Thursday, February 09, 2023

A trailblazer who brought a Black woman's voice to comics; Barbara Brandon-Croft, the first African American woman with a mainstream syndicated strip, has a new book reflecting on her achievement [in print as A comics trailblazer]

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post February 8, 2023 : C1-2

Online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/02/07/barbara-brandon-croft/

Digital Comics: Omnibus and GlobalComix are ready for the world post Comixology

Heidi MacDonald

02/08/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/digital-comics-omnibus-and-globalcomix-are-ready-for-the-world-post-comixology/

Matt Ligeti

Jun 15, 2022

Is GlobalComix the Future of Digital Comics?

https://www.comicbookyeti.com/post/is-globalcomix-the-future-of-digital-comics

"The Time was Right to Challenge the Throne": The Omnibus Team on Building a New Digital Comic Solution

By David Harper

January 31, 2023

https://sktchd.com/interview/omnibus-meyers-schmeisser-interview/

Matt Levin Named Laika's President, Live-Action Film and Series

The Netflix alum will report to Laika president and CEO Travis Knight.

Carolyn Giardina

February 7, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/matt-levin-laika-president-live-action-film-series-1235318906/

Disney Beats Expectations in Fiscal Q1, As Wall Street Looks to Bob Iger for Corporate Reset

Alex Weprin

February 8, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-fiscal-q1-earnings-bob-iger-returns-1235320707/

Disney Targets $3B in Content Cost Savings Over Next Few Years

Caitlin Huston

February 8, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-content-writedown-1235320727/

London's COMICA festival celebrates 20 years in March with event series

COMICA's month-long series of talks will feature Posy Simmonds, Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Dave McKean, and more.

Dean Simons

02/08/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/londons-comica-festival-celebrates-20-years-in-march-with-event-series/

CAKE is coming back to Chicago in June

Heidi MacDonald

02/08/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/cake-is-coming-back-to-chicago-in-june/

INTERVIEW: Zeno Robinson reveals the influence the STATIC SHOCK cartoon had on his voiceover career; Plus the prolific VO actor discusses his latest role as Invisible Kid in the Legion of Super-Heroes animated movie

Taimur Dar

02/08/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-zeno-robinson-legion-of-super-heroes/

Post-Dispatch artist Dan Martin heads for retirement. (But he'll stick by the Weatherbird.)

Dan Martin

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Feb 6, 2023

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/post-dispatch-artist-dan-martin-heads-for-retirement-but-he-ll-stick-by-the-weatherbird/article_45ae7f4e-593c-5761-b38f-943b891b1a6b.html

Untouchable: Lee Hyun-se's Alien Baseball Team [South Korea]

William Schwartz | February 8, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/the-untouchable-aliens-of-south-korean-comics/

WI18: Jarrett J. Krosoczka Sheds New Light on His First Memoir

By Shannon Maughan

Feb 03, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/91465-wi18-jarrett-j-krosoczka-sheds-new-light-on-his-first-memoir.html

Newsletter 119: WYTCHES Is Getting a TV Show!

Getting candid about the animated Wytches TV adaptation coming from Plan B and Amazon Studios

Scott Snyder

Our Best Jackett Feb 8 2023

https://bestjackettpress.substack.com/p/newsletter-119-wytches-is-getting

Crafting Pinocchio—Guillermo del Toro's Stop-Motion Masterpiece!

Adam Savage

Adam Savage's Tested

Feb 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZl1-jIYg_Y

Fabian Nicieza reveals the secret history of Genis-Vell (aka Captain Marvel)!

Andrew Sumner

Forbidden Planet TV

Feb 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMlSvGYAmQ8

Brian Maidment, Feb 7, 2023 [aka Brian Maidment: 'Beyond Pickwick – Robert Seymour and late Regency caricature in Britain'.]

Brian Maidment

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

351; Feb 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ9LQGyjKY0

X-Men Memories With Chris Claremont

word balloon

Feb 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPg64OBxMwE

Sal Cipriano - Sacrament Lettering Tutorial | AWA Studios

AWA Studios

Feb 2, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JfsjbN2e5k

Mark Waid Talks Shazam!

Duy Tano

The Comics Cube Feb 6, 2023

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

The Man Who Laughs: A Joker Roundtable

Duy Tano

The Comics Cube Feb 2, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoD47-m5G8Q

Wednesday, February 08, 2023

Fantom Comics' February book club events

>>> BLACK EXCELLENCE BOOK CLUB - QUEENIE: GODMOTHER OF HARLEM
>> SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25th @ 4PM on FACEBOOK LIVE!

Fantom Comics and Pop Culture Uncovered proudly present another installment in the Black Excellence Book Club series.

Queenie follows the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair-the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in Harlem in the 1930s. Born on a plantation in the French colony of Martinique, Saint-Clair left the island in 1912 and headed for the United States, eager to make a new life for herself. In New York she found success, rising up through poverty and battling extreme racism to become the ruthless queen of Harlem's mafia and a fierce defender of the Black community. A racketeer and a bootlegger, Saint-Clair dedicated her wealth and compassion to the struggling masses of Harlem, giving loans and paying debts to those around her. But with Prohibition ending, and under threat by Italian mobsters seeking to take control of her operation, she launched a merciless war to save her territory and her skin. In an America still swollen by depression and segregation, Saint-Clair understood that her image was a tool she could use to establish her power and wield as a weapon against her opponents.

Authors Elizabeth Colomba and Aurelie Levy's meticulous details-in both story and art-bring Saint-Clair's story to life in a tense narrative, against a sometimes bloody backdrop of jazz and voodoo. The story tackles the themes of colonization, corruption, police violence, and racial identity, but above all, Queenie celebrates the genius of a woman forgotten by history.

Get it in store!

If we sell out, you can send us a message at FantomHQ@fantomcomics.com and let us know you would like to make an order! We provide mail order delivery along with curbside and in-store pick up!

>>>MANGA BOOK CLUB - MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY
>> SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25th @ 6 PM on ZOOM

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/yozakura0225

It's February and love is in the air!

This month with Pop Culture Uncovered's Armand Hill we'll be discussing Shounen Jump's Mission: Yozakura Family by Hitsuji Gondaira!

Romance! A crazy, overprotective brother! And... Spies?!

Taiyo Asano is a super shy high school student and the only person he can talk to is his childhood friend, Mutsumi Yozakura. It turns out that Mutsumi is the daughter of the ultimate spy family! Even worse, Mutsumi is being harassed by her overprotective, nightmare of a brother, Kyoichiro. What drastic steps will Taiyo have to take to save Mutsumi?! A spy family comedy - the mission begins!

Get it in store or on our website here: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/mission-yozakura-family-graphic-novel-volume-1

If we sell out, you can send us a message at FantomHQ@fantomcomics.com and let us know you would like to make an order! We provide mail order delivery along with curbside and in-store pick up!

Another Menacing Balloon by Daniel Boris

The Actual Address by Daniel Boris

Feb 12: Sarah Boxer is Presenting The Shakespearean Tragic-Comics! This Sunday!

"Comics artist Sarah Boxer has broken codes and recast couplets, exposing the great William Shakespeare to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune."

– Steve Heller, Print Magazine

"Beyond charming—a labor of love and a complete pleasure."

– Gish Jen, author of The Resisters

Cartoonist Sarah Boxer will present her Shakespearean Tragic-Comics, Hamlet: Prince of Pigs and Anchovius Caesar: The Decomposition of a Romaine Salad

Sunday, February 12, 2023, noon to 4 pm

Gallery B, 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E, Bethesda, MD

At 2 pm, Harry Cooper will ply Boxer with questions about her books. Before that, the hosts of the exhibition will ply you with wine & snacks. If you can’t make the event & want to buy Boxer’s books, they’re on sale at Politics & Prose in DC, the Drama Book Shop in NYC & Bunncoco Press bunncoco@gmail.com. Amazon sells digital copies. And there’s more about Boxer’s books here: https://sarahboxer.weebly.com/

Former Fantom Comics staffers Corey Wells and Esther Kim on the move

Fantom store owner Dave Bishop tells me, "Corey Wells, recent Fantom staff member, has just left Fantom to join TKO as a direct market outreach role"

And regarding Esther Kim, towards the bottom of this Beat story...

Comings and goings at Boom and Tokyopop

A bunch of recent hires and promotions in this crazy world we call comics.

Heidi MacDonald

01/27/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/comings-and-goings-at-boom-and-tokyopop/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/7/23

Creator interview: Chip Zdarsky

Dallas and Alexis

Comics Collective Podcast Jan 30 2023

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LmXgvCqDVhJ2G8X7DQO7K

Behold! The @zdarsky Howard the Duck @alamowinchester video intro in all its glory.

Comic Book Couples Counseling

@CBCCPodcast 12:04 AM · Jan 30, 2023·

https://twitter.com/CBCCPodcast/status/1619924456604069890

Blood and Roses: Artist P. Craig Russell draws "Carmen."

The Art of P. Craig Russell February 7 2023

https://www.waynealanharold.com/watch/v/blood-and-roses

Inside the Implosion of Justin Roiland's Animation Empire

To legions of 'Rick and Morty' fans, co-creator Roiland was a quirky genius whose career was suddenly derailed by allegations of domestic violence. But to colleagues, his behavior has been troubling for years.

By Lacey Rose, Katie Kilkenny

February 7, 2023

This story first appeared in the Feb. 8 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/justin-roiland-animation-empire-implosion-rick-and-morty-1235319366/

A trailblazer who brought a Black woman's voice to comics

Barbara Brandon-Croft, the first African American woman with a mainstream syndicated strip, has a new book reflecting on her achievement

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post February 7, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/02/07/barbara-brandon-croft/

How a Bruce Lee mantra empowered me to try new things

I finally overcame my fear and tried something I always wanted to do.

Perspective by Hyesu Lee

February 5, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/02/05/how-bruce-lee-mantra-empowered-me-try-new-things/

Interview with Chip Zdarsky on Tim Drake and his backup story in Batman

By Jackson Luken February 1, 2023

https://batman-news.com/2023/02/01/interview-with-chip-zdarsky-on-tim-drake-and-his-backup-story-in-batman/

Playing By The Rules in Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi's The Good Asian

If any book can live up to the legacy of "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown," it's Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi's The Good Asian.

Scott Cederlund

Feb 7, 2023

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-good-asian-by-pornsak-pichetshote-and-alexandre-tefenkgi/

Kickstarter is hiring a new comics lead as the category surges

Comics campaigns raised nearly $31 million in 2022

Heidi MacDonald

02/07/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/kickstarter-is-hiring-a-new-comics-lead-as-the-category-surges/

INTERVIEW: Nikolas Draper-Ivey gives readers a "shock to the system" with STATIC: SHADOWS OF DAKOTA

Taimur Dar

02/07/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-nikolas-draper-ivey-static-shadows-of-dakota/

Dan Panosian: AWA's Creator Of The Month

February 3, 2023

https://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/dan-panosian-awas-creator-of-the-month/

Cartoonist Kevin Necessary leaves Enquirer after budget cut

91.7 WVXU | By John Kiesewetter

February 7, 2023

https://www.wvxu.org/media/2023-02-07/cartoonist-kevin-necessary-leaves-enquirer-tvkiese

Kevin Necessary, An Enquirer Mind No More

D. D. Degg

Daily Cartoonist February 7 2023

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/02/07/kevin-necessary-no-longer-an-enquirer-mind/

INTERVIEW: Robbie Daymond brings in his teaching experience voicing Timber Wolf in LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES

Taimur Dar

02/07/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-robbie-daymond-timber-wolf-legion-of-super-heroes/

Pop artist paints 'Simpsons' characters as Holocaust victims outside Milan Holocaust memorial

By David I. Klein January 27, 2023

https://www.jta.org/2023/01/27/global/pop-artist-paints-simpsons-characters-as-holocaust-victims-on-milan-holocaust-memorial

The Archives of the East Village Eye Go to the New York Public Library

By Hannah Gold

February 7, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-archives-of-the-east-village-eye-go-to-the-new-york-public-library

How to kill a cinematic universe

James Gunn and Peter Safran plan to shut down the DCEU "Snyderverse" once and for all. How exactly will they do that?

William Hughes

AV Club February 7 2023

https://www.avclub.com/dcu-movie-universe-james-gunn-plan-1850076442

Tuesday, February 07, 2023

This week's comics from the Post's Lily site

How a Bruce Lee mantra empowered me to try new things

I finally overcame my fear and tried something I always wanted to do.

Perspective by Hyesu Lee

February 5, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/02/05/how-bruce-lee-mantra-empowered-me-try-new-things/

Cavna talks to Barbara Brandon-Croft

A trailblazer who brought a Black woman's voice to comics

Barbara Brandon-Croft, the first African American woman with a mainstream syndicated strip, has a new book reflecting on her achievement

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post February 7, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/02/07/barbara-brandon-croft/

Brandon-Croft will appear Feb. 15 at the Loyalty Bookstore in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, in conversation with author Sharon Pendana.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/6/23

Degg, D. D. 2023.

Charles A. Filius – RIP.

Daily Cartoonist (February 5): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/02/05/charles-a-filius-rip/

Degg, D. D. 2023.

Al Schweitzer – RIP.

Daily Cartoonist (February 5): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/02/05/al-schweitzer-rip/

Degg, D. D. 2023.

Michael Dougan – RIP.

Daily Cartoonist (February 5): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/02/05/michael-dougan-rip/

Martin, Dan. 2023.

P-D artist Albert Schweitzer Jr., who drew the Weatherbird, died Monday at 101.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (February 2): https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/p-d-artist-albert-schweitzer-jr-who-drew-the-weatherbird-died-monday-at-101/article_2255b7fb-7011-5249-8625-fae1045d1667.html

Unknown. 2015.

Creative, Talented & Passionate: Al Schweitzer's Illustrated Life.

Bethesda blog (October 21): https://bethesdahealth.org/blog/2015/10/21/creative-talented-passionate-al-schweitzers-illustrated-life/

Unknown. 2023.

Albert L. Schweitzer, Jr. of Clayton, Missouri.

Lupton Chapel (January 30): https://www.luptonchapel.com/obituary/albert-schweitzer-jr

Goldberg, Lesley. 2023.

Matthew McConaughey to Voice Elvis in Netflix Animated Series; 'Agent Elvis' counts Priscilla Presley among its exec producers.

Hollywood Reporter (February 6): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/matthew-mcconaughey-voice-elvis-netflix-animated-show-agent-elvis-1235318721/

Johnston, Rich. 2023.

Amanda Conner's The Pro Signature Series CGC Header Is Hilarious; The CGC Signature Series header drawn by Amanda Conner features The Pro, co-created by Conner and Garth Ennis, being hilarious as ever.

Bleeding Cool (February 5): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/amanda-conner-the-pro-signature-series-cgc-header-is-hilarious/

Johnston, Rich. 2023.

Warren Ellis Talks The Authority, Alan Moore & James Gunn.

Bleeding Cool (February 5): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/warren-ellis-talks-the-authority-alan-moore-james-gunn/

Interview: Jamie Lee Curtis Reveals The True Nature of 'Mother Nature'

Nicki Faust

Jan 31, 2023

https://previewsworld.com/Article/266549-Interview-Jamie-Lee-Curtis-Reveals-The-True-Nature-of-Mother-Nature

"I'm Very Self-Deprecating, But I Know What I Can Do": An Interview with Eric Powell

Jason Bergman | February 6, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/im-very-self-deprecating-but-i-know-what-i-can-do-an-interview-with-eric-powell/

Remembering the creepy, kooky day a local girl played Wednesday Addams [in print as The creepy, kooky day a local girl played Wednesday Addams]