Tuesday, November 07, 2023
1/6: The Graphic Novel interview at the Beat
1/6: The Graphic Novel, Issue #1 – What if the Attack on the U.S. Capitol had Succeeded?
11/07/2023
Nov 10: "From Teleos to the Beyond" exhibit opens in Silver Spring
Upcoming Comics Exhibition," From TELEOS to the Beyond"
Dithers Humor with the Existential and the Mundane
SILVER SPRING, MD— DWIGHTMESS Cartooning & Comic Arts, a new gallery devoted to experimental and cutting-edge independent comics and illustration, is proud to announce its next exhibition, From Telos to the Beyond, a conceptual group show exploring material spirituality and existentialism through comics, featuring the original comics art of Sam Sharpe, Everett Bass, Bob Kubbers and Peach S. Goodrich.
Combining the uncanny and the profane, the arcane and the contemporary, From Telos to Beyond represents a cartoonists' inclination for testing out possible habitable cosmic systems through the particularized and unshared realities of their art. Humanity's inclination to obsessively name its purpose through art is a feature of popular Western cosmogony, and is put into illuminatingly weird action by these artists through the language of sequential storytelling.
Sam Sharpe and Peach S. Goodrich are collaborators on Viewotron, an anthology of recurring stories that match comedic riffs with philosophical narrative rhymes that could only happen in comics. Populated with talking animal college students, goal-less explorers, space monsters, debunked deities, and unexamined consciences, the publication's weird humor reminds us that no one is safe from the stresses in our lives that can embolden one to self-sabotage.
Combined with Sharpe and Goodrich, the perfect draftsmanship and storytelling of comics artist Bob Lubbers (1922-2017) reveals a mastery of and seamless relationship to the comics medium that would seem, to contemporary eyes, eerie to maintain and distinctive in its compositions. His bold creativity, on display in comic strips such as 'Lil Abner, Tarzan, The Saint, and Secret Agent X9 should have afforded him more recognition. According to comics journalist Paul Gravett, Lubbers is 'not the celebrated cartoonist he should be.' Additionally, in these strange & obscure, possibly unpublished comic strips titled Buck Danes, Everett Bass, an artist surmised to have worked in the 1940's, engages a singular, running commentary about making ends meet through its characters that mirrors the political realism of Harold Gray's renowned and long-running comic strip, Little Orphan Annie. That the comic may well represent a failed attempt to capitalize on Gray's success by featuring familiar working-class themes and a relatable drawing style, it ultimately still succeeds at replicating Gray's comic universe, but for purposes too fascinatingly odd to be understood.
Additional Info: Copies of "Viewotron" will be available during the exhibition; Subscribe to our newsletter "The GRAFFO Broadsheet" to follow along as DWIGHTMESS and Sam Sharpe discuss his comic, "That First Summer After College We All Stayed in the City and Founded Religions." A virtual/IRL artist discussion event will take place in early December with Sam Sharpe along with the release of a 'zine of forgotten artist Everett Bass' comic-strips. We hope you'll join us on one of the gallery's first deep dives into the architecture of comics-making and its capabilities for sparking discussion and reflection!
"From Teleos to the Beyond" | November 10 - December 31, 2023
Sam Sharpe | Everette Bass | Bob Lubbers | Peach S Goodrich
DWIGHTMESS Cartooning & Comic Arts
805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 [entrance on Ripley Street]
Opening Reception: Friday, Nov. 10, 7-9pm; Light refreshments & beverages served; Sam Sharpe to be present virtually, Peach S Goodrich will attend.
Gallery Hours: By Event & Appointment. Contact adam@dwightmess.com to schedule a viewing.
Subscribe and access our newsletter at http://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/6/2023
Hodgson, Mike. 1969
A Wildly Funny Collection of With Sgt. Mike Cartoons
Essandess
Hodgson, Michael T. 1971.
With Sgt Mike In Vietnam.
Army Times Publishing Company.
Online at https://archive.org/details/padp1/
With Sgt. Mike
Mike Dobbs Out of the Inkwell blog
APRIL 01, 2012
https://outoftheinkwell.blogspot.com/2012/04/with-sgt.html
IDW Publishing Closes Their Offices In San Diego For Good?
Bleeding Cool gets the word that IDW Entertainment/Publishing shut their San Diego offices last week. And that it came as quite a surprise.
05 Nov 2023
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-publishing-closes-their-offices-in-san-diego/
Michelle Jing Chan Auctions First Graphic Novel Rights For Six Figures
Michelle Jing Chan's debut graphic novel, Somewhere in the Gray, has sold world rights at auction, in a six-figure publishing deal.
05 Nov 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/michelle-jing-chan-auctions-rights-first-graphic-novel-six-figures/
Naoki Urusawa Talks Pluto, 20th Century Boys & Career at Lucca 2023
Manga creator Naoki Urusawa (Pluto, Monster, 20th Century Boys) discussed his career, adaptations & more at a Lucca 2023 press conference
05 Nov 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/naoki-urusawa-talks-pluto-20th-century-boys-career-at-lucca-2023/
COMICBOOKS FOR TROOPS EVENT TO BE HELD VETERANS DAY WEEKEND
Support from Retailers, Others in Industry Welcomed
Brigid Alverson on November 3, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55503/comicbooks-troops-event-be-held-veterans-day-weekend
GRAPHIC NOVELS, MANGA ON AWARDS CIRCUIT
Dark Horse, Holt, Fantagraphics Titles Recognized
Johanna Draper Carlson on November 3, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55507/graphic-novels-manga-awards-circuit
Brian K. Vaughn's "DROP" | A live table-read
Jay Szpirs, Brittany Tomes, Jenn, Hawk, and Brent
Geeks with Kids 173 ; Sep 8, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqINY2x8zgc
DC Compact Comics Will Reprint Popular Collections in a Smaller Size
By John Maher
Nov 06, 2023
INTERVIEW: Ron Cacace on Scam Likely's debut in ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #345.
Avery Kaplan 11/06/2023
INTERVIEW: David Pepose on the "tightrope" of creating a new PUNISHER
New PUNISHER writer David Pepose talks the origins of Joe Garrison, the character's connection to the larger Marvel Universe, and the politics of The Punisher in 2023.
Joe Grunenwald 11/06/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/punisher-david-pepose-interview-marvel-comics/
Comics inspire retiree to pen his own [Frank Krulicki's House of Wonders; Canada]
By Geoff Lee
November 2, 2023
https://www.meridiansource.ca/comics-inspire-retiree-to-pen-his-own/
"You Don't Need Permission": An Interview with Lawrence Lindell
Whit Taylor | November 6, 2023
https://www.tcj.com/you-dont-need-permission-an-interview-with-lawrence-lindell/
'Garfield Minus Garfield': The Man Who Popularized the Most Famous 'Garfield' Meme Is Still At It
Brian VanHooker
November 04, 2023
'Echo' Trailer Reveals Major Marvel Firsts: TV-MA Rating, Simultaneous Hulu Debut and Native American and Deaf Lead
Laura Clark
Variety Nov 3, 2023
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/echo-trailer-marvel-hulu-rating-release-date-1235778785/
Jim Lee, Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics, on Finding a Work-Life Balance: 'I Fell Asleep Twice While I Was Driving'
Davide Abbatescianni
Variety Nov 5, 2023
https://variety.com/2023/film/global/jim-lee-dc-comics-lucca-1235780700/
'300,' 'Sin City' Creator Frank Miller on Setting Up His Own Publishing Banner: 'It's Time to Be an Adult'
Davide Abbatescianni
Variety Nov 5, 2023
https://variety.com/2023/film/global/frank-miller-lucca-1235780612/
'Preacher,' 'The Boys' Co-Creator Garth Ennis, 'the Quentin Tarantino of Comics,' Talks War, Religion, New Work 'Partisan'
Davide Abbatescianni
Variety Nov 5, 2023
Lucca Comics & Games 2023 Fest Offers Something for Every Fan, From 'Harry Potter' to 'Hunger Games'
Davide Abbatescianni
Variety October 30 2023
Taraja Ramsess, 'Black Panther' and 'Avengers: Endgame' Stuntman, Dies at 41
Caroline Brew
Variety November 5 2023
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/taraja-ramsess-dead-black-panther-1235780693/
In their new book How to Love, comic artist Alex Norris changes hearts and minds
Navigating queer relationships, singlehood and being friends with an ex, Alex Norris' lively characters help answer all the big questions. [webcomics]
Yaya Azariah Clarke
2 November 2023
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/alex-norris-how-to-love-illustration-publication-project-021123
Nov 6 2023
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode sixty | Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, part two
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/no-not-that-one
Loki season 2: B-15 has been one of Loki's greatest allies all along
By George Marston
Newsarama November 3 2023
https://www.gamesradar.com/loki-season-2-agent-b-15-has-been-one-of-lokis-greatest-allies-all-along/
Loki season 2 is hinting at the biggest Loki story of the last decade, as best it can
What happens to the God of Lies when he stops lying?
By Susana Polo@NerdGerhl Nov 3, 2023
https://www.polygon.com/23944904/loki-season-2-god-of-stories-time-travel
Retired S.I. cop's dream: Bring superhero comic book series to life [ Jason Auerbach's The Villains]
Toniann DiCostanzo
Oct. 30, 2023
'Times have changed': Homer will no longer strangle Bart on 'The Simpsons'
By Kelly Hayes
November 6, 2023
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/homer-no-longer-strangle-bart-the-simpsons
[DISPATCH] A Deep Dive with Molly Mahan
The Editrix Maxima swings by for a wide-ranging conversation and shares new art.
3 Worlds / 3 Moons
Nov 6, 2023
https://3w3m.substack.com/p/dispatch-deep-dive-molly-mahan
Interview: Serial Killer City Limits with Kill More's Scott Bryan Wilson
Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
Oct 30, 2023
Bret Blevins Ghosting Art for Mike Manley on The Phantom and Judge Parker
D. D. Degg
Gen V Has Made the X-Men More Relevant Than Ever
Gen V effortlessly continues the biting satire of The Boys' superhero celebrity universe, but the X-Men's tales of finding peace amidst enormous oppression are sorely needed right now.
By Joe George | November 4, 2023
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/gen-v-has-made-the-x-men-more-relevant-than-ever/
Whether You Like It or Not, the MCU Changed Captain Marvel for the Better
Carol Danvers' Marvel Comics history is both messy and deeply problematic. The MCU version of Carol might not have won everyone over, but it's a massive improvement on the source material.
By Joe George | November 6, 2023
The Attack on Titan Ending is Perfect
By Daniel Kurland | November 6, 2023
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-attack-on-titan-ending-is-perfect/
'Aliens FC': Sefi Carmel's Creation Entertainment Media Plays to Win with Animated Football Feature
By Ramin Zahed
November 3, 2023
This article was written for the December '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 335)
Monday, November 06, 2023
Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Kill More's Scott Bryan Wilson
Interview: Serial Killer City Limits with Kill More's Scott Bryan Wilson
Oct 30, 2023
Adam Griffith's The Graffo Broadsheet
The Graffo Broadsheet is a flux of experimental comic strips, comics research, guest artist features, and project reporting from an arts compound that includes a multimedia cartooning & illustration lab and a comics-centric gallery in Silver Spring, MD USA.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/4-5/2023
Editor & Translator Anne Ishii at Fantom Comics
Jacob Shapiro
Fantom Comics (November 5 2023): https://www.instagram.com/p/CzR3TIYRY5D/
Relaunching one hero means grounding another [Spider-Man and Flash Gordon comic strips letter]
Allen Mears
Washington Post November 4 2023
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/03/taylor-swift-jim-jordan-gaza-ukraine/
'It would be amazing if this led to something': Anna Readman, winner of our graphic short story prize 2023
Dancing Queen, Readman's meditation on a lost friend, won this year's Observer/Faber graphic short story prize. Now she's glad she gave up the day job…
Rachel Cooke
5 Nov 2023
Echo to launch new Marvel Studios label with less emphasis on "larger MCU continuity"
It seems like Marvel Studios quietly just announced that it's not super committed to this whole "cinematic universe" thing
Sam Barsanti
AV Club November 4 2023
https://www.avclub.com/echo-disney-plus-marvel-spotlight-1850992981
Frank Miller Wins Yellow Kid Master Of Comics Award at Lucca
The awards ceremony for Lucca Comics & Games 2023 was held at the Teatro del Giglio last night, presented by Emanuele Vietina.
03 Nov 2023
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/frank-miller-wins-yellow-kid-master-of-comics-award-at-lucca/
Last laugh: Tim Nimigan retiring Our Town comic series after 20 years [Canada]
Adam Prudhomme
Napanee Beaver November 3, 2023
https://www.napaneebeaver.ca/last-laugh-tim-nimigan-retiring-our-town-comic-series-after-20-years/
Bad Idea Giving Away $150-$250 Comics at Their NC Comicon Panel
by Rich Johnston
03 Nov 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bad-idea-giving-away-150-250-comics-at-their-nc-comicon-panel/
The Story of Comic Twart and the Power of Finding Your Community
David Harper
July 9, 2019
https://sktchd.com/longform/the-story-of-comic-twart-and-the-power-of-finding-your-community/
Megumi Hayashibara Steps Down as Voice of Hello Kitty After 33 Years
posted on 2023-11-01
by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Manga Ends on December 1
posted on 2023-11-01 21:47 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Manga Creator Machiko Satonaka Honored as Person of Cultural Merit
posted on 2023-11-03 16:00 EDT by Alex Mateo
A new graphic memoir details illustrator Edel Rodriguez's escape from Cuba in 1980
Scott Simon
Weekend Edition Saturday November 4, 2023
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2023/11/20231104_wesat_book_worm.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1210645237
Skybound relaunches historic Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation
Taimur Dar
11/04/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/skybound-relaunches-historic-spike-mikes-festival-of-animation/
The Importance of a website
And the death of social media as we knew it
André Lima Araújo
Castrum Lusitania Nov 4, 2023
https://andrelimaaraujo.substack.com/p/the-importance-of-a-website
A perfect Sunday with... Brandon M. Easton
Tocilog, Led Zeppelin and rainy afternoons!
Cavan Scott
the Cavletter Nov 5, 2023
https://cavanscott.substack.com/p/a-perfect-sunday-with-brandon-m-easton
Kevin Fagan talks new book Deja Drabble
Tom Ward
Sports Page Weekly
Volume 22, Issue 10, November 3- November 9, 2023: 6.
online at https://www.calameo.com/read/000906743b78a543a6ba5
Dr. Gregory D. Grabiak August 2, 1939 — October 29, 2023 [Pluggers contributor]
Clement L. Pantalone Funeral Home (October 31 2023): https://www.pantalone.com/obituaries/gregory-grabiak
On Display in the Gallery 9/15/2023-01-13-2024
The Cartoon Art of Sandy Plunkett: A Brush, With History!
Southeast Ohio History Center
https://southeastohiohistory.org/exhibit/the-cartoon-art-of-sandy-plunkett-a-brush-with-history/
Sunday, November 05, 2023
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "#EjectIsrael"
"Eject Israel"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3726
So, late last week, I'm hearing all this bullshit bubbling in the news
about Genocide Joe calling for a "pause" in the Israel-Palestine
"conflict" so that the hostages can get out safely — god bless their
exceptional asses — and maybe also so that any Palestinians remaining
who are actually able to move can also get out, and probably end up
being bombed on the highway to the refugee camps, or bombed at the
camp once they get there, or both; thanks so much, Joe.
And as I was starting to work on this piece the night before the big
mobilization for Palestinian solidarity here in DC this past Saturday,
I was seeing a lot of chatter on the Web about how Israel should be
expelled from the United Nations for this horror — an excellent idea,
though they'd never get it through because Israel's big, fat, rich
asshole Uncle has veto power at the Security Council. Still, what an
awesome thought — drum the bastards outta the UN.
But, aaaanyway, yeah; El Presidente wants a "pause". "Pause", my
goddamn ass. Time to hit "Stop" and "Eject". Israel is the scuffy,
overplayed, worn-out, hissy old British post-punk mixtape tangled up
in the Earth's 1989 cassette/CD combo boombox, and no pencil made can
save it.
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"US President Joe Biden calls for 'pause' in Israel-Gaza conflict",
BBC 11.02.2023
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67294334
Mike Flugennock fotos of the National Gaza Mobe in Washington DC,
11.04.2023 on Facebook, 1 of 2:
https://www.facebook.com/flugennock/posts/pfbid02ABDCPv51Y2VwPAcR9m8Ep2bNkGiA4jBwniKudHuseJiZQrgcjswcwvBjuYMW193Ll
Mike Flugennock fotos of the National Gaza Mobe in Washington DC,
11.04.2023 on Facebook, 2 of 2:
https://www.facebook.com/flugennock/posts/pfbid02mdREQWab3DMHFB73hCDddTrBzBn58D8ScqU4X9kLn7WokQkZosEssv2bjycijUkwl
Mike Flugennock video footage of the National Gaza Mobe in Washington,
DC, 11.04.2023 on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/flugennock/posts/pfbid02RqqdL7TuZxFx35FJHFVCDwHxDKsvSQ6jFy32q1uZRhAjtgPAuHsinoELAtjXYoUBl
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Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2
NPR talks to Edel Rodriguez about his new graphic novel
A new graphic memoir details illustrator Edel Rodriguez's escape from Cuba in 1980
Illustrator Edel Rodriguez fled Cuba with his family during the Mariel boatlift in 1980, a story he tells in his new graphic memoir, "Worm." He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about it.
"Legendary Craft" from SL Gallant
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That darn Spider-Man in the WaPo
Mr. Mears is apparently unaware that, like Dilbert, Spider-Man is no longer being syndicated. In fact Michael Cavna did an article on this before the switchover. I personally would have preferred to see Marvel hire a new writer/artist team for Spider-Man but apparently it's not worth Disney's time.
Relaunching one hero means grounding another [Spider-Man comic strip letter]
Allen Mears, McLean
Washington Post November 4 2023
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/03/taylor-swift-jim-jordan-gaza-ukraine/
Allen Mears, McLean
Washington Post November 4 2023
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/03/taylor-swift-jim-jordan-gaza-ukraine/
So, Post comics are adding "Flash Gordon" and dropping "The Amazing Spider-Man," according to the Oct. 21 Style article "Flash Gordon takes flight again on comics pages." That is a bad move.
"Spider-Man" is so well drawn and has such good plots and characters that it is a favorite of many readers.