Thursday, January 13, 2022

Paramount+ Releases 'Big Nate' Trailer and Art Based on the popular kids' book and comic strip by Lincoln Peirce, the all-new animated series about a precocious 11-year-old boy and his misadventures in middle school hits the streamer February 17. By Debbie Diamond Sarto | Tuesday, January 11, 2022

https://www.awn.com/news/paramount-releases-big-nate-trailer-and-art

Washington Times Comics Poll (Comic Chronicles)[from 1922]

by D. D. Degg

January 11, 2022

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/01/11/washington-times-comics-poll-comic-chronicles/

Who is Your Favorite Comic Artist?

Washington_Times_Wed__Jan_11__1922

Online at http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/01/11/washington-times-comics-poll-comic-chronicles/

INTERVIEW: Todd McFarlane talks THE SCORCHED #1, the first ever Spawn team book

Plus, how does one follow-up the year of Spawn?

Zack Quaintance

01/12/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/todd-mcfarlane-the-scorched-1-interview/

2022 Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award Winners: Resha and Exner

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Blog

January 12, 2022 / Caitlin McGurk

https://library.osu.edu/site/cartoons/2022/01/12/2022-lucy-shelton-caswell-research-award-winners-resha-and-exner/

Black Sands Gets $500K 'Shark Tank' Offer From Kevin Hart

By Calvin Reid

Jan 11, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/88262-black-sands-gets-500k-shark-tank-offer-from-kevin-hart.html

Baby Blues Comic Strip Joins Andrews McMeel Syndication

Kathy Hilliard

Andrews McMeel Universal (January 11, 2022)

https://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/baby-blues-comic-strip-joins-andrews-mcmeel-syndication/

Jan 5, 2022

Ryan Claytor Patreon Podcast 004 [ Don Nguyen]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/59959356

Comics Layout Using a Vector Image Program Tutorial with Ryan Claytor

Neil Brideau

Jan 11, 2022

Radiator Comics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLJFjAc51Es

Fanbase Feature: An Interview with Award-Winning Cartoonist and Professor Ryan Claytor on Taking 'A Hunter's Tale' to Kickstarter

Barbra Dillon

Fanbase Press 12 January 2022

https://fanbasepress.com/index.php/audio/podcasts/the-fanbase-weekly/item/12308-fanbase-feature-an-interview-with-award-winning-cartoonist-and-professor-ryan-claytor-on-taking-a-hunter-s-tale-to-kickstarter

EXCLUSIVE: Talking With Mark Millar About New Spy Thriller 'King Of Spies'

by Olly MacNamee

https://www.comicon.com/2022/01/10/exclusive-talking-with-mark-millar-about-new-spy-thriller-king-of-spies/

Key Terms in Comics Studies

Erin La Cour

Simon Grennan

Rik Spanjers

Palgrave MacMillan 2022

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-74974-3

'Winnie-the-Pooh' just entered the public domain. Here's what that means for fans.

By Michael Cavna

January 8, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/01/08/winnie-pooh-public-domain/

Q & A with Sophie Burrows

By Nathalie op de Beeck

Jan 11, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/88258-q-a-with-sophie-burrows.html

Don Rosa

Don Rosa LIVE (Episode 6) NEW YEAR'S STREAM on Sunday, January 9, 2022!

https://www.facebook.com/DonRosaOfficial/videos/454478932797200/

INTERVIEW: James Aquilone talks celebrating KOLCHAK's 50th anniversary with a graphic novel

Ricardo Serrano Denis

01/12/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/james-aquilone-kolchak-50th-anniversary-kickstarter-interview/

Marvel and Webtoon team up for Eternals: The 500 Year War

The 7-issue series will be made by an international cast of creators.

Heidi MacDonald

01/12/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-and-webtoon-team-up-for-eternals-the-500-year-war/

Guantanamo Images and Imaginaries: Engaging with the Prison Through Art, Sarah Mirk [Guantánamo Voices]

Jan 10, 2022

ECCHR Berlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdB-S9hOKIM

Major exhibition curated by Communication professor highlights the artistic and cultural significance of American Animation

Dec 21, 2021

https://www.mcdaniel.edu/news/major-exhibition-curated-communication-professor-highlights-artistic-and-cultural-significance

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Animation exhibit at McDaniel College in Carroll County, MD

Major exhibition curated by Communication professor highlights the artistic and cultural significance of American Animation

Dec 21, 2021

https://www.mcdaniel.edu/news/major-exhibition-curated-communication-professor-highlights-artistic-and-cultural-significance

Robert Lemieux, associate professor of Communication and Cinema, is curator of "Icons of American Animation," which features over 150 pieces of original art representing more than 30 studios including Disney, Fleischer, Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera, UPA, MGM, Pixar, and more. The exhibition runs Monday, Jan. 3-Saturday, March 12 at both McDaniel College's Esther Prangley Rice Gallery and Carroll County Arts Council's Tevis Gallery.

"Icons of American Animation," which runs Monday, Jan. 3-Saturday, March 12 at both McDaniel College's Rice Gallery and Carroll County Arts Council's Tevis Gallery, features over 150 pieces of original art representing more than 30 studios including Disney, Fleischer, Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera, UPA, MGM, Pixar, and more.

Cavna on the uncopyrighted Pooh

'Winnie-the-Pooh' just entered the public domain. Here's what that means for fans.

By Michael Cavna

January 8, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/01/08/winnie-pooh-public-domain/

Washington Times Comics Poll? Yes, but 100 years ago

Washington Times Comics Poll (Comic Chronicles)

by D. D. Degg
January 11, 2022

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/01/11/washington-times-comics-poll-comic-chronicles/

DD got me on this one, as the Times is a barely functioning newspaper, but they still put out some print editions.

Clay Jones buries his conservative COVID-denying colleagues

by Mike Rhode

In his cartoon from yesterday "Urine Trouble," Clay planted a bunch of conservative cartoonists, many of whom are anti-vaxxers or covid denyers, under a bunch of tombstones. I see Scott "Dilbert" Adams, Henry Payne, Al Goodwyn, Mike Lester, Branco, Chip Bok, Glenn McCoy, Gary McCoy, Tom Stiglich, Rivers, Lisa Benson, David Hitch, Dick Wright, Bob Gorrell, Steve Kelley, Gary Varvel, Dana Summers, and of course, Ben Garrison.

Christopher Key is not a cartoonist, but a nut who screams at people about being the vaccine police, and is the focus of Jones' blog post.

When asked for a comment, Clay addressed his technique, "The reason I made the lettering on the headstones faint is that I didn't want to make it the focus of the cartoon. It's supposed to be more like Easter eggs, but I struggled with making them faint while also making them clear enough to see." About the content, he said, "I only aimed at anti-vaxxers or those who have politicized the pandemic. I excluded conservatives like Scott Stantis, Michael Ramirez, and Rick McKee because I've seen them promote the vaccines and ridicule the lunatics."

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Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/12/22

EXCLUSIVE: HUMANOIDS HIRES SEAN BRICE AS VP OF SALES AND MARKETING

Also: Marvel Alum Jake Thomas Is New Executive Editor, More

Posted by Brigid Alverson on January 10, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50142/exclusive-humanoids-hires-sean-brice-vp-sales-marketing

Europe Produces An Annual Average Of 55 Animated Films, But Europeans Overwhelmingly Prefer U.S. Features

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 01/06/2022

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/europe-produces-an-annual-average-of-55-animated-films-but-europeans-overwhelmingly-prefer-u-s-features-212163.html

I Almost Died After Giving Birth. Lucy Knisley Helped Me Unpack The Trauma.

Kelly Jensen Jan 10, 2022

https://bookriot.com/lucy-knisley-and-postpartum-preeclampsia/

'Sing 2,' 'Turning Red' Hit Home Viewing Early Amid Fragile Family Box Office

'Sing 2' was made available on premium VOD just 17 days after its theatrical release as COVID-19 cases surge again due to the omicron variant.

Pamela McClintock

January 10, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sing-2-turning-red-hit-home-viewing-early-amid-fragile-family-box-office-1235072000/

The CW's 'Naomi': TV Review

Ava DuVernay's new DC Comics adaptation focuses on a young woman with a Superman obsession who may, in fact, be pretty super herself.

Daniel Fienberg

January 11, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/naomi-review-1235072475/

Zoop announces its first slate of crowdfunding projects for 2022

The comics-focused crowdfunding platform has opened its doors to more projects in response to the Kickstarter blockchain backlash.

Joe Grunenwald

01/11/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/zoop-comics-crowdfunding-2022-wave-1/

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Omicron Lights: They're MILD...!"

From DC's anarchist editorial cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -

"Omicron Lights: They're Mild...!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3376

Schoolkids and teachers in the UK, Chicago, Oakland and NYC are being
clobbered, child infections are jumping, hospitals are being swamped,
but the State and the media keep telling us that it's "mild" — over
and over and over again, beating the word to death like a slow,
painful mantra, kind of like "Weapons of Mass Destruction"... or,
perhaps the end of a cigarette commercial in the 1950s or '60s —
"...and, they are mild!"

Al Jazeera's just precious as hell, here. They really do think the
Chinese are some kind of weirdos for actually trying to eradicate
covid — they had what... two deaths last year? — while, back in The
West™, we've thrown in the towel; State spokespeople have laughed in
our faces on live TV, and thrown the working class to the wolves with
a big, hot, sloppy slice of "learning to live with it".

-----

"Omicron is not 'mild'", Andre Damon at WSWS.org, 01.07.2022
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/01/07/mild-j07.html

"Omicron exposes East-West divide on living with COVID", John Power at
Al Jazeera, 01.07.2022
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/1/7/omicron-exposes-east-west-divide-on-living-with-covid

"Covid-19 Forecasts: Deaths" Centers For Disease Control forecast
updated 01.05.2022 COVID-19 Forecasts: Deaths
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/forecasting/forecasting-us.html

Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/11/22

Black Sands Entertainment gets $500K on Shark Tank

Heidi MacDonald

01/10/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/black-sands-entertainment-gets-500k-on-shark-tank/

Shark Tank S13E10

Episode 10 [ Black Sands Entertainment]

Guest shark Kevin Hart; a fun tool that takes snacking to the next level; a product made from space-age materials; an online social network that allows fans to have a real connection with their favorite celebrities and influencers.

TV-PG | 01.07.22 | 43:03 | CC

https://abc.com/shows/shark-tank/episode-guide/season-13/10-episode-10

Special Ryan Claytor Kickstarter Episode

Nick Baldridge and Don Walton.

GAMING on Ten Jan 10, 2022

https://gamingontenminutesaweek.libsyn.com/special-ryan-clayton-kickstarter-episode

Bob Chapek's Memo to Staff: Disney Has Three "Strategic Pillars" Moving Forward

The CEO says he will hold new monthly meetings with creative leaders, and teased the metaverse as a "new canvas... on which to paint."

Alex Weprin

January 10, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/bob-chapek-2022-memo-storytelling-1235072324/

Image Staff Votes to Certify Union

By Calvin Reid

Jan 10, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/88255-image-staff-votes-to-certify-union.html

Dav Pilkey Dominated the 2021 Bestseller List

By John Maher

Jan 07, 2022

A version of this article appeared in the 01/10/2022 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: The Bestselling Print Books of 2021

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/88253-dav-pilkey-dominated-the-2021-bestseller-list.html

'Hotel Transylvania: Transformania': Film Review

Monsters and humans swap places in Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon's final installment of the 'Hotel Transylvania' franchise, featuring voice work by Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez and Kathryn Hahn.

John Defore

January 10, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/hotel-transylvania-transformania-film-review-1235072014/

'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Not Eligible for BAFTA Awards After Sony Misses Streaming Portal Deadline

Alex Ritman

January 10, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-no-way-home-bafta-awards-not-eligible-1235072271/

An Interview with Jay Sandlin and Patrick Mullholland [World Class]

January 2022

https://diamondbookdistributors.org/world-class/

INTERVIEW: Devin Grayson talks saving the Earth with REWILD

"Although Rewild is by no means a children's story, I want readers to remember that they once spoke to trees and flowers and the ocean and instinctively understood their kinship to those things."

Dean Simons

01/10/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/devin-grayson-rewild-interview-dark-horse-berger-books/

NCS 75th Anniversary Auction Raises $54K for St Jude Children's Research Hospital

January 10, 2022

https://www.nationalcartoonists.com/2022/01/ncs-75th-anniversary-auction-raises-54k-for-st-jude-childrens-research-hospital/

NATIONAL CARTOONISTS SOCIETY CELEBRATES 75TH ANNIVERSARY WITH ST. JUDE FUNDRAISER

Oct 26, 2021 nationalcartoonists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eg-5fqiuSE

Monday, January 10, 2022

Former local cartoonist Ronald Wimberly covers the New Yorker

Ronald Wimberly's "King Arrested for Loitering, 1958"

The artist draws inspiration from the photojournalism of Charles Moore.

By Françoise Mouly

Art by Ronald Wimberly

January 10, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2022-01-17

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/10/22

A Malden-native cartoonist and activist creates a very different kind of 'Black Mug Shot'

[Keith Knight]

By Fernando Cervantes Jr.

January 7, 2022

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2022/01/07/a-malden-native-cartoonist-and-activist-creates-a-very-different-kind-of-black-mug-shot/

Libido Lite [Is Sex Necessary?, James Thurber and E.B. White]

John Updike

New York Review of Books November 18, 2004 issue

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2004/11/18/libido-lite/

The dark side of Disney's unexpected love affair with frothy French rococo [in print as An animator's affinity for the French]

Worlds collide in the Met's magnificent 'Inspiring Walt Disney' exhibition

By Philip Kennicott

Washington Post January 9, 2022 E1, E8-9

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/01/06/disney-france-met-exhibit/

The best Michael de Adder cartoons of 2021 [in print as Michael de Adder: The best of 2021]

By Michael de Adder

Washington Post (January 2, 2022): A21

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/30/de-adder-best-cartoons-2021/

Australia and Symbolic Representation in the 'Cartoon Controversy'

Roman Rosenbaum

2007, International Journal of Comic Art 9:1 (Spring 2007)

https://www.academia.edu/36872320/Australia_and_Symbolic_Representation_in_the_Cartoon_Controversy

"The Politics of Cartoon in Anthropological Context: Charlie Hebdo and the Legibility of Genre," Contemporary French Civilization, Special Issue: The Impossible Subject of Charlie Hebdo. May 2016.

Damien Stankiewicz

https://www.academia.edu/33059845/_The_Politics_of_Cartoon_in_Anthropological_Context_Charlie_Hebdo_and_the_Legibility_of_Genre_Contemporary_French_Civilization_Special_Issue_The_Impossible_Subject_of_Charlie_Hebdo_May_2016

Hanging With Mike Choi

Dec 29, 2021

wordballoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2ONA-7Fh2c

Rick Veitch - Boy Maximortal - This Comic Kills Fascists!

Dec 30, 2021

Dan Shahin

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

Webcomic Coloring in Procreate - Late night Monday 12/20/21

Dec 21, 2021 Steve Conley