Thursday, November 03, 2022

This is the first big push into e-commerce for the streaming service, following a September report from saying that Disney was exploring an Amazon Prime style membership program.

Caitlin Huston

November 1, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-launches-exclusive-e-commerce-offering-for-streaming-subscribers-1235252798/

EXCLUSIVE: Read Karen Berger's intro to the G.I.L.T. collected edition

The collected edition of the time-travelling series from Alisa Kwitney and Mauricet is out in stores this week.

Joe Grunenwald

11/02/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-g-i-l-t-intro-karen-berger/

An Interview with November Garcia.

Nora and Amaris

Autobiographix November 2 2022

https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-november-garcia

INTERVIEW: Mark Silvestri talks BATMAN/THE JOKER: THE DEADLY DUO

Joe Grunenwald

11/02/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/mark-silvestri-batman-the-joker-the-deadly-duo-interview/

Riad Sattouf is Forever Young in 'Esther's Notebooks'

By Meg Lemke

Oct 28, 2022

A version of this article appeared in the 10/31/2022 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Forever Young

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/90774-riad-sattouf-is-forever-young-in-esther-s-notebooks.html

Big in Ohio: A Massive Justin Green Exhibit and CXC's Triumphant Return

John Kelly | November 2, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/big-in-ohio-a-massive-justin-green-exhibit-and-cxcs-triumphant-return/

'Captain America 4': Sam Wilson Will Clash With Thunderbolt Ross Says Producer Nate Moore

By Tamera Jones

October 30 2022

https://collider.com/captain-america-4-new-world-order-sam-wilson-thunderbolt-ross-nate-moore-comments/

No Crying In Superheroes: Rich Koslowski Talks F.A.R.M. System

October 22, 2022 Derek McCaw

https://fanboyplanet.com/no-crying-in-superheroes/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzXrqoHZj8g

Wednesday, November 02, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/1/22

FIRST COMICBOOKS FOR TROOPS DAY WILL BE VETERANS DAY

To Support Free Comics for Members of the Military

Brigid Alverson on October 31, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52527/first-comicbooks-troops-day-will-be-veterans-day

Gender Queer, Focus of $600,000 Political TV Ad Campaign in Maine

October 31, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gender-queer-the-focus-of-600000-political-tv-ad-campaign-in-maine/

Diamond Retailer Summit Surveys Changing Comics Industry

by Heidi MacDonald

Nov 01, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/90787-diamond-retailer-summit-surveys-changing-comics-industry.html

The Sandman: Neil Gaiman Explains Why You're Lacking in Morpheus Merch

October 31, 2022

by Ray Flook

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-sandman-neil-gaiman-explains-why-youre-lacking-in-morpheus-merch/

George O. Frink: A Pioneer in Queer Cartooning (part two)

Kevin Cooley

November 1 2022

https://themiddlespaces.com/2022/11/01/george-o-frink-part-two/

Día de los Angelitos – Kathryn Barbara Kelly [Pogo]

D. D. Degg

November 1, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/11/01/dia-de-los-angelitos-kathryn-barbara-kelly/

'Himawari House' Wins 2022 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature

by SLJ Staff

Oct 28, 2022 https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/Himawari-House-Wins-2022-Kirkus-Prize-for-Young-Readers-Literature

Gene Luen Yang Wins 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature | News Bites

by SLJ Staff

Oct 27, 2022

https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/Gene-Luen-Yang-Wins-2023-NSK-Neustadt-Prize-for-Childrens-and-Young-Adult-Literature-News-Bites

Writer and Illustrator Kate Beaton Opens up About Her Revealing New Graphic Memoir

"I Believed People When They Told Me I Had No Power, but You Always Have Power, You Always Have a Voice"

Matt Baume

Oct 31, 2022

https://www.thestranger.com/interview/2022/10/31/78667388/writer-and-illustrator-kate-beaton-opens-up-about-her-revealing-new-graphic-memoir

Kate Beaton on the Grueling Task of Writing a Picture Book and Her New Memoir

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books

November 1, 2022

https://lithub.com/kate-beaton-on-the-grueling-task-of-writing-a-picture-book-and-her-new-memoir/

Best-selling Cape Breton author pens memoir offering insight into oil-camp life [Kate Beaton]

Alex MacIsaac

CTVNewsAtlantic.ca Oct. 26, 2022

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/best-selling-cape-breton-author-pens-memoir-offering-insight-into-oil-camp-life-1.6125584

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Talks to Star in Marvel Studios Series 'Wonder Man'

Borys Kit

October 31, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wonder-man-marvel-yahya-abdul-mateen-ii-cast-1235244373/

Hayao Miyazaki's Beautiful, Broken Worlds

"Shuna's Journey," a newly translated manga by the celebrated children's animator, asks what it's like to be a child in a world that is dead or dying.

By Sam Thielman

November 1, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/hayao-miyazakis-beautiful-broken-worlds

Get Graphic: Decomposing Composition with Year Zero's Goran Sudžuka [Croatia]

Interview by Tro

**Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/1/22

FIRST COMICBOOKS FOR TROOPS DAY WILL BE VETERANS DAY

To Support Free Comics for Members of the Military

Brigid Alverson on October 31, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52527/first-comicbooks-troops-day-will-be-veterans-day

Gender Queer, Focus of $600,000 Political TV Ad Campaign in Maine

October 31, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gender-queer-the-focus-of-600000-political-tv-ad-campaign-in-maine/

Diamond Retailer Summit Surveys Changing Comics Industry

by Heidi MacDonald

Nov 01, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/90787-diamond-retailer-summit-surveys-changing-comics-industry.html

The Sandman: Neil Gaiman Explains Why You're Lacking in Morpheus Merch

October 31, 2022

by Ray Flook

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-sandman-neil-gaiman-explains-why-youre-lacking-in-morpheus-merch/

George O. Frink: A Pioneer in Queer Cartooning (part two)

Kevin Cooley

November 1 2022

https://themiddlespaces.com/2022/11/01/george-o-frink-part-two/

Día de los Angelitos – Kathryn Barbara Kelly [Pogo]

D. D. Degg

November 1, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/11/01/dia-de-los-angelitos-kathryn-barbara-kelly/

'Himawari House' Wins 2022 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature

by SLJ Staff

Oct 28, 2022 https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/Himawari-House-Wins-2022-Kirkus-Prize-for-Young-Readers-Literature

Gene Luen Yang Wins 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature | News Bites

by SLJ Staff

Oct 27, 2022

https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/Gene-Luen-Yang-Wins-2023-NSK-Neustadt-Prize-for-Childrens-and-Young-Adult-Literature-News-Bites

Writer and Illustrator Kate Beaton Opens up About Her Revealing New Graphic Memoir

"I Believed People When They Told Me I Had No Power, but You Always Have Power, You Always Have a Voice"

Matt Baume

Oct 31, 2022

https://www.thestranger.com/interview/2022/10/31/78667388/writer-and-illustrator-kate-beaton-opens-up-about-her-revealing-new-graphic-memoir

Kate Beaton on the Grueling Task of Writing a Picture Book and Her New Memoir

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books

November 1, 2022

https://lithub.com/kate-beaton-on-the-grueling-task-of-writing-a-picture-book-and-her-new-memoir/

Best-selling Cape Breton author pens memoir offering insight into oil-camp life [Kate Beaton]

Alex MacIsaac

CTVNewsAtlantic.ca Oct. 26, 2022

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/best-selling-cape-breton-author-pens-memoir-offering-insight-into-oil-camp-life-1.6125584

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Talks to Star in Marvel Studios Series 'Wonder Man'

Borys Kit

October 31, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wonder-man-marvel-yahya-abdul-mateen-ii-cast-1235244373/

Hayao Miyazaki's Beautiful, Broken Worlds

"Shuna's Journey," a newly translated manga by the celebrated children's animator, asks what it's like to be a child in a world that is dead or dying.

By Sam Thielman

November 1, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/hayao-miyazakis-beautiful-broken-worlds

Get Graphic: Decomposing Composition with Year Zero's Goran Sudžuka [Croatia]

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Oct 31, 2022

https://previewsworld.com/Article/264963-Get-Graphic-Decomposing-Composition-with-Year-Zeros-Goran-Sud

Love and Rockets: The Great American Comic Book | Artbound | Season 13, Episode 1 | KCET

KCET

Oct 6, 2022

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

y-Jeffrey Allen

Oct 31, 2022

https://previewsworld.com/Article/264963-Get-Graphic-Decomposing-Composition-with-Year-Zeros-Goran-Sud

Love and Rockets: The Great American Comic Book | Artbound | Season 13, Episode 1 | KCET

KCET

Oct 6, 2022

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

Tuesday, November 01, 2022

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Goran Sudžuka of Croatia

Get Graphic: Decomposing Composition with Year Zero's Goran Sudžuka [Croatia]

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Oct 31, 2022

https://previewsworld.com/Article/264963-Get-Graphic-Decomposing-Composition-with-Year-Zeros-Goran-Sud

Former local political cartoonist Al Goodwyn's latest

Goodwyn Cartoons 11/1/22

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/31/22

'Stargirl' Ending With Season 3 on The CW

Lesley Goldberg

The DC Comics drama from creator Geoff Johns joins the likes of 'The Flash' and 'Riverdale' in coming to its conclusion in the current 2022-23 broadcast cycle.

October 31, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stargirl-season-3-the-cw-1235251789/

Tragicomedy in Britain; Amid the turmoil, the Telegraph's gifted cartoonist offers relief.

Theodore Dalrymple

October 25, 2022

https://www.city-journal.org/matt-pritchett-sketches-britains-political-tragicomedy

Britain's political cartoonists: Speaking truth to power for 200 years

Charles Harris October 7, 2022

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-and-antiques/britains-political-cartoonists-speaking-truth-to-power-for-200-years-248440

Lakewood Ranch 12-year-old delivers comic strip plot twists with pet rat 'Pretzel'

Lily Wojtkowski turns her love of doodling into a comic book featuring her pet rat, Pretzel.

Liz Ramos

Oct. 21, 2022

https://www.yourobserver.com/article/lakewood-ranch-12-year-old-delivers-comic-strip-plot-twists-with-pet-rat-pretzel

How the cartoonist behind The Addams Family defused fear, with dead-on humor

Allyson McCabe

Morning Edition October 27, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1129540641/charles-addams-cartoonist-new-yorker

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2022/10/20221031_me_how_the_cartoonist_behind_the_addams_family_defused_fear_with_dead-on_humor.mp3

October 28, 2022 by Sarah McCosham

It's Bizarre To Think That Ohio Is Home To The World's Largest Collection Of Cartoons And Comics, But It's True [Billy Ireland]

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/ohio/worlds-largest-collection-of-cartoon-art-oh/

Why Layoffs and Cancellations Have Sparked Industry-wide Worry Among Animators

Gita Jackson

IGN Middle East Oct. 28, 2022,

https://me.ign.com/en/tv-shows/202826/feature/why-layoffs-and-cancellations-have-sparked-industry-wide-worry-among-animators

COVID, Comics & Manga: A Talk with Juan Albarran, the Mangaka from Spain

Ritesh Babu and Ari Bard | October 31, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/covid-comics-manga-a-talk-with-juan-albarran-the-mangaka-from-spain/

Cultural Footprint [covid autobiography]

by Mike Dawson

The Nib October 31, 2022

https://thenib.com/cultural-footprint/

Members' Virtual Lecture for "American Alternative Comics" with John McCoy (Sept. 14, 2022)

mcmullen museum

Sep 16, 2022

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

INTERVIEW: Paul O'Flanagan, Writer/Director of the Best Spooky Cartoon You've Never Seen

In Memento Mori, Mark Gatiss voices a post-mortem photographer in Victorian Dublin. [Ireland]

Johanna Draper Carlson

10/31/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-paul-oflanagan-writer-director-of-the-best-spooky-cartoon-youve-never-seen/

Using Superheroes to Sell, This Time to Adults [merchandising]

By Alyson Krueger

A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 31, 2022, Section B, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: Companies Enlist Superheroes to Sell Their Products, but This Time to Adults.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/business/retail-superhero-products.html

Electronic Arts Strikes Three-Game Deal With Marvel

The partnership starts with an Iron Man game

Lucas Shaw

October 31, 2022,

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-31/electronic-arts-strikes-three-game-deal-with-marvel

Adrian Tomine's "Fall Sweep"

The artist discusses walking for inspiration and working collaboratively.

By Françoise Mouly

October 31, 2022

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

October 13, 2022

Alumnus Jim Lee '86 Conducts Comic Book Workshop for Students

Steve Runk

https://arts.princeton.edu/news/2022/10/alumnus-jim-lee-86-conducts-comic-book-workshop-for-students/

Ward Sutton Wins 2022 Berryman Cartoonist Award

Boston Globe cartoonist's work is "just powerful," NPF judges say

Oct 31, 2022

https://nationalpress.org/award-story/ward-sutton-wins-2022-berryman-cartoonist-award/

Henry Selick, director of Nightmare Before Christmas and Wendell & Wild, is ready to get his due

Stop-motion master Henry Selick talks about working with Tim Burton and Key & Peele, and the future of animation

Todd Gilchrist

AV Club October 31 2022

https://www.avclub.com/henry-selick-nightmare-christmas-wendell-wild-burton-1849712802

Get Bewitched By GoComics' New Feature, "Curses!"

by GoComics Team

October 31, 2022

https://www.gocomics.com/blog/4992/get-bewitched-by-gocomics-new-feature-curses

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode seven | Zeb Wells, part one

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/when-they-hear-youve-attacked-a-diplomatic

Is the Multiverse Where Originality Goes to Die?

The concept helps entertainment companies like Marvel Studios recycle old characters—but it can also unlock new kinds of storytelling.

By Stephanie Burt

October 31, 2022

Published in the print edition of the November 7, 2022, issue, with the headline "The Never-Ending Story."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/07/is-the-multiverse-where-originality-goes-to-die

The Enduring Impact of Marvel's Black Panther

Black Panther's impact on the film industry went beyond the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

By Brendan Bell | October 31, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-enduring-impact-of-marvels-black-panther/

Quick Reviews: Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!

By Claire Rhode

October 31, 2022

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2022/10/quick-reviews-trick-or-treat-scooby-doo.html

Monday, October 31, 2022

Quick Reviews: Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!

By Claire Rhode

Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022) is a love letter to the franchise, but Warner Bros isn't Shakespeare. The premise of the film is that every case from the original series had one mastermind behind the costume villains -- Coco Diablo. Coco is suave, knows her way around a wardrobe, and has a cat for a personal assistant (an opportunity, as always, for Scooby Doo to hate cats. Rude boy). However, when Mystery Inc. tracks down Coco, they create a whole new problem: without good costumed creeps, there are no new monsters to chase. At least, there are no new monsters until the gang's ancient doppelgangers show up to wreck havoc on Halloween, which means that the gang has to team up with an unexpected ally.

Not the sort of doppelganger you want to run into in a dark alley

This movie isn't deep, but it is a fun romp that managed to give each member of the gang their own subplot, which is rare in a Scooby-Doo movie. Velma's reveal is well-known -- if you saw the clips of her swooning over Coco Diablo, you're not alone. And, honestly, I respect Velma's taste. Daphne is questioning her place in the gang. Fred doesn't know how to live in a world without weirdos dressing up in costumes trying to commit land related crimes. And Shaggy and Scooby? Well, theirs is food focused, of course.

Some pros include:

Fun music! Wouldn't be a Scooby-Doo chase scene without it.
A morally grey character. Weird, but Scooby-Doo rarely goes there.
Refined versions of the characters we started to see in the earlier Mystery Incorporated series. Each member of the gang gets a bit more personality than we saw in the original series, but they are definitely reliant on fans already recognizing aspects of the characters from Mystery Incorporated specifically - so they've brought in Fred's himbo energy (but toned him down a bit so he isn't too stupid to live), given Daphne agency, explored Velma's sexuality without having to include a character named Hot Dog Water, and actually differentiated a bit between Shaggy and Scooby's personalities.

Hot Dog Water, for the uninitiated

Pulls off a twist ending. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to solve a Doo mystery, but I do like when they at least try to throw you for a loop.

Some cons:

Scooby-Doo supports the prison-industrial complex.
The animation, a return to an almost traditional 2D style, occasionally veers into uncanny valley, especially with some facial expressions.
Mostly I liked it, but there is a little part of my heart that gets grumpy when they retcon or change things about earlier series.
The shushing librarian stereotype. We've moved past it. Our librarian training is firmly anti-shushing. That said, I do love that a scene happened in a library!

I consider myself a Scooby-Doo aficionado. I've been watching since I was a kid. I've seen the rough ones. I've sat through Scrappy-Doo episodes on purpose. Trick or Treat won't be going down on my list of favorites, but I've seen it twice now and I can imagine rewatching again next Halloween season. It's delightful, lighthearted, and includes a lot of Easter eggs and small callbacks for fans of the franchise. Overall, I give Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! four out of five stars.

Claire Rhode, a former children's bookseller, is now studying to be a youth librarian.

Ward Sutton wins Berryman award from NPF

Ward Sutton Wins 2022 Berryman Cartoonist Award

Boston Globe cartoonist's work is "just powerful," NPF judges say

Oct 31, 2022

https://nationalpress.org/award-story/ward-sutton-wins-2022-berryman-cartoonist-award/

Happy Halloween! from Arlington's Mike Jenkins

After 2 versions of his wildly successful Trump pumpkin (or Trumpkin), the caricaturist has turned to another world 'leader', and has created a Putin pumpkin for Halloween.

Mike's website is https://www.capitalartworks.com/

NPR on Charles Addams

How the cartoonist behind The Addams Family defused fear, with dead-on humor

Allyson McCabe

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1129540641/charles-addams-cartoonist-new-yorker

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2022/10/20221031_me_how_the_cartoonist_behind_the_addams_family_defused_fear_with_dead-on_humor.mp3

Thursday, November 03, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/2/22

Wednesday, November 02, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/1/22

Tuesday, November 01, 2022

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Goran Sudžuka of Croatia

Get Graphic: Decomposing Composition with Year Zero's Goran Sudžuka [Croatia]

Former local political cartoonist Al Goodwyn's latest

Goodwyn Cartoons 11/1/22

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/31/22

Monday, October 31, 2022

Quick Reviews: Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!

Ward Sutton wins Berryman award from NPF

Happy Halloween! from Arlington's Mike Jenkins

NPR on Charles Addams

How the cartoonist behind The Addams Family defused fear, with dead-on humor

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