Wednesday, September 21, 2022

The museum founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson is currently under construction in Exposition Park and will focus on all forms of narrative art.

Ryan Gajewski

September 20, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/lucas-museum-pushes-back-opening-2025-1235224522/

Peacock Enters Adult Animation With NPR Series From Mike Judge, Greg Daniels

'In the Know' is co-created by Judge, Zach Woods and Brandon Gardner.

Lesley Goldberg

September 20, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/peacock-animation-mike-judge-greg-daniels-npr-1235224313/

CP Time: Black Trailblazers in Animation | The Daily Show

Roy Wood Jr.

Sep 20, 2022

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06rMM6Jt3l0

Patrick Schumacker Talks Harley Quinn Season 3

Sep 19, 2022

wordballoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6fAuQ0GM8I

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

#196A: The Death of the 21st Phantom

September 06, 2021 ChronicleChamber.com

https://x-band.buzzsprout.com/12466/9128578-196a-the-death-of-the-21st-phantom

New to GoComics: Welcome, "TEX"! [Jesse Atwell]

by GoComics Team

September 19, 2022

https://www.gocomics.com/blog/4982/new-to-gocomics-welcome-tex

What Are Awards For?

Ted Rall

July 27 2022

https://rall.com/2022/07/27/what-are-awards-for

A Watered-Down Pulitzer Prize

John A. Lent

https://cartoonistsrights.org/a-watered-down-pulitzer-prize/

Victory Comics robbed of back issues

Tens of Thousands of Dollars' Worth of Comic Books Stolen: Store Owner

Falls Church police investigate the burglary of Victory Comics where it is estimated about $40,000 worth of comic books was stolen.

By Nuria Diaz Munoz & Walter Morris • Published September 20, 2022 • Updated on September 21, 2022

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/tens-of-thousands-of-dollars-worth-of-comic-books-stolen-store-owner/3161735/

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Back a project by Hobbes Holluck - Green Knight Street Fight

Green Knight Street Fight: In the Alpha Zone

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1995040525/green-knight-street-fight-in-the-alpha-zone

The Green Knight of Arthurian legend and a band of 12 year olds from 1992 travel to the future to battle environmental catastrophe.

Kickstarter connects creators with backers to fund projects.

Rewards aren't guaranteed, but creators must regularly update backers.

You're only charged if the project meets its funding goal by the campaign deadline.

Story

The Green Knight likes to make an entrance.

The Project

What happens when the Green Knight of Arthurian legend comes crashing into an arcade in the year 1992? A GREEN KNIGHT STREET FIGHT of course! GREEN KNIGHT STREET FIGHT: IN THE ALPHA ZONE is a self-contained 32-page, hand-drawn and hand-colored comic book. It's a genre smashing action comedy inspired by 90's beat 'em up arcade games while taking inspiration from works like The Monster Squad, Captain Planet and Escape from New York (and quite a few others).

Cover Artwork

The Story

Ernie and his friends just wanted to have a fun afternoon at the local arcade playing their favorite game- Knight Fight Fury 4.

But then, as if their favorite game came to life, the Green Knight of Arthurian legend comes smashing into their lives with a time traveling quest to save the future! Their objective? Stop the evil knight Mordred from killing the Earth Goddess in the year 2123 in a place known only as... THE ALPHA ZONE.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Opening Bell" Inbox

from DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -

"Opening Bell"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3522

"...freedom has many manifestations but the most important for many is
the ability to work for your benefit, for the benefit of your children
and the want of your country. Ukraine is a story of a future victory
and a chance for you to invest now in projects worth hundreds of
billions of dollars to share the victory of us… This will be your
victory and a new success story for your companies."
—Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, 09.06.2022

I've seen some pretty goddamn unctous fotos in the news in my time,
but none quite as revulsive lately as this tableau featuring US stooge
and Neo-Nazi Volodymyr Zelensky "virtually" ringing the opening bell
via remote video link at the New York Stock Exchange — and none quite
as apropos, given that shares in US "defense" industries are hitting
the stratosphere, and Ford and IBM's infamous collaboration with the
Nazis.

As reported at Grayzone and Multipolarista, Zelensky's economic
"victory" is being won through the abolition of labor protection in a
program not unlike that instituted by Pinochet in Chile in the 1970s,
combined with some of that good old-fashioned globalized IMF/WorldBank
"shock treatment". Ukraine is "open for business", the sonofabitch
says — I don't know about you, but when I hear one of these bastards
talk about how his country is "open for business", it's time to look
the fuck OUT.

This crass stunt — along with Zelensky's suppression of Left
opposition parties and his repeated foto ops with Nazis — would
actually indicate that this is pretty much par for the course on Wall
Street, which never met a war (or a fascist) it didn't like.

"We are pleased to welcome President Zelensky virtually to the NYSE
bell podium, a symbol of the freedom and opportunity our U.S. capital
markets have enabled around the globe. We are honored the President
has chosen the NYSE to mark the kickoff of Advantage Ukraine and
engage with the world’s business community."
—Lynn Martin, president, NYSE Group, 09.06.2022

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"Zelensky is literally selling Ukraine to US corporations on Wall
Street", Benjamin Norton at Multipolarista, 09.09.2022
https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/09/zelensky-selling-ukraine-wall-street/

"Zelensky rings New York Stock Exchange bell as Euro dips below
dollar", Alexander Rubinstein at Grayzone, 09.07.2022
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/09/07/zelensky-new-york-stock-exchange-euro-dollar/

"President Zelenskyy Bans Opposition Parties in Ukraine", Juan Andrés
Gallardo at Left Voice, 03.21.2022
https://www.leftvoice.org/president-zelenskyy-bans-opposition-parties-in-ukraine/

"Ukraine's Zelensky shares image of soldier with Nazi insignia", RT,
05.09.2022
https://www.rt.com/russia/555202-zelensky-nazi-ss-insignia/

"How IBM helped the Nazis" book review at World Socialist Web Site, 05.2001
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2001/06/ibm-j27.html

"Nazi documents reveal that Ford had links to Auschwitz", UK Guardian,
07.09.1999
https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/aug/20/julianborger1

_____________________________
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/19/22

BUSINESS 3X3: FEON COOPER AT BLACK STAR COLLECTIBLES

L.A.'s Top 'Counterculture Comic Store'

by Jim McLauchlin on September 16, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52163/business-3x3-feon-cooper-black-star-collectibles

ICV2 INTERVIEW: UNIVERSAL DISTRIBUTION CEO ANGELO EXARHAKOS

The Canadian Market and Lessons from the Pandemic, Expansion into the U.S., More

Milton Griepp on September 16, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52165/icv2-interview-universal-distribution-ceo-angelo-exarhakos

The Sandman: Neil Gaiman Clarifies Some Season 2 Confusion

September 17, 2022

by Ray Flook

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-sandman-neil-gaiman-clarifies-some-season-2-confusion/

"I Felt A Responsibility To Share My Experience": Janet Biehl on Their Blood Got Mixed

Ian Thomas | September 19, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/i-felt-a-responsibility-to-share-my-experience-janet-biehl-on-their-blood-got-mixed/

Confusing Batman Cameos

By Jay Martel

Published in the print edition of the September 26, 2022, issue.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/26/wait-whats-batman-doing-here

French Critics Association ACBD gives 2022 Comics Award to Barry Windsor-Smith's MONSTERS

The fourth year of an award focused on rewarding work originally produced in the English language

Dean Simons

09/19/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/french-critics-association-acbd-gives-2022-comics-award-to-barry-windsor-smiths-monsters/

Rachel Gluckstern promoted to Executive Editor at InterPop

Gluckstern has led development of the publisher's Emergents universe since early 2021.

Joe Grunenwald

09/19/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/rachel-gluckstern-interpop-executive-editor-promotion/

Here are the winners from the 2022 IGNATZ Awards

Here is a complete list of the nominees and winners from last weekend's Ignatz Awards

Dean Simons

09/19/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/here-are-the-winners-from-the-2022-ignatz-awards/

Margie Discovers the Fluorescent Joys of Barbiecore

Could a hot-pink sweatband really be the answer to everything?

By Roz Chast

Published in the print edition of the September 26, 2022, issue, with the headline "Margie Discovers Barbiecore."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/26/margie-discovers-the-fluorescent-joys-of-barbiecore

PODCAST - Ep. 76: Chi's Sweet Home Vol 1&2 by Konami Kanata

The cutest cat in all of manga...!

MSX: Mangasplaining Extra

Sep 18 2022

https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/podcast-ep-76-chis-sweet-home-vol

Monday, September 19, 2022

SPX Ignatz award winners

Here are the winners from the 2022 IGNATZ Awards

Here is a complete list of the nominees and winners from last weekend's Ignatz Awards

Dean Simons

09/19/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/here-are-the-winners-from-the-2022-ignatz-awards/

Fantom Comics signing on Sept 24, 25 and Oct 2

I plan on attending all of these.

>> DC SAVED BY BELLE REVE SIGNING ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH @ 1PM!

You know him as one of the co-authors of MARCH and RUN, the graphic novel memoirs that explored late Congressman John Lewis' life during the civil rights movement. He's now returned with a new story with DC Comics...

ANDREW AYDIN is back at Fantom Comics to sign copies of DC SAVED BY BELLE REVE!

School's back in session, and we just know you're waiting for the BELLE to give you some REVElief…all right, you can't say we didn't try! Saved by the Belle Reve's halls are packed with eight tales of schooltime fun from around the DC Universe! The Suicide Squad is sent to an international prep school to protect a dignitary's son! John Paul Valley returns to the school that made him into Azrael! Plus, a return to Tiny Titans by Art Baltazar and Franco, and a new school year starts at Gotham Academy! So grab your pencils and notebooks and get educated!

Get copies of the book in-store or on our website!

>> HANS VOGEL IS DEAD SIGNING AND ZINE WORKSHOP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH @ 2PM!

Local artist Sierra Barnes' webcomic HANS VOGEL IS DEAD is now out with a volume 1 in physical form! We'll be having her in store to sign copies of her book and running a zine workshop! The theme for the zines? FAIRY TALES!

This is our first return to an in person art workshop - we ask that those who would like to participate in the zine creation aspect of the event to bring proof of vaccination and masks are required.

HANS VOGEL IS DEAD is a historical fantasy about battling fascism in the world of fairy tales and coming to terms with personal responsibility in a totalitarian regime.
We'll make an announcement when the books arrive!

>>> AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT

>>> CONSTANTINE DISTORTED ILLUSIONS & ZATANNA THE JEWEL OF GRAVESEND SIGNING

>> SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2nd @ 12pm - 2pm

KAMI GARCIA and ISAAC GOODHART the creative team behind CONSTANTINE DISTORTED ILLUSIONS along with ALYS ARDEN and JACQUELIN DELEON the creative team behind ZATANNA THE JEWEL OF GRAVESEND will be coming to Fantom Comics on the first weekend of October to sign their books! Swing on by to get copies of your books signed while also getting the opportunity to meet the creators!

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/17-18/22

Another Week In The Life Of Graphic Novel, Gender Queer

September 16, 2022

by Rich Johnston

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

Day by day, an artist chronicled two years of covid in America

Illustrator Steve Brodner felt lives were overlooked amid the pandemic's toll. In his new book, 'Living & Dying in America,' he illuminates what we've lost.

By Michael Cavna

September 17, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/09/17/steve-brodner-living-dying-america/

This Tucson native has taken over writing 64-year-old comic strip 'Gil Thorp'

By Mark Brodie

KJZZ's Fronteras September 13, 2022

https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1809392/tucson-native-has-taken-over-writing-64-year-old-comic-strip-gil-thorp

Drew Litton draws 7 cartoons after Broncos' loss to Seahawks Now in this 40th year, legendary cartoonist Drew Litton is back at 9NEWS this Broncos season.

Author: Alexander Kirk September 14, 2022 https://www.9news.com/article/sports/nfl/denver-broncos/drew-litton/73-c40f94fa-d273-4d26-9548-6d93f3186ade

Jerry Holbert – RIP [editorial cartoonist]

D. D. Degg

September 18, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/18/jerry-holbert-rip/

Jerry W. Holbert Obituary

August 02, 2022

https://www.currentobituary.com/obit/267959

76th Reuben Award Winner is Edward Sorel

D. D. Degg

September 17, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/17/76th-reuben-award-winner-is-edward-sorel/

Edward Sorel wins NCS Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year

Sep 17, 2022

nationalcartoonists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmP4VlWkfbE

2021 NCS Divisional Award Winners

D. D. Degg

September 17, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/17/2021-ncs-divisional-award-winners/

And In The End – Andy Marlette & The News Journal

D. D. Degg

September 16, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/16/and-in-the-end-andy-marlette-the-news-journal/

R. Crumb Means Some Offense

Even from his refuge in France, the comics artist still makes America's pulse race.

By M.H. Miller

Photographs by Thibault Montamat

New York Times Style Magazine Sept. 15, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/t-magazine/r-crumb.html

"Heart to Heart": "MUTTS" Creator Patrick McDonnell's Collaboration with the Dalai Lama — and Other Pet Projects.

Donald H. Sanborn III

Princeton Magazine (September): 52-56

online at https://issuu.com/witherspoonmediagroup/docs/princeton_magazine_september_2022_digital_issue

Everyone is Important: On Judgment Day at the Half, and Why It's Thriving

By David Harper

September 13, 2022

https://sktchd.com/review/judgment-day-at-the-half/

On Panel: Adrian and Damian Wassel on the Way Vault Works and Going the Kickstarter Route

By David Harper

September 13, 2022

https://sktchd.com/interview/on-panel-adrian-and-damian-wassel/

Setting the record straight on declawing [ "Loose Parts" letter]

Ann Rossilli

Washington Post September 17 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/16/reader-critiques-serena-williams-tennis-coverage/

Sunday, September 18, 2022

That darn Loose Parts

Setting the record straight on declawing [ "Loose Parts" letter]

Ann Rossilli

Washington Post September 17 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/16/reader-critiques-serena-williams-tennis-coverage/

Post's Galifianakis wins NCS division award

2021 NCS Divisional Award Winners

D. D. Degg
September 17, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/17/2021-ncs-divisional-award-winners/

Nominees for Magazine/Newspaper Illustration:
Nick Galifianakis; Nancy Ohanian; Tom Richmond

Cavna talks to Brodner about COVID art

Day by day, an artist chronicled two years of covid in America

Illustrator Steve Brodner felt lives were overlooked amid the pandemic's toll. In his new book, 'Living & Dying in America,' he illuminates what we've lost.

By Michael Cavna

September 17, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/09/17/steve-brodner-living-dying-america/

SPX photos for Sunday

A shorter day returning to see people I missed, and my final haul out comics... Not showing David Plunkett's great Batman poster.

Saturday, September 17, 2022

SPX photos for Saturday

It was good to see old friends and to make some new ones today.

Small Press Expo today in Rockville; Batman day at local comics stores

https://www.smallpressexpo.com/ for details - I'll be there and so will a bunch of local cartoonists such as DC Conspiracy, Sarah Boxer, Danielle Corsetto and more.

Batman Day comics are available at Beyond Comics and Third Eye and probably other places.

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/20/22

Victory Comics robbed of back issues

Tens of Thousands of Dollars' Worth of Comic Books Stolen: Store Owner

Falls Church police investigate the burglary of Victory Comics where it is estimated about $40,000 worth of comic books was stolen.

By Nuria Diaz Munoz & Walter Morris • Published September 20, 2022 • Updated on September 21, 2022

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Back a project by Hobbes Holluck - Green Knight Street Fight

Green Knight Street Fight: In the Alpha Zone

Story

The Project

The Story

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Opening Bell" Inbox

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/19/22

Monday, September 19, 2022

SPX Ignatz award winners

Here are the winners from the 2022 IGNATZ Awards

Fantom Comics signing on Sept 24, 25 and Oct 2

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/17-18/22

Sunday, September 18, 2022

That darn Loose Parts

Post's Galifianakis wins NCS division award

2021 NCS Divisional Award Winners

Cavna talks to Brodner about COVID art

Day by day, an artist chronicled two years of covid in America

Illustrator Steve Brodner felt lives were overlooked amid the pandemic's toll. In his new book, 'Living & Dying in America,' he illuminates what we've lost.

SPX photos for Sunday

Saturday, September 17, 2022

SPX photos for Saturday

Small Press Expo today in Rockville; Batman day at local comics stores

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