Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Tom King on Dark Crisis' Superman
Tom King explains how Pariah is making a "classic Superman mistake"
That darn Reply All Lite and Michael de Adder
How's this for a reply-all? Mary E. Worstell, Washington
Washington Post July 9 2022 pA15
Mary E. Worstell, Washington
One big domino was missing [de Adder letter]
Lawrence M. Spillan, Alexandria
William "Billy" Eric Sahm, Washington
Washington Post July 9 2022 pA15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07
Lawrence M. Spillan, Alexandria
William "Billy" Eric Sahm, Washington
Washington Post July 9 2022 pA15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07
Mark Wheatley and Marc Hempel at SDCC
From Wheatley's newsletter:
Folks, after a long interruption, the San Diego Comic-Con is back in action, and I'm a Special Guest! This means I will be involved in some excellent panels, and you will be able to find me in two places on the convention floor. I will have art, prints and copies of the VISIONS OF ADVENTURE portfolio. Look for me at booth #2308, where I'll be hanging out with the ComicMix gang and Marc Hempel. Marc and I will also have spots in Artist Alley in the Special Guest area.
Here is a listing of the panels (and autograph session) I'm going to be on:
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/11/22
INTERVIEW: DARICK ROBERTSON talks THE BOYS and HUMBLE BUNDLE
Dynamite is currently running a massive Boys vs Girls Humble Bundle
Deanna Destito
07/11/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-darick-robertson-the-boys-humble-bundle/
Amazon Picks Up Hot Comic 'Eight Billion Genies' (Exclusive)
Creators Charles Soule and Ryan Browne will executive produce a feature adaptation, although the streamer has plans far beyond a simple movie.
Borys Kit
June 29, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amazon-eight-billion-genies-comic-1235173415/
'She-Hulk' Star Jameela Jamil Addresses Criticism of Her Show Look: "I Accept Every Ounce of Shade"
The actress stars alongside Tatiana Maslany and Mark Ruffalo on 'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,' hitting Disney+ on Aug. 17.
Ryan Gajewski
July 9, 2022
"No Matter What I Was Working On, I Could Always Come Back": Jordan Crane on Keeping Two
Katie Skelly | July 11, 2022
VFX Artists Are Refusing To Work With Marvel Due To Stress And Unrealistic Deadlines
By Rhiannon Bevan
July 9 2022
https://www.thegamer.com/marvel-mcu-vfx-artists-deadlines-crunch-stress/
'Iyanu: Child of Wonder' Animated Series Greenlit at HBO Max and Cartoon Network
Selome Hailu
Jul 11, 2022
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/iyanu-child-of-wonder-hbo-max-cartoon-network-1235313445/
IYANU: CHILD OF WONDER animated series announced
HBO Max, Cartoon Network, and Lion Forge Animation to adapt acclaimed Nigerian graphic novel series
Taimur Dar
07/11/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/iyanu-child-of-wonder-animated-adaptation-announced/
Curator's Notes on Icons of American Animation, the exhibition
by Robert Lemieux
International Journal of Comic Art blog July 11, 2022
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/07/curators-notes-on-icons-of-american.html
'Ms. Marvel' Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Breaks Down Big Twist in Penultimate Episode
"I will say that my inbox is full of people reaching out from all around the world to say that their children finally have a representation of themselves on screen," Obaid-Chinoy tells THR of the impact of the Disney+ story and Ms. Marvel character.
Brian Davids
July 9, 2022
Snoopy and Woodstock at My Parents' Wedding
Had my mom and dad got married back home in Taiwan, they would have splashed out for a banquet. Instead, they had a potluck at a rec center on campus.
By Hua Hsu
July 11, 2022
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/dept-of-heirlooms/snoopy-and-woodstock-at-my-parents-wedding
Uncomics – reconsidering the comics form through the prism of its experimental periphery
A Master's Thesis for the Degree of Master of Art (120 credits) in Visual Culture
Allan Haverholm
Lund University 2018
Graphic Novel Month! Fall 21 Graphic Novel Preview from Graphic Universe at Lerner Publishing Group
Greg Hunter
The Lerner Podcast June 29 2021
Monday, July 11, 2022
Roye Okupe's ‘Iyanu: Child of Wonder’ coming to tv
'Iyanu: Child of Wonder' Animated Series Greenlit at HBO Max and Cartoon Network
Selome Hailu
Jul 11, 2022
IYANU: CHILD OF WONDER animated series announced
HBO Max, Cartoon Network, and Lion Forge Animation to adapt acclaimed Nigerian graphic novel series
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/10/22
It's Time to Stop Living the American Scam
By Tim Kreider
New York Times July 10, 2022
online at https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/opinion/work-busy-trap-millennials.html
The Nihilism of the Minions
By Jay Caspian Kang
Jay Caspian Kang newsletter, for Times subscribers only.
July 7, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/opinion/minions-movie-nihilism.html
With Rising Book Bans, Librarians Have Come Under Attack
By Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter
A version of this article appears in print on July 7, 2022, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: As Parents Call to Ban Books, Librarians Are Cast as Criminals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/books/book-ban-librarians.html
Why We Need Bugs [in print as Save a Bug's Life]
A graphic review of two new books that explain how the world's insects came to be in peril.
By Peter Kuper
NYTBR July 10, 2022: 27
online at https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/books/review/why-we-need-bugs.html
Where Bobbleheads Are Born
The Licensing Expo returned in person this year, where characters big and small searched for a match made in consumer heaven.
By Eve Peyser
A version of this article appears in print on July 10, 2022, Section ST, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Where Bobbleheads Are Born.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/style/where-bobbleheads-are-born.html
How's this for a reply-all? [Reply All Lite letter]
Mary E. Worstell, Washington
Washington Post July 9 2022 pA15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07
One big domino was missing [de Adder letter]
Lawrence M. Spillan,
William "Billy" Eric Sahm,
Washington Post July 9 2022 pA15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07
How Christian Bale became one of the great superhero movie villains [in print as Christian Bale: So good at being so bad]
'You can in some ways understand where he came from,' Bale says of his role as Gorr the God Butcher in the new movie 'Thor: Love and Thunder'
By David Betancourt
Washington Post July 9, 2022 : C1, 4
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/07/christian-bale-gorr-thor-love-thunder/
Tucson man now author of longtime comic strip [Henry Barajas , Gil Thorp]
Diana Ramos
Arizona Daily Star July 10, 2022
Wide World of Disney
"We went to Disney World not out of some ironic feeling for Disney and what Disney represents but because we wanted to ride Space Mountain."
By Akhil Sharma
July 4, 2022, July 11 & 18, 2022 Issue
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/11/wide-world-of-disneyrom
Book review: Anatomy of Comics: Famous Originals of Narrative Art
Reviewed by Cord Scott, UMGC-Okinawa
International Journal of Comic Art blog July 10, 2022
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/07/book-review-anatomy-of-comics-famous.html
Damien MacDonald. Anatomy of Comics: Famous Originals of Narrative Art. Flammarion, 2022.
Ted Anderson Shares the Story of The Spy Who Raised Me | New Graphic Novel from Graphic Universe
The Lerner Podcast March 15 2021
The Spy Who Raised Me: An Interview with Author Ted Anderson
https://lernerbooks.blog/2021/04/the-spy-who-raised-me-an-interview-with-author-ted-anderson.html
Ted Anderson
https://lernerbooks.com/contributors/15629
A Chat with Ted Anderson: Meet a Cartoonist Visiting DC for the ALA Annual Meeting
by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog July 10, 2022
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2022/07/a-chat-with-ted-anderson-meet.html
It's Not My Fault: Confessions of a Comics Junkie - R.C. Harvey's autobiographical essay from 2005
International Journal of Comic Art blog July 11, 2022
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/07/its-not-my-fault-confessions-of-comics.html
reprinting
It's Not My Fault
Confessions of a Comics Junkie. Or, How I Became a
Crazed Fanatic About Cartooning, Its History and Lore
R.C.Harvey
IJOCA 7-2 (Fall / Winter 2005)
Sunday, July 10, 2022
A Chat with Ted Anderson: Meet a Cartoonist Visiting DC for the ALA Annual Meeting
by Mike Rhode
The American Library Association hosts a gigantic meeting each year in downtown Washington. My daughter is a fledgling librarian, and met some cartoonists, including Ted Anderson who gave her his card, and then agreed to do our standard interview. (This is how DC actually works if you're not from around here - people knowing people).
What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?
I'm a comics writer! I got my start as one of the writers for the official My Little Pony comics at IDW, then worked on a couple of other licensed books—I was one of the last people to write Adventure Time at BOOM!—before getting to do two creator-owned series at Aftershock, Orphan Age and Moth & Whisper. My first book, The Spy Who Raised Me, came out from Lerner's Graphic Universe in April 2021, the height (depth?) of the pandemic, and my next book, Side Effects, will be out from Aftershock's Seismic Press in October 2022.
How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?
I'm strictly a writer, and I do everything on the computer. I've written dialogue while in line at Chipotle. In terms of craft, I tend to start with the dialogue and get the pacing of the scene first, then go back and add descriptions and scene-setting.
When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?
In the 1980s, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where I live today.
Why were you in Washington (i.e. attending ALA) ?
I've been a member of the American Library Association for years now, ever since I got my Master's, but this is the first time I've actually attended a conference—ironically, at the request of my publisher! Side Effects is the first book that Aftershock has done an Advance Reader Copy for, and they wanted to debut it at the conference in the hopes of capturing the librarian market. They knew I could talk professional jargon with other librarians and convince them to give the book a try. It was an amazing conference—we came in with 500 ARCs, and they would've all disappeared on that first day if we hadn't held them back!
How do you balance your careers?
It's been relatively smooth so far. I've been a middle school librarian for the past three years, but it hasn't been a teaching position, just checking books in and out. I haven't had to bring any work home, and sometimes it was even light enough for me to get some writing done during the day. However, this fall, I'll be starting a position at a new school that involves teaching. I'm looking forward to it, but it is going to be a bigger time investment. It helps that I do a lot of my work in my head, and write whenever I get a chance in my off-hours.
What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
Not much formal education—there wasn't much in the way of comics education during my K-12 years, and in college, the classes I could find were mostly about analyzing and deconstructing comics rather than creating them. I definitely had an interest in comics at a young age—I got a copy of Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics long before I could fully understand it, and read what interviews with comics creators I could find to figure comics out as an art form.
Who are your influences?
My early comics were classic kids' comics: Tintin, Asterix, Bone, some Carl Barks and Don Rosa. In high school I got into British invasion writers like Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore, and later into Grant Morrison. But lately, I've been finding that I get the most out of books by a single writer/artist: Mike Mignola, Jason Lutes, or Dylan Horrocks' Hicksville, one of my all-time favorites. I feel that, as a writer, it's very easy for me to neglect the visual aspects of the work, to think of the art as purely illustrative, rather than a vital element of storytelling, so reading a comic by only one creator helps put things in perspective.
What's your new book about?
Hannah is a first-year in college who's experiencing anxiety and depression, so she goes to campus mental health services for help. They start her on therapy and medication, but the meds she takes give her side effects—including superpowers. So in addition to dealing with classes and relationships, she also sometimes shoots lightning bolts out of her fingers or reads her professors' minds. It's a relatively light-hearted book, meant to be an optimistic look at mental health and how we can get better. It's a YA book, appropriate for high-schoolers and up—maybe middle-schoolers, depending on your students.
If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change?
I would've started creating and putting out my work earlier. I wasted many years thinking about the comics I'd like to do, rather than actually doing them. The trick to being an artist is making art: you have to be willing to put your work out into the world, regardless of whether you think it's good or not.
What work are you best-known for?
Probably the work that I broke into comics with: IDW's My Little Pony series. That's definitely the work of mine that's had the biggest print run, at least.
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| MLP #21, courtesy GCD |
What work are you most proud of?
Honestly, I'm really proud of some of my MLP issues. Licensed work obviously has its drawbacks, but working with limitations—like using established characters, or having strict page limits—can be a great way to sharpen your craft. I did an issue about professional wrestling in the pony universe, which was a wild story—I got to work with Jay Fosgitt on that one, which was a lot of fun. And I did an issue that was kind of a precursor to Side Effects, where Twilight Sparkle goes into Big Mcintosh's mind in order to see how he stays so calm and level-headed—kind of a fantastic look at mental health.
What would you like to do or work on in the future?
I've got a lot of books for mature readers I'd love to do—not "mature" as in sex and violence, but as in literary, thoughtful fiction. I feel like most comics for adults are either bloody gorefests, surrealist experiments, or memoirs; I don't see a lot that are the equivalent of "literary fiction," for lack of a better term. On the other hand, I've also got some younger-reader books I'd love to do—I've got a superhero book for kids I've been working on for more than a decade. I joke that I'd like to have a book on the shelf for every genre and audience.
What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?
I try to focus on something else. I don't really have a hobby per se; for a while I got into painting 3D-printed objects, but I don't have access to a 3D printer at the moment, so my supply of material is limited. Video games, going to movies, putting together puzzles—anything that activates other parts of my brain is helpful.
What do you think will be the future of your field?
For comics, I think it's rosy: libraries, schools, and booksellers are expanding their collections and expanding access to the medium. Publishers are diversifying and acquiring exciting new talent, and audiences are able to find more and better work than ever. In schools, it's unfortunately grimmer: censorship attacks are increasing at every level, but I think librarians and educators are fighting back and standing up to those who would restrict our reading. As always, there's a question of funding education enough to ensure quality libraries for all students—we have to do a lot with a little, which I think many educators are unfortunately very good at.
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| courtesy GCD |
What comics do you read regularly or recommend? Do you have a local store?
My local store is Source Comics & Games in St. Paul, which is a fantastic store—they do regular events and have a great space for gaming in addition to a really good selection. As for what I'm reading, I pick up a lot of YA OGNs—I want to keep an eye out for stuff my students would like. I just grabbed Galaxy: the Prettiest Star from DC, and Blue Delliquanti's Across a Sea of Starlight. I've been getting into a couple manga series lately, like Witch Hat Atelier and Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, and I feel like everybody I know is recommending Spy x Family, so that's next on my list. And I've also been doing a gradual read of the entirety of classic Hellblazer, which was a series I was too young for when it was coming out, but I would've loved it about ten years later.
What's your favorite thing about DC?
Regrettably, I've only been there twice, so I don't have a lot of experience to draw on, but what I'd love to take advantage of next time is the incredible amount of museums and archives. Just being able to walk down the block and see a different collection of curated materials is a wonderful opportunity.
Least favorite?
The heat and humidity. I'm from Minneapolis, I'm not made for this biome!
What monument or museum did you like to visit?
I only had time to visit one museum, but it was an excellent one: the Museum of the American Indian was a fantastic experience. They had fascinating exhibits on native history, media depictions of Native Americans, works by contemporary native artists—I spent hours there. Even the building itself is a wonderful space. Highly recommended.
How about a favorite local restaurant?
I went to a dinner for authors and employees of Lerner Publishing at Busboys & Poets, and that was an incredible experience. That was by far the best meal I had that weekend—I only wish I'd had the chance to check out the book selection as well.
Do you have a website or blog?
I'm working on it! Right now I've got twitter, like everybody else: twitter.com/tedlyanderson
How has the COVID-19 outbreak affected you, personally and professionally?
Honestly, I endured the lack of social contact pretty well. Cartoonists like to joke about how we're already hermits so we barely noticed everything shutting down, but that was genuinely my experience—I tend to curl up and go into Maximum Introvert Mode when given the chance. It helped that I had a book to work on; having a long-term, large-scale project that I could work on while socially distanced was very helpful. As an educator, however, it was devastating: no school was prepared for distance learning, and our students really suffered. I tried to find ways to make myself useful even while the school was closed, but it was rough going. Even after we came back, students had great difficulty re-acclimating to the school environment, and I think that's going to continue for some time, unfortunately.
The Post on Bale in Thor
How Christian Bale became one of the great superhero movie villains [in print as Christian Bale: So good at being so bad]
'You can in some ways understand where he came from,' Bale says of his role as Gorr the God Butcher in the new movie 'Thor: Love and Thunder'
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/9/22
Blerdcon, celebrating Black nerd culture, returns to Arlington today
Mavis Chan July 8, 2022 https://www.arlnow.com/2022/07/08/blerdcon-celebrating-black-nerd-culture-returns-to-arlington-today/
Koçak, Kenan. & Türk Öztopal, Ebru. (2022). NEW SUPERHEROES: THE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE DURING THE TIME OF COVID-19 . İnönü Üniversitesi Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi , 11 (1) , 165-181 . DOI: 10.54282/inijoss.1017037 and https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/inijoss/issue/70601/1017037
TRANSLATING WEBTOON'S SOUND EFFECTS: A CASE OF INSTANTMISO'S SIREN'S LAMENT
Dinda Nur Puspitasari,
CrossOver : Journal of Adaptation Studies
Vol. 2 No. 1: June 2022 /
https://doi.org/10.22515/crossover.v2i1.5116
https://ejournal.uinsaid.ac.id/index.php/crossover/article/view/5116
Robert C. Harvey – RIP
by D. D. Degg
July 8, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/08/robert-c-harvey-rip/
Dan Yezbick
["Yesterday, the world lost one of its best humans, one of its most enduring smiles, and one of my favorite friends." R.C. Harvey]
July 9 2022
Julia Harvey McDonald
[My Dad Robert Harvey, aka "RC," "Bob" or "Happy Harv," was a man of many (many) words and many joys.]
July 8 2022
Felix The Cat Documentary - Through The Ages
Jun 14, 2021
KevSomeoneALT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeR1x_n6irg
Confusing for a Living: PW Talks with Liniers
By Shaenon Garrity
Jul 08, 2022
A version of this article appeared in the 07/11/2022 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Confusing for a Living
Q & A with John Romita, jr & Scott Hanna at HeroesCon 2022
Jul 5, 2022
terence dollard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXtwzYWI3Oc
Power Pack Unpacked with June Brigman, Louise Simonson, & Carl Potts at HeroesCon 2022
Jul 5, 2022
terence dollard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7P5Djp93L8
Kieron Gillen exposes dark secrets in Marvel Comics' A.X.E. Judgment Day!
Andrew Sumner
Jul 6, 2022
Forbidden Planet TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GULB70raSWY
LDC 24 June 2022 GLOBAL ONLINE MONTHLY
Dr Nicola Streeten, Indu Antony (India), Sandra Bell-Lundy (Canada), Mollie Ray (UK)
Jul 5, 2022
LDComics Hub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6rv_DOOn0s
Ep. 68: MASSIVE: Gay Erotic Manga by Various, and Lone Wolf & Cub Vol. 1 by Koike and Kojima
July 6, 2022
Saturday, July 09, 2022
Blerdcon is on, here's ArlNow's story
Jul 08, 2022 02:35 pm | Mavis Chan
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