There was a wire service obituary - "Joyce Carlson, Disney Animator," Washington Post Wednesday, January 9, 2008; Page B06
and an article on the recent trends in Indian animation -
"In India, Gods Rule The 'Toon' Universe: Hindu Myth a Fount of Superheroes," by Rama Lakshmi, Washington Post Foreign Service, Wednesday, January 9, 2008; A11
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
OT: Comics artists in the New Yorker
Years ago, I used to borrow the New Yorker from the library and go through it looking for the new wave of comic book artists that Mouley and Spiegelman were using. Eventually I started reading it and then subscribing. I'm still subscribing, but fell out of the habit of reading the issue as it arrived - a major error since piles of them now lurk around the house. To try to keep up, I'll post the comic artists who are not gag cartoonists here each week. The new issue has:
1/14/08
#Rutu Modan illo, "27 Dresses," directed by Anne Fletcher and
starring Katherine Heigl, opens Jan. 11, p. 18,
#Philippe Petit-Roulet illustration for Rarely Available, p. 38,
#JC Duffy cartoon, "I've got a gun," p. 64.
1/14/08
#Rutu Modan illo, "27 Dresses," directed by Anne Fletcher and
starring Katherine Heigl, opens Jan. 11, p. 18,
#Philippe Petit-Roulet illustration for Rarely Available, p. 38,
#JC Duffy cartoon, "I've got a gun," p. 64.
Telnaes animation on Post website
The Washington Post has put an Ann Telnaes editorial animation on their website for the first time, although a UK newspaper site has been running them for a while. Check out Bill and Hill now!
Comics Research Bibliography update January 4, 2008 citations
Berge, Paul / QSyndicate. 2007.
2007 The Year in Cartoons [gay editorial cartoons].
Washington Blade (December 28): 22-23
Cohen, Alex. 2007.
Politicians Are Best as Rubber, Cartoonist Insists.
National Public Radio's Day to Day (December 12).
online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17151862
Fudge, Tom. 2007.
Cartoonist Steve Breen on the Top Political Stories of 2007.
National Public Radio and KPBS's These Days (December 18).
online at http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=10486
Gross, Terry. 2003.
Illustrator Marjane Satrapi.
National Public Radio's Fresh Air (June 2).
Online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1283520
Hockenberry, John. 2007.
Episode Two: Redesigning the Election: Election Splendor [Harvey Pekar interview].
WNYC's Billion Dollar President (December 18).
online at http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/episode-two-redesigning-the-election/
Hockenberry, John. 2007.
Harvey Pekar Talks Politics.
WNYC's Billion Dollar President website (December 18): http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/harvey-pekar-talks-politics/
Inskeep, Steve. 2007.
Story of Growing Up in Revolutionary Iran [Satrapi on Persepolis].
National Public Radio's Morning Edition (December 25)
online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17597762
Mann, Brian. 2008.
'Max and Pinky' an Adorable Dynamic Duo [children’s book influenced by Calvin and Hobbes by Maxwell Eaton].
National Public Radio's All Things Considered (January 3).
online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17809602
Mondello, Bob. 2007.
Short Takes: 'Persepolis'.
NPR.org (December 24): http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17590198
Moore, Scott. 2007.
A novel idea for a comic [Gene Luen Yang interview].
Washington Post (October 25)
Nocenti, Annie. 2007.
Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, by Douglas Wolk; Need More Love: A Graphic Memoir, by Aline Kominsky Crumb [review].
Print (November / December)
Kartalopoulos, Bill. 2007.
Rodolphe Töpffer: The Complete Comic Strips, compiled, translated, and annotated by David Kunzle; Father of the Comic Strip: Rodolphe Töpffer, by David Kunzle [review].
Print (September / October)
Canemaker, John. 2007.
The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney, by Michael Barrier [review].
Print (September / October)
Robertson, Campbell and Brooks Barnes. 2007.
Disney Wonders if a Mermaid Can Follow a Trail Blazed by a Lion [theater].
New York Times (December 20).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/theater/20disn.html?ex=1355893200&en=557463a542560c88&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Rosenberg, Scott. 2007.
Mmm …Spider-Pig on DVD: ‘The Simpsons Movie’ is green on disc, in more ways than one.
Express (December 19): 15
Takahashi, Rumiko and Stephen Ayres (trans.). 2005.
The Art of InuYasha (2nd Edition).
San Francisco: Viz Media
Unknown. 2008.
Editorial: Comic Books in the Classroom
New York Times (January 3).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/opinion/03thu4.html?ex=1357102800&en=8eda1e28b28bf0b7&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Woodall, Bernie. 2007.
‘Fantastic Four’ surfs to No. 1 spot at box office.
Reuters (June 18).
Online at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070618/film_nm/boxoffice_dc_6
Garry, Joan. 2007.
The source of my super powers; I have a greater sense of purpose because I am gay [comic book as fundraiser].
Washington Blade (December 14): 21.
Online at http://www.washblade.com/2007/12-14/view/columns/11733.cfm
Andersen, Kurt. 2007.
Persepolis and Iran: Marjane Satrapi
Public Radio International and WNYC 's Studio 360 (December 21).
online at http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2007/12/21
Brooks, Anthony. 2007.
'The War' Neglects Latino Stories, Cartoonist Says [Baldo’s Hector Cantu].
National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation (September 24).
Online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14658074
Ehrenreich, Ben. 2007.
Comic Genius? Before there was even a comic book to adapt, 'Cowboys and Aliens' had a movie deal [Platinum Comics].
New York Times Magazine (November 11).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/magazine/11wwln-cowboys-t.html?ex=1352350800&en=b40a849873288532&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Gopoian, Rebecca and David Heatley. 2007.
The Creche [autobiographical religious comic strip].
New York Times (December 23)
Horn, Maurice. 1976.
The Comics: a cultural history [filmstrip].
Pleasantville, NY: Educational Audio Visual
McLaughlin, Jeff. 2005.
Comics as Philosophy.
University Press of Mississippi
McLaughlin, Jeff. 2007.
Stan Lee: Conversations.
University Press of Mississippi
Wertham, Fredric. 1953.
What Parents Don’t Know About Comic Books.
Ladies Home Journal (November)
Charras, Pierre and Chantal Montellier. 1982.
Le sang de la commune [graphic novel on French revolutionary communes].
Paris : Futuropolis
Ross, Steve. 2005.
Marked [religious graphic novel retelling the Bible’s Gospel of Mark].
New York: Seabury Books
Wallace, William N. 1978.
Willard Mullin Dies; Cartoonist Created 'Bums'; 'Sports Cartoonist of Century'.
New York Times (December 22)
Smith, Red. 1978.
Looking Back With Willard Mullin; Sports of The Times.
New York Times (July 1)
Durso, Joseph. 1971.
Mullin Hangs Up Brushes and Board After 10,000 Sports Cartoons.
New York Times (January 10): S3
Unknown. 1963.
Mullin to Be Honored At Boxing Writers' Fete.
New York Times (December 29)
Lardner, John and Willard Mullin (ill.). 1947.
It Beats Working.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.
Michaels, Dave. 2007.
Remebering Willard Mullin and the Lost Art of Sports Cartooning.
Illustration (20; Fall): 46-56
Mitchell, Jerry and Willard Mullin (ill.). 1964.
The Amazing Mets.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap
Palmer, Joe H. and Willard Mullin (ill.). 1954.
This Was Racing.
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co
Unknown. 1959.
Cartoonists Honored; Creator of 'Gasoline Alley' and Others Cited Here [National Cartoonists Society].
New York Times (April 22)
Unknown. 1962.
Luncheon Is Planned By Cartoonists Society [National Cartoonists Society].
New York Times (October 21)
Unknown. 1972.
Cartoonists Will Honor Paige at Dinner Jan. 25 [National Cartoonists Society].
New York Times (January 16): S5
Rossen, Jake. 2008.
Superman vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon.
Chicago Review Press.
Scivally, Bruce. 2007.
Superman on Film, Television, Radio and Broadway.
McFarland
Lunning, Frenchy (ed.). 2007.
Mechademia: Networks of Desire, Vol. #2 [anime and manga].
University of Minnesota Press
Lunning, Frenchy and Thomas LaMarre. 2007.
Introduction: Art Mecho.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Shamoon, Deborah. 2007.
Revolutionary Romance: The Rose of Versailles and the Transformation of Shojo Manga.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Toku, Masami. 2007.
Shojo Manga! Girls’ Comics! A Mirror of Girls’ Dreams.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Aquila, Meredith Suzanne Hahn. 2007.
Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction Writers: New Narrative Themes or the Same Old Story?
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Kotani, Mari and Thomas LaMarre (trans.). 2007.
Doll Beauties and Cosplay.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Vincent, Keith . 2007.
A Japanese Electra and Her Queer Progeny.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Miyao, Daisuke. 2007.
Thieves of Baghdad: Transnational Networks of Cinema and Anime in the 1920s.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Mizuno, Hiromi. 2007.
When Pacifist Japan Fights: Historicizing Desires in Anime.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Bolton, Christopher. 2007.
The Quick and the Undead: Visual and Political Dynamics in Blood: The Last Vampire.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Rauch, Eron. 2007.
Bridges of the Unknown: Visual Desires and Small Apocalypses.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Long, Margherita. 2007.
Malice@Doll: Konaka, Specularization, and the Virtual Feminine.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Hiroki, Azuma with Yuriko Furuhata and Marc Steinberg (trans.). 2007.
The Animalization of Otaku Culture.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Drazen, Patrick. 2007.
Sex and the Single Pig: Desire and Flight in Porco Rosso [Miyazaki anime] .
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2007.
The Education of Desire: Futari etchi and the Globalization of Sexual Tolerance.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Ortega, Mariana. 2007.
My Father, He Killed Me; My Mother, She Ate Me: Self, Desire, Engendering, and the Mother in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Hairston, Marc. 2007.
Fly Away Old Home: Memory and Salvation in Haibane-Renmei.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Kuge, Shu. 2007.
In the World That Is Infinitely Inclusive: Four Theses on Voices of a Distant Star and The Wings of Honneamise.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Lunning, Frenchy. 2007.
Between the Child and the Mecha.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Benzon, William L. 2007.
Godzilla’s Children: Murakami Takes Manhattan [exhibit review] .
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Allison, Brent. 2007.
Anime: Comparing Macro and Micro Analyses.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Robbins, Trina. 2007.
Crazy Rabbit Man: Why I Rewrite Manga.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Ruh, Brian. 2007.
Brain-Diving Batou.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2007.
Lurkers at the Threshold: Saya and the Nature of Evil.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Bolton, Christopher. 2007.
UAAAAA! Trashkultur! An Interview with MAK’s Johannes Wieninger.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Lunning, Frenchy (ed.). 2006.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Lunning, Frenchy and Christopher Bolton. 2006.
Anifesto [editorial].
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Allison, Anne. 2006.
The Japan Fad in Global Youth Culture and Millennial Capitalism.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Wong, Wendy Siuyi. 2006.
Globalizing Manga: From Japan to Hong Kong and Beyond.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Napier, Susan. 2006.
The World of Anime Fandom in America.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Winge, Theresa. 2006.
Costuming the Imagination: Origins of Anime and Manga Cosplay.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Wolf, Mark J.P. 2006.
Assessing Interactivity in Video Game Design.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Takayuki, Tatsumi with Christopher Bolton (trans.). 2006.
Mori Minoru’s Day of Resurrection.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Looser, Thomas. 2006.
Superflat and the Layers of Image and History in 1990s Japan.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Toshiya, Ueno with Michael Arnold (trans.). 2006.
Kurenai no metalsuits, “Anime to wa nani ka/What is animation” .
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
LaMarre, Thomas. 2006.
The Multiplanar Image.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Levi, Antonia. 2006.
The Werewolf in the Crested Kimono: The Wolf-Human Dynamic in Anime and Manga.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Kotani, Mari. 2006.
Metamorphosis of the Japanese Girl: The Girl, the Hyper-Girl, and the Fighting Beauty.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2006.
Revolutionary Girl Utena: Manga and Anime Citations.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2006.
In the Sound of the Bells: Freedom and Revolution in Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Benzon, William L. 2006.
The Song at the End of the World: Personal Apocalypse in Rintaro’s Metropolis.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Bullough, Vern. 2006.
The Influence of Manga on Japan - Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society, by Sharon Kensella [review].
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Drazen, Patrick. 2006.
The Shock of the Newtype: The Mobile Suit Gundam Novels of Tomino Yoshiyuki.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Hairston, Marc. 2006.
The Yin and Yang of Schoolgirl Experiences: Maria-sama ga miteru and Azumanga Daioh.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Ruh, Brian. 2006.
Historicizing Anime and Manga: From Japan to the World - Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics, by Paul Gravett; Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews, by Fred Patten [reviews].
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Ollie, Michelle. 2006.
Interview with Lindsay Cibos.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Gibson, Mel. 2007.
The Tale Of One Bad Rat: the child alone and the alternative and substitute family.
In Bradford, C & Coghlan, V (eds.), Expectations and Experiences: Children, Childhood & Children's Literature.
Lichfield, Pied Piper Press
Gibson, Mel. 2007.
Graphic Novels In The Curriculum.
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Gibson, Mel. 2007.
"Wham! Bam! The X-Men Are Here": The British Broadsheet Press and the X-Men Film and Comic Revisited.
In: Comics into Films, Gordon, I, Jancovich, M & McAllister, M (eds.)
University Press of Mississippi: 101-115
Gibson, Mel. 2007.
"What is this mango, anyway?" Manga and younger readers in Ireland and Britain.
INIS. The magazine of Children's Books
Ireland, Dublin: CBI: 10-15.
Gibson, Mel. 2007.
Manga and younger readers in Britain. Some initial observations.
IBBYLink: British Section Newsletter
London: IBBY
Gibson, Mel. 2006.
Mehr als eine Heldin - das Motiv der Clique im britischen Mädchencomic von 1950 bis 1980.
In Diekmann, S & Schneider, M (eds.) Szenarien des comic: Helden Und Historien Im Medium Der Schriftbildlichkeit.
Berlin: SuKuLTuR
Gibson, Mel. 2003.
'You can't read them, they're for boys!' British Girls, American Superhero Comics and Identity'.
International Journal of Comic Art 5 (1; Spring)
Gibson, Mel. 2003.
‘What became of Bunty?' The emergence, evolution and disappearance of the girls' comic in post-war Britain.
In Bearne, E. and Styles, M. (eds.) Art, Narrative & Childhood.
Trentham Books.
2007 The Year in Cartoons [gay editorial cartoons].
Washington Blade (December 28): 22-23
Cohen, Alex. 2007.
Politicians Are Best as Rubber, Cartoonist Insists.
National Public Radio's Day to Day (December 12).
online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17151862
Fudge, Tom. 2007.
Cartoonist Steve Breen on the Top Political Stories of 2007.
National Public Radio and KPBS's These Days (December 18).
online at http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=10486
Gross, Terry. 2003.
Illustrator Marjane Satrapi.
National Public Radio's Fresh Air (June 2).
Online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1283520
Hockenberry, John. 2007.
Episode Two: Redesigning the Election: Election Splendor [Harvey Pekar interview].
WNYC's Billion Dollar President (December 18).
online at http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/episode-two-redesigning-the-election/
Hockenberry, John. 2007.
Harvey Pekar Talks Politics.
WNYC's Billion Dollar President website (December 18): http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/2007/12/18/harvey-pekar-talks-politics/
Inskeep, Steve. 2007.
Story of Growing Up in Revolutionary Iran [Satrapi on Persepolis].
National Public Radio's Morning Edition (December 25)
online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17597762
Mann, Brian. 2008.
'Max and Pinky' an Adorable Dynamic Duo [children’s book influenced by Calvin and Hobbes by Maxwell Eaton].
National Public Radio's All Things Considered (January 3).
online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17809602
Mondello, Bob. 2007.
Short Takes: 'Persepolis'.
NPR.org (December 24): http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17590198
Moore, Scott. 2007.
A novel idea for a comic [Gene Luen Yang interview].
Washington Post (October 25)
Nocenti, Annie. 2007.
Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, by Douglas Wolk; Need More Love: A Graphic Memoir, by Aline Kominsky Crumb [review].
Print (November / December)
Kartalopoulos, Bill. 2007.
Rodolphe Töpffer: The Complete Comic Strips, compiled, translated, and annotated by David Kunzle; Father of the Comic Strip: Rodolphe Töpffer, by David Kunzle [review].
Print (September / October)
Canemaker, John. 2007.
The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney, by Michael Barrier [review].
Print (September / October)
Robertson, Campbell and Brooks Barnes. 2007.
Disney Wonders if a Mermaid Can Follow a Trail Blazed by a Lion [theater].
New York Times (December 20).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/theater/20disn.html?ex=1355893200&en=557463a542560c88&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Rosenberg, Scott. 2007.
Mmm …Spider-Pig on DVD: ‘The Simpsons Movie’ is green on disc, in more ways than one.
Express (December 19): 15
Takahashi, Rumiko and Stephen Ayres (trans.). 2005.
The Art of InuYasha (2nd Edition).
San Francisco: Viz Media
Unknown. 2008.
Editorial: Comic Books in the Classroom
New York Times (January 3).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/opinion/03thu4.html?ex=1357102800&en=8eda1e28b28bf0b7&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Woodall, Bernie. 2007.
‘Fantastic Four’ surfs to No. 1 spot at box office.
Reuters (June 18).
Online at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070618/film_nm/boxoffice_dc_6
Garry, Joan. 2007.
The source of my super powers; I have a greater sense of purpose because I am gay [comic book as fundraiser].
Washington Blade (December 14): 21.
Online at http://www.washblade.com/2007/12-14/view/columns/11733.cfm
Andersen, Kurt. 2007.
Persepolis and Iran: Marjane Satrapi
Public Radio International and WNYC 's Studio 360 (December 21).
online at http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2007/12/21
Brooks, Anthony. 2007.
'The War' Neglects Latino Stories, Cartoonist Says [Baldo’s Hector Cantu].
National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation (September 24).
Online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14658074
Ehrenreich, Ben. 2007.
Comic Genius? Before there was even a comic book to adapt, 'Cowboys and Aliens' had a movie deal [Platinum Comics].
New York Times Magazine (November 11).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/magazine/11wwln-cowboys-t.html?ex=1352350800&en=b40a849873288532&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Gopoian, Rebecca and David Heatley. 2007.
The Creche [autobiographical religious comic strip].
New York Times (December 23)
Horn, Maurice. 1976.
The Comics: a cultural history [filmstrip].
Pleasantville, NY: Educational Audio Visual
McLaughlin, Jeff. 2005.
Comics as Philosophy.
University Press of Mississippi
McLaughlin, Jeff. 2007.
Stan Lee: Conversations.
University Press of Mississippi
Wertham, Fredric. 1953.
What Parents Don’t Know About Comic Books.
Ladies Home Journal (November)
Charras, Pierre and Chantal Montellier. 1982.
Le sang de la commune [graphic novel on French revolutionary communes].
Paris : Futuropolis
Ross, Steve. 2005.
Marked [religious graphic novel retelling the Bible’s Gospel of Mark].
New York: Seabury Books
Wallace, William N. 1978.
Willard Mullin Dies; Cartoonist Created 'Bums'; 'Sports Cartoonist of Century'.
New York Times (December 22)
Smith, Red. 1978.
Looking Back With Willard Mullin; Sports of The Times.
New York Times (July 1)
Durso, Joseph. 1971.
Mullin Hangs Up Brushes and Board After 10,000 Sports Cartoons.
New York Times (January 10): S3
Unknown. 1963.
Mullin to Be Honored At Boxing Writers' Fete.
New York Times (December 29)
Lardner, John and Willard Mullin (ill.). 1947.
It Beats Working.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.
Michaels, Dave. 2007.
Remebering Willard Mullin and the Lost Art of Sports Cartooning.
Illustration (20; Fall): 46-56
Mitchell, Jerry and Willard Mullin (ill.). 1964.
The Amazing Mets.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap
Palmer, Joe H. and Willard Mullin (ill.). 1954.
This Was Racing.
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co
Unknown. 1959.
Cartoonists Honored; Creator of 'Gasoline Alley' and Others Cited Here [National Cartoonists Society].
New York Times (April 22)
Unknown. 1962.
Luncheon Is Planned By Cartoonists Society [National Cartoonists Society].
New York Times (October 21)
Unknown. 1972.
Cartoonists Will Honor Paige at Dinner Jan. 25 [National Cartoonists Society].
New York Times (January 16): S5
Rossen, Jake. 2008.
Superman vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon.
Chicago Review Press.
Scivally, Bruce. 2007.
Superman on Film, Television, Radio and Broadway.
McFarland
Lunning, Frenchy (ed.). 2007.
Mechademia: Networks of Desire, Vol. #2 [anime and manga].
University of Minnesota Press
Lunning, Frenchy and Thomas LaMarre. 2007.
Introduction: Art Mecho.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Shamoon, Deborah. 2007.
Revolutionary Romance: The Rose of Versailles and the Transformation of Shojo Manga.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Toku, Masami. 2007.
Shojo Manga! Girls’ Comics! A Mirror of Girls’ Dreams.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Aquila, Meredith Suzanne Hahn. 2007.
Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction Writers: New Narrative Themes or the Same Old Story?
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Kotani, Mari and Thomas LaMarre (trans.). 2007.
Doll Beauties and Cosplay.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Vincent, Keith . 2007.
A Japanese Electra and Her Queer Progeny.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Miyao, Daisuke. 2007.
Thieves of Baghdad: Transnational Networks of Cinema and Anime in the 1920s.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Mizuno, Hiromi. 2007.
When Pacifist Japan Fights: Historicizing Desires in Anime.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Bolton, Christopher. 2007.
The Quick and the Undead: Visual and Political Dynamics in Blood: The Last Vampire.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Rauch, Eron. 2007.
Bridges of the Unknown: Visual Desires and Small Apocalypses.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Long, Margherita. 2007.
Malice@Doll: Konaka, Specularization, and the Virtual Feminine.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Hiroki, Azuma with Yuriko Furuhata and Marc Steinberg (trans.). 2007.
The Animalization of Otaku Culture.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Drazen, Patrick. 2007.
Sex and the Single Pig: Desire and Flight in Porco Rosso [Miyazaki anime] .
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2007.
The Education of Desire: Futari etchi and the Globalization of Sexual Tolerance.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Ortega, Mariana. 2007.
My Father, He Killed Me; My Mother, She Ate Me: Self, Desire, Engendering, and the Mother in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Hairston, Marc. 2007.
Fly Away Old Home: Memory and Salvation in Haibane-Renmei.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Kuge, Shu. 2007.
In the World That Is Infinitely Inclusive: Four Theses on Voices of a Distant Star and The Wings of Honneamise.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Lunning, Frenchy. 2007.
Between the Child and the Mecha.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Benzon, William L. 2007.
Godzilla’s Children: Murakami Takes Manhattan [exhibit review] .
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Allison, Brent. 2007.
Anime: Comparing Macro and Micro Analyses.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Robbins, Trina. 2007.
Crazy Rabbit Man: Why I Rewrite Manga.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Ruh, Brian. 2007.
Brain-Diving Batou.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2007.
Lurkers at the Threshold: Saya and the Nature of Evil.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Bolton, Christopher. 2007.
UAAAAA! Trashkultur! An Interview with MAK’s Johannes Wieninger.
Mechademia vol. 2: Networks of Desire.
University of Minnesota Press
Lunning, Frenchy (ed.). 2006.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Lunning, Frenchy and Christopher Bolton. 2006.
Anifesto [editorial].
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Allison, Anne. 2006.
The Japan Fad in Global Youth Culture and Millennial Capitalism.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Wong, Wendy Siuyi. 2006.
Globalizing Manga: From Japan to Hong Kong and Beyond.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Napier, Susan. 2006.
The World of Anime Fandom in America.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Winge, Theresa. 2006.
Costuming the Imagination: Origins of Anime and Manga Cosplay.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Wolf, Mark J.P. 2006.
Assessing Interactivity in Video Game Design.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Takayuki, Tatsumi with Christopher Bolton (trans.). 2006.
Mori Minoru’s Day of Resurrection.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Looser, Thomas. 2006.
Superflat and the Layers of Image and History in 1990s Japan.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Toshiya, Ueno with Michael Arnold (trans.). 2006.
Kurenai no metalsuits, “Anime to wa nani ka/What is animation” .
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
LaMarre, Thomas. 2006.
The Multiplanar Image.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Levi, Antonia. 2006.
The Werewolf in the Crested Kimono: The Wolf-Human Dynamic in Anime and Manga.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Kotani, Mari. 2006.
Metamorphosis of the Japanese Girl: The Girl, the Hyper-Girl, and the Fighting Beauty.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2006.
Revolutionary Girl Utena: Manga and Anime Citations.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Perper, Timothy and Martha Cornog. 2006.
In the Sound of the Bells: Freedom and Revolution in Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Benzon, William L. 2006.
The Song at the End of the World: Personal Apocalypse in Rintaro’s Metropolis.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Bullough, Vern. 2006.
The Influence of Manga on Japan - Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society, by Sharon Kensella [review].
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Drazen, Patrick. 2006.
The Shock of the Newtype: The Mobile Suit Gundam Novels of Tomino Yoshiyuki.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Hairston, Marc. 2006.
The Yin and Yang of Schoolgirl Experiences: Maria-sama ga miteru and Azumanga Daioh.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Ruh, Brian. 2006.
Historicizing Anime and Manga: From Japan to the World - Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics, by Paul Gravett; Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews, by Fred Patten [reviews].
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Ollie, Michelle. 2006.
Interview with Lindsay Cibos.
Mechademia vol 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.
University of Minnesota Press
Gibson, Mel. 2007.
The Tale Of One Bad Rat: the child alone and the alternative and substitute family.
In Bradford, C & Coghlan, V (eds.), Expectations and Experiences: Children, Childhood & Children's Literature.
Lichfield, Pied Piper Press
Gibson, Mel. 2007.
Graphic Novels In The Curriculum.
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Gibson, Mel. 2007.
"Wham! Bam! The X-Men Are Here": The British Broadsheet Press and the X-Men Film and Comic Revisited.
In: Comics into Films, Gordon, I, Jancovich, M & McAllister, M (eds.)
University Press of Mississippi: 101-115
Gibson, Mel. 2007.
"What is this mango, anyway?" Manga and younger readers in Ireland and Britain.
INIS. The magazine of Children's Books
Ireland, Dublin: CBI: 10-15.
Gibson, Mel. 2007.
Manga and younger readers in Britain. Some initial observations.
IBBYLink: British Section Newsletter
London: IBBY
Gibson, Mel. 2006.
Mehr als eine Heldin - das Motiv der Clique im britischen Mädchencomic von 1950 bis 1980.
In Diekmann, S & Schneider, M (eds.) Szenarien des comic: Helden Und Historien Im Medium Der Schriftbildlichkeit.
Berlin: SuKuLTuR
Gibson, Mel. 2003.
'You can't read them, they're for boys!' British Girls, American Superhero Comics and Identity'.
International Journal of Comic Art 5 (1; Spring)
Gibson, Mel. 2003.
‘What became of Bunty?' The emergence, evolution and disappearance of the girls' comic in post-war Britain.
In Bearne, E. and Styles, M. (eds.) Art, Narrative & Childhood.
Trentham Books.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Feb 10: Black cartoonists work a theme
See "Black Cartoonists Plan Feb. 10 Comics-Page Action," by Dave Astor, E and P Online January 8, 2008. Several of these strips are published in the Post including Candorville and Watch Your Head. Curtis by Ray Billingsly is also in the Post, but not mentioned in the article.
Film & TV Adaptations book STILL available
In spite of election mania driving paper prices sky high, Film & TV Adaptations of Comics - 2007 edition by Rhode and Vogel is available for order.149 pages long, it's a listing of the thousands of adaptations to film and television of hundreds of comic strips and books. Worldwide, it includes the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, Senegal, India, Turkey, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia among others. Cross-referenced by cartoonist and translated titles, it includes a bibliography and index.
You can buy it via Lulu.com for $12.99 (plus shipping) or $3.00 for a pdf download at http://www.lulu.com/content/1677433.
This is not a book that you can sit and read - it's a reference book, and one that might spark a bit of curiosity. Lulu will let you see a preview, and here's a sample section of late additions from the Errata page:
Titles of strips samples:
Suramu Danku [Slam Dunk] (Takehiko Inoue)
Suramu Danku (Japan: Toei Animation, 1993-1996; 101-episode anime tv series)
4 DTV anime movies (Japan: Toei Animation, 1994-1995)
Oldboy (Nobuaki Minegishi)
Oldboy (South Korea 2003)
Scary Godmother (Jill Thompson)
The Scary Godmother, Vol. 2: The Revenge of Jimmy (USA 2005; animated DTV movie)
Wulffmorgenthaler (Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler)
Wulffmorgenthaler? (Denmark 200?; tv series)
Cartoonists cross-reference sample:
Eliot, Jan (Stone Soup cartoonist)
Oregon Art Beat Episode# 915 - Illustrator Jan Eliot (Oregon Public Broadcasting, 2008; segment on January 10, 2008 tv show)
Bibliography samples:
• Ehrenreich, Ben. 2007. “Comic Genius? Before there was even a comic book to adapt, 'Cowboys and Aliens' had a movie deal [Platinum Comics],” New York Times Magazine (November 11).
• Kohanik, Eric / CanWest News Service. 2008. “Painkiller Jane comic-book heroine,” Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (January 5).
• Takahashi, Rumiko and Stephen Ayres (trans.). 2005. The Art of InuYasha (2nd Edition), San Francisco: Viz Media.
• Unknown. 2008. “New cartoon series in ‘Wiener Zeitung’: Danish duo ‘Wulffmorgenthaler’ to feature daily on the new English page,” Wiener Zeitung (January 4).
Big Monkey Comics profiled
See "Washington’s Big Monkey Encourages Debate," by Laurel Maury, PW Comics Week January 8, 2008.
Check out Weds. Post website
Apparently a well-known local cartoonist will have some animation running there. Somewhere.
Additional information suggests the editorial / opinion page. So will it be Toles? Telnaes has beaten him on the animation front, although hers appear an ocean away in London, although beaming them back to the US takes seconds, I guess.
Additional information suggests the editorial / opinion page. So will it be Toles? Telnaes has beaten him on the animation front, although hers appear an ocean away in London, although beaming them back to the US takes seconds, I guess.
Monday, January 07, 2008
QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 01-09-08
QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 01-09-08
By John Judy
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546 by Dan Slott and Steve McNiven. Okay, Spider-Fans, I know a lot of you are out there licking your wounds (gross!) after Mephisto Quesada brought back Harry Osborn and un-did yet another decade or so of continuity. So buy SCALPED already! It’ll put hair on ya! (Ahem.) Beyond that, I offer these words of comfort: “Dan Slott.” Dan Slott can write anything in any circumstance and find real character-based humor and drama even in the most forsaken realms. He made SHE-HULK work. Think what he can do with Spidey. And he’ll be doing it three times a month. This week’s “Gotta-Look.” Recommended.
BAT LASH #2 of 6 by Peter Brandvold, Sergio Aragones, and John Severin. There’s bears! Bears drawn by the great John Severin! Recommended!
BOYS #14 by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. C’mon, you know you have to look. The crazy Russian hero “Love Sausage” is back in costume. His tight, tight costume… Recommended, but Not for Kids or those who already teeter on the brink of madness.
BPRD: 1946 #1 of 5 by Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart, and Paul Azaceta. Okay, this one sounds like a lot of fun! The early days of the BPRD, when they were still mopping up after the ratzis and the mysterious “Project Vampir Sturm.” A must for Hellboy/Mignola fans!
BPRD VOL. 7 GARDEN OF SOULS SC by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, and Guy Davis. Collecting the whole series featuring Abe Sapien, steampunk cyborgs, and a mummy!
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS VOL. 3 SC by Various Creators. Collecting BUFFY #1-8 (original series), “Play with Fire”, and “Spike and Dru.”
CONAN: THE BLOOD-STAINED CROWN AND OTHER STORIES SC by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, Bruce Timm, John Severin, Tim Truman, and Others. Collecting a series of “done-in-one” stories by some of the heaviest-hitting talent in the comics biz. Worth a look even if you don’t usually read CONAN.
ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 4 SC by Lotsa People including Steve Gerber, Tony Isabella, Herb Trimpe, and Frank Robbins. Collecting issues #157-186. Werewolves, Nomad, Yellow Claw, Secret Empire, X-Men, Namor, Dr. Faustus, and the Falcon, of course. Enjoy!
GOON #20 written and drawn by Eric Powell. The Goon and Franky fight tartish harpies! “Mmmm, tartish harpies…”
HULK #1 by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness. Hulk’s red. Darkstar and Red Guardian aren’t dead. Doc Samson is short-tempered and appears to be having trouble pounding the Red Guardian into paste, which says to me at least one of them is a Skrull. Plus, the return of an old friend who was not dead last time I looked.
JLA CLASSIFIED #50 by Roger Stern and John Byrne. A couple of veteran creators team up again, this time for a JLA story that’s half-fight, half-mystery.
JSA PRESENTS STARS AND STRIPES VOL. 2 SC by Geoff Johns and Lee Moder. Collecting issues #9-14 of the series that launched Johns’ career. Neat stuff.
JUDGE DREDD COMPLETE CASE FILES VOL. 9 SC by John Grant, Alan Wagner, and Various Artists of Note. The latest volume for fans with reinforced bookshelves.
MIGHTY AVENGERS #7 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. The entire population of New York has been transformed into murderous, flesh-eating Venom creatures. “How could they tell?” – Dorothy Parker.
NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF H.A.T.E. VOL. 2: I KICK YOUR FACE SC by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen. Collecting issues #7-12. You know you want it. Recommended.
SALVATION RUN #3 of 7 by Bill Willingham and Sean Chen. Also known as “Planet Luthor!” Featuring the world’s naughtiest talking monkey! And it ain’t George Bush! (Okay, technically it is.)
SCALPED #13 by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera. The casino’s been open less than 24 hours and Agent Dash Bad Horse’s mom has been murdered. This is the week you put that stupid WOLVERINE comic that hasn’t been good since Rucka left back on the rack and start reading SCALPED. Not for kids. Consistently, highly recommended. Find out why.
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER VOL. 1 SC by Lotsa People, including Gardner Fox Neal Adams, Gil Kane, and Everyone Else. It’s a whole lotta Robin, folks.
SPIRIT #12 written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke. It’s Cooke’s last issue before a fill-in and then the new team of Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones, and Mike Ploog take over! This one features the return of Sand Sarif. Recommended and already missed.
STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY GN by Harvey Pekar, Gary Dumm, and historian Paul Buhle. A non-fiction account of the rise and fall of one of the most ambitious and controversial activist groups of the 1960s. For grown-ups and interested parties. Very well-timed publication. Recommended.
SUPERMAN #672 by Kurt Busiek and Peter Vale. Insect Queen is on the Moon and on the move! It’s Insect Queen! Recommended!
TEEN TITANS: THE LOST ANNUAL by Bob Haney, Jay Stephens, and Mike Allred. The original Teen Titans: Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Speedy, and Aqualad go on a mission in space to rescue President John F. Kennedy! Featuring a cover by the great Nick Cardy! (I kind of love this comic…) Highly recommended.
THE TWELVE #1 of 12 by J. Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston. You remember all those great 1940s Timely heroes who weren’t in the Invaders of the Liberty Legion? Yeah, me neither. But Straczynski does and Chris Weston’s drawing them! A great read that embraces the weirdness of the Golden Age. Recommended.
WOLVERINE #61 by Marc Guggenheim and Howard Chaykin. Howard Chaykin created AMERICAN FLAGG and is a terrific artist.
X-FACTOR #27 by Peter David and Scot Eaton. Part Eleven of “Messiah Complex” which means it’s almost over.
YOUNGBLOOD #1 by Joe Casey and Derec Donovan. It is, of course, wrong to shoplift comics for the express purpose of setting them on fire in a ditch… But this one has a character saying “Yo! Wassup!” in 2008!!! And its sales would enrich Rob Liefeld!!! No, it’s still wrong. Always wrong, no matter what. Don’t shoplift.
www.johnjudy.net
By John Judy
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546 by Dan Slott and Steve McNiven. Okay, Spider-Fans, I know a lot of you are out there licking your wounds (gross!) after Mephisto Quesada brought back Harry Osborn and un-did yet another decade or so of continuity. So buy SCALPED already! It’ll put hair on ya! (Ahem.) Beyond that, I offer these words of comfort: “Dan Slott.” Dan Slott can write anything in any circumstance and find real character-based humor and drama even in the most forsaken realms. He made SHE-HULK work. Think what he can do with Spidey. And he’ll be doing it three times a month. This week’s “Gotta-Look.” Recommended.
BAT LASH #2 of 6 by Peter Brandvold, Sergio Aragones, and John Severin. There’s bears! Bears drawn by the great John Severin! Recommended!
BOYS #14 by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. C’mon, you know you have to look. The crazy Russian hero “Love Sausage” is back in costume. His tight, tight costume… Recommended, but Not for Kids or those who already teeter on the brink of madness.
BPRD: 1946 #1 of 5 by Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart, and Paul Azaceta. Okay, this one sounds like a lot of fun! The early days of the BPRD, when they were still mopping up after the ratzis and the mysterious “Project Vampir Sturm.” A must for Hellboy/Mignola fans!
BPRD VOL. 7 GARDEN OF SOULS SC by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, and Guy Davis. Collecting the whole series featuring Abe Sapien, steampunk cyborgs, and a mummy!
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS VOL. 3 SC by Various Creators. Collecting BUFFY #1-8 (original series), “Play with Fire”, and “Spike and Dru.”
CONAN: THE BLOOD-STAINED CROWN AND OTHER STORIES SC by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, Bruce Timm, John Severin, Tim Truman, and Others. Collecting a series of “done-in-one” stories by some of the heaviest-hitting talent in the comics biz. Worth a look even if you don’t usually read CONAN.
ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 4 SC by Lotsa People including Steve Gerber, Tony Isabella, Herb Trimpe, and Frank Robbins. Collecting issues #157-186. Werewolves, Nomad, Yellow Claw, Secret Empire, X-Men, Namor, Dr. Faustus, and the Falcon, of course. Enjoy!
GOON #20 written and drawn by Eric Powell. The Goon and Franky fight tartish harpies! “Mmmm, tartish harpies…”
HULK #1 by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness. Hulk’s red. Darkstar and Red Guardian aren’t dead. Doc Samson is short-tempered and appears to be having trouble pounding the Red Guardian into paste, which says to me at least one of them is a Skrull. Plus, the return of an old friend who was not dead last time I looked.
JLA CLASSIFIED #50 by Roger Stern and John Byrne. A couple of veteran creators team up again, this time for a JLA story that’s half-fight, half-mystery.
JSA PRESENTS STARS AND STRIPES VOL. 2 SC by Geoff Johns and Lee Moder. Collecting issues #9-14 of the series that launched Johns’ career. Neat stuff.
JUDGE DREDD COMPLETE CASE FILES VOL. 9 SC by John Grant, Alan Wagner, and Various Artists of Note. The latest volume for fans with reinforced bookshelves.
MIGHTY AVENGERS #7 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. The entire population of New York has been transformed into murderous, flesh-eating Venom creatures. “How could they tell?” – Dorothy Parker.
NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF H.A.T.E. VOL. 2: I KICK YOUR FACE SC by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen. Collecting issues #7-12. You know you want it. Recommended.
SALVATION RUN #3 of 7 by Bill Willingham and Sean Chen. Also known as “Planet Luthor!” Featuring the world’s naughtiest talking monkey! And it ain’t George Bush! (Okay, technically it is.)
SCALPED #13 by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera. The casino’s been open less than 24 hours and Agent Dash Bad Horse’s mom has been murdered. This is the week you put that stupid WOLVERINE comic that hasn’t been good since Rucka left back on the rack and start reading SCALPED. Not for kids. Consistently, highly recommended. Find out why.
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER VOL. 1 SC by Lotsa People, including Gardner Fox Neal Adams, Gil Kane, and Everyone Else. It’s a whole lotta Robin, folks.
SPIRIT #12 written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke. It’s Cooke’s last issue before a fill-in and then the new team of Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones, and Mike Ploog take over! This one features the return of Sand Sarif. Recommended and already missed.
STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY GN by Harvey Pekar, Gary Dumm, and historian Paul Buhle. A non-fiction account of the rise and fall of one of the most ambitious and controversial activist groups of the 1960s. For grown-ups and interested parties. Very well-timed publication. Recommended.
SUPERMAN #672 by Kurt Busiek and Peter Vale. Insect Queen is on the Moon and on the move! It’s Insect Queen! Recommended!
TEEN TITANS: THE LOST ANNUAL by Bob Haney, Jay Stephens, and Mike Allred. The original Teen Titans: Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Speedy, and Aqualad go on a mission in space to rescue President John F. Kennedy! Featuring a cover by the great Nick Cardy! (I kind of love this comic…) Highly recommended.
THE TWELVE #1 of 12 by J. Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston. You remember all those great 1940s Timely heroes who weren’t in the Invaders of the Liberty Legion? Yeah, me neither. But Straczynski does and Chris Weston’s drawing them! A great read that embraces the weirdness of the Golden Age. Recommended.
WOLVERINE #61 by Marc Guggenheim and Howard Chaykin. Howard Chaykin created AMERICAN FLAGG and is a terrific artist.
X-FACTOR #27 by Peter David and Scot Eaton. Part Eleven of “Messiah Complex” which means it’s almost over.
YOUNGBLOOD #1 by Joe Casey and Derec Donovan. It is, of course, wrong to shoplift comics for the express purpose of setting them on fire in a ditch… But this one has a character saying “Yo! Wassup!” in 2008!!! And its sales would enrich Rob Liefeld!!! No, it’s still wrong. Always wrong, no matter what. Don’t shoplift.
www.johnjudy.net
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Former DC resident writing for Marvel
See "ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA ON YA PRESENTS #3," by Benjamin Ong Pang Kean, Newsarama January 2, 2008.
DC Anime Club and JICC to bring Anime/Live Action Movies to Washington, DC.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Chris Wanamaker, (202) 262 2083 president@dcanimeclub.org
DC Anime Club and JICC to bring Anime/Live Action Movies to Washington, DC.
The DC Anime Club and the Japanese Information and Culture Center (JICC) will collaborate to bring more Anime and Live Action Screenings to Washington, DC at the Japanese Information and Culture Center located at Lafayette Center III 1155 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20036- 3308. The screenings will be held every fourth Thursday of the month at 6:30pm starting January 24, 2008. Screenings will include but will not be limited to the following:
Love Com, xxxholic The Movie, Tsubassa Chronicals The Movie and One Piece Movie
8.
This program is free and open to the public. For more information please visit the Japanese Information and Culture Center website at http://www.us.embjapan.go.jp/jicc/ or visit the DC Anime Club website at http://dcanimeclub.org.
About DC Anime Club:
DCAC was established in 2003 to introduce and educate people in the Washington,DC area about East Asian culture, through viewing and discussion of Japanese animation (also known as anime) and Japanese comics (manga). DCAC is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, contributions to DC Anime Club are tax-deductible to the extent allowable under the law.
The club also works to provide a positive, alternative activity to the youth in the area by exposing them to foreign culture, encouraging artistic expression and creativity, and providing opportunities for participation in community activities and leadership.
In addition to our weekly meetings, the club holds an Annual Art Show, an Annual Costume fundraising event, and visits local schools to do presentations on anime. The club also works with the Smithsonian Freer Gallery and DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival on their anime screenings, and has helped locally promote performances for Japanese bands such as Puffy Ami Yumi and Pine am. DC Anime Club was founded by Chris Wanamaker (President), Jules Chang (Vice President) and Craig Vaughn (Sgt in ARMS) on Saturday June 5, 2003. We have a strong membership that continues to grow -- most of which are teenagers.
About Japanese Information and Culture Center:
The Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) is the cultural and public affairs section of the Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C. Our primary role is to promote better understanding of Japan and Japanese culture by providing a wide range of
information, educational services and programs to the public. The area we serve includes Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Other Japanese Consulates provide services in areas outside of our jurisdiction. The JICC is located on the lower level of the glass-enclosed Galleria at Lafayette Centre III in downtown Washington, D.C. Its facilities include a research library, a 152-seat auditorium, and a 1,500-square-foot exhibition gallery where a wide variety of events
sponsored by the JICC are hosted throughout the year.
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Christopher Wanamaker
DC Anime Club President
http://www.dcanimeclub.org
202 262 2083
CONTACT: Chris Wanamaker, (202) 262 2083 president@dcanimeclub.org
DC Anime Club and JICC to bring Anime/Live Action Movies to Washington, DC.
The DC Anime Club and the Japanese Information and Culture Center (JICC) will collaborate to bring more Anime and Live Action Screenings to Washington, DC at the Japanese Information and Culture Center located at Lafayette Center III 1155 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20036- 3308. The screenings will be held every fourth Thursday of the month at 6:30pm starting January 24, 2008. Screenings will include but will not be limited to the following:
Love Com, xxxholic The Movie, Tsubassa Chronicals The Movie and One Piece Movie
8.
This program is free and open to the public. For more information please visit the Japanese Information and Culture Center website at http://www.us.embjapan.go.jp/jicc/ or visit the DC Anime Club website at http://dcanimeclub.org.
About DC Anime Club:
DCAC was established in 2003 to introduce and educate people in the Washington,DC area about East Asian culture, through viewing and discussion of Japanese animation (also known as anime) and Japanese comics (manga). DCAC is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, contributions to DC Anime Club are tax-deductible to the extent allowable under the law.
The club also works to provide a positive, alternative activity to the youth in the area by exposing them to foreign culture, encouraging artistic expression and creativity, and providing opportunities for participation in community activities and leadership.
In addition to our weekly meetings, the club holds an Annual Art Show, an Annual Costume fundraising event, and visits local schools to do presentations on anime. The club also works with the Smithsonian Freer Gallery and DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival on their anime screenings, and has helped locally promote performances for Japanese bands such as Puffy Ami Yumi and Pine am. DC Anime Club was founded by Chris Wanamaker (President), Jules Chang (Vice President) and Craig Vaughn (Sgt in ARMS) on Saturday June 5, 2003. We have a strong membership that continues to grow -- most of which are teenagers.
About Japanese Information and Culture Center:
The Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) is the cultural and public affairs section of the Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C. Our primary role is to promote better understanding of Japan and Japanese culture by providing a wide range of
information, educational services and programs to the public. The area we serve includes Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Other Japanese Consulates provide services in areas outside of our jurisdiction. The JICC is located on the lower level of the glass-enclosed Galleria at Lafayette Centre III in downtown Washington, D.C. Its facilities include a research library, a 152-seat auditorium, and a 1,500-square-foot exhibition gallery where a wide variety of events
sponsored by the JICC are hosted throughout the year.
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Christopher Wanamaker
DC Anime Club President
http://www.dcanimeclub.org
202 262 2083
AU prof and comics writer Wenthe interviewed
Michael Wenthe, who teaches comics at American University and does minicomics is interviewed along with his collaborator Isaac Cates. See "For Your Consideration: Satisfactory Comics #6 & 7, and A Treatise upon the Jam," by Chris Beckett, Comicon's The Pulse (January 3, 2008).
OT: Dave Cockrum fundraising
Got this in the mail today. Dave and his wife Paty gave me hours of entertainment with the Legion and X-Men, among others, so here's the appeal:
I am helping Dave Cockrum's widow sell his personal comics collection-- Golden & Silver Age books, his X-Men file copies, etc. For more information, please visit my site.. And please be kind enough to note this at *your* blog and pass along the info to help Dave's widow.
Clifford Meth
I am helping Dave Cockrum's widow sell his personal comics collection-- Golden & Silver Age books, his X-Men file copies, etc. For more information, please visit my site.. And please be kind enough to note this at *your* blog and pass along the info to help Dave's widow.
Clifford Meth
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Film & TV Adaptations book available
I got the proof copy and reviewed it today, so now Film & TV Adaptations of Comics - 2007 edition by Rhode and Vogel is available for order.149 pages long, it's a listing of the thousands of adaptations to film and television of hundreds of comic strips and books. Worldwide, it includes the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, Senegal, India, Turkey, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia among others. Cross-referenced by cartoonist and translated titles, it includes a bibliography and index.
You can buy it via Lulu.com for $12.99 (plus shipping) or $3.00 for a pdf download at http://www.lulu.com/content/1677433.
This is not a book that you can sit and read - it's a reference book, and one that might spark a bit of curiosity. Lulu will let you see a preview, and here's a sample section of late additions from the Errata page:
Titles of strips samples:
Suramu Danku [Slam Dunk] (Takehiko Inoue)
Suramu Danku (Japan: Toei Animation, 1993-1996; 101-episode anime tv series)
4 DTV anime movies (Japan: Toei Animation, 1994-1995)
Oldboy (Nobuaki Minegishi)
Oldboy (South Korea 2003)
Scary Godmother (Jill Thompson)
The Scary Godmother, Vol. 2: The Revenge of Jimmy (USA 2005; animated DTV movie)
Wulffmorgenthaler (Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler)
Wulffmorgenthaler? (Denmark 200?; tv series)
Cartoonists cross-reference sample:
Eliot, Jan (Stone Soup cartoonist)
Oregon Art Beat Episode# 915 - Illustrator Jan Eliot (Oregon Public Broadcasting, 2008; segment on January 10, 2008 tv show)
Bibliography samples:
• Ehrenreich, Ben. 2007. “Comic Genius? Before there was even a comic book to adapt, 'Cowboys and Aliens' had a movie deal [Platinum Comics],” New York Times Magazine (November 11).
• Kohanik, Eric / CanWest News Service. 2008. “Painkiller Jane comic-book heroine,” Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (January 5).
• Takahashi, Rumiko and Stephen Ayres (trans.). 2005. The Art of InuYasha (2nd Edition), San Francisco: Viz Media.
• Unknown. 2008. “New cartoon series in ‘Wiener Zeitung’: Danish duo ‘Wulffmorgenthaler’ to feature daily on the new English page,” Wiener Zeitung (January 4).
Post letter on shrinking comics
Shrunk!
Washington Post Saturday, January 5, 2008; Page A15
Regarding the recent changes to the Comics pages:
Why not just eliminate the comics altogether? That would be far more humane than shrinking them to the extent that you have. Many readers, children included, have less than perfect eyesight; many of us now need magnifying glasses to read your comics. Our family has always enjoyed "Slylock Fox" together, but none of us can now "find the six differences" in the shrunken panels. This is almost sadistic and an affront to readers paying to subscribe to material we are now unable to read.
-- C. Randall Williams
Washington Post Saturday, January 5, 2008; Page A15
Regarding the recent changes to the Comics pages:
Why not just eliminate the comics altogether? That would be far more humane than shrinking them to the extent that you have. Many readers, children included, have less than perfect eyesight; many of us now need magnifying glasses to read your comics. Our family has always enjoyed "Slylock Fox" together, but none of us can now "find the six differences" in the shrunken panels. This is almost sadistic and an affront to readers paying to subscribe to material we are now unable to read.
-- C. Randall Williams
City Paper's Faustian bargain?
Did the City Paper's editors make a Faustian bargain? This week's issue again has no strips beyond local Classen's -- but it does still have new artwork by Ullman and Belschwender! Was the trade the cost of the syndicated strips vs the original spot illos?
Zadzooks on toys again
"Comic-book characters take action as figures," by Joseph Szadkowski, Washington Times January 5, 2008.
Friday, January 04, 2008
In this week's free papers
The City Paper has a surprise review of Frederik Peeters' Blue Pill, in which he discusses having AIDS. The online version is shaky now, but pick up the paper or try the link later.
Also, the Onion has its best comics list - six in the newspaper and more online. See "The Best Comics Of 2007," by Noel Murray, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson, Onion January 3, 2008.
Richmond's Chris Pitzer interviewed
Chris runs Adhouse Books in Richmond and has published some lovely stuff recently including books on Paul Pope and James Jean. Chris is a regular at SPX which is where I got to know him better this year, especially at the underattended Matt Wagner signing at Big Planet comics. He publishes absolutely gorgeous books. Check out Tom Spurgeon's "CR Holiday Interview #8: Chris Pitzer," Comics Reporter (January 4 2008).
Then go buy those two books in particular.
Then go buy those two books in particular.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
OT: Allan Holtz's Strippers Guide
On his Daily Cartoonist site, Alan Gardner put a link to Allan Holtz's Strippers Guide project. For years, Allan's been doing research on comic strips and in the 1990s he had a subscription cd service where you could buy a cd of his research. It was a great resource and I'm glad to see an update is going to be coming along. Click on the video and let him know what you think. Nobody has more information on obscure strips than Allan and I still use the earlier version regularly.
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