Thursday, June 16, 2022
Comics Research Bibliography posts changing blogs next week.
I was speaking with John Lent, publisher of the International Journal of Comic Art today, and brought up the idea of posting the CRB updates to that blog, because it finally occurred to me that John & I have worked on the bibliography together for years (publishing a version in the Journal in fact) and that's a more suitable site for these daily updates than a blog devoted to comic art in the DMV. So as of Monday, June 20th, check http://ijoca.blogspot.com for your daily list of citations. You can subscribe to that blog just like you can here too.
June 18: Haitian artist Thony Loui at Fantom Comics
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT - THONY LOUI ON SATURDAY, JUNE 18TH AT 4PM - 6PM!
Fantom Friends!
We're happy to announce we'll be hosting Haitian artist Thony Loui at the store for a signing event for the debut of the second book of his series, Tanama Metamorphosis!
We'll also be carrying the first issue as well.
Thony's Superhero, Tanama, uses her powers to promote tree planting, smallholder farmers and gender equality.... when she is not battling villains and evil forces to defend the agricultural soul of Haiti.
Fantom Friends!
We're happy to announce we'll be hosting Haitian artist Thony Loui at the store for a signing event for the debut of the second book of his series, Tanama Metamorphosis!
We'll also be carrying the first issue as well.
Thony's Superhero, Tanama, uses her powers to promote tree planting, smallholder farmers and gender equality.... when she is not battling villains and evil forces to defend the agricultural soul of Haiti.
Former local Steve Conley wants to sell you inaction figures: The Minis from The Middle Age Kickstarter is live!
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Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/15/22
INTERVIEW: Chris Ryall chats GROOM LAKE: GREY SKIES ABOVE and close encounters of the third kind
Rebecca Oliver Kaplan
06/15/2022
Two By Melanie Gillman: As the Crow Flies and Stage Dreams
Tasha Lowe-Newsome | June 15, 2022
https://www.tcj.com/two-by-melanie-gillman-as-the-crow-flies-and-stage-dreams/
Nellie Andreeva
'JumpStart' Comedy Series Based On Comic Strip In Works At CBS From Wayne Conley & Kapital
June 13, 2022
ICV2 INTERVIEW: LIANNE SENTAR AND LISSA PATTILLO OF SEVEN SEAS
On the Growing Webtoon Audience and Bringing Foreign Properties to North America
by Brigid Alverson on June 15, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51409/icv2-interview-lianne-sentar-lissa-pattillo-seven-seas
INTERVIEW: Erik Burnham discusses Dynamite's upcoming LADY HEL
The Chaos character is getting her first solo series this August
Deanna Destito
06/15/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-erik-burnham-dynamite-lady-hel/
Jason Reynolds|PENGUIN CLASSICS MARVEL COLLECTION w/ Ben Saunders
Politics and Prose June 14 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6a6IZQDlnI
The Slogans Before They Stream Invective [Webtoons]
By Graeme McMillan • Issue #46 • View online
June 15 2022
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/the-slogans-before-they-stream-invective-1218105
Disney Delays Relocation of Thousands of Jobs to Florida Until 2026
California-based workers whose jobs are relocating will now have until 2026 to make the move, which Disney says stems from a desire to provide "flexibility" for those workers.
Katie Kilkenny
June 15, 2022
COMIXOLOGY tweets about improvements to controversial service rollout
Dean Simons
06/15/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/comixology-updates/
Vault & Gatecrashers team up for charity auction for William Way LGBTQ Center
This auction follows the success of their George Perez Hero Initiative fundraiser
Deanna Destito
06/15/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/vault-gatecrashers-charity-auction-william-way-lgbtq-center/
"Don't Call Me Xombi" – Milestone's Representation of Korean American Characters after the L.A. Uprising
Vincent Haddad
June 14 2022
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/14/22
AMC+'s 'La Fortuna': TV Review [based on El tesoro del Cisne Negro by Paco Roca and writer Guillermo Corral]
Daniel Fienberg
January 18, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/la-fortuna-review-1235075470/
Anatomy of a Cartoon: Broadway Is Back
February 9, 2022 by Phil Witte and Rex Hesner
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-cartoon-broadway-is-back/
Anatomy of a Cartoon: Marketing
February 28, 2022 by Phil Witte and Rex Hesner
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-cartoon-marketing/
Anatomy of a Cartoon: Flying Away
March 29, 2022 by Phil Witte and Rex Hesner
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-cartoon-flyingaway/
Anatomy of a Cartoon: Baseball
April 25, 2022 by Phil Witte and Rex Hesner
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-cartoon-baseball/
Anatomy of a Cartoon: Twitter
May 23, 2022 by Phil Witte and Rex Hesner
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-cartoon-twitter/
"By the Fire" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
February 15, 2022 by CartoonStock
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/by-the-fire-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/
"Big Banana" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
March 1, 2022 by Lawrence Wood
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/big-banana-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/
"Caveman and St. Peter" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
March 24, 2022 by Lawrence Wood
"Two men and a rain cloud" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
April 22, 2022 by Lawrence Wood
"Grandma and the Wolf" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
May 23, 2022 by Lawrence Wood
Stuart Carlson, 'fearless' former Journal Sentinel political cartoonist, dies at 66.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (June 13): https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2022/06/13/milwaukee-journal-sentinel-editorial-cartoonist-stuart-carlson-dies/7603770001/?gnt-cfr=1 or https://www.yahoo.com/now/stuart-carlson-fearless-former-journal-110017180.html
Degg, D. D. 2022.
Stuart Carlson – RIP.
Daily Cartoonist (June 13): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/06/13/stuart-carlson-rip/
Murphy, Bruce. 2022.
Remembering Stuart Carlson: One of the great editorial cartoonists, who became too controversial for Journal Sentinel, dies at age 66.
Urban Milwaukee (June 13): https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2022/06/13/murphys-law-remembering-stuart-carlson/
Wright, Christina. 2014.
Whatever Happened to Stuart Carlson? Longtime Journal Sentinel editorial cartoonist is still syndicated nationally. But he misses that local connection.
Urban Milwaukee (October 22): https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2014/10/22/city-people-whatever-happened-to-stuart-carlson/
ICV2 INTERVIEW: JUYOUN LEE OF YEN PRESS'S IZE IMPRINT
On Bringing Webtoons to Print
Brigid Alverson on June 13, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51397/icv2-interview-juyoun-lee-yen-presss-ize-imprint
ARCHIE NEWS: 'BIG ETHEL ENERGY' WEBTOON GETS PRINT EDITION
Also: Kevin Keller Omnibus on the Way
by Brigid Alverson on June 13, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51393/archie-news-big-ethel-energy-webtoon-gets-print-edition
The Real Space Invaders
New Mexico artist Eric J. GarcÃa creates satirical sci-fi images of White colonization, painted with prickly pear ink.
Eric J. GarcÃa
Hyperallergic June 12 2022
Justin Lin to test anime fans' patience with One-Punch Man adaptation
The director recently bowed out of Fast X after the film entered production. Okay.
Matt Schimkowitz
June 13 2022
https://www.avclub.com/justin-lin-test-anime-fans-patience-with-one-punch-man-1849056950
Striptekenaar Typex: 'Fantasie is mijn eerste levensbehoefte'
Hans Steketee
13 juni 2022
Comics: Lora Sprang aka Pat Gordon, Letterer, Colorist and Photographer
Alex Jay
Tenth Letter of the Alphabet June 13, 2022
http://alphabettenthletter.blogspot.com/2022/06/comics-lora-sprang-aka-pat-gordon.html
'Puss in Boots' Filmmaker to Direct Smurfs Movie For Paramount and Nickelodeon (Exclusive)
The musical project from Chris Miller, who also helmed 'Shrek the Third,' will be highlighted this week at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Carolyn Giardina
June 14, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/smurfs-musical-movie-1235164732/
Grant Snider Visits The Yarn!
April 30, 2022 by Travis Jonker
https://theyarn.slj.com/2022/04/30/grant-snider-visits-the-yarn/
Meet Sergio Peçanha, Washington Post visual essayist
by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog (June 14, 2022): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2022/06/meet-sergio-pecanha-washington-post.html
How Many Languages Could a Child Speak?
By Randall Munroe
A version of this article appears in print on June 14, 2022, Section D, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Language Acquisition and the Cool Factor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/science/children-languages-randall-munroe.html
Daredevil & Moon Knight Artist Alex Maleev Designs Tribeca Festival Poster
By Russ Burlingame - June 7, 2022
DC Comics moves offices again – and workers are returning
Jim Lee made it IG official
Heidi MacDonald
06/14/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-comics-moves-offices-again-and-workers-are-returning/
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Meet Sergio Peçanha, Washington Post visual essayist
One of the pleasures of the Washington Post's digital version, besides national treasure Ann Telnaes, is Sergio Peçanha's work, much of which recalls the promise of webcomics that Scott McCloud predicted so many years ago. I was absolutely thrilled to make contact with him on Instagram, and ask him to do an interview. As is our wont, rather than straining to find new words, we'll just lift the Post's biography of him:
Sergio Peçanha is a visual columnist at the Opinions desk of the Washington Post. He uses visual elements like illustrations, cartoons, maps, information graphics and videos to tell stories. Before joining The Post in 2019, he was a graphics editor at The New York Times for more than a decade, where he created visual stories for the International desk and the New York desk. Peçanha graduated in journalism from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His work has been recognized multiple times by the Society for News Design and the Malofiej infographics awards, in Spain, including Gold medals
What type of comic work or cartooning do you do? I called it editorial illustration when I reached out to you - is this accurate?
I think I'd say I do visual essays. I use cartoons, photography or any other sort of visual elements, like charts to tell visual stories. The language I use often borrows from the storytelling style common in children's picture books, but for an adult audience. The idea determines the visual and writing style I use. Sometimes I may not use pictures at all. (The links in my answers are examples of what I am referring to.)
How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?
I almost always do pencil sketches. Sometimes I use acrylic, pen and ink, iPad, Photoshop, after effects. I use anything that gets the job done.
How did you come to work for the Washington Post? Are you on contract, or on staff?
I studied journalism in Brazil and have been a visual journalist for more than 20 years. For 11 years, I worked at the graphics desk of the New York Times. I did information graphics, visual stories and multimedia. I came to the Post in 2019 to work doing multimedia, visual stories and graphics at the Opinions desk. But for me, the main reason to come here was to be able to do my column, where I can experiment with visual elements, humor and language. I'm on staff.
When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?
1976, Rio de Janeiro.
Are you in Washington now? If so, what neighborhood or area do you live in?
I live in Silver Spring, MD.
What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
No training in cartooning. I studied journalism in college and earned a masters degree in illustration a couple of years ago.
Who are your influences?
Many. Some are... Sempé; David Shrigley; David Hockney; R.O. Blechman; Steinberg; H.M. Bateman; Laura Carlin; Bill Watterson; Glen Baxter; Serge Bloch; Liana Finck; Maira Kalman; Laerte; Chico Caruso; Mariana Massarani; and of course, Ann Telnaes and Michael de Adder, who I can't believe I can call "my colleagues."
If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change?
I was born in a lower middle class family in Rio de Janeiro. My path to this point highly is unlikely. So I wouldn't change anything.
What work are you best-known for?
I don't think I'm best known.
What work are you most proud of?
I am proud of Absurd America at the Post and for some of the multimedia storytelling that I helped to develop at the Times.
What would you like to do or work on in the future?
I wanna do a book. Maybe more than one. I have some ideas. But I also need to work on my ADHD.
What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?
I freak out and think I am a failure. I always talk to my wife. Also to my shrink, and close co-workers. I fish for ideas, but mostly lament. They are so nice to me, they cheer me up. When I think no one can stand my lamentations anymore, I hide and fail alone for some time. At that point, I think about changing jobs, because the suffering is intense. I become confident that people will realize that I'm a failure and I will be fired. After a lot of that suffering, eventually something happens. It's like delivering a baby, I guess.
What do you think will be the future of your field?
I think AI will do a lot of pasteurized stories and illustrations and most people will be happy about it. Still, there will be space for us — because humans can fail in ways that machines simply can not.
Any thoughts on the Pulitzer recently changing the editorial cartoon category to one that you appear to qualify in?
The Pulitzer is important because it values good work. That said, there is a lot of good work that is essential to journalism in the 21st century that is not eligible for the Pulitzer. For example: multimedia storytelling, photo editing, videos, information graphics... Just like there are Oscars for Best Picture and for Best Makeup, I think the Pulitzer could be expanded — and I see no reason to extinguish existing categories in that expansion.
You and Ann Telnaes teamed up on at least one piece - how did that come about?
Imagine that you get to play soccer with Pelé? That's how I felt.
Your recent work on COVID was just a data visualization of the numbers of people who died in the US represented on a map. This seems a little atypical for your work; can you explain why you chose to do it?
At the moment, my job at the Post is divided into two parts. On one side, I do visual storytelling and graphics. The other part is my column, Absurd America. One day I might only do my column. But I'm not there yet.
What's your favorite thing about DC?
I think it's a pretty city, good quality of life and not too cold (although it is still too cold for me).
Least favorite?
It doesn't have a beach and the winter is still pretty cold for me... Additionally, I think it's bizarre how it is racially divided. But that's not exclusive to DC...
What monument or museum do you like to take visitors to?
I think the area around the Lincoln Memorial is pleasant.
How about a favorite local restaurant?
La Limeña Grill in Rockville. Peruvian food.
Do you have a website or blog?
Pecanha.org
How has the COVID-19 outbreak affected you, personally and professionally?
Worked from home for 2 years and loved it. :-)
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/13/22
"Comics For Fun And Comics For Love And Comics To Be Funny!": The Freak Interview [ Freak Comics Collective]
RJ Casey | June 13, 2022
https://www.tcj.com/comics-for-fun-and-comics-for-love-and-comics-to-be-funny-the-freak-interview/
Winn, Marcia. 1944.
Terry and the Pilots [Milt Caniff; Terry and the Pirates].
Detroit Free Press Sunday Magazine (March 19)
Unknown. 1943.
Mr. Moon Mullins: The Story of a Creator of a Great Comic Strip [Frank Willard].
Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 12)
Q&A WITH BOBBIE CHASE, WEBTOON UNSCROLLED
Rob Salkowitz on June 13, 2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/webtoon-ads-take-over-new-york-citys-hippest-subway-station/
Webtoon ads take over New York City's hippest subway station
Webtoon has been advertising Lore Olympus and other popular strips around New York City with a splashy subway campaign
Heidi MacDonald
06/13/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/webtoon-ads-take-over-new-york-citys-hippest-subway-station/
INTERVIEW: Voice actor Scott Menville reveals why TEEN TITANS GO!'s Robin is actually an endearing character
Taimur Dar
06/13/2022
Pixar's 'Lightyear' Banned in Saudi Arabia Over Same-Gender Kiss
Alex Ritman
The film follows 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,' 'West Side Story' and 'Eternals' on a growing list of major Disney titles to be blocked by Gulf censors due to the inclusion of LGBT scenes.
June 13, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lightyear-banned-gulf-saudi-lgbt-1235163872/
Pixar's 'Lightyear': Film Review
Chris Evans voices the big-screen Space Ranger who became a 'Toy Story' action figure in the sci-fi adventure spinoff, also featuring Uzo Aduba, Keke Palmer and Taika Waititi.
David Rooney
June 13, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/lightyear-pixar-chris-evans-1235162798/
Ep. 64: Blue Giant Volume 5-6, by Shinichi Ishizuka
June 8, 2022
https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-64-blue-giant-volume-5-6-by-shinichi-ishizuka/
BONUS: Ep. 64 Podcast Pre-Read: Blue Giant Vol. 1-4 by Shinichi Ishizuka
Deb Aoki
May 31, 2022
https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/blue_giant_vol1-4/
Donny and Ryan Create... SAWED-OFF SHOGUN!
A new time-travel revenge saga is born!
Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman
KLC Press June 13 2022
https://klcpress.substack.com/p/donny-and-ryan-create-sawed-off-shogun
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