Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/9/22

Ep. 49: Blue Period, by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

Deb Aoki et al

February 8, 2022

https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-49-blue-period-by-tsubasa-yamaguchi/

 

Author Of Banned Graphic Novel About Holocaust To Speak In Reston

Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel "Maus," will be speaking on Feb. 27 at The CenterStage in Reston.

Michael O'Connell, Patch Staff

Feb 8, 2022

https://patch.com/virginia/reston/author-banned-graphic-novel-holocaust-speak-reston

 

Commentary: Instead of Raging Over 'Maus,' Support Local People Who Are Fighting the Ban

Plenty of people in East Tennessee are livid over a school board's decision to remove "Maus" from the language arts curriculum. But indiscriminate outrage on TV and social media isn't helping the local dissenters who are trying to build a better way forward.

by Whitney Kimball Coe

Daily Yonder February 1, 2022

https://dailyyonder.com/commentary-instead-of-raging-over-maus-ban-mcminn-county-tennessee-schools-support-local-people-who-are-fighting-back/2022/02/01/

 

Fox Acquires Rights to Gumby, Plans to "Reimagine" Kids Character

New animated and live-action Gumby series are in the works, as are NFTs as Fox buys characters from the estate of creator's son.

Alex Weprin

February 8, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fox-buys-gumby-new-series-1235089091/

 

Report: Periodical comics sales were up 49% in 2021

Direct Market sales are projected to be up 36% in 2021

Heidi MacDonald

02/08/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/report-periodical-comics-sales-were-up-49-in-2021/

 

"I Draw Swell, Drunk Or Sober. Unless I'm Really Drunk For Three Days": An (Old) Interview With Tony Millionaire

John Kelly | February 7, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/i-draw-swell-drunk-or-sober-unless-im-really-drunk-for-three-days-an-old-interview-with-tony-millionaire/

This interview originally appeared in The Comics Journal #215, August 1999.

 

Ian Kennedy 1932-2022

7th February 2022

https://2000ad.com/news/ian-kennedy-1932-2022/

 

INTERVIEW: How Elizabeth Gillies went from cosplaying to voicing the feline felon in CATWOMAN: HUNTED

"I even told myself that I really wanted to play this role one day if the opportunity presented itself."

Taimur Dar

02/08/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-elizabeth-gillies-catwoman-hunted/

 

Oscars: 'Flee' Makes History With Best Animated, Documentary and International Feature Noms

Writer-director Jonas Poher Rasmussen's film is the intimate story of pseudonymous subject  "Amin," who shares his extraordinary escape from Afghanistan as a child refugee.

Carolyn Giardina

February 8, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-flee-best-animated-documentary-international-feature-1235088808/

 

'Flee' Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen Discusses His Animated Doc in THR's 'Behind the Screen'

"I hope that people will get some perspective and will be able to relate to the stories of refugees," he said.

Carolyn Giardina

September 16, 2021

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/flee-jonas-poher-rasmussen-animated-documentary-1235014617/

 

WR promotes comic books in trailer for The Batman

A new edit of the "Bat and the Cat' trailer for The Batman includes bold plugs for DC Comics, and specific Batman titles at the end.

Heidi MacDonald

02/08/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-batman-trailer-promotes-comic-books/

411 - Local cartoonist Cedric Caballes

I've fallen behind on keeping track of local cartoonists, so I'm going to try to do this basic feature when I'm told about one.

Cedric Caballes is from Annapolis and Andrews McMeel, is printing The Witch's Throne which is episodes 1-30 of his Tapas webcomic.

https://tapas.io/WhatAHero,

https://www.facebook.com/cedric.caballes.3, 

https://www.instagram.com/whatatruehero/,

https://twitter.com/WhatATrueHero

Thanks to Randy for the tip.

Spiegleman in Reston, Feb 27th

Author Of Banned Graphic Novel About Holocaust To Speak In Reston

Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel "Maus," will be speaking on Feb. 27 at The CenterStage in Reston.

Michael O'Connell, Patch Staff

Feb 8, 2022

https://patch.com/virginia/reston/author-banned-graphic-novel-holocaust-speak-reston

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/8/22

A Conversation with Art Spiegelman, Author of Maus
Whitney Kimball Coe and Jacque Nodell
Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga (JFGC) February 7 2022
https://www.facebook.com/JFedChattanooga/videos/2114662165363446

BANNED!: PWW Live 2/2/22 [Maus]
Troy-Jeffrey Allan and Ashton Greenwood
 178 Feb 2, 2022
PREVIEWSworld Weekly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6p8PXj4v0M

A Crowded Life in Comics –  Another Survivor. Another Tale [Art
Spiegelman; Maus]
by Rick Marschall
Yesterday's Papers blog February 7, 2022
http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-crowded-life-in-comics.html

Daniel McCloskey's FAILING TO QUIT: Part 3 of 6
Daniel McCloskey
02/07/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/daniel-mccloskeys-failing-to-quit-part-3-of-6/

Comics & Afrofuturism:  Author's Talk with Arthur Jafa and Tim Fielder
Black Metropolis Feb. 8, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/dieselfunk

Head of security at FSU's Strozier Library charged with theft of thousands of rare comics

Defendant charged with selling stolen comics throughout local area

 Karl Etters

Tallahassee Democrat February 7 2022

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2022/02/07/fsu-comic-books-theft-florida-state-strozier-library-rare/6686917001/

 

Story Behind Legendary Comics Artist Ian Kennedy's Death At 89

US Day News February 7 2022

https://usdaynews.com/celebrities/celebrity-death/ian-kennedy-death/

 

Ian Kennedy passes away on day of inclusion in Thought Bubble's first wave of guest announcements

Thought Bubble Festival is scheduled November 7-13, 2022 with G Willow Wilson and Gail Simone among the current confirmed guests

Dean Simons

02/07/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/ian-kennedy-passes-away-on-day-of-inclusion-in-thought-bubbles-first-wave-of-guest-announcements/

 

Could 'White Noise' Be Even More Ominous? Yes. [in print as Graphic Review: 'White Noise']

Reading Don DeLillo's masterpiece while sitting in Los Angeles traffic adds an extra level of frisson.

By Jason Adam Katzenstein

New York Times Book Review Feb. 46, 2022: 23

online at https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/books/could-white-noise-be-even-more-ominous-yes.html

 

Joker and Harley Quinn made it to the Olympics thanks to German ice dancing duo

The judges were not impressed

By Austen Goslin@AustenG

 Feb 4, 2022,

https://www.polygon.com/22918508/joker-and-harley-quinn-olympics-figure-skating-ice-dancing-rhythm

 

Joker and Harley Quinn Made It to the Olympics

And watching their figure-skating routine will likely be the most awkward 5 minutes of your day.

Rob Bricken

February 7 2022

https://gizmodo.com/joker-and-harley-quinn-made-it-to-the-olympics-1848492235

 

How Jason Reynolds Distinguishes Y.A. Books From Adult Fiction

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 6, 2022, Page 6 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Jason Reynolds.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/books/review/jason-reynolds-by-the-book-interview.html

 

Tooning in: We'd like to draw your attention to our extra page of cartoons [editorial]

 Clytie Bunyan

Oklahoman February 6 2022

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opinion/2022/02/06/oklahoman-offers-extra-page-keep-you-toon-ed/6641350001/

 

How Did Calvin from 'Calvin and Hobbes' End Up Peeing on Everything?

Mike Rampton

MEL Magazine February 3 2022

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/calvin-peeing-sticker

 

Multiple 'Smurfs' Movies in the Works at Paramount, Nickelodeon

The first project will be an animated musical set for a Christmas 2024 release.

Etan Vlessing

February 7, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/smurfs-movies-paramount-nickelodeon-1235088093/

 

Jim Snook – RIP [Outdoor sports cartoonist].

 by D. D. Degg

February 6, 2022

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/02/06/jim-snook-rip/

 

Jim Snook February 14, 1936 - September 13, 2021

https://www.cascadecremations.com/obituaries/Jim-Snook?obId=22470357#/celebrationWall

 

INTERVIEW: Kelly Hu sinks her claws into voicing Cheshire in the new CATWOMAN: HUNTED animated film

Taimur Dar

02/07/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-kelly-hu-cheshire-catwoman-hunted/

 

INTERVIEW: Batwoman voice actress Stephanie Beatriz praises the LGBTQ+ representation in CATWOMAN: HUNTED

Taimur Dar

02/07/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-stephanie-beatriz-batwoman-catwoman-hunted/

 

Why Comics' Top Crowdfunder Is Leaving Kickstarter For Her New 'Poorcraft' Project [Spike Trotman; Iron Circus Comics]

Rob Salkowitz

Feb 7, 2022

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2022/02/07/why-comics-top-crowdfunder-is-leaving-kickstarter-for-her-latest-project/

 

Spike Trotman launches indie crowdfunding campaign for The Poorcraft Cookbook

Heidi MacDonald

02/07/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/spike-trotman-launches-indie-crowdfunding-campaign-for-the-poorcraft-cookbook/

 

COMIC-CON BEGINS: Origin Stories of the San Diego Comic-Con and the Rise of Modern Fandom

SiriusXM (1-6; June-July 2021)

https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/comic-con-begins-origin-stories-of-the-san-diego/id1540625779

 

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/7/22

 

Evens Mural is History [Brecht Evens; Belgium]

The Ephemerist February 6, 2022 by Wim Lockefeer

https://www.sparehed.com/2022/02/06/evens-mural-is-history/

 

New Belgian passports celebrate country's comic strip history

Written by Hannah Ryan and Arnaud Siad, CNN 6th February 2022 https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/belgian-passports-tintin-intl-scli/index.html

 

Finding Aid for the Frank Beck Papers, 1918-1960

Processed by K. Landesman; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé

UCLA Library Special Collections

Charles E. Young Research Library

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8r29p232/

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8r29p232/entire_text/

http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/ucla/mss/beckf233.pdf

 

The Most Interesting Part of Comics Day on Substack Wasn't the Big Names

Let's talk about a curiosity from the aspiring digital comics giant's latest announcements.

By David Harper

February 1, 2022

 https://sktchd.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e7a2b97b1f59d1e0e83e9619&id=e51b082fe4&e=2a053cf817

 

Welcome Back, Saga: Answering Ten Big Questions About the Anticipated Return of the Beloved Image Series

By David Harper

February 1, 2022

https://sktchd.com/column/welcome-back-saga/

 

Multilayered Paintings That Pay Tribute to Hip-Hop Dances [animation-influenced fine art]

By Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 6, 2022, Section ST, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Multilayered Paintings That Have Hip-Hop Moves. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/t-magazine/troy-lamarr-chew-hip-hop-paintings.html

 

Tom Kaczynski's TransAtlantis newsletter. - https://us2.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=6fd16270c6440218e8d8415bf&id=f5056601d2

 

Tom Kaczynski's website - https://transatlantis.net/

 

THE ART OF CRITICISM: HOW AFRICAN CARTOONS DISCURSIVELY CONSTRUCTED AFRICAN MEDIA REALITIES IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA

Lyombo Eko

Critical African Studies, Issue 4, December 2010

online at https://www.academia.edu/6814545/The_Art_of_Criticism_How_African_Cartoons_Discursively_Constructed_African_Media_Realities_in_the_Post_Cold_War_Era

 

From Swarthy Ape to Sympathetic Everyman and Subversive Trickster: The Development of Irish Caricature in American Comic Strips between 1890 and 1920

Kerry Soper

Journal of American Studies   39   (2005), 2, 257–296

online at https://www.academia.edu/8380363/From_Swarthy_Ape_to_Sympathetic_Everyman_and_Subversive_Trickster_The_Development_of_Irish_Caricature_in_American_Comic_Strips_between_1890_and_1920

 

Icons of American Animation

Robert Lemieux

McDaniel College & Tevis Gallery 2022

Website - https://iconsofanimation.com/

Catalog - https://1civ0q236vrm420xaa385zd3-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Icons-of-Animation-Catalog.pdf

 

Sally forth from Classic comics [letter]

Janet Kinzer,

Washington Post February 5 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/readers-critique-post-show-photos-right-masks-worn-properly/

 

Microaggressions' macro-consequences [ Pearls Before Swine letter]

Rhona Bosin,

Washington Post February 5 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/readers-critique-post-show-photos-right-masks-worn-properly/

 

What not to depict [Mutts letter]

Paula Rivers,

Washington Post February 5 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/readers-critique-post-show-photos-right-masks-worn-properly/

 

MariNaomi

https://twitter.com/marinaomi/status/1489319580958748674

["I just gave some social media marketing advice to a fellow comics person, based on my experience + conversations I've had with a rep from Facebook/Instagram, and I'd like to share it with y'all"].

Twitter · Feb 3, 2022·

 

Trauma, Identity, Gender, and Performance: Isabelle Ryan Reviews BOY MEETS MARIA by PEYO [LGBTQ+, Manga, seven Seas]

Isabelle Ryan

February 4, 2022

https://solrad.co/trauma-identity-gender-and-performance-isabelle-ryan-reviews-boy-meets-maria-by-peyo

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Icons of American Animation catalog online now

Halfway down this page - https://iconsofanimation.com/event-info/

That darn Sally Forth, Pearls Before Swine, Mutts

Sally forth from Classic comics [letter]

Janet Kinzer, Silver Spring

Washington Post February 5 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/readers-critique-post-show-photos-right-masks-worn-properly/

Microaggressions' macro-consequences [ Pearls Before Swine letter]

Rhona Bosin, Silver Spring

Washington Post February 5 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/readers-critique-post-show-photos-right-masks-worn-properly/

What not to depict [Mutts letter]

Paula Rivers, Columbia

Washington Post February 5 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/readers-critique-post-show-photos-right-masks-worn-properly/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/6/22

Halcyon Virtual Book Launch with Ron Regé, Jr. & Annie Mok

Fantagraphics Books

February 4 2022

https://www.facebook.com/fantagraphics/videos/1379722265799396/

 

Art Spiegelman on Maus and free speech: 'Who's the snowflake now?'

Luke Winkie

Sat 5 Feb 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/05/art-spiegelman-maus-book-ban-interview-life-career

 

Interview : Yannick Corboz à Montpellier, des Rivières du passé à Verhoeven et Frankenstein associé à Dracula

Jean-Laurent TRUC.

5 février 2022

https://www.ligneclaire.info/yannick-corboz-2022-257924.html