Saturday, July 30, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/29/22

Comic-Con in Photos: Part II

Scoop July 29 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=263354

 

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON RECAP IN PHOTOS, PART 1

Wednesday and Thursday

Posted by Milton Griepp on July 29, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51760/san-diego-comic-con-recap-photos-part-1

 

Paper Girls is a kicky blend of action, heart, and quirky humor

Despite some clunky exposition, Prime Video's time-traveling sci-fi series can be a hell of a good time.

Jenna Scherer

AV Club July 29 2022

 

https://www.avclub.com/paper-girls-review-prime-video-sci-fi-1849340806

 

'Paper Girls' Review: Amazon Series Never Finds Its Sci-Fi Groove but Excels at Preteen Dynamics

Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's Image Comics series is adapted for the streamer with a blend of time travel, youthful adventure and nostalgia that's sure to spark comparisons to 'Stranger Things.'

Daniel Feinberg

July 29, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/paper-girls-review-amazon-series-never-finds-its-sci-fi-groove-but-excels-at-preteen-dynamics-1235188888/

 

'Paper Girls' Cast on Pop Culture Influences, Raising the Stakes for the Amazon '80s Sci-Fi Drama: "We're Telling a Real Story"

Based on the popular comic series by Brian K. Vaughan, the show brings four newcomers — Sofia Rosinsky, Riley Lai Nelet, Camryn Jones and Fina Strazza — into the spotlight.

Sydney Odman

July 27, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/paper-girls-cast-pop-culture-raising-stakes-amazon-sci-fi-drama-1235187513/

 

College Intrigues [18th-century American student cartoon]

Paul Hond

Columbia Magazine Winter 2010-11

https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/college-intrigues

 

The John Wagner and Alan Grant Interview

Frank Plowright

July 29, 2022

This interview ran in The Comics Journal #122 (June 1988)

https://www.tcj.com/the-john-wagner-and-alan-grant-interview/

 

Season 3 of 'Harley Quinn' is an example of how to keep superhero stories relevant

Eric Deggans

All Things Considered July 28, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/28/1114335404/season-3-of-harley-quinn-is-an-example-of-how-to-keep-superhero-stories-relevant

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2022/07/20220728_atc_harley_quinn_review.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1114335404

 

'We Met in Virtual Reality' Review: Home Sweet Home

This innovative documentary tags along with people who are finding happiness in a graphical online world.

By Nicolas Rapold

A version of this article appears in print on July 29, 2022, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: We Met in Virtual Reality.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/movies/we-met-in-virtual-reality-review.html

 

'DC League of Super-Pets' Review: #ReleaseTheLassieCut

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart voice canine heroes in a family-friendly animated spinoff of the "Justice League" franchise.

By Calum Marsh

A version of this article appears in print on July 29, 2022, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: DC League Of Super-Pets.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/movies/dc-league-of-super-pets-review.html

 

INTERVIEW: The filmmakers of BEWARE MY POWER shine a spotlight on Green Lantern John Stewart

Taimur Dar

07/29/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-22-interview-filmmakers-green-lantern-beware-my-power/

 

When Spiegelman's Maus Was Challenged, Sales Spiked

How school board members lashed out against dirty words

Brian Doherty | From the August/September 2022 issue

This article originally appeared in print under the headline "Maus".

https://reason.com/2022/07/07/maus/

 

Halcyonity Is Relative – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | July 29, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/halcyonity-is-relative-this-weeks-links/

 

Ukrainian manga artist reframes life in time of war [Akari Sayaka]

Monday July 25, 2022

Kojima Mei

NHK World Correspondent

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/2055/

 

Tokyopop: Hey, dude, totally bad contract!

Heidi MacDonald

05/28/2008

https://www.comicsbeat.com/tokyopop-hey-dude-totally-bad-contract/

 

 

Johanna Draper Carlson

Tokyopop Sets Tongues Wagging

May 28, 2008

https://comicsworthreading.com/2008/05/28/tokyopop-sets-tongues-wagging/

 

The Daily Heller: The Faces Behind Underground Comix, by Drew Friedman

By Steven Heller

The Daily Heller July 28 2022

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-the-masters-of-underground/

 

Smash Pages Q&A | Matthew Klein on 'Crashing'

The writer of the new IDW series discusses creating the story of a doctor who specializes in treating super-powered patients.

JK Parkin

July 25, 2022

https://smashpages.net/2022/07/25/smash-pages-qa-matthew-klein-on-crashing/

 

Julie Doucet: How A Zine Author Went Canonical

July 23, 2022      By Aubrey Gabel

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/julie-doucet-how-a-zine-author-went-canonical/

 

Matthew Klein talks sobriety, superpowers, and healthcare in 'Crashing'

The superhero medical drama debuts September 21.

David Brooke

July 26, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/07/26/crashing-matthew-klein-qa/

 

Maia Kobabe's Memoir Helps Gender Queer People Find Their Identity: Why Is E Being Sued for It?

  Louis Skye July 22, 2022

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2022/07/maia-kobabe-memoir-gender-queer/

 

What to Do When Your Kid Is Reading a Book That Makes You Uncomfortable

The author of a memoir banned in schools across America on the value of teens reading challenging work. [Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe]

Dan Kois

Slate March 22, 2022

https://slate.com/culture/2022/03/gender-queer-author-maia-kobabe-banned-books.html

 

Dan Jurgens Returns to Death of Superman

By Joshua Lapin-Bertone Wednesday, July 27th, 2022

https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2022/07/27/dan-jurgens-returns-to-death-of-superman

 

Scott Snyder Talks the Second Round of the comiXology/Best Jackett Releases

By Brian Salvatore | July 26th, 2022

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/best-jackett-comixology-round-2/

 

Column: Book-banning is on the rise, as part of the far-right's assault on democracy

Michael Hiltzik

July 26, 2022 

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-07-26/book-bans-are-on-the-rise-blame-the-far-right

 

Rewriting the history of the autobiographical graphic novel [ 'Voyage and Adventures of a Good Little German in Kangarooland' by C. Friedrich.]

Eleanor Danenberg

University of Adelaide Newsroom Jul 22 2022

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2022/07/21/rewriting-the-history-of-the-autobiographical-graphic-novel

 

Stan Lee's Estate Settles Elder Abuse Suit Against Ex-Business Manager; A lawyer for Jerry Olivarez said certain people not named in the lawsuit "exerted undue influence on the Lee family" to wrongfully accuse him.

Winston Cho

July 27, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/stan-lees-estate-settles-suit-against-ex-business-manager-1235187627/

 

"Being Compared to Harvey Pekar is an Honor" – Chad Bilyeu Talks 'Chad in Amsterdam', Working with Juliette De Wit, and His New Comic 'The Re-Up' [Netherlands]

by Andy Oliver

July 25, 2022

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/interview-chad-bilyeu-amsterdam/

 

Europe Comics Cofounder Sophie Castille Dies at 51

by Calvin Reid

Jul 21, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/article/89907-europe-comics-cofounder-sophie-castille-dies-at-51.html

 

A project named for 'Peanuts' character Franklin aims to boost Black animators

Mandalit del Barco

 Morning Edition July 28, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/28/1114089182/project-named-for-peanuts-character-franklin-aims-to-boost-black-animators

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2022/07/20220728_me_a_project_named_for_peanuts_character_franklin_aims_to_boost_black_animators.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1114089182

 

Sabrina's Riverdale Return Just Became the Netflix Series' Missing Chapter

She's no longer a teenage witch, but Kiernan Shipka still enchants as Sabrina.

  By Chris Cummins | July 11, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/riverdale-sabrina-return-netflix-series-missing-chapter/

 

INTERVIEW: Cecil Castellucci on writing towards a better tomorrow in SHIFTING EARTH

Dean Simons

07/29/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/cecil-castellucci-shifting-earth-interview/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 525: Lindsey Elias Interview at Comic-Con [Penguin Random House].

Calvin Reid

on 07/22/2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1208

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 526: Rachel Smythe and John Jennings Interviews

Calvin Reid

on 07/24/2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1209

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 527: Charles Kochman Interview [Abrams]

Calvin Reid

on 07/25/2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1211

 

RUMI HARA for THE PEANUTBUTTER SISTERS — July 2022 Graphic Novel Pick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szI6wEwkWmg

Jul 27, 2022

Comix Experience

 

Off Panel #359: The No-Prize with Sarah Brunstad

David Harper

Jul 25, 2022

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-359-the-no-prize-with-sarah-brunstad

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Sarah_Brunstad.mp3

 

Paul Coker, Jr. – RIP

D. D. Degg

July 29, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/29/paul-coker-jr-rip/

 

Paul Coker Jr., 1929-2022

July 29th, 2022

https://www.tomrichmond.com/paul-coker-jr-1929-2022/29/07/2022/

Friday, July 29, 2022

NPR on Peanut's black character, Franklin

NPR on Harley Quinn cartoon

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/27-28/22

 

SCOUT TO PUBLISH MIKE BARR'S 'THE MAZE AGENCY'

New Publisher for Eisner-Nominated Mystery Series

 Brigid Alverson on July 26, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51733/scout-publish-mike-barrs-the-maze-agency

 

With Next Phases Set, Marvel Homes in on Directors

After setting the stage at Comic-Con, the studio is lining up helmers and years' worth of storylines that will conclude with a familiar one-two punch of 'Avengers' movies.

Borys Kit

July 27, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/with-next-phases-set-marvel-hones-in-on-directors-1235187070/

 

Upcoming Marvel Movies: MCU Release Date Schedule for Phase 4, 5, and 6

 

If you're looking for updated details on all the Marvel MCU movies and Disney+ TV series coming up, including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Marvels, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, and Avengers: Secret Wars, this is the place!

By Mike Cecchini, Kirsten Howard | July 26, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/marvel-movies-release-date-schedule-calendar-timeline/

 

Television's Best Action Cartoon Is Back

Directed by virtuous animator Genndy Tartakovsky, Primal is a continuously inventive and exciting adventure through a prehistoric fantasy world.

  by Dan Schindel

Hyperallergic July 25 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/749444/primal-season-2-review-genndy-tartakovsky/

 

John Lasseter's Second Act

No one could tell a story like Lasseter — until he resigned as Disney Animation/Pixar's chief creative officer in the wake of #MeToo complaints. Now head of Skydance's animation division, where he oversaw August's 'Luck,' he's attempting to turn his own story around.

Rebecca Keegan, Carolyn Giardina       

July 27, 2022

This story first appeared in the July 27 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/john-lasseter-skydance-animation-luck-1235186710/

 

SDCC '22 INTERVIEW: Nickelodeon's TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK cartoon is more than meets the eye for the cast & crew

Taimur Dar

07/27/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-22-interview-nickelodeons-transformers-earthspark-cartoon-is-more-than-meets-the-eye-for-the-cast-crew/

 

Questioning a Custom in the Age of Anxiety

In "Dear Max," the filmmaker Alex Kahn interrogates his struggle over whether—and why—he should give his pandemic newborn a bris.

Film by Alex Kahn

Text by Hannah Aizenman

July 27, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/questioning-a-custom-in-the-age-of-anxiety

 

God Just Wants Us to Love Her Back

In a new graphic novel, author and cartoonist Liana Finck recasts the famously vengeful and masculine biblical God as an insecure and emotional female deity.

  by Sarah Rose Sharp

Hyperallergic July 25 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/738073/let-there-be-light-liana-finck/

 

Discovery of WW1 graphic novel might re-write history books

A German cartoonist's account of life in an Australian WWI internment camp is being claimed as the world's first-known autobiographical graphic novel.

22 Jul 2022

Richard Watts

https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/discovery-of-ww1-graphic-novel-might-re-write-history-books-2566363/

 

Kids' Comics Come Roaring Back at Comic-Con

By Brigid Alverson

Jul 27, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/89954-kids-comics-come-roaring-back-at-comic-con.html

 

'Black Panther' sequel: A rebuke of misogyny and racism in 2 minutes [in print as 'Panther' teaser serves as a soothing cultural balm]

Perspective by Robin Givhan

Senior critic-at-large

Washington Post (July 27 2022): A2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/26/black-panther-sequel-rebuke-misogyny-racism-2-minutes/

 

New Batman Villains Take Center Stage in Gotham Nocturne

Superstar writer Ram V talks about introducing new villains to Gotham City, and the influences behind his moody new Batman tale.

  By Mike Cecchini | July 27, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/new-batman-villains-take-center-stage-in-gotham-nocturne/

 

Interview : Al Coutelis après les Passantes va signer un album familial très personnel

Jean-Laurent TRUC.

27 juillet 2022

https://www.ligneclaire.info/al-coutelis-2022-265314.html

 

Interview : avec leur Monte-Cristo, Jordan Mechner et Mario Alberti transportent Alexandre Dumas de nos jours

Jean-Laurent TRUC.

7 juin 2022

https://www.ligneclaire.info/jordan-mechner-mario-alberti-263266.html

 

Graphic Meta-Narratives: Exploring The Personal and Political In Indian Comic Art [masters thesis]

Shruti Ravi

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 2013

online at https://www.academia.edu/7296488/Graphic_Meta_Narratives_Exploring_The_Personal_and_Political_In_Indian_Comic_Art

 

SDCC '22: John Jennings discusses forthcoming books from Abrams ComicArts' Megascope imprint

The new imprint brings speculative fiction and Afrofuturism stories to the forefront.

Nancy Powell

07/28/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc22-abrams-comicarts-megascope-imprint-panel/

 

'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law' Head Writer Jessica Gao Is Finding the Funny in Marvel

With her new series, the Emmy-winning 'Rick and Morty' scribe aims to answer that eternal question: "What happens when a 6-foot-7 green woman has to buy a business suit?"

Ryan Parker

July 28, 2022

This story first appeared in the July 27 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-writer-jessica-gao-marvel-1235186385/

 

Major layoffs and reported new direction at Tapas Media

Tech wreck: a webcomics company once valued at $510 million has now laid off about 30% of its staff.

Heidi MacDonald

07/28/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/major-layoffs-and-reported-new-direction-at-tapas-media/

 

R.I.P. SUNG-RAK JANG (sic), 'Solo Leveling' Artist Also Known as DUBU

by Brigid Alverson on July 27, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51745/r-i-p-sung-rak-jang

 

Solo Leveling Manhwa Artist DUBU Passes Away (Updated)

posted on 2022-07-25 12:55 EDT by Alex Mateo

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-25/solo-leveling-manhwa-artist-dubu-passes-away/.188004

 

Manga Sales Up, Exhibitors Down at San Diego Comic-Con

By Deb Aoki

Jul 28, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/89958-manga-sales-up-exhibitors-down-at-san-diego-comic-con.html

 

AT SDCC 2022, A RETURN TO FORM IF NOT SUBSTANCE

 Rob Salkowitz on July 28, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/51750/at-sdcc-2022-a-return-form-if-not-substance

 

DC PLANS 'DEATH OF SUPERMAN' 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

With Four New Stories by Original Creative Teams

Brigid Alverson on July 27, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51746/dc-plans-death-superman-30th-anniversary-special

 

Alan Grant, 1949-2022

Tom Shapira | July 28, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/alan-grant-1949-2022/

 

CEO Of Tapas Media, Chang Kim, Has Just Announced Staff Layoffs

Posted on July 28, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ceo-of-tapas-media-chang-kim-has-just-announced-staff-layoffs/

 

July 26, 2022 by Gil Roth

Episode 496 – Noah Van Sciver

Virtual Memories Show 496: Noah Van Sciver

http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-496-noah-van-sciver

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_496_-_Noah_Van_Sciver.mp3

 

Book Review - Black Panther: Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon by Terence McSweeney

Reviewed by Jason D. DeHart, PhD

International Journal of Comic Art blog July 28, 2022

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/07/book-review-black-panther-interrogating.html

 

Terence McSweeney. Black Panther: Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon, University Press of Mississippi. 978-1496836090. $16.24. https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Black-Panther

 

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Robin Givhan on Black Panther trailer

'Black Panther' sequel: A rebuke of misogyny and racism in 2 minutes [in print as 'Panther' teaser serves as a soothing cultural balm]

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/26/22

 

Solo Leveling Artist Dubu Passes Away Due to Cerebral Hemorrhage

Solo Leveling illustrator Jang-Sung Rak, also known as Dubu, passed away on July 23 after experiencing a brain hemorrhage due to a chronic illness.

By Michael Lacerna

CBR July 25 2022

https://www.cbr.com/solo-leveling-dubu-jang-sung-rak-obituary/

 

"The American Super-hero Comic Strip:True Descendant of Italian Renaissance Art," Samuel Y. Edgerton Jr., Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Johns Hopkins University Press, Volume 9, Number 1, Spring 1984, pp. 30-33,)

 

Fantagraphics and Sunday Press are now partners

Two vintage comics giants team up to keep preserving the classics

Dean Simons

07/25/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/fantagraphics-and-sunday-press-are-now-partners/

 

'It's My Love Letter to Superheroes': An Interview with Villal Pando

The Montréal cartoonist on his debut book The Pursuer, the evolution and influence of comic books, and how a lifelong passion for drawing became a career.

July 21, 2022

By Vikram Nijhawan

https://hazlitt.net/feature/its-my-love-letter-superheroes-interview-villal-pando

 

Netflix Director of Adult Animation Mike Moon to Exit

The executive led the streamer's animation team and helped build the streaming platform's animation production facility, Vine Studios.

Caitlin Huston

July 25, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflix-director-of-adult-animation-mike-moon-to-exit-1235185933/

 

'DC League of Super-Pets' Review: Starry Voice Cast Carries Cutesy Animated Romp

Frank Scheck

July 26, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/dwayne-johnson-kevin-hart-dc-league-of-super-pets-film-1235185853/

 

San Diego Comic-Con Returns with Smaller Crowds, Big Smiles

by Heidi MacDonald

Jul 26, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/89940-san-diego-comic-con-returns-with-smaller-crowds-big-smiles.html

 

Bunnicula Is Back—As a Graphic Novel

By Brigid Alverson

Jul 26, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/89941-bunnicula-is-back-as-a-graphic-novel.html

 

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' trailer: The five biggest takeaways [in print as 'Wakanda Forever' trailer offers a glimpse at the franchise post-Boseman]

By David Betancourt

Washington Post July 26, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/25/black-panther-wakanda-forever-trailer/

 

Sergio García Sánchez's "Central Park Lark" [Spain]

The artist on art as a family affair and what he hopes to teach young artists.

By Françoise Mouly

July 25, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2022-08-01

 

America's Proud Armpit

Ms. Marvel does right by the teenage Muslim experience. But I will never forgive what it does to New Jersey.

By Aymann Ismail

July 23, 2022

https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/ms-marvel-disney-plus-muslim-new-jersey.html

 

CHIPCLASS 1: Ideas

  Jul 26, 2022

Chip Zdarsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFR1jhYkDm4

 

What We Learned From Marvel's Massive MCU Roadmap

At Comic-Con, Marvel unveiled the future of phases 4 to 6 on both the big and small screens. Here are the highlights and takeaways.

By Daniel Chin Jul 25, 2022

https://www.theringer.com/marvel-cinematic-universe/2022/7/25/23277085/marvel-mcu-feige-sdcc-black-panther-avengers

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Betancourt on the fall's Black Panther sequel

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' trailer: The five biggest takeaways [in print as 'Wakanda Forever' trailer offers a glimpse at the franchise post-Boseman]

By David Betancourt

Washington Post July 26, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/25/black-panther-wakanda-forever-trailer/

Run, possibly the last March book, wins an Eisner

See the picture at the top of Heidi's story -

San Diego Comic-Con Returns with Smaller Crowds, Big Smiles

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/25/22

 

MARVEL TO LAUNCH NEW 'TIGER DIVISION' SERIES

New Team of Korean Superheroes

by Brigid Alverson on July 25, 2022 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51712/marvel-launch-new-tiger-division-series

 

Windsor-Smith's 'Monsters' Wins 2022 Eisner for Best New Graphic Novel

by Calvin Reid

Jul 24, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/89936-windsor-smith-s-monsters-wins-2022-eisner-for-best-new-graphic-novel.html

 

"I Feel More Free And Brave Now As An Artist": An Interview with Tyrell Cannon

Ian Thomas | July 25, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/i-feel-more-free-and-brave-now-as-an-artist-an-interview-with-tyrell-cannon/

 

In Queens, a Storied Mural Is Saved From (Not by) Spider-Man

In 2014, Sony Pictures painted over the mural to promote its new Spider-Man movie. Now, artists Eve Biddle and Joshua Frankel have restored its original design.

 by Laura van Straaten July 22, 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/749661/in-queens-a-storied-mural-is-saved-from-not-by-spider-man/         

 

Magazine cartoon editor makes history as the youngest and first woman in the role [New Yorker's Emma Allen]

Tony Dokoupi

CBS Mornings Jul 20, 2022

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/magazine-cartoon-editor-makes-history-as-the-youngest-and-first-woman-in-the-role/#x

 

The First Feature Documentary Made Entirely in Virtual Reality

We Met in Virtual Reality raises the bar for VR filmmaking, and has an optimistic vision for the potential of the metaverse.

by Dan Schindel  July 24 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/749447/we-met-in-virtual-reality-review/

 

Comics That Read Top to Bottom Are Bringing in New Readers

 

The explosion of web comics has been driven by tapping into an audience the industry had long overlooked: young, female readers.

By George Gene Gustines and Matt Stevens

    July 23, 2022

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/23/arts/digital-comics-new-readers.html

 

Marvel Studios Unveils 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'

By Livia Albeck-Ripka

Published July 24, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/us/black-panther-trailer-wakanda-forever.html

 

Sid Jacobson – RIP

 D. D. Degg

July 25, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/25/sid-jacobson-rip/ 

 

Kathy Battat

["My beautiful father, Sidney Jacobson, passed away yesterday in my arms..."]

July 24 2022

https://www.facebook.com/kathy.battat/posts/pfbid0tnUwDQVFSc9Edv7wRfbxsfVdi6DsivTZGYz2k78YZKkVUDGfsB3Vc5ikpSR4KxDpl

 

Prominent US Cartoonist Turns Eyes to War in Ukraine [Steve Brodner]

Nina Vishneva and Anna Rice.

July 21, 2022

https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/cartoonist-ukraine/6668516.html