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Thursday, April 04, 2024

Artomatic and comics in photos, part 1 - floors 4 through 1

Artomatic is a semi-annual unjuried art event in and around Washington, DC, usually in an building that is due to be redeveloped. This year, it is at 21st and M St, NW, in an 8-story building. Click the link to check hours and events, but here is a sample of the cartoonist or cartoon-style displays I found in late March, walking through just half of the exhibits. I plan to return for part 2, and I hope to get interviews with people that would be new to this blog. This post except for the initial image, starts on floor 4 and goes down because the elevators were out that day. Part 2 is here.

Nate G.:

Sue:

Christiann MacAuley's Sticky Comics:

Rosarium Publishing:

Maurice James Jr.:

2 arches covered in comics pages. I couldn't find any creator information:

Ralph Baden:

Art Hondros:

Denis Goris:

Rick Goulet, Digital Artist

(these are AI-generated with a lenticular effect,

and only 2 featured comics - Superman and Iron Man movies)

Michael Auger:

A Cathy satire sticker in a stairway on the first floor.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/3/2024

LibraryPass to Add Picture Books to Its Comics Plus Platform

Apr 03, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4607

Marc Hempel & Mark Wheatley Original Artwork Stolen And Sold

Marc Hempel and Mark Wheatley of Insight Studio have discovered that decades worth of their original art have been taken from their warehouse

02 Apr 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marc-hempel-mark-wheatley-original-artwork-stolen-and-sold/

Skybound Confirms Ben Abernathy As Exec Editor And Other Hires

Skybound confirms Ben Abernathy as Exec Editor, as well as the hiring of Blake Kobashigawa, Alex Hargett and the promotion of Arune Singh

02 Apr 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/skybound-confirms-ben-abernathy-as-exec-editor-and-other-hires/

Hip Hop Family Tree Creator Ed Piskor Dies, Aged 41

Ed Piskor's family confirmed yesterday that the creator of Hip Hop Family Tree, X-Men Grand Design, and Red Room had died at the age of 41.

02 Apr 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/hip-hop-family-tree-creator-ed-piskor-dies-aged-41/

RIP ED PISKOR; 'X-Men: Grand Design' 'Hip-Hop Family Tree' Creator Dead at 41

Brigid Alverson on April 2, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56622/rip-ed-piskor

Exclusive: New publisher PUG-W launches SIGNA universe written by former IDW EIC

The first issue is live on Kickstarter now

Samantha Puc

04/03/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/pug-w-launches-signa-universe-kickstarter/

Jim Viscardi ankles comicbook.com to head Biz Dev at Image Comics

Heidi MacDonald

04/03/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/jim-viscardi-ankles-comicbook-com-to-head-biz-dev-at-image-comics/

Image Comics Taps Jim Viscardi as VP of Business Development

The executive co-founded comibook.com and worked for Marvel Entertainment.

Aaron Couch

April 3, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/image-comics-taps-jim-viscardi-1235864745/

Robb Armstrong – An Appreciation of An African American Comic Strip Artist

By Fisher Jack

April 2, 2024

https://eurweb.com/2024/robb-armstrong-an-appreciation-of-an-african-american-comic-strip-artist/

"Doonesbury" vs. Hamas

Garry Trudeau, the writer and artist of Doonesbury, has dared to acknowledge a fact about the Hamas leadership that most of the mainstream news media prefer to ignore.

Rafael Medoff

April 3, 2024

https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/369913/doonesbury-vs-hamas/

King Features Offers Willy Black and Dumplings for Print Syndication

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/02/king-features-offers-willy-black-and-dumplings-for-print-syndication/

The End of History, as Presented by Sergio Toppi

Hagai Palevsky | April 3, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/the-end-of-history-as-presented-by-sergio-toppi/

How Egypt's mahraganat music marvels in Disney's Moon Knight

The soundtrack to Disney+'s Moon Knight has been an Arab musical marvel, but director Mohamed Diab's deliberate inclusion of mahraganat, the very Egyptian genre that the country's Musicians' Syndicate seeks to suppress, is a significant statement.

Danny Hajjar

26 April, 2022 https://www.newarab.com/features/how-egypts-mahraganat-music-marvels-disneys-moon-knight

Moon Knight's psychological minefield: Marvel takes on dissociative identity disorder

Marvel and Disney have been praised for the strong Middle East representation in Moon Knight, bucking the trend of past productions. But the ambitious series has also sought to tackle mental health, a theme that has a chequered history in comics.

Rabeea Saleem

18 May, 2022

https://www.newarab.com/features/marcsteven-marvel-tackles-dissociative-identity-disorder

Erasing the Orientalist yellow filter: Why Moon Knight's SWANA representation is a step in the right direction

Marvel has bucked its own trend of orientalist tropes with its latest film, Moon Knight, directed by Egyptian director Mohamed Diab. The New Arab traces the media franchise's depiction of the SWANA region, and why Moon Knight may be a turning point.

Swara Salih

04 May, 2022

https://www.newarab.com/features/marvels-moon-knight-signals-growth-swana-region-film

Instagram deletes 'gay Muslim' comics account after Indonesia backlash

Instagram has succumb to Indonesian pressure and removed an account which consisted of comics to spark empathy for the LGBTQ+ community in the country.

MENA

The New Arab

13 February, 2019

https://www.newarab.com/news/instagram-deletes-gay-muslim-comics-account-after-indonesia-backlash

Why I'll be a fan of Kamala Khan's Ms. Marvel for life

Muslim Marvel fans are gearing up for a massive moment in their cinematic education. Ms. Marvel, or Kamala Khan, is the first Muslim superhero to be given a solo show, with her casting surely a pivotal moment in American-Muslim representation.

Sarah Shaffi

June 8 2022

https://www.newarab.com/features/why-ill-be-fan-kamala-khans-ms-marvel-life

Five Muslim women on why they love Ms. Marvel and their hopes for the Disney+ show

The highly-anticipated Ms. Marvel series has been met with popular acclaim. The New Arab speaks with five women about their reaction to the series, and how the superhero is certain to become a beacon of pride for Muslim women around the world.

Sarah Shaffi

15 June, 2022

https://www.newarab.com/features/five-muslim-women-why-they-love-ms-marvel

Muslim representation in Ms Marvel: The good and not so good

Afroze Zaidi writes that whilst there is much to celebrate with the release of Ms Marvel, in which the protagonist, Kamala Khan, is a 16 -year-old Pakistani-American Muslim girl, the series falls short with attempts to portray her as 'normal'.

16 Jun, 2022

https://www.newarab.com/opinion/muslim-representation-ms-marvel-good-and-not-so-good

Palestinians dub Marvel's new Israeli superhero Sabra 'Captain Apartheid', reminding of 'offensive' new comic strip

Not only is the character an agent of Israeli secret service Mossad, but her name is also a dark reminder of the gruesome 1982 massacre in the Palestinian camp of the same name.

The New Arab Staff

13 September, 2022

https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinians-dub-marvel-israel-superhero-captain-apartheid

'Sabra won't fly': London protest posters ask Marvel to drop Israel agent character

A guerilla art group has plastered posters across parts of London calling on Marvel Studios to drop Israeli 'superhero' character Sabra, who is set to feature in a future Captain America film.

The New Arab Staff

27 October, 2022

https://www.newarab.com/news/protest-posters-ask-marvel-drop-israel-spy-film

Wonder why? Lebanon is banning DC Comics' latest blockbuster

Wonder Woman will be banned in Lebanon for starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot despite the film being tipped as one of the best in DC Comics' movie franchise.

The New Arab

30 May, 2017 https://www.newarab.com/features/wonder-why-lebanon-banning-dc-comics-latest-blockbuster

'The People's Joker' and the Perils of Playing With a Studio's Copyright

Vera Drew used the Batman villain to tell a trans coming-of-age story. When Warner Bros. found out, the filmmaker wasn't sure what would come next.

By Eric Grode

A version of this article appears in print on April 2, 2024, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Perils of Playing With a Studio's Copyright.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/movies/peoples-joker-warner-bros.html

Trans birds from Roz Chast

By Shane O'Neill

Washington Post's Style Memo April 3 2024

https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596c1be2ade4e24119c3d7be&s=660db55413c6e321439caec8

Steve Bell on Getting Fired for an "Anti-Semitic" Cartoon

Daryl Cagle, Steve Bell, Uri Fink, and Michel Kichka

Caglecast #41 April 3 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzv8_3V-wlQ

Jesse Lundberg - Comic Book Artist

Justin Soderberg

Capes and Tights Podcast #157: Mar 27, 2024