Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/12/2024

The Meeple Guild: Graphic novel becomes basis of board game

For background Harrow County was an American comic book series that ran from 2015 to 2018. It was created by writer Cullen Bunn and artist Tyler Crook.

The Meeple Guild Aug 18, 2024    

https://www.sasktoday.ca/central/yorkton-this-week/the-meeple-guild-graphic-novel-becomes-basis-of-board-game-9345140

 

Comic book restorer accused of stealing $300,000 in rare comic books, fraudulent fees

Aug. 16, 2024

    Tatum Todd | The Oregonian/OregonLive

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/08/comic-book-restorer-accused-of-stealing-300000-in-rare-comic-books-fraudulent-fees.html

 

Former Linn County man accused of defrauding dozens of comic book collectors arrested

    By: Ryan Bonham

    Aug 15, 2024 https://www.kezi.com/news/local/former-linn-county-man-accused-of-defrauding-dozens-of-comic-book-collectors-arrested/article_b1952088-5b5a-11ef-a497-d729a2f3d026.html

 

Sleep Token announce their own graphic novel, Teeth Of God

Sleep Token have revealed a "brand new offering" for their fans, the Teeth Of God graphic novel, available this month…

Words: Emily Carter

Photo: Andy Ford

August 16th 2024,   https://www.kerrang.com/amp/sleep-token-announce-their-own-graphic-novel-teeth-of-god

 

Kelly Goto- Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American Experience

https://www.whatcomtalk.com/event/kelly-goto-seattle-samurai-a-cartoonists-perspective-of-the-japanese-american-experience/

 

The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion [Will Eisner, Jews]

by Susan Hornik

August 18, 2024 https://aish.com/the-plot-the-secret-story-of-the-protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion/

 

"Just Annie"

While writing a history of American orphanhood, I realized how upsetting Little Orphan Annie's story truly was.

By Kristen Martin

Aug 17, 2024 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/little-orphan-annie-movie-comic-poem.html

 

Jack and Victor return as Still Game becomes a comic book

17 August 2024

Jonathan Geddes

BBC Scotland News https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg1xkg1zlyo

 

Claim filed against WEBTOON for possible class action suit due to financial misinformation

A plaintiff has filed a claim alleging financial misinformation after the company's Initial Public Offering and a continually declining stock price.

D. Morris

09/12/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/claim-filed-against-webtoon-for-possible-class-action-suit-due-to-financial-misinformation/

 

Interview: Watchmen: Chapter 1 Director Brandon Vietti Adapting Iconic DC Graphic Novel [animation]

SuperHeroHype  August 16, 2024

By Brandon Schreur https://www.superherohype.com/movies/581786-watchmen-chapter-1-director-brandon-vietti-interview

 

Robert Tingler,

Letters: How the Tribune can make the comics better

Chicago Tribune August 17, 2024

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/17/letters-081724-comics/

 

Comic Creator Spotlight: John Severin, a Master of Comic Cover Composition

By John Freeman on September 12, 2024

https://downthetubes.net/comic-creator-spotlight-john-severin-a-master-of-comic-cover-composition/

 

Of Comic Books and Couture; The relationship is no laughing matter. The two art forms have more in common than you might think, as a new exhibition makes clear [fashion].

Dana Thomas

New York Times International Edition July 1, 2019.

online at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/fashion/comic-books-couture-exhibition-france.html

 

Wayback Whensday – La Vilaine Lulu

D. D. Degg          

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/09/11/wayback-whensday-la-vilaine-lulu/

 

Yves Saint Laurent's comic strip : Naughty Lulu [La Vilaine Lulu; exhibit; Morocco, France]

https://www.jardinmajorelle.com/en/calendar/yves-saint-laurents-comic-strip-naughty-lulu_la-vilaine-lulu/

 

Venom: The Last Dance takes a nostalgia trip in final trailer

Venom: The Last Dance, starring Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, premieres in theaters on October 25

By Mary Kate Carr  |  September 12, 2024

https://www.avclub.com/venom-the-last-dance-final-trailer

 

'The Penguin' Review: Cristin Milioti Steals HBO's Too-Familiar 'The Batman' Spinoff Right Out From Under Colin Farrell's Beak

The actor reprises his prosthetics-laden role as a mobster scheming his way up Gotham's criminal underbelly in an eight-episode extension of Matt Reeves' 2022 superhero film.

Daniel Fienberg

September 12, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-penguin-review-batman-spinoff-colin-farrell-cristin-milioti-1235998551/

 

Colin Farrell Complained About 'The Penguin' That 'I F—ing Want It to Be Finished,' Thought After Wrapping: 'I Never Want to Put That F—ing Suit on Again'

Zack Sharf

Sep 11, 2024

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/colin-farrell-doubts-penguin-season-2-transformation-sucks-1236141099/

 

Exclusive Interview: On THE STRANGE TALES OF OSCAR ZAHN and finding your calling with Tri Vuong [WEBTOON]

Christian Angeles

09/12/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-interview-on-the-strange-tales-of-oscar-zahn-and-finding-your-calling-late-with-author-tri-vuong/

 

DIAMOND SIGNS LAGUNA STUDIOS For Book Channel, Comic Channel

Milton Griepp on September 12, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57771/diamond-signs-laguna-studios

 

"It's a Cult, and Walt's the Messiah": Meet the Couple Who Sued Disney Over Secretive Club 33

Scott and Diana Anderson, who spent $400,000 fighting their expulsion from the ultra-exclusive Disneyland society, are ready to spill all — from using Walt's bathroom to Rebel Wilson's suspension to Tom Hanks' private Thanksgiving dinner: "Waffles at four o'clock in the afternoon? No problem!"

Seth Abramovitch

September 12, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/club-33-disneyland-couple-sue-scott-diana-anderson-1235998218/

 

Disney-obsessed couple lose lawsuit to get back into exclusive Club 33

By Christopher Goffard

Los Angeles Times  Sept. 4, 2024 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-04/disney-obsessed-couple-loses-lawsuit-to-get-back-into-exclusive-club-33

 

Acky Bright reveals design studio exhibition in STUDIO INFINITY

Acky Bright's world of art and the process behind its creation awaits within The Japan Society.

Justin Guerrero

09/12/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/acky-bright-studio-infinity/

 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

BOB COAR

Howard Beckerman: A Journeyman's Journey

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/howard-beckerman-a-journeymans-journey/

 

'TECH HOLLOWED OUT ANOTHER INDUSTRY': A DEBATE ON CROWDFUNDING AND COMICS WITH DAVID BARACH

Austin English | September 12, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/tech-hollowed-out-another-industry-a-debate-on-crowdfunding-and-comics-with-david-barach/

 

'Style Is Nothing': How Ralph Steadman Transformed Cartooning Into High Gonzo Art

The storied cartoonist reflects on his career as a touring retrospective kicks off in Washington D.C.

Min Chen

September 10, 2024

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ralph-steadman-retrospective-2533388

 

2023 National Book Festival: How Sara Shepard Made a Best Friend

Carolyn Belefski (mod.)

Library of Congress

Aug 25, 2023

https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10968

https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/media:webcasts:2023:230812spo0900_discovery_1020:230812spo0900_discovery_1020-1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo9h55et86Y

 

Bobby Curnow, Confirmed as EIC of IDW… By Magma Comix

IDW has not issued any confirmation of Bleeding Cool's scoop last week that Bobby Curnow was the new Editor-In-Chief of IDW Publishing

11 Sep 2024   Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bobby-curnow-confirmed-as-eic-of-idw-by-magma-comix/

 

CGC Hires Middle East Comic Con Co-Founder For New Dubai Office

Arafaat Ali Khan been hired as the Managing Director of CCG's new Middle East office setting up in Dubai, best known for CGC slabs. 

11 Sep 2024   Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cgc-hires-middle-east-comic-con-co-founder-for-new-dubai-office/

 

'Transformers One' Review: Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry Lead a Delightful, Franchise-Revitalizing Prequel

Directed by Josh Cooley ('Toy Story 4') and based on the Hasbro toy line, the origin story explores the friendship — and eventual animosity — between Optimus Prime and Megatron.

Frank Scheck

September 12, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/transformers-one-review-chris-hemsworth-brian-tyree-henry-1235996815/

Oregon comic book restorer accused of stealing $300,000 in rare comic books, fraudulent fees
August 18, 2024
Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS) https://www.chronline.com/stories/oregon-comic-book-restorer-accused-of-stealing-300000-in-rare-comic-books-fraudulent-fees,360252?

In Memoriam: Artist Karl Moline Passes Away
By Chad Burdette
 on September 12, 2024
https://comic-watch.com/news/in-memoriam-artist-karl-moline-passes-away

Karl Moline, Route 666 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fray Co-Creator, Passes Away
By  Brian Cronin
CBR September 12 2024
https://www.cbr.com/karl-moline-route-666-buffy-vampire-slayer-fray-obituary/

Karl Moline, Co-Creator Of Fray & Route 666, Has Died At The Age Of 51
12 Sep 2024  by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/karl-moline-co-creator-of-fray-route-666-has-died-at-the-age-of-51/

"Extremely Jealous": Your Name's Makoto Shinkai Praises New Hit Film by Director of A Silent Voice [The Colors Within (Kimi no Iro); Naoko Yamada]
By  Renee Senzatimore
 Sep 5, 2024
https://www.cbr.com/makoto-shinkai-the-colors-within-new-movie-praise/

Big in the West: Cowboy Bebop and the Curious Legacy of Space Western Anime
Considered an iconic series in the US, but not as much in Japan, "Cowboy Bebop" occupies a very specific place for different audiences...
Leah Thomas
September 5, 2024
https://reactormag.com/cowboy-bebop-and-the-curious-legacy-of-space-western-anime/

Ghost in the Shell: Exploring the Boundary Between Mind and Machine
A thought experiment wrapped in a cyberpunk action film filled with gorgeous animation, tanks, and naked cyborgs.
Kali Wallace
September 11, 2024
https://reactormag.com/ghost-in-the-shell-exploring-the-boundary-between-mind-and-machine/

Zack Snyder introduces his version of Thor in new Twilight Of The Gods trailer
The animated adventure premieres September 19 on Netflix
By Emma Keates  |  September 12, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/twilight-of-the-gods-trailer-zack-snyder

Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society
Volume 8, Issue 2, Summer 2024
https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/53177

Who Benefits from Your Ignorance? Visualizing Black (Super)Heroism and Refuting Respectability Politics in Victor LaValle's Destroyer
Nicole Dib
pp. 97-116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00001
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936694

    Historiographic Comics and Abina and the Important Men
    Rachel Kunert-Graf
    pp. 117-136
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00002
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936695

    Sufficient Magic: Queer Prison Comix as Liberation Praxis
    Nicole Morse
    pp. 137-152
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00003
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936696

    Why They're Censoring Comics Again
    Aaron Kashtan
    pp. 153-177
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00004
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936697

    Notes on "Munich Memory"
    Martha Kuhlman
    pp. 178-186
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936698

    Lost Literacies: Experiments in the Nineteenth-Century US Comic Strip by Alex Beringer [book review]
    Shawn Gilmore
    pp. 187-190
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00006
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936699

    In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s by Margaret Galvan [book review]
    Anna F. Peppard
    pp. 190-193
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00007
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936700

    Comics and Modernism: History, Form, and Culture ed. by Jonathan Najarian  [book review]
    Jackson Ayres
    pp. 194-196
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00008
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936701

What Magic Wrought This Drastic Change?
Artist P. Craig Russell discusses a two-page sequence from STORMBRINGER!
Wayne Alan Harold
Sep 13, 2024
https://www.waynealanharold.com/p/what-magic-wrought-this-drastic-change

Rhea Ripley Appears In Gil Thorp Comic Strip On 8/20
Skylar Russell Aug 20, 2024 https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/rhea-ripley-appears-gil-thorp-comic-strip-820

Tim Burgard
http://www.timburgardart.com/

Heroic Voice introduction
Dennis Mallonee
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M36MoNH4WsE

Episode 1: Gordon Purcell interview
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 17, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhH3ywOL63M

Episode 2: Tim Burgard interview
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 21, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbuefPzZ27o

Episode 3: Chris Marrinan interview
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRW51w3j5VQ

Episode 4: Greg Elkins interview
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcm_U9PvMLA

Episode 6: Henry Martinez interview
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 28, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA24v_ZM0lc

Episode 7: Terrance Griep, Jr., interview
The Heroic Voice
Aug 31, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk3YYgFwP1U

Episode 8: Rik Offenberger interview
The Heroic Voice
 Sep 4, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5dDYkTm_Fc

Episode 9: Paul Abrams interview
Dennis Mallonee
The Heroic Voice
 Sep 11, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b4594Mx3K4

Episode 10: Henry Vogel interview
Dennis Mallonee
The Heroic Voice
Sep 7, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwqw6hM5NQg

SPX 2023: Pidge (w/ Joe & Rusty)
Joe Mochove and Rusty Rowley
SmallPressExpo Sept 10 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmD4i58pwsU

SPX 2023: Curt Merlo & J.R. Hughto (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
 Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w87I78R0tH4

SPX 2023: BluRaven C. Houvener (w/ Joe and Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuGP27JTBsI

SPX 2023: Travis Nichols (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBK3IXzR8RY

SPX 2023: Nick Forker (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmBIYcBvXqw

SPX 2023: Giancarlo D'Alessandro (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT87DFFSRus

SPX 2023: Mike Watson & Vigilance (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VyDZD36u38

SPX 2023: Claire Folkman & Kelly Phillips (w/ Joe and Rusty) [Dirty Diamonds]
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0td3NKjHy2M

SPX 2023: Mary Dumas (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVrN6rl7REY

SPX 2023: Cody Owens (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jbyeNbXZdw

SPX 2023: Kristen Shull (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yl8_9MSaTM

SPX 2023: Johnny Parker II (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRNADU6k5vg

SPX 2023: Eric Gordon AKA DC Creepers (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZKP5ESBp1M

SPX 2023: James Nelson (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2CKfcQajos

SPX 2023: Ashley Jablonski (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXOa7Pkh4dQ

SPX 2023 Interviews w/ Joe & Rusty (posted 4 days before 2024's con)

SPX 2023: Pidge (w/ Joe & Rusty)

Joe Mochove and Rusty Rowley

SmallPressExpo Sept 10 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmD4i58pwsU

The mononymous Pidge talks with the boys about comics, combining the worlds of the mundane and the fantastic, and the potential of a puppy's name! Learn more about Pidge's work at pidgecomics.com!

SPX 2023: Curt Merlo & J.R. Hughto (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

 Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w87I78R0tH4

Learn more about Curt and J.R. comic at thatdistantfire.com. You can check out Curt's stuff at curtmerlo.com and J.R.'s work at jrhughto.com!

SPX 2023: BluRaven C. Houvener (w/ Joe and Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuGP27JTBsI

In this chat, learn about BluRaven's comics, how his first time at SPX went, his feelings on capes and cloaks, and the danger and majesty of the WERETIGER! Learn more about BluRaven's work at bchcomix.com!

SPX 2023: Travis Nichols (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBK3IXzR8RY

Travis Nichols stops by to talk about his series, The Terribles, which features a gaggle of monster kids who go on all sorts of shenanigans. He also talks about his bookshop-on-a-bike, returning to SPX after a long time away, and how lost he got one time when he really got lost.

SPX 2023: Nick Forker (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

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

Nick Forker lets the boys know about the challenge of regularly making comics in the face of life being a jerk, what it's like teaching kids to make comics, and how to deal with Ghost Joes. Learn more about Nick's comics at nickforker.com and instagram.com/nicholasforker!

SPX 2023: Giancarlo D'Alessandro (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT87DFFSRus

Joe and Rusty learn all about Giancarlo's own zine, the Stone Soup Zine Fest, where his inspiration for the show came from, and the danger of getting addicted to painting miniatures. Learn more about Giancarlo's work at instagram.com/milkandhoneycomics and instagram.com/zoidsboi!

SPX 2023: Mike Watson & Vigilance (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VyDZD36u38

Joe and Rusty talk with Mike Watson, a man with a plan and a comics empire! We also meet Vigilance, who is a comic character who is also there in real life?! Finally, please do not miss one of the scariest things that has ever happened in an SPX interview! Learn more about Mike's comics at fsknow.com

SPX 2023: Claire Folkman & Kelly Phillips (w/ Joe and Rusty) [Dirty Diamonds]
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0td3NKjHy2M

The boys chat with long time pals Claire Folkman and Kelly Phillips in another edition of their extra long annual chats. Let's learn about their new minicomics, the 2023 edition of the SPX Prom, and which Disney villain can cook you up a mean breakfast! Learn more about Kelly and Claire's work at dirtydiamonds.net!

SPX 2023: Mary Dumas (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVrN6rl7REY

Mary Dumas stops by to talk about her (hopefully soon to be published) graphic novel, The Lucky Ones. She talks about relating the tales of those who served while dealing with being secretly gay, how she comes at telling such important stories, and the boys learn about her preferences for freshened air. Learn more about The Lucky Ones at theluckyones-comic.com!

SPX 2023: Cody Owens (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jbyeNbXZdw

Cody tells the fellas why he chose the comics medium to tell his stories, his first impressions of the East Coast, and his true feelings on horses. Cody has THOUGHTS.

SPX 2023: Kristen Shull (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yl8_9MSaTM

Kristen Shull visits the guys to talk about her Shrek zine, See more of Kristen's work at instagram.com/ego_gala!

SPX 2023: Johnny Parker II (w/ Joe & Rusty)

SmallPressExpo Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRNADU6k5vg

Johnny, Rusty, and Joe become fast friends with their discussions about wrestling, making Serious Stories more easily digestible, and what you're putting on that toast.

SPX 2023: Eric Gordon AKA DC Creepers (w/ Joe & Rusty)

SmallPressExpo Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZKP5ESBp1M

Eric Gordon AKA DC Creepers chats with the boys about his longtime love of SPX, his super cool oversized comics, and matching his comics to the right buyer!

SPX 2023: James Nelson (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2CKfcQajos

James tells Rusty and Joe all about the story of his world covered in water, his love of sea creatures, and James' search for tall freaks like Joe. Read James' comics at monster-lands.com and pufferandclarissa.com!

SPX 2023: Ashley Jablonski (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXOa7Pkh4dQ

Ashley Jablonski tells Rusty and Joe about the wonder found in the mundane, the power of candles, and the ins and outs of making tombstones! Rusty's birthday is discussed more than you'd expect given it wasn't his birthday. Learn more about Ashley's work at ashleyjablonski.com and instagram.com/ashleyjablonskiart!

Danielle Corsetto at SPX this weekend!!

(Forgive me if you subscribe to me EVERYWHERE, this'll be redundant as hell, BUT:)I'll be at Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland this weekend! I'll... ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­  

Danielle Corsetto

SPX this weekend!!

(Forgive me if you subscribe to me EVERYWHERE, this'll be redundant as hell, BUT:) I'll be at Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland this weekend! I'll be at table K13 alongside my long-time pals Jamie Noguchi and Monica Gallagher, plus my old intern Nicole Chalmers (née Roberts), next to my model for our Figure Drawing for Cartoonists workshop Babs New(d), and near my old pal Rafer Roberts. There's a bunch of great cartoonists coming, fyi. I'll have the GIGANTOR GWS COMPENDIUMS for sure, and also STICKERS (Yoga Cats and NEW GWS stickers!), GWS 20th Birthday Coloring & Activity Books, and lil collections of my Daily Comics from 2023. I'll probably bag some original Daily Comics, too, if they'll fit on the damn table. Whomst of you will I see there?? Make sure you tell me if you're following along here on Patreon - I'll give you the GWS activity book for free!

Matt Madden at SPX

from his newsletter 

I'm excited to announce that Six Treasures of the Spiral: Comics Formed under Pressure will have an exclusive pre-release¹ debut at SPX, the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD on September 14-15. I'll be tabling with Uncivilized Books (tables W 47-48) and I'd be happy to sign a book or two for you.

I'll also be offering a free tritina comic workshop on Saturday from 5 to 6:30PM: you can sign up for it here.

Jim Rugg coming to SPX

from his newsletter

SPX is this weekend and I'll be there! If you're in the DC, Baltimore, Bethesda area, come by and say hello. I haven't been to SPX since before the pandemic but it is a show that I have enjoyed since my first exhibition there in 2000!?! In 2010, Rambo 3.5 won the Outstanding Mini Comic IGNATZ award. That award meant a lot to me, because after my first SPX, I came home with a bunch of beautiful mini-comics and fell in love with that handmade format. It definitely influenced my approach to making comics and zines! So I look forward to returning this weekend.

I'll have a little bit of everything so if you're coming to the show and you're missing any of my comics, zines, variant covers -- this is a perfect place to find them.

François Vigneault at SPX

from his newsletter. Coming to a Festival Near You (If you live near Washington DC, Columbus, or Winnipeg, that is)

I'll be present at 3 great comics festivals this over the next month in both the USA and Canada, in my role as the Marketing Manager for Pow Pow Press, publisher of the top cartoonists from Québec. I'm always delighted to share this amazing catalogue of work with readers, there is so much talent to discover! The fun starts at SPX this weekend! In addition to my work at Pow Pow I should have a couple copies of my book TITAN at all of these shows, and you can always bring your copy of any of my other books and I'll be delighted to sign it. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Small Press Expo Sept. 14-15 Bethesda, MD Table M6-M7 With Boum, Cathon, & Thom!

2023 National Book Festival: How Sara Shepard Made a Best Friend

How Sara Shepard Made a Best Friend

Carolyn Belefski (mod.)

Library of Congress

Aug 25, 2023
https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10968
https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/media:webcasts:2023:230812spo0900_discovery_1020:230812spo0900_discovery_1020-1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo9h55et86Y

Fifth grade is full of surprises: good, bad, silly, weird—you name it. The first installment of a new middle grade series, Sara Shepard's "Penny Draws a Best Friend" follows young Penny Lowry as she navigates changing friendships, a family secret and her feelings of anxiety. Moderated by Carolyn Belefski. For transcript and more information, visit https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10968

Another article on the Ralph Steadman exhibit in DC

'Style Is Nothing': How Ralph Steadman Transformed Cartooning Into High Gonzo Art

The storied cartoonist reflects on his career as a touring retrospective kicks off in Washington D.C.

Min Chen

September 10, 2024

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ralph-steadman-retrospective-2533388

Sept 13: Fantom Comics' PRE-SPX LAUNCH PARTY w/ BULGILHAN PRESS, RADIATOR COMICS, AND LUCKY POCKET PRESS

PRE-SPX LAUNCH PARTY w/ BULGILHAN PRESS, RADIATOR COMICS, AND LUCKY POCKET PRESS
>> FRIDAY, September 13th @ 7pm

Join us for a night of celebration with Bulgilhan press, Lucky Pocket Press, Radiator Comics, and more. Live reading of comics! Cake! Snacks! Drinks! Polaroid decorating! We've got four books *launching* at our party—check it:

1. Knapsack Magazine #1: Cassette - an anthology love letter to weird kid nostalgia, emulating the style of '90s/'00s Shojo Beat and Shonen Jump. Featuring a ton of great artists including fantom friends @sunmi_comics & @aquiboni

2. A Night to the Day by @breeze_hu_art - A tired salesman and a grieving girl meet by chance in a desert, each of them lost and alone in their waking dreams.

3. UM vol. 1 by @btrcp - A magical girl comic about Eugenée, a Black, nonbinary, aspiring birth-worker who finds themselves mixed up in a millennia-old conflict between the powers that be and a faction of cosmic, shamanic midwives.

4. The King's Warrior by @deatoozhu - A mighty warrior in the service of a great King is charged with vanquishing the kingdom's final threat, a powerful and evil alchemist. Promised that she will finally be freed alongside her brother once the deed is done, her blade will not stop and the blood of beasts will run.

 Fantom Comics
2010 P St NW
Washington,District of Columbia,20036

Tonight at Fantom Comics - PRE-SPX ZINE JAM & MIXER w/ CREATIVES CLUB & DC ZINEFEST

PRE-SPX ZINE JAM & MIXER w/ CREATIVES CLUB & DC ZINEFEST
>> THURSDAY, September 12th 6pm-9pm

Come make a zine to give out/trade at SPX, and socialize with your fellow art enjoyers! Basic supplies provided, but you're welcome to bring your own—we'll have snacks & refreshments as well. Drawing space will be limited, so if you can please bring a surface to draw on.

 Fantom Comics
2010 P St NW
Washington,District of Columbia,20036

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/11/2024

Ron Coleman is The New Gag Recap Editor

D. D. Degg          

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/09/09/ron-coleman-is-the-new-gag-recap-editor/

 

RIP JOHN CASSADAY, 'Planetary,' 'Astonishing X-Men,' 'I Am Legion' Artist

by Brigid Alverson on September 10, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57756/rip-john-cassaday

 

In Memoriam: Comic Artist and Writer John Cassaday

BY JOHN FREEMAN on SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

HTTPS://DOWNTHETUBES.NET/IN-MEMORIAM-COMIC-ARTIST-JOHN-CASSADAY/

 

Comic Book Creators React To The Death Of John Cassaday

Today, many fellow comic creators woke up to the tragic news of John Cassaday's passing at the impossibly young age of 52 yesterday.

Rich Johnston

10 Sep 2024  

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-book-creators-react-to-the-death-of-john-cassaday/

 

John Cassaday, Artist on Joss Whedon's 'Astonishing X-Men' and Co-Creator of 'Planetary,' Dies at 52

The Eisner Award-winning illustrator also drew a run of "Captain America" while his Star Wars work set sales records.

Borys Kit

September 10, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-cassaday-dead-joss-whedon-astonishing-x-men-planetary-1235996404/

 

Artist John Cassaday has passed away at age 52

By: Heidi MacDonald

September 10 2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/artist-john-cassaday-has-passed-away-at-age-52/

 

Book Reviews with the Burnham: SuperMutant Magic Academy

Sophie Marks

Aug 13, 2024 https://www.colchestersun.com/news/book-reviews-with-the-burnham-supermutant-magic-academy/article_b849d23e-58b7-11ef-87ae-5ff181a01dae.html

 

The Teen Pager: Graphic Novels

Rafaela DeMartis

September 6, 2024 https://www.easthamptonstar.com/education/202496/teen-pager-graphic-novels

 

GLOBALCOMIX ADDS DARK HORSE, ROLLS OUT GC VERTICAL ORIGINALS In Major Expansion into Webtoon Format

Milton Griepp on September 10, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57753/globalcomix-adds-dark-horse-rolls-out-gc-vertical-originals

 

MARVEL vs. CAPCOM artist Bengus will have variant covers about his work this December

A whopping 11 MARVEL vs. CAPCOM VARIANT COVERS hit stands this December.

Christian Angeles

09/11/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-vs-capcom-artist-bengus-will-have-variant-covers-about-his-work-this-december/

 

Josh Brolin Passes on HBO's Green Lantern TV Show (Exclusive)

DC is now looking to put the power ring on another actor for 'Lanterns.'

By Aaron Couch, Borys Kit            

September 10, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/josh-brolin-passes-on-hbos-green-lantern-tv-show-1235997083/

 

Pharrell on Checking His Ego for the New Lego Doc About His Life

The megastar opens up about his personal story in the animated feature 'Piece by Piece,' why you won't hear him talking about presidential politics and teases upcoming work with frequent collaborator Beyoncé: "Just get ready!"

Mesfin Fekadu

September 11, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/pharrell-williams-interview-lego-documentary-piece-by-piece-collaborations-1235996237/

 

What an online dating consultant knows about love

Beatrix Lockwood and Maya Scarpa

Washington Post's Shifts newsletter Sep 11, 2024

https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596c1be2ade4e24119c3d7be&s=66e17f4dac288813877d288e

 

Co-Founder Ken Anderson Departs Wild Child Animation

Mercedes Milligan

September 10, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/09/co-founder-ken-anderson-departs-wild-child-animation/

 

From Publishers To Ponies To Late Night Parties – All The IDW Gossip

IDW Publishing has been in the news a lot lately... which means there is gossip to share. And Bleeding Cool is ready with our hands out.

by Rich Johnston| 10 Sep 2024   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/publishers-ponies-late-night-parties-idw-gossip/

 

The Tick Returns For Baltimore Comic Con This Month

The Tick creator Ben Edlund will be attending Baltimore Comic Con as guest of honour and will have a new issue of The Tick out.

10 Sep 2024  by Rich Johnston| https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-tick-returns-for-baltimore-comic-con-this-month/

 

"There are so many layers of Jimi that we didn't see portrayed before": Jimi Hendrix as a cosmic traveler and rock-star? We go inside the making of Purple Haze – the graphic novel reimagining guitar's greatest player

By Adam Kovac

15 August 2024 https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jimi-hendrix-purple-haze-graphic-novel

 

New Graphic Novel About Blessed Michael J. McGivney Geared to Young Readers [religion; biography]

Karen A. Avitabile

Catholic Transcript August 15, 2024 https://www.norwichdiocese.org/Stay-Informed/All-Diocesan-Articles/articleType/ArticleView/articleID/19993

 

Target Drops Exclusive Batman and Robin Graphic Novel With Dynamic Duo As 'Father and Son'

The Target edition contains an exclusive cover that you won't find anywhere else.

Tim Chan

Sep 3, 2024

https://variety.com/2024/shopping/news/batman-robin-father-son-comic-graphic-novel-target-edition-1236107354/

 

Graphic novels do more than just entertain, cartoonists say. They help form emotional connections [Marie Scrivan; literacy]

Connecticut Public Radio | By Shanice Rhule

August 15, 2024

https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2024-08-15/graphic-novels-do-more-than-just-entertain-cartoonists-say-they-help-form-emotional-connections

 

Holy comic book theft, Batman: Thief arrested for stealing collector comic books

by Takur Conlu

Thu, August 15th 2024

https://www.kcby.com/news/local/holy-comic-book-theft-batman-thief-arrested-for-stealing-collector-comic-books

 

Episode 5: Andrew Pepoy interview

Dennis Mallonee

The Heroic Voice

Aug 24, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ9U5uSp2Pc

 

Beano No. 1 record sale lands world record price for a British comic at auction

BY JOHN FREEMAN on SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

HTTPS://DOWNTHETUBES.NET/BEANO-NO-1-RECORD-SALE-LANDS-WORLD-RECORD-PRICE-FOR-A-BRITISH-COMIC-AT-AUCTION/

 

Remembering Comic Creator Colin Fawcett

BY JOHN FREEMAN on SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

HTTPS://DOWNTHETUBES.NET/REMEMBERING-COMIC-CREATOR-COLIN-FAWCETT/

Sequential Bodies [Bhanu Pratap and Katie Lane]
Helen Chazan | September 11, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/sequential-bodies/

Boulet's Notes: Back in Time
Leonard Pierce | September 10, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/boulets-notes-back-in-time/

Nickelodeon embarks on epic journey with MAX & THE MIDKNIGHTS animated series
Based on best-selling book series from Lincoln Peirce
Taimur Dar
09/11/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/max-the-midknights-release-announced/

Meet a Visiting Cartoonist - A Chat with Glynnis Fawkes about SPX and 1177 BC
by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog (September 11, 2024): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/09/Chat%20with-Glynnis-Fawkes.html

Mute Your Mic by Daniel Boris

Meet a Visiting Cartoonist - A Chat with Glynnis Fawkes about SPX and 1177 BC

by Mike Rhode

For years, Glynnis Fawkes has been tabling at the Small Press Expo. Her newest book is an adaption of a history of the collapse of the Bronze Age civilizations in the Mediterranean. I was fortunate enough to get a review copy, which led to asking her for an interview that we did over the course of the summer. This year she'll be at SPX on Sept 14-15, even though 1177 B.C. is published by Princeton University isn't small press. Stop by and say hello; I recommend all her books and have bought most if not all of them over the past decade. Note that Fawkes' announced appearance at GWU Bookstore on Sept. 13 has been CANCELLED.

What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?

I draw autobio, memoir, non-fiction, and fiction.

Do you consider yourself an archeology cartoonist, if that is such a thing?

Sure! My most recent book, my adaptation of Eric Cline’s 1177 BC includes a lot of archaeology, as well as history and theory, as well as two fictional kids to guide the story. In the sense that archaeology uses evidence found in material culture for insight into how people live, my other books (especially Greek Diary, Persephone’s Garden, and Alle Ego) involve archaeology too.

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

I drew 1177 BC A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed in pencil on paper, colored it digitally with Procreate, edited with Photoshop, and the text is in InDesign.

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

I was born in 1969 in Oregon. I grew up in NW Portland, among artists and authors.

What area do you live in?

I currently live in Burlington, Vermont, and I teach at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction.

What is your training and/or education in cartooning?

I studied Humanities and languages (Russian, Italian, and Greek) at U of Oregon, then painting at Pacific NW College of Art, and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where I earned an MFA. I haven’t had any formal training in cartooning except for a class when I was in HS with Bill Plympton. I’ve learned by trial and error, and by teaching, first at the University of Vermont, and then at the Center for Cartoon Studies. 

I also learned a lot from having good editors, especially James Sturm who edited my book on Charlotte Bronte.

Who are your influences?

New Yorker cartoonists of previous decades including Helen Hokinson, Charles Addams, Peter Arno, and Ed Koren, Sempe, Roz Chast, as well as Lynda Barry.

Children’s book illustrators including Robert McCloskey, Garth Williams, Clyde & Wendy Watson, .... Novels for kids including Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Lloyd Alexander... 

Novels for adults... 

Contemporary cartoonists Alison Bechdel, Uli Lust, Ozge Samanci, Anneli Furmark, James Sturm, Camille Jourdry, Riad Sattouf, Rutu Modan, Michele Rabagliati, Posy Simmonds, my pals Jennifer Hayden, Summer Pierre, Ellen Lindner ...

If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change?

I would have liked to become more fluent in languages, especially French so that I could more easily converse and read Bande Desinee.

What work are you most proud of? 

I’m proud of my most recent book, my adaptation of Eric Cline’s 1177 BC. I’m also proud of my cartoons published in the New Yorker.com, and my autobiographical work.

How did you become part of the GN adaptation?

I had met the editor Rob Tempio at a classics and archaeology conference together with my husband John who was pitching his academic book, (Kinyras the Divine Lyre, published by the Center for Hellenic Studies, with 50 illustrations by me, 2014.) I showed Rob my comics of the Homeric Hymns and we stayed in touch. Rob asked me to illustrate Eric’s book Three Stones Make a Wall (PUP, 2017) and in the course of that project he asked me to propose a graphic adaptation of 1177 BC.

Did you and the text author Eric Cline work together on the adaptation? Was there an editor involved in between you? Did you do the breakdown of the book into the GN format? If so, how so? Thumbnails? or a script?

I did the adaptation entirely myself. I drew thumbnails and sent them to Eric at each step of the way, and he was quick to answer questions and make suggestions, mostly minor. I had resided the idea of having a narrator, wanting to avoid a TED-talk vibe in favor of making ancient characters speak. I sent what I thought were two finished chapters, and Eric and I met by zoom. He suggested adding ancient narrators, and the idea for the two young characters fell into place. This opened up lots of story telling possibilities for me, in how they interact with the historical figures, art, and geography.

I assume the original book is for adults; what led to this becoming a YA book?

It’s still categorized as adult, but you’re right, the young characters make it seem more like YA! I aimed this book for my younger self: fascinated by the ancient world. I’m interested in coming-of-age stories (and teach a summer workshops at CCS about this) and so this lead me to gearing the book to a teen audience.

Whose idea were the young characters and the framing sequences? Was that useful specifically in a graphic novel adaptation? 

The characters were an idea Eric and I had together, and I invented their specific characters: Pel of the Peleset, Shesha the Egyptian scribe.

from the New Yorker

How did you get work in the New Yorker? Did you pitch Emma Allen directly? Have you been in print yet, or just online?

Emma wrote to ME! Right at the start of her time as editor. That’s an email you can’t refuse! I’ve had one cartoon published in the magazine, and I haven’t pitched in a few years!

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

I’m planning on finishing a book-in-progress, as of yet untitled, an adventure about a girl painter set before and after the Bronze Age eruption of Thera. After that I’m determined to write/draw a memoir of working in archaeology in the Cyprus and middle east around Y2K.

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

Walk around the actual block, talk to a friend, step back and not force my way forward, but give things time to re-orient.

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

I can’t guess! I hope that people will continue to value and to buy books.

You usually table at SPX with a group of women - can you talk about how you came to know each other and what keeps you together and coming to SPX?

SPX 2019 - Summer Pierre, Ellen Lindner, Glynnis, Jennifer Hayden

I met Jennifer Hayden at my 2nd SPX, and loved her comics immediately. I was feeling very much like a mom, in what then felt like a young male world, and Jennifer’s example helped strengthen my conviction there is a place for stories like hers and mine.

Glynnis and Ellen Lindner

I met Ellen by stopping by her table at SPX over a few years, she made me laugh, and I admired her work, and that she edited The Strumpet. We coedited the last issue and I learned from Ellen about editing, and managing an anthology. The Strumpet created a space for me to publish, and to have structure to create, and a community of other women cartoonists. I met Summer Pierre at a “drink n draw” or as we called it “sweat and shout” before MoCCAfest, and again as soon as I read her work I knew I’d found a kindred spirit and friend.

What cons do you attend besides The Small Press Expo? Any comments about attending them?

I have attended SPX and MoCCAfest in NYC for about 10 years, and have also been to TCAF, and the Nonfiction Comics fest in Burlington is a gem of a festival.

I love attending festivals, where I’ve met friends and colleagues and publishers, had the best conversations, learned from and participated in panel discussions. Meeting the community in real life feels vital to continue this solo practice.

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

I order books at my local bookstore, Phoenix books in Burlington. I can’t wait for new books by Coco Fox and Emma Hunsinger.

What's your favorite thing about DC?

I love the museums!

What monument or museum do you like to visit to?

The National Gallery. I revisit paintings I love.

Do you have a website or blog?

glynnisfawkes.com

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

It meant my kids were home for a whole year, while their HS was shut down for PCB poisoning and the city renovated an old Macy’s that became their HS by spring. My work time was often disrupted, but it was also great to spend so much time with them.

Sept 13: Glynnis Fawkes's SPX talk at GWU cancelled!

Glynnis Fawkes just emailed me that her planned talk at the GWU bookstore has been cancelled due to coordination problems on GWU's end. I'm talking it off the ComicsDC calendar now.