Saturday, September 17, 2022

"The Lack of Appropriate Response from Governments to Tackle the Climate Crisis Triggered My Thoughts" – Alba Ceide on Her Ecologically-Focussed 'Earth Blues' Comics

by Andy Oliver

September 8, 2022

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/alba-ceide-earth-blues/

Off Panel #366: Superheroes...Are...Good? with Oliver Sava

David Harper

Sep 12, 2022

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-366-superheroesaregood-with-oliver-sava

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Oliver_Sava_2022.mp3

Gabby Rivera: Writing the story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero

Manoush Zomorodi

September 9, 2022 TED Radio Hour

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/09/1121549445/gabby-rivera-writing-the-story-of-marvels-first-queer-latina-superhero

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/ted/2022/09/20220908_ted_ted01.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1121549445

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 533: News from DC

Calvin Reid, Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons

on 09/09/2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1216

Keanu Reeves is making a new Constantine movie

Warner Bros. is bringing back the DC Comics warlock for a sequel to the 2005 film.

William Hughes

September 16 2022

https://www.avclub.com/keanu-reeves-constantine-2-warner-bros-1849547894

Paul Levitz makes his Marvel comics writing debut with AVENGERS: WAR ACROSS TIME miniseries this January

Writer Paul Levitz and artist Alan Davis assemble for a new Kang storyline in time for the Avengers 60th anniversary!

Taimur Dar

09/16/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/avengers-war-across-time-limited-series-announced/

INTERVIEW: BENDIS, ARAÚJO talk PHENOMENA BOOK 1

The YA quest adventure is the first of a three graphic novel trilogy.

Zack Quaintance

09/16/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-bendis-araujo-talk-phenomena-book-1/

With an Israeli Superhero, Marvel Wades Into an Intractable Conflict

The studio has angered many Palestinians and their supporters by casting the actress Shira Haas to play Sabra, a mutant Mossad agent, in a "Captain America" movie.

By Isabel Kershner

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 16, 2022, Section A, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: With Israeli Superhero, Marvel Attracts Critics.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/world/middleeast/israel-marvel-captain-america-sabra.html

In the new 'Little Mermaid,' Black girls and moms see themselves

Viral videos of little girls reacting to the trailer of the live-action Disney film is a marketing bonanza

By Samantha Chery and Anne Branigin

September 15, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/09/15/little-mermaid-halle-bailey-black-girls/

Marvel is ramping up Latine representation

Chris Vazquez

September 14, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/entertainment/marvel-is-ramping-up-latine-representation/2022/09/14/e0982f97-a148-4dea-aa9d-ddd8ba58e073_video.html

LGBTQ+ stories take center stage at CBLDF's Banned Books Week 2022 events

Maia Kobabe - author of most challenged book Gender Queer - leads the charge in this year's CBLDF Banned Books Week events.

Dean Simons

09/16/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/cbldf-banned-books-week-2022-events/

Warner Bros. Discovery Has Bigger Problems Than Its DC Search

The film studio's hunt for its own Kevin Feige may be complicated by key questions about what's next for the heavily indebted company — and whether another major deal is on the horizon.

Kim Masters

September 16, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-has-bigger-problems-than-its-dc-search-1235221804/

The Black-And-White D23 Expo Amazing Fantasy #1000 Variant in the Wild

September 15, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-black-and-white-d23-expo-amazing-fantasy-1000-variant-in-the-wild/

Friday, September 16, 2022

The Post on Little Mermaid's race and Hispanic characters

Marvel is ramping up Latine representation

Chris Vazquez

September 14, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/entertainment/marvel-is-ramping-up-latine-representation/2022/09/14/e0982f97-a148-4dea-aa9d-ddd8ba58e073_video.html

In the new 'Little Mermaid,' Black girls and moms see themselves

Viral videos of little girls reacting to the trailer of the live-action Disney film is a marketing bonanza

By Samantha Chery and Anne Branigin

September 15, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/09/15/little-mermaid-halle-bailey-black-girls/

Aimee de Jongh lecturing at the Library of Congress

She'll be at SPX tomorrow.

SL Gallant on his last issue of drawing GI Joe

Larry Hama Celebrates 40 Years Writing G.I. JOE

Scoop September 16 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=264154

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/15/22

Legends come alive in the first look at American Born Chinese

The Disney Plus series is an adaptation of Gene Luen Yang's award-winning graphic novel

Katie Chow

AV Club September 14 2022

https://www.avclub.com/watch-first-look-at-american-born-chinese-disney-plus-1849537225

Joshua Williamson Launches New Nailbiter Comics On Substack Pro

September 13, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/joshua-williamson-launches-new-nailbiter-comics-on-substack-pro/

Disney's GARGOYLES creator Greg Weisman details the latest in the franchise

Deanna Destito

09/15/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/disney-gargoyles-creator-greg-weisman-details-the-latest-in-the-franchise/

Opinion: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in comics beyond tamales

Cartoonist J. Gonzo addresses the issues raised by DC's Hispanic Heritage Awareness Month covers in a positive and constructive way

by J. Gonzo

Beat 09/15/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/opinion-celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month-in-comics-beyond-tamales/

Stan Lee's DC Comics JUST IMAGINE characters return in new Earth-6 anthology

Excelsior! In celebration of what would have been Stan Lee's 100th birthday!

Taimur Dar

09/15/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-comics-just-imagine-earth-6-stan-lee-one-shot-announced/

The MCU Thunderbolts - what DNA it shares with the comic books and what's missing

By George Marston

Newsarama September 12 2022

https://www.gamesradar.com/mcu-thunderbolts-similarities-differences/

TIFF 2022 - "The Peoples Joker" Conversation with Director/Writer Vera Drew

the Breeze Sep 13, 2022

Alexander Helisek

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

Laying the Groundwork for Japanese Comics: Imaizumi Ippyō's Establishment of Euro-American Narrative Cartoons in the Jiji Shinpō between 1890 and 1899

Eike Exner and Irene Chun | September 15, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/laying-the-groundwork-for-japanese-comics-imaizumi-ippyos-establishment-of-euro-american-narrative-cartoons-in-the-jiji-shinpo-between-1890-and-1899/

Look! It's the winged monkeys of the Wizard of Trump [in print as Fly! Fly! The winged monkeys of Trump spread the 'big lie.']

Visual essay by Steve Brodner

Washington Post September 15 2022: A20-21

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/wizard-of-oz-flying-monkeys-trump-big-lie/

Full-page editorial cartoon by Brodner in today's Post

It's a thing of beauty.

Look! It's the winged monkeys of the Wizard of Trump [in print as Fly! Fly! The winged monkeys of Trump spread the 'big lie.']

Visual essay by Steve Brodner

Washington Post September 15 2022: A20-21

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/wizard-of-oz-flying-monkeys-trump-big-lie/

Sept 16: Aimee de Jongh, Days of Sand, SPX hybrid lecture at the Library of Congress

https://www.loc.gov/item/event-406506/days-of-sand-small-press-expo-author-series/2022-09-16/.

The lecture is part of the Library of Congress participation in SPX festivities, and will occur in Jefferson Building room 119: https://www.loc.gov/visit/maps-and-floor-plans/. This event is free and open to the public. In the event you want to know more about the graphic novel, here is the Serials Division's Heroes and Headlines Blog post: https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/09/drawing-the-dust-bowl-an-interview-with-spx-program-speaker-aimee-de-jongh/.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/14/22

A Week In The Life Of Banned Graphic Novel, Gender Queer

September 12, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/a-week-in-the-life-of-banned-graphic-novel-gender-queer/

Scooby-Doo's Velma branded a 'Karen' for calling police in video game

In an update to the 'MultiVersus' game last week, Velma was stripped of her police-calling powers

By Julian Mark

Washington Post September 12, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/12/velma-multiversus-police/

TIFF: 'The People's Joker' Pulled From Toronto Fest Over "Rights Issues"

Vera Drew's queer coming-of-age film, with its reimagining of Gotham City, has been withdrawn from further plays at festival after a world premiere after midnight on Tuesday.

Etan Vlessing

September 14, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-peoples-joker-movie-pulled-tiff-rights-issues-1235220478/

INTERVIEW: MICHAEL MORECI & HAYDEN SHERMAN revisit WASTED SPACE

The popular sci-fi comic is getting an omnibus on Kickstarter

Deanna Destito

09/14/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-michael-moreci-hayden-shermain-wasted-space/

Matthew Rosenberg Launches Substack Comics With Juan Ferreyra & More

September 13, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/matthew-rosenberg-launches-substack-comics-with-juan-ferreyra-more/

Compare How Mark Buckingham Completely Redrew Miracleman Silver Age

September 13, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/compare-how-mark-buckingham-completely-redrew-miracleman-silver-age/

She-Hulk Director: Madisynn/Wong Bonus Scene Didn't Exist in the Script

By Matt Webb Mitovich / September 11 2022

https://tvline.com/2022/09/11/she-hulk-madisynn-wong-bonus-scene-added-to-script/

Sep 13, 2022 7:00 AM

Kate Beaton on Creating the Best Graphic Novel of 2022

The cartoonist's Ducks is a devastating memoir about life in the oil sands of northern Alberta, Canada.

Graeme McMillan

https://www.wired.com/story/kate-beaton-ducks-q-and-a/

Pinocchio (2022) vs. Pinocchio (1940): What are the Differences?

We examine how far Robert Zemeckis' Pinocchio gets from the original 1940 Disney movie.

By David Crow | September 14, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/pinocchio-2022-vs-pinocchio-1940-what-are-the-differences/

EXCLUSIVE: TMNT's Tom Waltz Talks Last Ronin Prequel and Teases More Ninja Turtles Comics

By Gregg Katzman

CBR September 12 2022

https://www.cbr.com/tmnt-writer-talks-last-ronin-prequel-and/

Lily Renée Phillips, Pioneering Comic Book Artist, Dies at 101

A refugee from Nazi-annexed Austria, she started a new life in New York drawing powerful, glamorous heroines and broke barriers in a male-dominated field.

By Neil Genzlinger

Sept. 14, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/arts/design/lily-renee-phillips-dead.html

Disney's new Israeli superhero film hits a raw nerve with Arabs [MCU, Sabra, Incredible Hulk]

By Hadas Gold and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN

September 14, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/middleeast/marvel-israeli-superhero-mime-intl/index.html

Gay comic artist reveals the origins of his new, personal graphic novel

Don Gaddis

Sep 12, 2022 northwestpress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnu0dGuSfEw

Enjoy Nyara A.'s interview with Jonathan Schnapp, author, Order of the Night Jay: The Forest Beckons

Nyara A.

Sep 7, 2022

KIDS FIRST!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGRHdmxmik0

Stephen East

September 8 2022

Has News Corp Killed the Newspaper Comic Strip? [Australia, The Phantom]

https://www.chroniclechamber.com/post/has-news-corp-killed-the-comic-strip

Queensland cartoonist draws final comic strip for newspapers [Gary Clark]

Jessica Naunton, presenter

ABC North Queensland 12 Sep 2022

https://www.abc.net.au/northqld/programs/mornings/gary-clark-cartoonist/101434802

A Harrowing Journey Ends: PW Talks with Fabien Toulmé [France]

By Chris Burkhalter |

Sep 09, 2022

A version of this article appeared in the 09/12/2022 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: A Harrowing Journey Ends

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/90261-a-harrowing-journey-ends-pw-talks-with-fabien-toulm.html

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Shannon Gallant working on IDW's TMNT

" Working with Kevin Eastman, Ben Bishop, and SL Gallant, Waltz will further explore the "Roninverse" in the upcoming series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin - The Lost Years."

That's the only mention in this interview -

EXCLUSIVE: TMNT's Tom Waltz Talks Last Ronin Prequel and Teases More Ninja Turtles Comics

By Gregg Katzman

CBR September 12 2022

https://www.cbr.com/tmnt-writer-talks-last-ronin-prequel-and/

Scooby-Doo’s Velma latest problem character

Scooby-Doo's Velma branded a 'Karen' for calling police in video game

In an update to the 'MultiVersus' game last week, Velma was stripped of her police-calling powers

By Julian Mark

Washington Post September 12, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/12/velma-multiversus-police/

Saturday, September 17, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/16/22

Friday, September 16, 2022

The Post on Little Mermaid's race and Hispanic characters

Marvel is ramping up Latine representation

Aimee de Jongh lecturing at the Library of Congress

SL Gallant on his last issue of drawing GI Joe

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/15/22

Full-page editorial cartoon by Brodner in today's Post

Look! It's the winged monkeys of the Wizard of Trump [in print as Fly! Fly! The winged monkeys of Trump spread the 'big lie.']

Sept 16: Aimee de Jongh, Days of Sand, SPX hybrid lecture at the Library of Congress

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/14/22

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Shannon Gallant working on IDW's TMNT

EXCLUSIVE: TMNT's Tom Waltz Talks Last Ronin Prequel and Teases More Ninja Turtles Comics

Scooby-Doo’s Velma latest problem character

Scooby-Doo's Velma branded a 'Karen' for calling police in video game

In an update to the 'MultiVersus' game last week, Velma was stripped of her police-calling powers

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