Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/12/2023

SPONSORED: IZE PRESS PRESENTS 'A BUSINESS PROPOSAL' AND 'THE HORIZON'

Korean Comic Materialized at Ize Press!

June 12, 2023 
https://icv2.com/articles/sponsored/view/54333/sponsored-ize-press-presents-a-business-proposal-the-horizon

 

SEVEN SEAS LICENSES 'ENNEAD' WEBTOON

Boys Love Story to Be Released in Two Editions with Different Ratings

  Brigid Alverson on June 12, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54328/seven-seas-licenses-ennead-webtoon

 

TOP WEBTOON GRAPHIC NOVEL FRANCHISES - SPRING 2023 Across Channels

 Brigid Alverson on June 12, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/54330/top-webtoon-graphic-novel-franchises-spring-2023

 

Marvel Settles Creator Copyright Lawsuits – But Not Steve Ditko

Marvel has abandoned lawsuits and settled claims made from Larry Lieber Don Heck, Gene Colan and Don Rico. But no, not Steve Ditko.

 11 Jun 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-settles-creator-copyright-lawsuits-but-not-steve-ditko/

 

Marvel settles with four artists in superhero copyright fight

By Blake Brittain

June 9, 2023
https://www.reuters.com/legal/marvel-settles-with-four-artists-superhero-copyright-fight-2023-06-09/

 

Welcome To Showside's Ian McGinty Dies, Aged Only 38

Comic book creator Ian McGinty died on Thursday at the age of 38. Comic book creators have been sharing their memories of him.

  11 Jun 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/welcome-to-showsides-ian-mcginty-dies-aged-only-38/

 

James McGinty Obituary

June 11 2023

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/james-mcginty-obituary?id=52205338

 

Ian McGinty, Cartoonist and Animator, Dead at 38; Death Provokes #ComicsBrokeMe Hashtag

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | June 12th, 2023
  http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/ian-mcginty-rip/

Z2 Comics

@Z2comics

Rest in peace Ian McGinty

8:47 PM · Jun 9, 2023

 https://twitter.com/Z2comics/status/1667332730768744448

 

Creators Tell Tales Of Comics Industry Use And Abuse #ComicsBrokeMe

The tragic death of Ian McGinty at the age of 38, has brought a new focus on the working pressures in comics with the hashtag #ComicsBrokeMe.

by Rich Johnston

 11 Jun 2023 
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/creators-tell-tales-of-comics-industry-use-and-abuse-comicsbrokeme/

 

Cartoonist's death inspires #ComicsBrokeMe hashtag and a call for better working conditions

Many are calling for industry reform...is this the time it will work?

Heidi MacDonald

06/12/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/cartoonists-death-inspires-comicsbrokeme-hashtag-and-a-call-for-better-working-conditions/

 

Tituss Burgess Joins Voice Cast of Apple and Skydance Animation's 'Spellbound'; New Image Revealed (Exclusive)

Director Vicky Jenson will present a work-in-progress of the musical fairy tale on Tuesday at the Annecy Animation Festival.

Carolyn Giardina

June 12, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tituss-burgess-apple-skydance-animation-spellbound-1235510904/

 

Annecy: Miles Morales Has a Panic Attack in Sony's 'Spider-Verse' Short

Sony Pictures Animation premiered the short "The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story' at the Annecy animation festival on Monday.

Scott Roxborough

June 12, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/miles-morales-panic-attack-spider-verse-short-film-annecy-1235513085/

 

Michael Shannon Says Returning to the Role of Zod Wasn't "Satisfying," Praises 'The Flash' Co-Star Ezra Miller

The actor explained that he feels multiverse movies make it seem like "somebody playing with action figures."

Christy Pina

June 11, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-flash-michael-shannon-talks-returning-to-zod-praises-ezra-miller-1235512409/

 

Michael Shannon on Returning to Zod for 'The Flash' and Embodying George Jones for 'George & Tammy'

By Christina Radish

June 9 2023

https://collider.com/michael-shannon-the-flash-george-and-tammy-interview/

 

'Arthur' Creator's Next Kids' Show Lands at Max

Marc Brown's preschool series 'Hop' will center characters with disabilities.

Rick Porter

June 12, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/arthur-creator-new-kids-animated-series-1235511760/

 

CON NEWS ROUNDUP: CXC 2023 announces lineup and poster; LICAF international guest list grows

Daniel Clowes, Raina Telgemeier, and Keito Gaku for CXC 2023 and LICAF adds more international names to their late September lineup

Dean Simons

06/12/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/con-news-roundup-cxc-2023-announces-lineup-and-poster-licaf-international-guest-list-grows/

 

Can an Artist Be Happy? Arizona O'Neill Poses the Question [Francophone Canada]

Jean Marc Ah-Sen | June 12, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/can-an-artist-be-happy-arizona-oneill-poses-the-question/

 

Ellen Derby – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/06/11/ellen-derby-rip/

 

Ellen Derby Obituary

Ellen Harriett Woolston Keefe Derby
June 11, 1927 - April 3, 2023

Published by The Sacramento Bee on Jun. 11, 2023.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sacbee/name/ellen-derby-obituary?id=52197166

 

Why friendships end — and why our memories of them fade: MariNaomi's graphic memoir 'I Thought You Loved Me' finds the artist reflecting on the breakdown of a once-powerful bond

[in print as Our friendships and memories fade - why?]

Review by Tahneer Oksman

Washington Post June 11 2023: B6

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/17/marinaomi-thought-you-love-me-graphic-memoir/

 

I Thought You Loved Me

By MariNaomi

Fieldmouse. 320 pp. $30

 

Abortion let me live the life I wanted. Others deserve that chance.

Perspective by MariNaomi

July 4, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/07/04/abortion-let-me-live-life-i-wanted-others-deserve-that-chance/

 

Classic Comic Compendium: THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN MARVEL

A comics death that was really final.

d. emerson eddy

06/12/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/classic-comic-compendium-the-death-of-captain-marvel/

 

How to approach Storyboarding Drawings

Stephan Franck

Dark Planet

Nov 9, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMjNs8RNr_0

 

Distilling the Value of DSTLRY

It's a tale of the tape, as we explore what's what when it comes to the new publisher from a pair of former Comixologists.

By David Harper

June 6, 2023

 https://sktchd.com/longform/distilling-the-value-of-dstlry/

 

Retrouvez Jean-Claude Mézières chez 9e Art à Paris pour une exposition exceptionnelle

Jean-Laurent Trunc

11 juin 2023

https://www.ligneclaire.info/jean-claude-mezieres-etoile-du-9e-art-278539.html

 

Sainte-Enimie 2023, c'est les 1er et 2 juillet avec Jacques Terpant invité d'honneur pour la 16e édition de Bulles de Burle

Jean-Laurent Trunc

12 juin 2023

https://www.ligneclaire.info/festival-bd-de-sainte-enimie-2023-278391.html

 

IN FAVOR OF HAPPY ENDINGS: Yugoslavia and Serbia's Bane Kerac interviewed by Darko Macan, part 2 of 2

by Darko Macan

International Journal of Comic Art blog June 12, 2023

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/06/in-favor-of-happy-endings-yugoslavia_12.html

 

Anyone Comics's BROOKLYN PRIDE COMIC BOOK FAIR returns this weekend

The (Un)Masked Ball After Party continues the legacy of the late John Jennison.

Ricardo Serrano Denis

06/12/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/anyone-comics-brooklyn-pride/

 

Way back in 1983 — long before a rainbow-colored t-shirt at Target threatened the sanctity of America — a young, unknown artist named Alison Bechdel published a cartoon in the lesbian pride issue of a feminist newspaper. [in print as Alison Bechdel's lovable lesbians speak out in a brilliant audiobook]
by Ron Charles
Washington Post (June 11 2023): B4
online at Washington Post Book Club newsletter June 2 2023 https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596c1be2ade4e24119c3d7be&s=6479f9f949fef7411d027a02

 

The ULTIMATE UNIVERSE returns from Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch

Cy Beltran

06/12/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-ultimate-universe-returns/


Librarians Strike Back Against Comics Bans

By Heidi MacDonald

Jun 09, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 06/12/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: The Librarians Strike Back

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20230612/92517-librarians-strike-back-against-comics-bans.html

 

Just Be Better: PW Talks with Jerry Craft

By Heidi MacDonald

Jun 09, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 06/12/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Just Be Better

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/92519-just-be-better-pw-talks-with-jerry-craft.html

 

The American Library Association's New Comics Initiatives

By Heidi MacDonald

Jun 09, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 06/12/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Spotlight on ALA Comics Initiatives

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/92520-the-american-library-association-s-new-comics-initiatives.html

 

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode thirty-nine | Chip Zdarsky, part one

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan

June 12 2023

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/you-nearsighted-scrap-pile

 

Dave Gibbons discusses anecdotes, autobiography and CONFABULATION!

Andrew Sumner

Forbidden Planet TV

Jun 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfyiAb7b3as

 

Celebrating Pride Month With Archie's Dan Parent [2013 interview]

word balloon

Jun 11, 2023

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

 

Portrait Of Joelle Jones 2018

word balloon

  Jun 4, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poVvM3CjVmQ

 

Steven T Seagle Talks Sandman Superman Ben 10 and more

word balloon  Jun 7, 2023

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

 

Phoenix Fan Fusion Special - Hailey Renee Brown

Comic Book Squares

  Jun 10, 2023

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

 

John Allison - The Great British Bump-Off and Giant Days Writer

Justin Soderberg

Capes and Tights 111   Jun 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4wInKsYDvM

 

Jesse Simon's Joe Simon & SHIELDMASTER interview by Alex Grand

Alex Grand

Comic Book Historians June 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV0iInR8o5w

 

Ram V unleashes THE VIGIL!

Andrew Sumner

Forbidden Planet TV

Jun 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQY0oUOXpjM

 

'Superman & Lois,' 'All American: Homecoming' Renewed, 'Gotham Knights' Canceled at The CW

Rick Porter

June 12, 2023 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/superman-lois-all-american-homecoming-renewed-cw-1235513774/

 

The Weirdest Cameos in Superhero Movies

  By Joe George | June 12, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/weirdest-cameos-superhero-movies/

 

My Daughter, the Magician's Apprentice [comic]

By Navied Mahdavian

February 4, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/my-daughter-the-magicians-apprentice

 

Cliffhanger! Cinematic Superheroes of the Serials: 1941-1952

Written by Christopher Irving

TwoMorrows Publishing , 2023

 

Roz Chast's "Fireworks Megastore"

The artist discusses stumbling across surprises while shopping, and rebelling against efficiency.

By Françoise Mouly

June 12, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2023-06-19

 

Ezra Miller Thanks Warners Leadership at 'The Flash' Premiere for "Grace and Discernment and Care"

Aaron Couch

June 12, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-flash-ezra-miller-thanks-warners-1235513483/

 

'The Flash': A superhero at war with himself in the multiverse

Michael O'Sullivan

June 12, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/06/12/the-flash-movie-review/

 

Monday, June 12, 2023

WaPo not keen on Flash

'The Flash': A superhero at war with himself in the multiverse

If you're sick of the multiverse, 'The Flash' won't help, but star Ezra Miller delivers an intriguing double performance as two versions of the title character

https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/06/12/the-flash-movie-review/
(2.5 stars)

Missed it: MariNaomi's comic on WaPo website last year

Abortion let me live the life I wanted. Others deserve that chance.

Perspective by
July 4, 2022

WaPo reviews MariNaomi's new book

Why friendships end — and why our memories of them fade: MariNaomi's graphic memoir 'I Thought You Loved Me' finds the artist reflecting on the breakdown of a once-powerful bond

[in print as Our friendships and memories fade - why?]


Annapolis cartoonist Ian McGinty RIP

James McGinty Obituary

June 11 2023

Artist Ian McGinty has passed away at age 38

Social media has been flooded with memories of a much loved colleague

06/10/2023

Welcome To Showside's Ian McGinty Dies, Aged Only 38

Comic book creator Ian McGinty died on Thursday at the age of 38. Comic book creators have been sharing their memories of him.

  11 Jun 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/welcome-to-showsides-ian-mcginty-dies-aged-only-38/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/10-11/2023

It's more will than skill to become a successful cartoonist like Stephan Pastis

Fri., June 9, 2023

By Ed Condran For The Spokesman-Review

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/jun/09/its-more-will-than-skill-to-become-a-successful-ca/

 

Newspaper comics offer readers a needed reprieve from hard news, political opinions

    Jerry Davich

    Jun 4, 2023

 https://www.nwitimes.com/opinion/columnists/jerry-davich/jerry-davich-newspaper-comics-offer-readers-a-needed-reprieve-from-hard-news-political-opinions/article_61b33482-01d4-11ee-9984-c72186a66566.html

 

Cartoonist saving the lives of animals across the country [Jenny Campbell].

By Wiley Jawhary  

 June 6, 2023

https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/cincinnati/news/2023/06/01/cartoonist-saving-animals-lives-across-the-country-#

 

How 'Bluey' Became Mom and Dad's Favorite TV Show, Too

Creator Joe Brumm opened up about the hit series' origins, the fights to keep it funny and why an early "R-rated Peppa Pig" idea still holds appeal.

Lacey Rose

Hollywood Reporter (June 7 2023).

online at https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/bluey-creator-disney-notes-peppa-ping-inspiration-1235508845/

 

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Co-Director Kemp Powers on Last-Minute Cameos and That Twisty Cliffhanger

Sydney Odman

June 10, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-donald-glover-1235511767/

 

Cartoonist Tony Husband, four decades at Private Eye, now in Chorlton

David Adamson 5 June 2023

https://confidentials.com/manchester/cartoonist-tony-husband-on-nearly-four-decades-at-private-eye

 

The Florida Comic Con That Banned CosplayElite Con is a Florida comic convention being held this weekend. And there's something they really want to emphasise. No cosplay.

Published Wed, 08 Mar 2017 06:00:14 -0600 by Rich Johnston

Last updated Sat, 10 Jun 2023 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/florida-comic-con-thos-weekend-banned-cosplay/

 

Artist Ian McGinty has passed away at age 38

Social media has been flooded with memories of a much loved colleague

Heidi MacDonald

06/10/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/artist-ian-mcginty-has-passed-away-at-age-38/

 

INTERVIEW: Ian McGinty on remixing Paul Oakenfold's life stories in Perfecto.

Davey Nieves

12/28/2017

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-ian-mcginty-on-remixing-paul-oakenfolds-life-stories-in-perfecto/

 

IN FAVOR OF HAPPY ENDINGS: Yugoslavia and Serbia's Bane Kerac interviewed by Darko Macan, part 1 of 2

by Darko Macan

International Journal of Comic Art blog June 11, 2023

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/06/in-favor-of-happy-endings-yugoslavia.html

 

Barry Windsor-Smith Released From Hospital After Suffering A Stroke

  10 Jun 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/barry-windsor-smith-released-from-hospital-after-suffering-a-stroke/

 

Larry Hama Is Still Writing GI Joe: A Real American Hero Comics

Larry Hama has just celebrated his 74th birthday, but he is working away, writing GI Joe: A Real American Hero comics to follow #300.

  10 Jun 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/larry-hama-is-still-writing-gi-joe-a-real-american-hero-comics/

 

The Refries That Bind: A Cavernous Cantina Returns, Cliff Divers and All [Trey Parker and Matt Stone]

By Matt Richtel

Photographs by David Williams

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/us/casa-bonita-restaurant.html

    A version of this article appears in print on June 11, 2023, Section A, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: The Refries That Bind: A Cavernous Cantina Returns.

 

The multiverse is doomed and even Spider-Man and The Flash can't save it

Marvel and DC's over-reliance on the multiverse trope leads to cinematic worlds where death has no meaning and every hero or villain can be resurrected

Ray Greene

AV Club June 9 2023

https://www.avclub.com/the-multiverse-is-doomed-and-the-flash-cant-save-it-1850519872

Saturday, June 10, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/9/2023


IDW Hires The Comics Lounge's Ryan Balkam as Their Direct Market Rep

 8 Jun 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-hires-the-comics-lounges-ryan-balkam-as-their-direct-market-rep/

 

2023 Clampett Humanitarian Award Honorees Named
Scoop June 9 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=268769

 

Convention Recap: Fan Expo Philadelphia
Scoop June 9 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=268765

 

Fan Expo Philadelphia in Photos

Scoop June 9 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=268766

 

Objection to sexual, LGBTQ content propels spike in book challenges
An analysis of book challenges from across the nation shows the majority were filed by just 11 people
By Hannah Natanson

 May 23, 2023 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/

 

Sony and Marvel and the Amazing Spider-Man Films Rights Saga

 By Kenny Malone, Wailin Wong

Planet Money June 7, 2023

  https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180778283/spider-man-sony-marvel-dispute

  https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510289/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pmoney/2023/06/20230607_pmoney_51520bc9-4933-464b-8aa6-56c4e742711d.mp3

 

Jonathan Hickman & Bryan Hitch Launch New Ultimate Comics Universe

Earlier today, Jonathan Hickman, Bryan Hitch, and C.B. Cebulski laid out the plans for a new Ultimate Comics Universe from Marvel Comics.

by Rich Johnston

 08 Jun 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jonathan-hickman-stefano-caselli-launch-ultimate-umiverse-1/

 

On His Shell He Holds The Earth – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | June 9, 2023 

https://www.tcj.com/on-his-shell-he-holds-the-earth-this-weeks-links/

 

Mignolaversity: Alison Sampson Discusses 'Fearful Symmetry'

By Mark Tweedale | June 7th, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/alison-sampson-fearful-symmetry/

 

X-Men Monday #205 – Steve Foxe Talks 'Marvel's Voices: Pride 2023' & 'Dark X-Men'

Chris Hassan

June 5, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/06/05/x-men-monday-205-steve-foxe-voices-pride/

 

Prepare for the "bat$#!%" return of 'Stardust the Super Wizard'

The Golden Age hero is the star of an all new, jam-packed anthology.

Chris Coplan

June 6, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/06/06/thereturn-of-stardust-the-super-wizard/

 

VR, Moon Trees, and Building Confidence Through Reading: An Interview with Wendy Mass

By Elias Rosner | June 6th, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/wendy-mass-lo-behold/

 

"Adapting a Book is a Lot More than Just Changing the Language" – Nicolas Rossert of Sloth Comics on Bringing French Language Comics to an English-Speaking Audience [UK]

by Andy Oliver

June 6, 2023

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/sloth-comics-rossert/

 

The ultimate one-page Judge Dredd story – who's won the latest 2000 AD Art Stars competition?

2nd June 2023

https://2000ad.com/news/the-ultimate-one-page-judge-dredd-story-whos-won-the-latest-2000-ad-art-stars-competition/

 

Comics and political satire publisher 'The Nib' to shut down

By Donald Orr (OPB)

June 4, 2023

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/06/04/portland-based-comics-and-political-satire-publisher-the-nib-to-shut-down/

 

The Daily Heller: Eduard Fuchs Collected Caricatures to Explain Europe's Complex History

By Steven Heller

June 5 2023

 The Daily Heller
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-eduard-fuchs-used-caricature-to-explain-europes-history/

 

Off Panel #403: Webtoonin' with David S. Lee [Webtoons]
David Harper
Jun 5, 2023
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-403-webtoonin-with-david-s-lee
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/David_S_Lee.mp3

 

No, I'm Batman: DC Comics wins EU bat trademark fight

By Edith Hancock and Varg Folkman

June 7, 2023  

https://www.politico.eu/article/no-im-batman-dc-comics-wins-eu-bat-trademark-fight/

 

Mourning the death of my brother, Richard Glen Lester II, this week at 71 [aka Joshua Quagmire ]

Marti Carroll

June 3 2023

https://www.facebook.com/marti.carroll.31/posts/pfbid02HtZV2bM4U9xq1h5HKHuo98M5UF5DsEhDkS8AEuJkFJKoiPY7vVUtxNtFYQ71AyFLl

 

Joshua Quagmire

[I heard Josh passed but am trying to confirm]

June 7 2023

https://www.facebook.com/JoshuaQuagmire/posts/pfbid027EKdY49o8afzMYNoSN2HEFWVCvaBiFFVHCHkEuSGkCVX5LyEhydTcSzL6miF6saul

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 569: U.S. Book Show Recap and Image Distribution

Calvin Reid, Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons

on 06/04/2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1260

 

AIPT Comics Podcast episode 225: Tom King and Phil Hester talk Batman, Gotham City: Year One, and noir

David Brooke and Nathan Simmons

  AIPT Comics podcast  June 4, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/06/04/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-225-tom-king-phil-hester/

 

The graphic novel 'Blood of the Virgin' brings '70s L.A., grindhouse movie biz to gory life [Sammy Harkham]

BY CAROLINA A. MIRANDA

Los Angeles Times JUNE 8, 2023 

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-06-08/the-new-graphic-novel-blood-of-the-virgin-captures-l-a-during-the-70s-grindhouse-era

 

Sammy Harkham, a city's comics crusader

By Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times

April 19, 2013

https://www.latimes.com/books/la-xpm-2013-apr-19-la-ca-jc-sammy-harkham-20130421-story.html

 

'The Talk' is an epic portrait of an artist making his way through hardships

Tahneer Oksman

June 8, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180103649/the-talk-is-an-epic-portrait-of-an-artist-making-his-way-through-hardships

 

"With Great Power Comes Great Impressionability": A Study of the Relation between Stereotypes and Superheroes

Samuel C. Van Vleet, Everrett Moore, Alvin Akibar, Azlynn Osborne and Yolanda Flores Niemann

May 31st, 2023

From  

Minorities New Studies and Perspectives Edited by John R. Hermann

IntechOpen

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.110004

https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/86226

 

ESSAY: Disability and the Joy of Community in My Beijing by Nie Jun

  Brandi Estey-Burtt June 2, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/06/essay-disability-and-the-joy-of-community-in-my-beijing-by-nie-jun/

 

A Tennessee school book ban is robbing students of history

The "Velshi Banned Book Club" looks at why the graphic novel poses such a threat to the book-banning right.

June 3, 2023,

By Ali Velshi and Hannah Holland

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/tennessee-school-book-ban-robbing-students-history-rcna87531

 

Ep. 95: The Boxer, by JH

June 8, 2023

https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-95-the-boxer-by-jh/

 

PREVIEW + Q&A: Sara Goetter & Natalie Riess reveal THE BAWK-NESS MONSTER

Get your first look at the first book in the Cryptid Kids series today!

Beat Staff

 06/09/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/bawk-ness-monster/

 

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' - Patrick O'Keefe & Kris Anka

Carolyn Giardina

Behind The Screen June 9 2023

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-patrick-okeefe-kris-anka/id1437952572?i=1000615650118

 

How a 14-Year-Old Came to Animate a Scene in 'Across the Spider-Verse'

Preston Mutanga created a shot-for-shot version of the trailer with animated Lego characters. Then the producers asked him to work on the movie.

By Carlos Aguilar

June 7, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/movies/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-lego.html

 

'Better Call Saul,' 'Bob's Burgers' actor charged in Capitol riot [in print as 'Mr. Show actor charged in Jan. 6 riot]

By Rachel Weiner

Washington Post June 9, 2023: B8.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/07/jay-johnston-better-call-saul-actor-arrested-capitol-riot/

 

8 Experimental Disney Movies From the 1940s

June 9, 2023  Angelica Frey

https://www.artandobject.com/news/8-experimental-disney-movies-1940s

 

More Ways Disney Plans to Troll Ron DeSantis

By Johna Mandel

May 18, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/more-ways-disney-plans-to-troll-ron-desantis

 

You're Not a Real Parent Until These Milestones

By Jason Chatfield and Scott Dooley

June 8, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/youre-not-a-real-parent-until-these-milestones


Friday, June 09, 2023

The Waiting is the Hardest Part by Daniel Boris



Comics at 2023 National Book Festival



Alan Gratz shares his latest work "Captain America: The Ghost Army."

Me, My Story, My PicturesJarrett J. Krosoczka and Pedro Martín explore the experiences of multigenerational road trips and youthful summer memories in "Sunshine" (Krosoczka) and "Mexikid" (Martín).

What If? Time Travel, Supervillains and Other Everyday Things Jamar Nicholas and Nisi Shawl share their imaginative works of fiction "Leon the Extraordinary" (Nicholas) and "Speculation" (Shawl).

Page to Screen: A Sneak Peak of the White Bird MovieR.J. Palacio and Erica S. Perl share their novelization of the graphic novel in "White Bird: A Novel." Plus, get a sneak peak of the upcoming film adaptation.

National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Meg Medina shares the graphic novel adaptation of "Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass" with the novel's illustrator Mel Valentine Vargas.


The National Book Festival will take place on Saturday, Aug. 12 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. The festival is free and open to everyone, and ticketing is not required.


More info at https://blogs.loc.gov/bookmarked/2023/06/09/its-here-the-2023-national-book-festival-author-lineup/

‘Bob’s Burgers’ voice actor charged in Capitol riot

'Better Call Saul,' 'Bob's Burgers' actor charged in Capitol riot [in print as 'Mr. Show actor charged in Jan. 6 riot]