Saturday, April 06, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/5/2024

Creator Profile: Rose Cecil O'Neill

Scoop April 5 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1016?ArticleID=273613

 

Inside the Guide: Top Silver Age Titles in 1990

Scoop April 5 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1013?ArticleID=273596

 

In Memoriam: Mark "M.D." Bright

Scoop April 5 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=273797

 

Heritage Sells Action Comics #1 for $6 Million; Sets Record for Most Valuable Comic

Scoop April 5 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=273853

 

EXCLUSIVE: PUBLISHER SIGNS MARVEL LICENSING DEAL FOR 3D COMICS AND MORE; Nee and Barber's PUG-W to Distribute Via Diamond and Lunar

  Brigid Alverson on April 4, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56635/exclusive-publisher-signs-marvel-licensing-deal-3d-comics-more

 

EXCLUSIVE: PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: NEW HIRES AND PROMOTION AT ONI PRESS; Vault Comics' Daniel Crary to Be Director of Marketing & Communications; Matt Dryer from Dark Horse to Edit New EC Line

  Brigid Alverson on April 4, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56636/exclusive-people-move-new-hires-promotion-oni-press

 

OBITUARY Don C. Wright January 23, 1934 – March 24, 2024

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/west-palm-beach-fl/don-wright-11750563

 

Don Wright – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/04/don-wright-rip/

 

Living and Drawing with Parkinson's Disease – The Peter Dunlap-Shohl Story

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/04/living-and-drawing-with-parkinsons-disease-the-peter-dunlop-shohl-story/

 

WA cartoonist shares his Parkinson's story on 'Matter of Mind' on PBS  [Peter Dunlap-Shohl]

Rob Owen from The Seattle Times

Apr 3, 2024

https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/nation_and_world/entertainment/wa-cartoonist-shares-his-parkinson-s-story-on-matter-of-mind-on-pbs/article_344679b1-a403-5a85-bcac-c52b7a2d1d08.html

 

Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's [Peter Dunlap-Shohl]

Premieres April 8, 2024

Directed by

Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green

https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/matter-of-mind-my-parkinsons/

 

Marvel comic book artist Ed Piskor, 41, dies by suspected suicide after penning lengthy letter blaming 'internet bullies' for his death - a week after being accused of 'grooming' a 17-year-old girl

Greg Woodfield For Dailymail.com

3 April 2024 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13267977/Marvel-comic-book-artist-Ed-Piskor-41-dies-suspected-suicide-penning-lengthy-letter-blaming-internet-bullies-death-week-accused-grooming-17-year-old-girl.html

 

Habka: Libya's first manga comic book

Culture: Libyan artists have launched their country's first manga comic book, which is now available in Benghazi and Tripoli.

Mohammed al-Asfar

18 August, 2015 https://www.newarab.com/features/habka-libyas-first-manga-comic-book

 

This $264,000 Letter Reveals the Very Different Superman We Almost Got

Four years before Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster debuted the character, Siegel collaborated with artist Russell Keaton on an alternate take on the Man of Steel.

By Roy Schwartz

Apr 4, 2024 https://www.ign.com/articles/auction-action-comics-1-siegel-keaton-letter-very-different-superman-we-almost-got

 

Superman: The Genesis of a Legend

https://thoughtsandramblingsofhardwickebenthow.wordpress.com/2014/12/

 

Man of Tomorrow: Siegel and Keaton's Superman

The Thoughts and Ramblings of Hardwicke Benthow (March 2022)     

https://thoughtsandramblingsofhardwickebenthow.wordpress.com/man-of-tomorrow-siegel-and-keatons-superman/

 

IDW Lays Off Five Staffers

Apr 05, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4616

 

Tiny Onion's Jazzlyn Stone on why comics aren't dying, and how to make people believe that

  Graeme McMillan 

  Feb. 20, 2024

https://www.thepopverse.com/tiny-onions-jazzlyn-stone-on-why-comics-arent-dying-and-how-to-make-people-believe-that

 

Marcus and Eddie. 2024.

Blue Book 1947: An Interview with James Tynion IV.

The Last Podcast on the Left  Feb 26 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wOJSfuFOKnTuNup6apbz1

 

Friday Spill: The One Before "The One"

April 5, 2024 michael Maslin

https://michaelmaslin.com/friday-spill-the-one-before-the-one/

 

Gary and Dawn Prebula Donate Comic Book Collection to Penn Libraries

Amanda Alexander.

    March 19, 2024

    vol 70 issue 26 https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/gary-and-dawn-prebula-donate-comic-book-collection-to-penn-libraries

 

Avid Collectors Gary and Dawn Prebula Donate More than 75,000 Comics to Penn Libraries

Amanda Alexander

Penn Libraries News March 11, 2024

https://www.library.upenn.edu/news/prebula-comics

 

Fans flock to first-ever Comic Con in Saudi Arabia

The first edition of the US-based pop culture Comic Con is being held in Saudi Arabia featuring a mix of robots, gaming and Saudi television and film industry luminaries.

The New Arab & agencies

17 February, 2017 https://www.newarab.com/features/fans-flock-first-ever-comic-con-saudi-arabia

 

Comic Con set to make Saudi Arabia debut

Comic enthusiasts in the conservative kingdom eagerly anticipate their country's first annual Comic Con event set to begin in February 2017.

The New Arab 27 December, 2016

https://www.newarab.com/features/how-yasmine-el-baggaris-voyaj-inspires-visa-free-wanderlust

 

Hardline Libya group breaks up 'indecent' comic festival

An Islamist 'anti-crime' group in Libya's Tripoli said it had arrested organisers of a comic festival for 'acts of indecency and against public morals'.

MENA

The New Arab

06 November, 2017

https://www.newarab.com/news/hardline-libya-group-breaks-indecent-comic-festival

 

White, Peter. 2024.

Giancarlo Esposito Moves Into Graphic Novels With 'The Venetian'.

Deadline (March 18): https://deadline.com/2024/03/giancarlo-esposito-graphic-novel-the-venetian-1235860028/

 

Don Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning Palm Beach Post cartoonist, dies at 90

https://palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2024/04/04/don-wright-pulitzer-prize-winning-palm-beach-post-cartoonist-dies/73167628007

 

Don Wright former Palm Beach Post editorial cartoonist and twice Pulitzer Price winner dead at 90 

Bill Ingram

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/picture-gallery/news/2024/04/03/don-wright-palm-beach-post-editorial-cartoonist-and-pulitzer-price-winner/73197345007/

 

Barbra Dillon,

Fanbase Press Interviews Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith on Launching a Zoop Crowdfunding Campaign for the Graphic Novel, 'Who Killed Nessie?'

Fanbase Press March 26, 2024

      https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/54716-fanbase-press-interviews-paul-cornell-and-rachael-smith-on-launching-a-zoop-crowdfunding-campaign-for-the-graphic-novel-who-killed-nessie/

 

Jordan Mechner, renowned creator of the Prince of Persia series, set to release first graphic novel as both writer and artist called Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family

By Richard Allen

March 18, 2024 https://gamingtrend.com/news/jordan-mechner-renowned-creator-of-the-prince-of-persia-series-set-to-release-first-graphic-novel-as-both-writer-and-artist-called-replay-memoir-of-an-uprooted-family/

 

This unique graphic novel will make you reimagine what a university class can be [Rocking Spurs: The Anti-Bullying Tour; Dalhousie University; student cartoonists]

Genevieve MacIntyre

Dal News April 5, 2024 https://www.dal.ca/news/2024/04/05/graphic-novel-dalhousie-rocking-spurs.html

 

Episode 882 Jason Interviews Ed Brisson The Displaced Boom Studios

  Comics for Fun and Profit February 5 2024

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/comcsforfunandprofit/episodes/2024-02-05T05_33_32-08_00

 

Krowdfunder Korner: Paul Cornell & Rachel Smith Ask Who Killed Nessie?

Chad Burdet

The Comics Multiverse  Mar 29, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQb8K448ULs

 

Paul Cornell & Rachael Smith : Who Killed Nessie

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 Mar 28, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn-ierQQ_ZQ

 

Episode 896 Jason Interviews Paul Cornell - Con & On - Ahoy Comics

Comics for Fun and Profit  March 28 2024

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/comcsforfunandprofit/episodes/2024-03-28T12_10_38-07_00

 

Chip Zdarsky Interview: We Chat Daredevil, Batman, Spider-Man, Avengers & more!

Dave

 West Coast Davengers  Mar 31, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6S655cbjv8

 

Chip Zdarsky Interview - Avengers: Twilight, Sex Criminals and Much More!

Rick Verbanes and Robert Lucius

Captain America Comic Book Fans #182:

 Apr 2, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9gwAqHh150

 

Chat with Patrick Dean, 2014

Chris Schweizer

Apr 5, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HfHT1oIEy8

 

Captain Alcohol: It's a real comic!

https://captainalcoholcomic.com/

 

'Chicken for Linda!' Review: A Comedy That Cooks [France]

By Lisa Kennedy

A version of this article appears in print on April 5, 2024, Section C, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: Chicken for Linda!.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/movies/chicken-for-linda-review-a-comedy-that-cooks.html

 

'The People's Joker' Review: A Wild Card

By Erik Piepenburg

a version of this article appears in print on April 5, 2024, Section C, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: The People's Joker.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/movies/the-peoples-joker-review.html

 

The Ways the X-MEN '97 Opening Credits Change Every Episode

by Eric Diaz

Apr 3 2024

https://nerdist.com/article/x-men-97-opening-credits-changes-every-episode/

 

Interview: Rob Williams talks new survival horror JUDGE DREDD story

The new collaboration with RM Guera kicked off in the Prog this week.

Zack Quaintance

04/05/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-rob-williams-talks-new-survival-horror-judge-dredd-story/

 

Remembering artist Mark Bright

By: Heidi MacDonald

04/05/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/remembering-artist-mark-bright/

 

Mark D. 'M.D.' Bright, Longtime DC and Marvel Artist, Passes Away at Age 68

By Brian Cronin

CBR April 1 2024

https://www.cbr.com/mark-md-bright-dc-marvel-quantum-woody-obituary/

 

New Oni Press hires, promotion: Crary, Dryer, Sainz

Heidi MacDonald

04/05/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/oni-press-hires-crary-dryer-sainz/

 

France's Superprod Group Acquires Mélusine Productions And Studio 352

By Amid Amidi | 04/02/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/frances-superprod-group-acquires-melusine-productions-and-studio-352-239428.html

 

Animator Spotlight: Ben Washam

By Vincent Alexander | 04/04/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/animator-spotlight-ben-washam-238667.html

 

In My Own Words: Comic Art Collector Denis Kitchen

    AS HE PREPARES TO PART WITH NEARLY 300 PIECES FROM HIS DECADES-IN-THE-MAKING ASSEMBLAGE, THE LEGENDARY PUBLISHER REFLECTS ON HIS COLLECTING JOURNEY

By Denis Kitchen

March 19 2024

https://intelligentcollector.com/in-my-own-words-comic-art-collector-denis-kitchen/

 

Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist | Herb Trimpe

Chris Wisnia

Chris Wisnia's Official YouTube Channel

Apr 26, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n3KlLFaUcI

 

Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist interview | Peter Kuper

Chris Wisnia's Official YouTube Channel

 Apr 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVlOP9OzBVY

 

Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist | Frank Cho

Chris Wisnia's Official YouTube Channel

 Dec 27, 2023

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

 

Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist | Tomm Coker

Chris Wisnia's Official YouTube Channel

Sep 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td55ZlUa2VE

 

Jeffrey Brown | Freelancing

Chris Wisnia's Official YouTube Channel

 Oct 13, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWu7AVp52R0&t=3s

 

Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist | Jeffrey Brown

Chris Wisnia's Official YouTube Channel

 Aug 18, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agbCE54r_Tg

 

Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist | Darick Robertson

Chris Wisnia's Official YouTube Channel

Nov 20, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLLBo8zXF5E

 

Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist | Wendy & J.H. Williams III

Chris Wisnia's Official YouTube Channel

Oct 6, 2023

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

 

Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist | Seth

Chris Wisnia's Official YouTube Channel

 Sep 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQDMjtB1tbU

 

Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist | Scott Shaw talks Jack Kirby! (1 of 2)

Chris Wisnia's Official YouTube Channel

 Mar 12, 2024

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

 

Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist | Scott Shaw talks Doris Danger! (2 of 2)

Chris Wisnia's Official YouTube Channel

 Mar 15, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S8yQcQxACM

 

Interview with Storm King Comics Sandy King and Cullen Bunn Part 1-2.

Larry.

GeekyKOOL.com

Mar 11, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKSxrS0Ew0o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5moMpSQoSs

 

April Now in Morning Clad – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | April 5, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/april-now-in-morning-clad-this-weeks-links/

 

Murewa Ayodele and Dotun Akande unfurl the legend of 'Akogun: Brutalizer Of Gods'

Chris Coplan

April 2, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/02/akogun-brutalizer-of-gods-qa/

 

"But What I Have, No One Can Buy."- An Exclusive Interview With Andy Olsen, Creator of The First Wolverine

April 4, 2024 by fourcolorsinners         

https://fourcolorsinners.com/2024/04/04/but-what-i-have-no-one-can-buy-an-exclusive-interview-with-andy-olsen-creator-of-the-first-wolverine/ 

 

'It's About Stolen Valor' Says Len Wein's Widow On Wolverine Credit Controversy

Rob Salkowitz

Apr 3, 2024,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2024/04/03/its-about-stolen-valor-says-len-weins-widow-on-wolverine-credit-controversy/

 

Who Created Wolverine? Marvel's Roy Thomas Speaks Out On The Controversy

Rob Salkowitz

Apr 1, 2024,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2024/04/01/who-created-wolverine-marvels-roy-thomas-speaks-out-on-the-controversy/

 

"I Want You to Feel My Reaching Out and My Connection to You" – Shelly Bond in Conversation with L. Pidge on Her Sprawling Comics Epic 'Infinite Wheatpaste'

    by Shelly Bond

    April 4, 2024

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/pidge-infinite-wheatpaste-avery-hill/

 

Manga Rococo: The Rose of Versailles, Volume One

By Shaenon K. Garrity

  April 3, 2024

https://shelfdust.com/2024/04/03/manga-rococo-the-rose-of-versailles-volume-one/

 

Just-Announced Comic-Con Documentary Features Rare Video From SDCC's Earliest Days

Rob Salkowitz

Mar 29, 2024,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2024/03/29/just-announced-comic-con-documentary-features-rare-video-from-sdccs-earliest-days/

 

'So Long, Sad Love' Review: Charting a Course Through Heartbreak and Healing

By Rachel A. Beard, Harvard Crimson April 1 2024

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/4/2/so-long-sad-love-review-heartbreak-healing-trauma-relationship-graphic/

 

Frank Johnson, Secret Pioneer of American Comics Book Launch and Panel

Chris Byrne and Keith Mayerson, Mark Newgarden, and Karen Green

Society of Illustrators Mar 29, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoLXE7tR7-o

 

"I feel like a son of 2000 AD" - Liam Sharp on the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

Apr 1, 2024 The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUbuBIb-xfA

 

Mathew Kickstein and Scott Shaw! Announcing The Upcoming Comic-Con Documentary

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 Mar 26, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iKg3cELynY

 

Mark Russell talks Batman Dark Age

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 Mar 27, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1B-q45RVGk

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 612: MoCCA Arts Fest 2024

Heidi MacDonald, Kate Fitzsimons and Meg Lemke

on 04/02/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1305

 

Off Panel #443: Hands Up with Rebecca Taylor [ Inklore imprint at Penguin Random House]

April 1 2024

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel443-hands-up-with-rebecca-taylor

 

Chris Grosvenor, Secret origins: the disavowal of the comics medium within the promotional rhetoric of film trailers, Adaptation, 2024;, apae003, https://doi.org/10.1093/adaptation/apae003 and https://academic.oup.com/adaptation/advance-article/doi/10.1093/adaptation/apae003/7637451

 

Book Review - Book analysis: invisible differences: a story of Asperger's, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color - Julie Dachez & Mademoiselle Caroline

by Dachez, J., Invisible Differences: A Story of Asperger's, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color (M. Caroline, Illus.), Lion Forge Comics, Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC, Portland, OR, 2020, 196 pp., $19.99 (Hardcover)

Rebecchi Kevin

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 01 Apr 2024

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2024.2337357

    https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2024.2337357

 

Somna wants to creep you out and turn you on, and you should let it

By Joshua Rivera Apr 2, 2024,

https://www.polygon.com/24111785/somna-erotic-horror-becky-cloonan-tula-lotay-interview

 

TO Books' CORONA EX Manga Subscription Uses Google AI Translations

Jenni Lada

Siliconera  Apr 1, 2024

https://www.siliconera.com/to-books-corona-ex-manga-subscription-uses-google-ai-translations/

 

INTERVIEW: buttercup Talks the Metaphysical Majesty of UM Volume 1

  Rosie Knight

March 29, 2024

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2024/03/interview-buttercup-talks-the-metaphysical-majesty-of-um-volume-1/

Friday, April 05, 2024

buttercup interview on The Metaphysical Majesty of UM

Loyalty Bookstore says buttercup is local.

INTERVIEW: buttercup Talks the Metaphysical Majesty of UM Volume 1

Framish Yuk Yuk minicomic and Family Circus 'bootleg' in the Secret History of Comics

 


Family Circus bootleg political ad from the  Nicholas County News-Leader May 29, 1974 p. 2-13

and this is a link to a 'make it yourself' minicomic gag and joke book, probably cut out of a newspaper. I will donated it to either the Library of Congress or the Billy Ireland Library.

Thursday, April 04, 2024

April 6: GEOFF JOHNS Ghost Machine Launch Signing at Third Eye

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/4/2024

Framish Yuk Yuk minicomic

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

Mike Rhode

ComicsDC blog April 04, 2024

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/04/artomatics-and-comics-in-photos-part-1.html

 

Meet a Local Zinester: A Chat with Johnerick Lawson

by Mike Rhode

ComicsDC blog April 04, 2024

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/04/meet-local-zinester-chat-with-johnerick.html

 

Jews in Comic Books

How American Jews created the comic book industry.

By Arie Kaplan

My Jewish Learning

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jews-in-comic-books/

 

KODANSHA LICENSES CROSS-DRESSING WEBTOON WITH 150K+ FOLLOWERS

Plus: 'Blue Lock' Box Set, Makoto Shinkai's 'Suzume,' More 'Gundam'

  Brigid Alverson on April 3, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56630/kodansha-licenses-cross-dressing-webtoon-150k-followers

 

IMAGE BRINGS IN NEW VP From ComicBook.com

  Milton Griepp on April 3, 2024 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56633/image-brings-new-vp

 

ORGANIZATIONS TEAM TO SEND GAMES AND COMICS TO UKRAINE

Games & Comics for Ukraine and ComicBooks for Kids!

  Milton Griepp on April 4, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56634/organizations-team-send-games-comics-ukraine

 

Interview: Steve Niles takes on RED SONJA

Deanna Destito

04/04/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-steve-niles-takes-on-red-sonja/

 

Cece Bell crafts music and wonder

Behind the Book by Cece Bell

The author-illustrator discusses creating the 26 original silly songs that make up Animal Albums from A to Z.

BookPage April 2024

https://www.bookpage.com/behind-the-book/cece-bell-crafts-music-and-wonder/

 

In X-Men: Grand Design, Ed Piskor tells the superheroes' whole story

With his astounding new comic, the writer-artist is trying to make a complex mythology coherent

Christian Holub

 December 15, 2017

https://ew.com/books/2017/12/15/ed-piskor-x-men-grand-design/

 

Ed Piskor, comic artist and YouTube host, dies at 41

Prior to his death, Piskor posted a lengthy note on social media addressing accusations of inappropriate sexual conduct from multiple women.

Christian Holub

  April 2, 2024

https://ew.com/ed-piskor-dead-comic-artist-youtube-host-41-8623603

 

Comic book world reacts to death of Munhall artist/writer Ed Piskor

Mike Palm TribLive  Apr 2, 2024

https://community.triblive.com/news/19f5eea837567fbce001b4c13c202414

 

Munhall comic artist Ed Piskor dies following show's postponement amid controversy

Ryan Deto | Monday, April 1, 2024 

https://triblive.com/local/munhall-comic-artist-ed-piskor-dies-following-shows-postponement-amid-controversy/

 

Munhall comic book creator Ed Piskor launching horror title 'Red Room'

Mike Palm

TribLIVE  Jan. 27, 2021

  https://triblive.com/aande/books/munhall-comic-book-creator-ed-piskor-launching-horror-title-red-room/

 

Pittsburgh comic artist Ed Piskor drawing new 'X-Men' series

Matthew Santoni

TribLIVE July 21, 2017

https://archive.triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/pittsburgh-comic-artist-ed-piskor-drawing-new-x-men-series/

 

Julia Garner casting as female Silver Surfer generates Ozark memes

Could this be a version of Earth X?

Taimur Dar

04/04/2024 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/julia-garnercast-female-silver-surfer/

 

Please, be normal about Julia Garner playing Silver Surfer

The Ozark star is set to play the Shalla-Bal version of the surfer, and we'd like everyone to act like grown-ups about it

Matt Schimkowitz

AV Club April 3 2024

https://www.avclub.com/please-be-normal-about-julia-garner-playing-silver-sur-1851385850

 

Interview: Juni Ba discusses THE BOY WONDER's Batman flavour

Nick Kazden

04/04/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-boy-wonder-juni-ba/

 

Comings and goings: Dunbier leaves IDW, Abernathy at Skybound and more

Heidi MacDonald

04/04/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/comings-and-goings-dunbier-leaves-idw-abernathy-at-skybound-and-more/

 

CSotD: Bibi's Booboo [Gaza - Israel war editorial cartoons]

Mike Peterson

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/04/csotd-bibis-booboo/

 

This Weekend's Free Detective Comics #27 Selling For $30 On eBay

This weekend, DC Comics arranged to give away free Detective Comics #27 in New York for the 85th anniversary of it going on sale in 1939.

  03 Apr 2024  

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/this-weekends-free-detective-comics-27-selling-for-30-on-ebay/

 

Latest From Scout Comics, Creators & Investors On Handling Bad Press

Recently Bleeding Cool reported on problems being faced by Scout Comics and upset comic book creators. There have now been developments.

 03 Apr 2024  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/latest-from-scout-comics-creators-investors-on-handling-bad-press/

 

Christopher Priest Remembers M. D. "Doc" Bright

Christopher Priest remembers M. D. "Doc" Bright for Bleeding Cool, the man and the legacy, from Falcon to Quantum And Woody

 3 Apr 2024  

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/christopher-priest-remembers-m-d-doc-bright/

 

Reviews: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir [Maurice Vellekoop].

Kevin Brown | April 4, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/im-so-glad-we-had-this-time-together-a-memoir/

 

No, seriously, Sam Raimi "not actually working" on Spider-Man 4

Sorry, true believers, but the evergreen rumor is still bunk

Matt Schimkowitz

April 1 2024

https://www.avclub.com/sam-raimi-addresses-those-spider-man-4-rumors-1851380284

 

Madame Web is not the kind of bad you think it is

The joys of Dakota Johnson's apathetic superhero flick are more complicated and more base than you may think

Drew Gillis

AV Club April 4 2024

https://www.avclub.com/madame-web-dakota-johnson-bad-good-1851384926

 

Peanuts' Football Gag Was Never Meant to Star Lucy - She Stole It From [SPOILER]

By Angela Davis

April 2 2024

https://screenrant.com/peanuts-football-gag-not-originally-lucy-violet/

 

When Did Snoopy Become Charlie Brown's Dog?

By Brian Cronin

CBR April 2 2024

https://www.cbr.com/snoopy-charlie-brown-dog-peanuts/

 

John Berger Lost His Eyesight to Cataracts and Learned to See [ Selçuk Demirel]

  Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Hyperallergic April 3 2024
https://hyperallergic.com/880123/john-berger-lost-his-eyesight-to-cataracts-and-learned-to-see/  

 

 

 

Well-known San Antonio comic book shop opens new location

Kara Lee

April 2, 2024 https://paisano-online.com/39402/arts-life/well-known-san-antonio-comic-book-shop-opens-new-location/

 

The Yellow Kid Plays Football

Glenn Fleishman

How Comics Were Made Newsletter! April 4, 2024

https://buttondown.email/howcomics/archive/the-yellow-kid-plays-football/

 

Black Eyed Peas' graphic novel, 'Masters of the Sun,' gets the AR treatment

Gregory Manalo

 November 24, 2017 https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/24/black-eyed-peas-graphic-novel-masters-of-the-sun-gets-the-ar-treatment/

 

My Chemical Romance singer launches new comic Paranoid Gardens

Hazique Zairill

    03-04- 2024 https://thesun.my/style-life/my-chemical-romance-singer-launches-new-comic-paranoid-gardens-NI12292285

 

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Chief Animation Director: "Anime Bankruptcies Are Coming"

By Chike Nwaenie

CBR March 31 2024

https://www.cbr.com/jujutsu-kaisen-anime-bankruptcy/

 

Graphic novel on leader life distributed in NE Syria

The graphic novel titled "Freedom shall prevail" about the life of Abdullah Ocalan has begun to be distributed in NE Syria.

4 April 2024  https://hawarnews.com/en/graphic-novel-on-leader-life-distributed-in-ne-syria

 

Man wanted for sneaking 2 comic books worth $600 out of an Opelika shop

Carol Robinson

Apr. 03, 2024, https://www.al.com/news/2024/04/man-wanted-for-sneaking-2-comic-books-worth-600-out-of-an-opelika-shop.html

 

Freedom Shall Prevail, a graphic novel to celebrate Abdullah Öcalan's birthday

Freedom Shall Prevail: The Struggle of Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish People is a graphic novel published today to mark Abdullah Öcalan's birthday.

    ANF

4 April 2024,

https://anfenglishmobile.com/features/freedom-shall-prevail-a-graphic-novel-to-celebrate-abdullah-Ocalan-s-birthday-72586

 

Will Eisner's Graphic Novel 'A Contract With God' Being Adapted Into Broadway Musical (EXCLUSIVE)

Carson Burton, Marc Malkin      

Sep 1, 2022

https://variety.com/2022/legit/news/will-eisner-a-contract-with-god-adapted-into-broadway-musical-teg-1235354691/

 

Fantastic Four: Julia Garner Silver Surfer Casting Reinforces a Dark Plot Theory

 

Shalla-Bal might not be the most popular Marvel character, but making her the Silver Surfer suggests a dark theory about the Fantastic Four movie.

  By Joe George | April 4, 2024

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/fantastic-four-julia-garner-silver-surfer-galactus-plot-theory/

 

'Supergirl' Movie Finds Director with Craig Gillespie

By Borys Kit, Aaron Couch       

April 3, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/supergirl-movie-finds-director-1235810542/

 

Comic Book Creator Rob Liefeld to Publish Memoir; The writer and artist, known for Deadpool, will debut 'Robservations' in early 2025.

Aaron Couch

April 4, 2024 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rob-liefield-to-publish-memoir-1235865972/

 

DreamWorks Animation Production Workers Vote to Join the Animation and Editors Guilds

The IATSE Locals have collectively organized 160 workers, from production assistants to post productions supervisors, at the 'Kung Fu Panda 4' studio.

Katie Kilkenny

April 4, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dreamworks-animation-production-workers-animation-and-editors-guilds-1235866545/

 

Hellboy's Mike Mignola just did a stunning Batman cover for a story that rectifies the Dark Knight's greatest mistake almost 40 years later

By George Marston

Newsarama April 3 2024

https://www.gamesradar.com/robin-lives-jason-todd-batman/

 

Rob Liefeld to publish appropriately titled ROBSERVATIONS memoir

Taimur Dar

04/04/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/rob-liefeld-memoir-robservations-announced/

 

Jonathan Baylis

[Ed Piskor's getting buried today.]

April 4 2024

https://www.facebook.com/jonathanbaylis/posts/pfbid0ywCAxm6wKZqQag1TcJdmhMGDsUFzVTSdJVSAm3uwaJs3iY663KBJA1uhcCfyGpNUl

 

More layoffs at IDW this week

Heidi MacDonald

04/04/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/more-layoffs-at-idw-this-week/

 

McIntyre, Jeff. 2024.

Salmon Run: humour, happiness and hope on the highways and great rivers of Eastern Canada

Jeff McIntyre's new graphic novel illustrates how nature and the road can nurture beleaguered souls

    Apr 04, 2024

https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/salmon-run-humour-happiness-and-hope-on-the-highways-and-great-rivers-of-eastern-canada/

 

Guest Opinion: Graphic novelist shares his SF story [Out of Left Field]

    by Jonah Newman

April 3, 2024

https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=news&id=332373

 

Juanjo Guarnido Talks Cinematic Style in Comic Art

Comic Book Pros

 Apr 4, 2024

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

 

Trumpty Dumpty by Daniel Boris


April 5: NEW DIMENSION COMICS is buying collections at Fantom Comics

Folks ask us all the time if we buy old comics. Right now we don't—BUT! our pal Todd McDevitt from New Dimension Comics in Pittsburgh will be in town this Friday, and he'll be buying comics from all comers!

BUYING COMICS w/ TODD MCDEVITT of NEW DIMENSION COMICS
>> Friday, April 5th @ 3pm - 5pm

Finally, the answer is YES (for a short time) that you can sell your old comics!

Todd has 38 years experience, 6 stores in the Pittsburgh PA region, and serves as a senior advisor to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. While Todd visits DC, he continues his quest for treasures, looking to buy comic collections big and small. Folks with extra large collections are encouraged to contact Todd in advance to accommodate. Additionally, he is in DC often and can meet by appointment. Email todd@ndcomics.com or his cell phone is 412-965-1487.

Meet a Local Zinester: A Chat with Johnerick Lawson

by Mike Rhode

A local zine creator recently reached out to me to ask about an interview I did years ago with Bebe Williams.  Johnerick Lawson and I met up later that week at Deandra Tan's signing event and I got a copy of his zine from him (and one for the Library of Congress). Upon learning that he'd published a comics newspaper in California, I asked him to do our usual interview.

What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?

Sincerely and by that I mean however I can get the cartoon out whatever style, medium or genre hopefully at its core is sincerity. Mostly the comic work I have done has been in support of some thought exercise.

How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?

Okay, let's look at a comic strip I am working on right now. It starts in a sketchbook and I usually use a Sharpie or something permanent so that I can just focus on things like the shape and movement without getting bogged down with details. This comic strip has been throwing me for a loop when I need to fail drawing it a bunch before it is right and maybe it will never come out the way I see it, but with a deadline something will. 

When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?

1977.

Why are you in Washington now?  What neighborhood or area do you live in?

I would say for family. I live in Arlington Va, 

What is your training and/or education in cartooning?

My true training came from publishing an all-comics newspaper in SF called the Madhappys. I self-published comics before, but once I started publishing other's art, I learned from the fire of production. The speed of printing a newspaper monthly for 15 months was madness. I worked with two other comic artists - Jeff Walker and Nate Orman. My education in cartooning was, and still is,  from the comic artist I work with and read. That's one thing I love about cartooning or comics or art, it really is the work you love that trains you. 

Who are your influences?

I am influenced by my friends, and I humbly learn as much as I can from all that put their heart into what they do. Names i would say that are unquestionably influences are Jim Woodring, Sammy Harkham, Mobius, Bald eagles, Adam Air, Gabriel Fowler, Crumb, Katsuhiro Otomo

If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change? Or rather, how are you hoping your career will develop?

Every mistake made me who I am so I think I'll leave it as is. I would love to know and understand what my career is and how it will develop but really I think just jumping off the edge of inactivity and doing something is my greatest effort. Just don't give up. 

What work are you best-known for?

Secretly I hope not to be known for any one thing, and honestly I don't think most people really know me LOL. I like to make work that is sometimes hard to understand and I usually just put it out there with little care of some sort of recognition. I was known for a while in the early 2000 for selling my art on the streets in Williamsburg Brooklyn, but I think that too was probably just the locals, at the time I felt famous LOL 

What work are you most proud of?

Right now the zine I'm making is called “Who Cares lol” It is an effort to celebrate the art in Arlington, VA. It's hard because I come equipped with a bunch of biases and opinions and I'm trying to just be observational and optimistic avoiding the authority part of sight. Both super hard in the climate of information we live in today. But I feel like I am doing something that I want to see and that makes me proud. 

What would you like to do or work on in the future?

I am working on a sculptural project called “Patience.” I completed one of 11 life size sculptures of the little green army men but with the guns removed. I am doing 11 for the 11 states that have any form of waiting period before you are able to buy firearms. The figures will be decorated in children's drawings and hopefully placed together in a way that they can be climbed on and enjoyed not just for the message but also as fun objects to play with. Kind of like a cartoon come to life.

What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?

Oh this happens to me all the time. I usually get crushed under it and lay in bed for a bit or on the couch. I like video games or really anything that can take your mind away from what you are working on. I find it to be the most important part of any creative process is to not be mean to yourself if you need a break. I also am working on so many things at once I usually just jump onto something else that I can feel some sort of flow in. other than that just work on tech like still life or perspective studies.  

What do you think will be the future of your field?

Hopefully everyone will be an artist but idk I think that we will always need some sort of weirdo to show us a different way of looking at things that we have come accustomed to ignoring. I think print will continue though digital does seem to dominate the comics sphere at the moment. I see that continuing as well. 

What local cons do you attend? The Small Press Expo, Awesome Con, or others? Any comments about attending them?

I love cons; when I was producing the Madhappys, we attended APE in SF. I feel like my vibe is more towards the Small Press Expo. I'm kind of a hermit though. 

 

What comic books do you read regularly or recommend? Do you have a local store?


Kramers Ergot

Black Hammer

Shaolin Cowboy


Back cover of Who Cares LOL #1

What's your favorite thing about DC?


The people


Least favorite?


The people.


What monument or museum do you like to take visitors to?


Hirschhorn, it was a saving grace for me in high school.

How about a favorite local restaurant?


Rossana mobile coffee truck is for sure my favorite.


Do you have a website or blog?


johnerick.com

whocareslolva.com

@trustrobot

 

How has the COVID-19 outbreak affected you, personally and professionally?


I worked in a doctor's office as the office manager/receptionist. It was a small practice, but I definitely got a front line look at how Covid swept through, not just as an idea, but as an illness that took a lot of life. I can say this though. I loved how little traffic there was.