Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Bill Brown reports from Germany

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

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-james-marsden-jim-carrey-1235118991/

 

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

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmontons-wonder-harbour-comics-fire-determined-arson-damages-estimated-at-450k


READCHINA: lianhuanhua : Chinese Comics in Translation
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

By Paul Karasik
Washington Post (March 27, 2022)

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

https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/21/with-9-3m-in-fresh-funding-zestworld-plans-a-newsletter-service-for-creator-owned-comics/

 

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/25/readers-critique-post-theres-no-need-belittle-biden/

 

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



"WuMo" comic published in The Washington Post on Feb. 28 (Mikael Wulff & Anders Morgenthaler)

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.

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

https://www.wkow.com/news/famous-waunakee-cartoonist-john-kovalic-sells-signature-posters-to-support-ukraine/article_182450be-a7e7-11ec-b6b8-3ba17d111c72.html

 

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

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/88859-q-a-with-scott-magoon.html

 

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

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/88803-piecing-it-all-together-pw-talks-with-emma-grove.html

 

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

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/anton-dyakov-director-of-the-oscar-nominated-boxballet-on-crafting-an-unconventional-love-story-214413.html

 

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

https://www.curzon.com/journal/from-page-to-screen-adrian-tomine-on-having-his-work-adapted-for-paris-13th-district/

 

'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

Tue 22 Mar 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/22/its-a-culture-war-thats-totally-out-of-control-the-authors-whose-books-are-being-banned-in-us-schools

 

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