IJOCA Vol. 23, No. 2 Fall/Winter 2021
Editor's Notes
John A. Lent
1
Comics in East Asia: Symposium
edited by Marie Laureillard with John A. Lent
Introduction
Marie Laureillard
6
Small Objects, Old Pictures, New Drawings: Forms of Historiography
in Contemporary Taiwanese Graphic Novels (Past and Future) Corrado Neri
8
Tales from Vietnam: Testifying about War and Exile in France and the United States
Justin S. Wadlow
30
The Other East Asian Cartoon Powerhouse--South Korea
John A. Lent
50
The Evolution of the Character of the Monkey King (Songokû) from Journey to the West in the Illustrated Books and Paintings in Edo Period
Delphine Mulard
57
Comics Outside of Japan: Manga by Spanish Authors
Julia Rigual Mur and Pablo César Anía Ruiz-Flores
71
"Fuichin-san" (1957-1962), a Dramatization of a Girl's Lifein Harbin and the Stylistic Research of Ueda Toshiko
Naoko Morita
83
Shonen and Seinen Manga, Repositories of the Pacific War
Anthony Tristani
94
History of Comics in Senegal
Christophe Cassiau-Haurie
Translated by Issa Nyaphaga
124
What's in a Signature?: The Comic War over the Twins
Aswathy Senan
150
The New Yorker's Greatest Cartoonist and the Little Spaniard: Peter Arno and Pablo Picasso
Michele Ann Abate
177
When Quetzalcoatl and Shenlong Collide: Image of the Dragon on Quetzalcoatl's Representation within the Mexican Comic Aztectopía
Sarahi Isuki Castelli-Olvera
202
Tiny Country, Monumental Event: Cyprus Olive Cartoon Festival
John A. Lent with Huseyin Cakmak and Musa Kayra
216
The Mayor's Comments
Nidai Güngördü with John A. Lent
237
Pioneers of Comic Art Scholarship
A Bumpy and Proud Academic Journey
Pascal Lefèvre
244
The Legacy of José Carioca/Zé Carioca: A Critical History of the Brazilian Disney Ambassador
Wiliam Machado de Andrade and Aaron Humphrey
272
An "In-betweener" Chinese Cartoonist: An Interview with Chang Jin
Xu Ying
290
"I Ain't a Bad Swab at Heart-- I Does the Best I Know How": Popeye and Boxing in E. C. Segar's Thimble Theatre
Jeffrey O. Segrave
John A. Cosgrove
303
Freedom and Regulation of Expression, Manga, and Women:
A Symposium
edited by Fusami Ogi
The Imaginary Republic
Nagayama Kaoru
Translated by Patrick W. Galbraith
322
Shōjo Manga [Japanese Comics for Girls] and Her Freedom: Globalizing the Half-century Challenge of Going Beyond Difficulties
Fusami Ogi
333
Places for Expressing Women's Independence and Media Condition: Focusing on Essay Manga on SNS
Miho Takeuchi
Translated by Nick Hall
350
Expressing Visceral Female Subjectivity in Women's Manga: Double Standards, Censorship, and Staying Ahead in the Game
Jessica Bauwens-Sugimoto
359
Bodies Reconfigured between the National and Global Realms: An Exploration of the Shift of Moral Panic Codes Against Sexual Expression in Manga in Contemporary Japan
Takeshi Hamano
367
An Analysis of Frame Structures in LGBTQ-themed Manga: How the (Im)permeability of Manga Frames Enhances LGBTQ Manga Characterization, Design, and Narrative
Kazumi Nagaike
373
Is Eromanga a Bad Word? Confronting "the Erotic Barrier"
Patrick W. Galbraith
383
The Cultural Tensions of Non-Kuwaiti Video Games Circulating in Kuwaiti Culture: Kuwaiti Gamers' Views on Gender, Sexuality, and Censorship in Gaming
Ahmed Baroody
398
Laughing All the Way: Saseo Ono in His Indonesia Days, 1941-1945
Kosei Ono
429
Frankenstein and Its Legacy in the Comics
Michael A. Torregrossa
432
Oleg Dergachov's Perpetual Quest for Comic Art Fulfillment
John A. Lent
441
Discussion about Typhoto Poem
Sun Kil Whang
451
Teaching Exercises
New Visual Worlds: Introducing a Visual Pedagogy
Jason DeHart
471
Not STAN LEE's Soapbox, But STAN LEE's JACK-In-The-Box! Stan "The Man" Talks About Jack Kirby "The King" -- 1961-2014
Barry Pearl
480
A Few Words from a Children's Graphic Novelist
Jason D. DeHart
499
Remembrance (Giannalberto Bendazzi 1946-2021)
John A. Lent
502
Research Prompts
John A. Lent
505
A Review Essay
David Kunzle. Ally Sloper, His Life & Times, by Alan Clark,
Sugar-Plums and Tootletum, The Work of C. H. Ross, by Alan Clark.
511
A Review Essay
Richard Scully. Rebirth of the English Comic Strip: A Kaleidoscope, 1847-1870, by David Kunzle.
528
A Review Essay
Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste. La función del comic, by Michel Matly.
537
Book Reviews
-Leonard Rifas. Red Lines: Political Cartoons and the Struggle
Against Censorship, by Cherian George and Sonny Liew,
p.546.
-Matthew J. Costello. The Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic
Novels, and Their Publics, by Benjamin Woo and Jeremy
Stoll, p.549.
-Eric Berlatsky. Authorizing Superhero Comics: On the Evolution of
a Popular Serial Genre, by Daniel Stein, p.551.
-Leonard ("Labe") Rifas. Is Superman Circumcised? by Roy
Schwartz, p.556.
-James Willetts. Mixed-Race Superheroes, by Sika A. Dagbovie-
Mullins and Eric L. Berlatsky, p.562.
-Michael Kobre. The Stan Lee Universe, by Danny Fingeroth and
Roy Thomas,p.565.
-John A. Lent. Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book
Imperialism, by Paul S. Hirsch, p.570.
-Kirsten Møllegaard. Documenting Trauma in Comics: Traumatic
Pasts, Embodied Histories, and Graphic Reportage, by Dominic
Davies and Candida Rifkind, p.573.
-Lizzy Walker. Comics and the Body: Drawing, Reading, and
Vulnerability, by Eszter Szép, p.575.
-John A. Lent. World Press Cartoon. Caldas da Rainha. 2021, by
Antόnio Antunes, et al., p.576.
-John A. Lent. The Comics of R. Crumb. Underground in the Art
Museum, by Daniel Worden, p.580.
-Christopher Roman. The Life and Comics of Howard Cruse: Taking
Risks in the Service of Truth, by Andrew J. Kunka, p.581.
-John A. Lent. Manhua Modernity: Chinese Culture and the Pictorial
Turn, by John A. Crespi, p.584.
-John A. Lent. The Waiting, by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, p.586.
-John A. Lent. Caricature and National Character: The United States
at War, by Christopher J. Gilbert, p.587.
John A. Lent. Charlie Brown's America: The Popular Politics of
Peanuts, by Blake Scott Ball, p.587.
Exhibition Reviews
-Mark Hibbett. "Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules," by Andy
Holden, p.589.
-Wim Lockefeer. Exhibition Notes from Belgium -- Congolese
Comics & Brecht Evens, p.590.
-Mike Rhode. Moomin Animations -- Thrills and Cuddles, by Minna
Honkasalo, p.599.
-Pedro Moura. "Bob Spit" -- We Do Not Like People, by Cesar
Cabral, p.601.
Al Madrigal's comic "Primos" introduces Mexican superheroes
"Mexicans are the world's superheroes." Tired of not seeing enough Latinx representation, comedian Al Madrigal wrote a comic book with Mexican superheroes ... AWA Studios
02/23/2022 12:57 PM
John Leguizamo and Al Madrigal on Their Fight for Latino Superheroes: 'Give Us Our Twenty Percent'
Marlow Stern
Mar. 31, 2022 3:11AM ET / Published Mar. 30, 2022
https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-leguizamo-and-al-madrigal-on-their-fight-for-latino-superheroes
Episode 57: AJIN: Demi-Human vol. 1 by Gamon Sakurai and Tsuina Miura
Kicking off season 3 with David Brothers hosting a chat about sci-fi "violence comics"
MSX: Mangasplaining April 12 2022
https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-57-ajin-demi-human-vol-1-by-gamon-sakurai-and-tsuina-miura/
Victoria Lomasko: the brutally funny artist no gallery in Russia will touch
Viv Groskop
2 Mar 2018
April 18, 2022 Issue
Collective Shame
By Victoria Lomasko and Joe Sacco
April 11, 2022
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/18/the-collective-shame-of-putins-war
Oscar-Nominated Director Anton Dyakov Releases A New Russia-Ukraine Co-Produced Short 'I'm Burning'
By Jamie Lang | 04/09/2022
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/anton-dyakov-im-burning-russia-ukraine-214691.html
'Turning Red' Gets Physical Release With Deleted Scenes, Alternate Ending
By Jamie Lang | 04/10/2022
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/home-entertainment/turning-red-udh-bluray-deleted-scenes-214939.html
Turns out Aimee Mann is really good at painting, too
The famed singer-songwriter thought a nervous system disorder might end her music career. She coped by creating revelatory comics — and portraits of first ladies.
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post April 12 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/04/12/aimee-mann-cartoons-instagram/
Norm Breyfogle's OF BITTER SOULS omnibus currently on Kickstarter
The 400-page oversized hardcover collects the full nine-issue series, plus sketches by Breyfogle, Chuck Satterlee's scripts, and much more.
Joe Grunenwald
04/11/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/norm-breyfogle-of-bitter-souls-kickstarter/
INTERVIEW: Cassandra Peterson & David Avallone discuss THE DEATH OF ELVIRA
The pair chat about killing the Mistress of the Dark
Deanna Destito
04/12/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-cassandra-peterson-david-avallone-the-death-of-elvira/
Marvel's 'Ironheart' Finds Its Directors While Ryan Coogler Boards as Executive Producer
Dominique Thorne is toplining the series, playing Riri Williams, a brilliant teenage inventor who builds her own version of the Iron Man suit in an MIT dorm.
Borys Kit
April 11, 2022
Doomed duck and arts cuts among themes of young cartoonists of year
Winners chosen from over 150 entries to awards run by Cartoon Museum and British Cartoonists' Association
Nadia Khomami
12 Apr 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/apr/12/doomed-duck-arts-cuts-themes-young-cartoonists-year
Comics: Jon D'Agostino, Colorist, Artist, Inker and Letterer
Alex Jay
Tenth Letter of the Alphabet April 11, 2022
http://alphabettenthletter.blogspot.com/2022/04/comics-jon-dagostino-colorist-artist.html
The Hunt Emerson Interview
Nick Hasted | April 11, 2022
From The Comics Journal #198 August 1997
https://www.tcj.com/the-hunt-emerson-interview/
Reviews: My Badly Drawn Life
Brian Nicholson | April 11, 2022
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/my-badly-drawn-life/
My Badly Drawn Life
Gipi, Translated by Jamie Richards
Fantagraphics
OHIO STATE ALUMNUS REFLECTS ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR WITH POLITICAL CARTOONS [Nick Anderson]
Austin Mucchetti
OSU's The Lantern April 11 2022
The Discovery of Marjane Satrapi and the Translation of Works from and about the Middle East
C[h]ris Reyns-Chikuma
Houssem Ben Lazreg
2018, Cambridge U.P.
Why City Pigeons Are Worth Watching
By Rosemary Mosco
A version of this article appears in print on April 12, 2022, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Why City Pigeons Are Worth Watching
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/12/science/pigeons-facts.html
His Alter Ego: Comic Book Correspondent
George Gene Gustines, an operations manager at The Times, carved out a reporting beat for himself by owning up to his passion.
By John Otis
A version of this article appears in print on April 10, 2022, Section A, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: His Alter Ego: Comics Correspondent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/insider/his-alter-ego-comic-book-correspondent.html
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