Wednesday, February 09, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/10/22


Echoes of the Past: The Legacies of 1950s Comics Censorship in the Maus Controversy

Brian Puaca | February 9, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/echoes-of-the-past-the-legacies-of-1950s-comics-censorship-in-the-maus-controversy/

 

Frederic Thrasher, "The Comics and Delinquency: Cause or Scapegoat?," The Journal of Educational Sociology 23, no. 4 (December 1949): 195-205.

 

RIP Anne D. Bernstein

Animation writer/cartoonist/comedy writer Anne D. Bernstein passed away yesterday after a long illness.

Heidi MacDonald

02/09/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/rip-anne-d-bernstein/

 

Dan Piraro, creator of comic strip "Bizarro" and graphic novel "Peyote Cowboy"

By Duncan Strauss | Talking Animals February 2, 2022

https://talkinganimals.net/2022/02/dan-piraro-creator-of-comic-strip-bizarro-and-graphic-novel-peyote-cowboy/

 

Maine cartoonist of 'Big Nate' makes TV debut

Cartoonist Lincoln Peirce's popular comic strip and novel series 'Big Nate' has been made into a Nickelodeon cartoon.

Author: Beth McEvoy (NEWS CENTER Maine)

February 8, 2022

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/entertainment/maine-cartoonist-of-big-nate-makes-tv-debut-lincoln-peirce-portland-maine-max-and-the-midnights/97-c0bc0ed7-362c-4262-ad3b-4b54c59dba9b

 

Art Spiegelman blames 'political headwinds' for removal of 'Maus' from curriculum

Jewish author of iconic Holocaust book tells Tennessee religious groups that area school's decision motivated by authoritarian bent, petty issues among parents

By Luke Tress

Times of Israel 8 February 2022

https://www.timesofisrael.com/art-spiegelman-blames-political-headwinds-for-maus-curriculum-removal/

 

Art Spiegelman, speaking to Tennesseeans, says 'Maus' controversy is 'about controlling'

By Andrew Lapin

jewish telegraphic agency February 7, 2022

https://www.jta.org/2022/02/07/united-states/art-spiegelman-speaking-to-tennesseeans-says-maus-controversy-is-about-controlling

 

In Tennessee, the 'Maus' Controversy Is the Least of Our Worries

By Margaret Renkl

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 9, 2022, Section A, Page 19 of the New York edition with the headline: Book Bans Aren't Just About Books.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/opinion/culture/maus-tennessee-book-bans.html

 

Yinzer Cards offer unique Pittsburgh-style Valentine's greetings [Rob Rogers]

Shirley McMarlin

TribLIVE Feb. 8, 2022

https://triblive.com/lifestyles/more-lifestyles/yinzer-cards-offer-unique-pittsburgh-style-valentines-greetings/

 

Seriously funny: Charlie Daniel and fellow cartoonists share deadline humor at exhibit

Ali James

Shopper News February 8 2022

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/shopper-news/south-knox/2022/02/08/knoxville-cartoonists-share-deadline-humor-exhibit-downtown-gallery/6696536001/

 

TAPAS MEDIA TEAMS UP WITH ANDREWS MCMEEL

For New Graphic Novel Line Launching in Fall 2022

  by Brigid Alverson on February 8, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50397/tapas-media-teams-up-andrews-mcmeel

 

Tapas signs with Andrews McMeel for multi-book print deal

The line launches this fall with three titles

Heidi MacDonald

02/08/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/tapas-signs-with-andrews-mcmeel-for-multi-book-print-deal/

 

'The Banks' Roxane Gay Adapting Graphic Novel As TV Series For New Regency & TKO Studios

Nellie Andreeva

Deadline February 2, 2022

https://deadline.com/2022/02/roxane-gays-the-banks-series-adaptation-new-regency-tko-studios-1234924588/

 

"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Turns 25: When 'The Simpsons' Mocked Studio Meddling and Addressed the Dawn of Toxic Fandom While Making Animated History

Stars Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria and writer David X. Cohen, among others, share new insights and secrets about the "ballsy" episode that thumbed its nose at Hollywood brass and pushed back against viewers already claiming that the Fox show was far past its prime.

Ryan Parker

February 9, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/simpsons-itchy-scratchy-poochie-show-25-1235081217/

 

Spike Trotman Steps Away from Kickstarter for Her Next Crowdfunder

By Calvin Reid

Feb 09, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/88496-spike-trotman-steps-away-from-kickstarter-for-her-next-crowdfunder.html

 

2022 Children's Book Week Theme and Poster Revealed [ Raúl the Third.]

By Pamela Brill

Feb 08, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/88488-2022-children-s-book-week-theme-and-poster-revealed.html

 

Q & A with Matthew Forsythe

By Antonia Saxon

Feb 08, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/88489-q-a-with-matthew-forsythe.html

 

The MCU version of the Ten Rings debuts this May in SHANG-CHI #12

The publisher continues to take cues from the MCU

Taimur Dar

02/08/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/shang-chi-ten-rings-marvel-comics-announced/

 

Editor's Notes: Censorship and the Academic Community

John A. Lent

International Journal of Comic Art blog February 9, 2022

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/02/editors-notes-censorship-and-academic.html

 

Incendium Launches New Frazetta Comic, Joins Direct Market

By Graeme McMillan •

Comics, FYI Issue #11

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/incendium-launches-new-frazetta-comic-joins-direct-market-1023721

 

What's It Like to Be the Target of A Book Banning Effort? School Librarian Martha Hickson Tells Her Story.

by Martha Hickson

Feb 03, 2022

https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=from-the-breaking-point-to-fighting-anew-school-librarian-martha-hickson-shares-her-story-of-battling-book-banning-censorship

 

Old Dogs & New Tricks #2: The Opening Day Gamble (No More Bets)

What sells and what doesn't at a kids comics shop in Brooklyn

By Jason Mojica

Beat Staff

02/09/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/hey-kids-comics-what-they-are-reading/

 

'Futurama' Revived at Hulu

Original creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen will return alongside voice stars Billy West and Katey Sagal, among others.

Lesley Goldberg

February 9, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/futurama-revived-at-hulu-1235090020/

 

'Alice's Wonderland Bakery': Recipes for Real Life, if Not Real Kitchens

By Laurel Graeber

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 9, 2022, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: 'Alice's Wonderland Bakery' Offers Recipes for Life.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/arts/television/alices-wonderland-bakery-disney.html

 

[PROCESS] Design Talk w. Sasha E. Head

[Early constructions]

Jonathan Hickman

3 Worlds 3 Moons February 9 2022

https://3w3m.substack.com/p/process-design-talk-w-sasha-e-head

 

Disney Crushes Wall Street Expectations, Disney+ Soars to Nearly 130M Subs

Alex Weprin

February 9, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-q1-2022-earnings-1235090036/

 

Daniel McCloskey's FAILING TO QUIT: Part 4 of 6

The next chapter on our journey to Cloud Town has arrived!

  Daniel McCloskey

02/09/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/daniel-mccloskeys-failing-to-quit-part-4-of-6/

 

Walter Scott's Sandy, the Most Unlikable Person Ever, Visits the Museum

The artist imagines an exasperating museumgoer.

Walter Scott

Feb 7, 2022

https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/692

 

Signed copies of Run at Fantom Comics

FACEBOOK LIVE BLACK EXCELLENCE BOOK CLUB - RUN (WE'VE GOT SIGNED COPIES!)

We had the lovely surprise of comics creator Andrew Aydin stopping by to sign copies of Run, Truth & Justice and March! Perfect timing as our black excellence book club for this month with Pop Culture Uncovered is on Run by Andrew Aydin, the late John Lewis and Nate Powell!

To John Lewis, the civil rights movement came to an end with the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. But that was after more than five years as one of the preeminent figures of the movement, leading sit-in protests and fighting segregation on interstate busways as an original Freedom Rider. It was after becoming chairman of SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and being the youngest speaker at the March on Washington. It was after helping organize the Mississippi Freedom Summer and the ensuing delegate challenge at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. And after coleading the march from Selma to Montgomery on what became known as 'Bloody Sunday.'

All too often, the depiction of history ends with a great victory. But John Lewis knew that victories are just the beginning. In Run Book One, John Lewis and longtime collaborator Andrew Aydin reteam with Nate Powell-the award-winning illustrator of the March trilogy-and are joined by L. Fury-making an astonishing graphic novel debut-to tell this often overlooked chapter of civil rights history.

Purchase your copy of Run in-store or on our website here: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/run-graphic-novel

411: Local cartoonist Jonathan Roth

Jonathan Roth, author of 4 Beep and Bob books, lives in Rockville, and has a GN coming from Kids Can Press.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/9/22

Ep. 49: Blue Period, by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

Deb Aoki et al

February 8, 2022

https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-49-blue-period-by-tsubasa-yamaguchi/

 

Author Of Banned Graphic Novel About Holocaust To Speak In Reston

Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel "Maus," will be speaking on Feb. 27 at The CenterStage in Reston.

Michael O'Connell, Patch Staff

Feb 8, 2022

https://patch.com/virginia/reston/author-banned-graphic-novel-holocaust-speak-reston

 

Commentary: Instead of Raging Over 'Maus,' Support Local People Who Are Fighting the Ban

Plenty of people in East Tennessee are livid over a school board's decision to remove "Maus" from the language arts curriculum. But indiscriminate outrage on TV and social media isn't helping the local dissenters who are trying to build a better way forward.

by Whitney Kimball Coe

Daily Yonder February 1, 2022

https://dailyyonder.com/commentary-instead-of-raging-over-maus-ban-mcminn-county-tennessee-schools-support-local-people-who-are-fighting-back/2022/02/01/

 

Fox Acquires Rights to Gumby, Plans to "Reimagine" Kids Character

New animated and live-action Gumby series are in the works, as are NFTs as Fox buys characters from the estate of creator's son.

Alex Weprin

February 8, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fox-buys-gumby-new-series-1235089091/

 

Report: Periodical comics sales were up 49% in 2021

Direct Market sales are projected to be up 36% in 2021

Heidi MacDonald

02/08/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/report-periodical-comics-sales-were-up-49-in-2021/

 

"I Draw Swell, Drunk Or Sober. Unless I'm Really Drunk For Three Days": An (Old) Interview With Tony Millionaire

John Kelly | February 7, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/i-draw-swell-drunk-or-sober-unless-im-really-drunk-for-three-days-an-old-interview-with-tony-millionaire/

This interview originally appeared in The Comics Journal #215, August 1999.

 

Ian Kennedy 1932-2022

7th February 2022

https://2000ad.com/news/ian-kennedy-1932-2022/

 

INTERVIEW: How Elizabeth Gillies went from cosplaying to voicing the feline felon in CATWOMAN: HUNTED

"I even told myself that I really wanted to play this role one day if the opportunity presented itself."

Taimur Dar

02/08/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-elizabeth-gillies-catwoman-hunted/

 

Oscars: 'Flee' Makes History With Best Animated, Documentary and International Feature Noms

Writer-director Jonas Poher Rasmussen's film is the intimate story of pseudonymous subject  "Amin," who shares his extraordinary escape from Afghanistan as a child refugee.

Carolyn Giardina

February 8, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-flee-best-animated-documentary-international-feature-1235088808/

 

'Flee' Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen Discusses His Animated Doc in THR's 'Behind the Screen'

"I hope that people will get some perspective and will be able to relate to the stories of refugees," he said.

Carolyn Giardina

September 16, 2021

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/flee-jonas-poher-rasmussen-animated-documentary-1235014617/

 

WR promotes comic books in trailer for The Batman

A new edit of the "Bat and the Cat' trailer for The Batman includes bold plugs for DC Comics, and specific Batman titles at the end.

Heidi MacDonald

02/08/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-batman-trailer-promotes-comic-books/

411 - Local cartoonist Cedric Caballes

I've fallen behind on keeping track of local cartoonists, so I'm going to try to do this basic feature when I'm told about one.

Cedric Caballes is from Annapolis and Andrews McMeel, is printing The Witch's Throne which is episodes 1-30 of his Tapas webcomic.

Tuesday, February 08, 2022

Spiegleman in Reston, Feb 27th

Author Of Banned Graphic Novel About Holocaust To Speak In Reston

Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel "Maus," will be speaking on Feb. 27 at The CenterStage in Reston.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/8/22


A Conversation with Art Spiegelman, Author of Maus
Whitney Kimball Coe and Jacque Nodell
Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga (JFGC) February 7 2022
https://www.facebook.com/JFedChattanooga/videos/2114662165363446

BANNED!: PWW Live 2/2/22 [Maus]
Troy-Jeffrey Allan and Ashton Greenwood
 178 Feb 2, 2022
PREVIEWSworld Weekly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6p8PXj4v0M

A Crowded Life in Comics –  Another Survivor. Another Tale [Art
Spiegelman; Maus]
by Rick Marschall
Yesterday's Papers blog February 7, 2022
http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-crowded-life-in-comics.html

Daniel McCloskey's FAILING TO QUIT: Part 3 of 6
Daniel McCloskey
02/07/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/daniel-mccloskeys-failing-to-quit-part-3-of-6/

Comics & Afrofuturism:  Author's Talk with Arthur Jafa and Tim Fielder
Black Metropolis Feb. 8, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/dieselfunk

Head of security at FSU's Strozier Library charged with theft of thousands of rare comics

Defendant charged with selling stolen comics throughout local area

 Karl Etters

Tallahassee Democrat February 7 2022

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2022/02/07/fsu-comic-books-theft-florida-state-strozier-library-rare/6686917001/

 

Story Behind Legendary Comics Artist Ian Kennedy's Death At 89

US Day News February 7 2022

https://usdaynews.com/celebrities/celebrity-death/ian-kennedy-death/

 

Ian Kennedy passes away on day of inclusion in Thought Bubble's first wave of guest announcements

Thought Bubble Festival is scheduled November 7-13, 2022 with G Willow Wilson and Gail Simone among the current confirmed guests

Dean Simons

02/07/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/ian-kennedy-passes-away-on-day-of-inclusion-in-thought-bubbles-first-wave-of-guest-announcements/

 

Could 'White Noise' Be Even More Ominous? Yes. [in print as Graphic Review: 'White Noise']

Reading Don DeLillo's masterpiece while sitting in Los Angeles traffic adds an extra level of frisson.

By Jason Adam Katzenstein

New York Times Book Review Feb. 46, 2022: 23

online at https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/books/could-white-noise-be-even-more-ominous-yes.html

 

Joker and Harley Quinn made it to the Olympics thanks to German ice dancing duo

The judges were not impressed

By Austen Goslin@AustenG

 Feb 4, 2022,

https://www.polygon.com/22918508/joker-and-harley-quinn-olympics-figure-skating-ice-dancing-rhythm

 

Joker and Harley Quinn Made It to the Olympics

And watching their figure-skating routine will likely be the most awkward 5 minutes of your day.

Rob Bricken

February 7 2022

https://gizmodo.com/joker-and-harley-quinn-made-it-to-the-olympics-1848492235

 

How Jason Reynolds Distinguishes Y.A. Books From Adult Fiction

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 6, 2022, Page 6 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Jason Reynolds.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/books/review/jason-reynolds-by-the-book-interview.html

 

Tooning in: We'd like to draw your attention to our extra page of cartoons [editorial]

 Clytie Bunyan

Oklahoman February 6 2022

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opinion/2022/02/06/oklahoman-offers-extra-page-keep-you-toon-ed/6641350001/

 

How Did Calvin from 'Calvin and Hobbes' End Up Peeing on Everything?

Mike Rampton

MEL Magazine February 3 2022

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/calvin-peeing-sticker

 

Multiple 'Smurfs' Movies in the Works at Paramount, Nickelodeon

The first project will be an animated musical set for a Christmas 2024 release.

Etan Vlessing

February 7, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/smurfs-movies-paramount-nickelodeon-1235088093/

 

Jim Snook – RIP [Outdoor sports cartoonist].

 by D. D. Degg

February 6, 2022

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/02/06/jim-snook-rip/

 

Jim Snook February 14, 1936 - September 13, 2021

https://www.cascadecremations.com/obituaries/Jim-Snook?obId=22470357#/celebrationWall

 

INTERVIEW: Kelly Hu sinks her claws into voicing Cheshire in the new CATWOMAN: HUNTED animated film

Taimur Dar

02/07/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-kelly-hu-cheshire-catwoman-hunted/

 

INTERVIEW: Batwoman voice actress Stephanie Beatriz praises the LGBTQ+ representation in CATWOMAN: HUNTED

Taimur Dar

02/07/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-stephanie-beatriz-batwoman-catwoman-hunted/

 

Why Comics' Top Crowdfunder Is Leaving Kickstarter For Her New 'Poorcraft' Project [Spike Trotman; Iron Circus Comics]

Rob Salkowitz

Feb 7, 2022

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2022/02/07/why-comics-top-crowdfunder-is-leaving-kickstarter-for-her-latest-project/

 

Spike Trotman launches indie crowdfunding campaign for The Poorcraft Cookbook

Heidi MacDonald

02/07/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/spike-trotman-launches-indie-crowdfunding-campaign-for-the-poorcraft-cookbook/

 

COMIC-CON BEGINS: Origin Stories of the San Diego Comic-Con and the Rise of Modern Fandom

SiriusXM (1-6; June-July 2021)

https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/comic-con-begins-origin-stories-of-the-san-diego/id1540625779

 

 

Monday, February 07, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/7/22

 

Evens Mural is History [Brecht Evens; Belgium]

The Ephemerist February 6, 2022 by Wim Lockefeer

https://www.sparehed.com/2022/02/06/evens-mural-is-history/

 

New Belgian passports celebrate country's comic strip history

Written by Hannah Ryan and Arnaud Siad, CNN 6th February 2022 https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/belgian-passports-tintin-intl-scli/index.html

 

Finding Aid for the Frank Beck Papers, 1918-1960

Processed by K. Landesman; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé

UCLA Library Special Collections

Charles E. Young Research Library

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8r29p232/

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8r29p232/entire_text/

http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/ucla/mss/beckf233.pdf

 

The Most Interesting Part of Comics Day on Substack Wasn't the Big Names

Let's talk about a curiosity from the aspiring digital comics giant's latest announcements.

By David Harper

February 1, 2022

 https://sktchd.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e7a2b97b1f59d1e0e83e9619&id=e51b082fe4&e=2a053cf817

 

Welcome Back, Saga: Answering Ten Big Questions About the Anticipated Return of the Beloved Image Series

By David Harper

February 1, 2022

https://sktchd.com/column/welcome-back-saga/

 

Multilayered Paintings That Pay Tribute to Hip-Hop Dances [animation-influenced fine art]

By Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 6, 2022, Section ST, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Multilayered Paintings That Have Hip-Hop Moves. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/t-magazine/troy-lamarr-chew-hip-hop-paintings.html

 

Tom Kaczynski's TransAtlantis newsletter. - https://us2.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=6fd16270c6440218e8d8415bf&id=f5056601d2

 

Tom Kaczynski's website - https://transatlantis.net/

 

THE ART OF CRITICISM: HOW AFRICAN CARTOONS DISCURSIVELY CONSTRUCTED AFRICAN MEDIA REALITIES IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA

Lyombo Eko

Critical African Studies, Issue 4, December 2010

online at https://www.academia.edu/6814545/The_Art_of_Criticism_How_African_Cartoons_Discursively_Constructed_African_Media_Realities_in_the_Post_Cold_War_Era

 

From Swarthy Ape to Sympathetic Everyman and Subversive Trickster: The Development of Irish Caricature in American Comic Strips between 1890 and 1920

Kerry Soper

Journal of American Studies   39   (2005), 2, 257–296

online at https://www.academia.edu/8380363/From_Swarthy_Ape_to_Sympathetic_Everyman_and_Subversive_Trickster_The_Development_of_Irish_Caricature_in_American_Comic_Strips_between_1890_and_1920

 

Icons of American Animation

Robert Lemieux

McDaniel College & Tevis Gallery 2022

Website - https://iconsofanimation.com/

Catalog - https://1civ0q236vrm420xaa385zd3-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Icons-of-Animation-Catalog.pdf

 

Sally forth from Classic comics [letter]

Janet Kinzer,

Washington Post February 5 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/readers-critique-post-show-photos-right-masks-worn-properly/

 

Microaggressions' macro-consequences [ Pearls Before Swine letter]

Rhona Bosin,

Washington Post February 5 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/readers-critique-post-show-photos-right-masks-worn-properly/

 

What not to depict [Mutts letter]

Paula Rivers,

Washington Post February 5 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/readers-critique-post-show-photos-right-masks-worn-properly/

 

MariNaomi

https://twitter.com/marinaomi/status/1489319580958748674

["I just gave some social media marketing advice to a fellow comics person, based on my experience + conversations I've had with a rep from Facebook/Instagram, and I'd like to share it with y'all"].

Twitter · Feb 3, 2022·

 

Trauma, Identity, Gender, and Performance: Isabelle Ryan Reviews BOY MEETS MARIA by PEYO [LGBTQ+, Manga, seven Seas]

Isabelle Ryan

February 4, 2022

https://solrad.co/trauma-identity-gender-and-performance-isabelle-ryan-reviews-boy-meets-maria-by-peyo