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Tuesday, August 23, 2022
PR: Announcing Debut Books at SPX 2022
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Information Terrorist"
"Information Terrorist"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3507
"...Some three weeks after Schumer helped push the (Ukraine aid)
bill into law, on July 14, Andriy Shapovalov, a Ukrainian civil servant whose
salary was paid for by U.S. taxpayer monies, convened a 'round table' in Kiev on 'countering disinformation'.
Shapovalov, in his role as the acting head of Ukraine's Center
for Countering Disinformation, published a list of the names of 72 people whom accused of deliberately spreading disinformation about Ukraine. Shapovalov labelled them 'information terrorists', adding that Ukraine was preparing legislation so that such people can be prosecuted as 'war criminals'."
—Scott Ritter, reporting at Consortium News, 08.03.2022
Yeah, kids, isn't that a flabbergaster? One helluva humdinger of a
doozy. I thought Biden — who never met a US war of aggression he
didn't like — had pretty much destroyed my Goofy Meter when he called
Putin a "war criminal", but this shit's got Goofy Meters exploding
worldwide.
Just so we're clear — any journalist reporting the truth from on the
ground, any journalist or essayist whose reporting or opinions
contradict the official US/NATO Western media narrative? That's right,
an "information terrorist", a "war criminal". Ben Norton? Aaron Maté?
Rania Khalek? Alina Lipp? Eva Bartlett? Lee Camp? Yep, that's right.
Information terrorists, war criminals.
The Gallup numbers, which I peeped not soon after, really drove the
goofiness home. After 70-odd years of lies about Hiroshima, the Tonkin
Gulf, My Lai, Cambodia, Laos, the Drug War, Kuwaiti incubator babies,
Iraqi WMD's, Afghanistan, Havana Syndrome, Russiagate, trust in US
media is at an all-time low, and I'm an "information terrorist" for
doing these goddamn cartoons? I'M a goddamn "war criminal" for calling
out the US state and media on their lies?
Bwah ha ha ha ha hah. The West™ can't collapse a day too soon for me.
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"Chuck Schumer's War on Free Speech", Scott Ritter at Consortium News
08.03.2022
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/08/03/scott-ritter-chuck-schumers-war-on-free-speech/
"Biden calls Putin a 'war criminal' after meeting with troops in
Poland", ABC News 03.25.2022
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-calls-putin-war-criminal-meeting-troops-poland/story?id=83670309
"U.S. Declaring Journalists 'War Criminals'", Lee Camp at MintPress
News 08.16.2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKQcb-hEmgg
Ben Norton at The Grayzone:
https://thegrayzone.com/author/ben-norton/
"NATO-backed network of Syria dirty war propagandists identified",
Aaron Maté at The Grayzone 08.01.2022
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/08/01/nato-backed-network-of-syria-dirty-war-propagandists-identified/
Rania Khalek Dispatches at Breakthrough News:
https://raniakhalek.com/category/breakthrough-news/
Rania Khalek on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/raniakhalek/
"German journalist faces three years prison over reporting from
eastern Ukraine", Steve Sweeney at Morning Star News, 06.27.2022
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/german-journalist-faces-three-years-prison-over-reporting-donbass-region
"Eva Bartlett: 'Ukraine Has a Kill List, and I'm On It'", 21st Century
Wire 06.12.2022
https://21stcenturywire.com/2022/06/12/eva-bartlett-ukraine-has-a-kill-list-and-im-on-it/
"Behind The Headlines": Lee Camp videos at MintPress News:
https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/behind-the-headlines/
"Media Confidence Ratings at Record Lows", Gallup Poll 07.18.2022
https://news.gallup.com/poll/394817/media-confidence-ratings-record-lows.aspx
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2
Cavna on Funky, Jenkins on Funny Pages
How 'Funky Winkerbean' became the darkest strip on the comics pages [in print as 'Funky Winkerbean's' ever-changing world]
Over its 50 years, the sensitive comic has evolved from such subjects as high school gym class to suicide, abuse and cancer
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/22/22
IJOCA goes electric is complete; all issues are available now digitally
August 21, 2022
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/08/ijoca-goes-electric-is-complete-all.html
INTERVIEW: Dacre Stoker and Chris McAuley talk DRACULA THE RETURN: CULT OF THE WHITE WORM
Rebecca Oliver Kaplan
08/22/2022
Meet the New Addams Family From Tim Burton's Wednesday
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán take on the roles of Morticia and Gomez Addams in the Netflix series, with Jenna Ortega and Isaac Ordonez as their macabre children.
By Anthony Breznican
August 16, 2022
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/addams-family-first-look-wednesday
C2E2 2022 PHOTOS - PART 1-2: Friday
Posted by Dennis Viau on August 22, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51954/c2e2-2022-photos-part-1
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51953/c2e2-2022-photos-part-2
Why the She-Hulk Series Made One Big Change to the Character
Head writer Jessica Gao explains a major divergence between the She-Hulk comics and the TV show.
By Don Kaye | August 22, 2022
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/why-she-hulk-series-made-one-big-change-character/
Why Marvel Shorts Like I Am Groot Are Key to Future MCU Success
Marvel One-Shots used to be a vital and fun part of the MCU, but I Am Groot paves the way for a new version of the old strategy, one that could ignite the fandom in a fresh audience.
By George Chrysostomou | August 22, 2022
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/marvel-shorts-i-am-groot-key-to-future-mcu-success/
Some Very Biased Thoughts about The Sandman on Netflix
It was never going to be possible for me to watch The Sandman on Netflix with any pretense of objectivity.
by Martha Thomases
08/22/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/some-very-biased-thoughts-about-the-sandman-on-netflix/
Remembering the Art of J. J. Sempé
A salute to the French cartoonist and longtime cover contributor to the magazine, who died on August 11th.
August 22, 2022
August 29, 2022 Issue
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/29/remembering-the-art-of-j-j-sempe
Anita Kunz's "No Photos, Please!"
The artist discusses the enduring allure of the "Mona Lisa," the puzzle of celebrity, and which famous people she would invite to dinner.
By Françoise Mouly
August 22, 2022
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2022-08-29
"My Purpose Is Simply To Tell People's Stories": A Visit with Igort, and a Look at His New Ukrainian Notebook
Valerio Stivé | August 22, 2022
Funny Pages Mocks the Idea That Hardship Makes Art More Authentic
Owen Kline's directorial debut follows a privileged teenage artist who decides to impose some grittiness on his life to improve his work.
by Dan Schindel
Hyperallergic August 21 2022
https://hyperallergic.com/754636/funny-pages-indie-comics-review/
The Power of Hugs in Anime
By Maya Phillips
New York Times (August 22, 2022): C1, 6.
Online at https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/11/arts/anime-hugs.html
Monday, August 22, 2022
Oct 11-15: Graphic novelists among others at GMU
GMU: Fall For The Book Festival Announces 2022 Headliners
Speakers for the 2022 Fall for the Book include Emily St. John Mandel, graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang, and Watchmen author Alan Moore.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/21/22
Get Graphic: Out of the Shadows with Djet
Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
Aug 08, 2022
https://previewsworld.com/Article/263531-Get-Graphic-Out-of-the-Shadows-with-Djet
Louis's Little Brother Rocks On
Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault's sequel to their graphic novel "Louis Undercover" turns the music up a notch.
By Vera Brosgol
A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 21, 2022, Page 18 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Rock On.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/19/books/review/fanny-britt-isabelle-arsenault-forever-truffle.html
FOREVER TRUFFLE: Three Stories, by Fanny Britt. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. Translated by Susan Ouriou.
LOUIS UNDERCOVER, by Fanny Britt. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. Translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou.
Comic Store In Your Future: Always, Always Learning
August 20, 2022
by Rod Lamberti
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-always-always-learning/
Convention Recap: Steel City Con
Scoop August 19 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=263704
Steel City Con in Photos
Scoop August 19 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263677
The Last Gentleman: I Thought I Said No More Obits! [Tom Palmer]
Tom Brevoort
Man With A Hat! blog August 21 2022
https://tombrevoort.substack.com/p/the-last-gentleman
Netflix's Half-Assed Adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman
Despite faithfully recreating the story of the beloved comic book series, the TV show lacks the verve of the original.
by Dan Schindel August 16, 2022
https://hyperallergic.com/754186/sandman-neil-gaiman-netflix-review/
Holy cats! Netflix drops surprise Sandman bonus episode!
Adapts beloved stories "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" and "Calliope"
Taimur Dar
08/19/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/netflix-drops-surprise-sandman-bonus-episode/
Neil Gaiman doesn't sound too optimistic about the pricey Sandman getting another season
He got his helmet, ruby, and bag of sand, but when will Dream get his second season?
Sam Barsanti
AV Club August 21 2022
https://www.avclub.com/the-sandman-might-not-get-a-second-season-on-netflix-1849439520
Beyondtopia Legends spotlights Indonesian artists
Indonesian artists get the spotlight in in an anthology of folklore inspired tales by Bryan Valenza and Henry Barajas
Heidi MacDonald
08/19/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/beyondtopia-legends-spotlights-indonesian-artists/
Review: 'Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero' Is Deluxe Fan Service
By Calum Marsh
A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 19, 2022, Section C, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Oh, No! Earth's Threatened. We All Know What's Next..
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/movies/review-dragon-ball-super-super-hero.html
Breathtaker Exhibit Opens Aug. 22 in Westminster, MD
Scoop August 19 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=263687
Chris. 2022.
Why Jewish fans feel erased from Marvel movies
August 17, 2022
Michael Cusimano 1950 - 2022 Obituary [caricaturist]
Lombardo Funeral Home (July 2022)
https://lombardofuneralhome.com/tribute/details/19611/Michael-Cusimano/obituary.html
Little Nemo in Slumberland: Exploring the Comic Before Jason Momoa's Netflix Film
By Rose McQuirter
Published Aug 10, 2022
https://movieweb.com/little-nemo-in-slumberland/
GASPAR SALADINO'S NEWSPAPER STRIP LETTERING
Todd Klein
August 19, 2022.
https://kleinletters.com/Blog/gaspar-saladinos-newspaper-strip-lettering/
Chappatte Cartoon and Religious Restlessness
by D. D. Degg
August 21, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/08/21/chappatte-cartoon-and-religious-restlessness/
Cartoon Denigrates Muslim Men and Women [ Marcel Boudreaux, Canada]
by D. D. Degg
August 21, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/08/21/cartoon-denigrates-muslim-men-and-women/
Comic Illustrator Bill Morrison on Disney, 'The Simpsons,' & More
The Lincoln Park native talks about his 40-plus year career working for some of the biggest names in comics
Brendan Mears Connery
August 11, 2022
https://www.hourdetroit.com/art-topics/comic-illustrator-bill-morrison-on-disney-the-simpsons-more/
New to Comics Kingdom – Bob Mankoff Presents: Show Me The Funny
by D. D. Degg
August 16, 2022
News Corp Australia Cancels Comic Strips
by D. D. Degg
August 17, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/08/17/news-corp-australia-cancels-comic-strips/
Jay Leeson Texas Tech football cartoons featured in Lubbock A-J [sports]
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal August 17 2022
Nebraska GOP criticized for tweet with cartoon depicting oral sex [Gender Queer]
Luna Stephens
Omaha World-Herald Aug 19, 2022
Elephant with KKK imagery shared on Alabama county GOP page was a mistake, chair says [Woody Harrington]
By Madeleine List
Updated August 19, 2022
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article264658764.html
Randy Wicks Collection Donated to SCV Historical Society
Carol Rock | Friday, Aug 19, 2022
https://scvnews.com/randy-wicks-collection-donated-to-scv-historical-society/
Sunday, August 21, 2022
ALL IJOCA issues now available digitally
IJOCA goes electric is complete; all issues are available now digitally
August 21, 2022
Why Jewish fans feel erased from Marvel movies - video at The Post
Why Jewish fans feel erased from Marvel movies
Troy-Jeffrey Allen talks to Djet
Get Graphic: Out of the Shadows with Djet
Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
Aug 08, 2022
https://previewsworld.com/Article/263531-Get-Graphic-Out-of-the-Shadows-with-Djet
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/20/22
Tom Palmer Sr, Inker Extraordinaire, Dies At The Age Of 81
August 19, 2022
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-palmer-sr-inker-extraordinaire-dies-at-the-age-of-81/
Diamond Comic Distributors Sues GameStop For Three Million Dollars
Posted on August 18, 2022
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-comic-distributors-sues-gamestop-for-three-million-dollars/
Marvel To Publish CrossGen Tales To Keep Disney Trademarks On Them
August 18, 2022
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-to-publish-crossgen-tales-to-keep-disney-trademarks-on-them/
TITAN LAUNCHES YOUNG READERS IMPRINT, TITAN NOVA
With Intergalactic Extreme-Sports Story by NBA Player Rudy Gobert
Brigid Alverson on August 18, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51933/titan-launches-young-readers-imprint-titan-nova
Claymation pioneer is celebrated in documentary 'Claydream' [in print as A Claymation pioneer's herky-jerky life]
Will Vinton, the creator of the California Raisins and other stop-motion characters, is the subject of a rags-to-riches-to-rags tale
Review by Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post August 19, 2022 : Weekend 16
https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2022/08/16/claydream-movie-review/
'Tales of the Walking Dead' an anthology of zombie apocalypse survivor stories.
George Dickie
Washington Post TV Week (August 14 2022): 2
Is Captain America a virgin? 'She-Hulk' solves this Marvel mystery. [in print as Answered: Is Captain America a virgin?]
Analysis by David Betancourt
Staff writer
Washington Post August 19, 2022: C1-2
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/08/18/captain-america-virgin-she-hulk/
Kevin Feige Confirmed Details of How Steve Rogers' Captain America Lost His Virginity for 'She-Hulk'
Abbey White
August 19, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/captain-america-virgin-kevin-feige-she-hulk-1235202554/
She-Hulk's Captain America Virginity Theory Originated With Chris Evans
The 'Did Steve Rogers have sex?' debate consuming Marvel fans was first discussed by the actor in 2014. Now it's official.
By Anthony Breznican
August 18, 2022
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/she-hulk-captain-america-virgin-chris-evans
On 'Harley Quinn' love reigns, with a side of chaos
Glen Weldon, J.C. Howard, and Cyrena Touros
Pop Culture Happy Hour August 18, 2022
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/15/1117613074/on-harley-quinn-love-reigns-with-a-side-of-chaos
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1117613074
"I've Never Had More Fun on a Project": Kyle Strahm on the Art and Adventure of Twig
By David Harper
August 16, 2022
https://sktchd.com/art-feature/kyle-strahm-art-feature-twig/
Neil Gaiman on the Power of Fantasy in our Lives
Ngofeen Mputubwele
New Yorker Radio Hour
August 19, 2022
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/segments/neil-gaiman-power-fantasy