Saturday, April 19, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/18/2025

The Dark Weirdness of R. Crumb

The illustrator dredged the depths of his own subconscious—and tapped into something collectively screwy in America.

By Gal Beckerman

April 14, 2025,

This article appears in the May 2025 print edition with the headline "The Anti-Rockwell."

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/r-crumb-dan-nadel-cartoonists-life-review/682118/

https://archive.is/jxsuf

 

'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees' Sequel First-Look: "Scarier, Gorier, Cuter"

Creator Patrick Horvath's followup to the surprise hit arrives July 9, and once again is Richard Scarry meets 'Dexter.'

Borys Kit

April 17, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/beneath-the-trees-where-nobody-sees-sequel-first-look-scarier-gorier-cuter-1236192350/

 

The Beat Digest 04/18/25: Oni Press reveals EC's "Summer of Fear"

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 04/18/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-041825/

 

MARVEL GAINS MARKET SHARE AT THE EXPENSE OF SMALLER PUBLISHERS

In Q1 2025 Market Shares

Brigid Alverson on April 18, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/59354/marvel-gains-market-share-expense-smaller-publishers

 

Inside the Guide: Historic Firsts Part I

Robert M. Overstreet

The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #26,

Scoop April 18 2025

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1013?ArticleID=281098

 

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson

Scoop April 18 2025

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1013?ArticleID=281099

 

Toho Sets 200% Production Increase Goal for Anime Business

Mercedes Milligan

April 17, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/toho-sets-200-production-increase-goal-for-anime-business/

 

Bill Plympton's Oscar-Nominated 'Guard Dog' Debuts on YouTube

Mercedes Milligan

April 17, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/bill-plymptons-oscar-nominated-guard-dog-debuts-on-youtube/

 

Cannes' Annecy Animation Showcase Lineup Features New Films From Cartoon Saloon, GKIDS, La Cachette and More (EXCLUSIVE)

By Jamie Lang

Apr 17, 2025 https://variety.com/2025/film/global/annecy-animation-showcase-lineup-cartoon-saloon-gkids-1236371128/

 

Call For British Government To Invest £1.5 Million In UK Comics Fund

  Rich Johnston  17 Apr 2025 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/call-for-british-government-to-invest-1-5-million-in-uk-comics-fund/

 

The Daily Heller: Frank Frazetta, the Norman Rockwell of Horror

The Daily Heller April 17 2025

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-he-strikes-terror-into-hearts/

 

The Daily Heller: My First Interview With Brad Holland

The Daily Heller April 15 2025

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-my-first-interview-with-brad-holland/

 

Court Theatre in Chicago Presents a New Adaptation of Berlin Graphic Novel

The Jason Lutes graphic novel is now a stage show, with its Weimar-era story eerily relevant.

By Emily McClanathan

April 15, 2025

https://playbill.com/article/court-theatre-in-chicago-presents-a-new-adaptation-of-berlin-graphic-novel

 

This North Texan created one of the few national comic strips about a Latino family [Hector Cantú, Baldo]

  Elizabeth Myong | Arts Access

  KERA April 1, 2025

https://www.keranews.org/arts-culture/2025-04-01/this-north-texan-created-one-of-the-few-national-comic-strips-about-a-latino-family

 

Robert E. McGinnis, Whose Lusty Illustrations Defined an Era, Dies at 99

In the 1960s and '70s, his leggy femmes fatales beckoned from paperback covers and posters for movies like "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Thunderball."

Trip Gabriel

    April 17, 2025

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/arts/robert-e-mcginnis-dead.html

 

Tom King Asks If Batman Believes In God. Again. (Spoilers)

Tom King asks if Batman believes in God, one more time (Wonder Woman #20 Spoilers)

  Rich Johnston  16 Apr 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-king-asks-if-batman-believes-in-god-again-spoilers/

 

What's your favorite Superman story?

Beat Staff on 04/18/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/whats-your-favorite-superman-story/         

 

Comics Cultural Impact Collective

https://www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org/The-Power-of-Comics

 

Terry Pratchett estate launches 'Discworld graphic novel universe'

Launching with Monstrous Regiment, Thief of Time, and Wee Free Men

by Tasha Robinson

Apr 18, 2025, https://www.polygon.com/books/561109/terry-pratchett-discworld-graphic-novel-universe

 

Why we should be taking comics more seriously | Karrie Fransman | TEDxYouth@Manchester

TEDx Talks

Dec 4, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA1vshSuyQU

 

Comic Books: intimidating yet accessible art form, even at MSU [Missouri State University]

Robin Garner,  

Jan 24, 2025 Updated Feb 6, 2025

https://www.the-standard.org/opinion/comic-books-intimidating-yet-accessible-art-form-even-at-msu/article_b1c79622-dab1-11ef-b1df-33b3e2b83c66.html

 

Jules Feiffer Obituary

https://playbill.com/person/view-more?person=00000150-ac7b-d16d-a550-ec7fd1b90000

 

Drama! On the Diamond bankruptcy docket

Brigid Alverson | April 18, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/drama-on-the-bankruptcy-docket/

 

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist Accused of Using AI to Generate Child Porn [Darrin Bell]

Story by Morgan Music

1/16/2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/pulitzer-prize-winning-cartoonist-accused-of-using-ai-to-generate-child-porn/ar-AA1xk0lw

 

"I Wouldn't Do It Again": One Walking Dead Moment Changed the Story In Ways the Creator Never Imagined

By  Brian Colucci

Jan 24, 2025

https://screenrant.com/walking-dead-rick-grime-lose-hand-problems-op-ed/

 

Appel au boycott du Festival d'Angoulême 2026 : «Sans nous, cette édition sera une coquille vide !»

LIBERATION April 18 2025

https://www.liberation.fr/culture/bd/appel-au-boycott-du-festival-dangouleme-2026-sans-nous-cette-edition-sera-une-coquille-vide-20250418_X7HAS2EFVNHADCSZMQMBYZ7AOA/

 

The Egg, A Symbol of Life — This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | April 18, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/the-egg-a-symbol-of-life-this-weeks-links/

 

Interview: Graphic Novelist Craig Thompson On Ginseng Roots

Laura McCarthy.

  April 16, 2025

https://www.in-common.co.uk/2025/04/16/interview-graphic-novelist-craig-thompson-on-ginseng-roots/


"I Think Comics Have So Much Versatility in the Way They Can Tell a Story" – Zen K. Talks Comics Craft and Language, Manga Inspirations, and Being Published by Koguchi Press

    by Andy Oliver

    Broken Frontier April 16, 2025

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/zen-k-six-to-watch-interview/

 

'Crumb' does not shy away from the cartoonist's faults — just as he wanted

By Chris Vognar

April 11, 2025

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2025-04-11/robert-crumb-biography-dan-nadel-book-review

 

Andrew Wheeler And Rye Hickman On Their Queer-Faith Coming Of Age Graphic Novel 'Hey, Mary!': "Her Name Is Mary, And She's Literally Mother"

Alex Zalben

April 15 2025

https://comicbookclublive.com/2025/04/15/hey-mary-andrew-wheeler-rye-hickman-interview/

 

Craig Yoe Conversation

Noah Van Sciver

  Apr 15, 2025

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zck_Di7SqY

 

Chris Cajero Cilla, April 8th, 2025

Austin English

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 420; Apr 11, 2025

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTkYi9fk5ys

 

His Friends Call Him Bobby (w. Dan Nadel)

Joe McCulloch, Chris Mautner, Tucker Stone

Comic Books Are Burning In Hell,

2025.04.15

https://www.factualopinion.com/the_factual_opinion/2025/04/his-friends-call-him-bobby-w-dan-nadel.html

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/forcedn/comicsinhell/CB.189.His_Friends_Call_Him_Bobby.mp3

 

'March' Co-Author Spearheads Comics Project To Uplift Appalachia [Andrew Aydin]

Rob Salkowitz

Apr 17, 2025,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/04/17/march-co-author-spearheads-comics-project-to-uplift-appalachia/

 

Batcat Is the Nonbinary Comic Book Hero Kids Need

Luke Tsai

Apr 17 2025

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974781/batcat-nonbinary-graphic-novel-for-kids

 

This East Bay Graphic Novel Celebrates the Magic of Passing Notes With Friends

Luke Tsai

Feb 20 2025

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13972135/raised-by-ghosts-east-bay-graphic-novel-review-teenagers

 

Poignant Graphic Novel 'Ephemera' Explores an Oakland Artist's Lonely Childhood [Briana Loewinsohn]

Rae Alexandra

Mar 14, 2023

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13926136/poignant-graphic-novel-ephemera-explores-an-oakland-artists-lonely-childhood

 

Comics Cultural Impact Collective calls for £1.5m funding to make most of 'untapped potential of industry' [UK]

Maia Snow

Apr 17, 2025

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/comics-cultural-impact-collective-calls-for-15m-funding-to-make-most-of-untapped-potential-of-industry

 

Off Panel #495: The Canva Background with Heidi MacDonald

April 14 2025

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-495-the-canva-background-with-heidi-macdonald

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 668: Alliance Wins the Battle for Diamond

Calvin Reid, Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald and Kate Fitzsimons

04/11/2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1363

 

Unmasking comics: How an existential realignment can unstuck the industry

The industry at-large has big questions to face about identity, supporting creators, telling certain stories, and much, much more.

Chris Coplan

April 17, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/04/17/comics-needs-existential-realignment/

 

Ryan North talks all things Fantastic Four

Corey Mintz

April 18, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/04/18/fantastic-four-ryan-north-under-doom/

 

Batman's tea, angels, and locked rooms: Al Ewing on crafting a mind-bending 'Detective Comics Annual'

'Detective Comics Annual 2025' is a strange but magic trip for Batman.

David Brooke

April 15, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/04/15/batman-detective-comics-annual-al-ewing-qa/

 

ANNOUNCING THE 13th CARTOONIST STUDIO PRIZE WINNERS

Center for Cartoon Studies April 15, 2025

https://www.cartoonstudies.org/announcing-the-13th-cartoonist-studio-prize-winners/

 

How do you get Superman right in 2025? 'Don't screw up,' say DC's 3 big Superman writers

Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, and Dan Slott on the Summer of Superman

Susana Polo

Polygon  Apr 16, 2025,  https://www.polygon.com/comics/559501/superman-summer-special-dc-comics-waid-williamson-slott

 

Socios de la Sectorial del Cómic piden la dimisión de su presidente, pero él rechaza irse

La Asociación de Críticos y Divulgadores de Cómic (ACDCómic), la Confederación Española de Gremios y Asociaciones de Libreros (CEGAL), entre otros, reclaman la renuncia de Alejandro Casasola

El Salón del Cómic de Granada continúa "con éxito" su 30 edición y celebra el Sábado Social

11 de abril 2025

https://www.granadahoy.com/ocio/socios-sectorial-comic-presidente_0_2003712358.html

 

Condenan al director del Salón del Cómic de Granada por intentar copiar «de mala fe» la marca Ficzone

Alejandro Casasola fue denunciado por la apropiación de la conocida marca del Festival Internacional de Cómic y Cine

Marta Ramírez

25 de julio 2024

https://www.ideal.es/culturas/condenan-director-salon-comic-granada-intentar-copiar-20240725132519-nt.html 

 

Koukoulas, Yannis (2025) "Parody and Mis-unda-stendings in Comics Art World: Bridging the Gap with New Criteria," SANE journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education: Vol. 2: Iss. 9, Article 1.

Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/sane/vol2/iss9/1


How Comic Books Can Transform Student Learning | Illya Kowalchuk | TEDxCU
TEDx Talks May 17, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYA8Yxlar3E

Mark Waid On JLU World's Finest and Batman Robin Year One
word balloon Apr 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvMpWH6vk00

What makes a superhero? | Stan Lee | TEDxGateway 2013
TEDx Talks
Dec 27, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSGf6is3U2w

Why Do We Idolize Superheroes, and Should We? | Lawrence Raia | TEDxYouth@SRDS
TEDx Talks Jun 3, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-QUrUZ6ZTE

Why comics belong in the classroom | Gene Yang | TEDxManhattanBeach
TEDx Talks Dec 2, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz4JqAJbxj0

Scott's Favorite Superman Stories:
Newsletter #208: The Fundamentals
Defining a comic book series in the 2025 market PLUS Happy Superman Day!
Scott Snyder
Apr 18, 2025
https://bestjackettpress.substack.com/p/newsletter-208-the-fundamentals

Friday, April 18, 2025

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Due Process for Kilmar Garcia by Daniel Boris

 


Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/17/2025


Brad Holland's Disruptive Vision

His work pushed the boundaries of political cartoons, expanding the possibilities of illustration everywhere.

By Penelope Green

    April 14, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/arts/brad-holland-illustrations.html

 

Tone-deaf Holy Week cartoon shows The New Yorker's disdain for religion [Adam Sacks]

Phyllis Zagano

April 17, 2025

https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/tone-deaf-holy-week-cartoon-shows-new-yorkers-disdain-religion

 

Rarities: The Cartoon Factory Ltd, A Comic Strip Syndicate – Part 1

D. D. Degg 

April 16, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/16/rarities-the-cartoon-factory-ltd-a-comic-strip-syndicate-part-1/

 

Maidment, Brian. 2016. The Draughtsman's Contacts: Robert Seymour and the Humorous Periodical Press in the 1830s. Journal of European Periodical Studies 1(1), 37. https://doi.org/10.21825/jeps.v1i1.2576 and https://openjournals.ugent.be/jeps/article/id/71542/

 

Maidment, Brian. 2017. The Gallery of Comicalities - Graphic Humour, the Wood Engraving and the Development of the Comic Magazine 1820-1841.

Victorian Periodicals Review 50 (1).

Preprint online at https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5361/3/The%20Gallery%20of%20Comicalities%20-%20Graphic%20Humour,%20the%20Wood%20Engraving%20and%20the%20Development%20of%20the%20Comic%20Magazine%201820-1841.pdf

 

Artist Julie Heffernan paints a surreal story with her debut graphic novel at Morgenstern's

By Arnaav Anand

Indiana Daily Student Jan 23, 2025

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2025/01/artist-julie-heffernan-paints-a-surreal-story-with-her-debut-graphic-novel-at-morgensterns

 

Allegheny Alumna DC Comics' Newest Cover Artist & Orchard Recording Musician [Sukesha Ray]

January 24, 2025

By: Katheryn Frazier

https://allegheny.edu/about/news/allegheny-alumna-dc-comics-newest-cover-artist-orchard-recording-musician/

 

Philippines launches comic book to counter China's 'disinformation' in the disputed South China Sea

by: JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press         

Jan 24, 2025

https://www.wkrg.com/news/business/ap-philippines-launches-comic-book-to-counter-chinas-disinformation-in-the-disputed-south-china-sea/

 

From comics to consciousness: Educating the nation with 'The Stories of Teacher Jun'

By: National Task Force for West Philippine Sea

Philippine Information Agency January 25, 2025

https://pia.gov.ph/from-comics-to-consciousness-educating-the-nation-with-the-stories-of-teacher-jun/

 

'Latino USA: A Cartoon History' marks 25 years of exploring what it is to be Latino

By Norma Martinez, and Marian Navarro

Fronteras January 24, 2025 https://www.tpr.org/podcast/fronteras/2025-01-24/fronteras-latino-usa-a-cartoon-history-marks-25-years-of-exploring-what-it-is-to-be-latino

 

Sook-Yin Lee explores sex work with a story from her own past in Paying For It [Chester Brown]

Peter Knegt.

CBC's Here & Queer January 23, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C4-Ld43ups

 

Tom Power

Why Sook-Yin Lee adapted her ex's memoir about paying for sex [Paying For It; Chester Brown]

Q with Tom Power  Jan 30, 2025 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3wjW04-xNA

 

Disney Heading to Annecy With 'Elio,' 'Zootopia 2,' and 'Eyes of Wakanda'

For the first time, all of Disney's animation divisions will present at the global animation festival, with Pixar screening first looks of 'Toy Story 5' and 'Hoppers.'

Scott Roxborough

April 16, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/disney-taking-elio-zootopia-2-to-annecy-festival-1236192548/

 

A Complete Unknown: Lionel Ziprin

Steven Brower | April 17, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/a-complete-unknown-lionel-ziprin/

 

Reviews: Life Drawing [Love and Rockets]

Tom Shapira | April 17, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/life-drawing/

 

The Mike Zeck Comic Artwork Saved From LA Wildfires By Chance

The Mike Zeck comic book original artwork saved from the Los Angeles wildfires by chance, now on display at Indiana University

Apr 2025 -  Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-mike-zeck-comic-artwork-saved-from-la-wildfires-by-chance/


Where the Precious Things Are: Maurice Sendak's Art Collection to Be Auctioned
From erotic drawings to Mickey Mouse on a motorcycle, works in the author's home nurtured his creativity. They'll star at Christie's June sales.
By Arthur Lubow
    A version of this article appears in print on April 17, 2025, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Where Maurice Sendak's Precious Things Are.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/arts/design/maurice-sendak-collection-auction-christies.html

In Conversation: Roman Muradov and Dasha Tolstikova
Apr 17, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/97580-in-conversation-roman-muradov-and-dasha-tolstikova.html

    Between the Panels: Artist Eamon Winkle on Taking Chances, Making Dentures, and the Artist Paramount to His Creative Education
    Kevin Sharp, Fanbase Press April 16, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/between-the-panels/item/56604-between-the-panels-artist-eamon-winkle-on-taking-chances-making-dentures-and-the-artist-paramount-to-his-creative-education/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Andrew Wheeler and Rye Hickman on the Release of the Graphic Novel, 'Hey, Mary!,' with Oni Press
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    April 16, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56601-fanbase-press-interviews-andrew-wheeler-and-rye-hickman-on-the-release-of-the-graphic-novel-hey-mary-with-oni-press/


Superman Treasury 2025: Hero For All among DC's July Summer of Superman offerings
Joe Grunenwald on 04/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/superman-treasury-2025-hero-for-all-july-summer-of-superman-dc-comics/

"We want them to be special": The Potions Cauldron's Ben Fry and Speak Consulting's Graham Speak on their Marvel drinks range [licensing]
by Billy Langsworthy
16.04.25
https://www.brandsuntapped.com/we-want-them-to-be-special-the-potions-cauldrons-ben-fry-and-speak-consultings-graham-speak-on-their-marvel-drinks-range/

There Are No Drugstore Sympathy Cards for You: Processing the Loss of a Friend through Comics, a guest post by Jason Walz [ The Flip Side]
April 17, 2025
https://teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/04/17/there-are-no-drugstore-sympathy-cards-for-you-processing-the-loss-of-a-friend-through-comics-a-guest-post-by-jason-walz/

Young Reporter Interviews Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph [UK]
Media Cubs
 Apr 10, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnvoPPmbqzY

Comic Creator Spotlight: Comic Creator Yulia Vus, and "Culture for Ukraine"
John Freeman on April 8, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/comic-creator-spotlight-comic-creator-yulia-vus-and-culture-for-ukraine/

Ignition Press launches first title: Murder Podcast
Heidi MacDonald on 04/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/ignition-press-launches-first-title-murder-podcast/

DC unveils SUPERMAN movie-themed variants for the Summer of Superman
Joe Grunenwald on 04/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-superman-movie-variants-summer/

Can Matt Murdock Find Redemption in Daredevil: Born Again's "Straight To Hell"?
It's a long, dark night for the Devil of Hell's Kitchen...
Leah Schnelbach
April 16, 2025
https://reactormag.com/daredevil-born-again-season-finale-straight-to-hell-episode-nine-review/

Drawing Dreams: Inside WagWorks with Geoff & Ashlee Wagner [children's comics]
StoryComic
Apr 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Wc8SpPcGw

The Two Worlds of David Quinn: Comics and Kids' Books
StoryComic
 Apr 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnK097OeOdQ

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live: With Special Guests Filip and Jeremy from Ignition Press
Pop Culture Squad April 17 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqpUwkC1KfM

Kelly Sue DeConnick On FML
wordballoon
April 17 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mNk6eLvwIg

Declan Shalvey Draws: Darkseid
Declan Shalvey
Apr 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6JmkIYbipY

Jay Irving's "Willie Doodle", Pride O' The Finest, 1946 Promo Book
Rob Stolzer
Inkslingers Apr 17, 2025
https://inkslingers.ink/2025/04/17/jay-irvings-willie-doodle-pride-o-the-finest-1946-promo-book/

Tiny Onion's 'Exquisite Corpses' Turns Creators Loose On A New Horror Franchise
Rob Salkowitz,
Feb 18, 2025,
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/02/18/tiny-onions-exquisite-corpses-turns-creators-loose-on-a-new-horror-franchise/

James Tynion IV & Michael Walsh's Exquisite Corpses is like a Stephen King book - despite the horror elements, you'll want the civilian characters to survive
Graeme McMillan,
 Mar 08 2025
https://www.thepopverse.com/comics-eccc-2025-comics-exquisite-corpse-stephen-king-tynion-walsh-image-comics-tiny-onion

Exquisite Corpses' assassin TCG aims for the sweet spot between Magic: The Gathering and Ultimate Werewolf
Writer James Tynion IV and artist Michael Walsh explain their battle royale comic/game and how to get cards early
by Susana Polo
Apr 11, 2025,
https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/556417/exquisite-corpses-comic-card-variant-covers-james-tynion

ECCC '25: James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh on Exquisite Corpses
The brutal new world of 'Exquisite Corpses' is coming, and its creators have no plans of it ever ending.
Alex Schlesinger
March 7, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/07/eccc-2025-tynion-walsh-exquisite-corpses/

Transpacific Encounters: Miguel Covarrubias, Zhang Guangyu [Swann Fellow].
Felicity Yin
January 16, 2025
https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11628/
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/media/webcasts/2025/250116pnp1200/250116pnp1200-1280x720_2000.mp4
https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/media:webcasts:2025:250116pnp1200:250116pnp1200-1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

Eco-Activism and Education in Children's Graphic Narratives [Swann Fellow].
Brianna Anderson
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2023-05-17.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661260/
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/gdcwebcasts/23/05/17/pn/p1/20/0/230517pnp1200/230517pnp1200-1280x720_2000.mp4
https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/:service:gdc:gdcwebcasts:23:05:17:pn:p1:20:0:230517pnp1200:230517pnp1200-1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

Conversation with Keith Knight
Warren Bernard
    Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2020-02-17.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696939/
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/gdcwebcasts/20/02/17/ex/o1/50/0/200217exo1500/200217exo1500_1280x720_2000.mp4
https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/:service:gdc:gdcwebcasts:20:02:17:ex:o1:50:0:200217exo1500:200217exo1500_1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

Art in Action: Conversation with Helen Zughaib ["Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times"]
Katherine Blood
    Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-05-23.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696465/
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/gdcwebcasts/19/05/23/ex/o1/40/0/190523exo1400/190523exo1400_1280x720_2000.mp4
https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/:service:gdc:gdcwebcasts:19:05:23:ex:o1:40:0:190523exo1400:190523exo1400_1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

Art in Action: Herblock & Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
Katherine Blood, Kimberli Curry, Martha Kennedy.
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-06-18.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696468/
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/gdcwebcasts/19/06/18/pn/p0/73/0/190618pnp0730/190618pnp0730_1280x720_2000.mp4
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Comics in 19th Century Time and Space [Swann Fellow].
Joshua Abraham Kopin
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-04-09.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696400/
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/gdcwebcasts/19/04/09/pn/p1/20/0/190409pnp1200/190409pnp1200_1280x720_2000.mp4
https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/:service:gdc:gdcwebcasts:19:04:09:pn:p1:20:0:190409pnp1200:190409pnp1200_1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Fantom Comics events 4/18-4/20

THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 18th IS SUPERMAN DAY! We'll have some free comics to give away in celebration as well as special releases. Put on any superman related apparel and get 20% off your purchase on Friday! For the weekend it's a double feature of creator events. On Saturday we're having a GODZILLA WAR FOR HUMANITY book club that'll be joined virtually by the creative team of Andrew Maclean & Jake Smith. On Sunday for 4/20 we're doing an author talk and signing with creator Brian Box Brown about his book LEGALIZATION NATION. Both events have extra fun programming, find out about this week's events and more information below:

GODZILLA: WAR FOR HUMANITY BOOK CLUB JOINED VIRTUALLY BY ANDREW MACLEAN & JAKE SMITH
>> SATURDAY, April 19th @ 4pm
We're hosting an in-person GODZILLA: WAR FOR HUMANITY book club joined virtually by creators Andrew Maclean (Head Lopper) & Jake Smith(RoboWolf).
Everyone's favorite city-smashing monster may be humanity's only hope for survival in this twist on a classic kaiju battle!"Godzilla saved us that day." When Dr. Yuko Honda was young, she was chased by Hedorah, the smog monster, and thought it was all over…until Godzilla saved her! Now a respected professor and writer, she's dedicated her life to showing that while Godzilla may be a monster, that doesn't mean it and the other kaiju are enemies. Unfortunately, when a strange new monster emerges, her belief in the good of Godzilla will be put to the test. If Godzilla doesn't defend them, what can humanity do against the might of ZOOSPORA?! Find out in this titanic tale written by Andrew MacLean with art by Jake Smith!
BUY ONLINE or IN-STORE!

GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH (1971) SCREENING
>> SATURDAY, April 19th @ 7pm
> Free Entry
After our bookclub we're doing a screening of GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH! Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Japanese: ゴジラ対ヘドラ, Gojira tai Hedora) is a 1971 Japanese kaiju film directed and co-written by Yoshimitsu Banno, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the 11th film in the Godzilla franchise and Banno's directorial debut. The ensemble cast includes Akira Yamauchi, Toshio Shiba, Hiroyuki Kawase, Keiko Mari, and Toshie Kimura, with Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla and Kenpachiro Satsuma as Hedorah. The film features an environmentalist message as symbolized by Hedorah being spawned from pollution. It was released in the United States as Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster.

FANTOM 420 - BOX BROWN TALK & SIGNING, MUSIC BY SIR E.U w/ GIFTS FROM YANA
>>SUNDAY, April 20th @ 3pm
Tickets:https://bit.ly/4ikfPN0
Chill times at Fantom Comics 🌿 At 3pm we're hosting cartoonist Brian Box Brown all the way from Philly for a signing to discuss his comic LEGALIZATION NATION, about the weed legalization movement. Following the signing, at 5pm our popular friendship bracelet workshop returns! Then at 6pm,local music legend Sir E.U closes out the day with a DJ set.
Free 420 gifts provided by our neighbors at Yana Creatives!
Entry to the bracelet event & music set is $10, or free with a purchase of Legalization Nation online or in-store.

Superman Day at Beyond Comics - Friday, April 17th!



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Constant Contact

Catching up with Library of Congress' Swann lectures and others

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • Transpacific Encounters: Miguel Covarrubias, Zhang Guangyu

Summary

  • Swann Fellow Felicity Yin, Ph.D. candidate in art history at the University of California at San Diego, examines the 1930s cultural exchange between Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias and Shanghai artist Zhang Guangyu, focusing on Covarrubias' visit to Shanghai during his second trip to Bali. Using materials from the Library of Congress, the research reveals how their dialogues contributed to an indigenous turn in both artists' practices, redefining the integration of their cultural roots in transpacific modern art.

Running Time

  • 37 minutes 13 seconds

Eco-Activism and Education in Children's Graphic Narratives

Brianna Anderson
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2023-05-17.

Summary

  • Brianna Anderson, a PhD candidate in English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, was among the Swann Fellow awardees selected in 2022 to speak at the Library. Her project, "Greening the Gutters: Visualizing Environmental Disaster and Youth Eco-Activism in Children's Comics," uses posters, cartoon drawings, small press comics, and zines to understand the way in which visual culture engages audiences and inspires them to action.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2023-05-17.

Notes

  • -  Brianna Anderson, Sara Duke.
  • -  Recorded on 2023-05-17.

Conversation with Keith Knight

Warren Bernard
  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2020-02-17.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696939/

Summary

  • Cartoonist Keith Knight is known for his comic strips including The Knight Life, th(ink) and The K Chronicles. "Woke", a new live-action/animated comedy based on Knight's life, will premiere on Hulu in June. Warren Bernard, executive director of the Small Press Expo, interviews Knight about his life and career.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2020-02-17.

Notes

  • -  Classification: Fine Arts.
  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Keith Knight, Warren Bernard.
  • -  Recorded on 2020-02-17.

Art in Action: Conversation with Helen Zughaib ["Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times"]

Katherine Blood
  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-05-23.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696465/

Summary

  • Helen Zughaib's work engages with contemporary political issues including the experiences of refugees and was on view in the Library exhibition "Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times." Katherine Blood interviewed the artist about her work and the two discussed the role of art in social movements, artists as change makers and the nature and purpose of socially engaged art.

Art in Action: Herblock & Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times

Katherine Blood, Kimberli Curry, Martha Kennedy.
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-06-18.

Summary

  • The Library's "Art in Action" exhibition paired powerful editorial cartoons by Pulitzer Prize-winner Herbert L. Block (1909-2001), known as "Herblock," with socially-conscious prints, drawings, and posters created by a wide array of fellow artists. The curatorial team for the exhibition discussed selected highlights from the show, focusing on artworks responding to such eternal themes as civil rights, gender and women's issues, the role of the media, the impact of war and environmental issues. Other artists in the exhibition included Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Kerry James Marshall, Shepard Fairey, Dick Iacovello, Jessica Sabogal, Mel Chin, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. and Helen Zughaib.

Comics in 19th Century Time and Space

Joshua Abraham Kopin
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-04-09.

Summary

  • Swann Foundation Fellow Joshua Abraham Kopin gave an illustrated lecture discussing the cultural and technological contexts surrounding the rise of the comic strip in late 19th century America.