Saturday, October 28, 2023

Co-creator Joe Bennett, along with writers and directors Benjy Brooke, James Merrill and Green Street Pictures co-founder Sean Buckelew, unpack how 'Jurassic Park,' 'Manchester by the Sea,' '28 Days Later' and more inspired their visual "haiku" about wanting to "return to normalcy and to what you lost."

Abbey White

October 27, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/scavengers-reign-animated-series-influences-art-1235623762/

'Loki' Director Dan DeLeeuw Didn't Want to Get Bored After 'Avengers: Infinity War' and 'Avengers: Endgame'

Brian Davids

October 17, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/loki-season-2-episode-2-mcdonalds-1235620055/

'Loki' Head Writer Eric Martin Talks Episode Four's Explosive Ending: "There's Meaning in All of It"

With two episodes left, Martin promises the path to the finale "is not going to be the straight line that we expect."

Brian Davids

October 27, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/loki-season-2-episode-4-jonathan-majors-1235630252/

'Loki' Director Kasra Farahani Talks Miss Minutes' Dark Turn and the Internal Debate Over the Tandem Bike Shot

October 23, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/loki-miss-minutes-episode-3-1235625338/

Self-proclaimed 'Indigenerds' claim space in streaming, sci-fi and table top role-playing games

These 3 creators contributed to a book filled with nerdy Indigenous pop culture

Jennifer Francis · CBC News Oct 27, 2023

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenerds-book-streaming-sci-fi-ttrpg-1.7009105

Remembering Visual Effects Producer Diana Giorgiutti

by Marvel

October 26, 2023

https://www.marvel.com/articles/movies/remembering-visual-effects-producer-diana-giorgiutti

Friday, October 27, 2023

NPR reviews Nora Krug's new book

'Diaries of War' traces two personal accounts — one from Ukraine, one from Russia [Nora Krug]

Tahneer Oksman

NPR October 26, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/26/1208819095/book-review-nora-krug-diaries-of-war

BEN HATKE talking to Brian Hibbs

BEN HATKE for THINGS IN THE BASEMENT

Brian Hibbs

Comix Experience Oct 22, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI6PWRLEJA8

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start It was supposed to just be a normal basement-some storage boxes, dust, you know, the usual basement stuff. But when Milo is sent by his mother to fetch a sock from the basement, it turns out there is a whole world down there.

Sandra Boynton coffee labels on WaPo

Moo, Baa, Brew Brew Brew! [ Sandra Boynton coffee labels].

reviews and recommendations from critic Ron Charles.
Washington Post's Book Club newsletter October 20 2023

https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596c1be2ade4e24119c3d7be&s=6532885e3ea542054ab621fd&linknum=4&linktot=94&linknum=4&linktot=94

JK Snyder III returns to create Green Lantern cover

John K. Snyder III Covers Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #1

Scoop October 27 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=271189

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/26/2023

Brogan, Jacob. 2023.

Daniel Clowes sheds cynicism and embraces maturity: In his latest graphic novel, 'Monica,' the comics icon explores the inescapable power that our parents hold over us [in print as drawn to the power that parents hold].

Washington Post (October 26): C1, 8.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/10/16/daniel-clowes-monica-graphic-novel-review/

Tornoe, Rob. 2023.

It's no laughing matter. Austerity, consolidation and platform disparity undermine cartoons and comics.

Editor & Publisher (October 26): https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/its-no-laughing-matter-austerity-consolidation-and-platform-disparity-undermine-cartoons-and,246312

DC Comics head Pam Lifford departs Warner Bros. Discovery

Heidi MacDonald

10/26/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-comics-head-pam-lifford-departs-warner-bros-discovery/

INTERVIEW: S. H. Cotugno on their queer, spooky graphic novel THE GLASS SCIENTISTS: VOLUME ONE

The Beat asked all about the Society for Arcane Sciences.

Avery Kaplan

10/26/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-s-h-cotugno-on-their-queer-spooky-graphic-novel-the-glass-scientists-volume-one/

Ways to Survive: PW Talks with Michael Cherkas

By Shaenon Garrity

Oct 20, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 10/23/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Ways to Survive

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/93533-ways-to-survive-pw-talks-with-michael-cherkas.html

SCHOLASTIC APOLOGIZES, REVERSES BOOK FAIR POLICY - UPDATED

Will Discontinue Separate Case for Potentially Controversial Books

Brigid Alverson on October 25, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55428/scholastic-apologizes-reverses-book-fair-policy-updated

HORROR BEAT: Welcome to the macabre world of Hideshi Hino [manga]

D. Morris

10/26/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-hideshi-hino/

Pamela Lifford Resigns As DC Comics' Big Boss

In 2018, Pamela Lifford topped the Bleeding Cool Top 100 Power List. Five years later, she is stepping down as the big boss of DC Comics.

by Rich Johnston

25 Oct 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/pamela-pam-lifford-resigns-dc-comics-big-boss/

INTERVIEW: Ben Stenbeck shares new original series, OUR BONES DUST

Zack Quaintance

10/26/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-ben-stenbeck-shares-new-original-series-our-bones-dust/

Director Julio Soto Gurpide Spins a Tale of Mystery in 'Inspector Sun'

By Ramin Zahed

October 25, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/10/director-julio-soto-gurpide-spins-a-tale-of-mystery-in-inspector-sun/

'Teacups' Wins Spark Animation Top Prize, Plympton Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

By Mercedes Milligan

October 25, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/10/teacups-wins-spark-animation-top-prize-plympton-receives-lifetime-achievement-award/

Culture Re-View: The day the US invented the newspaper comic strip. Maybe

By Anca Ulea

18/10/2023
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/10/18/culture-re-view-the-day-the-us-invented-the-newspaper-comic-strip-maybe

Frontiers of Science

University of Sydney

https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/6391

Barbara Brandon-Croft's One Cartoonist's Journey

The celebrated illustrator reflects on her path to making comics and crossing the color line.

Barbara Brandon-Croft

Oct 25, 2023

https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/983

Asterix And The White Iris: The Bleeding Cool Review

Asterix And The White Iris, the 40th Asterix volume, has just been published. And I happen to think that it is very,very good indeed.

25 Oct 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/review-asterix-and-the-white-iris/

Sneak peek of new 'Mononoke Village' at central Japan's Ghibli Park reveals huge characters

Shiho Sakai, Nagoya News Center

October 26, 2023 (Mainichi Japan)

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231026/p2a/00m/0na/010000c

In Photos: A look at the new 'Mononoke Village' at Ghibli Park in central Japan

Koji Hyodo

October 26, 2023

https://mainichi.jp/english/graphs/20231026/hpe/00m/0na/001000g/20231026hpe00m0na001000q

More Comic Strip Lettering

Todd Klein

Todd's Blog October 19 2023

https://kleinletters.com/Blog/more-comic-strip-lettering/

SHOP TALK: THREE COMIC SHOPS CLOSE, THREE GAME STORES OPEN

Plus: Milwaukee Store Nabs First Spider-Man Comic; Seattle Store Hit Twice by Burglars

Brigid Alverson on October 25, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55432/shop-talk-three-comic-shops-close-three-game-stores-open

Milwaukee comic shop looking to sell copy of first appearance of Spider-Man, book could go for $35K

A Milwaukee comic book shop is looking to sell a rare copy of the first appearance of Spider-Man

ByThe Associated Press

October 23, 2023

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/milwaukee-comic-shop-sell-copy-appearance-spider-man-104220905

West Seattle comic book store broken into twice in 6 weeks

By Jake Chapman, KIRO 7 NewsOctober 02, 2023
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/west-seattle-comic-book-store-broke-into-twice-6-weeks/LIWCR2I56ZHE5PKN7JFTTZ75TI/

What's the best part of owning a comic book store in Fond du Lac? Talking comics with customers, Kevin Flasch says.

Daphne Lemke

Fond du Lac Reporter (September 25):

https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/money/2023/09/25/fond-du-lac-comic-book-shop-vendetta-comics-has-funko-pop-figures-more/70841428007/

Where to Buy Comic Books in Northern New Jersey

Christina Mastroeni October 24, 2023

https://www.themontclairgirl.com/comic-book-shops-new-jersey/

Beloved northeast Fresno comic book store set to close after 30+ years

The store will continue to get new stuff every week up until the closing date. Paperbacks, toys, posters and cards are half off.

Thursday, September 21, 2023

https://abc30.com/heroes-comics-comic-book-store-northeast-fresno-business-closing/13809900/

IC comic book community stays persistent amid national sales lag

Since 1986, the only comic book store in Iowa City Daydreams Comics has been providing a space for new and long-time comic book fans.

Charlie Hickman, Arts Reporter

October 3, 2023

https://dailyiowan.com/2023/10/03/iowa-city-comic-book-community-stays-persistent-amid-national-sales-lag/

Brainstorm Comics and Gaming temporarily closes, cites financial woes

By Clara Niel cniel@newspost.com

Oct 24, 2023

https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/personal_finance/brainstorm-comics-and-gaming-temporarily-closes-cites-financial-woes/article_1dc98383-df9c-5337-8464-1256bfd5a663.html

Houses are too expensive. Apartments are too small. Is this a fix? [cartoon journalism; in print as 'Missing middle' housing could be solution for soaring costs but there's pushback]

By Teo Armus and Yifan Luo (ill.)
Washington Post October 25, 2023: B2.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/20/missing-middle-housing-comic/

Roz Chast — I Must Be Dreaming

Politics and Prose October 25 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLMq4_K_lCc

Is Roz Chast 'Terrible at Decorating'? You Decide.

By Joanne Kaufman

Oct. 24, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/realestate/roz-chast-home-design.html

https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2023/10/24/realestate/at-home-with-roz-chast.html

VIZ Media 2023/2024 Library Catalog

https://dw9to29mmj727.cloudfront.net/newsletters/20230614/VIZ_LibraryCatalog2023-2024.pdf

Judge Dredd must solve the mystery of Judge Hershey's murder

Interview | Writer Rob Williams talks current Dredd arc Poison

By Will Salmon

CBR October 22 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/judge-dredd-must-solve-the-mystery-of-judge-hersheys-murder/

Checking In With Mike Oeming Taki Soma

word balloon October 25 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3R7PHWZANk

Pop Culture SquadCast Interview with Danny Fingeroth

Mike and Bob

Pop Culture Squad Oct 26, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qesmVTgf7SM

One Panel- The Actress and the Bishop Throw a Party by Brian Bolland

A look at one of Brian Bolland's best panels.

Scott Cederlund

Oct 26, 2023

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-actress-and-the-bishop-by-brian-bolland/

Comic Potential: Comics in the Classroom - Sequences in Comics with Sim Leech

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival

Oct 25, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wW7vs-XBm0

Matt Wagner Kelley Jones Together Again for the First Time

wordballoon Oct 24, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onBqPa1KiS4

Keynote Conversation with Raina Telgemeier

Anne Drozd

CXC Festival Oct 24, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dt7aq9jGS8

NYCC: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Jeff Rowe Celebrates Art from the Film

By Sam Stone

CBR Presents

Oct 20, 2023

https://www.cbr.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-jeff-rowe-interview/

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

Talk & Teach: Building Your Subscription Base Using Substack

Jason Chatfield

CXC Festival Oct 23, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n04YyAuZmhc

Spotlight on Marcelo D'Salete [Brazil]

Alonso Nunez and Daniela Gomes

Comics@SDSU Oct 16, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlDwEhND_44

Disney Partners with Kugali for Middle Grade Imprint

By Iyana Jones

Oct 26, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/93586-disney-partners-with-kugali-for-middle-grade-imprint.html

Jeff Kinney Salutes Librarians on 'The No Brainer Show' Tour

By Pamela Brill

Oct 26, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/93591-jeff-kinney-salutes-librarians-on-the-no-brainer-show-tour.html

Q & A with Jessixa and Aaron Bagley [Duel]

By Shannon Maughan

Oct 26, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/93592-q-a-with-jessixa-and-aaron-bagley.html

Writer Wednesday: Cavan Scott

Gareth L. Powell

Gareth's Newsletter Oct 25, 2023

https://garethlpowell.substack.com/p/writer-wednesday-cavan-scott

Keith Knight is all over the place

The cartoonist and Hulu star just got back from Germany. Our Zoom sesh goes down between North Carolina and Cali. We used to hang out in SF + LA + Boston

Donnell Alexander

West Coast Sojourn Oct 26, 2023

https://donnellalexander.substack.com/p/keith-knight-is-all-over-the-place

Nov 5: Anne Ishii in conversation on the work of gay manga master Gengoroh Tagame.

On Sunday, November 5 at 3pm, Fantom Comics will host Asian Arts Initiative executive director Anne Ishii in conversation about her career editing, translating, and agenting the work of gay manga master Gengoroh Tagame. From a comics scene perspective this is one of the most important "gets" we've had at Fantom since I returned to DC earlier this year, so I hope as many of you can come through as possible!

Ishii co-founded MASSIVE GOODS in 2013, through which she introduced an entire generation of queer Japanese artists to the English-speaking world—sometimes publishing their work uncensored for the first time in any language. Her survey omnibus MASSIVE: Gay Erotica Manga and the Men Who Make It helped bring Gengoroh Tagame to U.S. audiences, and we did a launch party with her for it at Fantom in 2015.

Tagame has been a Tom of Finland-esque figure in gay erotic manga for decades—Ishii edited and translated the two-volume The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame collecting his erotica in the U.S. for the first time—but he has also achieved mainstream success with his breakthrough non-erotic work: the Eisner-winning My Brother's Husband, which Ishii also agented, edited, and translated. She did the same for his newest work, Our Colors (published in English by Pantheon last year, and I can't wait to chat with her on November 5 about all of it.

Jacob Shapiro, manager & co-owner

Fantom Comics

Fantom Comics events schedule

>>> FANTOM HALLOWEEN PARTY
>> SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 @ 7pm
> $5 entry, pay at the door!

The time has come 👻 Fantom Halloween party!!, This party is an 18+ event. We'll be giving away FREE BOBA from newly opened local tea shop SPOT OF TEA!! Limited supply, first come first serve!

You'll have the chance to make memories with Mr.Bones, you can even take your memory home if you'd like! (get a polaroid for $5 while supplies last!)

We will be offering coat check!

EVENT ITENERARY -

We'll be having local artist and model Babs New model in two fun costumes from 7:30pm - 8:30pm! Tips for the model are welcome!

The costume contest returns, with prize support from Spot Of Tea! 8pm signup, 9pm voting!

FIRST PLACE gets a $100 Fantom Gift Card onto their account and $25 gift card to Spot of Tea! SECOND PLACE gets a 30% off Fantom Coupon and a $10 gift card to Spot of Tea! THIRD PLACE gets a 20% off Fantom Coupon and a $10 dollar gift card to Spot of Tea!

Group dancing to classics at 9:30pm!

Karaoke later on in the night...

and other surprises!

see you there 🎃

>>> JUNJI ITO BOOK CLUB - FRANKENSTIEN
>> MONDAY, OCTOBER 30th @ 6:30PM!

Join us to discuss the manga adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 🧟 available now at Fantom!

Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monster-and the fouler beast who created him-to life with the brilliantly detailed chiaroscuro he is known for. Also included are six tales of Oshikiri-a high school student who lives in a decaying mansion connected to a haunted parallel world. Uncanny doppelgangers, unfortunately murdered friends, and a whole lot more are in store for him. Bonus: The Ito family dog! Thrill to the adventures of Non-non Ito, an adorable Maltese! For older teen audiences

Buy a copy in-store or on our website: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/frankenstein-hard-cover-junji-ito-story-collection

>>> BOOK BINDING WITH LINDA KUO
>> SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4th @ 3pm
> $10 tickets available online and in-store

Due to popular demand, bookbinding with local artist Linda Kuo is back on! 20 person max 📚 ! Spots are getting snatched up fast!

Get tickets here: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/bookbinding-with-linda-kuo-11-4-23

>>> QUEER BOOK CLUB: OUR COLORS
>> SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5th @ 3pm!

We're pleased to host Asian Arts Initiative executive director Anne Ishii here at Fantom to discuss her work editing & translating the œuvre of queer manga master Gengoroh Tagame! Anne is also co-founder of the groundbreaking MASSIVE GOODS, and has brought a generation of gay Japanese artists to the English-speaking world.

Buy a copy of Gengoroh Tagame newest work OUR COLORS, in-store or on our website here: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/our-colors-graphic-novel-mature-

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Wiping Hands On The Flag (after William Allen Rogers, 1917)"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist -

"Wiping Hands On The Flag (after William Allen Rogers, 1917)"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3719

The ongoing, escalating roaring of bloodthirsty racism in support of
Israeli thuggery in Gaza — speaking of mass shootings — put me in mind
of a book of cartoons entitled "America's Black & White Book",
published during World War I by an artist named William Allen Rogers,
in particular one of the "greatest hits" from that book, a ripe little
nugget entitled "Another Case Of Wiping Hands On The American Flag", a
classic rendition of the "Filthy Dirty Huns Kill Children" genre of
the WWI era. Rogers was arguably one of the most raving, drooling,
jingoistic warmongering editorial cartoonists of that era — sort of a
poor man's James Montgomery Flagg — and drew for the New York Herald,
arguably one of the most raving, drooling, warmongering newspapers in
the US of that era.

Their presentation nowadays may be slicker, their media more
sophisticated, their rhetoric a little more refined, their approach a
little classier, but if you strip it to the core it's the same old
shit they've been serving up since the Spanish-American War, at least:
filthy dirty Huns are killing babies, filthy dirty Huns are throwing
babies out of incubators, dirty filthy Huns are beheading babies...
you get the idea.

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

"White House walks back Biden's claim he saw children beheaded by
Hamas" Al Jazeera 10.12.2023
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/12/white-house-walks-back-bidens-claim-he-saw-children-beheaded-by-hamas

"Source of dubious 'beheaded babies' claim is Israeli settler leader
who incited riots to 'wipe out' Palestinian village" GrayZone 10.11.2023
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/10/11/beheaded-israeli-babies-settler-wipe-out-palestinian/

"Maine officials say 18 people were killed and 13 injured in Lewiston
mass shooting" Rachel Treisman and Emily Olson at NPR 10.26.2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/26/1208749860/maine-mass-shooting-lewiston-death-toll

"The Health Ministry in Gaza releases the names of more than 7,000
Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, saying 'behind every
number is a story of a person'." Al Jazeera 10.26.2023
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/10/26/israel-hamas-war-live-un-ceasefire-bid-fails-as-gaza-death-toll-soars

James Montgomery Flagg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Montgomery_Flagg

William Allen Rogers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_Rogers

"America's Black & White Book: Why We Are At War" cartoons by William
Allen Rogers, New York Herald 1917
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47484/47484-h/47484-h.htm

William Allen Rogers, "Another Case Of Wiping Hands On The American
Flag", New York Herald, 1917
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47484/47484-h/47484-h.htm#Page_78

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

Oct 28: Spoons Toons & Booze Halloween Special at Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse

Spoons Toons & Booze Halloween Special

with Michael Austin and Nell Casey

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'Missing middle' housing cartoon journalism in WaPo

Houses are too expensive. Apartments are too small. Is this a fix? [cartoon journalism; in print as 'Missing middle' housing could be solution for soaring costs but there's pushback]

By Teo Armus and Yifan Luo (ill.)

Washington Post October 25, 2023: B2.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/20/missing-middle-housing-comic/

Frederick's Brainstorm Comics closed

Brainstorm Comics and Gaming temporarily closes, cites financial woes

Roz Chast — I Must Be Dreaming at Politics and Prose video and photos

Roz Chast — I Must Be Dreaming

Politics and Prose October 25 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLMq4_K_lCc

Watch author Roz Chast's book talk and reading at Politics and Prose book store in Washington, D.C.

Bruce Guthrie's photos are at http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2023_10_25C2_Chast

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/25/2023

GLOBALCOMIX LAUNCHES APP; MANTA SIGNS 'LET'S PLAY' CREATOR, GETS NEW CEO - Digital Comics Round-Up

Brigid Alverson on October 24, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55415/globalcomix-launches-app-manta-signs-let-play-creator-gets-new-ceo

Larry Hama Fixes The GI Joe Dialogue That Marvel Mangled

Next month Image/Skybound will reprint the first issue of GI Joe: A Real American Hero #1 from 1983 restoring Larry Hama's original dialogue

24 Oct 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/larry-hama-fixes-gi-joe-dialogue-marvel-mangled/

Life After "Calvin and Hobbes" Bill Watterson's return to print, after nearly three decades, comes in the form of a fable called "The Mysteries," which shares with his famous comic strip a sense of enchantment.

By Rivka Galchen

October 23, 2023

Published in the print edition of the October 30, 2023, issue, with the headline "Life After Calvin."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/30/the-mysteries-bill-watterson-book-review

INTERVIEW: Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann on LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

The Beat caught up with the Eisner Award-nominated duo to learn more about their new graphic novel.

Avery Kaplan

10/25/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-lily-williams-and-karen-schneemann-on-look-on-the-bright-side/

HORROR BEAT: MATT WAGNER and KELLEY JONES want the DRACULA story straight from the Monster's mouth

Ricardo Serrano Denis

10/25/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-wagner-kelley-dracula/

INTERVIEW: Mike McMahan on how his engagement photo shoot inspired an episode of STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS Season 4

Taimur Dar

10/25/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-mike-mcmahan-star-trek-lower-decks-season-4/

Celebrating the manga of TAIYO MATSUMOTO

Celebrate the birthday of the indie manga master Taiyo Matsumoto with a look at his most notable stories

Zach Godin

10/25/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/celebrating-the-manga-of-taiyo-matsumoto/

Geoffrey's Comics and Hi De Ho stores to close

Another legendary store closes.

Heidi MacDonald

10/25/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/geoffreys-comics-and-hi-de-ho-stores-to-close/

Wednesday Spill: Fave Photo Of The Week…A Gathering To Celebrate New Yorker Artist Extraordinaire, Edward Koren

October 25, 2023 michael Maslin

https://michaelmaslin.com/wednesday-spill-fave-photo-of-the-week-a-gathering-to-celebrate-new-yorker-artist-extraordinaire-edward-koren/

Reports from the ShortBox Comics Fair

Hagai Palevsky | October 24, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/reports-from-the-shortbox-comics-fair/

The Return of the Master: Hayao Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron'

By Charles Solomon

October 24, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/10/the-return-of-the-master-hayao-miyazakis-the-boy-and-the-heron/

this article was written for the

December '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 335)

Roz Chast draws on eggs with melted wax

The New Yorker cartoonist, whose new book 'I Must Be Dreaming' illustrates her dream world in quirky detail, has been rendering her curiosity about the world in different mediums since childhood

By Megan Rubiner Zinn

Boston Globe October 24, 2023,

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/24/arts/roz-chast-draws-eggs-with-melted-wax/

Roz Chast: Graphic novelist's dream come true

by Gregg Shapiro

Bay Area Reporter October 24, 2023

https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=arts__culture&sc=art&id=329247

In 'I Must Be Dreaming,' Roz Chast succeeds in engaging us with her dreams

Heller McAlpin

October 23, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/23/1207477308/book-review-graphic-memoir-i-must-be-dreaming-by-roz-chast

ON BOOKS: New illustrated book takes whimsical view of dreams [Chast]

by Philip Martin | Arkansas Democrat Gazette October 20, 2023

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/oct/20/new-illustrated-book-takes-whimsical-view-of/

Can political cartoons survive in an age of sensitivity?

The career-ending depiction of Netanyahu by my old cartoonist Steve Bell raises many questions: was it antisemitic? Was it simply satirical? And has the right not to be offended trumped the right to offend?

By Alan Rusbridger

October 20, 2023

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/63597/alan-rusbridger-can-political-cartoons-survive-steve-bell

Chip Zdarsky Guides Captain America Through a New Marvel Future in Avengers: Twilight (Exclusive)

Timothy Adams - October 20, 2023

https://comicbook.com/comics/news/chip-zdarsky-avengers-twilight-interview/#7

James Tynion IV Explores the Universal Nature of Dracula

By Dave Richards

CBR October 23 2023

https://www.cbr.com/dracula-james-tynion-iv-interview/

NYCC: Scott Snyder and Valeria Favoccia Discuss the Dystopian World of By A Thread

By Jenny C.

CBR October 19 2023

https://www.cbr.com/nycc-scott-snyder-valeria-favoccia-by-a-thread/

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/27/2023

Friday, October 27, 2023

NPR reviews Nora Krug's new book

'Diaries of War' traces two personal accounts — one from Ukraine, one from Russia [Nora Krug]

BEN HATKE talking to Brian Hibbs

BEN HATKE for THINGS IN THE BASEMENT

Sandra Boynton coffee labels on WaPo

JK Snyder III returns to create Green Lantern cover

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/26/2023

Nov 5: Anne Ishii in conversation on the work of gay manga master Gengoroh Tagame.

Fantom Comics events schedule

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Wiping Hands On The Flag (after William Allen Rogers, 1917)"

Oct 28: Spoons Toons & Booze Halloween Special at Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse

Spoons Toons & Booze Halloween Special

'Missing middle' housing cartoon journalism in WaPo

Houses are too expensive. Apartments are too small. Is this a fix? [cartoon journalism; in print as 'Missing middle' housing could be solution for soaring costs but there's pushback]

Frederick's Brainstorm Comics closed

Brainstorm Comics and Gaming temporarily closes, cites financial woes

Roz Chast — I Must Be Dreaming at Politics and Prose video and photos

Roz Chast — I Must Be Dreaming

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/25/2023

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