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Shinji Aoba has admitted starting fire but has pleaded not guilty, saying a psychological disorder makes him incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong

Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies

Thu 7 Dec 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/07/kyoto-animation-fire-japan-prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-over-blaze-that-killed-36

Anime Director Masaaki Yuasa Reflects on His 20 Year Career

by Lynzee Loveridge, Dec 15th 2023

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2023-12-15/anime-director-masaaki-yuasa-reflects-on-his-20-year-career/.205115

REVIEW: Netflix's The Archies

By Hannah Rose

CBR December 14 2023

https://www.cbr.com/archies-musical-review/

Roger Hill Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Hillside Funeral Home West - Wichita on Dec. 8, 2023.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/roger-hill-obituary?id=53784802

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Calvin and Suzy sighted in Knoxville, TN

(photo by Claire Rhode, 12/18/2023)

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/19/2023

"Mattress Store" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

Lawrence Wood

CartoonStock Dec 18, 2023

https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/mattress-store-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

"Mattress Store" CartoonStock Caption Contest Judging [Lila Ash]

Bob Mankoff, Lawrence Wood, Joel Mishon and Trevor Hoey

CartoonStock Dec 18, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QenID2W0-IE

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/18/2023

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode sixty-six | Phillip Kennedy Johnson, part two

Dec 18, 2023

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/sir-my-first-job-was-programming

The Beat's 34 Best Comics of 2023

Beat Staff

12/18/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/best-comics-of-2023/

HORROR BEAT presents the Best Horror Comics of 2023

Ricardo Serrano Denis and Zack Quaintance
12/15/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-best-comics-2023/

FANTAGRAPHICS ADDS LUNAR AS ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTOR

Will Stay with Diamond as Well

Brigid Alverson on December 15, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55850/fantagraphics-adds-lunar-additional-distributor

Jason Momoa on the Fate of Aquaman and Future Films: 'It's Not Looking Good' (Exclusive)

Zach Seemayer

December 15, 2023

https://www.etonline.com/jason-momoa-on-the-fate-of-aquaman-and-future-films-its-not-looking-good-exclusive-216487

The Reason Anime Always Misses Out at Awards Shows

European and Asian studios have been pumping out widely acclaimed, commercially successful animated films for decades.

Allegra Frank

Dec. 16, 2023

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-reason-anime-always-misses-out-at-awards-shows

What Is Funny? A chat with New Yorker cartoonist Michael Maslin

Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin's Ink Spill

Dec 18, 2023

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/what-is-funny

"The Fifth Beatle" w/ Vivek Tiwary | CBH Interviews #113

Dave

September 12, 2023 by Comic Book Herald Staff

https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-fifth-beatle-w-vivek-tiwary-cbh-interviews-113/

The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story': A 10-Year Anniversary Conversation With Author Vivek Tiwary

By Amy Hughes

November 2023

https://qthemusic.com/p/the-fifth-beatle-the-brian-epstein-story-a-10-year-anniversary-celebration-with-author-vivek-tiwary/

Nate Garcia is America's Cowboy

Zach Rabiroff | December 18, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/nate-garcia-is-americas-cowboy/

Vanishing Panels: The secret history of Patricia Highsmith's career in comics.

By Ali Fitzgerald

December 18, 2023

Published in the print edition of the December 25, 2023, issue.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/25/vanishing-panels

"The Flip Side"

On the cover of the annual Cartoons & Puzzles Issue, inhabitants of a colorless New York coexist with their doppelgängers in a topsy-turvy reality.

By Edward Steed

December 18, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2023-12-25

Dumb Luck

A new transplant to New York City encounters omens, good and bad.

By Emily Flake

December 18, 2023

Published in the print edition of the December 25, 2023, issue.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/25/dumb-luck

In Search of Happy Hour

One woman's quest to find the elusive place to grab a drink in New York City.

By Zoe Si

December 18, 2023

Published in the print edition of the December 25, 2023, issue, with the headline "Happy Hour."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/25/in-search-of-happy-hour

On the Town, Not Forever Ago

A rambling jaunt through lower Manhattan is full of delights and a taxidermied monkey.

By Roz Chast

December 18, 2023

Published in the print edition of the December 25, 2023, issue, with the headline "Not Forever Ago."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/25/on-the-town-not-forever-ago

Sunday in Times Square with Elmo

The pipe dream versus reality of a pilgrimage to Broadway.

By Ngozi Ukazu

December 18, 2023

Published in the print edition of the December 25, 2023, issue, with the headline "Sunday in Times Square."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/25/sunday-in-times-square-with-elmo

Spent It with Lou

What's better than seeing famous artists in New York City doing mundane crap?

By Leslie Stein

December 18, 2023

Published in the print edition of the December 25, 2023, issue.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/25/spent-it-with-lou

Return to New York City

Revisiting old haunts leads to revelations about "real life."

By Julia Wertz

December 18, 2023

Published in the print edition of the December 25, 2023, issue, with the headline "Retrurn to the City."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/25/return-to-new-york-city

Marvel Drops Jonathan Majors After Assault, Harassment Verdict; The actor starred as Kang the Conqueror in 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' and was poised to star in 'Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.'

By Aaron Couch, Borys Kit

December 18, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvel-drops-jonathan-majors-as-kang-1235391129/

Why is Wonka considered a box office success compared to The Marvels?

Wonka opened to $39 million this weekend, while The Marvels had a $47 million opening last month

Emma Keates

AV Club December 18 2023

https://www.avclub.com/wonka-the-marvels-box-office-numbers-comparison-1851108450

'We're Trying to Figure Out How to Navigate These Waters'

Banned book tables are a frequent sight at many bookstores. But are they helping the authors who need it most?

By Mike Dawson

Dec. 16, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/16/arts/banned-books-table.html

Gaithersburg's MonkeyCon Brings Out Comic Fun

August 7, 2023

Fran Murphy

https://www.mymcmedia.org/gaithersburgs-monkeycon-brings-out-comic-fun/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn0owkKFoJk

Powerful Pedagogy: Teaching with Comics with Susan Kirtley

CXC Festival

Dec 18, 2023

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

Comics Script Editing 101 with Irene Velentzas

CXC Festival

Dec 18, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82j8V0lELSU

"It's So Hard for Us to Say Goodbye" Archer Producers on 'Into the Cold' Finale and Beyond

The Archer series finale executive producers discuss closure, catharsis, and their lost "Archergeddon" season.

By Daniel Kurland | December 17, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/its-so-hard-for-us-to-say-goodbye-archer-producers-on-into-the-cold-finale-and-beyond/

Spacekicker's ticker… by Jeremy Adams newsletter

https://spacekicker.substack.com/

Monday, December 18, 2023

Next August: Risucon (formerly MonkeyCon) PR

I wanted to give you some news about MonkeyCon.

First, did you see the fantastic news coverage we got from mymcm (Montgomery County Media) here: https://www.mymcmedia.org/gaithersburgs-monkeycon-brings-out-comic-fun/

Second, we changed the name. We are now RisuCon. Risu means squirrel in Japanese and there are a lot of squirrels in Maryland.

Third, we had a great event at the Gaithersburg community center, but we're taking next year's event to a new level. Yes, we will have a 2-day event at a hotel and conference center in Rockville.

So, what are the details?

RisuCon will be the weekend of August 17 & 18, 2024. The new website is RisuCon.com

We'll be in the lower level of the fabulous Montgomery County Conference Center, part of the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center at 5701 Marinelli Road in Rockville, MD.

This facility is on the corner of Rockville Pike where the North Bethesda Metro station is. People can take the metro to the convention and walk 100 feet into the hotel. We will also have free parking both days in the convention center's adjacent parking garage.

RisuCon will host the first ever DISCOS, a cosplay dance party Saturday night. We're going to host so many panels and contests that you cannot possibly do it all in one day.

The hotel has a special room rate of $145. That reservation page is https://book.passkey.com/event/50736977/owner/2644099/home.

You don't need to stay in the hotel if you don't want to, but if you're making several cosplay changes, it is a good idea.

Admission will be the following:

Full Weekend (both days) $50

Saturday only (includes Saturday night activities) $35

Sunday only $25

Full VIP Weekend (includes a t-shirt and other items/privileges) $85

Here is the URL to purchase tickets: https://app.showslinger.com/e1/171/risucon

Here is the convention URL : www.RisuCon.com

Have a great holiday season and we hope to see you next year at RisuCon.

facebook/risucon

@mcccc.risucon

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Know Your Enemy"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist.

"Know Your Enemy"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3747

So, this week, about two and a half months into this horror, it
finally dawned on Genocide Joe and the New York Times that
relentlessly bombing the ever-lovin' piss out of a practically
defenseless civilian population which is at least half children in a
genocidal campaign of ethnic cleansing might cause you some PR issues
down the road...

About this same time, the Washington Post was clutching its pearls
over the staggering amount of "dumb bombs" being used to pummel
civilians' homes into a flaming hellscape, as if using more precisely
guided munitions might make the genocide more palatable to Mr. and
Mrs. Amerika. Dumb bombs, dumb policy, dumb leadership, dumb people
and a dumb nation. Dumb all over, and ugly on the side.

Meanwhile, Jews all over the place are getting on the right side of
history and remembering the value of resistance, and Hamas is Numero
Uno in Gaza (I wonder why?). Despite the shrieking, blustering,
threatening, banning and blacklisting, this time around they can't
stop the world from talking about Palestine and acting on it.

What's that sound, getting louder? Time's up.

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"Priority of the Oppressed: Let the Small, Red Triangle Guide You",
the Palestine Chronicle 11.24.2023
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/priority-of-the-oppressed-let-the-small-red-triangle-guide-you/

"Support for Hamas more than tripled in West Bank: Poll", The Cradle,
12.14.2023
https://new.thecradle.co/articles/support-for-hamas-more-than-tripled-in-west-bank-poll

"Palestinian Resistance Has A Sibling", 'SexualityScholar' on TikTok,
10.17.2023
https://www.tiktok.com/@sexualityscholar/video/7290879203896085802?_r=1&_t=8hPYWMiBjeY

"Vetoing Gaza ceasefire resolution, Biden administration upholds
genocide as state policy" Andre Damon at the World Socialist Web Site,
12.11.2023 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/12/11/heng-d11.html

"Israel Is Losing Support Over War, Biden Says, Exposing Leaders'
Rift; Warns Against 'Indiscriminate Bombing'", Page A1, New York Times
12.13.2023
http://sinkers.org/posters/knowyourenemy/NYT_Dec1323_israellosingsupport.jpg

"Wide Use Of 'Dumb Bombs' In Gaza; U.S. Analysis May Explain High
Toll; Almost Half Of Munitions Used By Israel Unguided" Page A1,
Washington Post 12.15.2023
http://sinkers.org/posters/knowyourenemy/wapoA1_Dec1523_dumbbombsingaza.jpg

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

Fwd: A special thank you

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IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode sixty-six | Phillip Kennedy Johnson, part two

Dec 18, 2023

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/sir-my-first-job-was-programming

We're back with Part II of our chat with Phillip. If you missed Part I you can find it here. Whenever I write that I never know what part to make the link. Just the word here? Part I? You can find it here? I opted for the whole sentence this time and it feels like a cop out.

Anyway, I'm really happy with how this episode came out. I always like hanging out with Phillip and this was a good talk. In a true testament to how much I should not be the host of a podcast, we did not really discuss his current series GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL but we did talk a lot about human trafficking, a subject I am not at all qualified to speak on.

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/20/2023

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Calvin and Suzy sighted in Knoxville, TN

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/19/2023

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/18/2023

Monday, December 18, 2023

Next August: Risucon (formerly MonkeyCon) PR

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Know Your Enemy"

Fwd: A special thank you

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode sixty-six | Phillip Kennedy Johnson, part two

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