Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Randy Tischler keeps track of pros for the Baltimore Comic Con and has updated me with this list, although they are all writers who have also (not primarily) worked in comics:

Holly Black (assuming it's the same) has written for DC, BOOM! Studios, and Graphix.

Tochi Onyebuchii wrote for Marvel and Activision Publishing Inc.

Kwame Alexander has writing credits at Houghton Mifflin Company and Clarion Books but that could be adaptations of his books. Not positive...

Mac Barnett wrote for Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins).

David Bowles has written for Cinco Puntos Press and Tu Books.

Johnnie Christmas has done writing and art for Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Valiant, Devil's Due/1First, Black Mask Studios, comiXology Originals, and HarperAlley.

Lev Grossman has written for BOOM! Studios.

Tui T. Sullivan wrote for Graphix (Scholastic).

Samira Ahmed wrote for Marvel.

Darcie Little Badger wrote for Marvel, DC, BOOM! Studios, A!H Comics, and Humanoids.

E. Lockhart wrote for DC.

Jason Reynolds wrote for Marvel and Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.

Sabaa Tahir wrote for BOOM! Studios.

Library of Congress introduces you to Ms. Marvel for some reason

Ms. Marvel: More Than Your Average Superhero

by Mike Queen

Headlines & Heroes Blog from the Library of Congress.

07/19/2022

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/07/ms-marvel-more-than-your-average-superhero/

Before you stream Ms. Marvel, here's a sneak peek at the comic book series that inspired the new series. Ms. Marvel is just one of many diverse comic books available in the Library of Congress' collection of 12,000 plus titles and over 160,000 original print issues. They span genres from Black to Latinx to LGBTQ+ […]

Monday, July 18, 2022

Paper Tiger comics store open in Richmond

Paper Tiger — comics, toys and more — is now open in South Richmond

Karri Peifer
Axios Richmond Jul 14, 2022
https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2022/07/14/paper-tiger-comics-toys-now-open-south-richmond

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interview on Winds of Numa Sera

Winds of Numa Sera Interview: The One True Kingdom Will Fall!

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Jul 12, 2022

https://previewsworld.com/Article/263091-Winds-of-Numa-Sera-Interview-The-One-True-Kingdom-Will-Fall

ComicsDC on the road - Tall Man of Knoxville, TN

I was visiting in Knoxville and stopped into a Tall Man Toys & Comics, a local shop near the Museum of Art. Putting the toys before comics in their name is accurate, as you can see from these photos, but they had a decent selection of new comics, with a buy 3, get 1 free discount, and the same graphic novel discount too, as well as good-sized back issue collection. The staff was quite nice, even when I left without buying anything, after I asked if they had anything produced locally (no). This is close to the University of Tennessee and the Worlds Fair Park, so I guess those two groups provide their customer base.

The Knoxville Museum of Art had an exhibit by woman artists with a superhero link as seen below. The museum is definitely a local one with no Western old masters, but there was a good glass exhibit, an excellent show by woman artist's and another good one of local artists and their history.

That darn Mark Trail and Michael Ramirez

Follow that bird [Mark Trail letter]

Peter I. Hartsock, Laytonsville
Washington Post July 16 2022 A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/15/readers-critique-the-post-explaining-nil/

An inveterate bad habit [ in print as Inveterate bad habits; Michael Ramirez letter]

Barbara Hayden, Chestertown, Md.

Washington Post July 16 2022 A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/15/readers-critique-the-post-explaining-nil/

Library of Congress announces Jefferson building redesign

A New Vision for an Inspiring Location

07/18/2022

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2022/07/a-new-vision-for-an-inspiring-location/?loclr=ealocb

Plans for a new renovation to the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, designed to offer more members of the public access to the Library's inspiring architecture and comprehensive collections, include an oculus; a circular glass window that will allow visitors to look up to the dome from the orientation center below the Main Reading Room, where visitors will begin their Library journey.

I'm trying to figure out what this will displace - rare book storage/ conference rooms maybe?

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/17/22

Oni Press Issue Statement About Firings Not Written By Anyone At Oni

July 15, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/oni-press-issue-statement-about-firings-not-written-by-anyone-at-oni/

Neil Gaiman's Books Have Enchanted Millions. Finally, Hollywood Is on Board.

'The Sandman' and other morally complicated Gaiman creations are finding their way to screens — just when we need them most

By Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson

Washington Post Magazine July 17 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/07/06/neil-gaiman-sandman-netflix-jon-hamm/

Past Participating in the Funky Present: Prince Val [Funky Winkerbean, Prince Valiant]

by D. D. Degg

July 16, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/16/past-participating-in-the-funky-present-prince-val/

"Every Challenge Opens a New Doorway": Retailers on the Year So Far for Comic Shops

By David Harper

July 12, 2022

https://sktchd.com/longform/july-2022-retailer-feature/

LTD 002: The Commencement Speech

Warren Ellis

LTD

March 28, 2019

https://warrenellis.ltd/ltd/ltd-002-the-commencement-speech/

Surveying the World of Contemporary Comics Scholarship: A Conversation

Greg Smith, Thomas Andrae, Scott Bukatman, and Thomas Lamarre.

Cinema Journal 50:3 (2011).

https://www.academia.edu/675755/Surveying_the_World_of_Contemporary_Comics_Scholarship_A_Conversation

Sunday, July 17, 2022

PR: Announcing Additional Small Press Expo 2022 Special Guests

For Immediate Release

Contact Email: press@smallpressexpo.com

Small Press Expo Announces Maia Kobabe, Ronald Wimberly, Rumi Hara, Gabrielle Bell and Bianca Xunise as Special Guests for SPX 2022

Bethesda, Maryland -July 14, 2022

Media Release - Small Press Expo is proud to announce additional Special Guests for SPX 2022. Our first in-person show in three years takes place on Saturday September 17 and Sunday September 18 with programming and workshops about the amazing world of independent comics, along with over 500 creators on the exhibitor floor.

See the Special Guest page on the SPX 2022 web site for more information.

SPX 2022 is honored to have the following creators as Special Guests to this year's show:

Visit the SPX 2022 Website for More Info

Maia Kobabe

Maia Kobabe is the author of Gender Queer: A Memoir, winner of an Alex Award, Stonewall Honor, and the most banned book in the US in 2021. It is being released in a deluxe hardcover edition that features a brand-new cover, exclusive art and sketches, a forward by ND Stevenson (Lumberjanes, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) and an afterward by creator Maia Kobabe. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.

Ronald Wimberly

Ronald Wimberly (born 28 April 1979) is an American artist (a cartoonist and filmmaker). He has published several graphic novels, as well as shorter works for The New Yorker, DC/Vertigo, Nike, Marvel, Hill and Wang, and Dark Horse Comics. Wimberly was the 2016 Columbus Museum of Art comics resident, and was a two-time resident cartoonist at Angoulême's Maison des Auteurs. He is the recipient of the 2008 Glyph Comics Award, and has been nominated for two Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.

Rumi Hara

Rumi Hara was born in Kyoto, Japan, and started printing her comics on a tiny home printer while working as a translator in Tokyo in 2010. After receiving an MFA in illustration from

Savannah College of Art and Design, Rumi moved to New York in 2014, where she now lives and works as an illustrator and comics artist. Her comics series Nori was first self-published as minicomics and was nominated for an Ignatz Award in 2018.

Gabrielle Bell

Gabrielle Bell's work has been selected several times for Best American Comics and the Yale Anthology of Graphic Fiction, and has been featured in The Believer, McSweeney's and Vice magazines. Her story, "Cecil and Jordan In New York," was turned into a film by Michel Gondry. The Voyeurs was named one of the best Graphic Novels of the year by Publishers Weekly. Inappropriate, her most recent collection of absurd short comics, garnered two Ignatz Award nominations and was named "One of the Best GNs of the Year" by The Library Journal. Gabrielle Bell lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Bianca Xunise

Bianca Xunise is a cartoonist based out of Chicago, Illinois and will debut at SPX a brand new zine, Midnite Crawling, which is a collection of short stories about music and the punk subculture. In 2017 Xunise earned an Ignatz for Promising New Talent for their comic Say Her Name, an autobiographical story of police brutality and social justice. In 2020 Xunise earned their second Ignatz for their contribution to Be Gay, Do Comics published by IDW. Xunise has collaborated with Vogue, The Washington Post, The Nib, and Believer Magazine. They are also a contributor to the book How We Fight Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance along with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tarana Burk, and Harry Belafonte. Bianca became the first nationally syndicated non-binary cartoonist when they joined the comic strip Six Chix in 2020 as their first black creator.

Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 500 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.

The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show.

For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com.

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Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Bone Deep"

from DC's anarchist cartoonist -

"Bone Deep"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3484

"You don't need to be a Jew to be a Zionist," said Biden in his
opening remarks. "The connection between the Israeli and American
people is bone deep... I am proud to say that US relations with Israel
are deeper and stronger than they have ever been."
—Al Jazeera, reporting on 07.13.2022

"Bone deep"? ...as opposed to the connection between the Ukrainian and
American people, which is more "skin deep", I'm guessing...?

Yeah, the sonofabitch said our connection to filthy, murdering Israel
is "bone deep".
He's actually more or less right, y'know.

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"Joe Biden arrives in Middle East on first trip as US president", Al
Jazeera 07.13.2022
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/13/joe-biden-on-way-to-middle-east-in-first-trip-as-us-president

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

The Post profiles Gaiman

Neil Gaiman's Books Have Enchanted Millions. Finally, Hollywood Is on Board.

'The Sandman' and other morally complicated Gaiman creations are finding their way to screens — just when we need them most

By Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson

Washington Post Magazine July 17 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/07/06/neil-gaiman-sandman-netflix-jon-hamm/

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/19/22

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Only 2 cartoonists scheduled for National Book Festival? UPDATED

Library of Congress introduces you to Ms. Marvel for some reason

Monday, July 18, 2022

Paper Tiger comics store open in Richmond

Paper Tiger — comics, toys and more — is now open in South Richmond

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interview on Winds of Numa Sera

Winds of Numa Sera Interview: The One True Kingdom Will Fall!

ComicsDC on the road - Tall Man of Knoxville, TN

That darn Mark Trail and Michael Ramirez

An inveterate bad habit [ in print as Inveterate bad habits; Michael Ramirez letter]

Barbara Hayden, Chestertown, Md.

Washington Post July 16 2022 A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/15/readers-critique-the-post-explaining-nil/

Washington Post July 16 2022 A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/15/readers-critique-the-post-explaining-nil/

Library of Congress announces Jefferson building redesign

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/17/22

Sunday, July 17, 2022

PR: Announcing Additional Small Press Expo 2022 Special Guests

Ronald Wimberly

Bianca Xunise

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Bone Deep"

The Post profiles Gaiman

Neil Gaiman's Books Have Enchanted Millions. Finally, Hollywood Is on Board.

'The Sandman' and other morally complicated Gaiman creations are finding their way to screens — just when we need them most

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Monday, July 18, 2022

Paper Tiger — comics, toys and more — is now open in South Richmond

Winds of Numa Sera Interview: The One True Kingdom Will Fall!

An inveterate bad habit [ in print as Inveterate bad habits; Michael Ramirez letter] Barbara Hayden, Chestertown, Md. Washington Post July 16 2022 A15online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/15/readers-critique-the-post-explaining-nil/

Washington Post July 16 2022 A15online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/15/readers-critique-the-post-explaining-nil/

Sunday, July 17, 2022

Ronald Wimberly

Bianca Xunise

Neil Gaiman's Books Have Enchanted Millions. Finally, Hollywood Is on Board.

'The Sandman' and other morally complicated Gaiman creations are finding their way to screens — just when we need them most

An inveterate bad habit [ in print as Inveterate bad habits; Michael Ramirez letter]

Barbara Hayden, Chestertown, Md.

Washington Post July 16 2022 A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/15/readers-critique-the-post-explaining-nil/

Washington Post July 16 2022 A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/15/readers-critique-the-post-explaining-nil/