Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/18/2023

Serious Truck Accident For Diamond Comic Distributors In New York

Diamond Comic Distributors have issued a Special Alert concerning Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing product on-sale on the 24th of May.

 17 May 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/serious-truck-accident-for-diamond-comic-distributors-in-new-york/

 

Cannes: 'Happy Feet' Co-Director Prepping New Family Adventure 'Stripey' (Exclusive)

Warren Coleman co-wrote the Australian live-action feature — about a Kashmiri family who encounters a long-thought-extinct Tasmanian tiger — with Sparky Pictures and Fuel Up Entertainment discussing the project at the festival.

Alex Ritman

May 17, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/warren-coleman-happy-feet-family-adventure-stripey-1235493608/

 

Book review: Hero Me Not: The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero

Reviewed by Stephanie Burt

International Journal of Comic Art blog May 18, 2023

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/05/book-review-hero-me-not-containment-of.html

 

Chesya Burke. Hero Me Not: The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero. Rutgers University Press, 2023. 172 pps. https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/hero-me-not/9781978821057

 

PW Comics World: More To Come                                

More to Come 566: Interview Time Machine [Maia Kobabe, Thi Bui,Greg Pak, Magdelene Visaggio and Sophie Campbell]                               

Heidi MacDonald, Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons       

05/15/2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1257

 

Drawing Is Power! Chuck D Launches Book and Imprint at U.S. Book Show

By Eugene Holley, Jr.

May 17, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/92318-drawing-is-power-chuck-d-launches-book-and-imprint-at-u-s-book-show.html

 

Just Announced: 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid #18'

By Iyana Jones

May 18, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/92345-just-announced-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-18.html

 

On Tour with Jason Reynolds [Miles Morales Suspended, Spider-Man novel]

May 18, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/92337-on-tour-with-jason-reynolds.html

 

Disney Drops Plans to Build New Florida Campus

Amid a legal standoff with Gov. Ron DeSantis, company executives cited "new leadership and changing business conditions" as the reasoning.

Caitlin Huston

May 18, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-drops-florida-campus-1235495540/

 

Disney Pulls Plug on $1 Billion Development in Florida

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on May 19, 2023, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Disney Opts Not to Build In Florida

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/business/disney-ron-desantis-florida.html

 

Good news, everyone! FUTURAMA returns with new episodes on Hulu this July!

Taimur Dar

05/18/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/futurama-hulu-new-episodes-july-2023/

 

Maria Scrivan Ends Half Full Syndication

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/18/maria-scrivan-ends-half-full-syndication/

 

Infidel: The Terror of White Neutrality

Ritesh Babu | May 18, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/infidel-the-terror-of-white-neutrality/

 

Let's Talk About How the Guardians Attack and Dethrone God… Sort Of

Leah Schnelbach

Tue May 16, 2023

https://www.tor.com/2023/05/16/lets-talk-about-how-the-guardians-attack-and-dethrone-god-sort-of/

 

Looking Back on The Owl House [animation]

Michele Kirichanskaya

Thu May 11, 2023

https://www.tor.com/2023/05/11/looking-back-on-the-owl-house/

 

Florida Freaks Out Over Gay Disney Character

The state's Department of Education is reportedly investigating a teacher who showed the cartoon Strange World (2022) to her fifth graders.

  Elaine Velie May 17, 2023

https://hyperallergic.com/822596/florida-freaks-out-over-gay-disney-character/         

 

Chip Zdarksy Interview - Add Beards, Do Cocaine Zero Issues

May 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM0fGnMXDYw

 

Chris Riddell & Neil Gaiman have an illustrated chat celebrating DOUGLAS ADAMS

Andrew Sumner

Forbidden Planet TV

Andrew Sumner  May 16, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZA4XLZw3H8

 

Anthony Snyder talks about the market of original comic art

wordballoon  May 16, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_VTjcnbCx4

 

2023 Eisner Awards Nominations announced; Thorogood, Woodruff and King lead

Heidi MacDonald

05/17/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/2023-eisner-awards-nominations-announced/

 

Superhero Shows "Had Their Time" as New CW Leaders Outline Plans to Make Network "Bigger and Profitable"

Lesley Goldberg

May 18, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nextar-pitches-cw-reinvention-less-superheroes-older-audience-1235495292/

 

Man of Steel: Actor Michael Dorn reveals the secrets of Steelworks, his comics-writing debut

By Will Salmon

Newsarama May 12 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/man-of-steel-actor-michael-dorn-reveals-the-secrets-of-steelworks-his-comics-writing-debut/

 

 

The Shelf Care Interview: Paul Gilligan

Booklist's Shelf Care Podcast May 16 2023

Sarah Hunter

https://soundcloud.com/shelfcare/the-shelf-care-interview-paul-gilligan

May 27: Sierra Barnes at Fantom Comics

ZINE WORKSHOP WITH SIERRA BARNES!
SATURDAY, MAY 27th at 2PM!

Jump into a preview the world of zine making with local artist Sierra Barnes next SATURDAY, MAY 27th at 2PM! Get a presentation on her zine collection and learn how to make handmade zines! Materials for the zine making will be provided but folks are free to bring some of their own. DC Zinefest will be providing some zines from their library for browsing as well!

Fantom Comics

2010 P St NW

Washington,District of Columbia,20036

(202) 241-6498

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/17/2023

 

Ashleigh Gardner to Depart Wattpad Webtoon Studios

By Sophia Stewart

May 17, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/92316-ashleigh-gardner-to-depart-wattpad-webtoon-studios.html

 

When Disney cartoonist Carl Barks sneaked San Jacinto into a Duck tale

By David Allen | dallen@scng.com | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

PUBLISHED: May 16, 2023 at 10:51 a.m. | UPDATED: May 17, 2023 at 8:12 a.m.

https://www.sbsun.com/2023/05/16/when-disney-cartoonist-carl-barks-sneaked-san-jacinto-into-a-duck-tale/

 

LONGTIME ARCHIE CHARACTER COMES OUT AS TRANSGENDER

In New 'Chilling Adventures' Comic Written by Magdalene Visaggio

  Brigid Alverson on May 16, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54121/longtime-archie-character-comes-out-transgender

 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Uses the Spider Society to Address Fandom

Exclusive: the directors of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse give us the lowdown on the film's surprising Marvel antagonists.

  By Kirsten Howard | May 17, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-spider-society-fandom/

 

Variant Edition Interviews Chip Zdarsky: Part 02 - Batman & Daredevil

Brandon Schatz

Variant Edition

May 17 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zFnyKFtGns

 

Laughing Ogre Comics [store]

Zach Rabiroff | May 17, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/laughing-ogre-comics/

 

INTERVIEW: Simon Spurrier Swings Into Street Level Heroics With Uncanny Spider-Man

By Dave Richards

CBR May 12 2023

https://www.cbr.com/uncanny-spider-man-simon-spurrier-interview/

 

Fear the Walking Dead: Lennie James on Ending Morgan's Story in Season 8

By Katie Doll

CBR May 11 2023

https://www.cbr.com/fear-the-walking-dead-lennie-james-interview/

 

INTERVIEW: Jarrett J. Krosoczka talks the power of healing in SUNSHINE

AJ Frost

05/17/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/krosoczka-interview-sunshine/

 

Who leaked the death of that beloved Marvel character?

RIP Ms. Marvel: In lieu of flowers, please send a major motion picture

Heidi MacDonald

05/17/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/who-leaked-the-death-of-that-beloved-marvel-character/

 

Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo Dynamic Duos May 17 2023

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scott-snyder-greg-capullo/id1684555379?i=1000613382545

 

Marvel Monthly Fan Q&A: Phillip Kennedy Johnson - The Hulk

By Dustin Holland

CBR May 11 2023

https://www.cbr.com/incredible-hulk-phillip-kennedy-johnson-fan-qa/

 

Who is the real menace from across the waters? [Beano, Dennis the Menace]

British comic strips may not have had the global impact of their Belgian or even American counterparts, but they still influenced a generation.

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

By  Geoff Meade

https://www.brusselstimes.com/column/505990/who-is-the-real-menace-from-across-the-waters

 

Banned postcard released by 1960s band The Move with cartoon of Harold Wilson lying naked on a bed with his secretary that cost rockers millions in lost royalties after PM sued them for libel is unearthed 56 years later [UK caricature]

Dan Woodland

16 May 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12089251/Banned-postcard-released-cartoon-Harold-Wilson-naked-unearthed-56-years.html

WaPo columnist vs editorial cartoonist

As originally reported in the Daily Cartoonist, cited here for the record:

Is This Cartoon Racist? [by Matt Daniel]

Bacon's Rebellion May 16, 2023 by James A. Bacon

https://www.baconsrebellion.com/wp/is-this-cartoon-racist/

Phillip Kennedy Johnson takes questions on writing The Hulk

Marvel Monthly Fan Q&A: Phillip Kennedy Johnson - The Hulk

By Dustin Holland

CBR May 11 2023

https://www.cbr.com/incredible-hulk-phillip-kennedy-johnson-fan-qa/

May 23: The Fight for Free Expression at LoC

The Fight for Free Expression: Defending Cartoonists Around the World

Date and Location

• When: Tuesday, May 23, 2023

  11:30 am - 1:00 pm EDT
  

• Where: James Madison Building - West Dining Room (LM621)

  101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540

Join award-winning campaigner Terry Anderson and a panel of experts to learn more about the global trends threatening cartoonists, and why satirical art matters. Learn about the efforts of the Cartoonist Rights Network International to protect human rights and defend cartoonists threatened as a result of their work.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/16/2023

Distribution Round-Up: DSTLRY signs with Diamond & Lunar, ICBCA brings self-published titles to retailers

The moves will bring a wide variety of titles from creators established and up-and-coming to comic shops.

Joe Grunenwald

05/16/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/distribution-round-up-dstlry-icbca/

 

ICBCA TO DISTRIBUTE SELF-PUBLISHED, CROWDFUNDED COMICS TO RETAILERS

Providing Print-on-Demand and Distribution Services for Indie Creators

  Brigid Alverson on May 15, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54113/icbca-distribute-self-published-crowdfunded-comics-retailers

 

EXCLUSIVE: DSTLRY INKS DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH LUNAR For Direct Market

  Brigid Alverson on May 15, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54109/exclusive-dstlry-inks-distribution-deal-lunar

 

Alice Oseman named Illustrator of the Year at 2023 British Book Awards

Comics lose out in the Children's Illustrated category but Dave McKean-illustrated S F Said novel Tyger received Book of the Year for Children's Fiction

Dean Simons

05/16/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/alice-oseman-named-illustrator-of-the-year-at-2023-british-book-awards/

 

BOOM! STUDIOS LAUNCHES 'PEN & INK' COLLECTION OF FIRST ISSUES

Deluxe Black & White Format Showcases Art with Artist Commentary

Brigid Alverson on May 15, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54115/boom-studios-launches-pen-ink-collection-first-issues

 

"The Chip" – Oni Releases Secret Xino Ashcan to 300 Stores

To coincide with next Monday's FOC date for Xino#1, Oni has sent out 300 copies of an unannounced black-and-white Xino#1 Ashcan to comic shops

15 May 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-chip-oni-releases-secret-xino-ashcan-to-300-stores/

 

Eleven Comic Book Stores Open, Six Close and Two Re-Open

 15 May 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/eleven-comic-book-stores-open-six-close-and-two-re-open/

 

Florida Teacher Arrested for Showing Disney Movie Featuring Boy Character with Girl's Name [Bambie satire]

By Andy Borowitz

May 15, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/florida-teacher-arrested-for-showing-disney-movie-featuring-boy-character-with-girls-name

 

'Do I go into debt?': Newmarket comic book store owner closing to avoid hefty rent hike  [Canada]

By Lisa Queen

Newmarket Era

March 11, 2023

https://www.yorkregion.com/business/do-i-go-into-debt-newmarket-comic-book-store-owner-closing-to-avoid-hefty-rent/article_82559f27-3ff6-5e1e-a00b-15ba0c75196b.html

 

Remembering that time when the MCU very nearly imploded

A 2015 showdown between the creatives and the suits almost derailed Hollywood's biggest film franchise

Jen Lennon

AV Club May 6 2023

https://www.avclub.com/marvel-studios-kevin-feige-ike-perlmutter-2015-split-1850430191

 

Superman Turns 85

IN HONOR OF THE MAN OF STEEL'S MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY, CHECK OUT 10 HERO-WORTHY COLLECTIBLES FROM THE HERITAGE ARCHIVES

By Robert Wilonsky

May 2023

https://intelligentcollector.com/superman-turns-85/

 

Does the new Gold Key Comics really ask for 200-page submissions?

Their submission guidelines say they do, and Gold Key has responded swiftly to criticism online.

Joe Grunenwald

05/16/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/gold-key-comics-submission-guidelines-criticism/

 

Let's Get Physical [webcomics in print]

Avery Kaplan | May 16, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/lets-get-physical/

 

U.S. Book Show 2023: Tillie Walden

By Shaenon K. Garrity

May 12, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 05/15/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Tillie Walden

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bea/article/92266-u-s-book-show-2023-tillie-walden.html

 

Ellis Rosen, Cartoonist website

https://ellis-rosen.format.com/

 

Bucking the trend: Editorial cartoons drive audience engagement and reader retention at The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Rob Tornoe | for Editor & Publisher May 16 2023

https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/bucking-the-trend-editorial-cartoons-drive-audience-engagement-and-reader-retention-at-the,243644

 

Cannes: China's Animation Sector Is Drawing Up Plans to Conquer the Global Market

The recent box office success of the kid-friendly Boonie Bears franchise has demonstrated a healthy appetite for animated features in the Middle Kingdom, but insiders say expanding into the YA market could lead to even greater success — both at home and abroad.

Matthew Scott

May 16, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/cannes-china-animation-sector-global-1235492562/

 

Is This Cartoon Racist? [by Matt Daniel]

Bacon's Rebellion May 16, 2023 by James A. Bacon 

https://www.baconsrebellion.com/wp/is-this-cartoon-racist/

May 17: Swann Lecture at LoC at noon

Curator Sara Duke says, "Brianna Anderson is giving a lecture about how cartoonists frame environmental issues. In addition to looking at comic book holdings, she has gone through the SPX Collection, posters, and editorial cartoons. The Pickford Theater is located on the 3^rd floor of the Madison Building, directly up from the Independence Avenue entrance to the Building."

Good news from WaPo on cartoon journalism! Or illustrated reporting!

Hannah Good tells me that they now have a centralized site for what they're calling "illustrated reporting" - yet another term for a nascent field.*

Congratulations to her for getting this landing page started (although it's definitely incomplete and lacking a lot of the scores of strips done for the former Lily website). On the other hand, there's stories I haven't seen and linked to** and I'm literally their target audience for these, as a reader, subscriber, and advertising subject. Perhaps it's time to bring back the Comic Riffs newsletter? In any event, the existence of the site is good news and I'll be adding a link to it on the blog.

This week's former Lily webcomic is:

More than 'just a look': The long history of staring in the disability community; I wanted to examine this precedent to reflect on the implications of staring in our day-to-day lives

Perspective by A. Andrews

May 14, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/14/staring-disability-community/

 

*There's just been a long discussion on an academic comics list about what term to submit to the Library of Congress genre list, but this one wasn't on it.

**and for the record, here's the other stories that I missed pointing out here, including one by my friend Ellen Lindner, and SPX favorites Gemma Correll and Hartley Lin. Both women (Lin is a man) have done other pieces for the WaPo Lily site that should be searchable via this blog.

The diamond too controversial for Camilla's crown: A visual history

The Koh-i-Noor diamond has adorned the crowns of previous queen consorts, but it will not be on Queen Camilla's.

By Paul Schemm and Satwik Gade

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/kohinoor-diamond-coronation-comic/

 

See how a quick-fix climate solution could also trigger war

By Michael Birnbaum and Tom Humberstone

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/05/03/comic-geosolar-engineering-explained/

 

An illustrated guide to how fees are making everything pricier

By Hamza Shaban and Hartley Lin

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/24/extra-junk-fees-comic/

 

Worried about your gas stove? This comic will show you other ways to cook.

By Allyson Chiu and Christine Suggs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/02/10/gas-stove-debate-safety-comic/

 

Comic: What Congress's next 2 years could look like after the midterms

By Amber Phillips and Ellen Lindner

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/04/comic-what-congresss-next-2-years-could-look-like-after-midterms/

 

How I Left the Closet, Met My Husband — and Found My Life

By James Fisher

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/interactive/2022/same-sex-marriage-obergefell/

 

Solo travel can be risky. Here's how to stay safe. What I learned during my first New York City "taxi" ride

Perspective by Gemma Correll

Washington Post contributor

February 26, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/women-solo-travel-safety-tips/

 

What it's like to travel as a transgender woman; For trans travelers, airport security can be an anxiety-inducing experience

Perspective by Bea Hayward

April 23, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/04/23/transgender-tsa-pat-down/

 

An illustrated guide to the dogs you'll meet in New York City

Perspective by Cat Willett

May 7, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/05/07/new-york-city-dogs/

What I learned on a two-week trip to Vietnam and Cambodia

By Margaret Flatley

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/01/08/vietnam-cambodia-travel/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/15/2023

Comics People React To Frank Miller Drawing A Wolverine Cover

Frank Miller has been drawing a few covers for Marvel Comics of late, which means revisiting a number of characters he drew 40 years ago.

 14 May 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comics-people-react-to-frank-miller-drawing-a-wolverine-cover/

 

Worse Job in America? Congratulations To All Single Panel Gag Cartoonists [inc. Hilary Price interview]

Bob Eckstein

The Bob May 15, 2023

https://thebob.substack.com/p/worse-job-in-america

 

INTERVIEW: Artist Jesse Lonergan talks MISS TRUESDALE AND THE FALL OF HYPERBOREA

The breakout star artist is making his first entry in the Hellboy Universe.

Zack Quaintance

05/15/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-artist-jesse-lonergan-talks-miss-truesdale-and-the-fall-of-hyperborea/

 

'Archer' to End With Season 14 on FXX

The animated comedy's final season will kick off Aug. 30.

Lesley Goldberg

May 15, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fx-premiere-dates-archer-final-season-justified-return-1235491382/ 

 

Libresse plagiarizes cartoonist Gemma Correll in international ad campaign

Ruben Bolling 

May 10, 2023

https://boingboing.net/2023/05/10/libresse-plagiarizes-cartoonist-gemma-correll-in-international-ad-campaign.html

 

Can AI ever do a Herblock? Cartoonists share anxiety, optimism at national meet in Kochi  [India]

Onmanorama Malayalam  May 6 2023
https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/art-and-culture/2023/05/06/can-artificial-intelligence-do-a-herblock-asks-cartoonist-ep-unny.html

 

A new life for Carol Day

Chicago comic collectors rescue the legacy of illustrator David Wright.

by Josh Flanders May 5, 2023

https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/a-new-life-for-carol-day-david-wright-lance-hallam/

 

Lance Hallam by David Wright
Slingsby Bros, Ink!, limited edition hardcover, 148 pp., $350, carol-day.com/buy

 

"I Don't Mind Being Unique": Robin Bougie on Gutter Hunter and Other Hot Pursuits

Ian Thomas | May 15, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/i-dont-mind-being-unique-robin-bougie-on-gutter-hunter-and-other-pursuits/

 

R. Kikuo Johnson's "Perennial"

The artist discusses nature in New England, and mourning the old while celebrating the new.

By Françoise Mouly

May 15, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2023-05-22

 

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode thirty-five | James Tynion IV, part one

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan

May 15 2023

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/dont-get-technical-with-me

 

 May 15, 2023

Chatting with Steve Metzger, visiting children's graphic novel writer

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/05/chatting-with-steve-metzger-visiting.html

by Mike Rhode

 

WaPo doesn't understand comics 1: Today's Reply All strip...

May 15, 2023

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/05/wapo-doesnt-understand-comics-1-todays.html

 

WaPo doesn't understand comics 2: Sunday's biz section mess

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/05/wapo-doesnt-understand-comics-2-sundays.html

 

WaPo doesn't understand comics 3: This is an editorial cartoon? https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/05/wapo-doesnt-understand-comics-3-this-is.html

 

Box Office: 'Guardians 3' Enjoys Heroic Hold With $62.6M, 'Book Club 2' Banned

Pamela McClintock

May 15, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/guardians-galaxy-box-office-book-club-1235487301/

 

'Little Mermaid' Composer Alan Menken Explains Why One Original Film Song Isn't in the Live-Action Remake

Disney's adaptation of the 1989 animated version includes three new songs from Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Ryan Gajewski

May 13, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-little-mermaid-composer-alan-menken-live-action-film-song-1235487466/

 

The Little Mermaid: Alan Menken Explains Why "Daughters of Triton" Song Was Cut (Exclusive)

Aaron Perine - May 13, 2023

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/the-little-mermaid-alan-menken-why-daughters-of-triton-song-cut-exclusive/

 

Robert Downey Jr. Almost Lost Iron Man Role to This 2000s Action Star

By Richard Nebens Posted: May 13, 2023

https://thedirect.com/article/robert-downey-jr-iron-man-lost-role

Meet the Quadrinhopédia, a Brazilian Comics Biographical Dictionary Database

 by Lucio Luiz

International Journal of Comic Art blog May 15, 2023

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/05/meet-quadrinhopedia-brazilian-comics.html

Telnaes on her Herblock award ceremony, in photos

What a night!

Ann Telnaes

May 15, 2023

https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/what-a-night

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Rocko Jerome

Interview: JFK's Spy Team Answers The Call in G.H.O.S.T. Agents!

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

May 09, 2023

https://previewsworld.com/Article/268314-Interview-JFKs-Spy-Team-Answers-The-Call-in-GHOST-Agents

Troy-Jeffrey Allen is the Consumer Marketing Manager for Diamond Comics Distributors, Editor of PREVIEWSworld.com, and the producer/co-host of PREVIEWSworld Weekly. His published work includes MF DOOM: All Caps, Public Enemy's Apocalypse '91, Bamn, Fight of the Century, the Harvey Award-nominated District Comics, and the Ringo Awards-nominated Magic Bullet.

WaPo doesn't understand comics 3: This is an editorial cartoon? [UPDATED]

With all due respect to Ellis Rosen, whom I don't know at all, why is this on the editorial page of the Washington Post. Is this a political cartoon? If so what does it mean?

I'm absolutely serious about asking what does it mean. One might have expected to find a cartoon like this in the New Yorker 35 or 40 years ago, but one expected nonsensical comics from them.

The Post made an extremely large mistake by not appointing Ann Telnaes to replace Tom Toles (or Herblock even IMHO), and they continue to compound it by running works like this. 

For their home cartoonist, we should have someone that lives here. Michael de Adder is a perfectly competent cartoonist, but he's a Canadian who stayed in Canada and works on a contract. He's not a WaPo employee. To add to the disrespect they show him, the editor runs his cartoons smaller than this one is, and his color cartoons with extensive cross-hatching are run in black and white, so they are extremely muddy and sometimes unreadable. We deserve our own local cartoonist, and one who is treated with respect, in the great tradition of Herblock.

 

5/16/23: formerly local editorial cartoonist Al Goodwyn wrote in to say that a version of the cartoon had a title of "Monumentally Exhausted" -  here it is in the online version, which I don't understand any better.  Hmmm, the link calls it "Washington Chaos" which isn't any better as a title.

Finally, just to be clear, I know and like Michael de Adder, and I like his work when it's printed in color and larger than 4x4." He's still not a Washingtonian, even a transplanted one like Block, Toles, Telnaes (and me). Also, I'm sure Ellis Rosen is a fine cartoonist - as I said, I don't know him. I just didn't think the Post's editorial page was the place for this cartoon. As a filler on another page, which newspapers used to do, I would have glanced at it, perhaps smiled, and moved on. Adding to this blog on a computer, and not writing it on my phone like I did last night, I can see that he actually IS a New Yorker cartoonist. Good for him. I subscribe to that print magazine too, but I'm way behind on reading it.

WaPo doesn't understand comics 2: Sunday's biz section mess

Jeff Stein and Vreni Stollberger may have created a perfectly good comic strip about the debt ceiling. Certainly the teaser image and text on the front page of Sunday's business section looks appealing.

However, when you open the page, instead of seeing one broadsheet comic of a basic ten panels, it's broken up into two black and white panels per page, for five pages, totally interrupting the rhythm and flow of the strip.

 

 

Presumably, they were more concerned about how it looked online, where it would work easily as a vertical scroll. Ah, yes it does. But it would be nice if they would show a little respect to both their creators, and the readers of their print publication, which is probably still subsidizing most of the electronic paper, by not giving us this bastardized unreadable mess.

WaPo doesn't understand comics 1: Today's Reply All LITE panel [CORRECTED]

 

... has the Scary Gary comic strip from May 18, 2019* squished into local cartoonist Donna Lewis' Reply All Lite's panel space. Lite only appears in the Post as far as I know, while the main strip is widely syndicated. Whoops. Lucky they don't think the comics matter anyway.

 

*Thanks to DD Degg for correctly identifying the substituted strip. In my defense, the original is only about 3" high in the actual paper.