Oct 24: Damian Duffy and John Jennings at Arlington Library

Celebrate Octavia Butler's legacy with the duo behind two award-winning adaptations.

Join us for a conversation with authors and illustrators Damian Duffy and John Jennings on their award-winning graphic novel adaptations of Octavia Butler's "Kindred" and "Parable of the Sower"—both testaments to Butler's masterful speculative fiction storytelling and visionary Afrofuturist themes.   Arrive by 6 p.m. for a performance by the DC Bushwick Book Club inspired by "Parable of the Sower" featuring music, spoken word and a short film. The event will include a Q&A followed by a book signing, with books available for purchase from One More Page Books.

Join Us Oct. 24

John Jennings on Octavia Butler's legacy.

Excerpt from "The Joy (And Fear) Of Making 'Kindred' Into A Graphic Novel" (Code Switch/NPR).

"Octavia Butler is one of the greatest American writers to live, period. She was literally a genius. The way that she would use metaphor and allegory and how she tackled some of the most horrific things about human existence through science fiction and fantasy? She was a master storyteller."

Damian Duffy on the first-time visual adaptation of Butler.

Excerpt from '"Jennings and Duffy on their Adaptation of 'Kindred'"(Brooklyn Magazine).

"It was amazing and terrifying, an honor and a huge amount of pressure to get it right. We were very cognizant of the fact that the adaptation needed to do the novel justice, to appeal to hardcore Butler fans, but also [to attract] new readers unfamiliar with the novel.

I worried about what her estate would think, what her contemporaries would think. I think I'm still in shock that it's been so well received, just because I spent so long stressing over cutting the prose of such a famous and influential and important literary figure."

John Jennings on creating through collaboration.

Excerpt from "John Jennings and Damian Duffy Are Disturbing the Peace" (Publishers Weekly).

"I love collaborating, because you get more ideas on the board, you learn so much by sharing an experience, and you get to feed off of each other's energy, which lightens the load of creation.

Damian Duffy (left) and John Jennings (right)

You're not just some lone auteur toiling away in a studio—an [existence] that I find laughable, because eventually you have to collaborate with the audience. It's best to get out of the way of your own ego early on."

Dumb and Dumber by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/16/2024

It's Becoming Impossible to Look Away From 'The Penguin'

Sunday night's episode, "Cent'Anni," underlines the strength of the series, particularly in the character work of Cristin Milioti's Sofia Falcone

By Justin Charity Oct 13, 2024, https://www.theringer.com/dc/2024/10/13/24269397/penguin-episode-4-recap-review-centanni-sofia-falcone-oz-cobb

 

EXCLUSIVE: NEW PUBLISHER SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH DIAMOND, S&S

THE LAB PRESS to Debut in 2025 with 'Essentials'

Posted by Brigid Alverson on October 15, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58031/exclusive-new-publisher-signs-distribution-deal-diamond-s-s

 

["We were shocked to hear of the tragic death of the talented comics artist, Revital Bornstein known as "Navy Bird", who was killed in the attack in Jaffa on October 1st."]

Israeli cartoon association

October 2 2024

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid033MBzXJPwE33KsHXtCHCtknqWmNNcuQazGQbxHJsCEfFAZyzM8LvvYVQt15MipbsHl&id=100063602588908

 

'I need positive things to come of this': graphic novelist rocked by brother's suicide donates profits to charity. Award-winning Zoe Thorogood hopes the money raised can help halt rising numbers of young men taking own lives [in print as My brother is now eternally 23. I couldn't save him. But maybe I can help save others]

David Barnett

Observer (October 13 2024): 21

Online at https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/12/graphic-artist-brother-suicide-donates-profits-charity-zoe-thorogood

 

Exclusive Interview: Amena Kheshtchin-Kamel on MY YEAR AS EMMA

Kheshtchin-Kamel retells her own satirical story about racial identity in her own words

Christian Angeles

10/16/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-interview-amena-kheshtchin-kamel-on-my-year-as-emma/

 

NYCC '24: Funko founder is back with Thrilljoy, a new collectibles company [merchandising]

Heidi MacDonald

10/16/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/funko-founder-is-back-with-thrilljoy-a-new-collectibles-company/

 

Joe Casey is launching a newsletter….and here's why

Heidi MacDonald

10/16/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/joe-casey-is-launching-a-newsletter-and-heres-why/

 

Joe Casey Writes

https://thejoecasey.substack.com/

 

The art of politics: 'Poison Pens' exhibit on display at Berkshire School's Warren Family Gallery [presidential political cartoons].

Shaw Israel Izikson

October 11, 2024

https://theberkshireedge.com/the-art-of-politics-poison-pens-exhibit-on-display-at-berkshire-schools-warren-family-gallery/

 

Toho to Acquire Indie Distributor GKIDS

The North American studio will continue to operate as a subsidiary of the Japanese media giant under founder/CEO Eric Beckman and president Dave Jesteadt.

Etan Vlessing

October 15, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/japans-toho-gkids-1236032647/

 

TOHO STUDIOS buys out GKIDS

The legendary Japanese studio bought the North American distributor for an undisclosed sum.

D. Morris

10/16/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/toho-studios-buys-out-gkids/

 

Saudi Arabia sentences Mohammed al-Ghamdi to 23 years [pen name Al-Hazza]

Alan Gardner

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/10/15/saudi-arabia-sentences-mohammed-al-ghamdi-to-23-years/

 

A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say [Mohammed al-Ghamdi, aka Al-Hazza]

By  JON GAMBRELL

October 15, 2024

https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-cartoonist-sentenced-crackdown-0fbb4a3d9532a363ea6f014bdab53876

 

Neon Nights And Ghostly Fiddlers; Inside Gustav Carlson's Ozark-based graphic novel

by Dustin Staggs

September 28, 2024  

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/sep/28/neon-nights-and-ghostly-fiddlers/

 

Understanding Portland's new voting system is tough. This artist is trying to make it a piece of cake

By Winston Szeto (OPB)

Sept. 29, 2024  

Tommy Ly created a Chinese-language comic strip to explain Portland's ranked-choice voting system by comparing it to selecting mooncake flavors. His goal is to make the complex voting process easier to understand for Chinese seniors, who often face language barriers when participating in elections.

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/29/portland-ranked-choice-voting-comic/

 

Graphic novel shows unconventional routes into science [Becoming a Scientist]

Helen Burchell

BBC News, Cambridgeshire 28 September 2024

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3e957v9pyeo

 

Heavy Metal Relaunches With Frank Forte, Chris Thompson & Dave Kelly

15 Oct 2024  Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/heavy-metal-relaunches-with-frank-forte-chris-thompson-dave-kelly/

 

HEAVY METAL back from the dead with new Kickstarter

The venerable magazine will be relaunched next year, two years after its last issue.

Christopher Chiu-Tabet

10/16/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/heavy-metal-2025/

 

"I Hope I Made Them Proud:" Bitsie Tulloch Reflects on the End of Superman & Lois

Sam Stone

Oct 15 2024 https://www.cbr.com/superman-lois-bitsie-tulloch-interview/

 

The Great When by Alan Moore review – a riotous tour of occult London

With bravura brilliance, the Watchmen author conjures up a hyperreal fugitive city, populated by rogues and reprobates

Sukhdev Sandhu

Sat 12 Oct 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/12/the-great-when-by-alan-moore-review-a-riotous-tour-of-occult-london

 

Heartbreaking Art/Cartoons Created For Israel-Hamas War

By Chirali Sharma -October 7, 2024

https://edtimes.in/heartbreaking-art-cartoons-created-for-israel-hamas-war/

 

Zack Snyder Introduces the 2024 Superhero Issue

The director of 300, Justice League, and more teams up with Inverse for a special issue all about taking superheroes and comic books seriously.

by Zack Snyder

Oct. 15, 2024

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/zack-snyder-editor-letter-superhero-issue

 

Frank Miller and Zack Snyder Talk Comics, Mythology, and Breaking Superhero Canon

For Inverse's 2024 Superhero Issue, guest editor Zack Snyder interviews legendary comic book writer and artist Frank Miller about how he created Sin City, 300, The Dark Knight Returns, and more.

Interview by Zack Snyder

Oct. 15, 2024

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/frank-miller-zack-snyder-interview

 

A History of Superhero Kink

From Wonder Woman to the X-Men, kink has always been a pillar of the superhero business — even if modern tastes seem determined to push it to the sidelines.

Written by Hoai-Tran Bui

Oct. 15, 2024

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/superhero-kink-history-wonder-woman

 

"Heroes Don't Do That!" Inside the never-ending battle over Batman's love life — from Dick Grayson's matching pajamas to going down on Catwoman.

by Lyvie Scott

Oct. 15, 2024

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/history-batman-sex-life

 

How "The Man Who Has Everything" Changed Superheroes Forever

One year before Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons took on the most iconic hero of them all.

by Jake Kleinman

Oct. 15, 2024

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/dave-gibbons-for-the-man-who-has-everything-watchmen-interview

 

Can Superheroes Kill?

The evolving morality of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

by Ryan Britt and Dais Johnston

Oct. 15, 2024

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/can-superheroes-kill-superman-batman-wonder-woman-morality

 

An Interview with Maggie Umber

I find it frustrating that a thing drawn in a cartoony style or with word balloons is a comic, but a thing with panels that lacks word balloons and a cartoony style is not.

Nora Hickey

Autobiographix

  Oct 16, 2024

https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-maggie-umber

 

Theology and the Marvel Universe

Edited by Gregory Stevenson

Lexington Books / Fortress Academic 2019

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781978706170/Theology-and-the-Marvel-Universe

 

1 What Did It Cost? Sacrifice and Kenosis in The Infinity Saga

 

Kristen Leigh Mitchell

 

2 "I Was Never the Hero that You Wanted Me to Be": The Ethics of Self-Sacrifice and Self-Preservation in Jessica Jones

 

Taylor J. Ott

 

3 Mythology, Mimesis, and Apocalypse in Jonathan Hickman's Avengers

 

Matthew Brake

 

4 "Because You Exist": Biblical Literature and Violence in the X-Men Comic Books

 

Dan W. Clanton, Jr.

 

5 The Gospel According to Thanos: Violence, Utopia, and the Case for a Material Theology

 

Tim Posada

 

6 "Those Are the Ancestors You Hear": Marvel's Luke Cage and Franz Rosenzweig's Theology of the Creation

 

Levi Morrow

 

7 Spider-Man and the Theology of Weakness

 

Gregory Stevenson

 

8 Of Venom & Virtue: Venom as Insight into Issues of Identity, the Human Condition, and Virtue

 

Jeremy E. Scarbrough

 

9 Matt Murdock's Ill-fitting Catholic Faith in Netflix's Daredevil

 

Daniel D. Clark

 

 

10 Gods upon Gods: Hierarchies of Divinity in the Marvel Universe

 

Austin M. Freeman

 

11 The Thor Movies and the "Available" Myth: Mythic Reinvention in Marvel Movies

 

Andrew Tobolowsky

 

12 Thor: Ragnarok, Postcolonial Theology, and Life Together

 

Kevin Nye

 

13 Savage Monster or Grieving Mother? Sabra and Marvel's Political Theology of Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine

 

Amanda Furiasse

 

14 Modern Re-enchantment and Dr. Strange: Pentecostal Analogies, the Spirit of the Multiverse, and the Play on Time and Eternity

 

Andrew D. Thrasher

 

Theology and Spider-Man

Edited by George Tsakiridis

Lexington Books / Fortress Academic 2021

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781978710894/Theology-and-Spider-Man

 

Introduction: Theologizing the Spider

 

George Tsakiridis

 

1 Sin and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man: A Spider-Harmatiology

 

Jerome Van Kuiken

 

2 Tyger, Lamb, Spider, Hunter: "Kraven's Last Hunt" and The Web of Theodicy

 

Peter Admirand

 

3 Untangling the Web of Sins: The Superior Spider-Man as Secular Hagiography

 

David K. Goodin

 

4 Let Him Be to You as a Goblin: Forgiveness as the Defeat of Evil in Spider-Man Comics

 

Travis B. Hill

 

5 "Look out, here comes the Spider-Man": An Exploration of the Creedal Theology of Spider-Man

 

George Tsakiridis

 

6 Moral Formation in Pedagogies of Violence: Civil War's Peter Parker

 

John C. McDowell

 

7 Peter Parker's Progeny: Power, Genetics, and Virtuous Parenting in Spider-Girl

 

Michael Buttrey and Leah DeJong

 

8 "Not Gonna Turn Invisible": Into the Spider-Verse and Black Theology

 

Matthew Vega and Russell P. Johnson

 

9 A Web of Significations: The Hermeneutics of Theological Anthropology in Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)

 

Ched Spellman

 

10 Venom the Liberation Theologian

 

Josh McDonald

 

11 Loss, Death, and Afterlife: Thanatology and Theology in Spider-Man Comics

 

Allan Novaes

 

12 Spider-Man: An Icon in your Pocket

 

Joseph E. Gaston

 

 

Theology and the DC Universe

EDITED BY GABRIEL MCKEE AND ROSHAN ABRAHAM -

Lexington Books / Fortress Academic 2023

HTTPS://ROWMAN.COM/ISBN/9781978716117/THEOLOGY-AND-THE-DC-UNIVERSE

 

Introduction – Gabriel Mckee and Roshan Abraham

 

1. A Plenitude of Creators: Cosmogony in the DC and Christian Canons – Christopher Heard

 

2. By(e) Rao! Personification or Deception – David A. Skelton

 

3. Reimagining Gnostic Theo-Mythology through Grant Morrison's JLA: Rock of Ages – Matthew J. Dillon

 

4. Superman v. The Powers: What Walter Wink's Nonviolent Theology Reveals About the Man of Steel's "No-Killing" Rule – Andrew Kuzma

 

5. Providentialism and Political Religion: Zack Snyder's Man of Steel – John C. McDowell

 

6. Wonder Woman and the Labors of Hercules – Janelle Peters

 

7. Dr. Fate and Meher Baba: The Aesthetics of a Comic Book Cosmology – James Newell

 

8. The Queer Theology of the Doom Patrol – Michael Barnes Norton and Jana McAuliffe

 

9. The St. Francis of the DC Universe: How Animal Man Makes the Case for Pluralism in Animal Ethics – Andrew Kuzma

 

10. The Gospel According to Robin Hood and the Rebirth of Green Arrow – Danielle Terceiro

 

11. In the Land of No Return: Nergal and Mesopotamian Religion in DC's Hellblazer – Gina Konstantopoulos

 

12. Lost Souls and Old Sons: Augustinian Theodicy and the Path to Redemption in NBC's Constantine – Darian J. Shump

 

13. God Will be All in All: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Darkseid as Omega Point in Final Crisis – Matthew Brake

 

14. Utopia, Rebellion, and the Kingdom of Heaven in the Legion of Super-Heroes – Gabriel Mckee

 

15. War and Hope: Apocalyptic Theology in Kingdom Come – Gregory Stevenson

 

Theology and Batman

Examining the Religious World of the Dark Knight

EDITED BY MATTHEW WILLIAM BRAKE AND C. K. ROBERTSON

 

Lexington Books / Fortress Academic 2022

HTTPS://ROWMAN.COM/ISBN/9781978710740/THEOLOGY-AND-BATMAN-EXAMINING-THE-RELIGIOUS-WORLD-OF-THE-DARK-KNIGHT

 

FOREWORD BY PAUL LEVITZ - AFTERWORD BY MICHAEL USLAN

Introduction: Batman as a Focus of Theological Inquiry

 

C.K. Robertson, Ph.D., and Matthew Brake

 

Section One: Theodicy and Evil

 

1. The Karmic Tragedy of Bruce Wayne: Batman as Anti-Buddha

 

Wesley D. Cray

 

2. Suffering and Evil in the Book of Job and Batman: The Killing Joke

 

Francesco Del Bianco

 

3. Evil After Christianity: Joker (2019) as Post-Christian Theodicy

 

Katherine Kelaidis

 

4. Beginning with Wickedness, or the Long Dark Knight of the Polis' Soul

 

John C. McDowell

 

5. Batman Encounters Judaism and the Holocaust

 

Rafael Medoff

 

Section Two: Ethics and Morality

 

6. "Fear of Faith" and Faith over Fear: Scarecrow as Emblem of a Purgatorial Gotham

 

Christina M. Knopf

 

7. Pride Goeth Before the Knightfall: Sabbath as Heroic Practice

 

Drew McIntyre

 

8. Batman Forever: Morality and Narrative in Grant Morrison's Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne

 

Andrew Kuzma

 

9. The Bat-Bodhisattva: A Buddhist reading of our favorite (Anti)Hero

 

John Thompson

 

10. Batman's Cardinal Virtues in Dark Knight Returns

 

Joseph Turner

 

Section Three: Justice and Vengeance

 

11. Reflections on Revolutionary Gotham: Sovereignty, Sacrifice, and Theological Fantasy in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy

 

Ryan Haecker

 

12. No Saviors in Gotham: Black Liberation and Whiteness in Batman: The Cult

 

Peter Herman

 

13. Vengeance, Justice, and Batman's War on Crime

 

Randall M. Jensen

 

14. False Messiah and Real Devils: Batman and Girard on the Fate of Gotham Mimesis and the Messianic

 

Clint Jones

 

15. Fighting for Righteousness: Batman's Atonement

 

Joshua Wise

 

Section Four: Deities and the Divine

 

16. Morality, Epistemology, and How Batman Can Know That God Exists

 

Batman: Atheist?

 

Armond Boudreaux

 

17. How One Becomes What One Is: The Nietzschean Polytheology of Joker (2019)

 

Vernon W. Cisney

 

18. Dark Knight of the Soul: Reading Batman with Apophatic Theology

 

Stephen Garner

 

19. The Dark Knight and the Dark Side of God

 

Michael D. Nichols

 

20. God-Confusion in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

 

Michael Anthony Novak

 

NYCC '24: Day 0 – Retailer Day surges despite bathroom breakage
Billy Henehan
10/16/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc24-day-0-retailer-day-surges-despite-bathroom-breakage/

Marvel launches Premier Collection as a jumping on point
Heidi MacDonald
10/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-launches-premier-collection-as-a-jumping-on-point/

Prix de la critique ACBD de la BD québécoise 2024 à Je pense que j'en aurai pas
16 octobre 2024
Jean-Laurent Truc
https://www.ligneclaire.info/prix-de-la-critique-acbd-de-la-bd-quebecoise-2024-a-je-pense-que-jen-aurai-pas-297475.html

"I Was A Bit Shocked" – Deku, Bakugo, and All Might Actors on My Hero Academia: You're Next
Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, and Kenta Miyake talk about legacy, heroism, and hubris in My Hero Academia: You're Next.
  By Daniel Kurland | October 16, 2024
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/deku-bakugo-all-might-actors-my-hero-academia-youre-next/

Atlas/Seaboard Down Under
A Look At The Publishing History of an American Company in Australia
Daniel Best
Daniel Best - Author Oct 16, 2024
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/atlasseaboard-down-under-0ea

 Best New Comics for Adults
New York Public Library October 2024
https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/comics-2024/adults
https://www.nypl.org/sites-drupal/default/files/2024-10/NYPL_Best_Comics_2024_Adults.pdf

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/15/2024

'Drawing Lessons' is about finding one's voice in art and in life

"Drawing Lessons," co-commissioned by Ma-Yi Theater Company and the Children's Theatre Company is set to open for previews in Minneapolis on Oct 8.  [Blue Delliquanti]

by Deanna Pistono 09/27/2024

http://www.minnpost.com/arts-culture/2024/09/drawing-lessons-is-about-finding-ones-voice-in-art-and-in-life/

 

Batman Beyond: Paul Dini Shares "Return of the Joker" Twist Notes

Tom Chang, 14 Oct 2024

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/batman-beyond-paul-dini-shares-return-of-the-joker-twist-notes/

 

Numerous comics creators band together to STOP PROJECT 2025

Matt Fraction, Greg Pak, Jeff Parker, Greg Rucka, Mark Russell, and many more have created a guide warning voters about the new Trump agenda.

Christopher Chiu-Tabet

10/15/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/stop-project-2025/

 

DC Comics come to GlobalComix

Heidi MacDonald

10/15/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-comics-come-to-globalcomix/

 

THE LAB PRESS signs exclusive distribution deal with Simon & Schuster and Diamond Distributors

Christian Angeles

10/15/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-lab-press-signs-exclusive-distribution-deal-with-simon-schuster-and-diamond-distributors/

 

St. Stephen cartoonist's latest book tackles small-town quirks

Brandon Hicks chronicles cultural differences after moving from Saint John to the border town

CBC News   Sep 30, 2024

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/brandon-hicks-cartoon-book-1.7335272

 

Aardman Animations To Lay Off 15% Of Its Core Staff

By AMID AMIDI | 10/13/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/aardman-animations-to-lay-off-15-of-its-core-staff-243342.html

 

Finnish Animation Producer Gigglebug Opens New Animation Studio In The Canary Islands

By AMID AMIDI | 10/14/2024  https://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/finnish-animation-producer-gigglebug-opens-new-animation-studio-in-the-canary-islands-243352.html

 

KUŠ! AT FIFTY VOLUMES [LATVIA]

Hagai Palevsky | October 15, 2024 | https://www.tcj.com/kus-at-fifty-volumes/

 

David A. Berona Collection of Wordless Books

https://library.ohio-state.edu/search~S6?/tDavid+A.+Berona+Collection+of+Wordless+Books/tdavid+a+berona+collection+of+wordless+books/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&FF=tdavid+a+berona+collection+of+wordless+books&1%2C1180%2C

 

2024 Cartoonist Convention

October 6, 2024 by Graeme MacKay

https://mackaycartoons.net/2024/10/06/cartoonist-convention/

 

Halloween Beat: Barnes and Aquilone talk KOLCHAK MEETS THE CLASSIC MONSTERS

Ricardo Serrano Denis

10/15/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/barnes-aquilone-kolchak/

Garth Ennis On New Books and More
wordballoon
Oct 14, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bjvKd_zTzM

Marty Pasko Talks 70s DC Warren and other stories
wordballoon
Oct 13, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGyYOYBHJ80

LAWRENCE LINDELL for BUCKLE UP
Comix Experience
Oct 13, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGq9OwKreho

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred nine | Jim Zub, part one
Oct 15, 2024
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/im-not-even-sure-which-planet-im

The Zubstack
Jim Zub
https://jimzub.substack.com/

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live - Episode #060: With Special Guests William Potter and Philip Bond
Pop Culture Squad
October 15 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Xr382R-bs

Episode 678: Shannon Wheeler
RiYL Podcast
 Oct 13, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhJxIxjjSXg

The Superwoman of Comic Book Collecting
    CHRISTINE FARRELL SPENT DECADES ASSEMBLING A COMPLETE DC COMICS COLLECTION, INCLUDING SOME OF COMICDOM'S RAREST AND HIGHEST-GRADED TITLES
By Robert Wilonsky
https://intelligentcollector.com/the-superwoman-of-comic-book-collecting/

Pre-Code Horror & Crime Comics Showcase Auction
Heritage Auctions
 Oct 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLZxbwO6-g

Words, Images, & Worlds: Corissa Grant Returns!
Jason DeHart
Oct 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ttjfkZGiDE

Words, Images, & Worlds with Michael Kingston
Jason DeHart
 Oct 14, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6PCZZodYhI

Words, Images, & Worlds: Gregory Wright Returns!
Jason DeHart
 Oct 14, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qsXOHqK4Z0

Words, Images, & Worlds with Philip Tarl Denson
Jason DeHart
Oct 13, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9gMGB1s10I

In Loving Memory of Dave Shephard
Bright Agency 24 July 2024
https://thebrightagency.com/uk/blog/in-loving-memory-of-dave-shephard

Oct. 20: Christiann MacAuley in Silver Spring

Come see me this weekend at the Mojo Branch Media & Maker's Market in Silver Spring, MD October 20! This outdoor event will have beer, music, comics, and crafts — see you there! If you can't make it, maybe order your copy of my new book in print or e-book here! 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/14/2024

Jonathan Roth at Scrawl Books, in pictures

October 13, 2024

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/10/jonathan-roth-at-scrawl-books-in.html

 

S.G. Artley

[" Remembering my friend and cartoonist Jerry Fearing, who died peacefully last night."]

October 12 2024

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02NSoGf3FxpftasKzLgRJtaBMvacikbLyjfE14GHM3YmtMo7V7LAqV6v6EJ9WxLRhol&id=100042016282960&comment_id=925354169411665&notif_id=1728832146797126

 

HARVEY AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2024 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

To Be Honored at NYCC Ceremony

  Milton Griepp on October 14, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58010/harvey-awards-announce-2024-hall-fame-inductees

 

JAMES TYNION IV SIGNS 12-BOOK DEAL For OGNs

Milton Griepp on October 14, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58011/james-tynion-iv-signs-12-book-deal

 

'The Adventures of Tintin': A story of boy reporter's return from hiatus

On September 26, 1946, the first edition of the Tintin comic album was published, beginning the popular comic character's journey to international fame. A peek into the world of Tintin

Forbes India Sep 26, 2024 https://www.forbesindia.com/photogallery/lifes/the-adventures-of-tintin-a-story-of-boy-reporters-return-from-hiatus/94247/14

 

'I've always worn cute as a badge of honor': The Jay Fosgitt interview

Jake Zawlacki | October 14, 2024

 

https://www.tcj.com/ive-always-worn-cute-as-a-badge-of-honor-the-jay-fosgitt-interview/

 

Interview: Geof Darrow Talks Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to Be Kin Silent but Deadly Edition

Oct 08, 2024

Interview by Mike Szymanski

https://previewsworld.com/Article/278040-Interview-Geof-Darrow-Talks-Shaolin-Cowboy-Cruel-to-Be-Kin-Silent-but-Deadly-Edition

 

Iconic St. John's comic book shop is finding a new home for its 'ultimate collectible'

Downtown Comics owner Kerri Neil says the old shop sign is going to long-time customer

Elizabeth Whitten · CBC News · Posted: Oct 13, 2024

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/downtown-comics-sign-kerri-neil-mark-jerrett-1.7349745

 

Jason Conway, fixture of St. John's comics scene, mourned by friends and collectors

Owner of Downtown Comics with 'big heart' died suddenly on Wednesday

CBC News December 22, 2020

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/jason-conway-obit-downtown-comics-1.5850445

 

Husband-and-wife Directors Discuss the Making of Their Acclaimed Short, 'In the Shadow of the Cypress' [Iran]

Ramin Zahed

October 12, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/10/husband-and-wife-directors-discuss-the-making-of-their-acclaimed-short-in-the-shadow-of-the-cypress/

 

In the Shadow of the Cypress (Dar Saaye Sarv) // Hossein MOLAYEMI, Shirin SOHANI // Interview [Iran] annecyfestival jun 13, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs9OGqyfaEA

 

Aardman Cuts 20 Jobs in the Face of $720K Loss

Animation Magazine

October 11, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/10/aardman-cuts-20-jobs-in-the-face-of-720k-loss/

 

Crayola Studios and Hallmark Reviving Rainbow Brite for New Generation With Film, TV Project

Chris Gardner

October 14, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rainbow-brite-tv-series-film-crayola-studios-hallmark-1236031148/

 

A Colossal story comes to NYC in ATTACK on TITAN: THE MUSICAL

Justin Guerrero

10/14/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-colossal-story-comes-to-nyc-in-attack-on-titan-the-musical/

 

Amber Waves Comes to Comics Kingdom

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/10/14/amber-waves-comes-to-comics-kingdom/

 

The Franchise Is a Hymn to Superhero Movies, Say Creators, 'It Was Never Intended to Tear Them Down'

Louisa Mellor | October 14, 2024

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-franchise-hymn-to-superhero-movies-creators-it-was-never-intended-to-tear-them-down/

 

 

 

Bob Eckstein and Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums

Myq Kaplan (pronounced Mike Kaplan)

Broccoli and Ice Cream 353; Sep 30 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5USQPEmZx4klWIIIsUoA0N

 

Interview : Jean-David Morvan adapte Kessel et son Armée des ombres

Jean-Laurent Truc

 14 octobre 2024

https://www.ligneclaire.info/morvan-moynot-lacou-phileas-297071.html 

 

Jerry Fearing – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/10/14/jerry-fearing-rip/

 

Jerome Fearing Collection of Cartoon and Editorial Art (SCRB Collection Number 113), SCRB 0113. University of Minnesota Archives and Special Collections https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/12/resources/7042

 

Redrawing the Western

A History of American Comics and the Mythic West

by William Grady

University of Texas Press, 2024

https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329986/

Oct 19: Chad in Amesterdam signing and interview

I'll be interviewing Chad Bilyeau, a formerly fugitive G'town drug dealer turned autobiographical comic book writer who now lives in Amsterdam.

Fantom Comics

2010 P St NW, Upper Floor, Washington D.C., DC

4 pm.

Former DC and current Amsterdam-based author Chad Bilyeu joins us! He'll be discussing & signing the new issue of THE RE-UP, his autobiographical comic about selling weed in Georgetown in the early '00s

Oct 16: Andrés Vera Martinez at Politics and Prose

Wednesday, October 16 at 6 p.m.

Andrés Vera Martinez Monster Locker / Ages 10+ Graphic novel workshop at Conn Ave Kids Dept. In this first volume of a thrilling middle grade graphic novel series, a sixth-grader named Pablo discovers his locker is a portal to the realm of monsters!

Details

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Welcome...! (Instant Karma no.2)

"Welcome...! (Instant Karma no.2)
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3997


I wish I'd screenshot or bookmarked the tweet I spotted on Facebook 
featuring a grinning Kay-Kay and Netanyahu shaking hands, with a 
headline announcing the latest amount of my tax money being shipped 
off to fund a genocide in Palestine. Not that it matters that much 
these days, as it's always such an insanely stonking amount of cash 
that remembering the actual goddamn number doesn't seem that important 
anymore.

Luckily, though, I did save this headline from the Washington Post a 
couple of days ago, about how the Small Business Administration's 
disaster relief fund is already tapped out. Tough luck, MAGA Boy, the 
money to rebuild your surf shop just went to bomb a bunch of people 
living in tents.

What goes around, America...

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"SBA's Disaster Funds On Fumes; Out Of Cash In Days As Demand Spikes, 
Loans For Victims Could Be Pushed Past Election" Washington Post, Page 
A1, 10.12.2024 
https://www.sinkers.org/posters/welcome/wapoA1Oct122_sba_on_fumes.jpg

"One year of genocide in Gaza", the WSWS Editorial Board 10.06.2024 
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/10/07/dmhj-o07.html

"Hurricane Milton and the case for socialism", Bryan Dyne at the World 
Socialist Site, 10.08.2024 
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/10/09/sarz-o09.html

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