How Artist Barry Blitt Turns Politics and Pop Culture Into Cartoon Gold.
The New Yorker Nov 4, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOtch85xa2M
Interview: Ellen T. Crenshaw on THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: KRISTY AND THE WALKING DISASTER.
Avery Kaplan on 11/06/2024
Pioneering horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu dies at 88
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN November 5, 2024
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15495395
Toriyama resisted ideas for hits 'Dragon Ball,' 'Dr. Slump'
By ATSUSHI OHARA/ Staff Writer
March 9, 2024
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15193440
VOX POPULI: 'Dr. Slump' creator made his mark with toilet humor
Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
March 9, 2024
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15193185
British Animator-Illustrator Emma Calder Dies Age 65
Animation Magazine
November 5, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/11/british-animator-illustrator-emma-calder-dies-age-65/
NFB Animator Torill Kove Receives Spark Animation Lifetime Achievement Award [Canada]
Mercedes Milligan
November 5, 2024
Kazuo Umezu: In His Own Words by John A. Lent [2003 interview reprint]
The Editors | November 6, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/kazuo-umezu-in-his-own-words-by-john-a-lent/
Umezu Kazuo: Japanese Overtures to Madness and Death [reprint from #233]
Ng Suat Tong | November 5, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/the-floating-classroom-by-kazuo-umezu-review/
Barry Blitt's "Back with a Vengeance"
Donald J. Trump's second term.
By Françoise Mouly
November 6, 2024
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2024-11-18
Legendary Horror Manga Author Kazuo Umezu Passes Away After Prolific Career
Marcel Green
Screen Rant November 5 2024
https://screenrant.com/kazuo-umezu-legendary-horror-manga-creator-passes/
Kazuo Umezu, Japan's Mangaka, Had New Work in Mind, Even During His Final Days
By Kanta Ishida / Yomiuri Shimbun November 5, 2024 https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/obituaries/20241105-220776/
Kazuo Umezu, Japanese Mangaka, Dies at 88 (UPDATE 1)
Jiji Press
November 5, 2024
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/obituaries/20241105-220631/
'Doraemon' Voice Actress Nobuyo Oyama Dies at 90; Also Voiced Katsuo in Anime 'Sazae-san' (UPDATE 1)
Yomiuri Shimbun October 11, 2024
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/obituaries/20241011-216180/
November 5, 2024 by Gil Roth
Virtual Memories Show 611:
Eric Drooker
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-611-eric-drooker
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_611_-_Eric_Drooker.mp3
Arts Council Presents 'The Super Hero's Journey' [Patrick McDonnell]
Nov 6, 2024
https://www.communitynews.org/princetoninfo/artsandentertainment/arts-council-presents-the-super-hero-s-journey/article_68dd7360-9b1d-11ef-8833-4bf14693dca3.html
Artworks Exhibit Celebrates Comic Book Artistry [Sequential/Variants]
Oct 30, 2024
https://www.communitynews.org/princetoninfo/artsandentertainment/artworks-exhibit-celebrates-comic-book-artistry/article_d6210a6a-960c-11ef-bf03-b347e3f1cc0b.html
'I Had Already Grieved the Show': Michael Bishop Bids Farewell to Superman & Lois
By Sam Stone
CBR November 4 2024
https://www.cbr.com/superman-and-lois-season4-michael-bishop-interview/
https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/the-incredibles/the-incredibles-20th-anniversary-pixar-first-family-legacy-cast-fantastic-four
20 Years Ago, The Incredibles Became Pixar's First Family
By Jim Vorel | November 6, 2024
International Journal of Comic Art Vol. 26, No. 1 Spring/Summer 2024
Editor's Notes
John A. Lent
1
The Things They Buried: Marvel Comics and the Vietnam War, 1963-2019
Stephen Connor
3
The Supermachos Strike Again! Rius and the Defense of Marijuana in Mexican Comics
Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste
29
"The Flow of Flipping Through the Pages": An Interview with David Marchetti
Alessio Aletta
Manuela Di Franco
57
Falling Silently Like Snow: Interpretations of Sound as a Lived Experience in A Sign of Affection
Kay K. Clopton
73
Punk Rocker to Award-Winning Comics Artist: An Interview with Nate Powell
CT Lim
96
A Graphic Report
The Editorial Cartoon and Political Change in Kenya
Msanii Kimani wa Wanjiru
106
The Shakchunni Project: From Childhood Fear to Internet Icon
Ipsa Samaddar
138
Reading Beyond Martin: March, Souls of Black Folk, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the BLM Era
James F. Wurtz
Mandy Reid
160
Leveraging Comic Art in the Fight Against Disinformation: A Philippine Case Study
Rachel E. Khan
Kara C. David
181
Aquí Tenemos Todo: A Love & Rockets Snapshot
José Alaniz
199
Spectator Sport: The Cartoons of "Sham's Saturday Smile"
Justin Zhuang
206
Sham's Smiles
CT Lim
212
Women's Manga: A Symposium
Moderated by Fusami Ogi
Toward an Expanded Field Crossing Boundaries
Fusami Ogi, project leader of WMRP
217
Shōjo Manga: A Challenging Label in the Global Age
Fusami Ogi
219
Sharing My Shōjo Manga Influence at Angoulême
Abby Denson
225
Kyoto, Popular Culture, Campus Life and the Pandemic
Jessica Bauwens-Sugimoto
231
Are There Any Texts in BL Studies? Rethinking Narrativity of BL Ethnicity in Japan and Southeast Asia
Kazumi Nagaike
240
Prunella and the Cursed Skull Ring
Matthew Loux
246
Twisted Vines and Tangled Roots: A Reflection and Analysis of Swamp Thing
Jason D. DeHart
252
Mediating Socio-Political Issues through Digital Cartoons: A Study of Caste-Based Cartoons on Instagram in India
Krishna Sankar Kusuma
Saroj Kumar
262
The First Tarzan Manga, Boken Tarzan
Kosei Ono
283
A Comics and Nonfiction Graphic Memoir Course at The Graduate Center:
A Trial Run at Teaching the Methods and Making of Nonfiction Visual Narrative as Part of Postgraduate Study and Its Resulting Work
Sandy Jimenez
288
Do Comics Affect Pop Culture? The Case of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Maria-Theodora Folina
Chrysa Agapitou
Dimitris Folinas
303
Remembrance
One of a Kind, Trina Robbins, 1938-2024
John A. Lent
323
Remembrance
Farewell to the Mother of Women's Comic Book History
Trina Robbins (August 17, 1938 - April 10, 2024)
William H. Foster III
329
Remembrance
Bob Beerbohm: 1952-2024
John A. Lent
331
Research Prompts
Michael Rhode
333
News Briefs
336
Book Reviews
Laurent Baridon and Marie Laureillard. Caricatures en Extrême-Orient. Origines, Rencontres, Métissages, by Valentina Denzel,
p. 340.
Jonathan Najarian, ed. Comics and Modernism: History, Form, andCulture, by John A. Lent, p. 345.
Phil Witte and Rex Hesner. Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons, by Sam Cowling, p. 347.
Haruki Murakami. Adapted by Jean-Christophe Deveney and illustrated by PMGL. Haruki Murakami: Manga Stories, by Jon Holt, p. 349.
Laura Cristina Fernández, Amadeo Gandolfo, and Pablo Turnes, eds. Burning Down the House: Latin American Comics in the 21st Century, by Maite Urcaregui, p. 355.
Jan Baetens, Hugo Frey, and Fabrice Leroy. Eds. The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel, by Kirsten Møllegaard, p. 358.
Kaori Okura and Makiko Itoh (trans). Sōseki Natsume's Botchan: The Manga Edition.
mkdeville and Philippe Nicloux (ills). Akutagawa's Rashômon and Other Stories, by Liz Brown, p. 361.
Laura Moretti and Satō Yukiko, eds. Graphic Narratives from Early Modern Japan. The World of Kusazōshi, by John A. Lent, p. 364.
Matt Reingold. The Comics of Asaf Hanuka: Telling Particular and Universal Stories, by Cord A. Scott, p. 366.
Kent Worcester. A Cultural History of The Punisher, by CT Lim, p. 368.
Brian R. Solomon. Superheroes! The History of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon from Ant-Man to Zorro, by Dominick Grace, p. 370.
Benjamin Fraser. Ben Katchor, by Matt Reingold, p. 373.
Joseph R. Givens and Darius A. Spieth, eds. Robert Williams: Conversations, by John A. Lent, p. 373.
Josh Tuininga. We Are Not Strangers: Based on a True Story, by Shanna Hollich, p. 375.
Rachel Khan. I Run to Make My Heart Beat, by Lori Spradley, p. 377.
Marc Sumerak, Elena P. Craig, and Ted Thomas. Marvel Comics: Cooking with Deadpool, by Lizzy Walker, p. 379.
Ken Forkish and Sarah Becan. Let's Make Bread! A Comic Book Cookbook, by Christina Pasqua, p. 382.
Christina De Witte and Mallika Kauppinen. Noodles, Rice, and Everything Spice: A Thai Comic Book Cookbook, by Cord A. Scott, p. 387.
Justin Gardiner. Small Altars, by Liz Brown, p. 389.
Rich Johnson. The Incredible Hulk: Worldbreaker, Hero, Icon, by José Alaniz, p. 391.
Exhibition Reviews
Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form, by Charles Hatfield, p. 395.
Comments on the Huge Cartoon Exhibition At the Pompidou Center in Paris, by Harri Römpötti, p. 407.
Portfolios
Chubasco (Victor Emmanuel Vélez Becerra), p. 411.
Oleg Dergachov, p. 420.
Jugoslav Vlahovic, p. 428.
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