Friday, July 08, 2022

Animation industry members discuss the burgeoning narrative space, which is being shaped by a new generation of publishing-industry talent, streaming's democratization of content and artists' desire to tell more complex and inclusive stories.

Abbey White

July 4, 2022

A version of this story first appeared in the June 8 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/comics-lgbtq-inclusion-tv-animation-young-adult-genre-1235160722/

Marcel the Shell Is the Hero the World Needs

The fragile little adventurer can teach us something powerful about navigating obstacles with grace.

By Shirley Li

June 30, 2022

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/06/marcel-the-shell-movie-review/661450/

The Real Reason the Minions Have Taken Over the World

Wordless, antic, physical: The film franchise's comedy is nothing like prevailing family entertainment, and that's a good thing.

By Calum Marsh

A version of this article appears in print on July 7, 2022, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: The Pure Delight Found in the Minions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/movies/minions-movie-comedy.html

Jason Aaron & Russell Dauterman On Seeing The Comic Book Come Alive in Thor: Love and Thunder

Jul 5, 2022

Marvel Entertainment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgYYSRI8-es

'Thor: Love and Thunder' Review: A God's Comic Twilight

By Manohla Dargis

A version of this article appears in print on July 8, 2022, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: He's Still a Norse God, But Also a Big Old Goof.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/movies/thor-love-and-thunder-review.html

Why a Thor writer (fictionally) destroyed a town after Alabama lost the Sugar Bowl

Matt Scalici

July 6, 2022

https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/thor-love-and-thunder-marvel-comic-book-writer-interview

Axel Alonso Discusses AWA Studios' Teen Superhero E-Ratic

By Sergio Pereira

CBR July 5 2022

https://www.cbr.com/awa-studios-e-ratic-axel-alonso-interview/

New Harrison Cady art in the Library of Congress

July 07, 2022

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2022/07/new-harrison-cady-art-in-library-of.html

Marvel superheroes get a spiffy update. Still, I miss my old DC Comics. in print as A most-welcome blast from Marvel's past]

Updated volumes of Spider-Man, Black Panther, Captain America and Hulk bring welcome new relevance, but there's something missing

Review by Michael Dirda

Washington Post July 7, 2022: C1, 3

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/07/06/marvel-comics-new-editions/

Thursday, July 07, 2022

Dirda can't relate to Marvel's early comics, 60 years later

Marvel superheroes get a spiffy update. Still, I miss my old DC Comics. in print as A most-welcome blast from Marvel's past]

Updated volumes of Spider-Man, Black Panther, Captain America and Hulk bring welcome new relevance, but there's something missing

Review by Michael Dirda

Washington Post July 7, 2022: C1, 3

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/07/06/marvel-comics-new-editions/

The Post's obituary for ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ creator Kazuki Takahashi

'Yu-Gi-Oh!' creator Kazuki Takahashi dies at 60

Takahashi's fans are mourning the loss of the legendary figure of the manga industry whose creation grew into a multibillion-dollar global enterprise

By Michael Cavna

July 7, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/07/yu-gi-oh-creator-kazuki-takahashi-dead/

New Harrison Cady art in the Library of Congress (UPDATED)

Sara Duke says, "A new arrival in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Harrison Cady was best known for Peter Rabbit. I acquired this as an example of his editorial cartoon work for Life magazine in 1918. It's had a little rough handling, but that doesn't deter from its punch. "

Updated 7/11/22: That drawing is now in the scanning queue and will soon be online via the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2022631391/. I recently had another Cady piece scanned that may interest you: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010634118/ .

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Falls Church NP reviews Spongebob musical

Annandale, Falls Church Actors Headline 'Spongebob Musical'

By Mark Dreisonstok

FCNP.com July 4, 2022

Falls Church News-Press June 30 2022 p. 10

online at https://www.fcnp.com/2022/07/04/annandale-falls-church-actors-headline-spongebob-musical/

The Post talks to Roz Chast... about food?

Fending for dinner is practical snacking for our times [Roz Chast; in print as The art of every eater for themselves]

By G. Daniela Galarza

Washington Post July 6, 2022 p E1, 6

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/06/30/fending-snacking-dinner-charcuterie-board/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/5/22

Animation Guild Members Ratify New Three-Year Contract

Eighty-seven percent of members who participated in the process voted to ratify the agreement, which establishes new job tiers for animation writers and solidifies an approach to remote work.

Katie Kilkenny

July 5, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/animation-guild-ratifies-three-year-contract-1235174906/

One Artist's Scathing Indictment of a Crooked Supreme Court

Hundreds of copies of the LA-based guerrilla poster artist Robbie Conal's latest work, "Supreme Injustices," were pasted up from Venice to Los Feliz.

by Matt Stromberg July 1, 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/744771/one-artists-scathing-indictment-of-a-crooked-supreme-court/

BugHouse From the Top: The Complete BugHouse

Ryan Carey | June 28, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/bughouse-from-the-top-the-complete-bughouse/

BugHouse From the Top: The Complete BugHouse

Steve Lafler

Cat-Head Comics

Zestworld launches commission tool with Amanda Conner and Serena Williams

A new NFT based tool will enable fans to commission artwork and creators to track resales.

Heidi MacDonald

07/05/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/zestworld-launches-commission-tool-with-amanda-conner-and-serena-williams/

REVIEW: THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER continues Marvel's Phase 4 woes

Following up on the best MCU film was always going to be a tough task, but Taika Waititi's Thor: Love & Thunder is a major misfire

Kyle Pinion

07/05/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/review-thor-love-and-thunder/

Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman in Taika Waititi's 'Thor: Love and Thunder': Film Review

The space Viking is joined by former love Jane Foster to rescue the abducted children of Asgard and stop the rampage of Christian Bale's Gorr the God Butcher.

David Rooney

July 5, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/thor-love-and-thunder-1235175416/

"It's Like A Miracle": An Interview with the Underground Cartoonist and Visionary Artist Barbara "Willy" Mendes

Brian Doherty | July 4, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/its-like-a-miracle-an-interview-with-the-underground-cartoonist-and-visionary-artist-barbara-willy-mendes/

WHAT'S NEXT IN 'GENDER QUEER' CASE

Ruling Could Affect All Retailers in Virginia

by Brigid Alverson on July 1, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51541/whats-next-gender-queer-case

'Beauty and the Beast' Gets ABC Live Treatment for 30th Anniversary (Exclusive)

Jon M. Chu will exec produce the two-hour, live-action/animated special with Hamish Hamilton on board to direct.

Lesley Goldberg

July 5, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/beauty-and-the-beast-abc-live-special-1235175594/

Lorenzo Mattotti's "Adventures Ahead"

The artist discusses the joys of hitting the road without a plan.

By Françoise Mouly

July 4, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2022-07-11

"Growing Up As a Girl in the Church, I Felt My Position on Earth Was to Serve Men." A Conversation With Graphic Novelist Jessica Campbell

The Author of Rave Talks to Nicole Georges

By Literary Hub

June 23, 2022

https://lithub.com/growing-up-as-a-girl-in-the-church-i-felt-my-position-on-earth-was-to-serve-men-a-conversation-with-graphic-novelist-jessica-campbell/

"In comics, nobody is proper and decent." A Conversation with Graphic Novelist Rumi Hara

The Author of The Peanutbutter Sisters Talks to Rina Ayuyang

via Drawn & Quarterly

By Literary Hub

July 1, 2022

https://lithub.com/in-comics-nobody-is-proper-and-decent-a-conversation-with-graphic-novelist-rumi-hara/

Interview: Cullen Bunn Talks 'Bloodborne: Lady of the Lantern'

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Jun 28, 2022

https://previewsworld.com/Article/262864-Interview-Cullen-Bunn-Talks-Bloodborne-Lady-of-the-Lantern

A New Yorker cartoonist chronicles the rise of a socialist state senator [in print as Cartoonist chronicles ascent of a socialist]

Artist Sofia Warren shadowed New York legislator Julia Salazar to write a graphic memoir

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post July 5, 2022 p. C1, 3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/02/julia-salazar-radical-sofia-warren/

July 5, 2022 by Gil Roth

Episode 493 – Joe Ciardiello

Virtual Memories Show 493:

Joe Ciardiello – LIVE!

http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-493-joe-ciardiello

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_493_-_Joe_Ciardiello.mp3

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

NPR's Summer books we love graphic novels

https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#tags=comics+%26+graphic+novels&view=list&year=2022

Cavna talks to Sofia Warren

A New Yorker cartoonist chronicles the rise of a socialist state senator [in print as Cartoonist chronicles ascent of a socialist]

Artist Sofia Warren shadowed New York legislator Julia Salazar to write a graphic memoir

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post July 5, 2022 p. C1, 3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/02/julia-salazar-radical-sofia-warren/

Troy-Jeffrey Allen talks to Cullen Bunn

Interview: Cullen Bunn Talks 'Bloodborne: Lady of the Lantern'

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Jun 28, 2022

https://previewsworld.com/Article/262864-Interview-Cullen-Bunn-Talks-Bloodborne-Lady-of-the-Lantern

ICv2 on Gender Queer court case

WHAT'S NEXT IN 'GENDER QUEER' CASE

Ruling Could Affect All Retailers in Virginia

by Brigid Alverson on July 1, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51541/whats-next-gender-queer-case

Robbie Conal is back - unfortunately not in DC yet

One Artist's Scathing Indictment of a Crooked Supreme Court

Hundreds of copies of the LA-based guerrilla poster artist Robbie Conal's latest work, "Supreme Injustices," were pasted up from Venice to Los Feliz.

by Matt Stromberg July 1, 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/744771/one-artists-scathing-indictment-of-a-crooked-supreme-court/

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Vote harder!"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock -

"Vote harder!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3478

"Kristi Parrott is joining the Subcommittee on Environment from HBW
Resources, where she lobbied Congress on behalf of an astroturf group
for oil majors..." —Donald Shaw at Sludge, 07.01.2022

This was inspired by the lead foto in this article I caught at Sludge
a few days ago.

This, kiddies, is the party people are expecting to fight for
reproductive rights — the party who couldn't get you universal
healthcare, or decent COVID relief, or housing relief, or an
unemployment benefits extension during the pandemic, who's instead
shoveling cash into a capitalist proxy war in the Ukraine, now signing
up Big Oil lobbyists for the House Environmental Subcommittee.

If you think the DNC is going to lift a finger for women, or the
working class, or the poor, or anyone else who's really struggling in
this goddamn country, you're as stupid as you look.

Vote harder!

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"Dems Hire Oil and Gas Astroturf Group Lobbyist for Environment
Subcommittee", Donald Shaw at readsludge.com 07.01.2022
https://readsludge.com/2022/07/01/dems-hire-oil-and-gas-astroturf-group-lobbyist-for-environment-subcommittee/

Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/4/22

'Marcel the Shell' made it to the big screen by staying small [in print as Making it big by staying small]

By Thomas Floyd

Washington Post July 3 2022 p. E1-3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/06/30/marcel-shell-movie-jenny-slate/

Minions happily take a back seat in the '70s-inspired 'Rise of Gru' [in print as Those pint-sized yellow scamps are cut, but they're better in small doses]

'Despicable Me' origin story figures out that less is more

Review by Thomas Floyd

Washington Post July 1 2022 p. Weekend 26

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2022/06/28/minions-the-rise-of-gru-movie-review/

'Marcel the Shell With Shoes On' is adorable (maybe too adorable?) [in print as Funny, adorable and maybe a bit much]

Dean Fleischer Camp's stop-motion/live-action film is based on his viral short videos starring a talking shell

Review by Ann Hornaday

Washington Post July 1 2022 p. Weekend 25

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2022/06/28/marcel-the-shell-with-shoes-on-movie-review/

Speedy Zawistowski, Gag Man

Posted by D. D. Degg

July 3, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/03/speedy-zawistowski-gag-man/

Dave's story — and the agonizing dilemma of mental illness

Was my friend ever aware that he was in trouble? Very probably not. But if Dave never thought he needed help, how could help ever be offered to him?

Eric "Von Allen" Julien

Ottawa Citizen Jul 04, 2022

https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/julien

Art Spiegelman's MAUS: Canon, Appropriation, Transgressions, and the Red Room [Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg]

Alex Hoffman

June 27, 2022

https://solrad.co/art-spiegelmans-maus-canon-appropriation-transgressions-and-the-red-room

What Makes Taika Waititi Run and Run and Run?

By Dave Itzkoff

A version of this article appears in print on July 3, 2022, Section AR, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: The Superhuman Proficiencies Of Taika Waititi

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/movies/taika-waititi-thor-love-and-thunder.html