Saturday, March 11, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/10/2023

An illustrated celebration of women around the world

We asked five comic artists to draw what women's community means to them

Perspective by Sara Barackzay, Yulia Vus, Jaz Malone, Fahim Alavi and Bea Hayward

Washington Post March 7, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/03/07/international-womens-day-comics-community/

 

Mike Leigh's BBC Films, Ranked

Leigh's films are class-conscious, prickly, strange, satirical, and often very funny.

  Nathan Gelgud

Hyperallergic March 9 2023

https://hyperallergic.com/807316/mike-leigh-bbc-films-ranked/

 

Emerald City Comic-Con 2023: Talk Back with ReedPop

Deb Aoki

03/09/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/emerald-city-comic-con-2023-talk-back-with-reedpop/  

 

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: SHUBEIK LUBEIK dazzles with interwoven magical tales in Egypt

An intricate, powerful fantasy of wishes, grounded in real-world issues.

Kerry Vineberg

03/10/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-shubeik-lubeik-3-magical-tales-in-egypt/

 

SHOP TALK: ACTOR RAY BUFFER CHARGED IN SAN DIEGO THEFT

Plus: Pennsylvania Retailer Offers Reward for Information on Robbers

Brigid Alverson on March 9, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53529/shop-talk-actor-ray-buffer-charged-san-diego-theft

 

At Borderlands Comics and Games' new Greenville location, geeks (and others) are welcome

Kathy Laughlin

Marketplace Greenville / Greenville News.

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2023/03/09/greenvilles-borderlands-comics-and-games-thriving-at-new-location/69972706007/

 

Robert Young lives dream as hero for comic books [store].

Amy Clarke Burns

Greenville News

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/money/business/being-my-own-boss/2014/08/10/robert-young-lives-dream-hero-comic-books/13792009/44

 

Comic book superheroes coming to Greenville and movies: Here's why they're so popular ["Marvel Universe Live!: Age of Heroes"; "Superheroes and Superstars: The Works of Alex Ross" exhibit]

 Donna Isbell Walker

The Greenville News

 https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/entertainment/2018/01/31/comic-book-superheroes-coming-greenville-and-s-and-superheroes-inspire-fans-films-conventions-and-mo/1078262001/

 

Comic book fans assemble: new comic book shop opens in Alabaster

February 6, 2023  By Noah Wortham

https://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/2023/02/06/comic-book-fans-assemble-new-comic-book-shop-opens-in-alabaster/

 

Comic book owners believes reading is fundamental and should be fun

Mike Tickal promotes reading by handing out hundreds of free comic books to kids each year

Galen Hawthorne

Cedar Rapids, IA Gazette Mar. 1, 2023

https://www.thegazette.com/community/comic-book-owners-believes-reading-is-fundamental-and-should-fun/

 

Dreamers & Make-Believers comic book store opens in Highlandtown

by Ed Schrader

February 7, 2023         

https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/dreamers-make-believers-comic-book-store-opens-in-highlandtown/

 

New ownership at Ravenswood keeps focus on comics

 March 4, 2023

Sean I. Mills

https://romesentinel.com/stories/new-ownership-at-ravenswood-keeps-focus-on-comics,169686

 

One for the (comic) books: Bill's Bullpen tallies 35 years in downtown Hollister [store]

By: Tarmo Hannula

February 9, 2023

https://sanbenito.com/one-for-the-comic-books/

 

Pursuit of childhood dream leads to new comic shop in Cambridge [Canada]

With great power comes great responsibility; new comic book store in Preston aims to create an inclusive space for comic lovers

Joe McGinty

CambridgeToday Mar 1, 2023

https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/pursuit-of-childhood-dream-leads-to-new-comic-shop-in-cambridge-6631940

 

Chuck Rozanski of Mile High Comics Hospitalised, Not Slowing Down

Chuck hospitalised at the "Good Samaritan Hospital in Lafayette, Colorado after my doctors discovered a spot of bleeding in my brain."

09 Mar 2023  by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/chuck-rozanski-of-mile-high-comics-hospitalised-not-slowing-down/

 

Tom King To Draw April Fool's Day Covers For Batman #134 And More

9 Mar 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-king-to-draw-april-fools-day-covers-for-batman-134-and-more

 

All Over Bar The Shouting – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | March 10, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/all-over-bar-the-shouting-this-weeks-links/

 

Zach Weinersmith Talks "Bea Wolf" and Why Boulet is A Comics Wizard

By Chris Cole | March 7th, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/zach-weinersmith-bea-wolf/

 

Exhibition Report: Nicholas Burman on the GRAPHIC CONSTELLATION: Young Women Authors of Avant-garde Comics Exhibition at the CCCB in Barcelona.

Nicholas Burman

March 8, 2023

https://solrad.co/exhibition-report-nicholas-burman-on-the-graphic-constellation-young-women-authors-of-avant-garde-comics-exhibition-at-the-cccb-in-barcelona

 

Obituary: Wally Fawkes

Bechet-style clarinettist and creator of the Daily Mail's Flook cartoon who played with Humphrey Lyttelton and ran Trog's jazz club in Chelsea

Matthew Wright

07 March 2023

https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2023/03/07/obituary-wally-fawkes/

 

Chuck Brown talks character development and adventure in new 'Dejah Thoris' series; The princess of Mars returns in here latest series from Dynamite.

Chris Coplan

March 7, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/03/07/chuck-brown-talks-dejah-thoris-book/

 

INTERVIEW: Alex de Campi on Reversal

  Masha Zhdanova March 9, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/03/interview-alex-de-campi-on-reversal/

 

INTERVIEW: Exaheva Talks Interactive Storytelling and Queerness in Still Heroes [Belgium, Webcomics].        

  Emma Rossby March 8, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/03/interview-exaheva-talks-interactive-storytelling-and-queerness-in-still-heroes/

 

Editorial Eye: Interview With Karen Berger

Kate Tanski March 3, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/03/editorial-eye-interview-with-karen-berger/

 

Brian Michael Bendis on making history with 'Fortune & Glory: The Musical'

The sequel debuts today on the writer's own Substack.

David Brooke

March 6, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/03/06/fortune-glory-the-musical-brian-michael-bendis/

 

Reviews: Our Colors

Leonard Pierce | March 7, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/our-colors/

 

Our Colors

Gengoroh Tagame, Translated by Anne Ishii

Pantheon

 

Creator Profile: Rafael López Espí [Spain]

Scoop March 10 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1016?ArticleID=267124

 

Skull Cat: Norman Shurtliff

By Sheena McNeil

March 6, 2023

http://sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=3768

 

Tringapore – Singapore in geopolitical comics

Simon Wellisch

Political Geography

Volume 102, April 2023, 102857

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629823000355

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102857Get rights and content

https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0962629823000355?token=8143CC4D0B3036AE0E3FD5DEA3B1341419BD4143F36084B3FFEA295A6DDCB70E892A4AD51E541DC55344C7C95FA57D49&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20230310214538

 

Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird Share Stories About Making TMNT Issue 4 With Ed and Jim.

 Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg

 Cartoonist Kayfabe  Mar 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cakGS3qa8hE

 

 Marvel Wanted to Publish TMNT? Eastman and Laird Give Us The Scoop while Talkin' TMNT Issue 5.

Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg

Cartoonist Kayfabe  Mar 8, 2023

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

 

Off Panel #391: Family Video with John Allison

Mar 6, 2023

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-391-family-video-with-john-allison

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/John_Allison_2023.mp3

 

Self-reflexive Anthropomorphism in Cece Bell's Autobiographical Comics: A Study of the Transgressions of Narrative Levels

    Sandra Mina Takakura

    Ilha do Desterro v. 76 n. 1 (2023): Resignifying Critical Approaches in Literature, Film, and Cultural Studies

https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/87713

https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/87713/52719

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2023.e87713

 

Gibson, Mel (2023) Librarians, Agency, Young People, and Comics: Graphic Account and the Development of Graphic Novel Collections in Libraries in Britain in the 1990s. In: Comics and Agency. Comics Studies . De Gruyter, pp. 201-216.

https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51535/

https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51535/1/10.1515_9783110754483-011.pdf

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110754483-011

 

Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons, and Heidi MacDonald. 2023.

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 557: ComicsPro Returns to In-person Event [Emerald City Comic Con].

03/03/2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1248

 

Four Women in a Hotel Room - ECCC 2023 Episode 1

Heidi MacDonald and Deb Aoki

Comics Beat March 4 2023

https://soundcloud.com/heidi-macdonald-3/four-women-in-a-hotel-room-eccc-2023-episode-1

 

"Kickstartin' Covid Cop!" with Dean Haspiel!

Jacked Kirby (190; March 7 2023

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-190-kickstartin-covid-cop-with-dean-haspiel/id1248146026?i=1000603388952

 

 "With Chuck Patton!"

Mike D and Tom

Jacked Kirby (189; March 1 2023

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-189-with-chuck-patton/id1248146026?i=1000602405294

 

2023 Oscars Guide: Animated Feature.

Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon

Pop Culture Happy Hour March 8, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/24/1159239689/2023-oscars-guide-animated-feature

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2023/03/20230308_pchh_419ff79c-88c7-4b90-a248-a657fee4230d.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1159239689

 

What Are We Protecting Children from by Banning Books?

Reading the titles that have been challenged and removed from public-school libraries across the country.

By Katy Waldman

March 10, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-are-we-protecting-children-from-by-banning-books

 

World's Finest Fan Q&A: Chip Zdarsky - Batman

By Dustin Holland

CBR March 7 2023

https://www.cbr.com/batman-chip-zdarsky-interview/

 

'Daredevil: Born Again' Lands 'Dexter' Director Michael Cuesta (Exclusive)

Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio are reprising their characters from the Netflix version of the show for the Marvel Cinematic Universe entry.

Borys Kit

March 10, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/daredevil-born-again-lands-director-1235346034/

 

'Unicorn Wars' Review: Teddy Bears in Battle [Spain]

By Beatrice Loayza

A version of this article appears in print on March 10, 2023, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Unicorn Wars.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/movies/unicorn-wars-review.html 

 

Pop Culture SquadCast Live - with Special Guest Dean Haspiel

Bob Harrison and Mike Gold

Pop Culture Squad March 9 2023

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

 

Spotlight Interview With Don McGregor

Ed Catto

Pop Culture Squad

Jul 31, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vliQ7RmkVEc

 

Livestream from Awesome-Con: Coffee & Comics - Writing Masterclass 101

Amy Chu, Phillip K. Johnson, and Dan Parent

Pop Culture Squad

Aug 22, 2021

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

 

Live SquadCast with Love and Capes Creator Thom Zahler

Bob Harrison

Pop Culture Squad Sep 29, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzbNCwtFY5c

 

Live Creator Chat with Thom Zahler

Bob Harrison

Pop Culture Squad Sep 21, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9hqjWf6GbQ

 

Live SquadCast with Vito Delsante

Bob Harrison

Pop Culture Squad  Nov 1, 2021

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

 

Pop Culture SquadCast Live with the creators of Happy Hill

Bob Harrison

Pop Culture Squad Aug 5, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9qEcMfdTHo

 

Letterer Appreciation Day Live Chat

Bob Harrison, Janice Chiang and Ariana Maher

Pop Culture Squad

Sep 1, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2GzTlWf-bw

 

Comic Colorist Appreciation Day - Live Round Table

Bob Harrison and  Chris "Sotocolor" Sotomayor

Pop Culture Squad Jan 24, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62KHFOaeahk

 

Pop Culture SquadCast Live [Phillip Kennedy Johnson & Marc Fishman]

Bob Harrison and Mike Gold

Pop Culture Squad Feb 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs3FP3bjFgg

 

Pop Culture SquadCast Live - 2/21/23 [Jamal Igle & Ed Catto]

Bob Harrison and Mike Gold

Pop Culture Squad Feb 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkgEkUXgNZ8

 

Pop Culture SquadCast - Women in Comics History - Part 1 - Legendary Ladies of Comics

Bob Harrison, June Brigman, Janice Chiang, and Jan Duursema

Pop Culture Squad Mar 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJrNivI49Cw

 

Pop Culture SquadCast - Revisiting Mutant X at Baltimore Comic-Con 2019

Bob Harrison, Howard Mackie and  Andrew Pepoy

Pop Culture Squad  Nov 16, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRm0tmNsjaI

 

Pop Culture SquadCast - Exploring Web Comics with the Pros

Bob Harrison, Katie Cook, Steve Conley, Thom Zahler, and Dean Haspiel

Pop Culture Squad Nov 6, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S366IVGWbJI

 

A Conversation with Mark Waid

Bob Harrison

Pop Culture Squad Jul 24, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJiMtWz-9II

 

Ron Marz Interview with Ed Catto

Ed Catto

Pop Culture Squad Jul 20, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZ9GfJMwAg

 

BCC GrimJack Panel 2018

Mike Gold, John Ostrander, and Timothy Truman and Joe Staton

Pop Culture Squad Dec 28, 2018

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

 

Riverdale SDCC 2018

Pop Culture Squad Feb 2, 2019

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

 

80 Years of Hawkman Panel at Baltimore Comic-Con

Bob Harrison, Mike Gold, Jack C. Harris, Jerry Ordway, and Robert Venditti

Pop Culture Squad Oct 29, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91MV7OvW7IU

 

 

 

Friday, March 10, 2023

IJOCA Vol. 24, No. 2 Fall/Winter 2022 Table of Contents

The issue is shipping now. The e-book version will be available shortly.

IJOCA Vol. 24, No. 2 Fall/Winter 2022
Editor's Notes
John A. Lent
1
Symposium: The Rise of Can-ga
edited by Chris Reyns-Chikuma

Introduction: Canada + Manga = Canga?
Chris Reyns-Chikuma
4
Quebec Welcomes Manga or Towards a New Thread in the Imagined Community
Jean Sébastien
18
The Ways in Which Manga Enters Canada
Sylvain Rheault
33
"Discovering" Gekiga: Drawn and Quarterly, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, and Manga in Canada
Zachary Winchcombe
45
Is "Can-ga" the Next Scott Pilgrim?
How Canada Can Draw on Japanese Manga and Its Own Diverse Communities
to Celebrate and Promote Its Own Comic Creators
Ryan Clement
65
Reading Jane Austen in Canadian Shōjo Manga: Risks and Rewards
Tsugumi (Mimi) Okabe
84
The Algerian War Through the Noir Lens in Jacques Ferrandez and Maurice Attia's Alger la noire
Fabrice Leroy
95
The Representation of the U.S.-Japan Alliance in Manga
Roman Rosenbaum
115
Pioneers in Comics Scholarship
Choices and Chances: Getting to Be a Comics Scholar
Joseph "Rusty" Witek
162
Drawing the Dust Bowl: An Interview with Aimee de Jongh
Sara W. Duke
179
Pioneers in Comics Scholarship
Working with the "Friendliest Gang in Academia"
Roger Sabin
187
"To Say Out Loud Everything You Think About and Everything Around You"
--The Views of Russia's Viktor Bogorad
Oleg Dergachov
201
A Defiant Chronicler of War in Ukraine: Vladimir Kazanevsky
Oleg Dergachov
212
My Friend and Muse, Li Binsheng: Master Cartoonist, Peking Opera Performer, Magician, and Folklorist
Wang Jing
Translated by Xu Ying
222
Brilliant Color-Blind Colorist: Haitian Cartoonist Thony Loui
Mike Rhode
231
Satoshi Kon's Opus through His Anime
Amanda Kennell
246
Gengoroh Tagame: An Award-winning, Openly-Gay, Erotic, Manga Artist Portrays Gay Life and Issues for the General Audience
Kinko Ito
268
An Essay
The "Art" of the Swipe (Or: Revenge of the Fanboys)
Mark David Nevins
281
The Occasionally Fabulous Cartooning Life of Eric Orner
Mike Rhode
307
In Remembrance
Martin Barker (1946-2022)
Ian Gordon
330
In Remembrance
Big Name B: With Thanks to and in Memory of Martin Barker
Jonathan Gray
334
Quixotic "Adaptations": 21st Century Illustrative and Written Tributes of Don Quijote
Mackenzi McGowan
337
Effects of Service Quality Characteristics of "Lore Olympus" on User Satisfaction and Reuse Intention of Generation Z in Korea
Y. S. Seo and Austin Kang
356
Irreverence Images. Everyday Rebellion in Paul Kirchner's and Gary Larson's Cartoons
Delázkar Rizo
376
Namor: The Dynamics of Outsider and Insider
Jason D. DeHart
388
Abstract Comics:A Challenge to the Audiences' Imaginative Capacities
Dietrich Grünewald
Translated by Abigail Fagan
395
Chinese Comic Artist Cai Weidong
Xu Ying
414
A Comparative Analysis of the Representation of Violence in Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth and Selected Batman Comics
Pritesh Chakraborty
424
Pompeyo the Villain and Couples' Interactions
Georgina González Mendívil
439
New Book Series and Reprints
John A. Lent
446
Randy Scott Retires from Michigan State University Library's Comic Art Collection
Mike Rhode
449
A Review Essay
A Colonial Perspective on the Indonesia-Netherlands Comics Connection
Rik Spanjers
451
A Review Essay
Mystery, Magic, and Love in Manila: A Review of Three Graphic Novels from the Philippines
Lara Saguisag
459

Book Reviews
-Paul Williams. The US Graphic Novel, by Paul Levitz, p.463.
-Brian Doherty. Dirty Pictures. How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Misfits, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels Revolutionized Art and Invented Comix, by John A. Lent, p.465.
Eike Exner. Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist History,
by Sam Cowling, p.468.
-Jan Baetens, Hugo Frey, and Fabrice Leroy. Intermediality in French-Language Comics and Graphic Novels, by Elke Defever, p.473.
-Christopher Conway and Antionette Sol. The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre, by Chris York, p.476.
-Li Baochuan. The History of Chinese Paper-cut Animation (Zhongguo Jianzhi Donghua Shi), by Xu Ying, p.478.
-Cord Scott. The Mud and the Mirth; Marine Cartoonists in World War I, by James Willetts, p.484.
-Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren, eds. The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions, by Christopher M. Roman, p.486.
-Paul Madonna. You Know Exactly What You Have to Do, the Third Collection of All Over Coffee, by Cord A. Scott, p.489.
-Sean O'Connell. With Great Power: How Spider-Man Conquered Hollywood During the Golden Age of Comic Book Blockbusters, by Viola Burlew, p.492.
-Ewa Stańczyk. Comics and Nation. Power, Pop Culture, and Political Transformation in Poland, by John A. Lent, p.495.
-Andre Frattino and Kate Kasenow. Tokyo Rose--Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II, by John A. Lent, p.496.
-James Hodapp, ed. Graphic Novels and Comics as World Literature, by John A. Lent, p.497.
-Asha Pran. Meri Nazar Mein Pran. From a Sign Board Painter to Padma Shri Awardee. Creator of Chacha Chaudhary, Cartoonist Pran, by John A. Lent, p.499.

A Review Essay
A Funereal Exhibition
Mark McKinney
501
The Doraemon Exhibition Singapore 2022: Fine Art Versus
Fan Art, by Clio Ding, p.514.

A Challenge
Domingos Isabelinho
521

March 11: Kami Garcia at 3rd Eye Annapolis

Third Eye Faithful, the Titans are back in action! Robin joins the fray in this next awesome TEEN TITANS graphic novel from the epic YA series by KAMI GARCIA and artist Gabriel Picolo!


And after all the excitement in Raven, and Beast Boy – we were stoked for the addition the Boy Wonder in this epic universe! Don't miss out on this awesome modern take on the classic Titans goodness!


And don't miss your chance to get some sweet signed comics!

Join us and writer KAMI GARCIA (Raven, Beast Boy, Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity) at Third Eye ANNAPOLIS on SAT 3/11 as we celebrate the launch of TEEN TITANS ROBIN!



Check out all the event details here!



NPR's PCHH on Oscar-nominated feature animation

April 27: Arlington Reads: Jerry Craft

Arlington Reads: Jerry Craft



"Get Graphic" with Jerry Craft

Join us for a conversation between author Jerry Craft and Library Division Chief Peter Petruski about Jerry Craft's novel "New Kid," and the newest installment "School Trip." 

The conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A and a book signing.

RSVP for an event reminder. Attendance is first-come, first-served until seating capacity is reached.

The event will also be livestreamed and available as a recording for 30 days on Arlington County's Youtube channel; please RSVP to receive the online link. 

For more information, contact LibraryPrograms@arlingtonva.us

For our current policies on masking, please see our Library Operations Update.

Date:
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Barbara M. Donnellan Auditorium
Library:
Central Library
Audience:
Events for High Schoolers Events for Middle Schoolers
Categories:
Author Talk
Calendar:
Arlington Public Library

Registration is required. There are 160 in-person seats available. There are 484 online seats available.

About the book

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade.

As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds—and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?

Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to New Kid, with LeBron James' The Spring Hill Company on board to develop and produce. Craft will be an Executive Producer.

About the author

Jerry Craft is the New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal winning author of the graphic novel, New Kid.  His second graphic novel, Class Act, publishes on October 6, 2020. Craft is also the creator of Mama's Boyz, an award-winning comic strip which won the African American Literary Award five times. He is a cofounder of the Schomburg Center's Annual Black Comic Book Festival. He received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts.

About Our Events

Accommodations in the Library

Arlington County provides accommodations to individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact us at least five (5) business days in advance.

March 20: Author Event: Matt Tavares in Takoma Park

Author Event: Matt Tavares


Matt Tavares, Author/illustrator of the popular book, Hoops, will join us on Monday, March 20 at 6:00 pm at the Library. After his presentation, he will sign books. Books will be available from Politics & Prose at the event.

Tom King also drawing comic book covers

Tom King To Draw April Fool's Day Covers For Batman #134 And More

Tom King will be drawing covers for Batman #135, The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7, and Danger Street #5 for April Fool's Day,


New comic book store in southeastern Baltimore

Dreamers & Make-Believers comic book store opens in Highlandtown

https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/dreamers-make-believers-comic-book-store-opens-in-highlandtown/

TODAY: Virtual AI/ML Media Advocacy Summit ... Cartoonists at 430



On Friday 10th March Michael Cavna will be speaking at the AI/ML Media Advocacy Summit. This is a one day virtual event discussing all things AI/ML media generators and will feature speakers from across the creative industries and from around the world speaking on the different concerns as well as solutions for the future of these technologies. The event is put on by @conceptartassociation @soi128 @graphicartistsguild @nationalcartoonists and @australian_cartoonists
For more information and to register to attend you can head to aimlmediaadvocacy.com [aimlmediaadvocacy.com] 

Feel free to reach out with any questions. 

Kind regards,
Rachel Meinerding and Nicole Hendrix
Co-Founders of Concept Art Association.
Michael Cavna.jpeg

Tom King to write Wonder Woman

From Facebook

Thursday, March 09, 2023

WaPo asked five comic artists to draw what women’s community means to them

An illustrated celebration of women around the world
We asked five comic artists to draw what women's community means to them
Perspective by Sara Barackzay, Yulia Vus, Jaz Malone, Fahim Alavi and Bea Hayward
Washington Post March 7, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/9/2023

R.I.P. DINA NORLUND

Creator of 'The Snowcat Prince,' Just Published by Oni Press

 Brigid Alverson on March 8, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53518/r-i-p-dina-norlund

 

ROCKETSHIP TO ADD RETAILER TIERS TO ALL KICKSTARTERS

Also: New Middle-Grade Graphic Novels by Marv Wolfman, Kevin Grevioux; Stan Lee Tabletop Game

 Brigid Alverson on March 8, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53523/rocketship-add-retailer-tiers-all-kickstarters

 

Schwartz, William. 2023.

Comics at the Oscars: Ivalu [Greenland].

TCJ (March 9): https://www.tcj.com/comics-at-the-oscars-ivalu/

 

Bob Iger: Disney Will Reduce Costs On Films, TV Shows to Focus On Quality, Not Volume

Alex Weprin

"It comes in the form of reducing the expense per content, whether it's a TV series or a film, where costs have just skyrocketed," the Disney chief told an investor conference.

March 9, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-content-marvel-star-wars-bob-iger-1235346999/ 

 

Richard Thompson, Chameleon

by Mike Rhode

Cul de Sac blog March 9, 2023

https://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2023/03/richard-thompson-chameleon.html

 

Ian Falconer, Creator of Olivia, the Energetic Piglet, Dies at 63

By Neil Genzlinger

A version of this article appears in print on March 9, 2023, Section A, Page 24 of the New York edition with the headline: Ian Falconer, the Creator of Olivia, the Energetic Piglet, Dies at 63

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/books/ian-falconer-dead.html

 

INTERVIEW: Dean Haspiel on His Timely COVID COP Kickstarter!

Jed W. Keith

Mar 8, 2023

 http://www.freaksugar.com/interview-dean-haspiel-on-his-timely-covid-cop-kickstarter/

 

11 Lessons I Learned From Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Leah Schnelbach

Tue Mar 7, 2023 

https://www.tor.com/2023/03/07/11-lessons-i-learned-from-who-framed-roger-rabbit/

 

Daniel Clowes offers a look at 'Monica,' his next graphic novel

The acclaimed cartoonist reflects on his influences and the people he lost as he prepares to publish his first original graphic novel in seven years

By Michael Cavna

March 9, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/03/09/daniel-clowes-offers-look-monica-his-next-graphic-novel/

 

INTERVIEW: Steve Horton on NINE LIVES and when his three cats will make a cameo

What would you do with the power to turn water into gin?

Rebecca Oliver Kaplan

03/09/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-steve-horton-on-nine-lives-and-when-his-three-cats-will-make-a-cameo/

 

Why making the next Comixology digital comics platform is hard

Todd Allen

03/09/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/why-making-the-next-comixology-digital-comics-platform-is-hard/

 

ECCC 2023: An Interview With Steenz About That Washington Post Gig

  Nola Pfau March 6, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/03/eccc-2023-an-interview-with-steenz-about-that-washington-post-gig/

 

WaPo and others level up, drop stale DILBERT strip for fresh HEART OF THE CITY

Heart Lamarr is ready to meet new fans.

Rebecca Oliver Kaplan

03/09/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/wapo-and-others-level-up-drop-stale-dilbert-strip-for-fresh-heart-of-the-city/

 

'Batman: Caped Crusader' Moves to Amazon With Two-Season Order

The series, from J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves and Bruce Timm, was previously developed for HBO Max.

Lesley Goldberg

March 9, 2023 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/batman-caped-crusader-animated-show-amazon-two-seasons-1235343120/ 

 

'Olivia' creator and stage designer Ian Falconer dies at 63

Chloe Veltman

All Things Considered  March 8, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/08/1161803473/ian-falconer-dies-olivia

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2023/03/20230308_atc_olivia_creator_and_stage_designer_ian_falconer_dies_at_63.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1161803473

 

Colin Kaepernick describes how he embraced his blackness as a teenager

  Juana Summers

March 8, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/08/1161925892/colin-kaepernick-nfl-graphic-novel-teen-identity

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2023/03/20230307_atc_change_the_game.mp3

 

Comic: How audiobooks enable the shared experience of listening to a good story

Kate Wheeler

February 21, 2023
https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/02/21/1152871109/comic-audiobooks

 


The Flash: Mask of the Red Death Brings Closure to Batwoman

Exclusive: Batwoman star Javicia Leslie talks playing The Flash's Red Death and saying a proper goodbye to Ryan Wilder.

By Lacy Baugher

March 8, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-flash-mask-of-the-red-death-brings-closure-to-batwoman/

 

Alison Bechdel | Arlington Reads | March 9, 2023

Diane Kresh

Arlington County Government

March 9 2023

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

 

 

 

Alison Bechdel | Arlington Reads | March 9, 2023

Reaction to Steenz' Heart of the City replacing Dilbert in WaPo

ECCC 2023: An Interview With Steenz About That Washington Post Gig

  Nola Pfau March 6, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/03/eccc-2023-an-interview-with-steenz-about-that-washington-post-gig/

 

WaPo and others level up, drop stale DILBERT strip for fresh HEART OF THE CITY

Heart Lamarr is ready to meet new fans.

Rebecca Oliver Kaplan



Cavna talks to Clowes

Daniel Clowes offers a look at 'Monica,' his next graphic novel

The acclaimed cartoonist reflects on his influences and the people he lost as he prepares to publish his first original graphic novel in seven years

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/03/09/daniel-clowes-offers-look-monica-his-next-graphic-novel/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/8/2023


Kami Garcia on 'Teen Titans: Robin' | Interview

March 7, 2023 by Brigid Alverson  

https://goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2023/03/07/kami-garcia-on-teen-titans-robin-interview/

 

Diamond Addresses ComicsPRO Criticism Over Reduced Shipping Fees

Diamond Comic Distributors announced it will reduce shipping charges to comic book stores by 40% by this summer. but not everyone was happy.

 7 Mar 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-addresses-comicspro-criticism-over-reduced-shipping-fees/

 

Marvel Gives PRH Retailers Spider-Man Info Denied to Diamond Stores

Dan Slott and Mark Bagley introduce a brand-new hero in Spider-Man #7, and Marvel let PRH comic stores know in time to order more.

by Rich Johnston

7 Mar 2023 
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-to-spoil-new-character-revelation-on-cover-of-spider-man-7/

 

Rodney Barnes Brings the Sauce on Demons, Vampires, and Aliens!

Blake's Buzz 57; Mar 6 2023

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5jHVU2I8yw63WYrViA9TZ3

 

TOKYOPOP TO BRING NOIR CAESAR ENTERTAINMENT LINE TO MARKET

Three Manga-Inspired Graphic Novels this Summer

Milton Griepp on March 8, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53512/tokyopop-bring-noir-caesar-entertainment-line-market

 

Big Screen, Bigger Dreams: PW Talks with Sammy Harkham

By Chris Burkhalter 

Mar 03, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 03/06/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Big Screen, Bigger Dreams

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/91662-big-screen-bigger-dreams-pw-talks-with-sammy-harkham.html

 

The Tradition of Training Images in Manga

Natsume Fusanosuke | March 8, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/the-tradition-of-training-images-in-manga/

"Manga ni okeru shūgyō imēji no denshō"
From Natsume Fusanosuke, Moro Shigeki, Li Baohua, Ochi Hiroko, Nomura Hideto, Yamada Setsuko, Karada no bunka: shūgyō to shintaizō (Culture of Bodies: Training and Images of Bodies). Goyō Shobō: 2012.

 

Rachel Smythe, Creator of Lore Olympus, on Gods and Humanity

Depresh Mode with John Moe

Episode 99

6th March 2023

https://maximumfun.org/episodes/depresh-mode/rachel-smythe-creator-of-lore-olympus-on-gods-and-humanity/

https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/8215bc99-38a3-42b7-b582-5ae88629eee0/episodes/a5e967d4-0a3b-49ec-947e-08f0ba4a69bc/audio/7244ac4b-d2d5-44c7-a8ad-90fdc3e95546/default_tc.mp3

 

INTERVIEW: Kimiko Glenn gets nutty in new Disney animated series KIFF

The acclaimed actress chats about voicing an optimistic squirrel!

Taimur Dar

03/08/2023 
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-kimiko-glenn-disney-animated-series-kiff/

 

Walt Disney Animation Studios Production Workers Launch Union Drive With IATSE

Katie Kilkenny

The Animation Guild is seeking to organize nearly 80 production coordinators, production managers and production supervisors, even as Disney looks to disqualify certain job titles from the effort.

March 8, 2023 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/walt-disney-animation-studios-production-workers-union-drive-1235343275/ 

 

Max Fleischer SUPERMAN shorts get remastered Blu-ray release

Taimur Dar

03/08/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/max-fleischer-superman-remastered-blu-ray-announced/

 

Artist Spotlight: Ronald Searle

Jason Chatfield

March 3, 2023
https://www.jasonchatfield.com/blog/artist-spotlight-ronald-searle

 

The Age of Monsters begins in new INCREDIBLE HULK title from Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nic Klein

This June the Jade Giant takes on Marvel's most gruesome monsters!

Taimur Dar

03/08/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/incredible-hulk-phillip-kennedy-johnson-nic-klein-announced/

 

Bologna 2023: Sakana Sakatsuki's 'Planetarium Ghost Travel' Wins BolognaRagazzi Award for Comics 

Teri Tan 

Mar 08, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/91706-bologna-2023-sakana-sakatsuki-s-planetarium-ghost-travel-wins-bolognaragazzi-award-for-comics.html

 

Wally Fawkes obituary

Political cartoonist and jazz clarinettist who, using the pen name Trog, created the Flook strip

George Melly

Guardian March 7 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/07/wally-fawkes-obituary

 

 

Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up Randall Park's Feature Directorial Debut 'Shortcomings'

Anthony D'Alessandro

March 7, 2023

https://deadline.com/2023/03/randall-park-shortcomings-sony-pictures-classics-sundance-1235281378/

 

Obituary: Ian Falconer

By Shannon Maughan

Mar 08, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/91710-obituary-ian-falconer.html

 

Remembering Ian Falconer, the New Yorker Artist and Author of the "Olivia" Books

Falconer won a Caldecott medal in 2001 and contributed more than thirty New Yorker covers.

By Françoise Mouly

March 7, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/remembering-ian-falconer-the-new-yorker-artist-and-author-of-the-olivia-books

 

How Marvel's Silver Surfer Met a Rock Guitar God

Joe Satriani's Surfing With The Alien album featured Marvel's Silver Surfer on its front cover. The legendary guitarist tells us how that came about.

  By Tony Sokol | March 8, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/how-marvel-silver-surfer-met-rock-guitar-god/

 

Ep. 88: Under Ninja Vol. 1, by Kengo Hanazawa

February 24, 2023

https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-88-under-ninja-vol-1-by-kengo-hanazawa/

 

"March of Intellect" Cartoons (1828–29) [UK]

Public Domain Review ca. March 2023

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/march-of-the-intellect

 

My Claremont Year- February 2023

Days of Future Past establishes the story that Claremont told in Uncanny X-Men but it takes him a few years to realize that.

Scott Cederlund

Mar 8, 2023

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/my-claremont-year-february-2023/?ref=from-cover-to-cover-newsletter

 

Framing [in] Comics and Cartoons: Essays on Aesthetics, History, and Mediality

Johannes C.P. Schmid and Christian A. Bachmann (eds.)

Berlin: Christian A. Bachmann Verlag 2021

http://www.christian-bachmann.de/b_bn9.html

           

Johannes C.P. SCHMID/Christian A. BACHMANN

Framing [in] Comics: A Preface

 

Christina MEYER

»Enclosures for Looking«? Medial, Material, and Aesthetic Frames|Framings

 

Sebastian BARTOSCH

How To Not Freeze the Frames of Mediality: Looking Back at Old Comic Books

 

Lukas R.A. WILDE

Falling in Line: Framing 9/11 and the »War on Terror« in Editorial Cartoons

 

Johannes C.P. SCHMID

Framing Documentary Comics: Considering Prologues

 

Astrid BÖGER

»Things Are Different Now«: Re-Framing Australian Identity in Pat Grant's Blue

           

Roger SABIN

Framing pre-1914 British Comics

 

Christian A. BACHMANN

Panoptical Spaces: Cross-sections in Nineteenth-Century Visual Satire and Early Comics

 

Jeff Thoss

»Through the Proscenium Arch of the Comic Panel«: Intermedial Frames in Bryan Talbot's Alice in Sunderland

 

Tobias YU-KIENER

Musée du Louvre: When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Three Problems With the Graphic Novel Le Ciel au-dessus du Louvre

 

Monika SCHMITZ-EMANS

Museum Comics: Drawn Reflections on Images and Image-Spaces, Framings and Transgressions

 

 

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Phillip Kennedy Johnson to write the Hulk

The Age of Monsters begins in new INCREDIBLE HULK title from Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nic Klein

This June the Jade Giant takes on Marvel's most gruesome monsters!

March 11: Fantom Comics' GODFELL #1 BOOK CLUB with editor Raven

GODFELL #1 BOOK CLUB

>> SATURDAY, MARCH 11th @ 2PM!

To celebrate the comic editing debut of Fantom's own Raven we're hosting an in-person book club for the first issue of GODFELL!

One sunny day in the land of Kerethim, God falls dead from the sky. The impact sends out shockwaves that draw in royal families at war, shadowy creatures of the dark, and armies of the dispossessed, all coming to lay claim to parts of God's body. Into this power struggle wanders Zanzi Vuiline, a soldier and berserker trying to get home from a years-long war. Forced to fight her way through the strange landscapes in and on God's corpse, from the soles of its feet through the top of its head, Zanzi will acquire a mysterious traveling companion on her own pilgrimage.

The first issue is NOW IN STORE!
Get it in-person or online: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/godynamic-forcesll-1-cover-a-hennessy-farrell

Do you have any burning questions for the creative team? Submit your questions here for a chance to get your questions answered: https://forms.gle/jhZZtG3XtP9cAXD47

Answers to the questions will be available during the book club itself!

Due to the nature of this event being in-person in our small space we ask that customers wear their masks.

Chatfield on Thompson by way of Searle