Thursday, September 29, 2022

Salisbury, Derek, "Growing up with Vertigo: British Writers, DC, and the Maturation of American Comic Books" (2013). Graduate College Dissertations and Theses. 209.

https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/209

McAllister, M. P. (2001). Ownership concentration in the US comic book industry. Comics and ideology, 15-38.

online at http://www.personal.psu.edu/mpm15/C&IChapter2.pdf

Comics: Akron Printing Plant Helping To Fill Growing Demand For Booklet 'Funnies'

The Akron Beacon Journal

Akron, Ohio

10 Feb 1946, Sun • Page 18

Danner Books Fight Commies: Comic Pamphlets Ready For 'Fringe' Nations [The Korean Story giveaway]

The Akron Beacon Journal

Akron, Ohio

22 Oct 1950, Sun • Page 2

The Akron Beacon Journal

Akron, Ohio

10 Jan 1950, Tue • Page 32

Post Office Loses Comic Books, $9,000

online at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110370233/the-akron-beacon-journal/

Overheard in New York: Getting Laughs at the Comedy Cellar

By Jason Chatfield

September 29 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/overheard-in-new-york-getting-laughs-at-the-comedy-cellar

Overheard in New York: Browsing at Mood Fabrics

By Jenny Kroik

August 21, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/overheard-in-new-york-browsing-at-mood-fabrics

Overheard in New York

Cartoonists hit the streets for some stealth snooping.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/overheard-in-new-york

Overheard in New York: Strutting Around Fashion Week

By Emily Bernstein

September 15, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/overheard-in-new-york-strutting-around-fashion-week

Overheard in New York: Studying Wildlife at the Museum of Natural History

By Ellis Rosen

September 8, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/overheard-in-new-york-studying-wildlife-at-the-museum-of-natural-history

Overheard in New York: Artful Snooping at the Metropolitan Museum

By Will McPhail

August 28, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/overheard-in-new-york-artful-snooping-at-the-metropolitan-museum

Overheard in New York: Let's Go (Watch the) Mets

By Jared Nangle

May 29, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/overheard-in-new-york-lets-go-watch-the-mets

Overheard in New York: Riding the L Train

By Sofia Warren

May 16, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/overheard-in-new-york-riding-the-l-train

Overheard in New York: Lurking Along Canal Street

By Colin Tom

May 6, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/overheard-in-new-york-lurking-along-canal-street

Overheard in New York: O.K., Actually These Were in Newark Airport

By Asher Perlman

April 20, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/overheard-in-new-york-ok-actually-these-were-in-newark-airport

Fantom Comics signing 10/2 -- Kami Garcia, Isaac Goodhart, Alys Arden

CONSTANTINE DISTORTED ILLUSIONS & ZATANNA THE JEWL OF GRAVESEND SIGNING

>> SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2nd @ 12pm - 2pm

KAMI GARCIA and ISAAC GOODHART the creative team behind CONSTANTINE DISTORTED ILLUSIONS along with ALYS ARDEN from the creative team behind ZATANNA THE JEWL OF GRAVESEND will be coming to Fantom Comics on the first weekend of October to sign their books! Swing on by to get copies of your books signed while also getting the opportunity to meet the creators!

The Post on Wolverine and Deadpool's MCU returns

Hugh Jackman's Wolverine will make his surprise return in 'Deadpool 3'

Analysis by David Betancourt

Washington Post September 29, 2022 C3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/09/28/hugh-jackman-wolverine-deadpool-ryan-reynolds/

Nov 15: Book group discussion of Nora Krug via Goethe-Institut Washington

Goethe Book Club – Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 6:30 PM

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A book club discussion of "Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home" / "Heimat: Ein deutsches Familienalbum" (2018) by Nora Krug

By Goethe-Institut Washington

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Tue, Nov 15, 2022, 6:30 PM EST

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About this event

A book club discussion of Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home / Heimat: Ein deutsches Familienalbum (2018) by Nora Krug

Read and discuss works by German authors in this series hosted by the Goethe-Institut Washington. All books can be read in English or German; our discussion will be in English. Please Note: In order to participate in the online discussion (carried out over Zoom), registrants must obtain access to the work on their own. Hard copies of the book can be ordered through multiple vendors online; the eBook is also available for download to Kindle, iPad, and other digital reading platforms.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/28/22

"I Would Be Producing This Work Whether Anybody Bought It And Saw It Or Not": The Comics of J. Webster Sharp

Ryan Carey | September 28, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/i-would-be-producing-this-work-whether-anybody-bought-it-and-saw-it-or-not-the-comics-of-j-webster-sharp/

Tom Hanks wrote a novel about making a comic book movie

The book is Tom Hanks' first novel and first literary work inspired by his Hollywood career

Sam Barsanti

AV Club September 28 2022

https://www.avclub.com/tom-hanks-wrote-a-novel-about-making-a-comic-book-movie-1849589149

Tom Hanks Writes First Novel Inspired by 'Important Lessons' from His Hollywood Experiences

"Even the foolish moments [in the book] are some kind of stunt I've pulled or mistake I've survived," Tom Hanks tells PEOPLE of his novel

Benjamin VanHoose

September 27, 2022

https://people.com/movies/tom-hanks-reveals-cover-and-plot-details-of-new-novel-exclusive/

Tom Hanks Announces First Novel Inspired by His Filmmaking Experience

'The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece' is set to release in May 2023.

Christy Pina

September 27, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/tom-hanks-novel-making-of-another-major-motion-picture-masterpiece-1235228366/

Raising the Stakes for Crime Comics - An Interview with ROB HART, ALEX SEGURA, & JOE EISMA

tylerwhitton65

Comic Book Yeti September 27 2022

https://www.comicbookyeti.com/post/raising-the-stakes-for-crime-comics-an-interview-with-rob-hart-alex-segura-joe-eisma

Pageviews, assemble! Why there's no escaping the Marvel Cinematic Universe online

In 2022, few pop-culture brands move the needle, so newspaper blue-bloods and recipe sites alike rally around Marvel Cinematic Universe content as their last stand.

By Luke Winkie Sept. 27, 2022, 2:17 p.m.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/09/pageviews-assemble-why-theres-no-escaping-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-online/

Confrontation and Community in "7lbs 8oz"

In her stop-motion short, the filmmaker Yoo Lee mines her own experience of moving to Jersey City to explore what makes a neighborhood.

Film by Yoo Lee

Text by Ella Murdock Gardner

September 28, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/screening-room/confrontation-and-community-in-7lbs-8oz

Marvel's 'Blade' Loses Director Bassam Tariq (Exclusive)

The project, which stars Mahershala Ali, was gearing up to shoot in the fall.

By Aaron Couch, Borys Kit

September 27, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvels-blade-loses-director-bassam-tariq-2023-movie-1235228796/

Hugh Jackman Returning as Wolverine for 'Deadpool 3'

The film has a new release date: Sept. 6, 2024.

Aaron Couch

September 27, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/deadpool-3-hugh-jackman-returning-as-wolverine-1235228570/

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Joins Pantheon of Long Superhero Pics at Two Hours and 41 Minutes

The sequel will be the second-longest title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe behind 'Avengers: Endgame,' but it's notably shorter than DC's 2022 'The Batman,' which ran nearly three hours.

Pamela McClintock

September 27, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-runtime-mcu-movie-1235228098/

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/27/22

TWO COMIC SHOPS ROBBED THIS WEEK

Burglars Take Rare Comics in VA, Owner Injured in Armed Robbery in PA

by Brigid Alverson on September 23, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52219/two-comic-shops-robbed-this-week

Latino superheroes are saving the day in Hollywood

Mandalit del Barco

Morning Edition

September 27, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/27/1124084114/latino-superheroes-are-saving-the-day-in-hollywood

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2022/09/20220927_me_latino_superheroes_are_saving_the_day_in_hollywood_.mp3

Hobart cartoonist wins national award [greeting cards, Scott Jensen]

By Vicky Klukkert

Oneonta, NY Daily Star Sep 23, 2022

https://www.thedailystar.com/news/hobart-cartoonist-wins-national-award/article_40d03ebc-3b4c-11ed-beca-d33f4427e265.html

Queer Coming-of-Age Graphic Novel Under the Shadow of Church [RAVE, Jessica Campbell].

by Coco Picard

Hyperallergic September 26 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/747061/queer-coming-of-age-graphic-novel-under-the-shadow-of-church/

Final Space Creator Olan Rogers Shares Some Heartbreaking News [animation]

September 24, 2022

by Ray Flook

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/final-space-creator-olan-rogers-shares-some-heartbreaking-news/

Interview: The Great Gatsby Modernized in AWA's 'Gatsby'

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Sep 27, 2022

https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/264358-Interview-The-Great-Gatsby-Modernized-in-AWAs-Gatsby

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interview on updated Gatsby comic

Interview: The Great Gatsby Modernized in AWA's 'Gatsby'

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Sep 27, 2022

https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/264358-Interview-The-Great-Gatsby-Modernized-in-AWAs-Gatsby

Oct 14: John Gallagher at Bard's Alley

After Batgirl, I'm not buying this argument

Latino superheroes are saving the day in Hollywood

Morning Edition

September 27, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/27/1124084114/latino-superheroes-are-saving-the-day-in-hollywood

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2022/09/20220927_me_latino_superheroes_are_saving_the_day_in_hollywood_.mp3

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/26/22

A Sweaty Chat With Funny Pages Writer/Director Owen Kline

Mark Newgarden | September 26, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/a-sweaty-chat-with-owen-kline/

Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out exhibit review

by Bruce Guthrie

ComicsDC blog September 26, 2022

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2022/09/emotions-at-play-with-pixars-inside-out.html

Asking Todd McFarlane If He Will Ever Do Spawn/Spider-Man?

September 25, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/asking-todd-mcfarlane-if-he-will-ever-do-spawn-spider-man/?mc_cid=122285336e

Joshua Willamson on the 'Brave and the Bold' in 'Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths' #4 and what's next

David Brooke

September 6, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/06/dark-crisis-4-joshua-williamson-dc-comics/

Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #4: All the twists and turns explained by Joshua Williamson

As Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths hits its halfway point, Joshua Williamson unpacks the shocking development from the DC event's fourth issue

Interview by Sam Stone

Sept. 6, 2022

https://www.thepopverse.com/dark-crisis-on-infinite-earths-4-joshua-williamson-dc-comics

Si Spurrier and Charlie Adlard want to 'Damn Them All'

The pair's new occultist crime saga hits stores October 26 via BOOM! Studios.

Chris Coplan

September 26, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/26/damn-them-all-creator-qa/

X-Men Monday #173 – Gerry Duggan Talks 'Timing/Luck' Kickstarter and 'X-Men'

Chris Hassan

September 26, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/26/x-men-monday-gerry-duggan-timing-luck/

Kevin Feige felt it was "much too soon" after Chadwick Boseman's death to recast Black Panther

Kevin Feige and Ryan Coogler decided Black Panther: Wakanda Forever would incorporate Chadwick Boseman's loss, rather than gloss over it

Mary Kate Carr

AV Club September 26 2022

https://www.avclub.com/kevin-feige-too-soon-recast-black-panther-wakanda-1849582927

10 Iconic Hong Kong comic characters you need to know about

Read up on these before claiming yourself a Hongkonger

By Natalie Lam

Time Out Hong Kong

1 August 2020

https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/art/local-iconic-comic-cartoon-characters-hong-kong

Duy Tano

Dan Slott Career-Spanning Interview

Jul 4, 2022

The Comics Cube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efkb6_tE4Is

After Lambana Interview: Eliza Victoria and Mervin Malonzo [Philippines]

Jun 11, 2022

The Comics Cube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCtC1AZiUXI

Dan Jurgens Interview: The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary, and More

Aug 22, 2022

The Comics Cube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TefSdro9pQ

Bill Sienkiewicz Talks About Neal Adams

May 8, 2022

The Comics Cube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptbf-HoGThg

Dave Gibbons Interview: Watchmen, Superman, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, His Autobiography, More!

Mar 28, 2022

The Comics Cube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er5FTp5VS9E

Brian Bolland Career-Spanning Interview

Feb 28, 2022

The Comics Cube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hh9Xp03iD0

Josie Campbell Interview: She-Ra, Shazam, and Superman

Sep 2, 2022

The Comics Cube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGMCr10wFnE

Dan Panosian Interview: Canary on Comixology, the Image Revolution, and Frank Frazetta

Sep 5, 2022

The Comics Cube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvhUWhMfI3g

Neil Gaiman Interview: Story and Change in Sandman on Netflix

Aug 23, 2022

The Comics Cube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HENSncEg7JI

Steve Englehart Interview: Avengers, Batman, Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, and More

Duy Tano

Aug 1, 2022

The Comics Cube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6HtXxcGu0Q

Ashcan Press Sep 19 2022

Secret Mission?

Chapter 56: IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one | Kelly Thompson, part one

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/secret-mission

Ashcan Press Sep 26 2022

What are you talking about?

Chapter 58: IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode two | Kelly Thompson, part two

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/what-are-you-talking-about

CSotD EXTRA: Comic fans must now step up

by Mike Peterson

September 26, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/26/csotd-extra-comic-fans-must-now-step-up/

Monday, September 26, 2022

Andrew Aydin at Fantom Comics photos

Bruce Guthrie also went to Fantom Comics and caught the March / Run / Belle Reeve on Saturday. Photos are at http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2022_09_24B4_Aydin and http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2022_09_24B3_Fantom

Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out exhibit review

by Bruce Guthrie

A new interactive exhibit -- "Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out" -- opened last weekend at the National Children's Museum in downtown DC.

In case you're not familiar with the museum, it's had a somewhat nomadic life. The museum first opened in 1979 on H Street NW. In 2004-2009, it was a "museum without walls." In 2009-2015, it operated at National Harbor, Maryland. It opened at its current location in the Ronald Reagan Building on February 24, 2020 just before COVID hit, after which it was forced to close for 18 months. It's been reopened to the public since September 2, 2021.

I had never been to the museum in any of its locations before. My only interaction had been way back in 1988 when animation god Chuck Jones was going to be there for a gala event. I was 31 then and had no idea what a gala was. I called their office to ask about tickets and the person said "This is a black tie event." I said, "That's okay. I can buy a black tie." She responded with, "I don't think you know what a black tie event is..." She was right. I wrote to Chuck saying I had wanted to see him but couldn't afford a black tie. Unsolicited, he sent me a sketch -- "For Bruce -- Bugs Bunny in black tie -- which you may borrow for future events."

When the opportunity to see this new exhibit came up, I was happy to check it out.

The "Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out" exhibit was developed by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in collaboration with Pixar Animation Studios. It features a diverse number of parts oriented around the Pixar film, "Inside Out."

In case you somehow missed the 2015 film, it focuses on the "little voices inside your head" as the central character, Riley, tries to adjust to the cacophony of emotions that result from her family being relocated. In Riley's case, there are five emotions -- Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust -- trying to navigate Riley's long term memories and bring her back to functioning.

The film was the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2015 and won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. A sequel, "Inside Out 2," is scheduled to be released in 2024.

The exhibit features a number of independent components. Emotions, and the characters and its color palette -- yellow=joy, blue=sadness, red=anger, purple=fear, green=disgust -- tie all of them together.

From my experience, it seemed like the crowd favorite was "Emotions in Motion." You turn a dial to select your current emotion, put a large white ball into a hole whose color now reflects your chosen emotion, and turn the crank which advances the ball. The ball retains that color, separate from the other 100-ish balls in the system, until it makes it all the way through the serpentine circuit.

As a computer nerd, I loved that exhibit plus several other techie exhibits.
* "Memory Sphere": You write down a memory on a colored sheet of paper (five colors of course). When you put that sheet into a slot, the sensors recognize the color and change a glowing ball into that color. I never wrote anything down but was impressed at how the paper-reader-ball interacted.
* "Range of Emotions": You sit in a chair and look at a mirror. As you change your facial expression, a hidden camera reads your face and guesses what emotion(s) it's showing. Five differently-colored tubes below the mirror indicate what emotional mix it's detecting.

I also enjoyed "Imagination Land" which has spinners where you watch various bits spin around in their patterns. It wasn't at all high-tech, but I found the sights and sounds of it mesmerizing.

As an animation geek, I enjoyed "Designing the Mind World" which had reproductions of some of the 20,000+ drawings and paintings created during the visual development of "Inside Out."

I wasn't personally excited by the other areas but that's just personal taste -- kids and adults were playing at all of them:
* "Control Panel" -- A sound console where you're asked to create sounds that reflect emotions. This one was quite popular.
* "Dream Productions" -- A mini-stage area to create and act out skits with stick characters and stick props
* "Emotion Mirrors" -- Five mirrors which change as you come near them.
* "Train of Thought" -- You maneuver your ball (train) down a slat, trying to keep the ball from falling off.
* "Managing Our Emotions Maze" -- a console maze where people are encouraged to work together to get their ball in the desired emotional basket.
* "Emotion Blocks" -- A section with emotion-shaped blocks where you try to balance them on a crescent-shaped rocking piece.

In most cases, working with someone improves the experience so teamwork and parent-child cooperation is a plus. People can also do them solo if desired.

All signage was in both English and Spanish and in most cases the languages were given equal billing. Typically, one side of a sign was in English, the other Spanish.

The exhibit is really well built and battle tested. It debuted at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh (Fall 2021) then moved to the Museum of Science in Boston (Spring 2022), DiscoveryCube in Los Angeles (Summer 2022), and it's here in DC until January 8, 2023.

The exhibit is included with the regular National Children's Museum entry fee. Their website is https://nationalchildrensmuseum.org/ More photographs can be seen here.

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/29/22

Fantom Comics signing 10/2 -- Kami Garcia, Isaac Goodhart, Alys Arden

The Post on Wolverine and Deadpool's MCU returns

Hugh Jackman's Wolverine will make his surprise return in 'Deadpool 3'

Nov 15: Book group discussion of Nora Krug via Goethe-Institut Washington

Goethe Book Club – Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home

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About this event

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/28/22

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/27/22

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interview on updated Gatsby comic

Interview: The Great Gatsby Modernized in AWA's 'Gatsby'

Oct 14: John Gallagher at Bard's Alley

After Batgirl, I'm not buying this argument

Latino superheroes are saving the day in Hollywood

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/26/22

Monday, September 26, 2022

Andrew Aydin at Fantom Comics photos

Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out exhibit review

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