They had a great crowd apparently. It was still a line going out the door when I got there after lunch. Since before Covid, Fantom has been providing a complete set of FCBD comics for the Library of Congress; I've taken over collecting them. Here's a few shots I took.
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| She-Ra from Masters of the Universe |
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| Store co-owner Dave Bishop |
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| Erin Lisette, and her Incomplete Origins series and Baby Forest Spirit Plush |
I picked up this cloth game over the weekend at a flea market. It's 119 years old, according to the ad that someone on the Platinum Comics history list found for me.
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| The Morning Call Wed Oct 18 1905 |
And this has nothing to do with comics, but was a lovely steel engraving bookplate from Virginia Otis to add to the collection they already have.
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Freaking Romance Creator Snailord Talks Comics Success, Film Version
Freaking Romance creator Snailord, aka Aidyn Arroyal, talks about the WEBTOON series' runaway success and upcoming live-action film adaptation
05 May 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/movies/freaking-romance-creator-snailord-talks-comics-success-film-version/
'Thor' Review
FILM REVIEW: Kenneth Branagh delivers as the hammer-hurling god of thunder kicks off this superhero summer with a bang.
Megan Lehmann
April 20, 2011
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/thor-review-179647/
Free Comic Book Day Wrap-Up: The Best In Years
Free Comic Book Day was a surprising success this year, after a few down years since the pandemic. Here is all the scuttle from one store.
05 May 2024
ROLLING FOR INITIATIVE -- FCBD TIMING, AND CREEPING CHANGE
Scott Thorne on May 6, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/56842/rolling-initiative-fcbd-timing-creeping-change
Who reads Miracleman? and other thoughts on graphic novel publishing
By: Heidi MacDonald
05/06/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/who-reads-miracleman-and-other-thoughts-on-graphic-novel-publishing/
Mike Sterling
Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin January 29th, 2024
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2024/01/29/miracleman-the-marvel-age/
In praise of 'The Bad Batch,' the most Star Wars Star Wars project ever
An animated show from a galaxy far, far away touched nearly every corner of the franchise [in print as 'The Bad Batch' covered every corner of the galaxy]
Washington Post May 6, 2024 : C3
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/2024/05/02/star-wars-bad-batch-legends-novels/
25 Years of National Cartoonists Days
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/05/05/25-years-of-national-cartoonists-days/
'A perfect situation for making all kinds of mistakes': A talk with Pierre La Police
Luke Burns | May 6, 2024
Animation Time Machine: Mission Date – May 1924
May 3, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/05/animation-time-machine-mission-date-may-1924/
Interview: Matt Wagner chats about GRENDEL: DEVIL'S CRUCIBLE-DEFIANCE #1
05/06/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-matt-wagner-chats-about-grendel-devils-crucible-defiance-1/
Astrobiology: The NASA Graphic History Series
Mike Toillion
NASA Astrobiology
Apr 16, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1chiN8CJA0
Astrobiology: The NASA Graphic History Series website
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/resources/graphic-histories/
Evil Inc. Under New Management.
Philadelphia: Brad Guigar
Garcia, Congressman Robert. 2024.
The Popular Arts Caucus hosted the first Free Comic Book Day at the Capitol.
Congressman Robert Garcia (May 5): https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/1787265169372086382
Haunted Canada series to adapt 4 'terrifying tales' in a new graphic novel format
CBC Books, May 2nd, 2024 https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7191466
Why the comic book industry is growing ahead of Free Comic Book Day
Stephanie Hughes
Marketplace Morning Report May 3, 2024
https://www.marketplace.org/2024/05/03/free-comic-book-day-industry/
My journey with the Tridevi: Creating a graphic novel series
May 2, 2024,
Sukanya Basu Mallik
Oscar-winning "Parasite" to be published as English graphic novel [South Korea]
Florey DM
28 February 2020
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/style/oscar-winning-parasite-published-english-083900173.html
Malayalam superhero character from the film 'Minnal Murali' gets a graphic novel avatar
Minnal Murali becomes the first Malayalam superhero to get his own graphic novel brought out by Tinkle Comics' new imprint
Shilpa Nair Anand
May 03, 2024
Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation. 2024
by Bryan Caplan (Author), Ady Branzei (Ill.)
Washington, DC: Cato Institute
Bastiat's Buildings: Why I Wrote a Graphic Novel about Housing Regulation [Cato Institute]
By Bryan Caplan
Cato at Liberty blog May 2, 2024
https://www.cato.org/blog/bastiats-buildings-why-i-wrote-graphic-novel-about-housing-regulation
Bryan Caplan, Megan McArdle, and Peter Goettler. 2024.
Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation
Cato Institute (April 30): https://www.cato.org/events/build-baby-build-science-ethics-housing-regulation and https://house-fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/d156aa71-f38c-4daa-bc02-37f0d5380bf0/aaec2f7e-6e9b-4240-a538-2f7eb25bd1a2/main.mp4 and https://feeds.acast.com/public/streams/5e2e15a046f4465f31c89d8c/episodes/663257313eb92b0012a63a5e.mp3
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode eighty-six | Zac Thompson, part two
May 06, 2024
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/what-about-that-one
Is My Toddler a Stochastic Parrot? The world is racing to develop ever more sophisticated large language models while a small language model unfurls itself in my home [Pulitzer finalist]
By Angie Wang
November 15, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/is-my-toddler-a-stochastic-parrot
The Diary of a Rikers Island Library Worker
Every week for a year, I pushed a cart of books through the largest jail complex in New York City. [Pulitzer winner]
By Medar de la Cruz
May 12, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-diary-of-a-rikers-island-library-worker
Death Ratio'd Interview: Likes or Death [Mark Russell]
Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
PREVIEWSworld Apr 23, 2024
https://previewsworld.com/Article/274168-Death-Ratiod-Interview-Likes-or-Death
Death Ratio'd Interview: Likes or Death [Mark Russell]
Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
PREVIEWSworld Apr 23, 2024
https://previewsworld.com/Article/274168-Death-Ratiod-Interview-Likes-or-Death
I enjoyed his previous talk and book on unlimited immigration into the US, done w/ Zach Weinersmith.
Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation. 2024
by Bryan Caplan (Author), Ady Branzei (Ill.)
Washington, DC: Cato Institute
Bastiat's Buildings: Why I Wrote a Graphic Novel about Housing Regulation [Cato Institute]
By Bryan Caplan
Cato at Liberty blog May 2, 2024
https://www.cato.org/blog/bastiats-buildings-why-i-wrote-graphic-novel-about-housing-regulation
Bryan Caplan, Megan McArdle, and Peter Goettler. 2024.
Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation
Cato Institute (April 30): https://www.cato.org/events/build-baby-build-science-ethics-housing-regulation and https://house-fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/d156aa71-f38c-4daa-bc02-37f0d5380bf0/aaec2f7e-6e9b-4240-a538-2f7eb25bd1a2/main.mp4 andJoin the conversation on X using #CatoBooks. Follow @CatoEvents on X to get future event updates, live streams, and videos from the Cato Institute.
In Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation, economist Bryan Caplan makes the economic and philosophical case for radical deregulation of this massive market―freeing property owners to build as tall and dense as they wish. Not only would the average price of housing be cut in half, but the building boom unleashed by deregulation would simultaneously reduce inequality, increase social mobility, promote economic growth, reduce homelessness, increase birth rates, and help the environment. It's surprising then, that despite all these benefits, housing deregulation is universally unpopular with policymakers.
The Wit and Wisdom of Rabbi Kenneth B. Block
Freaking Romance creator Snailord, aka Aidyn Arroyal, talks about the WEBTOON series' runaway success and upcoming live-action film adaptation
All The Shops That Got Free Comic Book Day Battle Quest Comics
Published Fri, 03 May 2024
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/all-the-shops-that-got-free-comic-book-day-battle-quest-comics/
Twenty More Comic Book Stores With Free Comic Book Day Events
Published Fri, 03 May 2024
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/twenty-more-comic-book-stores-with-free-comic-book-day-events/
135 Comic Shops With Added Guests And Sales For Free Comic Book Day
Today, the 4th of May, is Free Comic Book Day. Thousands of comic book stores will be giving away free comic books, some will have more.
04 May 2024 Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/135-comic-shops-with-added-guests-and-sales-for-free-comic-book-day/
Creators Getting Cease And Desists Over Conan And Red Sonja
Creators are getting Cease & Desists Over Conan And Red Sonja these days, as both John Allison and Ben Dunn have to make changes.
Published Thu, 02 May 2024 10:57:07 -0500
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/creators-getting-cease-desists-over-conan-and-red-sonja/
Comics and graphic novels are a long way from the underground, with new data revealing them as the caped crusaders of children's book sales, as 2024 Kids News Short Story Competition launches.
Diana Jenkins
Knox Co. elementary school students to get free copies of graphic novel for 3rd year of 'One Book Read City' [literacy; Tennessee]
Chris Salvemini
May 1, 2024
Interactive Graphic Novel 'Songs of Travel' Launches on May 9th for Mobile From Causa Creations [Vienna]
Posted on April 25, 2024 by Mikhail Madnani
Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz Launches Dying Inside Graphic Novel and Merch Line
May 1, 2024
By Matt Morrison
https://www.superherohype.com/comics/574219-dying-inside-pete-wentz-new-comic-fall-out-boy
'Mr. Wolf' Comes Home: Second Story Gallery to feature comics art by Camas native; Former elementary teacher Aron Nels Steinke created popular 'Mr. Wolf's Class' books for young readers
Kelly Moyer
Graphic novel 'Wildfire' encourages middle-grade readers to take action on climate change [Breena Bard].
By Gemma DiCarlo (OPB)
Sept. 12, 2023 https://www.opb.org/article/2023/09/12/wildfire-graphic-novel-breena-bard/
Move over, Gnasher! The Beano launches its first ever comic for visually impaired children
The new comic strip features some familiar faces
Emma Guinness
Is Garfield a Hoosier? Comic strip cat has a long history in Indiana
by: Austin Hanson
Posted: Apr 30, 2024
https://fox59.com/news/is-garfield-a-hoosier-comic-strip-cat-has-a-long-history-in-indiana/
Merchants & Farmers Bank promoting financial literacy through comics [Marvel]
Leesville Leader May 2, 2024
By Emily Burleigh
AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 273: Jason Aaron talks his totally '80s TMNT, and we recap new IP additions
David Brooke and Nathan Simmons
April 28, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/28/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-273-jason-aaron/
On crafting heroes and creatures: Shannon Denton and Marcus To unpack 'Kingdom Riders'
David Brooke
April 23, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/04/23/kingdom-riders-qa/
Hayao Miyazaki's Anti-Comfort Movie
"The Boy and the Heron" finds the filmmaker revising—and sometimes upending—the themes that have defined his career.
By Moeko Fujii
May 2, 2024
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/hayao-miyazakis-anti-comfort-movie
The Man Behind the Pen [Joe Sutliff]
Contingencies Magazine May/June 2024
https://contingencies.org/a-celebration-to-remember/
Deadpool & Wolverine's Cassandra Nova Signals A Surprising Comic Influence
But, surprise, I'm not talking about Grant Morrison's X-Men
Willa Rowe
April 24, 2024
https://kotaku.com/deadpool-and-wolverine-theory-cassandra-nova-x-men-92-1851432053
No More Elephantmen At Image Comics Or Dark Horse
No More Elephantmen at Image Comics or Dark Horse - Instead The Elephantmen return to Comicraft where they all began.
, 04 May 2024
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/no-more-elephantmen-at-image-comics-or-dark-horse/
The Voice of a Hundred Faces: Dee Bradley Baker's 'Star Wars' Journey
By Rafael Motamayor
A version of this article appears in print on May 4, 2024, Section C, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Speaking for a Whole Universe of Characters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/arts/television/star-wars-the-bad-batch.html
If My Favorite Bookstores Were People
An illustrator in New York City imagines the personalities of some local bookshops and how they might be embodied.
By Aubrey Nolan
A version of this article appears in print on April 28, 2024, Section AR, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Sketch Pad.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/27/arts/nyc-bookstores-people.html
Different Styles, Different Stories in April's Graphic Novels
Minimalist landscapes, maximalist extraterrestrials and schlock movie stars populate this month's diverse offerings.
By Sam Thielman
A version of this article appears in print on May 5, 2024, Page 26 of the Sunday Book Review
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/books/review/new-graphic-novels-april-review.html
Why your homemade bread just won't rise [Ramirez letter]
Paul Manchester,
Washington Post May 4 2024: A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/03/food-inflation-emily-franciose-trump-face/
Meet N.L's comic book publisher, championing local works like Dirty Laundry and Fishsticks [Kevin Woolridge; Heavy Sweater Comics]
Beth Whitten
CBC May 1 2024
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.4216553
Episode 89: At the Drawing Board [Ray Billingsley; Curtis]
Phoebe Judge
This Is Love podcast #89; 05.01.24
https://thisislovepodcast.com/episode-89-at-the-drawing-board/
A perfect Sunday with...Collin Kelly
Little monsters, Indy and Worlds Beyond Number!
Cavan Scott
The Cavletter May 5, 2024
https://www.cavletter.com/a-perfect-sunday-with-collin-kelly/?ref=the-cavletter-newsletter
Terry Mosher talks about Montreal, cartooning and his new Expos book
Aislin's love for art and baseball came from his godfather John Little, who drew a beautiful painting of the Montreal Royals at Delorimier Downs.
Stu Cowan, Montreal Gazette May 04, 2024
Terry Mosher writes a fun book about love affair with Expos"It's not meant to be a history so much as a memoir — and there's a big difference," cartoonist known as Aislin says about the tragicomedy. Stu Cowan, Montreal Gazette May 04, 2024
