Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/3/2023

COMICS, TCG PACKS STOLEN FROM BELLINGHAM'S THE COMICS PLACE

Halloween Theft Had an Unusual Soundtrack

  Brigid Alverson on November 2, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55495/comics-tcg-packs-stolen-bellinghams-the-comics-place

 

GOLDEN APPLE, THE CENTER OF THE COMICS UNIVERSE And a Direct Market Leader for Decades

 Jim McLauchlin on November 3, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55496/golden-apple-center-comics-universe

 

The Marvel-ous Art of Sal Buscema
Scoop November 3 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=271212

 

New York Comic Con in Photos Part II
Alice Cloos 

Scoop November 3 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=271083

 

About Comics Sells More To Gift Shops Than Comic Book Stores

About Comics sells more comics to gift shops than comic stores - Stan Mack's Revolting Rebels: A History in Comics of the American Revolution 

by Rich Johnston

  02 Nov 2023  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/about-comics-sells-more-to-gift-shops-than-comic-book-stores/

 

'From Hell' Director Albert Hughes Blasts Alan Moore For His Anti-Hollywood Stance, Says It's "Bulls**t"

John F. Trent

November 2, 2023

 https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/11/02/from-hell-director-albert-hughes-blasts-alan-moore-for-his-anti-hollywood-stance-says-its-bullst/

 

This original Spider-Man comic book in good condition could go for a whopping $35K

October 31, 2023/FoxNewsFeeds

https://www.wgmd.com/this-original-spider-man-comic-book-in-good-condition-could-go-for-a-whopping-35k/

 

Youth-made comic anthology hits shelves [student cartoonists]

By Kary Hess

Oct 31, 2023

https://bohemian.com/enter-the-cat-comic/

 

The Best Superhero Games You Can Play Right Now

Matt Martin / Parade Magazine

November 2, 2023

https://www.aol.com/best-superhero-games-play-now-153534041.html

 

Founder: Twin Cities Con is a judgment-free zone for all ages

Gracie Stockton and Emily Bright

November 2, 2023 MPR News

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/11/02/twin-cities-con-is-a-judgementfree-zone-for-all-ages

 

Thousands of dollars in rare comics stolen in break-in at Bellingham comic shop

KIRO 7 News Staff

Wed, November 1, 2023

https://news.yahoo.com/thousands-dollars-rare-comics-stolen-213801791.html

 

Lucca Comics, the Israeli artists Asaf and Tomer Hanuka withdraw: «We would end up in a media meat grinder»

Davis Entertainment  

  Italy 24 Press News October 31 2023

https://news.italy24.press/tv/991989.html

 

Don't Miss This: "Scarlet Witch" by Steve Orlando and Sara Pichelli

By Alexander Jones | November 2nd, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news-columns/dmt-scarlet-witch-orlando-pichelli/

 

2024 Oscars Short Film Contenders: 'Eeva' Directors Morten Tšinakov And Lucija Mrzljak [ Estonia, Croatia]

By Jamie Lang | 11/01/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2024-oscars-short-film-contenders-eeva-directors-morten-tsinakov-and-lucija-mrzljak-234281.html

 

Wildbrain Animation Studios Workers Unionize With Canadian Animation Guild

By Jamie Lang | 11/01/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/wildbrain-animation-studios-workers-unionize-with-canadian-animation-guild-234377.html

 

Obscure Cartoon Character Spotlight: The Fox And The Crow

By Vincent Alexander | 11/02/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/obscure-cartoon-character-spotlight-the-fox-and-the-crow-233151.html

 

Obscure Cartoon Character Spotlight: Goopy Geer

By Vincent Alexander | 09/22/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/obscure-cartoon-character-spotlight-goopy-geer-232689.html

 

Animator Spotlight: Irven Spence

By Vincent Alexander | 08/10/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/animator-spotlight/animator-spotlight-irven-spence-231352.html

 

Animator Spotlight: Jim Tyer

By Vincent Alexander | 08/29/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/animator-spotlight/animator-spotlight-jim-tyer-231353.html

 

Disney Production Workers Vote to Unionize Under IATSE/TAG

By Animation Magazine

November 2, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/11/disney-production-workers-vote-to-unionize-under-iatse-tag/

 

'Invincible' Creator Robert Kirkman & Showrunner Simon Racioppa Unmask Season 2

By Jeff Spry

November 2, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/11/invincible-creator-robert-kirkman-showrunner-simon-racioppa-unmask-season-2/

This article was written for the December '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 335)

 

INTERVIEW: H.A. on THE CHROMATIC FANTASY's fully realized Technicolor queer dream

The Beat caught up with the creator behind the shoo-in for 2023's "Best Of" comics lists.

Avery Kaplan

11/03/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-h-a-on-the-chromatic-fantasys-technicolor-queer-realized/

 

Kibbles 'n' Bits 11/3/23: Alex Lu joins PRH; Yee's Comics Devices; MORE!

Heidi MacDonald

11/03/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/kibbles-n-bits-11-3-23-alex-lu-joins-prh-yees-comics-devices-more/

 

The Creator's Guide to Comics* Devices

*sequential art, graphic narrative, graphic literary, visual-literary and all other euphemisms for comics

Reimena Yee

https://comicsdevices.com/

 

Steve Breen Signs With inewsource

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/11/02/steve-breen-signs-with-inewsource/

 

Cartoonist Steve Breen joins inewsource

  by Lorie Hearn
Inside inewsource  Blog: November 2, 2023

https://inewsource.org/2023/11/02/inewsource-hires-steve-breen/

 

Stories in the Stars: Curriculum Guide

by Mike Peterson

with additional material by Sherwood Harrington

text copyright 2006, Mike Peterson

illustrations copyright 2006, Dylan Meconis

https://www.weeklystorybook.com/files/starsguide.pdf

 

Dashtoon's AI Comic Creating Kit For People Who Can't Create Comics

With $5 million in funding, Dashtoon is providing what they call aspiring comics creators to take storyboards and turn them into comics.

  02 Nov 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dashtoons-ai-comic-creating-kit-for-people-who-cant-create-comics/

 

Dashtoon uses AI to turn storytellers into comics artists

Catherine Shu

TechCrunch November 2, 2023

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/02/dashtoon/

 

Meet Dashtoon, The Start-up Helping Comic Creators To Tell Their Stories

David Prosser

Nov 2, 2023,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2023/11/02/meet-dashtoon-the-start-up-helping-comic-creators-to-tell-their-stories/

 

Keith Giffen, Comic Book Maverick for DC and Marvel, Dies at 70

By Alex Williams

A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 3, 2023, Section B, Page 12 of the New York edition with the headline: Keith Giffen, 70, a Comic Book Maverick

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/arts/keith-giffen-dead.html

 

Keith Giffen obituary

Acclaimed comic writer and artist who created such popular characters as Blue Beetle and Lobo over his 50-year career

Steve Holland

Fri 3 Nov 2023  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/03/keith-giffen-obituary

 

Cavan Scott on the Ghoulactic Horrors of Tales from the Death Star

The writer speaks with StarWars.com about his new anthology of scary Star Wars stories.

Dan Brooks

October 17, 2023

https://www.starwars.com/news/tales-from-the-death-star-interview

 

 Talking 'Star Wars The High Republic' with Cavan Scott!

Rebecca Benjamin

Tarkin's Top Shelf 283; October 16 2023

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4KQ39DLdd0dGh5rruWKQGA

 

Do comics help as a STEM learning tool? Northeastern professor's study aims to answer that question

by Erin Kayata

Northeastern Global News October 12, 2023

https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/10/12/comics-stem-learning-tool/

 

How queer comics made their mark on history

by Hillary Chabot

Northeastern Global News June 10, 2021

https://news.northeastern.edu/2021/06/10/how-queer-comics-made-their-mark-on-history/

 

Artist analyzes, disrupts racial stereotypes in comics [John Jennings]

by Joe O'Connell

Northeastern Global News January 12, 2016

https://news.northeastern.edu/2016/01/12/artist-analyzes-disrupts-racial-stereotypes-in-comics/

 

Marvel Unveils Violent Trailer for 'Echo,' Its First TV-MA Rated Show

The series, starring Alaqua Cox, will also be Marvel Studios' first to debut on Hulu in addition to Disney+.

Aaron Couch

November 3, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/echo-trailer-marvel-ma-rated-show-1235634418/

 

'The Creator's Guide to Comics Devices' Is the First of Its Kind, an Incredible Resource for Comics Creators & Readers Alike

By Joan Zahra Dark

Oct 31st, 2023,

https://www.themarysue.com/the-creators-guide-to-comics-devices-is-now-live/  

 

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Patrick McDonnell's THE SUPER HERO'S JOURNEY is a unique take on Marvel Comics

The book features a mix of original art with repurposed work from classic Marvel Comics.

Steve Baxi

11/03/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-patrick-mcdonnells-the-super-heros-journey-is-a-unique-take-on-marvel-comics/

 

Thinking About Darwyn Cooke's Parker 10 years after Slayground

There are the Parkers of the world and then there's the rest of us who live in their shadows.

Scott Cederlund

From Cover to Cover Nov 2, 2023

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/parker-by-darwyn-cooke/

 

Weirdom's "Tales From The Plague" by Richard Corben.

john adcock

Yesterday's Papers July 17, 2023

https://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2023/07/weirdoms-tales-from-plague-by-richard.html

 

Uncertain Worlds: seven stories about uncertainty [Daniel Locke; comics journalism]

Nathan Oxley

Institute of Development Studies 17 October 2023

https://www.ids.ac.uk/news/uncertain-worlds-seven-stories-about-uncertainty/

 

November Has Come – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | November 3, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/november-has-come-this-weeks-links/

 

Off Panel #422: The Next Evolution with Juni Ba 

David Harper

Oct 30, 2023

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel422-the-next-evolution-with-juni-ba

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Juni_Ba_2023.mp3

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 591: Interviews from Cartoon Crossroads Columbus [Jay Kalagayan, Matt Bors, Raeghan Buchanan, Ben Passmore, and Evan Salazar].

Calvin Reid

 10/30/2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1282

 

Adult Comics [Carson Grubaugh, The Abolition of Man, AI artwork]

Bob Levin | November 2, 2023 

https://www.tcj.com/adult-comics/

 

'Yu-Gi-Oh!' and Ghost Rider: How American comics influenced a legendary manga

Or, a poignant odd to Kazuki Takahashi.

Crooker

November 2, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/11/02/yu-gi-oh-and-ghost-comics-essay/

 

Hero Initiative and Wizard memories With Jim McLauchlin

wordballoon

 Nov 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMFnH-c_U34

 

Summer Camp memories With Shelly Bond

wordballoon   Oct 31, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcaM6RpOsXY

 

Jeph Loeb's Look Back At The Long Halloween

wordballoon

  Oct 29, 2023

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

 

BILL WATTERSON and John Kascht's New Book, The MYSTERIES! WTF Is It?

Cartoonist Kayfabe

 Oct 27, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq-__OuV2TA

 

COMICS ACADEME: Comics Are a Graphic Education for Dyslexic Readers

  Caitlin Sinclair Chappell

November 2, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/11/comics-academe-comics-are-a-graphic-education-for-dyslexic-readers/

 

INTERVIEW: Writing Comics Scripts with Jamila Rowser: Part One

  Alenka Figa

October 30, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/10/writing-comics-scripts-rowser-part-one/

 

Tyler Crook Reflects on "The Lonesome Hunters: The Wolf Child"

By Mark Tweedale | November 1st, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/tyler-crook-the-lonesome-hunters-2

 

Faith Erin Hicks Talks "Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy"

By Chris Cole | October 31st, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/faith-erin-hicks-hockey-girl/

 

"I don't know how to process experiences unless I put them into comics": an interview with Raina Telgemeier

Vera J. Camden  &  Valentino L. Zullo

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 26 Oct 2023

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2271092

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2023.2271092

 

Flipping Vs. Scrolling in Digital Narratives: Reader Engagement and Reading Patterns in Comic Layouts

Ching-Shiuan Chen, Yu-Jie Lin, Wei Jeng

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Volume 60, Issue 1

Oct 2023

Pages 914-916

https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pra2.896

https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/pra2.896

https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.896

 

How Archie Horror Is Redefining Scary In Comics

Goldie Chan

Oct 30, 2023

https://www.forbes.com/sites/goldiechan/2023/10/30/how-archie-horror-is-redefining-scary-in-comics/

 

Vault Comics, Aethon Books Announce Cross Platform Media Partnership

Rob Salkowitz

Oct 31, 2023

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2023/10/31/vault-comics-aethon-books-announce-cross-platform-media-partnership/

With 'Detective Comics,' Ram V is the industry's most thoughtful maestro

A new arc in issue #1,076 extends the writer's specific interests and ideas.

Chris Coplan

October 31, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/10/31/ram-v-detective-comics-qa/

 

Christopher Yost on magic, warring, and existential chaos in 'Unnatural Order'

Issue #1 of the fantasy-sci-fi hybrid debuts this week.

Chris Coplan

November 1, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/11/01/christopher-yost-on-magic-warring-and-existential-chaos-in-unnatural-order/

 

Tim Seeley, Jim Terry on sex, gore, and storytelling in 'Deathstalker' OGN

The Kickstarter for the new 'Deathstalker' title is live now.

Chris Coplan

November 2, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/11/02/deathstalker-kickstarter-qa/

 

Benoit Dahan takes us 'Inside The Mind Of Sherlock Holmes'

Chris Coplan

October 31, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/10/31/inside-the-mind-of-sherlock-holmes-qa/

 

Silence in storytelling and sci-fi: Ben Stenbeck talks new series 'Our Bones Dust'

David Brooke

October 31, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/10/31/ben-stenbeck-our-bones-dust/

 

"But The Work Always Consumes Me"- An In-Depth Interview With Artist JAMES ROMBERGER

October 31, 2023 by fourcolorsinners

https://fourcolorsinners.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/but-the-work-always-consumes-me-an-in-depth-interview-with-artist-james-romberger/

 

"Fourth-wall breakiness or whatevs": Presumed self-awareness in American superhero comics

Lucía Bausela Buccianti

The Journal of Popular Culture 20 October 2023

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jpcu.13266

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jpcu.13266

https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.13266

 

STEVE ERWIN | 1960-2023

Tulsa-born comic book artist Steve Erwin dies

Jimmie Tramel

Tulsa World Oct 27, 2023

https://tulsaworld.com/life-entertainment/local/art-theater/tulsa-born-comic-book-artist-steve-erwin-dies/article_d18e4dea-74c6-11ee-bb07-4b38956508c2.html

INTERVIEW: LIANA KANGAS shares their latest comic news & the state of NYCC

Deanna Destito

11/03/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-liana-kangas-shares-their-latest-comic-news-the-state-of-nycc/

 

J.J. Abrams' Race-Swapped 'Constantine' Series Reportedly "Dead"

John F. Trent

October 31, 2023

https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/10/31/j-j-abrams-race-swapped-constantine-series-reportedly-dead/

 

Matt Lesniewski Introduces Readers to Faceless and the Family

By Dustin Holland

CBR October 31 2023

https://www.cbr.com/faceless-and-the-family-matt-lesniewski-interview/

 

Duncan Fegredo Explores an Island Full of Kaiju With Giant Robot Hellboy

By Dustin Holland

CBR Oct 27, 2023

https://www.cbr.com/giant-robot-hellboy-duncan-fegredo-interview/

 

How Blue Eye Samurai's Fight Scenes Were Crafted

Blue Eye Samurai creators Michael Green and Amber Noizumi discuss finding the beauty in bloody revenge.

  By Sam Stone | November 3, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/how-blue-eye-samurais-fight-scenes-were-crafted/

 

Launching the #EbaSafeOnline Comic Book in South Africa to Help Teens Stay Safe Online

Meta November 1, 2023

https://about.fb.com/news/2023/11/launching-the-ebasafeonline-comic-book-in-south-africa-to-help-teens-stay-safe-online/

 

Eba Safe Online

Oluwasola Obagbemi

https://mydigitalworld.fb.com/ssa/comic-book/

 

Why Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson was ahead of his time

Michael Hingston talks about the legendary artist's reputation for reclusion and his new book, The Mysteries

Amelia Eqbal · CBC Arts : November 1 2023

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/commotion/why-calvin-and-hobbes-cartoonist-bill-watterson-was-ahead-of-his-time-1.7014942

 

Hingston, Michael. 2018.

Let's Go Exploring: Calvin and Hobbes.

ECW Press

Rosenbaum, Richard. 2014.

Raise Some Shell: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

ECW Press

 

Talk & Teach: Dressing Up History: Translating Research and Reference into Narrative Costume

Chris Schweizer

CXC Festival Nov 3, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOPi5fDcu0Y

 

Super Comics Challenge

Jerzy Drozd, Rafael Rosado, Coni Yovaniniz and Raina Telgemeier

CXC Festival  Nov 2, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQgcx29PH6Q

 

20 words introduced or popularized by cartoons

    Colleen Kilday / Stacker

    Nov 2, 2023 

    https://www.caledonianrecord.com/20-words-introduced-or-popularized-by-cartoons/collection_8919a9dd-65d5-5366-a31d-aac508950734.html#21

 

Graphic novel wins Nordic Council Literature Prize for first time; Joanna Rubin Dranger's Swedish graphic memoir 'Remember Us To Life' has become the first graphic novel to achieve the prestigious award

Dean Simons

11/03/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-wins-nordic-council-literature-prize-for-first-time/

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to be honored with decorative manhole cover in Dover, NH

Heidi MacDonald

11/03/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-thonored-manhole-cover-dover-nh-eastman/

 

Betty Boop is Back. But Why?  

By Shane O'Neill

Washington Post's Style Memo November 3 2023

https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596c1be2ade4e24119c3d7be&s=654551741825b93759fb1518

 

Emotional Architecture: Winston Gambro's Unique Horror Tale

Barney Smith

StoryComic Presents  318 Nov 3, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8bQdFwrtOU

 

SHOCKING: Images from book 'Gender Queer,' which is stocked in school libraries across Iowa

The Iowa Standard

October 28, 2021

https://theiowastandard.com/shocking-images-from-book-gender-queer-which-is-stocked-in-school-libraries-across-iowa/

 

Cowboys & Aliens Creator Scott Mitchell Rosenberg Dishes on Film Adaptation, Sequel Comic & Reboot Hopes

SYFY WIRE sits down with Scott Mitchell Rosenberg to discuss what may very well be the greatest genre mashup of all time.

By Josh Weiss Nov 2, 2023

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/cowboys-and-aliens-creator-scott-rosenberg-interview

 

VCU Libraries wins an inaugural Intellectual Freedom Award from the Virginia Library Association

Projects related to Banned Book Week and the comic arts highlight how creative expression and censorship intersect in the past and present. [Jurgen Comics Contest]

VCU News Nov. 1, 2023

https://news.vcu.edu/article/2023/11/vcu-libraries-wins-an-inaugural-intellectual-freedom-award

 

Nov 9: Zach Weinersmith - A City On Mars at Scrawl Books

Zach Weinersmith - A City On Mars

https://www.scrawlbooks.com/event/zach-weinersmith-city-mars

Join us at Scrawl Books on Thursday, November 9 at 6PM as we welcome Zach Weinersmith! Zach will be discussing his (and Kelly's!) newest book, A City on Mars, in conversation with Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Project Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

Bookseller Chris says, "Timely, thoroughly researched, and necessarily hilarious, A City on Mars manages to make an unpopular argument without being argumentative. A must-read for anyone remotely interested in outer space."

Preorders strongly encouraged. Space is limited to roughly 50 attendees, and will be first come, first served. Thank you for understanding.

Event date: 

Thursday, November 9, 2023 - 6:00pm

Event address: 

11911 Freedom Drive

Reston, VA 20190

A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through? (Hardcover)

By Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith

$32.00

ISBN: 9781984881724

Availability: Coming Soon - Pre-Order Now

Published: Penguin Press - November 7th, 2023

Nov 13: John Gallagher & Gale Galligan at Scrawl Books

John Gallagher & Gale Galligan

https://www.scrawlbooks.com/event/john-gallagher-gale-galligan

MEOWZA! Join us at Scrawl Books on Monday, November 13 at 7PM as we welcome John Gallagher and Gale Galligan! John and Gale will be drawing together while they chat about the newest installment of John's Max Meow series, Max Meow 5: Attack of the ZomBEES!, and Marvel Super Stories, in which both authors appear.

Plus: You know Event Manager Leah is a Max Meow fiend, but check out what she had to say about Gale's original graphic novel, Freestyle! "Freestyle feels like all my favorite Disney Channel Original Movies from childhood—with a way more diverse, vibrant, and human cast!"

Event date: 

Monday, November 13, 2023 - 7:00pm

Event address: 

11911 Freedom Drive

Reston, VA 20190

Max Meow 5: Attack of the ZomBEES: (A Graphic Novel) (Hardcover)

By John Gallagher

$13.99

ISBN: 9780593479698

Availability: Coming Soon - Pre-Order Now

Published: Random House Graphic - November 7th, 2023

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Marvel Super Stories (Book One): All-New Comics from All-Star Cartoonists (Hardcover)

By Marvel Entertainment, John Jennings (Editor), Various (Contributions by)

$16.99

ISBN: 9781419769818

Availability: On Our Shelves Now

Published: Amulet Books - October 17th, 2023

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Freestyle: A Graphic Novel (Paperback)

By Gale Galligan

$12.99

ISBN: 9781338045802

Availability: On Our Shelves Now

Published: Graphix - October 18th, 2022

VCU Library wins award for comics contest

VCU Libraries wins an inaugural Intellectual Freedom Award from the Virginia Library Association

Projects related to Banned Book Week and the comic arts highlight how creative expression and censorship intersect in the past and present. [Jurgen Comics Contest]

VCU News Nov. 1, 2023

https://news.vcu.edu/article/2023/11/vcu-libraries-wins-an-inaugural-intellectual-freedom-award

WaPo blogger notices Betty Boop is still around

Actually, King Features has been pushing the character for at least 20 years...

Betty Boop is Back. But Why?

By Shane O'Neill Washington Post's Style Memo November 3 2023 https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596c1be2ade4e24119c3d7be&s=654551741825b93759fb1518

Ben Penrod, founder of Awesome Con, is starting a new one in the frozen north

Founder: Twin Cities Con is a judgment-free zone for all ages

Gracie Stockton and Emily Bright

November 2, 2023 MPR News

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/11/02/twin-cities-con-is-a-judgementfree-zone-for-all-ages

Christiann MacAuley posting Sticky Comics again

 I'm currently posting a new comic every Friday morning to stickycomics.com and GoComics! 

I'm regularly updating Mastodon, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (and sometimes Threads, Bluesky, and Tiktok), so if you're on one of those let's connect!

And if you want to license my work or get in touch about new places I could publish stuff, that would also be super cool! 
 

NoVa's Sal Buscema profiled

The Marvel-ous Art of Sal Buscema

Scoop November 3 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=271212

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/2/2023

 

DC announces new reader friendly Compact Comics graphic novel line

The new DC Compact Comics line will present classic, accessible stories for adults at a smaller print size and a cheaper cover price.

Joe Grunenwald

11/02/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-announces-compact-comics-graphic-novel-line/

 

INTERVIEW: Showrunner Mike McMahan with revelations on the STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS season 4 finale

Avery Kaplan

11/02/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-showrunner-mike-mcmahan-with-revelations-on-the-star-trek-lower-decks-season-4-finale/

 

This Kids' Show Is 'Indiana Jones in Reverse' [Curses; ]

By Laurel Graeber

A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 2, 2023, Section C, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Horror, Humor and History for Young Viewers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/arts/television/curses.html

 

Steve Bell speaks out after being sacked by email following 40 years at Guardian

Bell stood by his controversial cartoon of the Israeli prime minister, saying: "I think it works."

By Bron Maher and Dominic Ponsford

Press Gazette October 16, 2023

https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/guardian-steve-bell-cartoons-sacked-israel/

 

What the Consensus Got Wrong About The Guardian Firing of Cartoonist Steve Bell

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/11/01/what-the-consensus-got-wrong-about-the-guardian-firing-of-cartoonist-steve-bell/

 

Alley Oop, the Legend of a Comic Strip Caveman

How a famous comic strip character was born out of its local creator's interest in frontier life and pre-history.

by Michael H. Price

October 30, 2023

 https://fwtx.com/culture/alley-oop-the-legend-of-a-comic-strip-caveman/

 

'Futurama' Lands Two-Season Renewal at Hulu

The pickup will take the animated series through its 14th edition.

Rick Porter

November 2, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/futurama-renewed-through-season-14-hulu-1235634463/

 

NYCC 2023: Cartoonist and animator Bill Plympton on 'Slide,' his most personal film

The acclaimed artist spoke about his upcoming animated feature at New York Comic Con 2023.

October 23, 2023

By: Mary Fan

https://www.theworkprint.com/nycc-2023-cartoonist-and-animator-bill-plympton-on-slide-his-most-personal-film/123

 

Between Two Worlds: 'Blue Eye Samurai' Creatives Discuss Show's Origins & Complicated Heroine

By Devin Nealy

November 1, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/11/between-two-worlds-blue-eye-samurai-creatives-discuss-shows-origins-complicated-heroine/

this article was written for the

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

 

Yesterday's Papers October 16, 2023

COLLECTING ALLY SLOPER: THE RARE "SLOPER FAMILY" CARD SET or "IF YA CAN'T WIN 'EM…PRINT 'EM"!

by Bill Leach

http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2023/10/collecting-ally-sloper.html

 

Unlearning Shame, Exploring Kinks, and the Intersection of Mental Health with Erika Moen of Oh Joy Sex Toy

Lorrae Bradbury

The Pleasure Provocateur 10; Oct 17, 2023

https://sluttygirlproblems.com/podcast/ep-10-shame-kinks-mental-health-erika-oh-joy-sex-toy/

 

Interview : Boucq avec Bouncer choisit l'hécatombe pour un nouveau départ

Jean-Laurent TRUC

2 novembre 2023

https://www.ligneclaire.info/hecatombe-283518.html

 

20 Graphic Novels and Comics Inspired by Webtoons

by Brigid Alverson

Oct 30, 2023

https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/From-Screen-to-Page-20-Graphic-Novels-and-Comics-Inspired-by-Webtoons

 

Making Comics, Creating Community: Virtual Conversation with Lawrence Lindell and Breena Nuñez [Laneha House]

Dr. Maite Urcaregui

San José State University November 1 2023: https://vimeo.com/event/3826443

 

Rayna Denison (University of Bristol)

"Contemporary Franchising of the Global Superhero: From Analogue Comics to Digital Animation"

1 November 2023

University of Leeds

https://leeds365-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/fineb_leeds_ac_uk/EUxfpVl9ughDhptADZpu7hABw77J6wv0E8DsTcBARITCPw?e=egcLsC

 

End of The CW's DC Era: 'Superman & Lois' to Conclude With Season 4

The news comes as producer Warner Bros. TV is clearing the decks of DC shows to make way for the James Gunn era.

Lesley Goldberg

November 2, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/superman-and-lois-end-season-4-the-cw-dc-1235635904/

 

Jock sells out with Gone #1 from DSTLRY

Heidi MacDonald

11/02/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/jock-sells-out-with-gone-1-from-dstlry/

 

Paul Gravett: »Ko se umetnost ustali, preneha biti prostor svobode in odkrivanja.«

1. 11. 2023 / Literatura / Intervju

Eva Ule

Matevž Rems

Liplin Šerbetar Tajda

https://koridor-ku.si/literatura/paul-gravett-ko-se-umetnost-ustali-preneha-biti-prostor-svobode-in-odkrivanja/#

Eric Orner profiled in the Blade

Graphic novel 'Smahtguy' offers timely bio of Barney Frank

Cartoonist Eric Orner makes policy suspenseful

Kathi Wolfe

Washington Blade October 27, 2023: 30.

online at https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/10/27/smahtguy-book-review/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/1/2023

Cartoonist Zoom Rockman Quits Private Eye After Receiving Death Threat

Zoom Rockman posted to TwitterX, "After 6 years and 137 cartoons published I've quit Private Eye" following a death threat.

by Rich Johnston

 01 Nov 2023 
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cartoonist-zoom-rockman-quits-private-eye-after-receiving-death-threat/

 

Comic Stores Open, One Re-Opens

Bleeding Cool always tries to keep an eye on comic stores that close, those that open and those that change. Here's the current list.

Oct 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/seven-comics-stores-close-ten-comic-stores-open-one-re-opens/

 

Les Ghouls: Roy Thomas Short Film Precursor to Werewolf by Night

Les Ghouls, a 1958 silent home movie by future Marvel editor and writer Roy Thomas, is the untold "secret origin" of MCU's Werewolf by Night!

 , 31 Oct 2023  

by Adi Tantimedh

 https://bleedingcool.com/tv/les-ghouls-roy-thomas-short-film-precursor-to-werewolf-by-night/

 

The cartoonist behind "Wallace the Brave"  

David Wright

Rhode Island PBS Weekly

Jun 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6XhCRok9tM

 

Josh Bayer

Virtual Memories Show 561 October 31, 2023 by Gil Roth

https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-561-josh-bayer

https://traffic.libsyn.com/virtualmemories/Episode_561_-_Josh_Bayer.mp3

 

Interview with Author and Artist Laura Lee Gulledge

Alena Duggan

CAUSE Community Network Oct 10, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fIj5IMmiJI

 

INTERVIEW: Matt Lesniewski talks FACELESS AND THE FAMILY

Zack Quaintance

11/01/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-matt-lesniewski-talks-faceless-and-the-family/

 

'Trolls Band Together' Producer Gina Shay on Her Colorful Career, Inspirations & Characters

By Ramin Zahed

October 31, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/10/trolls-band-together-producer-gina-shay-on-her-colorful-career-inspirations-characters/

 

Tim Seeley and Jim Terry: Episode 1 of The Vault Cast!  [Deathstalker]

Daniel Crary

Vault Comics Oct 30, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuC3S4AlfVA

 

The Keith Giffen Tribute

Austin English | November 1, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/the-keith-giffen-tribute/

 

Reviews: Martine Moon #1

Tom Shapira | November 1, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/martine-moon-1/

 

Ryan Holmberg unveils SMUDGE, a new "horror, pulp and dark fantasy" manga imprint

Her Frankenstein, a cult horror manga from the 1980s will be the first Smudge release in 2024

Joel Savill

10/31/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/ryan-holmberg-unveils-smudge-a-new-horror-pulp-and-dark-fantasy-manga-imprint/

 

Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle Plot the Most Violent Wolverine Story of All Time

By Dave Richards

CBR October 26 2023

https://www.cbr.com/wolverine-sabretooth-war-benamin-percy-victor-lavalle-interview/

 

Episode 131 - Michael Shaw's Halloween Spooktacular

Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius

 New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Season 3 Episode 131 October 31, 2023

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1719352/13883623-episode-131-michael-shaw-s-halloween-spooktacular?t=0

 

J.C. Duffy. 2023-

SUBSTACK LIGHTNING

https://jcduffy.substack.com/

The Heartland of Nubia: An Interview with D Ajayi on 'O Kingdom Come'

Barney Smith

StoryComic Presents 317

Nov 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngu7PGsbhZ8

 

Ryan Claytor Talks Michigan State University's Comics Forum

Comics@SDSU

Oct 31, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3prrYDmVso

 

Summer Camp memories With Shelly Bond

wordballoon

October 31 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcaM6RpOsXY

 

Literary Adaptations: John Jennings in conversation with Bryan Moss

CXC Festival

 Oct 31, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWTBc9_XNOc

 

Ghosts of Fantagraphics Past!

Noah Van Sciver

 Oct 30, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b31kQV6uYBE

 

Patton Oswalt celebrates the release of THE ALTERNATES and 45 years of FORBIDDEN PLANET!

Andrew Sumner

Forbidden Planet TV

 Oct 31, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU_UaTf6g3c

 

Joseph Schmalke // Horror Week 2023

Justin Soderberg

Capes and Tights Podcast #134:

 Oct 31, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV9gC-Do-2o

 

Scott Chantler Spotlight – Interviewed by Irene Velentzas

CXC Festival

 Oct 30, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI93Ozb3m0M

 

Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge: A Carl Barks and Don Rosa Retrospective

The Comics Cube with Duy Tano

   Oct 30, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV7WZQmHYtM

 

Hank Hill forever: In anticipation of Hulu's upcoming King Of The Hill reboot, show insiders and fans reflect on the laid-back comedy's legacy

Stephen K. Hirst

AV Club November 1 2023

https://www.avclub.com/king-of-the-hill-legacy-hulu-reboot-1850976923

 

Crisis at Marvel: Jonathan Majors Back-Up Plans, 'The Marvels' Reshoots, Reviving Original Avengers and More Issues Revealed

Tatiana Siegel 

https://variety.com/2023/film/features/marvel-jonathan-majors-problem-the-marvels-reshoots-kang-1235774940/

 

Designed for Phones, Webtoons Find a Home in Print

by Brigid Alverson

Oct 31, 2023

https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/Designed-for-Phones-Webtoons-Find-a-Home-in-Print-comics-manga-graphic-novels

 

INTERVIEW: Isaki Uta, creator of "Is Love the Answer" and "Mine-kun is Asexual"

The creator of intriguing, thought-provoking stories about not-so-everyday grown-up relationships talks about doujinshi and drawing stories about the "A" in LGBTIA.

MSX: Mangasplaining Extra

Nov 1, 2023

https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/interview-isaki-uta-creator-of-is/comments

 

Georgia Higley, "America's comic book librarian," retires from Library of Congress

by Mike Rhode

ComicsDC and International Journal of Comic Art blogs November 01, 2023

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/11/georgia-higley-americas-comic-book.html and https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/11/georgia-higley-americas-comic-book.html

Georgia Higley, "America's comic book librarian," retires from Library of Congress

by Mike Rhode

I don't know if anyone actually ever called her "America's comic book librarian," but someone should have.

On October 31, 2023, Georgia Higley retired from the Library of Congress (LOC) where she had worked for 33 years upon joining the staff as a library intern in 1990. Georgia had been in charge of the Newspapers and Current Periodicals division and had overseen the rebuilding, strengthening, and spotlighting of one of the largest comic book collections in the world and possibly the largest in America. The website for the collection calls it, "The largest publicly available comic book collection in the world is comprised of over 165,000 original print issues and 12,000 different titles that span 1934-present."

The following bullet points about her career were initially pulled from the LOC's internal newsletter The Gazette (January 30, 2004) and updated by one of her colleagues:

• Began her career at the Library of Congress on September 4, 1990.
• Served in varying capacities: intern, reference librarian, automated reference service specialist, acting head of Reference Section, co-founder of the LOC Reference Forum, trustee for the LOC Professional Association Continuing Education Fund, section head of Newspaper and finally newly reorganized Physical Collections Services Section
• Headed the Newspaper Section from 2004 to 2020.
• In 2020 appointed head of the Physical Collections Services Section – a combined section of newspapers, government documents and current periodicals, responsible for acquiring, preserving and serving physical collections of the division.
• Significant force behind the expansion and preservation of the comic book collection in the early 2000s through today.

While Georgia was running the section that collected comics, in 2011 the Library and the Small Press Expo (SPX) began to work together to ensure the preservation of America's alternative and mini comics through a cooperative program that saw LOC librarians fanning out throughout the SPX exhibit floor and asking cartoonists to donate copies of their works. Those works were then added to a Small Press Expo collection (actually two - one of comic books, and one of original art, prints, and ephemera) at the Library. As of this writing 3,345 comics have been cataloged. The project is the work of scores of people, but Georgia has been one of the mainstays of it.

When asked about her plans at her recent retirement party, Georgia said that she might volunteer for SPX in the future, but in the meantime she would be working on cleaning out an old shed falling apart in her backyard. We wish her well in both of those endeavors. 

 

 

 

 

The comic book collection remains open for research and the division is currently being overseen by longtime comic book reference librarian Megan Halsband. 

This article has been posted simultaneously to the ComicsDC and International Journal of Comic Art blogs.