Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/6-7/22

 

DC Chief Search Continues as Dan Lin No Longer in Talks for Top Job

Borys Kit, Aaron Couch

September 6, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dc-film-tv-talks-break-down-dan-lin-1235212975/

 

Marvel announces the 2023 class of superstar STORMBREAKER artists

Marvel's premier talent distinction program shines a light on the breakout artists!

Taimur Dar

09/06/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-stormbreakers-2023-class-revealed/

 

Rarity: Etta Hulme's Comic Strip "The Strangers" by D. D. Degg

September 5, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/05/rarity-etta-hulmes-comic-strip-the-strangers/

 

John Cuneo's "Top Dog"

The artist discusses canine stars, his first trip abroad, and keeping a sense of the spontaneous in his work.

By Françoise Mouly

September 5, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2022-09-12

 

Out of Print: Revisiting Susan Daitch's The Colorist

John Kelly | September 6, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/out-of-print-revisiting-susan-daitchs-the-colorist/

Northwest Press returns with Kickstarter for Don Gaddis' A HOME WITHOUT

 

The first new graphic novel from the LGBT publisher since 2020

Dean Simons

09/06/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/northwest-press-returns-with-kickstarter-for-don-gaddis-a-home-without/

 

US Rep: Sitcom with Danny DeVito as voice of Satan is 'evil' [Little Demon].

By Janet McConnaughey | AP

September 6, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/us-rep-sitcom-with-danny-devito-as-voice-of-satan-is-evil/2022/09/06/75f3d82c-2e33-11ed-bcc6-0874b26ae296_story.html

 

Imagine being Danny DeVito's daughter. Now imagine if he were Satan.

Lucy DeVito and Danny DeVito portray a father and daughter from hell in 'Little Demon' [in print as Those devilish DeVitos]

By Olivia McCormack

Washinvton Post September 6 2022 C1-2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/08/31/little-demon-lucy-danny-devito/

 

Drawing the Dust Bowl: An Interview with SPX Program Speaker Aimee de Jongh

Sara W. Duke,

Headlines & Heroes Blog from the Library of Congress. 09/06/2022

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/09/drawing-the-dust-bowl-an-interview-with-spx-program-speaker-aimee-de-jongh/

 

Okupe and Akpan's IYANU: CHILD OF WONDER wins Best Comic at the 2022 Nommo Awards

[YouNEEK Studios]

09/06/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/okupe-and-akpans-iyanu-child-of-wonder-wins-best-comic-at-the-2022-nommo-awards/

 

The Cartoon Mystery That Stumped the Internet

Do you recognize this elf-like man? No, he's not from "The Littles." [Canada; "The Soulmates: The Gift of Light"]

By Will Sloan

September 6, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-cartoon-mystery-that-stumped-the-internet

 

Stan Sakai exits IDW and returns to Dark Horse with a New Imprint

Usagi is back at Dark Horse with his own imprint

Dean Simons

09/07/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/stan-sakai-exits-idw-and-returns-to-dark-horse-with-a-new-imprint/

 

'Bloom County' comic strip creator nearly steps on rattlesnake while leaving house

Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News

Sep. 6, 2022

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Bloom-County-Berkeley-Breathed-rattlesnake-17422407.php

 

Tim Long Joins FOX's 'Bloom County' as Co-Writer, Showrunner

By Mercedes Milligan

September 6, 2022

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/09/tim-long-joins-foxs-boom-county-as-co-writer-showrunner/

 

Bryan Talbot discusses The Legend Of Luther Arkwright!

Andrew Sumner  Sep 7, 2022

Forbidden Planet TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2H0Nse0SrQ

 

Emerald City Comic Con 2022: What Do You Do When You Need a Break from Comics?

David Harper

Sep 7, 2022

SKTCHD

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

 

Jason T. Miles, September 6th, 2022

  Sep 7, 2022

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep2OL_ToUI0

 

John Romita Jr Terrificon 2022

  Aug 31, 2022

wordballoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UkVUCgCHt4

 

An Interview with M.S. Harkness

Nora

Autobiographix September 7 2022

https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-ms-harkness

 

INTERVIEW: FRED VAN LENTE chats about his origin of PETER CANNON

The writer is taking on the legendary character with Dynamite

Deanna Destito

09/07/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-fred-van-lente-origin-of-peter-cannon/

 

'King of the Hill' Revival Won't Happen on Fox

Network head Michael Thorn says the broadcaster isn't in the running for a possible return of the beloved series.

Rick Porter

September 7, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fox-wont-air-king-of-the-hill-revival-1235214022/

 

Diamond Comics Issues Warning About Social Security Number Leaks

 September 6, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-comics-issues-warning-about-social-security-number-leaks/

 

THE DELUXE EDITION ARMS RACE CONTINUES TO ESCALATE

 Rob Salkowitz on September 6, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/52074/the-deluxe-edition-arms-race-continues-escalate

 

Alex Ross Comes Full Circle [Fantastic Four]

By Brian Heater

Sep 07, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/90243-alex-ross-comes-full-circle.html

 

Titan Comics Expands into Manga

By Brigid Alverson

Sep 02, 2022

A version of this article appeared in the 09/05/2022 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Titan Comics Expands into Manga

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/90240-titan-comics-expands-into-manga.html

PR: Emotions at Play with Pixar’s Inside Out Exhibit Opens at National Children’s Museum in Downtown DC This Fall

Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out Exhibit Opens at National Children's Museum in Downtown DC This Fall

From September 24, 2022 - January 8, 2023, families will recognize, explore, and express emotions through hands-on experiences inspired by the hit animated film

WASHINGTON – This fall and winter, prepare for a joy-filled family experience! Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out, the first interactive exhibit based on Disney and Pixar's hit animated feature Inside Out, arrives at National Children's Museum on September 24, 2022.

Visitors are invited to interact with hands-on and digital exhibit features that demonstrate the important role emotions, memory, and imagination play in our everyday lives. Experiences focus on the five emotions featured in the award-winning film: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear. Through hands-on, playful experiences, children and their families learn to recognize emotions and explore how they are expressed and managed.

Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out will be open for play at National Children's Museum from September 24, 2022 - January 8, 2023.

"At a time when social-emotional learning is needed more than ever, this exhibit is an incredible opportunity for children and families to explore emotions and build communication skills together," said Crystal Bowyer, President + CEO of National Children's Museum. "The Museum is thrilled to host Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out this fall."

The exhibit was developed by Children's Museum of Pittsburgh in collaboration with Pixar Animation Studios.

In this exhibit, visitors can:

• Step into Headquarters to explore the range and intensity of emotions at the Control Panel.
• Explore some of the ways we show how we feel with our faces and bodies at the Emotions Mirrors.
• Think about an important memory and how it made them feel—or show how they're feeling currently by creating a glowing Memory Sphere.
• Use their imagination to create a story and perform it at Dream Productions.
• Work to keep the train on track—what feelings do you have when you control and balance the Train of Thought?
• Explore how emotions work together as they stack and balance the Emotion Blocks.

The Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out exhibit is included in the cost of Museum admission. Tickets to the Museum are $15.95 for adults and children 1 and older and are free for children under 1 and Museum members. For more information about the exhibit at National Children's Museum, please visit www.nationalchildrensmuseum.org/visting-exhibit-hall.

Located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW off the Woodrow Wilson Plaza, National Children's Museum is open 9:30 am - 4:30 pm every day except Tuesdays.

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About National Children's Museum
STEAM adventure awaits at National Children's Museum, located in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C.! With a mission to inspire children to care about and change the world, the Museum sparks curiosity and ignites creativity for children under the age of twelve and their families.Through playful science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) based exhibits, programs, and virtual offerings, the Museum reaches more than 1.5 million people each year. Learn more and plan your visit at nationalchildrensmuseum.org.

About Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is a place that delights and inspires children, where they can take off on fantastic flights of imagination daily, and return to earth to splash in a river, hammer a nail and ink a silkscreen. With 80,000 square feet of space, the Museum welcomes more than 307,000 visitors annually and provides tons of fun and loads of "real stuff" experiences for play and learning. The Museum was voted one of the nation's Ten Best Museums for Families in USA Today's Readers' Choice Contest in 2017, and named one of the nation's fifteen top children's museums by Parents Magazine in 2015. In April 2019, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh opened MuseumLab™, a new museum for older kids, in the former Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny next door. This project transformed a historic landmark on Pittsburgh's North Side and completed what is now the nation's largest cultural campus for children.

About Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation. The Northern California studio has created some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including "Toy Story," "Monsters, Inc.," "Cars," "The Incredibles," "Ratatouille," "WALL•E," "Up," "Toy Story 3," "Inside Out," "Coco" and "Luca." Its movies and technology have won more than 40 Academy Awards® and its films have grossed billions at the worldwide box office.

About Inside Out
Pixar's hit animated feature Inside Out is the story of 11-year-old Riley, who like all of us, is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco as Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive. Inside Out was released in 2015.

YouNeek wins an award

Okupe and Akpan's IYANU: CHILD OF WONDER wins Best Comic at the 2022 Nommo Awards

Iyanu: Child of Wonder has already been greenlit for an HBO Max/Cartoon Network animated series

Dean Simons

09/06/2022 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/okupe-and-akpans-iyanu-child-of-wonder-wins-best-comic-at-the-2022-nommo-awards/

Drawing the Dust Bowl: An Interview with SPX Program Speaker Aimee de Jongh

Drawing the Dust Bowl: An Interview with SPX Program Speaker Aimee de Jongh

Sara W. Duke,

Headlines & Heroes Blog from the Library of Congress. 09/06/2022

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/09/drawing-the-dust-bowl-an-interview-with-spx-program-speaker-aimee-de-jongh/?loclr=easerb

The following is an interview conducted by Sara W. Duke, Curator, Popular & Applied Graphic Art, in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with award-winning, Dutch author and artist Aimée de Jongh. Ms. de Jongh will be the speaker for the Library's 8th Annual Small Press Expo (SPX) Author Series, September […]

The Post interviews the Little Demon DeVitos

Imagine being Danny DeVito's daughter. Now imagine if he were Satan.

Lucy DeVito and Danny DeVito portray a father and daughter from hell in 'Little Demon' [in print as Those devilish DeVitos]

By Olivia McCormack

Washinvton Post September 6 2022 C1-2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/08/31/little-demon-lucy-danny-devito/

Short interview with Rachel Orr in Post newsletter

Until next time: Rachel Orr

Samantha Chery

Washington Post Lily Lines newsletter September 5 2022

https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596c1be2ade4e24119c3d7be&s=6315d712ab732227d00d8e0c

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/3-4-5/22

Diane Noomin – RIP

 by D. D. Degg

September 2, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/02/diane-noomin-rip/

 

Paper Girls Sales Quadruple After Amazon Prime Video TV Show

 September 2, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/paper-girls-sales-quadruple-after-amazon-prime-video-tv-show/

 

Rob Liefeld Vs. Mike Carlin Over Hawk & Dove From 1988

September 3, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rob-liefeld-vs-mike-carlin-over-hawk-dove-from-1988/

 

King of Collectibles [Ted Hake]

Samantha Drake CGS'06

25 Aug 2022

https://thepenngazette.com/king-of-collectibles/

 

Warner Bros. figures it might as well cancel DC FanDome while they're at it

Like Batgirl, DC's own virtual fan event is no longer on the calendar.

Matt Schimkowitz

AV Club September 1 2022

https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-cancels-dc-fandome-while-they-re-at-it-1849487859

 

The Persinger Scrapbook: An Esoteric and Ephemeral Cultural Artifact

 by Stu McIntire

September 05, 2022

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-persinger-scrapbook-esoteric-and.html

 

Andy Marlette & Pensacola News Journal Part Ways

by D. D. Degg

September 3, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/03/andy-marlette-and-pensacola-news-journal-part/

 

Waco Tribune-Herald Replaces Comics With Puzzles

by D. D. Degg

September 4, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/04/waco-tribune-herald-replaces-comics-with-puzzles/

 

Cartoonist Stephan Pastis revisited

Tom Falco

10 with Tom blog September 2, 2022

https://10withtom.com/2022/09/02/cartoonist-stephan-pastis-revisited/           

 

Masha Zhdanova Takes 2022 Locher Award

by D. D. Degg

September 2, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/02/masha-zhdanova-takes-2022-locher-award/

 

'The Catholic Cartoon': This 19-year-old wants to bring a comic from Instagram to your parish bulletin [religion]

Cristobal Spielmann

August 31, 2022

https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2022/08/31/catholic-cartoon-joshua-masterson-243654

 

35 years of 'Off The Mark' [Mark Parisi]

    By Joann Mackenzie

    Sep 3, 2022

    https://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/35-years-of-off-the-mark/article_f61da2ae-2897-11ed-a6fd-db258102c13f.html

 

Sept. 2, 2022

A Genius Cartoonist Believes Child's Play Is Anything But Frivolous [Lynda Barry]

By David Marchese

Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/05/magazine/lynda-barry-interview.html

 

After a Climate Catastrophe, These Birds Flocked to the Moon

By Etelka Lehoczky

 

BIRDS OF MAINE, by Michael DeForge | Illustrated | 459 pp. | Drawn & Quarterly | $34.95

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 4, 2022, Page 13 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Winging It.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/books/review/after-a-climate-catastrophe-these-birds-flocked-to-the-moon.html

 

Teaching with Comics: Empirical, Analytical, and Professional Experiences

Editors:

    Robert Aman,

    Lars Wallner

Palgrave Macmillan 2022

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-05194-4

 

    Front Matter

    Pages i-xix

    PDF

    Introduction: Teaching with Comics: Empirical, Analytical, and Professional Experiences

        Robert Aman, Lars Wallner

    Pages 1-13

    Comics as a Tool for Inquiry

        Front Matter

        Pages 15-15

        PDF

        Breaking Boundaries: The Place of Comics in Art Education

            Clio Ding

        Pages 17-37

        The Superpowers of the Interrogative Mode

            Noran Amin

        Pages 39-62

        Comics and Social-Emotional Laughter

            Dona Pursall

        Pages 63-84

    Art Education

        Front Matter

        Pages 85-85

        PDF

        Comic Art Ed: Making Comics Is for Everyone!

            Cathy G. Johnson

        Pages 87-109

        Cartooning in Educational Contexts: A Promising Way to Promote Cross-Curricular Work with Children and Adolescents

            Ana Pedrazzini, Constanza Zinkgräf, Paola D'Adamo, Lucía Bugallo, Mariana Lozada

        Pages 111-130

        Loosening the Straight-Away of Thinking: Comic-Making as Arts Education

            Hannah Sackett

        Pages 131-150

    Language, Culture, and Communication

        Front Matter

        Pages 151-151

        PDF

        'Multi Is More': Towards Media-Awareness and Multiliteracy in the Flemish Classroom Through Italian Comics

            Eva Van de Wiele, Michel De Dobbeleer, Mara Santi

        Pages 153-169

        Astérix in Scottish National Education

            Laurence Grove

        Pages 171-184

        Developing Disciplinary Literacy Practices with Comics: Highlighting Students' Strengths, Questionings, and Knowings in School Spaces

            Ashley K. Dallacqua, Dani Kachorsky, Sara Kersten-Parrish

        Pages 185-203

        Developing Student Creativity Through the Exploration and Design of Science Comics

            Sylvia Pantaleo

        Pages 205-228

    Social Sciences

        Front Matter

        Pages 229-229

        PDF

        Using Comics to Teach East German History

            Michael F. Scholz

        Pages 231-253

        #BlackFemaleIdentityConstructions: Inserting Intersectionality and Blackness in Comics

            Grace D. Gipson

        Pages 255-276

        Materializing the Past: Teaching History Through Graphic Novels

            Zane Elward

        Pages 277-297

        Immigrant Voices and Empathy: A Guide to Transformative Listening in Ruillier's Les Mohamed

            Kirby Childress

        Pages 299-323

 

Sep 18, 2021 • 45M

A Conversation With Grant Morrison

The full audio and transcript, at last!

Jonathan Hickman

3 Worlds 3 Moons

Sep 18, 2021

https://3w3m.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-grant-morrison#details

 

Tokyo Rose: Zero Hour and the History of Japanese Characters in Comics

Eileen Gonzalez Aug 30, 2022

https://bookriot.com/japanese-characters-in-comics/

 

Jemisin and Campbell's FAR SECTOR comes out on top at the 2022 Hugo Awards [Green Lantern]

Dean Simons

09/05/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/jemisin-and-campbells-far-sector-comes-out-on-top-at-the-2022-hugo-awards/

 

Emerald City Comic Con 2022: Which Creators Make Other Creators Ask, "How Are They So Good?!"

David Harper

Sep 2, 2022

SKTCHD

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

 

Nailed It: Comic Artists on the Page, Panel, Cover, or Detail That Was Just Right

By David Harper

August 30, 2022

https://sktchd.com/column/nailed-it-comic-artists-on-the-page-panel-cover-or-detail-that-was-just-right/

 

Topical Reviews: From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books and Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed!

Samantha Baskind

2011, Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29:2 : 165-168

https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

 

Topical Reviews: Harvey Pekar: Conversations

Jordana Hall

2011, Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29:2 : 165-168

Online at https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

A very nice review of my Harvey Pekar: Conversations books

I found this by accident tonight while looking up the first author's reviews -

Topical Reviews: Harvey Pekar: Conversations

Jordana Hall

2011, Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29:2 : 165-168

Online at https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

It's 11 years later, but Ms. Hall's review gave me the warm fuzzies on the last day of summer, as I mope about no longer being able to swim outdoors for another 9 months.

She ends her review with this very kind paragraph:

To those unfamiliar with American Splendor, Conversations is an excellent
introduction to the comics and their creator. To fans of Pekar's work, the book provides insight into the author, his personal tastes, and his creative process. What is more, the conversations with his artist collaborators offer an inside look at the entire production process. Taken together the twenty-one interviews are informative and entertaining, with humorous outbursts from Joyce Brabner, who also gets her say in the later pieces. Harvey Pekar: Conversations is an important book for any scholar or enthusiast of comics.

These Conversations books are labors of love - I may have made $50 on this one, but I doubt it - and great resources. I buy all of them. I wish I had time to do more - a Herblock one was discussed with Tom Inge before his death, and there's plenty of other non-comic book cartoonists who deserve collections.

Alex Bowman places as finalist in Locher Award

Here's the details. Local cartoonist Ann Telnaes was also a judge.

http://locheraward.org/news/2022/9/2/announcing-the-2022-locher-award

The Persinger Scrapbook: An Esoteric and Ephemeral Cultural Artifact

 by Stu McIntire

ser·en·dip·i·ty
/ˌserənˈdipədē/
noun
the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
"a fortunate stroke of serendipity"

Fredonia, Kansas is a small town (population <2,500) in the southeastern region of the State. It is surrounded by farmland and is an atypical representation of mid-American life... a living celebration of faith, family and community. It's the type of place where high school sports and the annual Homecoming event are a Big Deal.

A barber shop once existed on N. 6th Street, run by a gentleman named I.A. Persinger. Persinger's establishment, called The Bungalow, was approximately a block over and a block up from my grandparent's house on N. 7th Street, which was on a corner across the street from the high school.

The Bungalow was known to draw customers from at least as far away as Moline, in Elk County, some 40 miles away. That was no small thing during the Depression when resources were scarce. It was almost certainly a communal spot. While customers waited, they could peruse and write in, or sign, a delightfully unique item that Persinger created. It began as a scrapbook in which the barber collected his favorite newspaper comic strip, Wash Tubbs (Roy Crane was the creator of the strip from April 14, 1924 - May 29, 1943).

What set Persinger's Scrapbook apart from "any other" scrapbook were the notations and commentary Persinger added, along with scribblings penned by delighted customers. Persinger's Scrapbook is notable, as has been described by researchers and scholars, as a diary, almanac, and news source. Some of the comments Persinger penned read almost as quaint, humorous and poetic high school yearbook inscriptions.

This is no typical scrapbook. It tips the scales at some 35 pounds and is at least a foot thick, if not more so. It was lovingly collected, collated and bound over a number of years by its owner and willingly shared with the public. It survived (surprisingly intact, considering its handling) decades of constant page-turning and reading not to mention the ravages of decay common to pulp materials.

To our good fortune, the Columbia University Libraries are now the custodians of the Persinger Scrapbook. The link here is to a video presented by Library staff that describes the challenges faced when deciding how best to restore this treasure for future generations. The goal, if it can be achieved, is to digitize as much of the content as possible and to make it available as an eBook. Watch the video through and share in the glee expressed by the presenters. While doing so, give a thanks to Maggie Thompson for her considerable efforts to this happen.

On a personal note, though Persinger predated me and the rest of my family, he was active in Fredonia for the decades of my grandfather's young adulthood and middle age. They were neighbors and possibly friends. It is entirely possible that Persinger was my grandfather's barber. It is possible my grandfather held the Persinger Scrapbook and read through it. (My grandfather was a comic strip fan from his childhood days of Alphonse & Gaston, Bringing Up Father, Foxy Grandpa, and the Yellow Kid). If I may dream... it's entirely possible the Persinger Scrapbook includes one or more of my grandfather's handwritten messages. Time - and careful conservation - will tell. I, for one, eagerly anticipate seeing the page-by-page high-res scans once Columbia University is able to release a digitized version. That is true even if no sign of my grandfather's hand is detected.

My mother lived out her final years in Fredonia, where she grew up and graduated high school. She and my dad relocated there after my dad's retirement. My mom owned and operated an antique shop for a time. She was a local history buff and would have been ecstatic with this discovery. Even if my mother never knew I.A. Persinger on a personal level, there is no doubt she knew who he was, as well as his wife and daughter. I was made aware of this too late to share with my mom and well beyond the time I could query my grandfather. I've been to Fredonia countless times but do not have a personal history there. I see this as one more connection which though tenuous, is no less treasured.

video:
https://youtu.be/bQoIvoh8iEc