Monday, August 12, 2024

Newfoundlanders already love him. Now, a documentary will introduce this psychedelic superhero to the world
Doc about Geoffrey Stirling, who created Captain Newfoundland and co-founded NTV, gets Telefilm funding
Joseph Pugh · CBC News : August 9 2024
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/captain-newfoundland-doc-1.7290652

Sunday, August 11, 2024

“Civil: The World of Bayard Rustin” at Africa World Art Gallery

Things to do in the DC area: A Bayard Rustin graphic novel exhibit, Punk Fest … and more!

The Africa World Art Gallery in Washington is hosting an exhibition that celebrates the launch of the graphic novel, "Civil: The World of Bayard Rustin," which is focused on Bayard Rustin, who was a mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr. and a driving force behind the civil rights movement.

The exhibition, "Civil: The World of Bayard Rustin," runs through Aug. 25 at the first floor at 2311 Calvert St. NW at D.C.'s Africa World Art Gallery.

David Apatoff salutes Little Orphan Annie

http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2024/08/little-orphan-annie-after-100-years.html

Aug 17-18: Mike Hawthorne at Fairfax Comic Con

My summer tour continues! I'll be in the DC area for the Fairfax Comic Con!

This show is going to be fun, a low-stress-high-fun kind of con. If you're in the DC/VA area, swing by. The guest list is pretty awesome!

That darn comics journalism and Mark Trail!

Slow on the draw [comics journalism letter]

Arthur L. Kellermann, Richmond

Washington Post August 10 2024: A13.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/09/parenting-advice-wedding-clothes-trump-race/

The July 30 illustrated news article, "Lawmaker blocked gun violence research, then came to regret it," about former congressman Jay Dickey (R-Ark.) apologizing for the Dickey Amendment, essentially reprised reporting The Post published in 2015. Readers would be better served by learning what Congress is doing regarding gun violence now.

On July 10, the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act on a party-line vote. The bill would slash the budget of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by $1.7 billion, eliminating funding for a wide range of health promotion and disease prevention programs, in addition to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The committee says one of its goals is "focusing the CDC on communicable diseases rather than social engineering," and the legislation includes an amendment from Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Georgia gun store owner, titled "Preventing anti-gun activism by the CDC and NIH."

Twenty-eight years after the Dickey Amendment became law, history could repeat itself, with even more damaging effects. That's a story worth covering.

Arthur L. Kellermann, Richmond

The writer was lead author of the 1993 New England Journal of Medicine study "Gun Ownership as a Risk Factor for Homicide in the Home," which was cited in the article and funded by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

Actual attaboy from the ranger: 'You do like punching people for nature' [Mark Trail letter]

Stephen Marschall, Burke

Washington Post August 10 2024: A13.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/09/parenting-advice-wedding-clothes-trump-race/

When I started following the comic strip "Mark Trail," the main character was more like a human being than the current manifestation. He was logical and tried his best to be kind while solving ecological problems. However, the Mark Trail I see today is crude and prone to violence. He is proud of his "two fists of justice" and uses them to resolve whatever problem confronts him.

An "adventure" from July involved people dumping electronic equipment in the woods. A ranger confesses to Mark Trial that he was afraid to confront the bad guys lest he be harmed in the process, but Mark Trail has no problem teaching the offenders a lesson with his fists. The lesson here is that it's perfectly okay for a private citizen to employ violence if local law enforcement can't resolve the problem.

How did a great naturalist become a reckless renegade who takes the law into his own hands (or, rather, fists) to rid the planet of bad guys? This is not a role model for anyone.

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Daniel Boris is a political cartoon contest award winner

Daniel Boris just wrote in (click through the link to see other winners):

I wanted to let you know that a cartoon of mine recently won an award (and a cash prize) at the

2024 Homer Davenport Cartoon Contest, for this cartoon (see below).

2024 Homer Davenport Cartoon Contest

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/9/2024

Graphic Novel Review: UNCLE SAM is a timeless American parable

The book by Steve Darnall, Alex Ross, and Todd Klein got a new Special Election Edition this month.

Zack Quaintance

08/09/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-uncle-sam-is-a-timeless-american-parable/

'Uncle Sam' Remains A Powerful Deconstruction Of American Democracy 27 Years Later

Josh Weiss

Aug 6, 2024, https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2024/08/06/uncle-sam-remains-a-powerful-deconstruction-of-american-democracy-27-years-later/

Mohammad Sabaaneh wins Sweden's EWK Award of 2024

By John Freeman on August 8, 2024

https://downthetubes.net/mohammad-sabaaneh-wins-swedens-ewk-award-of-2024/

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2024 PHOTOS, PART 1

One View of the Four-Day Show

ICv2 August 9, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57542/san-diego-comic-con-2024-photos-part-1

San Diego Comic-Con in Photos: Part III
Scoop August 9 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=276899

Convention Recap: Hot Flips Comic and Collectible Show

Art Cloos

Scoop August 9 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=276985

Hot Flips Comic and Collectible Show in Photos

Alice Cloos.

Scoop August 9 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=276987

Egypt accused of torturing arrested cartoonist Ashraf Omar

Alan Gardner

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/08/egypt-accused-of-torturing-arrested-cartoonist-ashraf-omar/

Political cartoonist visits Findlay [Gary Varvel]

The Courier Aug 02, 2024

https://thecourier.com/news/534010/political-cartoonist-visits-findlay/

'Fax Check! Drawing From History, This Cartoonist Travels the Old Golden Road

From Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner to Meow Wolf...with a stop by the pink palace that shall not be named. [comics journalism]

By Karl Christian Krumpholz

August 6, 2024

https://www.westword.com/news/west-colfax-is-full-of-denver-landmarks-from-meow-wolf-to-casa-bonita-21575834

The 'New Economic Bill of Rights' Comic Strip: A Vision for 2024 and Beyond

Harvey J. Kaye and Matt Strackbein

Aug 07, 2024 Common Dreams

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/economic-bill-of-rights-comic

Paramount Sells ComicBook.com & PopCulture.com to Savage Ventures

Paramount has sold ComicBook.com and PopCulture.com websites to Savage Ventures, pitting Sam Savage back in charge.

by Rich Johnston 08 Aug 2024 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/paramount-sells-comicbook-com-popculture-com-to-savage-ventures/

Paramount Sells Two Entertainment Websites Amid Cost-Cutting Effort

ComicBook and PopCulture, which were acquired in 2018, were sold to a venture run by Sam Savage, an executive who had held the CEO title at the brands.

BY ERIK HAYDEN

AUGUST 8, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-comicbook-popculture-1235968725/

A Hulkologist's Lament - Book Review of The Incredible Hulk: Worldbreaker, Hero, Icon.

reviewed by José Alaniz, University of Washington, Seattle

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG August 9, 2024 https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-hulkologists-lament-book-review-of.html

Johnson, Rich. The Incredible Hulk: Worldbreaker, Hero, Icon. Universe, 2022. https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780789341242/

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Episode 166 - Drew Dernavich

AUGUST 07, 2024 VIN COCA, BETH LAWLER, PAUL NESJA, NICOLE CHROLAVICIUS SEASON 4 EPISODE 166

HTTPS://WWW.BUZZSPROUT.COM/1719352/15547191-EPISODE-166-DREW-DERNAVICH

Kibbles 'n' Bit 8/9/24: ComicBook.Com sold to Savage Ventures and MORE!

By: Heidi MacDonald

08/09/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/kibbles-n-bit-8-9-24-comicbook-com-sold-to-savage-ventures-and-more/

Culture clash as Book Festival and Comic Con share date

Publishers, booksellers and illustrators will have to juggle their time between these two large events

Giulia Magri

Times of Malta August 9 2024

https://timesofmalta.com/article/culture-clash-book-festival-comic-con-share-date.1096505

'WHEN IT COMES TO ART, I THINK IT'S VERY SPECIAL IF WE CAN LET IT BE FREE TO EXIST HOWEVER IT WANTS': AN INTERVIEW WITH IAN BERTRAM

Jean Marc Ah-Sen | August 8, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/when-it-comes-to-art-i-think-its-very-special-if-we-can-let-it-be-free-to-exist-however-it-wants-an-interview-with-ian-bertram/

POPULAR 'EVERYTHING'S FINE' FIRE MEME IS BY A MASSACHUSETTS CARTOONIST [KC Green].

Jolana Miller

WCYY (August 3, 2024

Https://Wcyy.Com/One-Of-The-Most-Popular-Memes-Across-The-World-Was-Created-By-A-Guy-Massachusetts/

Mary Wings, Pioneering Creator of Queer Comics, Dies at 75

She was the first openly gay woman to write a comic book about lesbians. She went on to write detective novels with a queer woman in the lead.

By Clay Risen

Aug. 8, 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/arts/mary-wings-dead.html

Farmers carve 'Peanuts' comic characters in corn mazes nationwide to celebrate 75-year anniversary

Over 80 farmers dedicated their corn mazes to Snoopy and the 'Peanuts' gang by Charles M. Schulz

By Brittany Kasko Fox News

August 8, 2024 https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/farmers-carve-peanuts-comic-characters-corn-mazes-nationwide-celebrate-75-year-anniversary

How 'Inside Out' and Its Sequel Changed Therapy

Mental health professionals and educators say the movies are remarkably helpful in providing a common language they can use with children and parents.

By Melena Ryzik

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 11, 2024, Section AR, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: How Pixar Helped Change Therapy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/movies/inside-out-2-therapy-schools.html

'Looney Tunes' Movie Picked Up for NorAm Release by Ketchup Ent.

Mercedes Milligan

August 8, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/looney-tunes-movie-picked-up-for-noram-release-by-ketchup-ent/

Ketchup Entertainment Picks Up N. American Rights To 'The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie'

By AMID AMIDI | 08/09/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/distribution/ketchup-entertainment-picks-up-n-american-rights-to-the-day-the-earth-blew-up-a-looney-tunes-movie-242296.html

Animation Worker Rally In Burbank Wants Cartoon Fans To Come Out And Show Support

By AMID AMIDI | 08/06/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/u-k-kids-content-distributor-cake-to-acquire-competing-distributor-jetpack-242253.html

Major Hollywood Unions And Guilds Issue Joint Statement Urging Studios To 'Value And Respect' Animation Workers

By AMID AMIDI | 08/07/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/major-hollywood-unions-and-guilds-issue-joint-statement-urging-studios-to-value-and-respect-animation-workers-242265.html

Aardman Academy Appoints 'Farmageddon' Director Will Becher as Stop-Mo Lead

Mercedes Milligan

August 8, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/aardman-academy-appoints-farmageddon-director-will-becher-as-stop-mo-lead/

U.K. Kids' Content Distributor Cake To Acquire Competing Distributor Jetpack

By AMID AMIDI | 08/07/2024 https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/u-k-kids-content-distributor-cake-to-acquire-competing-distributor-jetpack-242253.html

Study Shows Pay Gap for Historically Women-Dominated Animation Roles

Animation Magazine

August 8, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/study-shows-pay-gap-for-historically-women-dominated-animation-roles/

A Gender Wage Equity Study: Work and Pay in Film and Television Production Local 839

Clare Hammonds

Anna Walden

Labor Center

University of Massachusetts Amherst

May 30, 2024

https://safe.menlosecurity.com/doc/docview/viewer/docN62C089566CA836b79549707226fc00306ebdd91f810d787142b0fb377ad6fdf80be1c200cfc6

August and Everything After – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | August 9, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/august-and-everything-after-this-weeks-links/

Comic Book Creators Tim Fielder and Walter Greason on the History of Hip Hop

Jamie Broadnax

August 2024

https://blackgirlnerds.com/comic-book-creators-tim-fielder-and-walter-greason-on-the-history-of-hip-hop/

The graphic world of cartoonist Ant Sang [New Zealand]

André Chumko

August 7, 2024

https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/350363664/graphic-world-cartoonist-ant-sang

Tony Millionaire Conversation

Noah Van Sciver

Aug 4, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8NkhTHelf4

Why was Steve Dillon one of the greatest artists of all time? – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

Aug 5, 2024 The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_THxgeBn5E

The comic-strip hero who charged into history [The Victor comic book]

Brian Farmer

BBC News, Norfolk August 5 2024

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjjj5wd27dgo

Author of 'Dr. Dyslexia Dude' graphic novels first learned to read at a Wisconsin college

Shawn Robinson now holds a Ph.D. in language and literacy

By Jonah Beleckis

Wisconsin Public Radio August 7, 2024

https://www.wpr.org/news/author-of-dr-dyslexia-dude-graphic-novels-first-learned-to-read-at-a-wisconsin-college

https://mp3.wpr.org/download.php?f=https://wpr-podcast.streamguys1.com/mlr/mlr240722f1.mp3

Comic classics that portray the Holocaust

Jewish artists and storytellers in particular have illustrated the evils of the Holocaust in comic books since the 1940s, including in superhero classics from Captain Marvel to Superman.

Stuart Braun

August 5, 2024

https://www.dw.com/en/comic-classics-that-portray-the-holocaust/a-69765586

Joyce Brabner, Comic Book Writer and Wife of Late Harvey Pekar, Dies at 72

Brabner carved out her own distinguished career in comics separate from her legacy with Pekar

By Mark Oprea on Wed, Aug 7, 2024

https://www.clevescene.com/news/joyce-brabner-comic-book-writer-and-wife-of-late-harvey-pekar-dies-at-72-44871250

Art of rebellion | Review of 'Woman, Life, Freedom' by Marjane Satrapi

Who better than the renowned author of 'Persepolis' to headline an inspiring set of graphic novel-style essays on life in Iran?

August 02, 2024

Joshua Muyiwa

https://www.thehindu.com/books/book-review-woman-life-freedom-graphic-novelist-illustrator-marjane-satrapi-essays-life-iran-graphic-novel-style/article68449879.ece

Christopher Cantwell vehemently declares 'Plastic Man No More!'

The writer talks about the body horror, hard truths, and big emotions in Plastic Man's "final" story.

Chris Coplan

August 8, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/08/christopher-cantwell-plastic-man-feature/

Exploring the cosmic horror of 'The Dark Empty Void' #1 [ Zack Kaplan and Chris Shehan interview]

David Brooke

August 6, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/06/mad-cave-preview-the-dark-empty-void-1/

All leading to this: Brian K. Vaughan and Chris Burnham talk 'Kids Rule OK'

Brian K. Vaughan and Chris Burnham unpack their story in 'Battle Action' out this October.

David Brooke

August 8, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/08/kids-rule-ok-feature/

Anatomy of Design: Michael Gaydos unpacks the 'Beneath' monsters

Check out what went into crafting a brand new monster in 'Beneath' from artist Michael Gaydos.

David Brooke

August 8, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/08/michael-gaydos-beneath/

Stephanie Phillips talks redemption, trauma, and Florida in 'Red Before Black' feature

Chris Coplan

August 6, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/06/red-before-black-qa/

Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard outline 'The Power Fantasy'

Chris Coplan

August 6, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/06/the-power-fantasy-creator-qa/

Smash Pages Q&A | Samuel Sattin on 'Unico: Awakening'

The writer of the new manga based on the work of Osamu Tezuka talks about the project, what Tezuka means to him and more.

JK Parkin

August 5, 2024

https://smashpages.net/2024/08/05/smash-pages-qa-samuel-sattin-on-unico-awakening/

Holloway, Steven W., Allison Bailund, Carole Sussman, Deborah Tomaras. 2024. "From 'Afrofuturist Comics' to 'Zombies in Comics': Inclusive Comics Cataloging from A to Z," in Amber Billey, Elizabeth Nelson and Rebecca Uhl (eds.), Inclusive Cataloging: Histories, Context, and Reparative Approaches (Chicago: ALA Editions, 2024), 99-107.

online at https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1262&context=letfspubs

Busi Rizzi, Giorgio, Lorenzo Di Paola, & Rodolfo Dal Canto. (2024). Mon Semblable, Mon Frère: Identity Needs, Imaginary, and Aesthetics in Marco and Antonio Manetti's Diabolik Trilogy. Cinergie – Il Cinema E Le Altre Arti, 13(25), 117–129. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2280-9481/18922 and https://cinergie.unibo.it/article/view/18922

Harold Makes the World With His Purple Crayon. Who Made Harold?
By A.O. Scott
A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 11, 2024, Page 18 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Harold Makes His World. Who Made Harold?.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/03/books/review/harold-and-the-purple-crayon.html

Lalo Alcaraz Joins CALÓ News as Editoonist
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/08/lalo-alcarez-joins-calo-news-as-editoonist/

Chicano artist and writer Lalo Alcaraz joins CALÓ News
Denise Florez, Abelardo de la Peña Jr.
Aug 7, 2024
https://www.calonews.com/featured-topics/media/chicano-artist-and-writer-lalo-alcaraz-joins-cal-news/article_1f75dafe-54e2-11ef-94de-9b14fa8adf74.html

What's up with that cartoon billboard on 6th Ave. in Tacoma warning of nuclear weapons? [ Pat Moriarty]
By Simone Carter
Tacoma News Tribune August 08, 2024
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article290850129.html

Retired architect Kilpatrick III brings levity with humorous cartoons [Hugh Kilpatrick III, religion]
By HASKEL BURNS
Tue,08/06/24
https://www.hubcityspokes.com/local-content/retired-architect-kilpatrick-iii-brings-levity-humorous-cartoons

Next On Netflix: At 60, Mafalda Is Just As (Im)Pertinent As Ever
Irene Caselli
Worldcrunch Today August 08, 2024
https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/mafalda-netflix-cartoon-activism

Shawn Levy Unpacks 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Cameos and Spoilers: Channing Tatum's Gambit, Jennifer Garner's Ben Affleck Divorce Joke, Henry Cavill's Wolverine and More
Rebecca Rubin
Aug 5, 2024
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/shawn-levy-deadpool-and-wolverine-spoilers-cameos-1236089059/

20 Years of Laughs: Stegelin skewers, roasts and can make you spit out your coffee
by Andy Brack and Steve Stegelin
August 9, 2024
https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2024/08/09/20-years-of-laughs-stegelin-skewers-roasts-and-can-make-you-spit-out-your-coffee/

Comic & Cartoonist: Charlie Hall reflects on star-studded legacy
Warwick Beacon August 7, 2024
https://warwickonline.com/stories/comic-cartoonist,259697
By ANISHA KUMAR

Sales Charts: Image Comics announce Top 10 comics and books July 2024
By: Heidi MacDonald
08/09/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/sales-charts-image-comics-announce-top-10-comics-and-books-july-2024/

Sales Charts: Top Ten Most Read Comics on GlobalComix August 9, 2024
Heidi MacDonald
08/09/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/sales-charts-top-ten-most-read-comics-on-globalcomix-august-9-2024/

WEBTOON Entertainment stock takes a dive, but it's not a big deal
Humberto Saabedra
08/09/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/webtoon-entertainments-stock-takes-a-dive-but-its-not-a-big-deal/

WBD evicts Foster's Imaginary Friends and the rest of Cartoon Network from its home on the internet
R.I.P. cartoonnetwork.com. You were a courageous dog among cowards.
By Emma Keates | August 9, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/cartoon-network-scrubbed-warner-bros

Friday, August 09, 2024

Rosarium's fan letter from New Zealand

Best Fan Letter Ever (from a 12 Year-Old Girl from New Zealand)

posted on Fri, Aug 09, 2024
by Rosarium Publishing

Thursday, August 08, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/8/2024

DSTLRY raises an additional $5 million in funding

Heidi MacDonald

08/08/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dstlry-raises-an-additional-5-million-in-funding/

Disney's Parks Struggle, Exposing a New Trouble Spot

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 8, 2024, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Trouble Spot For Disney: Weak Results For Its Parks

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/business/media/disney-earnings-parks.html

downthetubes presents… "Doomed Covenant" a comic strip by Alan Langford

August 7, 2024

https://downthetubes.net/downthetubes-presents-doomed-covenant-a-comic-strip-by-alan-langford/

Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver Returns, But As A Graphic Novel

Coming to crowdfunding soon

by Damien McFerran Mon 1st Jul 2024 https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/07/legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver-returns-but-as-a-graphic-novel

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Returns In New Prequel Graphic Novel

The first new Soul Reaver content in over two decades.

By Jesse Schedeen

Jun 30, 2024 https://www.ign.com/articles/legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver-returns-in-new-prequel-graphic-novel

Remembering Rick O'Shay And Cowboy Comic Strip Artist Stan Lynde

BY DAVID HOFSTEDE

AUGUST 6, 2024

From our August/September 2024 issue. https://www.cowboysindians.com/2024/08/remembering-rick-oshay-and-cowboy-comic-strip-artist-stan-lynde/

'The Most Precious of Cargoes' Oscar-Winning Director Pens Op-Ed on Rising Antisemitism [Michel Hazanavicius]

Animation Magazine August 7, 2024 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/the-most-precious-of-cargoes-animation-director-pens-op-ed-on-rising-antisemitism/

Hazanavicius, Michel. 2024.

Michel Hazanavicius, réalisateur : "Pourquoi j'ai le sentiment que les juifs sont les ennemis les plus cool à détester?" [France, animator].

Le Monde (August 8): https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2024/08/07/michel-hazanavicius-realisateur-pourquoi-j-ai-le-sentiment-que-les-juifs-sont-les-ennemis-les-plus-cool-a-detester_6270925_3232.html

What the Shadow Says

The appearance of the vigilante crime fighter known as the Shadow in the writings of Plath, Kerouac, and Baraka reveals a twentieth-century duality.

Livia Gershon

JSTOR. August 4, 2024

https://daily.jstor.org/what-the-shadow-says/

'Umbrella Academy' Showrunner on Ending the World One More Time — and Potential Spinoffs
Abbey White
August 8, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/umbrella-academy-series-finale-ending-spinoffs-1235969494/

Captain America (Very) Lite — Captain Battle: Legacy War
By Keith R.A. DeCandido
July 25, 2024
https://reactormag.com/the-superhero-movie-rewatch-captain-battle-legacy-war/

"Families are complicated" — The Marvels
By Keith R.A. DeCandido
August 1, 2024
https://reactormag.com/the-superhero-rewatch-the-marvels/

"No one hits my brother but me." — Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
By Keith R.A. DeCandido
August 8, 2024
https://reactormag.com/no-one-hits-my-brother-but-me-aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom/

Ain't Nothin' But a Family Thing — Blue Beetle
By Keith R.A. DeCandido
January 10, 2024
https://reactormag.com/aint-nothin-but-a-family-thing-blue-beetle/

"It really is good to have friends" — Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
By Keith R.A. DeCandido
January 3, 2024
https://reactormag.com/it-really-is-good-to-have-friends-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3/

"We're gonna need more Skittles" — Shazam!: Fury of the Gods
By Keith R.A. DeCandido
December 13, 2023
https://reactormag.com/superhero-rewatch-shazam-fury-of-the-gods/

"I have holes!" — Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
By Keith R.A. DeCandido
December 6, 2023
https://reactormag.com/i-have-holes-ant-man-the-wasp-quantumania/

Because Nobody Demanded It… — R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned
By Keith R.A. DeCandido
November 29, 2023
https://reactormag.com/because-nobody-demanded-it-r-i-p-d-2-rise-of-the-damned/

As My Hero Academia ends, One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda pays a touching tribute to its creator Kōhei Horikoshi with a gorgeous reworking of his teenage fan art
By Will Salmon
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https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/eiichiro-oda-pays-tribute-to-my-hero-academia-ending/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDpQK-kceAQ

Comic-Con 2024 in Photos
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https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/95681-comic-con-2024-in-photos.html

'Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Review: Paramount+'s Winning 'Mutant Mayhem' Sequel
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/tales-of-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-review-tv-paramount-1235964486/

One Piece's Kent Williams, Chris Rager and Robert McCollum Discuss the 25th Anniversary of the Show
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0dB4-s5gQ8

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

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live - Episode 051: With Special Guest Marc Guggenheim
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VisZSS4hsmE

Words, Images, & Worlds with Angela Boyle [The Universal Flaws of Robotics].
Jason DeHart
Aug 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mnLCpBtfI

Words, Images, & Worlds with Warren Montgomery
Jason DeHart
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGO3C00sAak

Today I said, "It's not you, it's me" to Big Planet Comics Bethesda
by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog August 08, 2024
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/08/today-i-said-its-not-you-its-me-to-big.html

Today I said, "It's not you, it's me" to Big Planet Comics Bethesda

by Mike Rhode

Today, I closed out my account at Big Planet Comics in Bethesda, which I have had since 1986. That's 38 years, and one of the longest relationships I've had. I started it when my girlfriend at the time pointed out this store opening close to her house. Frank Miller's Batman The Dark Knight Returns reignited my interest when it was waning due to college and I wanted to buy them as they come out - this was before trade collections. I was the original subscriber #45. I stayed with the store through 4 locations and god knows how many comics.

But I barely read floppies anymore and looking at their Comics Hub software today, I realized I hadn't picked up my books in four months. And my pull list has really shrunk. I had 30 pieces waiting for that 3 months including an Overstreet PG and 2 copies of the latest Prince Valiant collection (my neighbor's late b-day present). Before COVID that would have been 1 weeks haul.

Other factors in my decision are:

1. The store physically closed during COVID. You couldn't browse, and they would bring your books out to the sidewalk. Understandable due to their health concerns, but a routine breaker;

2. Also during COVID, the store moved to a 2nd floor space around the corner, which eventually re-opened to browsing, but didn't feel like home to me;

3. As you might have noticed, many of my interviewers complain about DC's traffic as their 'least favorite thing.' It's gotten harder to drive around the beltway for 25-50 minutes to go to a comics store;

4. Tom King and other DC-area cartoonists don't really need my money or support as they've become successful. I used to get all local books for a ComicsDC collection, but gave up on the idea of that after the basement flood of a few years ago;

5. Joel Pollack (founder) and Greg Bennett (long-time partner), sold the store last year. This was really the final defining reason. The current owner Nick is a perfectly nice guy who took care of me just fine and has a fantastic stock - see the pictures. You can literally spend hours looking around if you're not a regular reader of comics who's been buying them for 45 years. I would also recommend the Big Planet Comics DC and Vienna branches. All three are excellent stores. But the long-term camaraderie I had with Joel, Greg, and other long-term customers is gone;

6. As I've grown older, I've really gotten bored with repetitive superhero comics I'm afraid. There's plenty of graphic novels and other comics to read. Too many! A good problem to have, I guess. But I'm no longer the weekly Wednesday (formerly Friday!) warrior who went to get my new serialized comic books religiously, and kept up with reading them;

I'm not giving up on comics stores completely. I started going to Fantom Comics in Dupont Circle when they stayed open during COVID, and they have events I go to every other week or so, so I'm often there. Plus it takes me only 20 minutes to get there. I'll be moving the little I still subscribe to there.

Still it's the end of a personal era, and I'm sad about it.