation
By Brooks Barnes
A version of this article appears in print on March 23, 2022, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Anti-Gay Bill Spurs Walkout, Rattling Disney.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/business/media/disney-florida-employee-protests.html
This Amoeba's Got A Mind Of Its Own – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | March 25, 2022
https://www.tcj.com/this-amoebas-got-a-mind-of-its-own-this-weeks-links/
Mangasplaining Ep. 54: Listen To Me! With Ken Niimura
Interview conducted by Christopher Woodrow-Butcher and Deb Aoki
MSX: Mangasplaining Extra March 24 2022
https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/podcast-ep-54-interview-with-ken
Op-Ed: How superhero comics became my springboard to questioning the way things are [Wonder Woman, Nubia, African-American]
By Darieck Scott
March 21, 2022
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-03-21/op-ed-superhero-comics-black-nubia-wonder-woman
Tim Seeley and Aaron Campbell breakdown the vampire saga 'West of Sundown'
A madcap medling of Westerns, vampires, and romance stories.
Chris Coplan
March 22, 2022
https://aiptcomics.com/2022/03/22/west-of-sundown-creator-qa/
Smash Pages Q&A | Kendra Wells
Alex Dueben
March 23, 2022
https://smashpages.net/2022/03/23/smash-pages-qa-kendra-wells/
Joshua Williamson teases 'Death of the Justice League' and the epic events of 'Dark Crisis'
By Matthew Jackson
March 18, 2022,
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/joshua-williamson-teases-death-of-the-justice-league
From Page to Screen: Adrian Tomine on Having His Work Adapted for Paris, 13th District
Michael Leader
24 Mar 2022
'It's a culture war that's totally out of control': the authors whose books are being banned in US schools [Art Spiegelman]
Claire Armitstead
Our Graphic Novel Is A Banned Book [Go With the Flow]
Lily Williams
March 22 2022
https://lilywilliamsart.com/2022/03/22/gowiththeflow-banned-book/
A Visit to Family Crumb at Zwirner Paris [exhibit]
by Gerald Heng
International Journal of Comic Art blog March 26, 2022
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-visit-to-family-crumb-at-zwirner-paris.html