Saturday, September 23, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/22/2023


Oni's Man From Maybe #1 Published With Surprise Word Balloon Variants

The Man From Maybe #1 is the new Shaky Kane comic from Oni Press, announced back at San Diego Comic-Con with Jordan Thomas.

by Rich Johnston

21 Sep 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/onis-man-from-maybe-1-published-with-surprise-word-balloon-variants/

 

Baltimore Comic-Con in Photos Part II
Scoop September 22 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=270406

 

Japan Seeks to Preserve Original Manga Drawings; New Organization Aims to Collect, Store 360,000 Pieces

By Tsukuru Ikeda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

September 19, 2023

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/manga-anime/20230919-137598/

 

Printed Manga Have Own Appeal Distinct from Digital Versions; Offer Insights Into Japan Publishing, Child-Related Culture

The Yomiuri Shimbun

1:00 JST, September 20, 2023

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/manga-anime/20230920-137602/

 

Studio Ghibli to Become Subsidiary of Japan's Nippon TV

By Ramin Zahed

September 21, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/09/studio-ghibli-to-become-subsidiary-of-japans-nippon-tv/

 

OIAF: Panel Discusses How to Thrive During Downturns in the Animation Business

By Ramin Zahed

September 21, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/09/oiaf-panel-addresses-how-to-thrive-during-downturns-in-the-animation-business/

 

Gallery-By-The-Sea to present Pet Projects exhibit [ Lisa Rothstein]

  by Dave Schwab

September 17, 2023

  La Jolla Village News  

https://sdnews.com/gallery-by-the-sea-to-present-pet-projects-exhibit/

 

INTERVIEW: Returning to KINGDOM COME with Mark Waid

The "Heir to the Kingdom" KINGDOM COME prequel storyline launches next month in BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST #20.

Joe Grunenwald

09/22/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/mark-waid-worlds-finest-kingdom-come-interview-dc-comics/

 

Email Newsletters including Patreon, Substack, and Others - An IJOCA Reference Guide

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/p/email-newsletters-including-patreon.html

 

Comic Art Academic Monograph Publishers - An IJOCA Reference Guide

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/p/comic-art-academic-monograph-publishers.html

 

RightStufAnime.com to Shut Down, Migrate to Crunchyroll Store

Longtime anime and manga online retailer gets folded into Crunchyroll

Ryley Moore

09/22/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/rightstufanime-com-to-shut-down-migrate-to-crunchyroll-store/

 

Dancin' In September – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | September 22, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/dancin-in-september-this-weeks-links/

 

Off Panel #417: How Fascinating with Jenn Haines

David Harper

Sep 18, 2023

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel417-how-fascinating-with-jenn-haines

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Jenn_Haines_2023.mp3

 

September 21, 2023

Farewell to a Poor Bastard

Joe Matt (1963–2023) made hilarious comedy of his own misery.

Jeet Heer

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/joe-matt-cartoonist-obituary/

 

No Ordinary Joe [Joe Matt].

Ryan C. Carey

Four Color Apocalypse September 19 2023

 https://www.patreon.com/posts/no-ordinary-joe-89533646

 

What Drove Popeye to the Picket Line: The Story of "Fleischer's Animated News"

September 19, 2023   •   By Paul Morton

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-drove-popeye-to-the-picket-line-the-story-of-fleischers-animated-news/

 

Eunsoo Jeong, Sept 19, 2023 [aka  Eunsoo Jeong: Translating Immigration Journey through Comics]

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

  367, Sep 20, 2023

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

 

Ep 103: What's Michael? by Makoto Kobayashi + Garfield + Heathcliff

  Mangasplaining, September 19, 2023

https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-103-whats-michael-by-makoto-kobayashi-garfield-heathcliff/

 

The Red and the Orange: PW Talks with Edel Rodriguez

By Cheryl Klein 

Sep 15, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/93191-the-red-and-the-orange-pw-talks-with-edel-rodriguez.html

 

Comics at the (Digital) Library: An Interview with Libby's Comic Book Expert

By Elias Rosner | September 19th, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/comics-libby/

 

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus returns: Here are the special guests, events

Peter Tonguette

Special to The Columbus Dispatch

https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/events/2023/09/19/cartoon-crossroads-columbus-comes-to-various-venues-beginning-sept-27/70887346007/

 

Crafting Psychological BL Manga with Kyoko Aiba

by Toni Sun, Sep 17th 2023

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2023-09-17/crafting-psychological-bl-manga-with-kyoko-aiba/.201176

 

Manga as "Popular Culture"? – Implications of English and Japanese Terminology

Jaqueline Berndt

2023 (English)In: Orientaliska Studier, ISSN 0345-8997, no 174, p. 7-26

online at https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1797720/FULLTEXT01.pdf

 

The space of 'betwixt and between': liminality and activism in Keum Suk Gendry-Kim's Grass (2019)

Khushboo Verma &  Nagendra Kumar

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics   14 Sep 2023

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2254846

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21504857.2023.2254846

 

'There were days I felt empty': care, affect, and graphic medicine

Sathyaraj Venkatesan &  Livine Ancy A

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics   12 Sep 2023

https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2023.2252395

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1472586X.2023.2252395  

 

Comics Anthropocenes: visualizing multiple space-times in Anglophone speculative comics

Mike Classon Frangos

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics   10 Sep 2023

 

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2253897

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2023.2253897

 

Rob Williams and PJ Holden talk their Judge Dredd story in '2000 AD' new "jump on" issue

Chris Coplan

September 21, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/09/21/2000-ad-jump-on-interview/

 

Jordan Thomas, Shaky Kane introduce us to 'The Man From Maybe'

Chris Coplan

September 21, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/09/21/the-man-from-maybe-qa/

 

X-Men Monday #220 – Christos Gage Talks 'Original X-Men' #1

Chris Hassan

September 18, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/09/18/x-men-monday-christos-gage-original-x-men/

 

Michael Dialynas on crafting post-apocalyptic cottage-core fairytale 'Zawa + The Belly of the Beast'

David Brooke

September 19, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/09/19/zawa-michael-dialynas-qa/

 

The Man Who Knows Fear: Imposter Syndrome and Horror with D.G. Chichester

September 18, 2023 

by Chloe Maveal

https://www.thegutterreview.com/the-man-who-knows-fear-imposter-syndrome-and-horror-with-d-g-chichester/

 

Waiting For The Check: In Conversation With Eddie Campbell, Again

September 22, 2023 

by Chloe Maveal

https://www.thegutterreview.com/waiting-for-the-check-in-conversation-with-eddie-campbell-again/

 

Coppa, Francesca. 2023. Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero, edited by Anna F. Peppard [book review]. Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 40. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2023.2415.

https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/2415

https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/2415/3089

 

Anna F. Peppard, editor. Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero. Austin: University of Texas Press. 2020, hardcover, $60.00 (374pp) ISBN 9781477321607.

 

An American Fever Dream: Violence and Freedom in Jamie Hewlett's Fireball

September 12, 2023 

by Jake Zawlacki

https://www.thegutterreview.com/an-american-fever-dream-violence-and-freedom-in-jamie-hewletts-fireball/

 

INTERVIEW: Daniel Warren Johnson talks TRANSFORMERS

9/22/2023

By Jim McDermott

https://www.comicsbeat.com/daniel-warren-johnson-transformers/

 

In Wonder City: Chantal Montellier's vision of the future.

Laila Lalami
September 18, 2023

This article appears in the October 2/9, 2023 issue.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/chantal-montellier-social-fictions/

 

Mariko and Jillian Tamaki on the Cost of Roaming

The duo's previous book was banned extensively. But their latest graphic novel is their freest tale yet

by Gabrielle Drolet Updated 15:36, Sep. 19, 2023 | Published 6:30, Sep. 15, 2023

https://thewalrus.ca/mariko-and-jillian-tamaki-roaming/

 

In Roaming, a Friends Trip to New York City Has Queer Consequences

Jillian and Mariko Tamaki talk to Them about their new graphic novel collaboration.

By Samantha Riedel

September 18, 2023

https://www.them.us/story/mariko-and-jillian-tamaki-roaming-graphic-novel-interview

 

Love, identity and ambition take center stage in 'Roaming'

Julie Depenbrock

September 18, 2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/18/1200101308/lbook-review-jillian-tamaki-mariko-tamaki-graphic-novel-roaming

 

A High-Water Mark in American Mass Culture

Ernie Bushmiller's long-running comic strip, Nancy, helped establish the way we think visually.

By Sam Thielman
September 21, 2023,
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/09/nancy-ernie-bushmiller-three-rocks-biography/675377/

 

1992: Art Spiegelman on the CREATION of MAUS | The Late Show | Classic Interviews | BBC Archive

BBC Archive

Jul 14, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE7uRyQxM1U

 

Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman
David Zwirner
Sep 6, 2023 DIALOGUES 3 (9;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meErq3DKTNk

 

Before Se7en, David Fincher nearly sunk his teeth into Blade

A recurring character in comic book cinema, David S. Goyer tells The Happy Sad Confused podcast about developing Blade with Fincher

Matt Schimkowitz

September 22 2023

https://www.avclub.com/before-se7en-david-fincher-nearly-sunk-his-teeth-into-1850863576

 

Meet a DMV Cartoonist: A Chat with Jeremy Vinar

by Mike Rhode

September 22, 2023

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/09/202309meet-dmv-cartoonist-chat-with-jeremy-vinar.html


Art Spiegelman interview on "Maus" (1996)

Manufacturing Intellect

Jul 7, 2016

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

 

The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Maus (Art Spiegelman)

Marcia Alvar

UW Video May 2, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLVG3GNvHkU

 

Charles M. Schulz interview on Peanuts (1997)

Manufacturing Intellect

Jul 23, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQBBt_PR9VE

 

UCLA Library Receives $4.2M Political Cartoon Collection

by Contributing Editor

MyNewsLA.com  September 19, 2023

https://mynewsla.com/education/2023/09/19/ucla-library-receives-4-2m-political-cartoon-collection/ 

 

The American Dream at the End of Old Hollywood in Sammy Harkham's Blood of the Virgin

Scott Cederlund

From Cover to Cover Sep 21, 2023

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/blood-of-the-virgin-by-sammy-harkham/

 

 

 

 

Friday, September 22, 2023

Sept 23-24 Tom King at Third Eye Comics

WONDER WOMAN #1 launch signing with writer TOM KING at College Park (9/23) and Annapolis (9/24)

we've got a super signing coming up to kick off the Amazon's new DAWN OF DC era in WONDER WOMAN #1 this September!


Joining us for this huge series debut is superstar writer TOM KING who's delivered tons of awesome character redefining DC stories like Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow, Heroes in Crisis, Batman (Rebirth) & MORE!


And with a series this big you know we had to make a double feature Wonder Woman weekend out of it! You've got two chances to catch Tom King on SAT 9/23 at Third Eye College Park or SUN 9/24 at Third Eye Annapolis!


Sept 23: Benjamin Percy signing at Third Eye Annapolis


Third Eye Faithful, get ready for a deadly new series – it's the galaxies greatest hunter vs the best at what he does and only one can survive this brutal battle in PREDATOR VS WOLVERINE #1! And we're so hype for this epic new pop-culture crossover that we're bringing in the writer BENJAMIN PERCY to sign some copies for you! Join in on all fun at Third Eye ANNAPOLIS this September 9/23/23!


And Percy has another epic Marvel series dropping in August – Don't sleep on GHOST RIDER / WOLVERINE WEAPONS OF VENGEANCE!

Meet a DMV Cartoonist: A Chat with Jeremy Vinar

by Mike Rhode


StoryBox Comics Fair, organized by Adam Griffiths, was held recently in a brewery in Silver Spring, MD. Along with some stalwarts of the DC Conspiracy, I met some local cartoonists new to me. Jeremy Vinar, and his wife Ashley of Perilous Adventures Studios were selling collections of their comics. Ashley is the writer of their new book, Roll Your Way, while Jeremy is the cartoonist behind it and the studio's other comics.

 What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?

 We currently self publish the Perils and Roll Your Way graphic novel series.  The Perils series starts with Perils Ahead with a story that follows Neil, a dungeon janitor of sorts, tasked with cleaning up after adventurers and resetting the traps by the mysterious dungeon master. Things change for  him after a certain adventurer enters the dungeon and stirs things up.  The sequel in the series is also available and titled Perils Below.

 The Roll Your Way series is a choose-your-own adventure style book, but instead of choosing you roll a 4-sided dice to determine what page to turn to at different points in the story.  There are currently two books, each self-contained stories about two different adventuring parties trying to complete their quest. Depending on how well the reader rolls, the characters may or may not get a good ending. 

 How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?

 I’ve switched it up a little for each book but it's always a combination of the two.  Typically drawn and inked on paper then colored in the computer.  For Perils Below I did ink washes on the paper as well.  It just kind of depends on what I’m into at the time. 

 I’m pretty sure for the next book though I will try full digital using Clip Studio.

 When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?

 I was born in the 80’s in Maryland.  Raised in Germantown and later moved to Frederick. My wife and I now live in Frederick County, MD.  We both went to high school in Frederick (rival high schools) and met when we were teenagers working at a craft store.

 What is your training and/or education in cartooning?

 I went to the Savannah College of Art and Design.  Graduated in 2004 with a degree in Illustration, but originally went because of their sequential art program.

 Who are your influences?

 Being a child who grew up in the 90’s, that era of comics had a huge impact on me. It is the reason I love making comics so much.  Although stylistically I suppose I’m much more cartoony then traditional comics.

If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change?

 This is a tough one.  The thing I always think of first when I think of regrets is going into so much debt for art school.  It's been a massive weight on me for my entire adult life.  But it’s really hard to say how things would have been if I hadn’t.

 I also regret flip flopping my goals so much early on.  I went to art school to learn sequential art (comics) but half way through I thought I should do something that would have more of a chance for a paying job (since i was racking up so much debt).  So I switched to illustration, but even that didn’t really make sense.  What I actually ended up doing after college was working as a video game artist.  Ultimately after 11 years of that and layoff after layoff I decided that my dream was always comics and I need to refocus on that.

 So I have a regular day job now to make ends meet and work on comics in my spare time.

 What work are you best-known for?

 Ha I wish I knew!

 What work are you most proud of?

 Really any of the comics we’ve put out in the past 8 years.  I just love it.  The Perils series is very personal to me so I really like that one.  But the Roll Your Way series is special because it was my wife's idea and she writes it.  So we get to work on it together. It seems to be our best seller because it's such a brilliant idea.

 What would you like to do or work on in the future?

 I have a third Perils book idea I’d like to finish some day.  We also have a third Roll Your Way we have been on and off working on for years and would really like to get that going too.

Outside of our own work, it would be amazing to fulfill that childhood dream of drawing a comic for Marvel someday.  I imagine that is the dream of most people who are my age.

 What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?

 Take a shower.  It’s the best place for your mind to wander.

 What do you think will be the future of your field?

 Gosh I don’t know.  I don’t know if it's a widespread trend or just me but I’ve gone back to buying mostly physical copies of books.  For a while it seemed like digital was going to be the new way to read comics, but for me that didn’t last.  And I like having a physical copy of a book to sell to people.  Something about it is just nicer.

 What local cons do you attend? The Small Press Expo, Awesome Con, or others? Any comments about attending them?

 We have done SPX a couple times in the past and it's been a very good show for us.  It's just hard to get into with vendors being chosen by lottery vs. being juried like most other conventions.  We have done Awesome Con and Baltimore Comic Con for many years.  They are usually okay for us, but it's hard to table at those types of conventions for self-published comic book sellers.  People there are mostly looking for the big properties they know and love and not new indy comics they’ve never heard of.

 What comic books do you read regularly or recommend? Do you have a local store?

 Lately I’ve been reading the new Gargoyles comic that picks up after the cartoon from the 90’s.  It's written by the creator of the show Greg Weisman and it's really fun.  That was a favorite show of mine from my childhood.

Do you have a website or blog?

  Our website is perilousadventurestudios.com

 How has the COVID-19 outbreak affected you, personally and professionally?

 At first it wasn’t really a big change for me because my regular day job was work from home already.  Sadly though it ended up being devastating as I lost my father to COVID in early 2022.






NPR reviews Roaming

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/21/2023

Alverson, Brigid. 2023.

R.I.P. JOE MATT: Creator of Confessional Comic 'Peepshow' Dead at 60.

ICv2 (September 20): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55127/r-i-p-joe-matt

 

Alverson, Brigid. 2023.

SCHOLASTIC ANNOUNCES FIRST GRAPHIX MANGA:Remake of Osamu Tezuka's 'Unico' by Samuel Sattin and Gurihiru.

ICv2 (September 20): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55129/scholastic-announces-first-graphix-manga

 

Scholastic Graphix to Publish UNICO AWAKENING in Summer 2024

Samuel Sattin and Gurihiru's Kickstarter-funded comic gets picked up for a 6-book deal with Scholastic

Ryley Moore

09/20/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/scholastic-graphix-to-publish-unico-awakening/

 

Holy Cross' New Superpower

Historically dismissed as juvenile at best, evil at worst, graphic novels and comic books are finding their place as a valuable academic tool in higher education.

September 19th, 2023 by Michael Bonner and Chris Escobar

https://news.holycross.edu/blog/2023/09/19/holy-cross-new-superpower/

 

Japan's Legendary Studio Ghibli, Co-Founded by Hayao Miyazaki, Sells Stake to Nippon TV

Succession worries had been a priority at Ghibli, as Miyazaki has turned 82.

Associated Press

September 21, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/studio-ghibli-hayao-miyazaki-nippon-tv-stake-deal-1235595768/ 

 

INTERVIEW: Son M. & MadCursed break down SOMETHING CRAWLED OUT

The new Vault title debuts in October

Deanna Destito

09/21/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-son-m-madcursed-break-down-something-crawled-out/

 

INTERVIEW: Why Pye Parr was willing to draw so many cars for PETROL HEAD

Artist Pye Parr and writer Rob Williams talk about their stunning new creator-owned comic, PETROL HEAD.

Zack Quaintance

09/21/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/why-pye-parr-was-willing-to-draw-so-many-cars-for-petrol-head/

 

The Belgian Photonovel, 1954-1985: An Introduction

Clarissa Colangelo

Leuven University Press 2023

Online at https://lup.be/products/178796

 

Gordon, Ian. 2023.

Jean Lee Cole. 2020. How the Other Half Laughs: The Comic Sensibility in American Culture, 1895–1920. Jackson, MS: Mississippi University Press, 214 pp., 63 illustr., $ 112.00. [book review].

Anglia 141 (3): 482–488.

Online at https://doi.org/10.1515/ang-2023-0032 or https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ang-2023-0032/html

 

Cole, Jean Lee. 2020.

How the Other Half Laughs: The Comic Sensibility in American Culture, 1895–1920.

Jackson, MS: Mississippi University Press

 

Rhode, Mike. 2023.

Chatting with 1/6: A Graphic Novel Writer Alan Jenkins about Insurrections and Threats to Democracy.

International Journal of Comic Art 25 (1; Spring/Summer): 89-112

 

Rhode, Mike. 2023.

A Chat with Chad Bilyeu of Amsterdam.

International Journal of Comic Art 25 (1; Spring/Summer): 433-460

 

Rhode, Mike. 2023.

Exhibition Reviews: Barbara Dale Retrospective.

International Journal of Comic Art 25 (1; Spring/Summer): 619-625

 

Rhode, Mike. 2023.

Meet a DMV Cartoonist: A Chat with José Villarrubia.

ComicsDC (September 21): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/09/httpscomicsdc.blogspot.com202309meet-dmv-cartoonist-chat-with-jose-villarrubia.html

 

Unknown. Nd.

Mentor Extraordinaire: Illustration Faculty Member José Villarrubia.

Maryland Institute College of Art: https://www.mica.edu/art-articles/details/mentor-extraordinaire-illustration-faculty-member-jose-villarrubia/

 

Mathews, Ed & Jonathan Ellis. 2005.

The Mirror of Love: Reflections with Jose Villarrubia.

PopImage.

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014538/http://www.popimage.com/content/jose2005.html


Predator Versus Wolverine "just makes sense," says Benjamin Percy

By Stephen Jewell

Newsarama September 19 2021

Interview | The writer of the comics crossover of the year tells all

https://www.gamesradar.com/predator-versus-wolverine-just-makes-sense-says-benjamin-percy/

 

Q & A with Faith Erin Hicks

By Amanda Ramirez

Sep 21, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/93231-q-a-with-faith-erin-hicks.html

 

How Comic Books Became Classics

By publishing Marvel comics like Black Panther, X-Men, and The Avengers, Penguin Classics is pushing the literary canon into new, contested territory.

By Stephanie Burt

September 20, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-comic-books-became-classics

 

DC Studios to Get New Production Batcave as Warner Bros. Plans Soundstage Expansion in Leavesden

The lot will have 29 stages and 1.78 million square feet of production space. DC Studios co-chief executives James Gunn and Peter Safran will consult on the project.

Winston Cho

September 21, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discoverys-leavesden-studio-expanding-become-dc-production-hub-1235596348/

 

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2023 adds Bondia, Chantler, Russell, and Sutphin to guest line up

Four guests join a packed lineup for next week's festival

Dean Simons

09/21/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/cartoon-crossroads-columbus-2023-adds-bondia-chantler-russell-and-sutphin-to-guest-line-up/

 

Actress Julie Nathanson reaches 100th video game credit with Briar in LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

[voice actor]

Taimur Dar

09/21/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/julie-nathanson-briar-league-of-legends-100th-video-game-credit/

 

WEBTOON reveals its packed NYCC lineup

Math Erao

09/21/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/webtoon-nycc-2023-panels-lineup/

 

Peter Lazenby

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Cartoonists collaborate on new Welcome to Britain colouring book for refugees

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/cartoonists-collaborate-new-welcome-britain-colouring-book-refugees

 

Cartoonists defy government with drawing book for refugee children; The Home Office painted over a Mickey Mouse mural earlier this year

Robbie Griffiths

September 20 2023

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/cartoonists-defy-government-drawing-book-refugee-children-b1108541.html

 

The Artists and Cartoonists Who Designed Pee-wee Herman's World – Part Two

John Kelly | September 21, 2023 |

https://www.tcj.com/the-artists-and-cartoonists-who-designed-pee-wee-hermans-world-part-two/

 

Texas teacher fired after assigning graphic novel based on Anne Frank's diary

By Timothy Bella

September 20, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/09/20/texas-teacher-anne-frank-fired/

 

A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit

By JEFF AMY

Associated Press September 20, 2023

https://apnews.com/article/dont-say-gay-georgia-batman-187446af4b03ac9a4b8fc4757852b446

 

Art Spiegelman | Arlington Reads | September 21, 2023 at 6:30 pm

Arlington County Government September 21 2023

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

 

Declan Shalvey Talks Crime Comics and Marvel

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Sep 20, 2023

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

 

A Tour of the Komikero Komiks Museum

Duy Tano

The Comics Cube

Sep 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBdAX6b3eIo

 

Talking 'The Dusk Witch' and ASAP Imagination with Morgan Quaid [of Australia]

Barney Smith

StoryComic

308; Sep 16, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca-dez79xd0

 

Thursday Night LIVE with Billy Tucci! Bill Willingham Creator of Fables Talks Comics and More!

Nile Scala

POPXP! Network!

September 21 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb-xVqH9iRU

 

"Art Adams would send pages and pages of monsters" The Ann Nocenti Story Part 4

Troy-Jeffrey Allen

PREVIEWSworld September 21 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW15voqYsPA

 

Roy Thomas Biographical Interview by Alex Grand

Comic Book Historians

Sep 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMpFRJdDW88

 

Animation Hitmaker Keith Chapman Discusses the State of the Biz and His New Series 'Jonny Jetboy'

By Ramin Zahed

September 20, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/09/animation-hitmaker-keith-chapman-discusses-the-state-of-the-biz-and-his-new-series-jonny-jetboy/

**This article originally appeared in the November '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 334)***

 

Experts Discuss What Content Creators Need to Know About Kids Viewing Habits Today

By Ramin Zahed

September 20, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/09/experts-discuss-what-content-creators-need-to-know-about-kids-viewing-habits-today/

 

"Art Adams would send pages and pages of monsters" The Ann Nocenti Story Part 4

Art Spiegelman | Arlington Reads | September 21, 2023 at 6:30 pm

More school book censorship news

Texas teacher fired after assigning graphic novel based on Anne Frank's diary

Art Spiegelman speaking in Arlington

Spiegleman is speaking for the Arlington Library right now at Kenmore Middle School. Note the vape pen for those wondering about his cigarettes.

Meet a DMV Cartoonist: A Chat with José Villarrubia

Paul Gravett and José Villarrubia at BCC 2023

by Mike Rhode

A few weeks ago I went to the Baltimore Comic-Con with my friend Paul Gravett, the British comics historian who is the 'man at the crossroads' and knows almost everyone. He introduced me to his friend José Villarrubia, who agreed to answer our usual questions (but also recommended looking at his Wikipedia entry). Jose returned his answers within the hour, by far the fastest anyone ever has, to which he replied, "Teachers who procrastinate can get in trouble. Same with colorists." In addition to being a comic book colorist, he also teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he is a professor and  currently the coordinator of the Sequential Art Concentration. Here's a nice article the school did about him. I think there is plenty of potential for a long Comics Journal-type interview with him perhaps when my Int. J. of Comic Art duties have lessened.

What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?

  Coloring, editing, and color restoration. 

How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?

 All in Photoshop.

When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?

 1961, Madrid, Spain.

Why are you in Baltimore now?

 I came here to study and I stayed.

What neighborhood or area do you live in?

 Mt. Vernon.

What is your training and/or education in cartooning?

 None in cartooning. I have a BFA in Fine Art and an MFA in Painting.

Who are your influences?

In comics Corben, Moebius, Neal Adams, Victor de la Fuente and Dino Battaglia. 

Speaking of Corben, a volume of Den that you worked on has just been released. What did you do on it?


I'm doing the art direction for the collection and the color restoration from the originals.

Can you discuss some of the ways this work is done?

The original art was scanned and I blended it with scans of diverse printings to recover the color. The result has much more detail and texture than the editions almost 50 years ago. I also wrote introductions and selected all the extra material.

If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change?

Nothing, really.

 Or rather, how are you hoping your career will develop?

I hope to do more editing and art direction.

What work are you best-known for?

Batman Year 100 and Sweet Tooth.

What work are you most proud of?

My work with Alan Moore, particularly The Mirror of Love.

What would you like to do or work on in the future?

More restoration of classic comics, editing more illustrated books.

What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?

I am never in a rut.

What do you think will be the future of your field? 

If I knew I would be very, very rich. But I think the future of comics is very bright.

What local cons do you attend? The Small Press Expo, Awesome Con, or others? Any comments about attending them?

José and Dean Haspiel at BCC talking about Cuba in 2010

Always the Baltimore Comic-Con (my favorite), sometimes SPX.

What comic books do you read regularly or recommend?

I don’t read any monthlies, just collections and graphic novels.  

Do you have a local store?

I did: Collector’s Corner on Charles Street. But it closed down.

What's your favorite thing about Baltimore?

The architecture, history, and the people.

Least favorite?

Crime, obviously.

What monument or museum do you like to take visitors to?

The American Visionary Museum and the Walters Art Museum.

How about a favorite local restaurant?

My favorite, the Mt. Vernon Stable, closed. My current favorite is Minato.

Do you have a website or blog?

 No. I post regularly in Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Bluesky, and Threads.

 How has the COVID-19 outbreak affected you, personally and professionally?

 The same as everyone else, which for comics professionals is “not much.” I missed the conventions and I am glad they are back.