'REALLY I JUST WANT TO STAY HOME AND MAKE ART ABOUT MY DOG': AN INTERVIEW WITH SARA VARON
Gina Gagliano | July 1, 2024
What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine exhibit explored by Bruce Guthrie
by Bruce Guthrie
July 01, 2024
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/07/what-me-worry-art-and-humor-of-mad.html
In memory of Howard Roy Beckerman, NY, December 25, 1930 - June 29, 2024
https://everloved.com/life-of/howard-beckerman/obituary/
Good Omens Graphic Novel Coloring Deep Dive: Swimming in Color.
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Crunchyroll to Stream 'Kaiju No. 8' Season Two
Shortly after the hit show's first-season finale on Saturday, Crunchyroll revealed that storied Japanese anime studio Production I.G. has already begun production on a second season.
BY PATRICK BRZESKI
JUNE 30, 2024
HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/TV/TV-NEWS/CRUNCHYROLL-KAIJU-NO-8-SEASON-TWO-1235936214/
Crunchyroll to Release 'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle' in Theaters as Film Trilogy
An earlier film in the 'Demon Slayer' franchise, 'Mugen Train,' is the top-grossing Japanese film of all time, having earned over $500 million at the global box office.
BY PATRICK BRZESKI
JUNE 30, 2024 HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/MOVIES/MOVIE-NEWS/CRUNCHYROLL-DEMON-SLAYER-THEATERS-FILM-TRILOGY-1235936072/
Box Office Milestone: 'Inside Out 2' Crosses $1 Billion Globally in Record Time
The Pixar sequel is the 11th animated film to achieve this feat and the first movie to do so since 'Barbie' almost a year ago.
BY PAMELA MCCLINTOCK
JUNE 30, 2024
Ryan Coogler, Mattson Tomlin Team for 'A Vicious Circle' at Universal (Exclusive)
Tomlin will write the adaptation of the Boom! Studios comic he co-created with artist Lee Bermejo.
BY BORYS KIT
JUNE 28, 2024
Hamptons home of iconic artist who created over 600 New Yorker drawings lists for $4.1M [Saul Steinberg ]
Mary K. Jacob
June 28 2024
Weekly Shonen Jump's Editor-in-Chief Hiroyuki Nakano steps down
The head of the magazine steps down after 7 years
By Matias De la Piedra -07/01/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/weekly-shonen-jumps-editor-in-chief-hiroyuki-nakano-steps-down/
On Jim Lee, Charging Up To $35,000 For Private Commission Artwork; Back in April, Bleeding Cool looked at the commission rates of Jim Lee, Publisher and CCO of DC Comics, from his agent Albert Moy.
30 Jun 2024 by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/on-jim-lee-charging-up-to-35000-for-private-commission-artwork/
Gail Simone On Jim Lee, Batman And Wolverine
Gail Simone shared a reason to love the Jim Lee, currently DC Comics publisher and CCO, from San Diego Comic-Con in 2009.
30 Jun 2024
by Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gail-simone-on-jim-lee-batman-and-wolverine/
Interview: Claudia Christian on her new project, DARK LEGACIES!
The actress is releasing a compendium edition of her universe through Zoop!
By Diego Higuera -07/01/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-claudia-christian-on-her-new-project-dark-legacies/
Copyright Vigilantes: Intellectual Property and the Hollywood Superhero
University Press of Mississippi 2024
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Copyright-Vigilantes
The Disney+ Kingdom: Essays on Nostalgia, Representation and Branding
Edited by David Whitt and John Perlich
McFarland 2024
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-disney-kingdom/
The Music of the How to Train Your Dragon Trilogy: A Guide to the Scores of John Powell
Erik Heine
McFarland 2024
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-music-of-the-how-to-train-your-dragon-trilogy/
Keefe, Jim. 2008.
Jim Keefe: Sketches & Drawings No. 1 [sketchbook].
Keefe Studios
The art of Jack Davis, MAD cartoonist and one of the all-time greats
Ruben Bolling
Boing Boing Jun 26, 2024
BAXTER'S BREAKDOWNS
July 1, 2024 posted by Devon Baxter
Howard Beckerman (1930-2024)
https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/howard-beckerman-1930-2024/
Renowned Animator, Historian and Educator Howard Beckerman Dies at 93
Ramin Zahed
June 30, 2024
Rebels Forever: 'Ed, Edd n Eddy' Creator Danny Antonucci Looks Back on His Much-Loved 25-Year-Old Show
By Ramin Zahed
June 28, 2024
June-July '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 341).
Ready to Pivot and Adapt: How Top Animation Service Studios Are Facing Today's Industry Challenges
By Ryan Gaur
June 28, 2024
This article was written for the
June-July '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 341).
Much-Loved Animation Industry Veteran Adina Pitt Leaves Warner Bros. Discovery
Animation Magazine
June 28, 2024
July comics preview: an ode to EC Comics and a follow-up to an Eisner Award-winning DC Black Label miniseries
Epitaphs From The Abyss, The Nice House By The Sea, You And A Bike And A Road, and more comics you need to read this month
Oliver Sava
AV Club July 1 2024
https://www.avclub.com/july-2024-comic-books-new-releases-preview-1851567306
Inside Out 2 is officially one of the most successful animated films ever at the box office
The emotional Pixar sequel crossed the $1 billion threshold internationally this weekend
Emma Keates
AV Club July 1 2024
https://www.avclub.com/weekend-box-office-inside-out-2-quiet-place-day-one-1851569932
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode ninety-four | Deniz Camp, part two
Jul 01, 2024
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/why-i-should-stick-my-neck-out-for
Antony Starr sees Homelander as much more than a Donald Trump parallel
The connections between the two power-hungry figures are undeniable, but The Boys wanted to "create something a bit more layered than that"
Emma Keates
AV Club July 1 2024
https://www.avclub.com/the-boys-anthony-starr-homlander-donald-trump-1851570964
Tiffany Hong
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• Review of Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist History, by Eike Exner. INKS: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, vol. 7, no. 2, 2023, pp. 204-206.
• Review of Representing Acts of Violence in Comics, edited by Nina Mickwitz, Ian Horton, and Ian Hague. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, vol. 14, no. 5, 2023, pp. 750-754.
• Review of Women's Manga in Asia and Beyond: Uniting Different Cultures and Identities, edited by Fusami Ogi, Rebecca Suter, Kazumi Nagaike, and John A. Lent. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, vol. 14, no. 3, 2023, pp. 475-477.
• Review of Authorizing Superhero Comics: On the Evolution of a Popular Serial Genre by Daniel Stein. Studies in Comics, vol. 13, no. 1/2, 2022, pp. 169-173.
• "'You Too Shall Be New': Synthezoid Phenomenology and Canonical Memory in The Vision." (excerpt and reprint) Superheroes and Excess: A Philosophical Adventure, edited by Jamie Brassett and Richard Reynolds, Routledge Advances in Comics Studies, 2021, pp. 102-120.
• "'You Too Shall Be New': Synthezoid Phenomenology and Canonical Memory in The Vision." ImageTexT, vol. 12, no. 1, 2021.
• "Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 2." Sequart Organization, edited by Nicholas Yanes, 2020, http://sequart.org/magazine/69827/academics-on-avengers-endgame-part-2/
• "Distortions of Superheroism, Radical Interiority, and Victimhood in Sam Kieth's The Maxx." The Dark Side: A Supervillain Reader, edited by Robert Peaslee and Robert Weiner, University of Mississippi Press, 2020, pp. 357-371.
• "'Of Course We Record It': Legacy, Textual Violence, and Fridging in Ales Kot's Zero." Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, vol. 8, no. 3, 2017, pp. 277-294.
• "Transformed by Comics: The Murakamiverse, Palimpsestic Iconography, and Cumulative Meaning in the Fiction of Murakami Haruki." Image [&] Narrative, vol. 17, no. 3, 2016, pp. 57-67.