Thursday, January 20, 2022

This week's webcomic from The Lily

Kate not Katie: Why I dropped the 'i' in my name

As I got older, my name started to feel like a too-small sweater

(Kate Wheeler for The Washington Post)

Kate Wheeler

January 16, 2022

https://www.thelily.com/kate-not-katie-why-i-dropped-the-i-in-my-name/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/20/22

Westergaard and the World's Most Notorious Cartoon [Danish Islam cartoons]

Matthias Wivel | January 19, 2022 |

https://www.tcj.com/westergaard-and-the-worlds-most-notorious-cartoon/

The Daily Heller: Arthur Szyk and NYC Urban Archeology

By Steven Heller

January 17 2022

The Daily Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-arthur-szyks-urban-archeology/

Alexis Bullock.

Szyk discovery: 1949 Large Broadway Billboard

Arthur Szyk News (January 2022?)

https://mailchi.mp/historicana/rockwell-exhibition-including-szyk-opens-in-nyc-8715125

The Daily Heller: When Al Hirschfeld Lit Up the Great White Way

By Steven Heller

January 12, 2022

The Daily Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-whats-a-hirschfeld-his-line-lit-up-the-great-white-way/

The Daily Heller: Anita Kunz's Sisterhood of Exceptional Sisters

By Steven Heller

October 7, 2021

The Daily Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-anita-kunzs-sisterhood-of-exceptional-people/

The Daily Heller: The Monster Mash, a Graveyard Smash [ Pete Von Sholly]

By Steven Heller

October 4, 2021

The Daily Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-the-monster-mash-a-graveyard-smash/

The Daily Heller: Panter Ventures Back Down the White Rabbit's Hole

The Daily Heller

By Steven Heller

December 6, 2021

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-panter-ventures-back-down-the-white-rabbits-hole/

The Daily Heller: Mayo Clinic's Med School for Kids [ My Life Beyond …]

By Steven Heller

October 19, 2021

The Daily Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-mayo-clinics-medicine-by-the-book/

The Daily Heller: The New York Public Library Insect Division [Peter Kuper interview]

By Steven Heller

January 13 2022

The Daily Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-the-new-york-public-library-insect-division/

The Daily Heller: Joost Swarte Defies Gravity

By Steven Heller

September 30, 2021

The Daily Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-joost-swarte-defies-gravity/

'Heavy Metal' Gets Its Mojo Back

By Rob Salkowitz

Jan 14, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/88305-heavy-metal-gets-its-mojo-back.html

TWO NEW COMIC SALES VPS, MORE

Promotions and New Hires at Diamond and BOOM!

by Brigid Alverson on January 18, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50210/two-new-comic-sales-vps-more

DC Senior VP and General Manager Daniel Cherry III Exits

The exec was in the position for less than two years, having come aboard in September 2020.

Borys Kit

January 19, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/daniel-cherry-iii-exits-dc-1235077463/

SVP & GM Daniel Cherry leaves DC Comics

Cherry's tenure lasted about 18 months at DC Comics

Heidi MacDonald

01/19/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/svp-gm-daniel-cherry-leaves-dc-comics/

Sundance: Abigail Disney Doc Takes an Unflinching Look at Unfair Labor Practices at Disney

[theme parks]

Rebecca Keegan

January 19, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/abigail-disney-interview-sundance-documentary-preview-labor-1235076584/

INTERVIEW: Chip Zdarsky talks BATMAN: THE KNIGHT and Bruce's journey to becoming The Bat

Joe Grunenwald

01/19/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/chip-zdarsky-batman-the-knight-interview-dc-comics/

R.I.P. RON GOULART

Writer of 'Star Hawks,' Numerous Sci-Fi Novels, and Comics History

Brigid Alverson on January 18, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50202/r-i-p-ron-goulart

Jan 12, 2022

Ryan Claytor Patreon Podcast 005 [Duachaka Her, a Hmong-American cartoonist]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/60041789

Londoner's Diary: Alan Moore fears his comic books helped create Trump and QAnon

Robbie Smith

January 18 2022

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-alan-moore-trump-qanon-emma-stone-b977309.html

20 Questions with John MacLeod, Creator of Dishman, Now Crowdfunding!

Michel Vrana

Black Eye Bulletin | January 19, 2022

https://news.blackeye.ca/sendy/w/bpdoNMyTHYlpQgjGoKW1Hw/vYmBKWJjoje90wXpeRgfvA/801QsNeq1uu0xDQotZPYCw

E'town native to have nationally syndicated comic strip [Tauhid Bondia, Crabgrass; in print as E'town native's comic strip earns national syndication]

By MARY ALFORD

Elizabethtown (Ky) NEWS-ENTERPRISE

Jan 19, 2022 A1

https://www.thenewsenterprise.com/news/local/etown-native-to-have-nationally-syndicated-comic-strip/article_66408b2a-6bc4-5565-b974-d950c41b6c3c.html

https://www.thenewsenterprise.com/eedition/page-a1/page_3564844e-8b81-5216-a407-6a7d95d4689f.html

Grainger Today's cartoons to be exhibited at the University of Tennessee [Point of View: Regional Editorial Cartoons].

Jan 12, 2022

https://www.graingertoday.com/news/grainger-today-s-cartoons-to-be-exhibited-at-the-university-of-tennessee/article_90626dd6-7358-11ec-8533-fb9920f77893.html

University of Va. holds largest collection of cartoonist's art [Oliphant]

By Andy Stiny

Albuquerque Journal January 16 2022

https://www.abqjournal.com/2461865/university-of-va-holds-largest-collection-of-cartoonists-art-ex-sc.html

"Baby Convict" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

January 18, 2022 by Lawrence Wood

https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/baby-convict-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

Anatomy of a Cartoon: Poets and Poetry

January 12, 2022 by Phil Witte and Rex Hesner

https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-cartoon-poets-and-poetry/

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop blog January 16, 2022

Portrait of the Artist as a Family Guy [Brian Crane]

By Jerry Zezima

https://udayton.edu/blogs/erma/2022/01/jerrypickle.php

Tom Kelly – RIP

by D. D. Degg

January 19, 2022

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/01/19/tom-kelly-rip/

Thomas Merton Kelly October 12, 1950 - January 4, 2022

Orange County Register on Jan. 15, 2022.

https://obits.ocregister.com/us/obituaries/orangecounty/name/thomas-kelly-obituary?id=32251939

PW Comics World: More To Come

More To Come 500: Samira Ahmed interview [Ms. Marvel writer]

Heidi MacDonald

on 01/14/2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1177

"Bambi" Is Even Bleaker Than You Thought

The original book is far more grisly than the beloved Disney classic—and has an unsettling message about humanity.

By Kathryn Schulz

Published in the print edition of the January 24, 2022, issue, with the headline "Eat Prey Love."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/24/bambi-is-even-bleaker-than-you-thought

Andrew Vachss, Children's Champion in Court and Novels, Dies at 79

By Neil Genzlinger

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 19, 2022, Section A, Page 22 of the New York edition with the headline: Andrew Vachss, Children's Advocate in Court and Novels, Dies at 79

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/obituaries/andrew-vachss-dead.htm

Dr Nicola 2020 Talk 1: Feminism, Comics and Humour UK. An Introduction and Overview

Jun 14, 2020

Dr Nicola Streeten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNo2maKyTdE

Dr Nicola 2020 Talk 2: Feminism, Comics & Humour UK: The 1970s

Jul 6, 2020

Dr Nicola Streeten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7nXM2p0SbQ

Dr Nicola 2020 Talk 3: Feminism, Comics and Humour UK: The 1980s

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

Aug 7, 2020

Dr Nicola Streeten

Dr Nicola 2020 Talk 4: Feminism, Comics & Humour UK: The 1990s

Dec 4, 2020

Dr Nicola Streeten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBnuBo3omXE

Dr Nicola Streeten: Feminism, Comics & Humour UK, the 2000's

Feb 7, 2021

Dr Nicola Streeten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNqa0GVJJYo

New Research Guide: Cartoons and Caricatures

Picture This blog January 19, 2022 by Melissa Lindberg

https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2022/01/new-research-guide-cartoons-and-caricatures/

American Caricature - Feature Length Documentary Film

Joe Ciomek and Tom Faraci

May 1, 2021

Lucky Card Productions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW5u5xZ3x_A

INTERVIEW: James Gunn talks hair metal, ensembles, and PEACEMAKER's father

Therese Lacson

01/19/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-james-gunn-peacemaker/

How Encanto Explains America - All is not lost; the future is not set.

By Tom McTague

January 16, 2022

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/01/how-encanto-and-moana-explain-america/621252/

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

New Research Guide: Cartoons and Caricatures at Library of Congress

New Research Guide: Cartoons and Caricatures

Picture This blog January 19, 2022 by Melissa Lindberg

https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2022/01/new-research-guide-cartoons-and-caricatures/

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