'Wednesday' Creators Talk Surprising Finale, Season 2 Ideas and Reflect on 'Smallville' 21 Years Later
Al Gough and Miles Millar also open up about what drew them to the Addams Family and if they would ever want to revisit the world of Superman.
Christy Pina
December 23, 2022
'I can't stands no more' Popeye [letter]
Clark J. Kendrick
Washington Post December 24 2022 : A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/23/free-for-all-republican-democrat-equivalence/
Book Review- The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre
Reviewed by Chris York
International Journal of Comic Art blog December 24, 2022
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/12/book-review-comic-book-western-new.html
Christopher Conway and Antionette Sol. The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre. University of Nebraska Press, 2022.
Introduction: The Globalization of the Comic Book Western by Christopher Conway and Antoinette Sol
1. Italian Western Comics and the Myth of the Open Frontier by Simone Castaldi
2. Comic Book Westerns and the Melodramatic Imagination in Mexico by Christopher Conway
3. German Western Readers and the Transnational Imagination by Johannes Fehrle
4. Beyond Parody: Polish Comic Book Westerns from the 1960s through the 2010s by Marek Paryz
5. Blueberry: Remaking the Western in Franco-Belgian Bandes dessinées by Antoinette Sol
6. Argentina's Outlaws and the Revisionist Western: The Case of Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Hugo Pratt's Sargento Kirk by Manuela Borzone
7. British Comics and the Western: The Future West, the Supernatural, and Strong Women in The HellTrekkers, The Dead Man, and Missionary Man by Lee Broughton
8. Canada's Triumph Comics and David Garneau's Métis Response to the "Indian" of the Comic Book Western by Joel Deshaye
9. A Spanish View of the American West: El Coyote and His Comic Magazine by David Rio
10. Faraway So Close: The Representation of the American West in Igarashi Yumiko's Mayme Angel by Rebecca Suter
'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': THR's 1937 Review
On Dec. 21, 1937, Walt Disney premiered his first full-length animated feature at Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.
December 20, 2022
How Alan Menken Transformed Movie Music
With over 50 years in the business and Disney blockbusters like 'The Little Mermaid,' 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Pocahontas,' the composer turned the Disney musical into a global institution and wrote "the musical DNA of a generation."
Jeff Bond
December 21, 2022
This story first appeared in the Dec. 16 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine
'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' Director Joel Crawford on Creating "a Contemporary Fairy Tale"
The Dreamworks Animation feature takes a dark turn with some cues from Sergio Leone's spaghetti Westerns.
Carolyn Giardina
December 21, 2022
This story first appeared in the Dec. 16 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
"I Care the Most About the Kid Audience": Filmmakers Behind 'Strange World,' 'Turning Red,' 'My Father's Dragon' and the THR Animation Roundtable
Carolyn Giardina
December 2, 2022
Interview edited for length and clarity. This story first appeared in a December stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Star Angela Bassett on the Film's High Emotional Stakes: "We Wanted to Move Mountains and Hearts"
The actress opens up about turning emotions into art for her return as Queen Ramonda in the Marvel sequel.
Esther Zuckerman
December 21, 2022
This story first appeared in a December stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
'Shazam!' Star Zachary Levi Backs DC Bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran: "F***ing Give Them a Break"
Ryan Gajewski
December 23, 2022
Charlie Cox Says Disney+ 'Daredevil' Series Will Be Dark, but "Probably Won't Be as Gory"
The actor is reviving his portrayal of Matt Murdock, the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, in the 2024 show after leading a separate three-season series for Netflix.
Abbey White
December 22, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/charlie-cox-daredevil-born-again-less-gory-1235286765/
Charlie Cox Describes Daredevil: Born Again As A Whole New Thing
By Sarah Laudenbach
Sep 11, 2022
https://screenrant.com/daredevil-born-again-new-series-not-season-4/
Charlie Cox: "If the 'Daredevil' reboot doesn't hit the spot, then that might be it"
From dead-end blockbusters to cancelled superhero series, the charming Brit's career has had more false starts than an Olympic sprinter. Can he finally find lasting success?
By Olly Richards
22nd December 2022
https://www.nme.com/features/tv-interviews/charlie-cox-daredevil-treason-netflix-interview-3369586
December 26, 2022 Issue
Roz and Emily Eat Their Way Through Midwood
By Roz Chast and Emily Flake December 19, 2022
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/26/roz-and-emily-eat-their-way-through-midwood
Review: Pat Grant on Sam Wallman
Sighting Wallman
Sydney Review of Books August 22, 2022
https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/review/wallman-our-members-be-unlimited/
Australian literature
Our Members Be Unlimited: A Comic About Workers and Their Unions
by Sam Wallman
Scribe
256pp
Published August 2022
The SKTCHD AWRDS: The Comics of 2022
By David Harper
December 24, 2022
https://sktchd.com/column/the-sktchd-awrds-the-comics-of-2022/
The SKTCHD AWRDS: The Creators of 2022
By David Harper
December 14, 2022
https://sktchd.com/column/the-sktchd-awrds-the-creators-of-2022/
How cartoonists are deriding Trump amid the Jan. 6 report
By Michael Cavna
December 23, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/12/23/cartoons-trump-jan-6/
How 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' went from page to screen [in print as A book's path from page to screen]
Charlie Mackesy's beloved tale gets a lift — from fans, readers and a team of artists — for a new book and an animated film
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post December 26, 2022 C1, 5
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/12/23/mackesy-book-adaptation/
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story
Charlie Mackesy
HarperOne. 192 pages. $32.99
Tori Amos fought for her songs 30 years ago. Now she's celebrating them. [in print as Tori Amos in the realm of comics]
The singer is marking the anniversary of her album "Little Earthquakes" with a graphic novel version, which has Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman among its contributors
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post December 26, 2022 : C1, 3
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/12/24/tori-amos-little-earthquakes-graphic-album/
The best Michael de Adder cartoons of 2022
By Michael de Adder
Editorial cartoonist
Washington Post December 22, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/22/michael-de-adder-best-cartoons-2022/
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode fifteen | Tini Howard, part one
Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan
Dec 26 2022
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/now-she-is-my-only-link-to-finding
When Tuna Met Snoopy
Something strange happened when I watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas" with my cat Tuna.
by Casey Roonan December 23, 2022
https://hyperallergic.com/789707/when-tuna-met-snoopy/