Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/26/2024

Annecy Selects 23 Animated Features For Competition Lineups

By Amid Amidi | 04/25/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/annecy-selects-23-animated-features-for-competition-lineups-239723.html

 

The Influence Of Looney Tunes On Live-Action Filmmakers

By Vincent Alexander | 04/24/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/the-influence-of-looney-tunes-on-live-action-filmmakers-239709.html

 

Hitting the High Notes: 'Blue Giant' Director Yuzuru Tachikawa Discusses His Anime Riff on Tokyo Jazz

By Kambole Campbell

April 25, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/hitting-the-high-notes-blue-giant-director-yuzuru-tachikawa-discusses-his-anime-riff-on-tokyo-jazz/

This article was written for the

April '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 339).

 

Tom Brevoort Wants A New X-Men First Issue Every Month

 25 Apr 2024 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-brevoort-wants-a-new-x-men-first-issue-every-month/

 

Frank Miller Presents Moves To Abrams ComicArts As Dan DiDio Moves On

Frank Miller Presents will be publishing collections of their serialised comic books with bookstore publisher Abrams ComicArts.

 25 Apr 2024 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/frank-miller-presents-moves-to-abrams-comicarts-as-dan-didio-moves-on/

 

Frank Miller's Ronin Leads New Manga Imprint, Kana, From Abrams

Abrams ComicArts is launching a new imprint, Kana, focusing on manga series including Frank Miller Presents' Ronin Rising.

by Rich Johnston

, 25 Apr 2024

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/frank-millers-ronin-leads-new-manga-imprint-kana-from-abrams/

 

Jack Davis Exhibit at Society of Illustrators in NYC
Scoop April 26 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=274173

 

MAD Exhibit at Norman Rockwell Museum
Scoop April 26 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=274174

 

'Dave, Jerry Seinfeld just walked into your store': For Powers Comics owner, comedian's surprise visit was the thrill of a lifetime

 Kendra Meinert

Green Bay Press-Gazette

https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/entertainment/2024/04/23/jerry-seinfelds-surprise-visit-to-powers-comics-thrill-of-a-lifetime/73413397007/

 

Sales Charts: Dog Man #12 is the #1 book in the US this week

Heidi MacDonald

04/26/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/sales-charts-dog-man-12-is-the-1-book-in-the-us-this-week/

 

Real America's Favorite Cartoonist is Safe – For Now [ Stan Kelly, aka Ward Sutton]

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/25/real-americas-favorite-cartoonist-safe-for-now/

 

Reviews: Asterix and the White Iris

Yiannis Papadopoulos | April 23, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/asterix-and-the-white-iris/

 

Superstition, Fear, and Jealousy – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | April 26, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/superstition-fear-and-jealousy-this-weeks-links/

 

Scott Shaw! And The World Of Underground Comix

wordballoon  Apr 18, 2024

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

 

Sanford Greene Brings Doom To Marvel

wordballoon Apr 22, 2024

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

 

Black Panther Declassified With Maurice Broaddus

wordballoon Apr 19, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goS_MslkD58

 

Ben Katchor, Lale Westvind, Dash Shaw, Walker Tate, EA Bethea, Sam Seigel, August Lipp Comic Reading

Austin English

Apr 22, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykEuVQ5wiHQ

 

Bob Levin, April 23rd, 2024

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

 Apr 23, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ8v0XrEGKM

 

Gianluca Costantini Is Using Art to Change the World

The activist opens up about illustrating Ai Weiwei's new memoir and the transformative power of images.

By Nick Hilden • 04/25/24

https://observer.com/2024/04/gianluca-costantini-on-illustrating-ai-weiwei-zodiac-book-assange-gaza/

 

Off Panel #446: My Pal Francis with Jacob Phillips

  Apr 22, 2024

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-446-my-pal-francis-with-jacob-phillips

 

Submerged in story: Dan Watters and Ram V revive a legend in 'Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives!'

The debut issue of 'Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives' launches this week!

David Brooke

April 23, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/23/cretature-from-the-black-lagoon-lives-qa/

 

"I Never Get Sick of Folk Tales and Mythology" – Isabel Greenberg Talks Arthurian Legends, the Brontës and Her Self-Publishing Roots

by Andy Oliver

April 25, 2024

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/isabel-greenberg-interview/

 

"Petrol Head: Welcome to the Non-Human Race"

Mark Tweedale

 April 25th, 2024

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/petrol-head-arc-1/

 

INTERVIEW: Graphic Novel Shows How Former Political Prisoner Tsai Kun-lin Helped Shape Taiwan's Manga Boom

Danica Davidson April 22, 2024

https://otakuusamagazine.com/interview-graphic-novel-shows-how-former-political-prisoner-tsai-kun-lin-helped-shape-taiwans-manga-boom/

 

Dawnrunner is a mecha-kaiju comic about the 'Bandai-ification' of the military-industrial complex

The 5-issue limited series is one of the year's best new comics

By Toussaint Egan Apr 24, 2024,
https://www.polygon.com/24138337/dawnrunner-interview-ram-v-evan-cagle-dark-horse-comics

 

How Dr. Walter Greason and Tim Fielder bring history to life in 'The Graphic History of Hip Hop'

An interview with the two creators.

By: Mary Fan

April 25, 2024

https://www.theworkprint.com/graphic-history-of-hip-hop-walter-greason-tim-fielder-interview/123

 

The Daily Heller: A Graphic Memoir of Love, Pain and Healing [Jonell Joshua , How Do I Draw These Memories?]

By Steven Heller

April 19, 2024 

 The Daily Heller
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-memoir-of-love-pain-and-healing/

 

Can Japan's manga industry replicate Akira Toriyama's success?

With digital platforms multiplying, it's now harder for artists to become popular

CHIHIRO ISHIKAWA and RYOHTAROH SATOH, Nikkei April 21, 2024

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/Can-Japan-s-manga-industry-replicate-Akira-Toriyama-s-success2

 

South Korea's Naver and Kakao bet on comics apps for content growth

Tech giants duke it out in Japan, setting sights on the world

KOTARO HOSOKAWA and KYOKO HARIYA, Nikkei November 10, 2023 1

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/South-Korea-s-Naver-and-Kakao-bet-on-comics-apps-for-content-growth

 

Hell as an Exploration of Sin: A Comparison of Alan Moore's Providence to Dante's Inferno

Zachary Rutledge, Peninsula College

Mythlore > Vol. 42 (2023-2024) > No. 2 (2024)

https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol42/iss2/10/

 

Approaching Dissonant Heritage in Third-Generation Graphic Narratives: The Case of Jérémie Dres's Nous n'irons pas voir Auschwitz

Claudia Cerulo

in Dissonant Heritage: Concepts, Critiques, Cases
edited by Patrizia Battilani, Maria Giovanna Belcastro, Krzysztof Kowalski and Teresa Nicolosi

Una Europa Cultural Heritage Series, 2024: 115-123

https://amsacta.unibo.it/id/eprint/7659/1/Dissonant%20Heritage_Concepts,%20Critiques,%20Cases_Una%20Europa%20Cultural%20Heritage%20Series,%20vol.%201.pdf#page=124

 

Zines and Graphic Novels: Pushing Possibilities of the Form

Christina Freeman and Jennifer Hayden

PrincetonPL  

Mar 23, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D11YvoxpAN8

Azuki Partners with Digital Entertainment

Apr 25, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4648

 

'Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie' to Get the Big-Screen Treatment in 2025

DreamWorks Animation and Universal announced Thursday they are making a feature film version of the hit Netflix kids series, with Laila Lockhart Kraner reprising her role as Gabby.

Pamela McClintock

April 25, 2024 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gabbys-dollhouse-the-movie-1235881796/

 

 

The beautiful and fraught lives of California's mountain lions are depicted in a new graphic novel

Local conservation biologist Tiffany Yap's book, 'Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma's Journey,' explores the interface between humans and the wild.

by Callie Rhoades Oct. 12, 2023, https://oaklandside.org/2023/10/12/california-mountain-lions-depicted-new-graphic-novel-tiffany-yap-meital-smith/

 

Local ecologist's graphic novel comes to life for East Oakland middle schoolers

After reading about author Tiffany Yap's book in The Oaklandside, a local teacher fundraised to bring it to his classroom in a special way.

by Callie Rhoades April 25, 2024

https://oaklandside.org/2024/04/25/oakland-author-graphic-novel-dowtown-charter-academy/

 

P. Craig Russell The Chimera Portfolio (EarthArt Graphics, 1976

 

Biodiversity is Life – Graphic Novel

https://navdanyainternational.org/publications/biodiversity-is-life-graphic-novel/

 

'It's empowering to know more': New Bedford local publishes graphic novel on mental health [Cara Bean; "Hear I Am. I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health"

 Seth Chitwood

The Standard-Times

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2024/04/26/here-i-am-i-am-me-guide-to-mental-health-new-bedford-author-cara-bean/73454216007/

 

Superhuman storytelling: Comic book creator and scholar John Jennings to share the power of prose at ReggieCon Live! 2024

John Twork

    April 25, 2024

https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2024/04/superhuman-storytelling-comic-book-creator-and-scholar-john-jennings-to-share-the-power-of-prose-at-reggiecon-live-2024/

 

The Baby-Sitters Club books are wildly popular — again — and adults are loving the nostalgia

Claudia and the Bad Joke was the #1 kids book in Canada earlier in April

Natalie Stechyson · CBC News · Posted: Apr 26, 2024

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/baby-sitters-club-books-1.7183119

 

Azuki and Digital Entertainment partner up for seven manga titles; More digital manga coming!

 Joel Savill 04/26/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/azuki-and-digital-entertainment-partner-up-for-seven-manga-titles/

 

Comics publisher opens up about the state of the industry [Boom]

Heidi MacDonald

04/26/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-publisher-opens-up-about-the-state-of-the-industry/

 

Liana Finck: How to Baby

Books Are Magic April 26 2024

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

 

Edward Koren: Haiku Dialogues

Howard Norman

Ink Spill December 13, 2023

https://michaelmaslin.com/wednesday-spill-howard-norman-edward-korens-haiku-dialogues/

 

"Seneca At The General Store" — An Excerpt From Edward Koren And Howard Norman's "No Conversation Long Enough: Ed Koren's Haiku Dialogues"

April 26, 2024

https://michaelmaslin.com/senaca-at-the-general-store-an-excerpt-from-edward-koren-and-howard-normans-no-conversation-long-enough-ed-korens-haiku-dialogues/

Rose O'Neill featured in National Portrait Gallery exhibit

Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939

April 26, 2024 - February 23, 2025

https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/brilliant-exiles

There's a painting of O'Neill, but apparently none of her sculptures unfortunately -

AUDIO TRACK: Rose O'Neill 1874–1944Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

and there's a Covarrubias caricature -

AUDIO TRACK: Eva Le Gallienne 1899–1991

Thanks to Bruce Guthrie for the tip.

Sticky Comics at Artomatic for one last weekend

Big thanks to everyone who came by my Artomatic show in Washington, DC! It's gonna be open for one more weekend until April 28 if anyone else wants to come. My show is in room 4082 on the 4th floor, and there's hundreds more artists and cool live performances to see! It's been super fun. Maybe see you there!

Read it on stickycomics.com »

Library of Congress's Sara Duke featured in courtroom artists story

'Nowhere near as angry': Sketch artists prepare for historic Trump criminal trial

As outdated as a drawing might seem in today's digital world, sketch artists serve a unique purpose by distilling hours of court into a cohesive image, according to Sara W. Duke, a curator of popular and applied graphic art at the Library of Congress.

more at the link

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/25/2024

The 12th Annual Black Comic Book Festival returns this weekend

More than 9000 people attended last year

Heidi MacDonald

04/25/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-12th-annual-black-comic-book-festival-returns-this-weekend/

 

Kristen Simon Made Senior Editor At Mad Cave Studios, After IDW

24 Apr 2024  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/kristen-simon-made-senior-editor-at-mad-cave-studios-after-idw/

 

Sam Kusek Is The New Senior Outreach Lead For Comics At Kickstarter

by Rich Johnston

 24 Apr 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/sam-kusek-is-the-new-senior-outreach-lead-for-comics-at-kickstarter/

 

The Return Of Marvel's The Human Fly in IPI Comics July 2024 Solicits

by Rich Johnston

 24 Apr 2024 
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-return-of-the-human-fly-in-ipi-comics-july-2024-solicits/

 

SWIM TEAM and VICTORY. STAND! make the National Book Awards 2022 Longlist

Johnnie Christmas' Swim Team and Dawud Anyabwile, Derrick Barnes, and Tommie Smith's Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist For Justice are in the running for the Young People's Literature award

Dean Simons

09/16/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/swim-team-and-victory-stand-make-the-national-book-awards-2022-longlist/

 

Johnnie Christmas explores what a balanced relationship with technology looks like in upcoming graphic novel

Gamerville will be out on July 16, 2024

CBC Books Apr 24, 2024

https://www.cbc.ca/books/johnnie-christmas-explores-what-a-balanced-relationship-with-technology-looks-like-in-upcoming-graphic-novel-1.7178790

 

Johnnie Christmas Talks Building Worlds in Crema, Tartarus & Alien 3

By Sam Stone

Aug 14, 2020 https://www.cbr.com/johnnie-christmas-crema-tartarus-alien-3/

 

How Disney can fix Star Wars, according to comics creator Johnnie Christmas

Jake Kleinman

Inverse Social Hour June 18, 2020

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/johnnie-christmas-tartarus-comic-book-star-wars and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nYIc_prQCo

 

Johnnie Christmas and Jeff Lemire among nominees for the 2022 Harvey Awards for outstanding work in comics

CBC Books   Aug 18, 2022

https://www.cbc.ca/books/johnnie-christmas-and-jeff-lemire-among-nominees-for-the-2022-harvey-awards-for-outstanding-work-in-comics-1.6553615

 

Alumnus Johnnie Christmas Teams with Renowned Author Margaret Atwood on New Graphic Novel [Angel Catbird]

Pratt News Jan 19, 2016

https://www.pratt.edu/news/alumnus-johnnie-christmas-teams-with-renowned-author-margaret-atwood-on-new/

 

Meet the illustrator bringing Margaret Atwood's dystopian comic world to life

Johnnie Christmas rekindled his passion for comic arts and found a collaborator in the beloved author [Angel Catbird]

Joella Cabalu · CBC Arts February 9, 2017

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/exhibitionists/meet-the-illustrator-bringing-margaret-atwood-s-dystopian-comic-world-to-life-1.3974621

 

Illustrator Johnnie Christmas on the weight of experiencing police harassment in Florida as a child

Christmas says moving to Canada has reduced that weight — and opened up more space for creativity

CBC Arts January 29, 2019

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/illustrator-johnnie-christmas-on-the-weight-of-experiencing-police-harassment-in-florida-as-a-child-1.4996382

 

Johnnie Christmas on Bleeding Ink, Getting Sheltered and the Evils of Brisson [Interview]

By Matthew Meylikhov | June 14th, 2013 http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/johnnie-christmas-on-bleeding-ink-getting-sheltered-and-the-evils-of-brisson-interview/

 

Post Malone launches graphic novel, film adaptation

By Fred Topel

UPI April 23): https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2024/04/23/Post-Malone-graphic-novel-film/9381713900449/

 

Enter the Posty-Verse: Post Malone teams with Michael Bay and comics company for new venture

https://www.wrmf.com/enter-the-posty-verse-post-malone-teams-with-michael-bay-and-comics-company-for-new-venture/

 

It Came from Wisconsin: A chat with James Tynion IV, the reigning king of comic book horror

By Christopher Borrelli

Chicago Tribune April 24, 2024

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/24/it-came-from-wisconsin-a-chat-with-james-tynion-iv-the-reigning-king-of-comic-book-horror/

 

THANOS Has A Whole Storyline That Was Cut From INFINITY WAR [aka

Thanos creator Jim Starlin reveals the Avengers story you didn't see]

Jake Kleinman

Inverse Social Hour Aug. 18, 2020

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/avengers-endgame-thanos-backstory-deleted-jim-starlin-interview

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/avengers-endgame-thanos-backstory-deleted-jim-starlin-interview and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwK_3vnXmPQ

 

Dead Boy Detectives review: A sweet and silly supernatural drama

Netflix expands The Sandman universe with this delightful YA series

Saloni Gajjar

AV Club April 25 2024

https://www.avclub.com/dead-boy-detectives-review-tv-netflix-supernatural-1851428789

 

'Dead Boy Detectives' Review: Netflix's 'Sandman' Spinoff Is a Fast, Fun Binge

The series centers on a pair of teenage ghosts who take on supernatural cases while trying to avoid getting sent on to the afterlife.

Angie Han

April 25, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/dead-boy-detectives-review-netflix-1235877299/

 

'Good Times' Boss Defends Animated Reboot, Telling Viewers: "I Understand If This Is Jolting"

Showrunner Ranada Shepard explains her creative choices (including that drug-dealing baby) for the Netflix reimagination about a Black family in the Chicago projects, which she said had Norman Lear's stamp of approval: "Just give it a second and look at the stories and you'll understand."

Brande Victorian

April 25, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/good-times-boss-defends-netflix-reboot-norman-lear-1235881157/

 

Paramount+ 'Dora' Reboot Renewed for Second Season

The return of the animated preschool series about a bilingual explorer and her friends is headed back for a sophomore run.

Etan Vlessing

April 24, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dora-reboot-renewed-season-2-paramount-1235880214/

 

Frank Miller Strikes Partnership With Abrams ComicArts (Exclusive)

The collected editions of 'Ronin Rising' and 'Pandora' will be the first titles from Miller's Frank Miller Presents to be released by the publisher.

Borys Kit

April 24, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/frank-miller-strikes-partnership-with-abrams-comicarts-1235880137/

 

Meanwhile, 40 Years Later… [Frank Miller's Ronin]

Tegan O'Neil | April 25, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/meanwhile-40-years-later/

 

UnBarks It: Big-Top Bedlam

Analysing the work of Duck-man Carl Barks, part 4

Margreet de Heer

Margreet's Comics  Apr 25, 2024

https://margreetdeheer.substack.com/p/unbarks-it-big-top-bedlam

 

A Complete, Unhinged Guide to the X-Men Movie Timeline Before Deadpool & Wolverine

From the age of X-Men: Apocalypse to Deadpool & Wolverine, we attempt once more to make sense of the convoluted continuity of the Fox X-Men movies.

James Whitbrook

Gizmodo April 25 2024

https://gizmodo.com/deadpool-3-wolverine-fox-x-men-timeline-explained-mcu-1851430583

 

Griepp, Milton. 2024.

ICV2 INTERVIEW: BOOM! STUDIOS' FILIP SABLIK. PART 1:On Market Conditions, BOOM! and Diamond, Direct-to-Consumer Sales, More;PART 2:BOOM!'s Plans for 2024, the New Jeff Lemire Series, Ongoings, Variants, More.

ICv2 (April 25): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56778/icv2-interview-boom-studios-filip-sablik-part-1 and https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56777/icv2-interview-boom-studios-filip-sablik-part-2

 

Inside Disney Imagineering and the Tech That Could Power the Company's $60B Parks Bet

New robots and an ominidirectional treadmill-like floor, which could help engineers walk through potential designs for new parks, are among the newer innovations.

Caitlin Huston

April 25, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-imagineering-parks-1235880265/

 

Kakao Entertainment will focus more on its Webtoon platform, Piccoma

Co-CEOs, Kisu Kweon and Joseph Chang spoke at a town hall regarding business strategies moving forward

Christian Angeles

04/25/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/kakao-entertainment-will-focus-more-on-its-webtoon-platform-piccoma/

A Super Talk With Jason Aaron

word balloon April 24 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzyPxtBi9ew

 

Steve Bryant [:] Evie and The Helsings

word balloon Apr 22, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQtyuYCt0f8

 

Meet the Lake Como Festival Founders

Scott Dunbier

Comic Book Pros   Apr 18, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hlHbgdTOSM

 

Terry Dodson Talks Comic Art Influences, Work on X-Men, and More

Scott Dunbier

Comic Book Pros Apr 16, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abIVk3X-HC8

 

How Olivier Coipel Finds His Distinctive Voice in Comic Art

Scott Dunbier

Comic Book Pros  Apr 25, 2024

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

 

Lee Bermejo's Advice for Comic Creators: "Do It All"

Scott Dunbier

Comic Book Pros Apr 23, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPHFJd6h3z8

 

Sidney Clifton Named Head of Creative, Animation for Mattel TV

Mercedes Milligan

April 24, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/sidney-clifton-named-head-of-creative-animation-for-mattel-tv/

 

The Creative Forces Behind 'Knuckles' Give Us the Scoop on the Paramount+ Series

By Ryan Gaur

April 24, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/the-creative-forces-behind-knuckles-give-us-the-scoop-on-the-paramount-series/

May '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 340).

 

Just Announced: 'Amazing Grapes' by Jules Feiffer

By Iyana Jones

Apr 25, 2024 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/94907-just-announced-amazing-grapes-by-jules-feiffer.html

 

Comic Culture with Keith Carter

terence dollard

 Apr 18, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvmgADm1__0

 

Jeffrey Haas Talks Cosmic Survival in 'The End of All: Terminus'

Barney Smith

Storycomic Presents! 355  Apr 20, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O78lk8aElbM

 

Words, Images, & Worlds with Tony McMillen

Jason DeHart

 Apr 24, 2024

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

 

Meet the Dead Boy Detectives: Inside the comic book origins of Netflix's brilliant new Sandman spin-off

By Will Salmon

Newsarama April 25 2024

https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/meet-the-dead-boy-detectives-inside-the-comic-book-origins-of-netflixs-brilliant-new-sandman-spin-off/

 

Naruto Studio President: "Demon Slayer Was a Major Turning Point of the Anime Industry"

By Chike Nwaenie

Published Apr 18, 2024

https://www.cbr.com/naruto-studio-demon-slayer-anime-industry-turning-point/ 

 

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/24/2024

"How I Became a Herstorian," IJOCA 4:1, pp. 78-83, Spring 2002.

Trina Robbins

online at https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/04/trina-robbins-how-i-became-herstorian.html

 

Loki's Sophia Di Martino Reflects on Sylvie's 'Devastating Truth' in Season 2

By Sam Stone

CBR April 22 2024

https://www.cbr.com/loki-season2-sophia-di-martino-interview/

 

An Interview with Eric García

"Teaching is integral to my work. I love teaching people new things. I love unveiling hidden histories."

Amaris Ketcham

Autobiographix Apr 24, 2024

https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-eric-garcia

 

Box Office: The Lupita Nyong'o-Voiced 'Wild Robot' Makes Small Change to September Release Date

The DreamWorks Animation film is an adaptation of Peter Brown's literary sensation about a bot named Roz who is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island — at least by humankind.

Pamela McClintock

April 23, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lupita-nyongo-wild-robot-shifts-release-release-date-1235879922/

 

Remembering Trina Robbins

Andrew Farago | April 24, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/remembering-trina-robbins/

 

Disney Bets $60B Its Parks Will Power the Future

The $9.1 billion that the Josh D'Amaro-led unit reels in is an undeniable bright spot in Bob Iger's empire. Now it's being pushed to do even more.

Caitlin Huston

April 24, 2024

A version of this story first appeared in the April 24 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-josh-damaro-theme-parks-investment-1235879041/

 

Spider-Man Writer Zeb Wells' Personal Life Reaches People Magazine

Zeb Wells married Saturday Night Live performer Heidi Gardner in 2010 and in 2024, People Magazine noticed.

by Rich Johnston

 23 Apr 2024 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/zeb-wells-personal-life-reaches-people-magazine/

 

Invincible: Skybound Responds to Animation Sketch/North Korea Rumor

Skybound Entertainment responded to a report of an Invincible animation sketch being housed on a cloud server with a North Korean IP address.

Ray Flook

 21 Apr 2024

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/invincible-skybound-responds-to-animation-sketch-north-korea-rumor/

 

HAMRIC OUT AT VIZ, IDW EDITOR TO MAD CAVE, NEW KICKSTARTER COMICS LEADER

People on the Move

 Milton Griepp on April 23, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56764/hamric-out-viz-idw-editor-mad-cave-new-kickstarter-comics-leader

 

Comings and Goings: Simon to Mad Cave; Jones to IDW; Hamric out at Viz

Heidi MacDonald

04/24/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/comings-and-goings-simon-to-mad-cave-jones-to-idw-hamric-out-at-viz/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 615: Interview with Manuele Fior [of Italy]

Calvin Reid

on 04/22/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?podcast=1308

 

Marjane Satrapi on Resistance in Iran: 'A Real Revolution Is Cultural'

The author, known for her "Persepolis" series, is releasing a new illustrated book about the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement, inspired by the death of Mahsa Amini.

By Elizabeth A. Harris

A version of this article appears in print on April 23, 2024, Section C, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Documenting The Resistance To Oppression.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/books/marjane-satrapi-on-resistance-in-iran-a-real-revolution-is-cultural.html

 

Field Study: PW Talks with David Lapp

By Chris Burkhalter 

Apr 19, 2024

A version of this article appeared in the 04/22/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Field Study

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/94856-field-study-pw-talks-with-david-lapp.html

 

Chad in Amsterdam

Chad Bilyeu. Scratch, $29.95 (176p) ISBN 978-94-93166-80-6

Publishers Weekly April 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9789493166806

Abrams to Launch Manga Imprint, Kana

By John Maher 

Apr 24, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/94832-abrams-to-launch-manga-imprint-kana.html

 

Toriyama/Takahashi Interview

Telepal Tokyo Edition 1986 Volume 3
Published: February 1, 1986
Interviewer: Tsuneo Matsumoto (松本常男)
Translated by: Toshiaki Yamada
Translation date: October 14, 2008
Page numbers: 19-22

https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi4.html

 

Writers, Artists Demand Iran Release Cartoonist Arrested For Trying To Hang Picture [Atena Farghadani]

Written by Ardeshir Tayebi based on an original story in Persian by RFE/RL's Radio Farda

RFE/RL's Radio Farda April 23, 2024

https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-cartoonist-prison-picture-international-protests/32917753.html

 

Arshile Gorky's Gaze

Across the street from the painter's former studio in Manhattan's Union Square, 20 trees had been planted to honor the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide. 

  Jesse Lambert
Hyperallergic April 23 2024
https://hyperallergic.com/905766/arshile-gorky-gaze/

 

Wayback Whensday: Comic Stamps and Funny Money [Lucky Bucks]

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/24/wayback-when-comic-stamps-funny-money/

 

'The People's Joker' Is Here, Queer, and the Only Viable Path Forward for Superhero Movies

Vera Drew's transgender take on the Batman villain's mythology isn't just brutally hilarious, relentlessly inventive, and profoundly moving. It's also a lifeline for the genre

Abraham Josephine Riesman

April 8, 2024

https://www.rollingstone.com/author/abraham-josephine-riesman/

 

Abraham Riesman and S.I. Rosenbaum. 2020.

Interviews: Tom Gauld.

https://abrahamriesman.com/interview-tom-gauld

 

Abraham Riesman. 2017.

Interviews: Michael Chabon.

https://abrahamriesman.com/interview-michael-chabon

 

The Gospel According to Neil Gaiman

The beloved author's American Gods — now a TV show — is more politically relevant than ever. And that scares him.

By Abraham Riesman

https://www.vulture.com/2017/04/neil-gaiman-american-gods-is-frighteningly-relevant.html

 

MAR. 20, 2014

G. Willow Wilson Was Stunned She Got to Co-Create Kamala Khan

By Abraham Josephine Riesman

https://www.vulture.com/article/g-willow-wilson-ms-marvel-kamala-khan-interview.html

 

The Best of Mumbai Comic Con 2024

Here are all the highlights from the two-day celebration of all things pop culture.

by Rayan Sayyed 

 Posted April 22, 2024,

https://in.ign.com/comic-con-india/205512/feature/the-best-of-mumbai-comic-con-2024

 

Book Review: Superheroes! The History of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon from Ant-Man to Zorro

reviewed by Dominick Grace

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG April 24, 2024

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/04/book-review-superheroes-history-of-pop.html

 

Brian R. Solomon. Superheroes! The History of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon from Ant-Man to Zorro. Applause Theatre and Cinema Books, 2023. xxii + 322 pp. 26.95, paperback, 978-1493064519. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781493064519/Superheroes!-The-History-of-a-Pop-Culture-Phenomenon-from-Ant-Man-to-Zorro

 

Book Review: Ben Katchor by Benjamin Fraser

reviewed by Matt Reingold

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG April 24, 2024

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/04/book-review-ben-katchor-by-benjamin.html

 

Benjamin Fraser. Ben Katchor. University Press of Mississippi, 2023. https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Ben-Katchor3

Abrams launches Kana, a new manga imprint with 6 new titles

New manga from Japan and France, including LEVIATHAN, EDEN OF WITCHES and SILENCE announced

04/24/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/abrams-launches-kana-a-new-english-manga-imprint/

 

E. M. Carroll's A GUEST IN THE HOUSE wins LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE

Dean Simons

04/24/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/e-m-carrolls-a-guest-in-the-house-wins-la-times-book-prize/

 

Dagwood Takes a Back Seat as Blondie Hires a Pastry Chef

Creators will spotlight Blondie in the comic strip, as she brings someone on board for her catering business.

By George Gene Gustines

A version of this article appears in print on April 24, 2024, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: For 'Blondie' at 93, Another Chef Enters the Kitchen.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/arts/blondie-comic-strip.html

 

Conversations: Johnnie Christmas, "Swim Team: Small Waves, Big Changes"

By Dan Skinner

Conversations June 17, 2022  

https://kansaspublicradio.org/show/programs-conversations/2022-06-17/blog-dan-skinner-conversations-johnnie-christmas-swim-team-small-waves-big-changes

 

Interview: Johnnie Christmas talks his uniquely Afrofuturistic sci-fi comic TARTARUS

Ricardo Serrano Denis

05/01/2020 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-johnnie-christmas-tartarus/

 

INTERVIEW: TARTARUS Creators Johnnie Christmas & Jack T. Cole

By Matthew Sardo

January 20, 2020

https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/interview-tartarus-creators-johnnie-christmas-jack-t-cole/

 

Indie Comics Spotlight: Johnnie Christmas and the importance of flaming swords and coffee

By Karama Horne Oct 2, 2020

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/indie-comics-spotlight-johnnie-christmas

 

Meet Rokudenashiko, the most 'obscene' comic artist at TCAF

Artist has battled Japan's legal system over her anatomical work

Laura Kenins · CBC Arts May 13, 2016

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/meet-rokudenashiko-the-most-obscene-comic-artist-at-tcaf-1.3582070

 

Cover From The Black Lagoon

The process behind my newest exclusive cover

Skottie Young

Stupid Fresh Mess Apr 24, 2024

https://skottieyoung.substack.com/p/cover-from-the-black-lagoon

 

The Fumio Fujiki and Tokio Tobita Collection of Manga, Part I-II
Jeremy Joseph  and  Dr. Ann Marie Davis.
April 4 and August 4 2023
https://library.osu.edu/site/manga/2023/04/04/the-fumio-fujiki-and-tokio-tobita-collection-part-i/
https://library.osu.edu/site/manga/2023/08/04/the-fumio-fujiki-and-tokio-tobita-collection-of-manga-part-ii/

 

 

Chad in Amsterdam reviewed at Publishers Weekly

I bought the collection from him when he was passing through DC last month, and recommend it.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9789493166806

April 27: Annapolis Book Fair ComicKey!

https://www.keyschool.org/community/annapolis-book-festival/comickey

Join us for ComicKey!, a family-friendly CELEBRATION of all things comic book at the Annapolis Book Festival!

AMAZING creator panels! AWESOME Art Way Alliance Kids Create workshops! An INCREDIBLE Third Eye Comics pop-up shop! TONS of exciting opportunities to captivate every fan's imagination!

 

 

ComicKey! Presenters

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Art Way Alliance Workshops

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ComicKey! Schedule

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All interviews include a 30 minute interview with questions and answers followed by a one-hour book signing.
 

Workshops

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.	Designing the Incredible Hulk with Darren Soto Presented by the Art Way Alliance
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.	Superhero Storytelling with Jordan Clark Presented by the Art Way Alliance
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.	Create Your Own Out-of-this-World Graphic Novel with Jonathan Roth

Interviews

10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.	Phillip Kennedy Johnson Moderator: Enrique Fernandez
11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.	David Betancourt Moderator: Cornelius Young
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Rodney Barnes Moderator: Hilton George
3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.	Nilah Magruder Moderator: Deepak Ramani

Third Eye Comics Pop-Up Shop

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Third Eye Comics, the DMV's premiere stores for comics, graphic novels, toys, and games, will be holding a pop-up shop at ComicKey! Come check it out!