Sunday, January 12, 2025

Jan 29: Comics, Comedy, Cocktails - Jewish History of Comics with Sasha Kaplan

Join us on Wednesday, January 29 at 7pm for a night of laughter, learning, and legendary heroes!
Dive into the Jewish History of Comics with Sasha Kaplan, a comic book historian and pop culture expert. Explore how Jewish creators shaped the comic book industry and brought iconic characters like Ben Grimm and Magneto to life. Ever wondered if Spider-Man or Superman might be Jewish? Let's find out together!
Tickets:�$25/session in advance | $35 at the door | $40 for the full 2-session series
👉 Don't miss Session 2 on February 19: The Adaptation Game
Register now and get ready for a super-powered evening!

Liza Donnelly on Ann Telnaes' stand

U.S. Stamp Design: Infamous American Felons by Daniel Boris


I have in the past printed out similar cartoons and used them to mail an empty envelope to myself.


Saturday, January 11, 2025

Tomorrow: Gale Galligan for "Fresh Start" at People's Book in Takoma Park, MD


 
 
Gale Galligan for "Fresh Start"

Gale Galligan for "Fresh Start"
Sunday, January 12, 2025 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan comes a funny and vibrant semi-autobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about friendship and belonging.

Where: People's Book    Cost: Free
 
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Continuing with news about Ann Telnaes

Interview with BBC World Service Radio

Talking about the free press and the importance of editorial cartoonists

Ann Telnaes

Jan 11 2025

https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/interview-with-bbc-world-service

 

Cartoonist Ann Telnaes on the price of satire

Julian Worricker

Sounds 11 Jan 2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zcxd9h8zkwr

 

WaPo Editor Explains Decision to Ax Bezos, Trump Cartoon

Opinion editor David Shipley, in a staff memo obtained by Status, said the cartoon was repetitive in light of other pieces.

William Vaillancourt

 Jan. 10 2025

https://www.thedailybeast.com/wapo-editor-explains-decision-to-ax-bezos-trump-cartoon/

 

James Carville Blasts WaPo Editor Over Cartoon Controversy: 'Disgrace to Journalism'

The veteran Democratic Party strategist slammed the controversy as a sign of the mounting power and influence of the "billionaire class" in the United States.

Will Neal

Jan. 5 2025

https://www.thedailybeast.com/carville-blasts-washington-post-editor-over-cartoon-controversy-disgrace-to-journalism/

 

Readers critique The Post: Decision not to run cartoon undermines trust [Letters to the Editor; in print as Decision not to run cartoon undermines readers' trust]

William Sullivan and Wayne Shipp

Washington Post January 11, 2025 : A13

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/10/ann-telnes-jimmy-carter-taylor-swift-dave-barry-cricket/

That darn Ann Telnaes

Readers critique The Post: Decision not to run cartoon undermines trust [in print as Decision not to run cartoon undermines readers' trust]

Washington Post

Every week, The Post runs a collection of letters of readers' grievances — pointing out grammatical mistakes, missing coverage and inconsistencies. These letters tell us what we did wrong and, occasionally, offer praise. Here, we present this week's Free for All letters.


Editorial page editor David Shipley insulted readers' intelligence with his explanation for refusing to run Ann Telnaes's cartoon critical of Post owner Jeff Bezos. After Telnaes resigned, Shipley asserted to the New York Times that his only goal was avoiding repetition, as The Post had already run commentary critical of billionaires' obsequiousness to Donald Trump.

The Post frequently features opinion pieces making similar points. It has continually published pieces since the election on how Democrats have only themselves to blame for losing because they are too woke. The Editorial Board wrote multiple pieces in 2024 alone (on March 9, May 14, Sept. 19 and Nov. 30) about Haiti, all making the argument for intervention, in addition to pieces by Lee Hockstader (March 15), Colbert I. King (March 16) and James B. Foley (March 26) making the same argument. Three times in 2024, The Post published George F. Will's complaint that Woodrow Wilson was the first president to criticize the nation's founding — on May 23, July 14 and Nov. 14. Surely the issue of billionaires bowing to Trump is more worthy of reinforcement than Will's thinking about a president who has been dead for a century.

Particularly given its recent history of spiking a presidential endorsement, The Post should take special care to ensure it is demonstrating editorial independence. Shipley's decision, and his explanation for it, undermines trust in every word published in the paper.

William Sullivan, Washington

I can see Herblock, in his grave, furiously drawing a cartoon supporting Ann Telnaes's resignation.

Wayne Shipp, Woodbridge

That darn “Mike du Jour”

Where? [ "Mike du Jour" by Mike Lester letters]

On Nov. 25, I began reading the Comics, only to find that "Mike du Jour" by Mike Lester was nowhere to be found. Feeling forsaken by one of my favorite comic protagonists brought me back to when I would read "Where's Waldo?" to my two young boys. But at least Waldo could eventually be found. Not so with Mike.

Lester's strip is truly unique. The whimsical, unpredictable art style alone is a joy. Oh, how I wish I knew how to locate Mike's basset-hound mix, Minnie, to track down her master, thereby returning Mike to print!

Bob Rudnick, Potomac

Thank you for ending your association with "Mike du Jour." The salve of reading the comics after digesting the news was marred by Mike Lester's efforts to find a trope or stereotype to taunt our eyes with. His wordplay on a woman's breasts caused my last letter to you about him, and I needed to follow up with thanks for belatedly cleaning up your act. Offending paying customers belongs in stand-up clubs.

Frank Demarais, Takoma Park

Cartoonist Ann Telnaes on the price of satire

Cartoonist Ann Telnaes explains why she resigned from the Washington Post after editors rejected her cartoon mocking media titans abasing themselves before President-elect Donald Trump. Also in the programme: the latest on the fires from Los Angeles; and the Lynxes released in Scotland. Joining presenter Julian Worricker to discuss these and other stories are Janina Dill, a Professor of Global Security at Oxford University, and Eleanor Shearer, a policy researcher based in London. (Picture: A cartoon by Ann Telnaes showing tech titans abasing themselves before President-elect Donald Trump. Credit: Ann Telnaes)

Megan Lloyd Wagner interviewing graphic novelist Gale Galligan at Scrawl Books

Gale says she used her old journals to make the drawings by the child Ollie.
 
 







Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/10/2025

Kibbles 'n' Bits 1/10/25: The week in weird

By Heidi MacDonald on 01/10/2025

https://www.comicsbeat.com/kibbles-n-bits-1-10-25-the-week-in-weird/

 

The Daily Heller: Cartoonist Walks After WaPo Kills Bezos Satire

The Daily Heller January 7 2025  https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-washington-post-editorial-cartoonist-walks-after-satire-of-bezos-is-killed/

 

Oscar Shortlist Interviews: Director Florian Maurice Shares His Favorite Shot From 'Au Revoir Mon Monde' (Exclusive)

By Kévin Giraud | 01/08/2025 https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar-shortlist-interviews-director-florian-maurice-shares-his-favorite-shot-from-au-revoir-mon-monde-exclusive-244850.html

 

Oscar Shortlist Interviews: Director Nicolas Keppens Shares His Favorite Shot From 'Beautiful Men' (Exclusive)

By Kévin Giraud | 01/08/2025

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar-shortlist-interviews-director-nicolas-keppens-shares-his-favorite-shot-from-beautiful-men-exclusive-244837.html

 

Oscar Shortlist Interviews: Director Dice Tsutsumi Shares His Favorite Shot From 'Bottle George' (Exclusive)

By Kévin Giraud | 01/07/2025

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar-shortlist-interviews-director-dice-tsutsumi-shares-his-favorite-shot-from-bottle-george-exclusive-244831.html

 

Let's Talk Comics Ep 1: Rick Remender on The Seasons and More!

Jim Viscardi

January 7, 2025

https://imagecomics.com/podcasts/lets-talk-comics-ep-1-rick-remender-on-the-seasons-and-more

 

Second "Coming Home" anthology from Re-Live shares stories from LGBTQ+ military veterans [UK]

John Freeman on January 9, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/second-coming-home-anthology-from-re-live-shares-stories-from-lgbtq-military-veterans/

 

Archive Comic Creator Interview: TV Century 21 and Look-In artist Mike Noble [1992; UK]

Bill Storie,

January 9, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/archive-comic-creator-interview-tv-century-21-and-look-in-artist-mike-noble/

 

Timecop Creator Mark Verheiden's House Burns Down In LA Fires

Rich Johnston 09 Jan 2025

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/timecop-creator-mark-verheiden-house-burns-down-in-la-fires/

 

Comic Artist Andrew C Robinson's House Burns Down In Eaton Canyon Fire

Rich Johnston

09 Jan 2025

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-artist-andrew-c-robinson-house-burns-down-in-eaton-canyon-fire/

 

Canto Co-Creator David M Booher's House Burns Down In LA Fires

Rich Johnston, 09 Jan 2025

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/canto-co-creator-david-m-boohers-house-burns-down-in-la-fires/

 

Episode 186 - William Haefeli

January 08, 2025

Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Season 4 Episode 186

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1719352/episodes/16405238-episode-186-william-haefeli

 

January 9, 2025

'One World Under Doom' Writer Ryan North Unveils a New Status Quo for the Marvel Universe

From the Fantastic Four to Doctor Doom himself, Ryan North peels the curtain back on 'One World Under Doom.' Plus, get a sneak peek into the first issue!

by William Shammah

https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/one-world-under-doom-1-preview-ryan-north-interview

 

In The Bleak Midwinter – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | January 10, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter-this-weeks-links/

 

Off Panel #481: The Spice Bag with Patrick Brower

January 6 2025

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel481-the-spice-bag-with-patrick-brower

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 654: Looking at the Year Ahead

Calvin Reid, Heidi Macdonald, Kate Fitzsimons and Meg Lemke

on 01/03/2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1348

 

A cultural stroll through Paris with graphic novelist Riad Sattouf and sculptor Nathalie Decoster

Valérie FAYOLLE, Stéphanie CHEVAL, and Pauline HEILMANN

Paris des arts : 20/12/2024

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/paris-des-arts/20241220-a-cultural-stroll-through-paris-with-graphic-novelist-riad-sattouf-and-sculptor-nathalie-decoster

 

Charlie Hebdo attack [Riss interview]

Rachel Naylor

Witness History 07 Jan 2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5ynh

 

Translating onomatopoeias: A comparison between European and Brazilian Portuguese in the translation of manga

    Alexandra Costa Ferreira  

    Translation Matters Vol. 6 No. 2 (2024):

    https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/tm/article/view/14555

    https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/tm/article/view/14555/13091

 

Maravilla, C. Scott. 2025. "Up from the Depths: The Cultural Appropriation of Godzilla in 1970s American Animation and Comics" Humanities 14, no. 1: 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/h14010002 and https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/1/2

 

Book review: Slater, Stefan and David Macfadyen (2023).The Political Cartoons of Derso and Kelen: Years of Hope and Despair.

Richard Scully

Lund Humphries.

The European Journal of Humour Research 12 (4) 316–319

https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/1023/821

 

British illustrator is a star in the Franco-Belgian world of comics

We speak to Posy Simmonds MBE, winner of one of the most prestigious awards for graphic novelists

Victoria Gibson

  06 January 2025

https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/british-illustrator-is-a-star-in-the-franco-belgian-world-of-comics/698148

 

Discover the capital of comics books in the west of France

We hear from the advisers of Angoulême's museum dedicated to the art of la bande dessinée

Victoria Gibson

The Connexion 03 January 2025

https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/discover-the-capital-of-comics-books-in-the-west-of-france/688885

 

Experts share top five recommendations for discovering French comics as an adult

First-time readers of bandes dessinées might want to start with this list of suggestions

Victoria Gibson

  06 January 2025

https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/experts-share-top-five-recommendations-for-discovering-french-comics-as-an-adult/698206

 

DC's Batman reboot promised hope, but Wonder Woman and Superman delivered [Absolute DC]

Susana Polo

Jan 5, 2025, https://www.polygon.com/comics/504039/absolute-batman-superman-wonder-woman-review

 

How Alan Moore's new novel builds on his iconic comics

The great writer talks "The Great When," "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," and how he writes his prose to make up for the lack of images.

Christian Holub

  January 3, 2025

https://ew.com/how-alan-moores-new-novel-builds-on-his-iconic-comics-8769123

 

Keller,  Zsófia. 2025. Ainu Representation in the World of Japanese Comics: Shumari and Golden Kamuy Take on the Ruling Narratives of Hokkaidō History. Távol-Keleti Tanulmányok / Journal of East Asian Cultures, 17(1), 149–178. https://doi.org/10.38144/TKT.2025.1.6 and https://ojs.elte.hu/tkt/article/view/9852 and https://ojs.elte.hu/tkt/article/view/9852/8228

 

Jeff Parker talks behind-the-scenes magic for new 'Zootopia' series

Ahead of 'Zootopia 2' debuting in late 2025!

David Brooke

January 7, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/07/zootopia-jeff-parker-qa/

 

Exploring the depths: Jeremy Adams talks new 'Aquaman' series with John Timms

Jeremy Adams' 'Aquaman' plunges readers into an epic exploration of identity, duty, and untapped power.

David Brooke

January 7, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/07/jeremy-adams-aquaman-qa/

 

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 308: Exploring the Depths: Jeremy Adams talks new 'Aquaman' series

David Brooke and Nathan Simmons

January 5, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/05/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-308-jeremy-adams-new-aquaman/

 

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 307: Best of 2024: Comics, creators, and more

David Brooke and Nathan Simmons

December 29, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/12/29/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-307-best-of-2024/

 

Venom Unleashed #2: Inside 'All-New Venom' with Jordan D. White

David Brooke

January 8, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/08/venom-unleashed-2-jordan-d-white/

 

'One World Under Doom': Ryan North takes on Marvel's ultimate villain

David Brooke

January 9, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/09/one-world-under-doom-ryan-north-qa/


My colleagues in print
The Boston Globe prints a collection of protest cartoons
Ann Telnaes
Open Windows Jan 10 2025 https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/my-colleagues-in-print

My Ann Telnaes Cartoon!
The Washington Post cartoonist's severance package...
Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
Jan 10 2025 https://jackohman.substack.com/p/my-ann-telnaes-cartoon

MAD CAVE launches a charity comic book for victims of the Los Angeles fires
Christian Angeles on 01/10/2025
https://www.comicsbeat.com/mad-cave-launches-a-charity-comic-book-for-victims-of-the-los-angeles-fires/


'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' is doggedly delightful
Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, Regina G. Barber, and Cristina Escobar
Pop Culture Happy Hour January 8, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/1223466602/wallace-gromit-vengeance-most-fowl-is-doggedly-delightful
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR3344717742.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1223466602

Friday, January 10, 2025

Stories and cartoons continue on Ann Telnaes' quitting WaPo

The Daily Heller: Cartoonist Walks After WaPo Kills Bezos Satire

The Daily Heller January 7 2025  https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-washington-post-editorial-cartoonist-walks-after-satire-of-bezos-is-killed/


My colleagues in print
The Boston Globe prints a collection of protest cartoons
Ann Telnaes
Open Windows Jan 10 2025 https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/my-colleagues-in-print

My Ann Telnaes Cartoon!
The Washington Post cartoonist's severance package...
Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
Jan 10 2025 https://jackohman.substack.com/p/my-ann-telnaes-cartoon

All the President's Billionaires
Ruben Bolling
Jan 10 2025

Pop Culture Happy Hour on 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl'

 

'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' is doggedly delightful

Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, Regina G. Barber, and Cristina Escobar

Pop Culture Happy Hour January 8, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/1223466602/wallace-gromit-vengeance-most-fowl-is-doggedly-delightful

https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR3344717742.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1223466602

Alex Fine show at Dwightmess - opening night photos

I popped in briefly to say hello and check out the exhibit. We used to see his work regularly in the Washington Post Magazine, illustrating Gene Weingarten's column. Information on the show follows the pictures. This exhibit is mostly celebrity portraits. Here's Bruce Guthrie's photos.

 

Alex Fine

 


















 And a Taylor Swift print for sale, but not on the wall. This was for an Economics journal based on the money generated by her Eras tour:



Hairhoppers & Showstoppers:
Portraits, Posters, and Editorial Art by Alex Fine

Bio: Alex Fine is a Baltimore-based illustrator with an extensive client list that includes TIME Magazine, Newsweek,  Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Wired, Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, Scholastic, Harper Collins, AT&T, Variety, Baltimore City Paper, and Politico. He is represented in North America and United Kingdom by SNYDER.

"My first art show in years and I’ll have a large collection of well coiffed portraits, band posters, and editorial art from years of magazine and newspaper work. Contact me or Dwightmess with any print requests and if you live in the DMV, hope to see you there!" ~Alex

Check out more of Alex's artwork !!--> @alexfineillos

Event Info:
Hairhoppers & Showstoppers:
Portraits, Posters, and Editorial Art by Alex Fine

Opening Reception:
Friday. January 10th. 7-9pm.

Location:
DWIGHTMESS
805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

More comics from Naval Hospital Long Beach's newspaper, The Aorta

Roughly Speaking by AG Santomauro from February and April 1945, Hit the Deck from April, and Hank Ketcham's Swab Story from April.

Bedtime for Bonzo by Daniel Boris


April 16: Dan Nadel — Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life — at Union Market

Dan Nadel — Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life — at Union Market


Date:04/16/2025
Time:7:00pm
Place:
Politics and Prose at Union Market (1324 4th Street NE)
1324 4th Street NE
Washington, DC 20002

Robert Crumb is often credited with single-handedly transforming the comics medium into a place for adult expression, in the process pioneering the underground comic book industry, and transforming the vernacular language of 20th-century America into an instantly recognizable and popular aesthetic, as iconic as Walt Disney or Charles Schulz. Now, for the first time, Dan Nadel, a curator and writer specializing in comics and art, shares how this complicated artist survived childhood abuse, fame in his twenties, more fame, and came out the other side intact.

More than just a biography of an iconic cartoonist, Crumb is the story of a richly complex life at the forefront of both the underground and popular cultures of post-war America. Including forty-five stunning black-and-white images throughout and a sixteen-page color insert featuring images both iconic and obscure, Crumb spans the pressures of 1950s suburban America and Crumb's highly dysfunctional early family life; the history of comics and graphic satire; 20th century popular music; the world of the counterculture; the birth of underground comic books in 1960s San Francisco with Crumb's Zap Comix; the economic challenges and dissolution of the hippie dream; and the path Robert Crumb blazed through it all.

Written with Crumb's cooperation, this fascinating, rollicking book takes in seven decades of Crumb's iconic works, including Fritz the CatWeirdo, and his final book-length comic of The Book of Genesis; capturing, in the process, the essence of an extraordinary artist and his times.

Dan Nadel is a writer and curator. His previous books include, It's Life as a I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980Peter Saul: Professional Artist Correspondence, 1945-1976; and Art Out of Time: Unknown Comic Visionaries, 1900-1969. Nadel has curated exhibitions for galleries and museums internationally including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He is the founder of PictureBox, a publishing and packaging company that produced over one hundred books, objects, and zines from 2000 to 2014, including the Grammy Award-winning design for Wilco's 2004 album A Ghost Is Born. Dan is the curator-at-large for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his family.

This event is free with first come, first served seating.

Feb 4: Astronaut Leland Melvin & Jonathan Roth

Astronaut Leland Melvin & Jonathan Roth

Hang out with a LITERAL ASTRONAUT, and an author who knows everything about space travel but hasn't visited (yet)! Join us at Scrawl Books on Tuesday, February 4 at 7PM as we welcome astronaut and author Leland Melvin! Leland will be discussing his new graphic novel, Space Chasers with Leland Melvin, with Rover & Speck author Jonathan Roth! RSVPs encouraged but not required!

Event date: 
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
Scrawl Books
11911 Freedom Drive
RestonVA 20190
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Space Chasers by Leland Melvin By Leland Melvin, Joe Caramagna, Alison Acton (Illustrator) Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781250782762
Availability: Coming Soon - Pre-Order Now
Published: First Second - February 4th, 2025

Jan 11: Gale Galligan - Fresh Start in Reston, VA

Gale Galligan - Fresh Start

Join us at Scrawl Books on Saturday, January 11 at 2PM as we welcome Gale Galligan! Gale will be discussing their new graphic novel, Fresh Start, with Megan Wagner Lloyd, author of Allergic, Squished, Super Pancake, and more! .

Leah says, "Another absolute delight from Gale Galligan! Fresh Start is sweet, expressive, and deeply vulnerable in the absolute best way. A reminder that being brave enough to make new friends and forgive your old ones (and yourself!) is always worth it."

Event date: 
Saturday, January 11, 2025 - 2:00pm
Event address: 
Scrawl Books
11911 Freedom Drive
RestonVA 20190
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Fresh Start: A Graphic Novel By Gale Galligan Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781338045840
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Graphix - January 7th, 2025