Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/10/2023

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures to Introduce Characters From the High Republic Books

The heroes of the High Republic books are making the jump to TV. [animation]

By Jesse Schedeen

Oct 10, 2023

https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-young-jedi-adventures-high-republic-book-characters

 

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: NEW HIRES AND PROMOTIONS AT ONI PRESS

Editors from Valiant, Marvel, IDW Come Aboard as Longtime Staffers Move Up

 Brigid Alverson on October 9, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55284/people-move-new-hires-promotions-oni-press

 

EXPLORE THE STORE: TORPEDO COMICS (LAS VEGAS, NEVADA)

Third Visit to the Store Shows Shift in High End Inventory

 Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez on October 9, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55280/explore-store-torpedo-comics-las-vegas-nevada

 

COMICSPRO SURVEY: RETAILERS SOUND OFF ON DISTRIBUTORS, NEW COMICS TUESDAYS

Diamond, Lunar, PRHPS All Have Strengths and Weaknesses

 Brigid Alverson on October 9, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55281/comicspro-survey-retailers-sound-off-distributors-new-comics-tuesdays

 

TRACKING THE FUTURE OF THE DIRECT MARKET

Rob Salkowitz on October 9, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/55285/tracking-future-direct-market

 

David Pepose @ #NYCC F-41

@Peposed Sep 29, 2023

https://twitter.com/peposed/status/1707778095867121700

[Stunned to hear about @Jasen_Smith's passing]

 

Reliving Past Horrors: Rita Basulto's 'Humo' Looks Back at a Dark Chapter in History

By Ramin Zahed

October 8, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/10/reliving-past-horrors-rita-basultos-humo-looks-back-at-a-dark-chapter-in-history/

This article originally appeared in the

November '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 334)

 

'Snow White' Restoration Coming to Disney+ October 16

By Mercedes Milligan

October 9, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/10/snow-white-restoration-coming-to-disney-october-16/

 

Hayao Miyazaki Takes a Deeply Personal Turn

The Boy and the Heron is an old man's look back at a life spent crafting intricate worlds, now offering the tools to do so to the next generation.

  Dan Schindel October 8, 2023

https://hyperallergic.com/849314/hayao-miyazaki-boy-and-heron-takes-a-deeply-personal-turn/       

 

Marvel To Make More Confusing Disney Variant Covers For 2024

Marvel and Disney will continue their confusion into 2024. With a new monthly Disney What If variant cover series launching next year.

 09 Oct 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-to-make-more-confusing-disney-variant-covers-for-2024/

 

Ed Piskor Celebrates New Hip Hop Family Tree Omnibus

By Dustin Holland

  Sep 15, 2023

https://www.cbr.com/hip-hop-family-tree-omnibus-ed-piskor-interview/ 

 

Stephen Graham Jones Discusses Crafting Modern Horror in True Believers

By Alex Batts

Published Sep 12, 2023

https://www.cbr.com/true-believers-stephen-graham-jones-interview/

 

'Loki' Delivers Strong Viewing for Season 2 Premiere, Disney+ Says

Rick Porter

October 9, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/loki-season-2-premiere-ratings-1235612838/

 

 

 

How Will 'Loki' Handle the Multiverse? Its Writer Talks Season 2. Eric Martin discusses the second installment of the Disney+ series starring Tom Hiddleston as the God of Mischief.

By Christopher Kuo

A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 9, 2023, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Evolving in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/arts/television/loki-season-2-interview.html

 

Collaborating on The Mysteries - Bill Watterson and John Kascht

Andrews McMeel Publishing October 10, 2023

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HHND7L1wUl0

 

Axel Alonso and Sarah H. Cho Introduce Our Sci-FI Thriller RED LIGHT

AWA Studios

  Oct 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRUxgwwRj5M

 

Comic Watchers Ep 197: Welcome to Mark Russell's RUMPUS ROOM

Chad Burdette

Comic Watch  Oct 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF6BvIPtaaQ

 

The Matt Wagner (Grendel, Mage) Shoot Interview!

Cartoonist Kayfabe October 8 2023

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

 

Why the Dead Don't Die: Laurie Calcaterra's Shocking Revelations on 'Path of the Pale Rider

Barney Smith.

StoryComic 310; Oct 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fAYQ1nEVLk

 

Richard Pace Talks Coven: A Book of 100 Witches and Horror Comics

Duy Tano

The Comics Cube with Duy Tano  Oct 9, 2023

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

 

A Cartoonist's Guide to Connecting With Your Audience Online - Reubens Seminars 2023

ALEX GARCIA, EMMA ALLEN, JASON CHATFIELD

nationalcartoonists

 Oct 9, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvXDm8AJl44

 

Mike Johnson, Mellow Brown, Ceda Xiong & Jeff Conner discuss their all new BLADE RUNNER comics!

Andrew Sumner

Forbidden Planet TV Oct 4, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VAmFBvm56k

 

Joel Pett is winner of the 2023 Babin Award; Sage Stossel named finalist

    JP Trostle

    October 8, 2023

    https://editorialcartoonists.com/oel-pett-is-the-winner-of-the-2023-babin-award-for-local-editorial-cartooning-sage-stossel-named-finalist/

 

Three Rocks: Bill Griffith's incredible exploration of Ernie Bushmiller's comic strip "Nancy"

Ruben Bolling

Oct 9, 2023

https://boingboing.net/2023/10/09/three-rocks-bill-griffiths-incredible-exploration-of-ernie-bushmillers-comic-strip-nancy.html

 

 

A collection of Ed Subitzky's minimalist cartoons: Poor Helpless Comics!

Ruben Bolling

Oct 5, 2023

https://boingboing.net/2023/10/05/a-collection-of-ed-subitzkys-minimalist-cartoons-poor-helpless-comics.html

 

Creator of the Month: Jeff Dekal

October 2023

https://awastudios.com/creator-of-the-month-jeff-dekal/

 

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode fifty-six | Brian Michael Bendis, part two

Oct 9 2023

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/dont-shoot-dont-shoot

 

Kleefeld, Sean (2017) "Review of Captain Marvel and the Art of Nostalgia, by Brian Cremins,"

SANE journal: Sequential Art Narrativein Education

: Vol. 2 : Iss. 2 , Article 4. Available at:http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/sane/vol2/iss2/4 or https://www.academia.edu/107895820/Review_of_Captain_Marvel_and_the_Art_of_Nostalgia_by_Brian_Cremins

 

Mississippi Stories: Scott Stantis

  by Marshall Ramsey October 8, 2023

https://mississippitoday.org/2023/10/08/mississippi-stories-scott-stantis/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOo9nLw34W4    

 

Episode 119 | October 6, 2023 with Guest Jack Ohman, SF Chronicle Cartoonist: Congressional Poop Show, Western Support for Ukraine, the State of Editorial Cartooning

DMZ America with Ted Rall & Scott Stantis

https://podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/episode-119-october-6-2023-with-guest-jack-ohman-sf/id1580768498?i=1000630488754

 

Ep. 105: Goodbye, Eri, by Tatsuki Fujimoto

A triple-Chip-dip of Tatsuki Fujimoto!

MSX: Mangasplaining Extra

Oct 10 2023

https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/ep-105-goodbye-eri-by-tatsuki-fujimoto

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/9/2023

Sean Murphy Won't Return to White Knight Murphyverse For Years. Sean Murphy has a new Zorro comic book being Kickstartered and published by Massive Publishing, a license that he had to acquire personally [Batman].

8 Oct 2023   by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/sean-murphy-return-white-knight-murphyverse/

 

"Something As Bland As Possible": The Making of Sunday, with Olivier Schrauwen

Matt Seneca | October 9, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/something-as-bland-as-possible-the-making-of-sunday-with-olivier-schrauwen/

 

For 'Zits' creator, it's been 'a really magical ride' [Jim Borgman]

 Burlington County Times eNewspaper | Page A15 Sunday, 8 October 2023

https://burlingtoncountytimes-nj.newsmemory.com/?publink=1a968c839_134ad84

 

ICv2 Interview Transcript: Paul Levitz Of Dc Comics,

PART 1 On Fanzines, Early Fandom, and the Beginning of the Direct Market

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55266/icv2-interview-transcript-paul-levitz-dc-comics-part-1

PART 2 The 1980s: Shifting Toward the Direct Market and the Rise of Vertigo

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55265/icv2-interview-transcript-paul-levitz-dc-comics-part-2

PART 3 On the Rise of Image, Changes in Distribution, and the Future of Comics Retail

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55264/icv2-interview-transcript-paul-levitz-dc-comics-part-3

Posted by Milton Griepp on October 6, 2023

 

ICv2 Video Interview: Paul Levitz,

PART 1: On Fanzines, Early Fandom, and the Beginning of the Direct Market

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55263/icv2-video-interview-paul-levitz-part-1

PART 2: The 1980s: Shifting Toward the Direct Market and the Rise of Vertigo

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55262/icv2-video-interview-paul-levitz-part-2

PART 3: On the Rise of Image, Changes in Distribution, and the Future of Comics Retail

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55261/icv2-video-interview-paul-levitz-part-3

Posted by Milton Griepp on October 6, 2023 

 

People On The Move: New Hires At Ten Speed Press, Ten Speed Graphic, & Clarkson Potter

Home of George R.R. Martin Graphic Novels, 'D&D' Books, and More

 Brigid Alverson on October 6, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55259/people-move-new-hires-ten-speed-press-ten-speed-graphic-clarkson-potter

 

Now you can own the most infamous piece of art in comics history [ Rob Liefeld Captain America promotional art for "Heroes Reborn"]

Billy Henehan

10/08/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/rob-liefeld-captain-america-infamous/

 

You Can Own The Original Art To Rob Liefeld's Captain America Breasts

Heritage Auctions has this original Rob Liefeld Captain America art up for auction soon, one of his most famous and mocked pieces of artwork.

 08 Oct 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/original-art-rob-liefeld-captain-america-breasts/

 

Heather Antos Interview: Star Trek Goes Boldly For Blood

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Oct 02, 2023

https://previewsworld.com/Article/270757-Heather-Antos-Interview-Star-Trek-Goes-Boldly-For-Blood

 

The Mighty Marvel Tradition w/ Alex Ross & Patrick Mcdonnell

Troy-Jeffrey Allen

PREVIEWSworld Oct 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dZVavV1pQ8

 

Meet Massive with Blake Northcott & Kevin Roditeli

Troy-Jeffrey Allen

PREVIEWSworld Oct 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ZovDgbvmY

 

 

Troy-Jeffrey Allen's Star Trek, Massive, Alex Ross and Patrick McDonnell interviews

Heather Antos Interview: Star Trek Goes Boldly For Blood

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Oct 02, 2023

https://previewsworld.com/Article/270757-Heather-Antos-Interview-Star-Trek-Goes-Boldly-For-Blood

THE MIGHTY MARVEL TRADITION w/ ALEX ROSS & PATRICK MCDONNELL

Troy-Jeffrey Allen

PREVIEWSworld Oct 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dZVavV1pQ8

Meet MASSIVE with BLAKE NORTHCOTT & KEVIN RODITELI

Troy-Jeffrey Allen

PREVIEWSworld Oct 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ZovDgbvmY

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/7-8/2023

His place in this world [covid-19, African-American fantasy writer Charles Saunders].

By Michael de Adder

Editorial cartoonist

October 2, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/02/michael-deadder-cartoon-charles-saunders/

 

The Rules To Get Bad Idea Comics At New York Comic-Con 2023

  06 Oct 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-rules-to-get-bad-idea-comics-at-new-york-comic-con-2023/

 

Delaware Parents Object to High School Manga & Anime Club Ban

A parent of children attending the Magnolia Middle School in Delaware has launched a petition to object to a decision to ban manga.

6 Oct 2023  

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/delaware-parents-object-to-high-school-manga-anime-club-ban/

 

INTERVIEW: Irodori Comics Kickstarter for ISAKI UTA: THE LOST & FOUND COLLECTION Launches

If you haven't yet dove into the world of independently published manga, the Isaki Uta: The Lost & Found Collection box set is a perfect start.

Marion Pena

10/07/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-irodori-comics-kickstarter-for-isaki-uta-the-lost-found-collection-launches/

 

Which Comics Creators Got Credited in Loki Season 2 Episode 1?

by Rich Johnston

 06 Oct 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/which-comics-creators-got-credited-in-loki-season-2-episode-1/

 

Oni Press Adds New Hires From Marvel Comics, IDW, Valiant & Bad Idea

Oni Press is naming seven new hires ahead of NYCC and is also announcing a number of internal promotions for the comic book publisher.

by Rich Johnston

06 Oct 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/oni-press-adds-new-hires-from-marvel-comics-idw-valiant-bad-idea/

 

Andrew Maclean at Fantom Comics

October 07, 2023

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/10/andrew-maclean-at-fantom-comics.html

 

Jose Alaniz at People's Book in Takoma Park (UPDATED)

October 07, 2023

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/10/jose-alaniz-in-takoma-park-today.html

 

Jay Leeson – RIP

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/10/06/jay-leeson-rip/

 

Jay Leeson remembered for West Texas political advocacy, colorful personality

 Adam D. Young

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2023/09/28/jay-leeson-remembered-west-texas-political-advocacy-personality/70993644007/

 

Syndicated cartoonist Stephan Pastis is drawn to Akron by family roots

 Mark J. Price

Akron Beacon Journal

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2023/10/07/pearls-before-swine-syndicated-cartoonist-stephan-pastis-drawn-to-akron-ohio/71043692007/

 

DreamWorks Animation Eliminates Roughly 70 Positions

Kimberly Nordyke

October 8, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dreamworks-animation-layoffs-employees-1235612300/

 

'America's family in the comics': 93 years of domestic life with 'Blondie'

 Michael Barnes

Austin American-Statesman

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2023/10/08/americas-family-in-the-comics-93-years-of-blondie-comic-strip/70974886007/

 

The AAEC celebrates the media with this year's Ink Bottle Awards

    JP Trostle

    October 8, 2023

    https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-aaec-celebrates-the-media-with-this-years-ink-bottle-awards/

 

The Comics That Made Them with Ngozi Ukazu

By David Harper

October 3, 2023

https://sktchd.com/interview/the-comics-that-made-them-with-ngozi-ukazu/

 

The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons Episode 1 Briefly Inaccessible on Crunchyroll After Subtitle Quality Complaints (Update 2)

2023-10-05

Rafael Antonio Pineda

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-05/the-yuzuki-family-four-sons-episode-1-briefly-inaccessible-on-crunchyroll-after-subtitle-quality-/.203183

 

Bringing Jazz to the Big Screen with Blue Giant Director Yuzuru Tachikawa

by Lynzee Loveridge, Oct 6th 2023

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2023-10-06/bringing-jazz-to-the-big-screen-with-blue-giant-director-yuzuru-tachikawa/.203175

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Keep 'Em Flying" (in solidarity)

From DC's anarchist cartoonist (and I run the cartoons and commentary as I get them from Mike, whether or not I agree with him)

"Keep 'Em Flying" (in solidarity)
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3708

In the words of the immortal John Cleese, my nipples exploded with 
delight to hear that Palestine was punching the bullies back, and in 
such spectacularly and totally boss fashion.

And in totally standard fashion, Israeli state mouthpieces are 
screeching about how this is their Nineleven™, how Hamas came for 
their babies — pretty much the usual response... never fails — when 
you punch the bully back, the little punk runs crying to the 
principal. Meanwhile, at MSNBC, some clown who sounded like he was 
still in college mentioned how this conflict has been going on "since 
time immemorial". Shame I couldn't pull Junior aside to remind him 
that the Nakba occurred in 1948, within the memories of many people 
still living, and that 1948 is not "time immemorial" (before I smacked 
the living shit out of him).

I can't pretend I'm not enjoying this, but I don't know which part of 
it I'm enjoying more — the idea that the resistance fighters would 
paraglide in, or watching one media babbler after another shitting 
themselves on the air over the fact that ZOMG THEY'RE USING 
PARAGLIDERS, THE BASTARDS.

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"Hamas surprise attack out of Gaza stuns Israel and leaves hundreds 
dead in fighting, retaliation", Associated Press, 10.07.2023 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/palestinian-militants-launch-dozens-rockets-035044600.html

"Moment Hamas fighters seen paragliding across Israel border before 
deadly attack", Rachel Hagan in the London Daily Mirror, 10.07.2023 
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/moment-hamas-fighters-seen-paragliding-31129872

"Hamas Fighters Descend On Israel Using Hang Gliders; Israelis Begin 
'Operation Iron Swords'", Hindustan Times 10.07.2023 
https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/world-news/hamas-fighters-descend-on-israel-using-hang-gliders-israelis-begin-operation-iron-swords-101696683691372.html

"This is our 9/11, Hamas went for babies, grandmothers: Israel Defense 
Forces", Poulomi Ghosh at the Hindustan Times, 10.08.2023 
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/this-is-our-9-11-hamas-went-for-babies-grandmothers-israel-defense-forces-101696779526755.html

"What is the Nakba? Day of catastrophe for Palestinians, explained", 
Middle East Eye, 05.09.2019 
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/what-is-nakba-palestine-israel-conflict-explained-1948
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Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

Cavna wins award from Editorial Cartoonists

The AAEC celebrates the media with this year's Ink Bottle Awards

• JP Trostle
• October 8, 2023
• https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-aaec-celebrates-the-media-with-this-years-ink-bottle-awards/

Michael de Adder on his former colleague Charles Saunders lost to covid

His place in this world.

By Michael de Adder

Editorial cartoonist

October 2, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/02/michael-deadder-cartoon-charles-saunders/

Andrew Maclean at Fantom Comics

Andrew Maclean and his wife are on a self-funded driving tour of the US, starting in California, and now on the east coast (see the t-shirt in the pictures below)  He's writing Godzilla now, has done 4 volumes of Head Lopper, and is selling his self-published Snarlagon. I can't believe I didn't get a picture of the large standup.

Mrs Maclean confirming that there could be too much fun comics stuff in the house.

Jose Alaniz at People's Book in Takoma Park (UPDATED)

Comics scholar turned creator, and my friend, Jose read from his new book Puro Pinche True Fictions at People's Book in Takoma Park. They still have a couple of signed copies. He's written on Russian comic books and disability in superhero comics, but now he's telling stories from his life growing up on the Texas-Mexico border.

 

 

 

 

NEW RELEASE:

Puro Pinche True Fictions

by José Alaniz

Release date: September 5, 2023

 

Author/cartoonist José Alaniz has released a new prose/comics collection titled Puro Pinche True Fictions (FlowerSong Press).

 

The hybrid book collects short stories and comics, mostly set in the Rio Grande Valley along the Texas/Mexico border. The stories reflect the author’s upbringing in this region as a second-generation Mexican-American, at times fusing folk beliefs with Bradbury-style science fiction. For example, “Tamales” sets the immigration narrative on Mars in 2063, when a migrant family makes the crossing in search of work via (malfunctioning) rocket.

 

Other stories, like “Genoveva” and “Where You Stop the Story,” retell painful family episodes going back years and generations. The comics section, “Electric Youth,” recounts incidents from Alaniz’s childhood in South Texas, some of them told in Spanglish. These range from nostalgic (like one showing how common and pleasant it used to be to cross the river to Reynosa, Mexico for family outings) to funny/gross (the author’s memory of stepping on a nail) to self-flagellating (the reimagining of ethnic self-loathing through a Star Wars metaphor). This collection will appeal to readers with an interest in contemporary Chicano fiction and comics.     

 

AUTHOR BIO

 

José Alaniz was born in Edinburg, TX, in the Rio Grande Valley along the US/Mexico border. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993 with dual degrees in Radio-Television-Film Production and Russian Studies. He worked in Moscow, Russia as a journalist from 1993-1994. In 2003 he earned a PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.  

 

Since 2003 he has worked as a comics scholar and professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Department of Cinema & Media Studies. He has published three monographs: Komiks: Comic Art in Russia (2010, University Press of Mississippi); Death, Disability and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond (UPM, 2014) and Resurrection: Comics in Post-Soviet Russia (Ohio State University Press, 2022). He has released two previous comics/prose collections: The Phantom Zone and Other Stories (2020) and The Compleat Moscow Calling (2023), both from Amatl Comix. His comics have also appeared in The Stranger, the Seattle anthology Dune, Tales From La Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology (2018), BorderX: A Crisis in Graphic Detail (2020) and SCARFFF.

 

Dr. Alaniz is available for reading events, presentations and media appearances on any aspect of his creative and academic work.

 

FlowerSong Press site:

https://www.flowersongpress.com/store-j9lRp/p/puro-pinche-true-fictions-prose-comics-by-jos-alaniz

 

 

PRAISE FOR ‘PURO PINCHE TRUE FICTIONS’

 

Puro Pinche True Fictions is a beautiful, poignant and affecting, highly original, inventive and innovative mixed-genre book, full of quiet wisdom, by turns bittersweet and delightfully humorous. An uplifting, luminous work, putting this reader in the mind of the late great Abkhazian-Russian writer Fazil Iskander’s brilliant epic Sandro of Chegem. 

 

 — Mikhail Iossel, author of Love Like Water, Love Like Fire

 

 

From pop cultural musings to bloodcurdling family legends and pre-conquest lore, Alaniz folds time and space, inviting us to dip in. Serious and deeply probing as well as irreverent and rollicking fun, Alaniz joins our pantheon of greats like Oscar “Zeta” Acosta, Dagoberto Gilb, Michele Seros, Myriam Gurba, and José Antonio Burciaga. Roll that top back and fasten tight those lap belts, ‘cause Puro Pinche is gonna take you for one heck of a ride. 

 

— Frederick Luis Aldama is award-winning author and the Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at UT Austin 

 

The stories, pictures, and memories woven by José Alaniz touch the reader like a caress from Mnemosyne or a chingazo from Tezcatlipoca. A hybrid book poised between prose fiction and comics, Alaniz’s unique volume awakens readers to the mysteries and revelations of the Rio Grande Valley and worlds beyond.

 

— Dr. William “Memo” Nericcio, Curator of the Mextasy Circus of Desmadres and Professor, English and Comparative Literature, at San Diego State University