Robin will be in conversation with Fantom alum Esther Kim, who is flying in from sunny LA just for the occasion! Interview: Braindancing with Cyberpunk 2077's Judy Khuu
Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
Jan 30, 2024
Join us for a movie night to remember!
Peel back the layers of this extraordinary, animated film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios. Learn about the film's many references to mid-century modern architecture and design. Explore where the four-time Oscar-nominated movie fits within the history of animation, and, how it achieves its life-like animation techniques. Introductory remarks are to be delivered by Donald Albrecht, independent architecture and design curator, and author of the book Designing Dreams: Modern Architecture in the Movies.
Bring your own blanket or lawn chair to our Great Hall, for an experience like no other!
Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase.
Doors Open at 5:30 pm
Curator Talk at 6 pm
Intermission from 6:20 – 6:30 pm
Movie Starts at 6:30 pm
Program Ends at 8:30 pm
Kurt Yaeger To Consult on Vault's Disabled Superhero Comic, The Roach
Vault Comics will adapt Aethon CEO Rhett C. Bruno's own superhero novel, The Roach, to graphic novel format
31 Jan 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/kurt-yaeger-to-consult-on-vaults-disabled-superhero-comic-the-roach/
Katie Kubert Is The New Editor Of Batman At DC Comics
Chip Zdarsky has leaked the news that Katie Kubert is the new editor of the ongoing Batman monthly (or weekly in February) at DC Comics.
, 31 Jan 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/katie-kubert-is-the-new-editor-of-batman-at-dc-comics/
JM Lofficier, In Poor Health, Releases Tanka: Strangers Origin
Jean-Marc Lofficier tells us that "I'm afraid my news are not so good. I was struck by some viral lung infection and had to be hospitalized"
01 Feb 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jm-lofficier-in-poor-health-releases-tanka-strangers-origin/
HEXAGON COMICS: THE FIRST 70 YEARS!
THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FRANCE'S OLDEST COMIC-BOOK PUBLISHER
edited by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier
Tarzana, CA: Hollywood Comics (January 1, 2019)
https://www.hexagoncomics.com/shop-hexagon-comics-the-first-70-years.html
ICV2 ANNOUNCES ICV2 DIRECT A New Platform for Sales Direct from Publishers to Stores [distribution]
ICv2 February 1, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56138/icv2-announces-icv2-direct
FULL YEAR 2023 CIRCANA BOOKSCAN - TOP 20 ADULT AND KIDS GRAPHIC NOVELS
Accurate Info You Can Trust
Milton Griepp, Brigid Alverson on February 1, 2024
FULL YEAR 2023 CIRCANA BOOKSCAN - TOP 20 AUTHOR, SUPERHERO, AND MANGA GRAPHIC NOVELS
Webtoons, Turtles, and Shonen Titles
Milton Griepp, Brigid Alverson on February 1, 2024
The Numbers Tell the Story
Milton Griepp, Brigid Alverson on February 1, 2024
McClatchy Standard Comics Pages Update
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/31/mcclatchy-standard-comics-pages-update/
Jasmine Walls shares 10 great fantasy graphic novels by Black comic creators
IMAGE COMICS PREVIEW & READING GUIDE – ASTRO CITY
Marvel's STORMBREAKERS showcases superheroines for Women's History month
02/01/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvels-stormbreakers-showcases-superheroines-for-womens-history-month/
Napa's Zeppelin Comics temporarily closing as owners look for a buyer
The owners say they are in talks with a potential buyer to take over the store.|
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
January 31, 2024,
'Attack on Titan' Publisher Kodansha Joins the Script2Comic Contest
The contest, which turns screenplays into comic books, revealed its winners as the Japanese publisher boards as a sponsor.
Aaron Couch
January 31, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/attack-on-titan-publisher-kodansha-script2comic-contest-1235810655/
Japanese manga artist Ashihara Hinako found dead days after protesting TV version of her work
Hinako, who spoke out against the TV adaptation of her "Sexy Tanaka-san" comic, was found dead near Tokyo in what police believe is a possible suicide.
Jan. 31, 2024, 10:19 AM EST / Source: Variety
Early Peanuts First Editions
The definitive guide to identifying early Peanuts strip reprint softcovers and hardcovers, published by Rinehart & Co. from 1952 -1960 and by Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc. from 1960 - 1974
By Lowell Wilson
2024-
https://www.peanutsfirsteditions.com/
Disney Lawsuit Against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Dismissed By Judge
The entertainment giant has argued that Florida is retaliating in violation of its free speech rights for pushing back against a parental rights law, which the governor supported.
Winston Cho
January 31, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-lawsuit-against-florida-gov-ron-desantis-special-district-dismissed-1235811663/
Binc Awards Two Scholarships to ComicsPRO Industry Meeting
Ralph Heimdahl's body of Looney Tunes work comes home to St. Cloud State
St. Cloud State Today October 8, 2020 by Mitchell Hansen
Honoring a Legacy: Ensuring the creative legacy of Ralph Heimdahl '30
St. Cloud State Today July 6, 2022 by Colleen Harrison
Bugs Bunny work by St. Cloud State alumnus gifted to University [Ralph Heimdahl].
St. Cloud State Today March 24, 2022 by Colleen Harrison
Disney Appeals Loss In Lawsuit Against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Over Special Tax District
A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit and found that Disney cannot bring a lawsuit against DeSantis and his allies who assumed control of the special tax district that governs Walt Disney World.
Winston Cho
February 1, 2024
Federal Judge Dismisses Disney Lawsuit Against DeSantis
By Brooks Barnes
A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 1, 2024, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Judge Dismisses Lawsuit By Disney Against DeSantis.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/business/disney-ron-desantis-lawsuit.html
Graphic Novels Bring Principles of Government and Politics to Life
by Brigid Alverson
Jan 31, 2024
Michael Fikaris on Silent Army Projects and the Australasian comics scene, Jan 30, 2024
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 380, February 1 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcq1Ijks7HY
Catch Up with Alex Simmons
Margreet de Heer
Jul 15, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_JrjN6ZfxU
History of the Comiclopedia [Lambiek]
Margreet de Heer
Oct 31, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0u3j9ItFbQ
https://www.margreetdeheer.com/english/
https://margreetdeheer.substack.com/
Review: Return to Romance: The Strange Love Stories of Ogden Whitney, edited by Dan Nadel and Frank Santoro
Sydney Heifler
Journal of Popular Romance Studies Nov 21, 2020
Year One [Batman]
Tegan O'Neil | February 1, 2024
Keith Champagne Talks Zestworld, He-Man and More
wordballoon
January 31 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P0CLm4uhgI
Words, Images, & Worlds with Anthony Summey
Jason DeHart
Jan 27, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXc7X_MIck
Why Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Has Batman Fans So Angry [videogame]
Matthew Byrd | January 31, 2024
https://www.denofgeek.com/games/why-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-batman-scenes-fans-angry/
'The Tiger's Apprentice' Director Raman Hui Takes Us into the Thrilling World of Paramount+'s New Movie
By Devin Nealy
January 31, 2024
This article was written for the March '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 338).
European Broadcasting Union Backs Two Animated Series for 2024
Animation Magazine
January 31, 2024
Just Announced: 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid #19' by Jeff Kinney
By Iyana Jones
Jan 29, 2024
On Tour with Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos
Compiled by Iyana Jones
Feb 01, 2024
Miyazaki caps career with masterful 'Boy and the Heron'
A treatise on the need for harmony between man and nature
John Paul King
Washington Blade (January 26, 2024): 30.
online at https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/01/25/boy-and-the-heron-review/
Shawn Martinbrough talks "flipping the script" on Jason Todd in Red Hood: The Hill
By Will Salmon
Newsarama January 30 2024
[Big Little Book Collection : a variety of children's books in special formats in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division]
https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=25397&recCount=25&recPointer=0&bibId=13329269
A treatise on the need for harmony between man and nature
For this event, Sierra will discuss how she uses the digital art tool Procreate to plot out and create her comic books. She will also share how these tools translate into her digital fabrication projects at The Shop, the Arlington library's makerspace. Sierra will end the event with an open Q&A for participants to pick her brain. See more of Sierras artwork at: https://www.sierrabravoart.com/
Sierra Barnes is a comic creator and history buff who currently lives in Washington, DC, making webcomics and print comics based on history and folklore. She is particularly interested in the relationship between history, mythology, and memory, which are reflected in her storytelling. When she's not making comics, you can usually find her fabricating her digital drawings at The Shop, or haunting boba shops and museums like a very nerdy ghost.
Registration is required. Adults and Grade 6+ . If you are registered but are unable to attend, we ask that you cancel your registration using the link found in the registration email.
For more information please contact 703-228-7718 or email LIB-Makers@arlingtonva.us.
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My new book is here: Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums: Stories and Memorable Moments from People Who Love Museums by Chronicle Books. The hardcover book comes out on National Museum Day, May 18th, but can be pre-ordered NOWIt can be pre-ordered NOW.
Inside the book you will find 155 original pieces of artwork, illustrating 75 museums. There are stories for each museum in the book, some highlighting the museum (it's history or a story about the place), some showcasing a particular piece of work in the museums collection. The stories come from curators, museum workers, or museum visitors as well as museum lovers and friends…and some unexpected sources like Michelle Obama, Bill Murray, Ozzy Osborne and my mom.
A special thanks to acclaimed writer Elizabeth McCracken for the Foreword — I love it.
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The museums include the biggest (The MET and The Smithsonian) as well as the offbeat (Museum of Bad Art, the Spam Museum), spanning North America — the US, Canada, and Mexico. These museums span collections that specialize in art, natural history, academia and science, and more. Featured museums include:
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American Museum of Natural History, New York
Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City, Mexico
The Field Museum, Chicago
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles
Museum of Motherhood, St. Petersburg, Florida
The National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
The Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City
And 56 more
I tried to think of what I could do as a sequel to my Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores book when I had heard about how much museums were struggling due to the pandemic. I decided a book on museums would not only be fun but by showing off these museums, people would want to get out to see these places.
In order to write the book, I visited many museums in a very short period (some I visited on-line). I didn't realize there were hundreds, and on every topic imaginable (and I consider myself to be a museum-goer who lives in New York City). So I talked with people everywhere I went as I continuously drew, inspired by the artwork and conversations I had just experienced in the museums.I draw, inspired by the artwork I had just seen in the museums. I kind of wish this project never ended. That's my wish. If this book is well-received and I would love nothing better then to have the opportunity to do a sequel, one that includes those museums that didn't make it into this book, but also, I would like to expand the project to include museums from around the world.
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But first things first. I just hope that when one reads the book it conveys some of the same exhilaration I felt when I encountered the museums (and convinces you to then visit or at least plan a visit some of them. Maybe the book can become a museum bucket list.).
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If you buy a copy of my book as a Thank You I will give to you a 1-year subscription to the PAID version of this newsletter. Just email me using the button below that you bought the book — honor system.
Nowadays, any book's success is driven by word-of-mouth and reviews. So, if you enjoy the book, I would greatly appreciate any love you can give my way. Here are some enthusiastic reviews so far…
"A beautifully written and painted love letter to the museums of North America."
— Max Hollein, director & CEO, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
"Bob Eckstein is a national treasure." — David Plotz, CEO of City Cast, former CEO of Atlas Obscura
"Bob knows how to make a book come alive. And the range of his artistic taste is very impressive. Where else would you find the Museum of Fine Arts Boston alongside the Spam Museum?" — Sir Michael Palin, actor, comedian, author, and member of Monty Python
"A serene collection of some of North America's most famous museums. Suitable for all ages and great for finding new places to visit." — Library Journal
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'Wallace the Brave' returns to the pages of The Providence Journal
Providence Journal January 30 2024
Judge dismisses Disney suit against DeSantis over special tax district
By Lori Rozsa
January 31, 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/31/disney-desantis-florida-lawsuit-gay/
Shop that inspired 'Toy Story' is closing, citing 'perils' of San Francisco
By Jennifer Hassan
January 29, 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/01/29/toy-story-shop-jeffreys-san-francisco/
Peanuts book collectors guide
Nat Gertler
Todd McFarlane Teases Spawn #350 as 'Oddly Good Jumping-on Point' For New Fans
By Alex Batts
Jan 24, 2024
https://www.cbr.com/todd-mcfarlane-discusses-the-spawn-film-issue-350-and-more/
Japanese Manga Artist Ashihara Hinako Found Dead Days After Protesting 'Sexy Tanaka-san' TV Adaptation
Patrick Frater
Jan 31, 2024
Edward Gorey Personal Library
https://library.sdsu.edu/scua/collections/edward-gorey-personal-library
Reviews: H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow over Innsmouth [by Gou Tanabe]
Tom Shapira | January 31, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/h-p-lovecrafts-the-shadow-over-innsmouth/
