Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/16-17/2023

At the end of my own tether, I loved seeing this dog freed [Mutts letter]

Doug Crump, Silver Spring

Washington Post December 16 2023: A15.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/15/readers-hamas-prisoners-tokitae-eagles/

 

6 of the best comic book stores in the D.C. area [in print as Six great comic book stores for both newbies and longtime fans]

By Lucas Trevor

Washington Post December 15, 2023 : Weekend 8.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/13/best-comics-stores-dc/

 

Nemesis The Warlock: The Definitive Commentary

Kevin (as usual) was late on delivering the art and this was just as well because the Managing Editor Bob Bartholomew absolutely hated it.

Pat Mills

Iconoblast Dec 17, 2023

https://iconoblast.substack.com/p/nemesis-warlock-definitive-intro

 

Doctor Moebius and Mister Gir [interviews]

Numa Sadoul and Edward Gauvin (trans).

Dark Horse 2023

 

Joe Casey advises you to 'Kneel Before Zod'

Chris Coplan

December 14, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/14/zod-joe-casey-interview/

 

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 251: Kyle Starks on mystery and a joyous bond in 'Pine and Merrimac'

David Brooke and Nathan Simmons

December 10, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/10/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-251-kyle-starks/

 

X-Men Monday #231 – Steve Orlando Talks 'Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver'

Chris Hassan

December 11, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/11/x-men-monday-steve-orlando-quicksilver-2/

 

Oh Boy! Mickey Mouse Enters Public Domain after 95 Years

Animation Magazine December 14, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/12/this-is-it-mickey-mouse-enters-public-domain-after-95-years/

 

The SKTCHD AWRDS: The Creators of 2023

By David Harper

December 16, 2023

https://sktchd.com/column/the-sktchd-awrds-the-creators-of-2023/

 

Los Hermanos Calavera On Animating Wrestling's Greatest Masked Luchador In 'Rey Mysterio Vs. The Darkness' [Mexico]

By Jamie Lang | 12/14/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/los-hermanos-calavera-rey-mysterio-vs-the-darkness-235833.html

 

#142: Simon Birks, Willi Roberts and Lyndon White - Antarctica

Justin Soderberg

Capes and Tights  Dec 13, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5bwPy0JLaY

 

The Cartoonist Cooperative: Fighting for a Fairer Industry

Sloane Leong, A.C. Esguerra and Andrew Neal

CXC Festival Dec 13, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRIjlZiar6o

 

How Netflix And Annapurna Resurrected One Of The Most Courageous Animated Films Of All Time, 'Nimona' (Exclusive Video)

Amid Amidi, ND Stevenson, directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, and production designer Aidan Sugano

By Cartoon Brew Connect | 12/13/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/presented-by-netflix/how-netflix-and-annapurna-resurrected-one-of-the-most-courageous-animated-films-of-all-time-nimona-exclusive-video-235629.html

 

The Nimona Filmmakers In Conversation With Cartoon Brew

Amid Amidi, ND Stevenson, directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, and production designer Aidan Sugano

Netflix: Behind the Streams  Dec 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvnl3J-6t4I

 

Director Mike Mitchell Credits An Eight Year Gap Between Films For The 'Badass Gopro' Effects In The First Trailer For 'Kung Fu Panda 4'

Jamie Lang | 12/13/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/kung-fu-panda-4-trailer-mike-mitchell-235782.html

 

Netflix Releases Massive Trove Of Viewing Data And The Most-Watched Animated Series And Films Are A Big Surprise

Jamie Lang | 12/13/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/netflix-releases-massive-trove-of-viewing-data-and-the-most-watched-animated-series-and-films-are-a-big-surprise-235801.html

 

Netflix Engagement Report - 2023: Animated Feature Films

Ryan Grobins

December 2023

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M1sAtdxn42cIWrABHD_uPwj4FXywQVyVN-aRvq6ajS8/edit#gid=0

 

DC Comics Serialises Its Kids' Original Graphic Novels In 2024

DC Comics is taking two kids-aimed digest graphic novels, Primer and Batman And Howard by Jeffrey Brown and serialising them. 

 15 Dec 2023   by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-serialises-its-kids-original-graphic-novels-in-2024/

 

Comic artist Marc Rousseau pens 'grumpy love letter' to Saskatoon

In The Miserable Guide to Saskatoon 2, Rousseau invites Saskatonians to laugh at a city that's "a little bit ridiculous."

Julia Peterson

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Nov 30, 2023

https://thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/local-arts/comic-artist-marc-rousseau-pens-grumpy-love-letter-to-saskatoon

 

Ka-Pow! Oof! Thwack! Comics punch into art curriculum [student cartoonists]

Brandon Harder

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Jun 20, 2016

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/ka-pow-oof-thwack-comics-punch-into-art-curriculum

 

How the Grinch stole my heart

Dr. Seuss's rhythm and rhymes were a Christmas miracle for my family

Ron Charles

Washington Post December 17, 2023: B3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/12/13/grinch-who-stole-christmas-seuss/

 

How to tell your friends and family to have small or no-gift holidays [in print as A gift anyone will love, not just your teachers]

Michelle Singletary and Antoinette Thomas.

Washington Post December 17 2023: G1-3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/12/05/small-no-gifts-holidays-birthdays/

 

A View of Black Speculative Past and Future: An Interview with Tim Fielder

Julian Chambliss

Third Stone, Vol. 3 [2023], Iss. 1, Art. 5

https://scholarworks.rit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=thirdstone

 

Busi Rizzi, Giorgio. 2023. Projecting, connecting, reconfiguring: Nostalgic and antinostalgic features in Richard McGuire's "Here". Comparatismi,(8): https://doi.org/10.14672/20232283 and https://www.ledijournals.com/ojs/index.php/comparatismi/article/view/2283

 

Harvey, L.H., Branch-Elliman, W., Boudreau, J. et al. Harm reduction stories: leveraging graphic medicine to engage veterans in substance use services within the VA. Harm Reduct J 20, 177 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00886-8 and https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-023-00886-8

 

'Transitions' explores the process of a mother's acceptance of her child's gender

Tahneer Oksman

NPR December 8, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/08/1214223991/book-review-elodie-durand-graphic-novel-transitions

 

In Memory: David R. Davis

By Gayleen Rabakukk

Cynsations https://cynthialeitichsmith.com/2018/09/in-memory-david-r-davis/

 

Texas Reads: Texas children's author David Davis was a friend

Glenn Dromgoole

Abilene Reporter-News June 16 2018

https://www.reporternews.com/story/life/columnists/glenn-dromgoole/2018/06/16/texas-reads-texas-childrens-author-david-davis-friend/681531002/

 

Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library

Brian Flota and Kate Morris

ACRL, 2023

https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/comic-books-special-collections-and-academic-library

 

Introduction: Approaches to Comics Stewardship: Making the Case for Academic Library Special Collections

Brian Flota and Kate Morris

 

Part 1. Why Should Your Institution Collect Comics?

Chapter 1: Collecting Comics: Transcending Barriers and Building Community

Yuki Hibben, Andrea Kohashi, and Cindy Jackson

 

Chapter 2: The Scarcity of Comic Books in American Research Libraries

Kelli Hansen

 

Chapter 3: Digital Comics and Critical Librarianship: What, Why and How: A Perspective from the UK

Thomas Gebhart

 

Chapter 4: Creating an Entry Point for Minicomics in an Academic Library

Paul Hanna

 

Chapter 5: "It's the Most Revolutionary Text There Is": Teaching Critical Visual Literacy with Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous Graphic Novels

Jennifer Bowers, Katherine Crowe, and Peggy Keeran

 

Chapter 6: "More Deadly than the Atom Bomb!": Anti-Drug Messaging and the Comics Code in 1971

Jessica Nickrand and Nick Borger

 

Chapter 7: The Silent Voice of the Australian Comic Book: Understanding the Importance of Collecting Locally Produced Comic Books

Daniel Wee

 

Part 2. Your Library Collects or Wants to Collect Comics. Now What?

Chapter 8: Bibliography, Print Culture, and What to Do with Comic Books in a Rare Books Library

Michael C. Weisenburg

 

Chapter 9: The Alain Van Passen Collection: A Unique Collection That Offers Unique Opportunities

Paul Buschmann and Beatrijs Goegebuer

 

Chapter 10: Processing Legacy Comic Book Collections in a Special Collections Library

Jordan Jancosek

 

Chapter 11: Across the Panels: Non-MARC Metadata for Comic Strips

Annamarie C. Klose and Wendy Pflug

 

Chapter 12: Unexpected Wins: Curating Comics and Teaching Manga from the Dark Horse Comics Collection

Elsa Loftis and Jon Holt

 

Part 3. How Do You Engage in Library Instruction and Outreach with Your Comics Collection?

Chapter 13: Rescuing and Cataloging Comic Books in the Newspaper Library of Mexico, Hemeroteca Nacional de México

Laura Nallely Hernández Nieto

 

Chapter 14: Surveying Three Approaches for Cataloging Comic Books Collections

Wendy Pflug

 

Chapter 15: Mining the Silver Age: Utilizing a Comic Book Collection in Library Instruction and Exhibits

Randi Beem and Marc Bess

 

Chapter 16: From Obscurity to Relatability: Translating Historical Editorial Cartoons for Today's Audience

Elizabeth Call and Rebekah Walker

 

Part 4. How Can Comics Be Used as Primary and Secondary Source Material by Students and Faculty?

Chapter 17: What About Crowdfunded Comics?

Matthew Murray  and Mara L. Thacker

 

Chapter 18: The Whole Picture: Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Supplement Primary Source Instruction with LGBTQ Archives

Meagan May

 

Chapter 19: The Art of Propaganda: Maoist Lianhuanhua Comics as Historical and Visual Sources

Matthew Wills

 

Chapter 20: Holy Heroes! Catholic Comic Books in Special Collections

Henry Handley, Stephanie Shreffler, and Jillian Ewalt

 

The Tunnel of Love [fiction, main character is a cartoonist]

Peter De Vries

Little Brown & Co, 1954

 

My Jewish Charlie Brown Christmas

James Poniewozik

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 17, 2023, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: 'Charlie Brown Christmas,' a Hanukkah Classic.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/arts/television/a-charlie-brown-christmas.html

 

Comics, Cops, & Capitalism newsletter

by Johnny Damm

https://johnnydamm.substack.com/

 

My immigrant ancestors were despised by America

And within three generations became American nativists who despised the next wave [political cartoons; Irish]

David W Fitzsimmons

Dec 17, 2023

https://davidwfitzsimmons.substack.com/p/my-immigrant-ancestors-were-despised

 

Disney Is a Language. Do We Still Speak It?

As the company celebrates its 100th anniversary, its dominance as a generation-spanning cultural force no longer seems certain.

By Alissa Wilkinson

    A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 17, 2023, Section AR, Page 12 of the New York edition with the headline: The Wonderful World of Disney?.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/16/movies/disney-100-anniversary-language.html

 

What 'Pocahontas' Tells Us About Disney, for Better and Worse

Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 17, 2023, Section AR, Page 17 of the New York edition with the headline: The Story of Pocahontas, With Many Liberties Taken

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/16/movies/pocahontas-disney.html

 

Neil Gaiman's Son Thinks His Dad Is in Charge of 'Doctor Who'

By Kathryn Shattuck

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 17, 2023, Section AR, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Neil Gaiman Likes to Laugh at Vampires.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/arts/neil-gaiman-christmas-carol.html

 

Mickey Mouse will soon belong to you and me — with some caveats.

Andrew Dalton

Associated Press December 14, 2023

https://apnews.com/article/mickey-mouse-public-domain-disney-minnie-tigger-1dbfa3982a172334503bc8cf87302b6f

 

Two Legendary Cartoonists: Chast & Eckstein

Charles Kochman,

November 18, 2023

https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/event/two-legendary-cartoonists-chast-eckstein/

NPR's Tahneer Oksman reviews 'Transitions'

'Transitions' explores the process of a mother's acceptance of her child's gender

Tahneer Oksman

NPR December 8, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/08/1214223991/book-review-elodie-durand-graphic-novel-transitions

WaPo on Dr. Seuss and Christmas savings comic

How the Grinch stole my heart

Dr. Seuss's rhythm and rhymes were a Christmas miracle for my family

Ron Charles

Washington Post December 17, 2023: B3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/12/13/grinch-who-stole-christmas-seuss/

and they continue to shortchange their illustrator / cartoonists by not really crediting them properly.

How to tell your friends and family to have small or no-gift holidays [in print as A gift anyone will love, not just your teachers]

Advice by Michelle Singletary

(Illustration by Antoinette Thomas for The Washington Post)

Washington Post December 17 2023: G1-3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/12/05/small-no-gifts-holidays-birthdays/

WaPo recommends comic book stores

I've been to the first three of these in recent weeks. I agree with the recommendations. Big Planet Bethesda and Vienna are also very good with a wide and varied stock.

6 of the best comic book stores in the D.C. area [in print as Six great comic book stores for both newbies and longtime fans]

By Lucas Trevor

Washington Post December 15, 2023 : Weekend 8.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/13/best-comics-stores-dc/

That darn Mutts

At the end of my own tether, I loved seeing this dog freed

Doug Crump, Silver Spring

Washington Post December 16 2023

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/15/readers-hamas-prisoners-tokitae-eagles/

The Dec. 9 "Mutts." (Patrick McDonnell/.)

In a world sadly deficient in happy endings these days, I thank "Mutts" creator Patrick McDonnell for giving us a much-needed one in the panels of his beloved strip, with the long-suffering Guard Dog finally winning his freedom and being adopted into a new and caring forever home.

I have particularly had a rough time lately with some tragic events in my life, and even though the comic involves a fictitious character, I find myself looking forward to each new day's strip. It's just the little pick-me-up and tonic I need at this time.

War comics in LOC's serials exhibit case

 Library of Congress's serials division houses the comic book collection, and they usually have a small exhibit case right inside the entrance where people come for their library cards. This month's is on war and Christmas and there are two comic books in the case along with other publications. One is a Sgt Rock comic, and the other is the Dogs of War graphic novel.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/15/2023

'Encanto' Experience and Toy Shop Opens In Tysons Corner Center

Nick Gatz

Falls Church News-Press December 7, 2023 : 10-11.

online at https://www.fcnp.com/2023/12/07/encanto-experience-and-toy-shop-opens-in-tysons-corner-center/

 

My Jewish Charlie Brown Christmas

The Peanuts special is the most overtly Christian TV holiday classic. So why does it speak to me so deeply?

 

By James Poniewozik

Dec. 14, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/arts/television/a-charlie-brown-christmas.html

 

I've Never Watched Anything as Transformative as 'Sailor Moon'

The show is about friendship, yes, and also liberation that does not match the world's expectations of femininity.

By Venita Blackburn

Published Dec. 12, 2023

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 17, 2023, Page 16 of the Sunday Magazine with the headline: 'Sailor Moon'.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/magazine/sailor-moon.html

 

'Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget' Review: Chickens in Paradise

By Alissa Wilkinson

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 15, 2023, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: New Challenges For Brave Poultry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/movies/chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget-review.html

 

What Took the 'Chicken Run' Sequel So Long? The Reasons Are Epic.

A flood, a fire, Covid and "Shrek" were just a few of the roadblocks to "Dawn of the Nugget," arriving 23 years after the original hit.

By Shivani Gonzalez

Dec. 15, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/movies/chicken-run-sequel-dawn-of-the-nugget.html

 

Image Comics Hands Out Free Transformers #3 To Lunar Retailers

Image Comics and Skybound have let retailers know that they are getting more copies of Transformers #3 than they planned on getting.

 14 Dec 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/image-comics-hands-out-free-transformers-3-to-lunar-retailers/

 

Rob Liefeld & Arune Singh Remember Marvel Introducing Miles Morales

Rob Liefeld & Arune Singh have their own memories when Marvel Comics introduced Miles Morales as Spider-Man... and the reaction.

 13 Dec 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rob-liefeld-arune-singh-remember-marvel-introducing-miles-morales/

 

Writer Roger McKenzie Takes Us Inside Maui Mighty Relief Comic

Scoop December 15 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=271971 

 

In Memoriam: Roger Hill

Scoop December 15 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=271931

 

In the Limelite: Roger Hill        

One Fateful Meeting...

Scoop (2002)

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1019?articleID=41935

 

Holiday Gift Guide: Mark's Suggestions

Scoop December 15 2023

-Mark Huesman

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=271994

 

Roxxon Bought Marvel Comics, Just For The Power Of The Immortal Thor

In last month's Immortal Thor #4, the comic book publisher Marvel Comics, was bought, not by Disney but by Roxxon.

  13 Dec 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/roxxon-bought-marvel-comics-just-for-the-power-of-the-immortal-thor/

 

DSTLRY LAUNCHES DIGITAL STORE; IDW HOPS ON THE OMNIBUS, BOOKWALKER TOP 50, NEW FACES IN WEBTOON C-SUITEDigital Comics News Round-UpPosted by Brigid Alverson on December 14, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55841/dstlry-launches-digital-store-idw-hops-omnibus-bookwalker-top-50-new-faces-webtoon-c-suite

 

Comics aren't dying, but they are changing – and that's got people scared

Heidi MacDonald

12/15/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-arent-dying-but-they-are-changing-and-thats-got-people-scared/

 

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Episode 137 - Lila Ash

  Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius

Season 3 Episode 137 December 13, 2023

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1719352/14144436-episode-137-lila-ash

 

In 'The Boy and the Heron,' Hayao Miyazaki looks back

Stephen Thompson, Wailin Wong, Sam Yellowhorse Kesler

Pop Culture Happy Hour December 14, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1197958199/in-the-boy-and-the-heron-hayao-miyazaki-looks-back

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR2034487566.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1197958199

 

Thursday Night LIVE with Billy Tucci: Special Guest Rob Liefeld!

Nile Scala

POPXP! Network!

December 14 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pUxLc85aA8

 

Silver T-Square Honoree, Brian Walker: Mort Walker: A Centennial Celebration - Reubens Seminars 2023

national cartoonists Society

Dec 15, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSDEEOxo860

 

Page Layouts: Fast & Functional Storytelling Methods with CM Campbell

CXC Festival

 Dec 14, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpPhCR1S9v8

 

Turkey I'm On Your Side – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | December 15, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/turkey-im-on-your-side-this-weeks-links/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 597: Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee Draw Toussaint Louverture

Calvin Reid

on 12/11/2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1288

 

Off Panel #428: Three Themes with Katie Pryde, Heidi MacDonald, and Jamal Igle

David Harper

Dec 11, 2023

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel428-three-themes-with-katie-pryde-heidi-macdonald-and-jamal-igle

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Three_Themes_2023.mp3

 

Josh Bayer Conversation

Noah Van Sciver

 Dec 12, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZjzIg5jx9g

 

Phantoms of an Opera: PW Talks with Dave Maass and Patrick Lay [Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis]

By Shaenon K. Garrity

Dec 08, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 12/11/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Phantoms of an Opera

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/93908-phantoms-of-an-opera-pw-talks-with-dave-maass-and-patrick-lay.html

 

Alice Oseman's Heartstopper becomes the UK's fastest-selling graphic novel ever

First three days of sales also made the fifth volume of the LGBTQ+ young adult series the overall best-selling book of the week across all categories

Ella Creamer

Wed 13 Dec 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/13/alice-oseman-heartstopper-uk-fastest-selling-graphic-novel-ever

 

Marvel and Spider-Man artist's estate settle superhero copyright clash

By Blake Brittain

December 7, 2023

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/marvel-spider-man-artists-estate-settle-superhero-copyright-clash-2023-12-07/

 

Samuel Paty: Six teenagers convicted for roles in teacher's beheading in 2020 [Danish Islam cartoons]

8th December 2023, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67664805

NPR on 'The Boy and the Heron'

In 'The Boy and the Heron,' Hayao Miyazaki looks back

By  Stephen Thompson, Wailin Wong, Sam Yellowhorse Kesler

Pop Culture Happy Hour December 14, 2023 

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1197958199/in-the-boy-and-the-heron-hayao-miyazaki-looks-back

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR2034487566.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1197958199

The lovely new animated film The Boy and the Heron is the first film in 10 years from visionary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro). The heron in question is part-heron, part-man who serves as a guide for a boy as they navigate a realm somewhere between life and death. The English dubbed version features the voices of Robert Pattinson, Mark Hamill, and Florence Pugh.

Disney's Encanto in Tysons Corner

'Encanto' Experience and Toy Shop Opens In Tysons Corner Center

Nick Gatz

Falls Church News-Press December 7, 2023 : 10-11.

online at https://www.fcnp.com/2023/12/07/encanto-experience-and-toy-shop-opens-in-tysons-corner-center/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/14/2023

What Comics Can Say about Lyric, or, Reading with Gwenpool

Stephanie Burt , Emmy Waldman

New Literary History   Volume 53, Number 3, Summer 2022   pp. 487-516.

Online at https://muse.jhu.edu/article/872500/summary

 

IDW celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2024 with a new logo and more

Heidi MacDonald

12/14/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/idw-25th-anniversary/

 

INTERVIEW: Declan Shalvey & Drew Moss take on THUNDERCATS

The creative team discusses the new Dynamite series hitting in February

Deanna Destito

12/14/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-declan-shalvey-drew-moss-take-on-thundercats/

 

Groundbreaking graphic novel on Gaza rushed back into print 20 years on

When Joe Sacco created Palestine no one knew what 'comics journalism' was. Now his pioneering book has eager new readers

David Barnett

Observer 10 Dec 2023 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/10/joe-sacco-palestine-graphic-novel-gaza-print-new-readers

 

Tintin Comic New Edition Addresses Racism Controversy

By AFP - Agence France Presse

December 10, 2023

https://www.barrons.com/news/tintin-comic-new-edition-addresses-racism-controversy-9a476b3d

 

New Orleans cartoonist achieves a dream. What's next for Kyle Bravo?

"I was alone and freaking out, kind of doing the little dance. Then I sat down and just took it all in."

BY MICHAEL TISSERAND 

Dec 13, 2023

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/new-orleans-cartoonist-achieves-a-dream-whats-next-for-kyle-bravo/article_0be0b9d2-950c-11ee-a788-7b2c740ae70b.html

 

Reviews: Fiends of the Eastern Front

Tom Shapira | December 14, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/fiends-of-the-eastern-front/

 

Fiends of the Eastern Front

Gerry Finley-Day, Carlos Ezquerra, David Bishop, Colin MacNeil, Ian Edginton, Dave Taylor & others

Rebellion

 

Reviews: Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History

Hank Kennedy | December 12, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/toussaint-louverture-the-story-of-the-only-successful-slave-revolt-in-history/

 

Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History

Sakina Karimjee & Nic Watts, adapting C. L. R. James

Verso Books

 

Dean Haspiel

Michael Farah

Dollar Bin Bandits

 Dec 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07gDXWq69yU or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dean-haspiel/id1576289731?i=1000637896837

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live: Year End Gab Fest 2023 [Dean Haspiel, Thom Zahler]

Bob Harrison and Ed Catto,

Pop Culture Squad  Dec 12, 2023

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

 

PICOF 2023 Interview: Geoff Thorne

The Comics Cube with Duy Tano

 Dec 11, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJt1IRX-Dco

 

 

Young Adult (YA) Comics Spotlight

Rafael Rosado, P. Craig Russell, and  Nicole Goux

CXC Festival  Dec 11, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNpA-fW7Ymk

 

Nandhitha Muruganandan & Sathyaraj Venkatesan

Caste and comics: an interview with Samarth.

 Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 10 Dec 2023.

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2292730

online at https://www.academia.edu/111370443/Caste_and_comics_An_Interview_with_Samarth

 

Roger Hill (1948-2023)

- Todd Hignite and Jim Halperin

Comics and Animation News (December 14 2023)

https://comics.ha.com/heritage-auctions-newsletter/comics-and-animation-news-roger-hill-tribute-scarce-first-appearance-of-bone.s

 

Andrews McMeel announces resignation of CEO

By Ellen Cagle – Digital Reporter, Kansas City Business Journal

Dec 14, 2023

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2023/12/14/andrews-mcmeel-sareyan-resignation.html

 

CBC's Draughon is 3-time winner of prestigious EPPY award for editorial cartoons

Seth Effron

 , Capitol Broadcasting Company Dec. 12, 2023

https://www.wral.com/story/cbc-s-draughon-is-3-time-winner-of-prestigious-eppy-award-for-editorial-cartoons/21191965/

 

In Memory of N. Richard "Rick" Gross 1947 - 2023 Obituary [Dærick Gröss Sr.]

December 2023

https://rosefamilyfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/1853/N-Gross/obituary.html

 

Capitol Ink: Putting a cap on 2023

The year in review as seen through the prism of political cartoons

By R.J. Matson and Chris Hale

Roll Call December 12, 2023

https://rollcall.com/2023/12/12/capitol-ink-putting-a-cap-on-2023/

 Uncorrected Proofs in comics libraries? Keep or toss?
Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog December 14, 2023
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/12/uncorrected-proofs-in-comics-libraries.html

Roll Call's RJ Matson's Year in Review

I don't pay as much attention to the Capitol Hill newspaper as I should.  For example, is it even still a newspaper?

Capitol Ink: Putting a cap on 2023

The year in review as seen through the prism of political cartoons

By R.J. Matson and Chris Hale

Roll Call December 12, 2023

https://rollcall.com/2023/12/12/capitol-ink-putting-a-cap-on-2023/

Uncorrected Proofs in comics libraries? Keep or toss?

This question came up in the librarian section of the Comics Studies Society.

I argued in favor of keeping them as the art is frequently in an unfinished state, and can be thumbnails, pencils, or uncolored.

Here is an example of a proof, or Advance Reader Copy, of Trashed by Derf with an added editor's note and marketing information that may not be available anywhere else. It's from my own collection that I happen to run across recently, so I decided to take a few pictures to bolster my argument, and then thought I'd share them here as well.

I'd call this part of the Secret History of Comics.

My apologies for the so-so photos.