Wednesday, May 24, 2023

In this month's Comic Store In Your Future, Rodman Comics owner looks back at Free Comic Book Day 2023 and how it looks from the retailer's point of view.

21 May 2023

by Rod Lamberti

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-free-comic-book-day-2023-how-was-it/

DC Comics Print Tributes to Rachel Pollack and Al Jaffee

This month's DC Comics titles feature tributes to comic creators Rachel Pollack and Al Jaffee, who both died last month.

21 May 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-print-tributes-to-rachel-pollack-and-al-jaffee/

Creative Director Mike Carlin Retires From DC Comics After 37 Years

Rich Johnston

21 May 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/creative-director-mike-carlin-retires-from-dc-comics-after-37-years/

Oni Press releases limited-edition ashcan of "The Chip" from XINO #1

The ashcan, limited to 300 copies, of Chris Condon and Nick Cagnetti's story was sent to select direct market retailers.

05/22/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/xino-1-the-chip-ashcan-oni-press/

May 22 2023

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode thirty-six | James Tynion IV, part two.

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/what-mission

Interview: Red Sonja Is A Point of National Pride For Torunn Grønbekk Unleashes

May 16, 2023

Nicki Faust

https://previewsworld.com/Article/268440-Interview-Red-Sonja-Is-A-Point-of-National-Pride-For-Torunn-Gr%C3%B8nbekk-Unleashes

American Born Chinese review: Disney Plus adaptation hits a sci-fi sweet spot

A star-studded ensemble, including Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, elevates an enlightening dramedy

Saloni Gajjar

AV Club May 22 2023

https://www.avclub.com/american-born-chinese-tv-review-disney-plus-1850442653

The Little Mermaid review: Halle Bailey excels in a watered-down remake

A campy Melissa McCarthy also shines in a film that's better than most Disney live-action reboots—but that's not the same thing as being good

Leigh Monson

AV Club May 22 2023

https://www.avclub.com/the-little-mermaid-remake-film-review-1850444615

'The Little Mermaid' Review: Halle Bailey Charms, But Rob Marshall's Live-Action Remake Nearly Drowns in Déjà Vu

Lovia Gyarkye

May 22, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-little-mermaid-review-halle-bailey-melissa-mccarthy-1235484161/b

Everything we know about all of Disney's upcoming live-action remakes

What's after The Little Mermaid ? New versions of Snow White, Lilo & Stitch, and Moana for starters

Cindy White

AV Club May 22 2023

https://www.avclub.com/disney-live-action-remakes-production-1850457121

The Gull Yettin is a Minimalist Masterpiece

Mike Baxter

May 22, 2023

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-gull-yettin-joe-kessler/

The Nib to cease regular publication in print and online

Joe Grunenwald

05/22/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-nib-to-cease-regular-publication-in-print-and-online/

Matt Bors Puts The Nib Into Storage

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/22/matt-bors-puts-the-nib-into-storage/

INTERVIEW: Karla Arenas Valenti discusses LOTERIA, fairy tales, and middle-grade diversity

05/22/2023

By William Quant

https://www.comicsbeat.com/karla-arenas-valenti-loteria-interview/

Building the 20th Century: Collaboration, Colonialism and Human Tragedies with the Creators of 20th Century Men

Zach Rabiroff | May 22, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/building-the-20th-century-collaboration-colonialism-and-human-tragedies-with-the-creators-of-20th-century-men/

Eisner Award Best Graphic Novel nominee ignites controversy; Thomas Woodruff's Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral has come under fire

Heidi MacDonald

05/22/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/eisner-award-best-graphic-novel-nominee-ignites-controversy/

Marcellus Hall's "Open House"

The artist discusses rent, real estate, and making a home in the city.

By Françoise Mouly

May 22, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2023-05-29

Speaking of Frank Miller...

PREVIEWSworld

May 16, 2023

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

José Villarrubia Biographical Interview by Alex Grand

Alex Grand

Comic Book Historians

May 20, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqDrdy80CIU

BETTY C. TANG for PARACHUTE KIDS — May 2023 Kids' Club Selection

Comix Experience

May 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClsJdQLI84M

Comic Creator Interview - Jordan Hart

Comic Book Squares

May 19, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd8vnO915T8

Comic Culture with Todd DePastino [on Bill Mauldin].

terence dollard

May 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21SCV4bTNFk

Comic Culture with Don Simpson

terence dollard

May 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1SVD1HmbrQ

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

Andrew Sumner

Forbidden Planet TV May 16, 2023

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

Monday, May 22, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/20-21/2023

Award winning comic author in Saskatoon [Chip Zardsky]

CTV News at Noon May 18, 2023

https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/video?binId=1.2376412

'Heathcliff' Cartoonist Peter Gallagher On The Origins Of The Comic Strip's Weirdest, Most Wonderful Characters

Josh Kurp

May 19, 2023

https://uproxx.com/entertainment/heathcliff-interview-peter-gallagher/

Hartman In, Kelley Out at Post-Gazette

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/20/hartman-in-kelley-out-at-post-gazette/

Andy Ostmeyer: Of newspapers, comics and change

May 20, 2023

https://www.joplinglobe.com/opinion/andy-ostmeyer-of-newspapers-comics-and-change/article_7df40478-f5b3-11ed-9b47-83cae7f097a3.html

Paul Gravett

Be Careful What You Wish For [Deena Mohamed's 'Shubeik Lubeik']

Times Literary Supplement May 19 2023: 18

A new actress will play Moana. That's good for representation, the original says.

By Samantha Chery

May 20, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/05/20/moana-live-action-representation/

Reflections From Patrick's Trip to Dharamsala, India

— Alison Datko

May 19, 2023

https://mutts.com/blogs/news/reflections-from-patricks-trip-to-dharamsala

SKTCHDxTINYONION: Part Five, Thinking Globally [James Tynion IV]

By David Harper

May 16, 2023

https://sktchd.com/interview/sktchdxtinyonion-part-five-thinking-globally/

"Storytelling is the Most Important Thing": Stefano Caselli on His Journey and the Art of X-Men Red

By David Harper

May 18, 2023

https://sktchd.com/art-feature/stefano-caselli-art-feature/

The Milk of Paradise: Tom Shapira on The Disney Comics of Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas Keramidas

Daniel Elkin

May 15, 2023

https://solrad.co/the-milk-of-paradise-tom-shapira-on-the-disney-comics-of-lewis-trondheim-and-nicolas-keramidas

Don Carlton – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/21/don-carlton-rip/

It's Our Community - Don Carlton

Mary E. Davidson

JCCCvideo Oct 12, 2011

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

OBITUARY - Donald Rayford Carlton December 28, 1936 – May 16, 2023

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/kansas-city-mo/donald-carlton-11291602

A Comic Strip Writer has Got to Understand Life; An exclusive interview with Doonesbury artist, Don Canton

Shirley Koritnik,

Media & Values 20; Summer 1982

online at https://www.medialit.org/reading-room/comic-strip-writer-has-got-understand-life

How Cartoons Work: The Cartoon Code

By Randall P. Harrison

Media & Values 20; Summer 1982

online at https://www.medialit.org/reading-room/how-cartoons-work-cartoon-code

Cartoons'N Comics: Communication to the Quick; As you laugh, take us seriously!

Joy Clough

Media & Values 20; Summer 1982

Online at https://www.medialit.org/reading-room/cartoonsn-comics-communication-quick

You've Come a Long Way, Joanie! [Doonesbury]

Media & Values 20; Summer 1982

Online at https://www.medialit.org/reading-room/youve-come-long-way-joanie

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "The Cake Was Not A Lie"

from DC's anarchist cartoonist -

The Cake Was Not A Lie
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3640

Yeah, I know the Florida Legislature Dancing And Cake Story broke
nearly 2 weeks ago, but at the time, I was busy finishing the job of
"Finishing The Job".

So, aaaa-aanyway... if the almighty Fact-Checking Industrial Complex
is to be believed, the dancing was not at the end of the session, but
before they settled down to the business of otherizing, criminalizing,
villifying and immiserating a major portion of the whole goddamn state
with a legislative horrorshow.

Luckily for me, though, the part of the story that was true was the
cake part. According to this big, hot steamy bucket of gloat in the DC
Enquirer*, a Florida legislative staffer mocked protesters at the
State Capitol at the time by eating cake at their desks in front of
them.

So, it seems that just this once, the cake is not a lie.

12 x 12.5 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 384kb

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*CONTENT WARNING: Yet another fascist rag in DC — as if the Examiner
and the Times aren't enough; article cites Andy Ngo tweets, and some
shit-take dropping fascist tool declaring "Make America Florida". They
did, however, get the cake-eating part right.

---------------

"Florida lawmakers danced 'after passing anti-trans legislation':
Mostly False" Politifact 05.04.2023
https://api.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/05/tiktok-posts/were-florida-lawmakers-dancing-after-passing-anti/

"Protestors Arrested In Florida State Capitol Following DeSantis'
Success, Staffer Hilariously Mocks Them By Eating Cake", Connor
Cavanaugh at the DC Enquirer 05.06.2023
https://dcenquirer.com/protestors-arrested-in-florida-state-capitol-as-workers-watch-eating-cake/

"A staff member eats cake at the front desk in Gov. Ron DeSantis'
office in the Florida Capitol while dozens of activists state a sit-in
on Wednesday.", Ana Gofil-Lessan on Twitter, 05.03.2023
https://twitter.com/goni_lessan/status/1653946315573805058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1653946315573805058%7Ctwgr%5Ebc11c3f64e507830399cb57c005a5b8819dc8de2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdcenquirer.com%2Fprotestors-arrested-in-florida-state-capitol-as-workers-watch-eating-cake

"DeSantis' staff literally eat cake while they strip immigrants,
women, LGBTQ people, teachers, unions, and tenants of their rights..."
Breakthrough News on Instagram, 05.03.2023
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cr3vtRiu9nV/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D

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

WaPo on Moana casting

A new actress will play Moana. That's good for representation, the original says.

By Samantha Chery

May 20, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/05/20/moana-live-action-representation/

Friday, May 19, 2023

William Brown back in Ukraine

Here and Then

Now and There

William L Brown

May 19 2023

https://nativecpeaker.substack.com/p/here-and-then

Maryland Teens to Take 500 Girls to See ‘The Little Mermaid'

Maryland Teens to Take 500 Girls to See 'The Little Mermaid'

Aimee Cho

NBC4 (May 18, 2023): https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/maryland-teens-to-take-500-girls-to-see-the-little-mermaid/3351093/

Two high school students in Oxon Hill are raising money to bring 500 Black girls to see the live-action Disney movie in theaters. News4's Aimee Cho reports.

Florida Man loses billion dollar development in his state

Disney nixes big Florida project, a fresh blow amid feud with DeSantis

Citing 'considerable changes' to business conditions, Disney canceled plans for an office complex expected to bring more than 2,000 jobs to Orange County.

By Aaron Gregg

May 18, 2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/18/disney-florida-desantis-lake-nona/

ComicsTN: Some cartoon content in Knoxville's East Tennessee History Museum

an uncredited editorial cartoonist in the Knoxville newspaper in their temporary exhibit on movies

Al Capp;s Little Abner's Kickapoo juice in a section on hillbilly stereotypes

Beverly Hillbillies comic book in a section on stereotypes

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

WaPo's Cavna talks to Gene Yang, w/ free-to-read link

'American Born Chinese' joins the conversation on bullying and stereotypes

Gene Luen Yang's acclaimed graphic novel becomes a Disney Plus show illuminating the Asian American experience

Clone Wars - The Battle for President by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/23/2023

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Kaepernick details his pivot from baseball to football in 'Change the Game'

Kaepernick details his pivot from baseball to football in 'Change the Game'

Is this the end of Ralph Steadman's labels for Flying Dog beer?

Flying Dog Brewery is being acquired, and flying out of Maryland

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/22/2023

Monday, May 22, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/20-21/2023

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "The Cake Was Not A Lie"

WaPo on Moana casting

A new actress will play Moana. That's good for representation, the original says.

Friday, May 19, 2023

William Brown back in Ukraine

Here and Then

Now and There

Maryland Teens to Take 500 Girls to See ‘The Little Mermaid'

Maryland Teens to Take 500 Girls to See 'The Little Mermaid'

Florida Man loses billion dollar development in his state

Disney nixes big Florida project, a fresh blow amid feud with DeSantis

Citing 'considerable changes' to business conditions, Disney canceled plans for an office complex expected to bring more than 2,000 jobs to Orange County.

ComicsTN: Some cartoon content in Knoxville's East Tennessee History Museum

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