Wednesday, April 10, 2024

SUPERMAN sells for $6 million; ACTION COMICS #1, the comic debut of The Man of Steel, sold for a record-breaking $6 million making it the most valuable comic sold of all time.

Christian Angeles

04/09/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/superman-sells-for-6-million/

'Jujutsu Kaisen' Named World's Most Popular Anime

By Mercedes Milligan

April 8, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/jujutsu-kaisen-named-worlds-most-popular-anime/

Reviews: Victory Parade [Leela Corman]

Henry Chamberlain | April 9, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/victory-parade/

A visually arresting graphic novel reflects on the Holocaust's long shadow; In 'Victory Parade,' Leela Corman captures the pain carried from one generation to the next [in print as Arresting reflections on the Holocaust's Long Shadow]

Review by Kay Sohini

Washington Post April 7, 2024 : B5.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/04/02/victory-parade-leela-corman-review/

Jordan Mechner vs. the sands of time. Media is vanishing. The famed game designer is fighting to save it. [in print as A video-game vanguard who keeps his eyes on the past]

By Gene Park

Washington Post April 3, 2024: C1, 8.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2024/04/01/jordan-mechner-prince-persia-karateka/

"Dracula and the Tailor" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

April 8, 2024 by Lawrence Wood

https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/dracula-and-the-tailor-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

The CartoonStock Caption Contest Jury

Bob Mankoff, Lawrence Wood, Trevor Hoey and Joel Mishon

CartoonStock, a Cartoon Collections Co.

Apr 5, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFPvh0DaefM

EPISODE 224 - ANDRÉ LIMA ARAÚJO, Comic Book Artist

J Alex Morrissey and André Lima Araújo

TRADECRAFT Apr 09, 2024

https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-224-andre-lima-araujo

Comic Watchers Epi. 211: Mark Russell Takes Readers To The Darkside of Social Media in Death Ratio'd

Chris Sotomayor

Comic Watch Apr 4, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61dmqFUQhGw

'Pinoy Power' exhibit features Filipino cartoonists who drew for major publishers [Rina Ayuyang]

KALW | By Jeneé Darden

Published April 8, 2024

This interview aired in the April 8, 2024 episode of Crosscurrents.

https://www.kalw.org/2024-04-08/pinoy-power-exhibit-features-filipino-cartoonists-who-drew-for-major-publishers

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

WaPo graphic novel articles catchup

A visually arresting graphic novel reflects on the Holocaust's long shadow; In 'Victory Parade,' Leela Corman captures the pain carried from one generation to the next [in print as Arresting reflections on the Holocaust's Long Shadow]

Review by Kay Sohini

Washington Post April 7, 2024 : B5.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/04/02/victory-parade-leela-corman-review/

Jordan Mechner vs. the sands of time. Media is vanishing. The famed game designer is fighting to save it. [in print as A video-game vanguard who keeps his eyes on the past]

By Gene Park

Washington Post April 3, 2024: C1, 8.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2024/04/01/jordan-mechner-prince-persia-karateka/

Them Birds Don't Fly by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/8/2024

On the Road with Grant Morrison for the Total Solar Eclipse

(To The Land's End - Redux)

Steve Cook

Secret Oranges Apr 08, 2024

https://secretoranges.substack.com/p/on-the-road-with-grant-morrison-for

Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods

Patrick Meaney

2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7WzJ_IuWtw

'Vivi and the Planet Protectors,' a Journey of Purpose, Creativity and Collaboration

By Tina Newman and Lindsay Watson

Animation Magazine

April 5, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/vivi-and-the-planet-protectors-a-journey-of-purpose-creativity-and-collaboration/

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode eighty-two | Skottie Young, part two

April 8 2024

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/excuse-me-sir

Henson Shop Creative Supervisor David Barrington-Holt Dies at 78

By Animation Magazine

April 5, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/henson-shop-creative-supervisor-david-barrington-holt-dies-at-78/

'Epic Tails' Director David Alaux Discusses His Mythic Mouse Adventure (Exclusive Clip)

Mercedes Milligan

April 5, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/epic-tails-director-david-alaux-discusses-his-mythic-mouse-adventure-exclusive-clip/

Interview: Louis Southard on COMICS ARE DYING: THE COMIC

The lauded creator opens up about how his brand-new, crowdfunded anthology came to be and more.

Diego Higuera

04/08/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-louis-southard-on-comics-are-dying-the-comic/

Cartoon Network Studios launches digital experience for iconic artist stairwell

Taimur Dar

04/08/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/cartoon-network-studios-artist-stairwell-digital-experience/

CSotD: I've got the Sun in the morning and also the Moon in the morning [eclipse cartoons]

Mike Peterson

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/08/csotd-ive-got-the-sun-in-the-morning-and-also-the-moon-in-the-morning/

China Box Office: Hayao Miyazaki's 'The Boy and The Heron' Soars to $73M Over Holiday Weekend

China is now the biggest market for Studio Ghibli's Oscar-winning fantasy film, which has earned $61 million at home in Japan.

Patrick Brzeski

April 7, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/china-box-office-boy-and-the-heron-1235868319/

After Rick and Michonne's Reunion, Where Will 'The Walking Dead' Universe Go Next?

Josh Wigler

April 7, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-walking-dead-rick-michonne-daryl-reunion-1235868222/

Steve Ditko Didn't Draw Aunt May Giving Peter Parker Wheatcakes

Steve Ditko Didn't Draw Aunt May Giving Peter Parker Wheatcakes - Not Originally Anyway. Any idea what he originally intended?

07 Apr 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/steve-ditko-didnt-draw-aunt-may-giving-peter-parker-wheatcakes/

How Bluey Became a $2 Billion Smash Hit—With an Uncertain Future

The Australian children's show auteur Joe Brumm is at a crossroads: Keep growing, or end one of the best runs on TV.

By Devin Leonard

Bloomberg Businessweek April 3, 2024

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-03/is-bluey-ending-disney-s-worried-biggest-kids-show-ever-is-at-risk

Spectator Sport: The Cartoons of Sham's Saturday Smile [Shamsuddin H Akib, Singapore]
Justin Zhuang
January 2, 2018
http://justinzhuang.com/posts/shams-saturday-smile-one-illustrators-spectator-sport/

Monday, April 08, 2024

Another Spider-Man mystery revealed by study at the Library of Congress!

Steve Ditko Didn't Draw Aunt May Giving Peter Parker Wheatcakes

Steve Ditko Didn't Draw Aunt May Giving Peter Parker Wheatcakes - Not Originally Anyway. Any idea what he originally intended?

07 Apr 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/steve-ditko-didnt-draw-aunt-may-giving-peter-parker-wheatcakes/

and from the end of the story...

Christos Gage gave permission for Bleeding Cool to reprint this observation but wanted to underline that I "credit Sara Duke, Curator, Popular & Applied Graphic Art, Prints and Photographs Division, with knowing what the pencil note said. She knows all of them (by heart) and is super helpful with any inquiries, setting up visits, etc. She also welcomes donations of comic art to the Library of Congress, and is especially keen to acquire some Jack Kirby art, as they currently don't have any, and the high cost of vintage comic book art makes it tough to acquire any under their limited budget. Here's a link to the Library of Congress's web site."

Path of Totality by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/6-7/2024

Fantom's own Raven Smith (@writeravenwrite) joins us to discuss the fantasy series GODFELL that she story edited!

Jacob Shapiro

w/ special interview assist by Kat Overland (@dogunderwater).

Fantom Comics March 7 2024 https://www.instagram.com/p/C5eSoG-R4D9/

Creating local comic book company a dream come true for my son and me [Daniel Torres; Space Chimp Comics]

John A. Torres

Florida Today https://www.floridatoday.com/story/life/2024/04/07/brevards-space-chimp-comics-a-dream-come-true-for-its-creators/73022769007/

Bryan Talbot: The comics legend lurking in a Sunderland basement

By Duncan Leatherdale

BBC News April 7 2024

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wear-68712698

"The People's Joker" Is an Outlaw Vision of the Superhero Movie

Vera Drew's D.I.Y. parody of "Joker" has all the wild humor and transgressive freedom of John Waters's films.

By Richard Brody

April 6, 2024

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-peoples-joker-is-an-outlaw-vision-of-the-superhero-movie

Juni Ba talks family, adventure, and Linkin Park for 'The Boy Wonder'

The latest (teen-friendly) Black Label title debuts on May 7.

Chris Coplan

April 4, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/04/the-boy-wonder-qa/

Jed MacKay teases 'Blood Hunt,' talks juggling act with 'Avengers' and 'Doctor Strange'

David Brooke

April 4, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/04/jed-mackay-blood-hunt-and-more/

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 270: Robin and Valiant return, and Dennis Hopeless talks 'She's Running on Fumes'

David Brooke, Nathan Simmons and Chris Coplan

April 7, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/07/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-270-dennis-hopeless/

Scott Dunbier On Batman… But Not On Batman

IDW Special Projects Editor and creator of the Artist's Editor volumes, Scott Dunbier, has his last day at IDW today.

05 Apr 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/scott-dunbier-on-batman-but-not-on-batman/

Major Redundancies Hit IDW Publishing Tonight

by Rich Johnston

04 Apr 2024

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/major-redundancies-hit-idw-publishing-tonight/

Cecil Castellucci To Become Her Own Comic Book, With Artist Tattoos

Former nineties indie rock musician, Cecil Castellucci's latest comic is going to be her own skin, a project called "I am the comic book."

06 Apr 2024 by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cecil-castellucci-to-become-her-own-comic-book-with-artist-tattoos/

Kate Beaton's Ducks Was The Biggest Selling Canadian Book In 2023

The biggest-selling book in 2023 from a Canadian publisher was Kate Beaton's graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years In The Oil Sands

06 Apr 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/kate-beatons-ducks-was-the-biggest-selling-canadian-book-in-2023/

Don Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning Palm Beach Post cartoonist, dies at 90

Story by Andrew Marra / Palm Beach Post

MSN.com (April 5 2024): https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/don-wright-pulitzer-prize-winning-palm-beach-post-cartoonist-dies-at-90/ar-BB1l3HGx

A Silver Anniversary for Grand Avenue

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/06/a-silver-anniversary-for-grand-avenue/

Voger, Mark. 1999.

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Breen invites readers to visit 'Grand Avenue'.

Central New Jersey Home News (April 3).

Online at https://i0.wp.com/www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The_Central_New_Jersey_Home_News_Sat__Apr_3__1999_.jpg

Happy 25th Anniversary, "Grand Avenue"!

by GoComics Team

April 04, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/blog/5043/happy-25th-anniversary-grand-avenue

Liniers draws on humor and positivity to illustrate his secrets of storytelling

Argentinian cartoonist Liniers spoke at Still North Books & Bar about how he utilizes optimism in his work.

By Sophie Chadha

Published April 5, 2024

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/04/liniers-draws-on-humor-and-positivity-to-illustrate-his-secrets-of-storytelling

More comics, please! [letter; women cartoonists]

Lynn Rogers

Washington Post April 6 2024: A15.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/06/trump-hush-money-slang/

Letters To Newspapers About Their Comics

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/06/letters-to-newspapers-about-their-comics/

April 6, 2024 [The vital role of satire in upholding democratic values]

By Graeme MacKay

(This is the extended version of my article in The Hamilton Spectator for Saturday April 6, 2024. It appeared in the print and online editions edited for length and undesirable content)

April 6, 2024 by Graeme MacKay

https://mackaycartoons.net/2024/04/06/saturday-april-6-2024-2/

The vital role of satire in upholding democratic values

The natural targets for satire are the people who possess the greatest power and influence, writes Graeme MacKay.

By Graeme MacKay

Hamilton Spectator Editorial Cartoonist

Saturday, April 6, 2024

https://www.thespec.com/opinion/columnists/the-vital-role-of-satire-in-upholding-democratic-values/article_67f8c6bc-914b-5e2a-a3e9-8b45e41759f7.html

Sunday, April 07, 2024

Kat Overland, Editor/Author at WWAC is local

I had the pleasure of meeting her today at Fantom Comics when she did some of the interview with Raven Smith. I'm told she edits the Monday news wrap-up and this link will take you to her work - https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/author/kat-overland/

That darn WaPo shrinking comics page

More comics, please!

Lynn Rogers, Washington

Washington Post April 6 2024: A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/06/trump-hush-money-slang/

When I first arrived in D.C. in the 1970s, The Post printed three full pages of comics. It's time to return to those glory days, and to boost a new generation of comics artists.

The present weekday Post runs six strips that were created by others and continued by different artists under the same titles: "Mark Trail," "Flash Gordon," "Family Circle," "Blondie" and "Beetle Bailey," which repeat the same stale themes. Reruns of "Peanuts" are timeless, though Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury" feels dated.

It would be wonderful to see the Style section run three pages of cutting-edge comics, with a full page devoted to comics by women. There are so many to choose from. To name just a few: Georgia Dunn's "Breaking Cat News"; "Amanda the Great" by Amanda El-Dweek; "Snow Sez" from T. Shepherd; "Jane's World" by Paige Braddock; "Half Full" by Maria Scrivan; "Doodle Town" by Melissa Lomax; Nancy Beiman's "FurBabies"; "The Dinette Set" from Julie Larson; "Flo and Friends" by Jenny Campbell; or Chelsea Carr's "Curses."

There are dozens of other comics by women to choose from. The Post could easily increase the representation of women in its comics pages and make readers happy all at the same time.

Fantom’s own Raven Smith's interview's Instagram feed

Fantom's own Raven Smith (@writeravenwrite) joins us to discuss the fantasy series GODFELL that she story edited!

Jacob Shapiro

w/ special interview assist by Kat Overland (@dogunderwater).

Fantom Comics March 7 2024

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5eSoG-R4D9/

Limited signed copies available~

Raven Smith interviewed at Fantom Comics

Raven is being interviewed now live and on Instagram my Jacob Shapiro at Fantom Comics about God Fell. She edited the book for Vault and the author.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Gone with the Arizona Wind by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/9/2024

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

WaPo graphic novel articles catchup

A visually arresting graphic novel reflects on the Holocaust's long shadow; In 'Victory Parade,' Leela Corman captures the pain carried from one generation to the next [in print as Arresting reflections on the Holocaust's Long Shadow]

Jordan Mechner vs. the sands of time. Media is vanishing. The famed game designer is fighting to save it. [in print as A video-game vanguard who keeps his eyes on the past]

Them Birds Don't Fly by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/8/2024

Monday, April 08, 2024

Another Spider-Man mystery revealed by study at the Library of Congress!

Steve Ditko Didn't Draw Aunt May Giving Peter Parker Wheatcakes

Path of Totality by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/6-7/2024

Sunday, April 07, 2024

Kat Overland, Editor/Author at WWAC is local

That darn WaPo shrinking comics page

More comics, please!

Lynn Rogers, Washington

Washington Post April 6 2024: A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/06/trump-hush-money-slang/

Fantom’s own Raven Smith's interview's Instagram feed

Fantom's own Raven Smith (@writeravenwrite) joins us to discuss the fantasy series GODFELL that she story edited!

Jacob Shapiro

w/ special interview assist by Kat Overland (@dogunderwater).

Fantom Comics March 7 2024

Limited signed copies available~

Raven Smith interviewed at Fantom Comics

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Tuesday, April 09, 2024

A visually arresting graphic novel reflects on the Holocaust's long shadow; In 'Victory Parade,' Leela Corman captures the pain carried from one generation to the next [in print as Arresting reflections on the Holocaust's Long Shadow]

Jordan Mechner vs. the sands of time. Media is vanishing. The famed game designer is fighting to save it. [in print as A video-game vanguard who keeps his eyes on the past]

Monday, April 08, 2024

Steve Ditko Didn't Draw Aunt May Giving Peter Parker Wheatcakes

Sunday, April 07, 2024

More comics, please! Lynn Rogers, Washington Washington Post April 6 2024: A15.online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/06/trump-hush-money-slang/

Fantom's own Raven Smith (@writeravenwrite) joins us to discuss the fantasy series GODFELL that she story edited!

Jacob Shapiro

w/ special interview assist by Kat Overland (@dogunderwater).

Fantom Comics March 7 2024

Limited signed copies available~

More comics, please!

Lynn Rogers, Washington

Washington Post April 6 2024: A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/06/trump-hush-money-slang/