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The Lily's favorite comics of 2021

Intro by Hannah Good I've been drawing comics before I knew they were called anything. Instead of writing in my diary, I drew a dramatized account in panel form, with lines of dialogue and characters from my life. They were kind of like what I saw in the funny pages of my mom's Cincinnati Enquirer, kind of like the panels I saw in my neighbor's manga books, but also kind of something else, too. I didn't think they "counted." The drawings were too crude, the subject matter too trivial.

An excerpt from my childhood comics, circa 2009. Trust me when I say none are publishable in full! (Hannah Good)

I kept drawing comics, but it wasn't until I started at The Lily nine months ago that I found out my specific craft has a name: autobiographical, or autobio, comics. True, personal stories told in pen and ink. The Lily has been publishing comics of all genres since its launch in 2017. Led by design editor and comics cheerleader Rachel Orr, our contributors have told hundreds of stories about mental health, body image, identity and so much more. Rachel often says comics are the most perfect form of storytelling, and looking at our archives makes it easy to see why. Comics tell stories in a way that makes it hard to look away.  Distilled into square panels, they make complex ideas accessible, raw emotions tangible and everyday experiences delightful. Now, alongside Rachel and art director María Alconada Brooks, I get to help bring these stories to life. As comics editors, we reach out to artists we admire, read pitches from prospective contributors, proofread scripts and tweak art direction. Then on Sunday, we deliver the final panels to you on Instagram, where you often respond with thoughtful, energizing conversation. It's truly a dream job. As another turbulent year draws to a close, we rounded up 10 of our favorite comics that captured it. When anti-Asian racism spiked across the country, Tenzing Lhamo Dorjee reflected on how she learned to fight back. As the pandemic entered its second year, Christine Suggs captured  how isolation empowered them to come out as nonbinary. Sharee Miller shared what it's like to become a new mom in a time of so much uncertainty, and Hyesu Lee reevaluated her work-life balance. Spend some time with them to start your new year. We hope they bring you insight, joy and, most of all, that magic feeling of connection only great art can inspire. P.S. We're always looking for comic artists to join our roster. If you want to pitch us, or have questions about how comics work around here, send me an email. Plus, I'd love to hear what you think of our comics, what you're loving in the world of graphic storytelling and what you'd like to see from us in the future. Read our 10 picks

Kal’s Favorite Cartoons and new Kalendar

Kal's Favorite Cartoons for 2021

December 29, 2021

https://www.kaltoons.com/kals-favorite-cartoons-for-2021/

and the Kalendar -
https://shop.economist.com/products/the-economist-wall-kalendar-2022?redirect=US

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/2/22

Filbin, Gerald J. 2022.

The other half of herpetology [Mark Trail letter]

Washington Post (January 1).

Online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/31/readers-critique-post-this-photo-biden-seemed-continue-false-narrative/

 

Rao, Sonia. 2022.

Climate change is the greatest threat to humanity. Here's how filmmakers have tried to make sense of it all [in print as Climate change plays out on the big screen; Wall-E].

Washington Post (January 2): E1, 10, 12.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/12/21/climate-change-movies/

 

Simon, Brent. 2008.

Pixar on 'Wall-E': Environmental Themes? What Environmental Themes?

Vulture (June 26): https://www.vulture.com/2008/06/pixar_on_walle_environmental_t.html

 

Unknown. 2008.

'Wall-E' Is a Masterpiece for the Ages.

NY Magazine (June 28): https://nymag.com/daily/movies/2008/06/walle_pixar.html

 

2021 Newspaper Comic Strip Debuts

 by D. D. Degg

January 1, 2022

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/01/01/2021-newspaper-comic-strip-debuts/

 

2021 Newspaper Comic Strip Departures

 by D. D. Degg

January 1, 2022

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/01/01/2021-newspaper-comic-strip-debuts/

 

2021 The Dearly Departed

by D. D. Degg

January 1, 2022

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/01/01/2021-the-dearly-departed/

 

2021 Comic Strip Detours and Deviations

by D. D. Degg

January 1, 2022

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/01/01/2021-comic-strip-detours-and-deviations/

 

Alienação e engajamento nos quadrinhos: uma leitura possí­vel da revista Chiclete com Banana

Waldomiro Vergueiro

in Fantasia e cotidiano nas histórias em quadrinhos de Nadilson Manoel da

Silva. São Paulo: Annablume; Fortaleza: Secult, 2002.

Publication Date: 2003

https://www.academia.edu/66810003/Aliena%C3%A7%C3%A3o_e_engajamento_nos_quadrinhos_uma_leitura_poss%C3%AD_vel_da_revista_Chiclete_com_Banana

 

Brazilian Comics: Origin, Development, and Future Trends

Waldomiro Vergueiro

In Redrawing The Nation

Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Poblete (eds) 2009

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Publication Date: 2009

https://www.academia.edu/66809644/Brazilian_Comics_Origin_Development_and_Future_Trends

 

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility [Spider-Man]

Zachary Schauer

2021, Academia Letters

https://www.academia.edu/45217462/With_Great_Power_Comes_Great_Responsibility

 

Emmy-winning Claymation Director Barry Bruce Has Passed Away at 77

Ramin Zahed

December 27, 2021

https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/passings/emmy-winning-claymation-director-barry-bruce-dies-at-age-77/

 

Early Miyazaki Series 'Future Boy Conan' Reveals Helmer's Magic Touch

Charles Solomon

December 22, 2021

https://www.animationmagazine.net/anime/early-miyazaki-series-future-boy-conan-reveals-helmers-magic-touch/

 

Creative Team Behind 'Hilda and the Mountain King' Discuss Her Next Big Adventure

Ramin Zahed

Published on December 22, 2021

***This article was written for the February '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 317)***

https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/creative-team-behind-hilda-and-the-mountain-king-discuss-her-next-big-adventure/

 

Actor Jay Johnston Banned From 'Bob's Burgers' Over Capitol Riot

The "Mr. Show" and "Anchorman" actor will no longer be voicing the character of Jimmy Pesto Sr. on Fox's animated hit after he was allegedly spotted at the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Asawin Suebsaeng

Marlow Stern

Adam Rawnsley

Updated Dec. 18, 2021 7:45AM ET / Published Dec. 17, 2021

https://www.thedailybeast.com/actor-jay-johnston-banned-from-bobs-burgers-over-capitol-riot

 

Artist Brittney Lee Breaks Down New Disney+ 'Arendelle Castle Yule Log'

Ramin Zahed

  December 17, 2021

https://www.animationmagazine.net/animated-people/designer-brittney-lee-breaks-down-new-disney-arendelle-castle-yule-log/

 

Laughter Louder Than Bombs? Apocalyptic Graphic Satire in Cold War Cartooning, 1946–1959 [Herblock, Feiffer]

Brandon Webb

American Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 2, June 2018, pp. 235-266

online at https://www.academia.edu/40452236/Laughter_Louder_Than_Bombs_Apocalyptic_Graphic_Satire_in_Cold_War_Cartooning_1946_1959

Comic art and cartooning deaths in 2021

 Updates marked with *

Deaths in 2021 (with thanks to Randy Tischler of the Baltimore Comic Con, D.D. Degg of the Daily Cartoonist, Cartoon Brew’s animation list by Amid Amidi, and Animation Magazine) included British cover painter Chris Achilléos, ‘Simpsons’ artist Edwin Aguilar, Universal Press Syndicate co-founder Kathleen Andrews, voice actor Jack Angel, gag cartoonist Sam Ansell, Don Asmussen, ‘Up’ voice actor Ed Asner, Disney animator Dale Baer, British animator Bob Baker, early black women animator Brenda Banks, first woman contributing editor for the National Lampoon Anne Beatts, animator Vinnie Bell, animation historian Giannalberto Bendazzi, comic book colorist Liz Berube, Ryan "Bode" Bodenheim, animation consultant Jamie Kezlarian Bolio, Lou Brooks, Alison Brown of London’s Cartoon Museum, Claymation director Barry Bruce, armadillo cartoonist Bill Bryant, Newton Burch, former animator Allan Burns, animator Ron Campbell, French BD writer Raoul Cauvin, comics-influenced Pop Artist John Clem Clarke, editorial cartoonist Ray Collins, animator Sam Cornell, Bob's Burgers lead character designer Dave Creek, Gene D’angelo, Patrick Dean, Willie Who… cartoonist Matt Dent, animation producer David DePatie, Superman: The Movie director Richard Donner, Canadian animator Jacques Drouin, animator Don Duga, Pittsburgh comic book store owner Greg Eide, comics scholar Mark F. Fertig, Chris Foote, Belgian-American cartoonist Gérald Forton, Spiegelman's Maus editor at Pantheon Dan Frank, gay cartoonist Fran Frisch, sports cartoonis John Furlow, Claude & Ernie cartoonist Dan Gola, Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner, gag cartoon writer and gatherer Al Gottlieb, Michel Vaillant creator Jean Graton, Disney animator Troy Gustafson, Mexican comic book writer Francisco Haghenbeck, Jesse Hamm, Maryland cartoonist Steve Hauk, Eddy Hedington, Dennis the Menace’s tv mother Gloria Henry, fantasy artist Stephen Hickman, gekiga manga creator Hiroshi Hirata, ‘Down on the Farm’ cartoonist Bruce Holman, Filipino comic book inker Jeff Huet (of COVID), comics scholar M. Thomas Inge, Japan's most prolific manga historian Shimizu Isao, MAD writer Frank Jacobs, Croatian comic book publisher and translator Tatjana “Tanja” Jambrišak, Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics, French animator Olivier Jean-Marie, Australia’s ‘first woman animator’ Anne Jolliffe, animator Don Jurwich, Jules Feiffer’s collaborator Norton Juster, Canadian cartoonist and animator Bob Kain, beer label cartoonist Bart Kaminski, student cartoonist Sharon Smith Kane, Wonder Woman writer Joye Evelyn Murchison Kelly (neé Hummel), Graphic Canon editor Russ Kick, Canadian editorial cartoonist Alan King, anime director Osamu Kobayashi, Easton Star Democrat editorial cartoonist Rick Kollinger, David Anthony Kraft, cartoonist and caricaturist Dick Kulpa, pioneering American anime producer Fred Ladd (aka Laderman), former Canadian comic book artist Jerry Lazare, cartoonist and animator Gary Leib, comic book artist John Paul Leon, comic book artist Steve Lightle, British strip editor and letterer Gerald Lip, comic book and gag cartoonist George Mandel, magazine cartoonist Don Margolis, *“Way up North” comic strip cartoonist Jayson Martin, Hungarian animator György Matolcsy, New Orleans cartoonist Bunny Matthews, NPR books editor Petra Mayer, comic book artist Gonzalo Mayo, British cartoonist Frank McDiarmid, comic book writer Pat McGreal, Penvy Pages cartoonist Moira McDonough, gag cartoonist Rod McKie, co-founder and chairman of Andrews McMeel Universal syndicate John McMeel, artist William Neal McPheeters, editorial cartoonist Barry McWilliams, Kentaro Miura, Afghan animator Fatima Mohammadi, Sport Day comic strip cartoonist Bill Morgan, fantasy artist Rowena Morrill, longterm student newspaper cartoonist Mike Mundt, Afghan animator Tayiba Musavi, animation layout artist Roy Naisbitt, anime writer Keiko Nobumot, Tetsuji Okamoto, *comics indexer George Olshevsky, Japanese animator Yasuo Otsuka, animator Vera Pacheco, Stampede cartoonist Jerry Palen, gag cartoonist W. B. Park, Straus News contributor Peter Pereira, Italian cartoonist Tuono Pettinato, Funny Times gag cartoonist Jeff Philcrantz, Canadian centenarian cartoonist Ernie Poignant, effects animator Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, Swedish comics writer Claes Reimerthi, German cartoonist and comics historian Reinhold Reitberger, vampire fantasy writer Anne Rice, all-around cartoonist Ron Rice, Simpsons producer David Richardson, occasional animation voice actor Peter Mark Richman, Dark Horse Comics series The Star Wars writer J.W. Rinzler, Sheena actress Tanya Roberts, Professor Comics Kevin Robinette, Scholastic CEO Richard Robinson, Brazilian comic book artist Robson Rocha (of COVID-19), *French editorial cartoonist Robert Rousso, Reynold Ruffins, pioneering Mexican animator Fernando Ruíz Álvarez, voice actor Will Ryan, Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito, editorial cartoonist Bill Sanders, comic book printing representative Gabriel Sauro, Italian horror comic book cover artist Enzo Sciotti, New Yorker cartoonist Danny Shanahan, Jack Kirby assistant and animator Steve Sherman, Sanpei Shirato, Margaret Shulock, gag and newspaper cartoonist David Simonson, Benoît Sokal, Canadian voice actor Paul Soles, UK writer Si Spencer, Hake’s Auctions employee and Disneyana collector Deak Stagemyer, Disney animation background artist Robert Stanton 'Heavy Metal' model Julie Strain, Japanese animator Masami Suda, *animator David Schwartz, Chicago editorial cartoonist Keith Taylor, toy designer for He-Man and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles T. Mark Taylor, writer Brandon Terrell, cartoonist turned Pop Art painter Wayne Thiebaud, Frank Thorne, British comic book artist Bill Titcombe, Dan Dare comic artist Greta Edwards Tomlinson, 111-yeard old Disney animation supervisor Ruthie Tompson, letterer Bill Tortolini, former Golden Age comic book cartoonist turned sculptor Louis Trakis, Brian “Renrut” Turner, Andrew Vachss, Canadian Quebecois underground cartoonist Henriette Valium aka Patrick Henley, comic book artist Dheeraj Verma, Swedish Mohammed cartoonist Lars Vilks, editorial cartoonist Clyde Wells, Danish Mohammed cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, ‘Muriel’ voice actress in ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ Thea White, editorial cartoonist Bob Wilson, underground cartoonist S. Clay Wilson, G.I. Woes cartoonist Cliff Witkowski, 'D&D' cover artist Robin Wood, voice actor Samuel E. Wright, animation character designer Derek Wyatt, Japanese animator Eiichi Yamamoto, Chris Yambar, Marvel colorist Andy Yanchus, Disney animator Phil Young …

Herblock in the Cold War academic article

 

Laughter Louder Than Bombs? Apocalyptic Graphic Satire in Cold War Cartooning, 1946–1959

Brandon Webb

American Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 2, June 2018, pp. 235-266

online at https://www.academia.edu/40452236/Laughter_Louder_Than_Bombs_Apocalyptic_Graphic_Satire_in_Cold_War_Cartooning_1946_1959?email_work_card=title

In the postwar American media landscape, “the bomb” symbolized both security and insecurity. Two of the nation’s leading syndicated cartoonists—the Washington Post’s Herbert Block and the Village Voice’s Jules Feiffer—played on this paradox by parodying the arms race, civil defense, nuclear testing and deterrence. But the schisms within progressive politics in this period distinguished Block and Feiffer as social critics. At the height of anticommunist hysteria, Block’s single-panel editorial cartoons often featured the anthropomorphized Mr. Atom, who became a spectral figure within the Cold War imaginary. In the post-McCarthy era, Feiffer’s narrative-driven strips spoofed military Keynesianism by critiquing the role capitalism played in fueling the nuclear crisis. While Block and Feiffer both recognized the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons, they were representative of a left-liberal divide at a point when humor was undergoing transformations in the wider culture and a political struggle over the bomb’s future was being fiercely waged. By foregrounding these cleavages, this essay argues that satirizing the full slate of contradictions of the nuclear era meant questioning the basic assumptions of the Cold War rivalry and breaking from the consensus framework altogether. Only by critiquing the ideology of the American Cold War commitment could the absurdities of the arms race be laid bare.

The Post's year in editorial cartoons

2021 in editorial cartoons

Washington Post December 25 2021: 17

Online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/24/2021-newspaper-cartoons-opinion/

Sonia Rao on Wall-E's climate message

Climate change is the greatest threat to humanity. Here's how filmmakers have tried to make sense of it all.[in print as Climate change plays out on the big screen; Wall-E]

Over the past 20 years, directors have increasingly put out movies that help viewers process a crisis of existential proportions

By Sonia Rao

Washington Post January 2, 2022, p. E1, 10, 12

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/12/21/climate-change-movies/

That darn Mark Trail

The other half of herpetology [Mark Trail letter]

Gerald J. Filbin, Rehoboth Beach, Del.

Washington Post January 1 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/31/readers-critique-post-this-photo-biden-seemed-continue-false-narrative/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/1/22

Year In Review: Cape Breton Post's editorial cartoons of 2021

Cape Breton Post

/ SaltWire Network December 30 2021

https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/opinion/year-in-review-cape-breton-posts-editorial-cartoons-of-2021-100675242/

 

Phew, Pugh... what a year! Amid Covid and sleaze, how cartoonist cheered us up in 2021

Jonathan Pugh

By Pugh For The Daily Mail

  29 December 2021

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10354445/Phew-Pugh-year-Amid-Covid-sleaze-cartoonist-cheered-2021.html

 

Walt Handelsman: A Cartoon Review of local topics from 2021

    BY Walt Handelsman | Staff editorial cartoonist

    Dec 29, 2021 -

 

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_bb257822-5f8c-11ec-9391-ab331c1a0f57.html

 

USA TODAY Network cartoonist Don Landgren's 2021 in review

Dec. 29, 2021

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/opinion/2021/12/29/2021-in-eview-cartoons-humor-today-network-cartoonist-don-landgrens-2021-review/8893338002/

 

A cartoonist's look back at 2021

Joe Heller's Cartoon Collection

December 29, 2021

http://www.timberjay.com/stories/a-cartoonists-look-back-at-2021,18525

 

JD Crowe: Drawing 2021 to a Coup Klutz Klan close

AL.com Dec. 30, 2021

By J.D. Crowe | jdcrowe@al.com https://www.al.com/news/2021/12/jd-crowe-drawing-2021-to-a-coup-klutz-klan-close.html

 

Citrus County Chronicle Changes Comics Codex

by D. D. Degg

December 30, 2021

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/12/30/citrus-county-chronicle-changes-comics-codex/ 

 

Hollywood's top 12 superhero performances of the year, ranked [in print as The top 12 superhero performances of the year, ranked]

By David Betancourt and Michael Cavna

Washington Post December 31 2021 C1, 3

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2021/12/30/best-superhero-perfomances-2021/

 

'Seal Team' Review: Leave No Pun Behind

By Amy Nicholson

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 31, 2021, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Seal Team.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/arts/seal-team-review.html

 

She-Hulk, Martian Manhunter, and the Marvel - DC trade that almost was

By Jim McLauchlin

August 25, 2021

https://www.gamesradar.com/she-hulk-for-martian-manhunter-the-marveldc-trade-that-almost-happened/ 

 

Best comics of 2021

By Chris Arrant

Newsarama December 17 2021

https://www.gamesradar.com/best-comic-comics-2021-books-graphic-novels/

 

7 Comics Sell for Over $1M in 2021; Record Price Set Twice

Scoop December 31 2021

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=256267

 

 

Alison Bechdel In Conversation (virtual)

Eric Orner

Nov 15, 2021

Brooklyn Book Festival

https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/alison-bechdel-in-conversation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIRIKya9Euo

 

 

Personal Stories, Universal Resonance (virtual) [autobiography]

Mariko Tamaki , Kristen Radtke , Hiromi Goto, Lee Lai , and Julia Kaye

Nov 15, 2021

Brooklyn Book Festival

https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/personal-stories-universal-resonance/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cALoLGIM75I

 

Building Worlds in Speculative Storytelling (virtual)

Danny Lore,  Tim Fielder, Kat Leyh, John Jennings, and Aminder Dhaliwal

Nov 15, 2021

Brooklyn Book Festival

https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/building-worlds-in-speculative-storytelling/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgrOgy8QTSc

 

Using History to Break Its Cycle (virtual)

Calvin Reid,  Nate Powell, Sharon Lee De La Cruz , Beka Feathers, and Dr. Rebecca Hall

Nov 15, 2021

Brooklyn Book Festival

https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/using-history-to-break-its-cycle/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5YQc7w3nMs

 

Life as Magically Unusual (virtual) [YA]

MJ Franklin,  Nidhi Chanani, Shing Yin Khor, Molly Ostertag, and Olivia Stephens

Nov 15, 2021

Brooklyn Book Festival

https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/life-as-magically-unusual/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlD39wb7Lk4

 

'Animating' the narrative in abstract comics

Paul Fisher Davies

2013, Studies in Comics 4.2

https://www.academia.edu/5890646/Animating_the_narrative_in_abstract_comics