Saturday, January 21, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/20/23

PODCAST: Ep. 85 - Chainsaw Man vol 1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Deb Aoki et. al.

MSX: Mangasplaining Extra

January 20 2023

https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/podcast-ep-85-chainsaw-man-vol-1


In Memoriam: Jason Pearson
Scoop January 20 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=266296

 

Amazon Layoffs Hit Comixology Staff

The retail giant's plan to cut 18,000 jobs in its stores division majorly affected Comixology workers.

By Emell Derra Adolphus

Jan 20, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/91339-amazon-layoffs-hit-comixology-staff.html

 

Comic Book Folk React To ComiXology Layoffs

ComiXology is to lose a lot of staffers, and service changes are expected to follow. Here's how a number of comic book industry folk reacted to the news.


 January 19, 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-book-folk-react-to-comixology-layoffs/

 

So Many Of Us Website Updates For 2023 Regarding Warren Ellis

It has been almost a year since the last update to the website SoManyOfUs.com regarding the actions of Warren Ellis. Today, we got a new update.


 January 19, 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/so-many-of-us-website-updates-for-2023-regarding-warren-ellis/

 

INTERVIEW: How the Critical Role team keeps fans on their toes with VOX MACHINA Season 2

Expect dungeons, dragons, drugs and much more this season!

Taimur Dar

01/20/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-critical-role-vox-machina-season-2/

 

Let's Kick Some Ice – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | January 20, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/lets-kick-some-ice-this-weeks-links/

 

Julia Wertz Says Goodbye to All That

By Meg Lemke

Jan 13, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 01/16/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Goodbye to All That

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/91286-julia-wertz-says-goodbye-to-all-that.html

 

Eric Nguyen on His New Comic "White Savior" and Turning Tropes on Their Head

By Chris Cole | January 19th, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/eric-nguyen-white-savior/

 

"I Always Think that Humor is the Best Way to Get Any Message Across" – Eric Nguyen on Subverting a Narrative Trope in 'White Savior' from Dark Horse

by Andy Oliver

January 17, 2023

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/dark-horse-eric-nguyen-white-savior/

 

A Case Against Autobio and Why I'll Keep Doing It by Rachel Lindsay

Rachel Lindsay

January 18, 2023

https://solrad.co/a-case-against-autobio-and-why-ill-keep-doing-it-by-rachel-lindsay

 

Inside Look: A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings – Will Betke-Brunswick Talks About Their Graphic Memoir on the Mother-Child Relationship, Loss, and Coming Out as Genderqueer

by Will Betke-Brunswick

January 17, 2023

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/inside-look-pros-cons-will-betke-brunswick/

 

Off Panel #384: Three Bears with Rob Guillory

David Harper

Jan 16, 2023

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-384-three-bears-with-rob-guillory

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Rob_Guillory_2023.mp3

 

Calvin Reid : An Appreciation [2016 interview]

wordballoon January 18 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDeE386R8vM

 

Paul Allor welcomes us to 'The Butterfly House'

The existential horror story is currently crowdfunding via Zoop.

Chris Coplan

January 19, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/01/19/the-butterfly-house-qa/

 

'Mindset' creators offer a series deep dive; Zack Kaplan, John Pearson, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou talk twists, goals, and the future (?)
David Canham
January 17, 2023
https://aiptcomics.com/2023/01/17/mindset-exit-interview/

 

Artists Hit by Rains and Flooding Look to Emergency Relief Funds [Silver Sprocket comics shop]

Sarah Hotchkiss

KQED Jan 12 2023

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13923633/bay-area-artists-losses-rains-flooding-emergency-relief-funds

 

The Daily Heller: No Sense Makes Sense [collector Glenn Bray]

By Steven Heller

The Daily Heller January 13, 2023

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-no-sense-makes-sense/

 

WWACommendations: Olivia Stephens, Oshi No Ko, Maybe Meant to Be and More [reviews]

  Alenka Figa January 18, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/01/wwacommendations-olivia-stephens-and-more/

 

WWAC's Favorite Big Press Comics of 2022 [Reviews]

  Kayleigh Hearn January 16, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/01/wwacs-favorite-big-press-comics-of-2022/

 

Spain's pandemic-fuelled addiction to Manga sparks sales surge

By Rory Armstrong
Euro News (January 16 2023
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/01/16/spains-pandemic-fuelled-addiction-to-manga-sparks-sales-surge

 

Europe's biggest manga launch: France prints 250,000 copies of One Piece's 100th edition

By Shannon McDonagh  with AFP
Euro News (December 7 2021

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/12/07/europe-s-biggest-manga-launch-france-prints-250-000-copies-of-one-piece-s-100th-edition

 

One Piece celebrates its 25th anniversary as final saga of the best-selling manga begins
By Jonny Walfisz  with AFP 
Euro News (July 22 2022
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/07/21/one-piece-celebrates-its-25th-anniversary-as-final-saga-of-the-best-selling-manga-begins

 

Manga and anime helping Tomakomai to boost tourism sector

Sustainability key to anime tourism

Hokkaido Shimbun Jan 16, 2023
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/16/national/tomokomai-anime-manga/

 

Comparative analysis on the creative industry ecosystem in nurturing sustainable innovation [Indonesia]

January 2023

Conference: ADADA 2022

Gideon K Frederick, Aditya Satyagraha, Bryan Arfiandy

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366877881_Comparative_analysis_on_the_creative_industry_ecosystem_in_nurturing_sustainable_innovation

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gideon-Frederick/publication/366877881_Comparative_analysis_on_the_creative_industry_ecosystem_in_nurturing_sustainable_innovation/links/63b69d97097c7832ca90e974/Comparative-analysis-on-the-creative-industry-ecosystem-in-nurturing-sustainable-innovation.pdf

 

'New Gods: Yang Jian' Review: 'Cowboy Bebop' Without the Bop

By Robert Daniels

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 20, 2023, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: New Gods: Yang Jian.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/movies/new-gods-yang-jian-review.html

 

Exhibit celebrates Long Island comics genius behind Archie [Stan Goldberg]

By Mary Gregory

Newsday January 16, 2023 
https://www.newsday.com/beta/lifestyle/long-island-events/stan-goldberg-archie-holzwlwb

 

Deborah Harford /  Legible Inc.2023.

Legible Partners with King Features Syndicate to Provide Iconic Comic Books [Canada]

BUSINESS WIRE January 19, 2023 

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230119005205/en/Legible-Partners-with-King-Features-Syndicate-to-Provide-Iconic-Comic-Books

 

Most Cover Appearances of a Klein Logo

Todd Klein
Todd's Blog January 17, 2023.
https://kleinletters.com/Blog/most-cover-appearances-of-a-klein-logo/

 

The Story Of The Failed, Comic-Inspired Dilbert Burrito
By Chase Shustack|Jan. 19, 2023

https://www.thedailymeal.com/1173040/the-story-of-the-failed-comic-inspired-dilbert-burrito/

 

INTERVIEW: Producer Peter Hastings goes on a world tour with KUNG FU PANDA: THE DRAGON KNIGHT

"Po just takes up and fills so much space in a good way. I was happy to do this sideways trip."

Taimur Dar

01/20/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-peter-hastings-kung-fu-panda-the-dragon-knight/

 

Franklin, first Black 'Peanuts' character, gets his due just in time for MLK Day at Piner High School in Santa Rosa

KERRY BENEFIELD

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

January 16, 2023,

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/putting-franklin-on-a-pedestal-first-black-peanuts-character-gets-his-du/?artslide=1

 

 

Joshua Williamson Talks Superman, Dark Crisis And More

wordballoon

January 19 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Q0y9a2zPA

 

Chip Zdarsky Batman DD and Your Questions

wordballoon

 Jan 18, 2023

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

 

Cullen Bunn on Red Zone from AWA Studios

AWA Studios

Jan 19, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm4JsnAPBys

 

Fabian Nicieza investigates THE SELF-MADE WIDOW! [novel]

Andrew Sumner

Forbidden Planet TV

Jan 19, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyCAj4NzEP8

 

Millar Time EP10 - Dan DiDio

Millar Time

Jan 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0ZZP_a01tQ

 

Randall Park's Long Wait for Shortcomings

The Fresh Off the Boat star makes his directorial debut with the adaptation of a graphic novel, an Asian American story he waited 15 years to tell.

 

By Rebecca Ford

January 20, 2023

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/01/sundance-preview-randall-park-shortcomings

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/19/23

Jason Pearson, Comics Artist, Dead at 52

By Russ Burlingame - January 17, 2023

https://comicbook.com/comics/news/jason-pearson-comics-artist-dead-at-52/

 

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: TOKYOPOP PROMOTES MARC VISNICK TO COO & PUBLISHER

Former TKO, Ingram Exec Credited With Expanding Market Share and Streamlining Production

 Brigid Alverson on January 18, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53102/people-move-tokyopop-promotes-marc-visnick-coo-publisher

 

ICV2 INTERVIEW: HEAVY METAL INTERIM CEO MARSHALL LEES

On New Management, Office Furloughs, and Magazine Relaunch

by Brigid Alverson on January 18, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53101/icv2-interview-heavy-metal-interim-ceo-marshall-lees

 

CULLEN BUNN TO HEAD UP NEW HORROR IMPRINT

Featuring Sword & Sorcery, Action Tales, and More

by Brigid Alverson on January 18, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53095/cullen-bunn-head-up-new-horror-imprint

 

BLOODBATH AT COMIXOLOGY: Mass Layoffs at Amazon's Digital Comics Company

Milton Griepp on January 19, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53103/bloodbath-comixology

 

Major Layoffs Reported At Amazon And ComiXology

ComiXology staffers are reporting widescale redundancies today across the digital comics publisher and distributor, as well as its parent company, Amazon.


January 18, 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/major-layoffs-reported-at-amazon-and-comixology/

 

Is All Of ComiXology Being Laid Off? There's Conflicting Information

We previously reported mass layoffs at Amazon and ComiXology, but it may be worse than we first thought. Here are more experiences from ComiXology employees today.


  January 18, 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/is-all-of-comixology-being-laid-off-theres-conflicting-information/

 

Adult Graphic Novel sales rose 4.6% in 2022

More than 35 million units were sold in '22.

Heidi MacDonald

01/19/2023 
https://www.comicsbeat.com/adult-graphic-novel-sales-rose-4-6-in-2022/

 

'Jam Van' Dares to Ask: What if Family Road Trips Were Actually Fun? [animation; in print as Tour Companions Smooth the Bumps of Family Trips].

New York Times Jan. 19, 2023, Section C, Page 3

By Laurel Graeber

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/arts/television/jam-van-youtube-kids.html

 

INTERVIEW: Joanne Starer talks THE GIMMICK and answering wrestling's "calling"

"It's a business full of people willing to destroy their bodies to get the approval of strangers."

Joe Grunenwald

01/19/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/joanne-starer-the-gimmick-interview-ahoy-comics/

 

Tilting at Windmills #293: What's Wrong with the Periodical??? [sales]

01/19/2023 

By Brian Hibbs

https://www.comicsbeat.com/tiilting-at-windmills-293-whats-wrong-with-the-periodical-comics/

 

INTERVIEW: The creative team behind GODFELL discusses killing God

The new fantasy series is set to hit stores on February 22

Deanna Destito

01/19/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-the-creative-team-behind-godfell-discusses-killing-god/

 

Eight Graphic Works that Offer Fresh Perspectives on the Past | Stellar Panels

by Brigid Alverson
Jan 18, 2023

https://www.slj.com/story/eight-graphic-works-that-offer-fresh-perspectives-on-the-past-stellar-panels-graphic-novels

 

3 More PENGUIN CLASSICS MARVEL COLLECTION Editions Arrive September 2023

The Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men will be the next titles featured in the Penguin Classics Marvel Collection line.

Avery Kaplan

01/19/2023 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/3-more-penguin-classics-marvel-collection-arrive-september-2023/

 

Marvel and Foot Locker Reveal X-Men Collection by Diadora

Cy Beltran

01/19/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-and-foot-locker-x-men-collection-diadora/

 

Inside the Comixology bloodbath: All jobs at Comixology have been eliminated

Heidi MacDonald

01/19/2023 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/inside-the-comixology-bloodbath/

 

January 19, 2023

X-Men: A Firestar Is Born

Creators Steve Foxe and Andrea Di Vito discuss shining a spotlight on Angelica Jones in 'X-Men Annual' #1!

by Ben Morse

https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/x-men-annual-2022-steve-foxe-andrea-di-vito-firestar-interview

 

Taniguchi Jirō and His Gekiga Years

Natsume Fusanosuke | January 19, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/taniguchi-jiro-and-his-gekiga-years/

 

Adams, Lynette and Emily Putnam. 2023.

Pulitzer Prize winning artist creates Damar Hamlin mural in Buffalo [Adam Zyglis].

WHEC (January 18): https://www.whec.com/top-news/pulitzer-prize-winning-artist-creates-damar-hamlin-mural-in-buffalo/

 

Artist's work draws lots of attention in 2022; Waconia resident and syndicated cartoonist Dave Granlund notches trio of Top 10 works

    By Al Lohman

    Sun Patriot Newspapers January 19 2023

    https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_patriot/community/artist-s-work-draws-lots-of-attention-in-2022/article_6eaaa608-97f2-11ed-bb32-57c752c2f4b5.html

 

In Memoriam: Beano "Bash Street Kids" artist David Sutherland OBE

By John Freeman on January 19, 2023

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-beano-bash-street-kids-artist-david-sutherland-obe/

 

Wife's tribute to David Sutherland OBE after death of legendary Beano artist from Broughty Ferry

By Chris Ferguson

January 19 2023,

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/obituaries/4073023/wifes-tribute-to-david-sutherland-obe-after-death-of-legendary-beano-artist-from-broughty-ferry/

 

Beano's Bash Street Kids artist David Sutherland dies

BBC January 19 2023

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-64339747

 

Children's literature in China: from Lu Xun to Mao Zedong [inc. comics chapter]

Mary Ann Farquhar. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1999.

 

Billionaires and Space: An Investigation

Why are the world's richest men so intent on leaving the planet? Motives vary. For example, one just wants to rub his scent glands on the moon.

By Emily Flake

Published in the print edition of the January 23, 2023, issue, with the headline "Billionaires: Why Do They Want to Go to Space?."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/23/billionaires-and-space-an-investigation

 

New Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition online now for free

Michael Rhode and John A. Lent. 2023. Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition. Arlington, VA: ComicsDC. Online at https://archive.org/details/crb-2022-final-edition or https://www.academia.edu/95385704/Comics_Research_Bibliography_2022_E_book_Edition


The Comics Research Bibliography began as an online resource in 1996. John Bullough, struck by the success of the Grand Comics Database crowd-sourcing project, proposed a companion project of a compilation of works about comics. Michael Rhode was the only member to join him in compiling an online Comics Research Bibliography. Bullough selected a citation format and created a web interface hosted on his school's server. We both contributed citations, from our local newspapers and collections, especially from Rhode's books and magazines. In the early days of the Internet, we were unaware of John Lent's similar project which he had started for an academic publisher. Both online library catalogues and booksellers have made it less necessary to have an author's books listed, but it seemed silly to have reviews of the books and not the citation for the book itself, so collections of comics were added fairly early in the project. Since updates to the online version have stopped, Rhode has decided to produce a semi-annual print and electronic version to fill the gap. He and Lent began working together on the International Journal of Comic Art over a decade ago, and at the conclusion of Lent's publishing contract, began sharing bibliographic data. Three previous print appeared as Volume 11, Number 3 of International Journal of Comic Art (626 pages) and Comics Research Bibliography, 2012 (two volumes, 832 pp.) and CRB, 2018 (two volumes, 1253 pp.) and one e-book CRB, 2020 (1324 pp.). This bibliography is a continual work in progress – the authors literally have thousands of additional citations waiting to be formatted and included. Many new articles have appeared due to the growing acceptance of comic art as a subject of interest at the same time the Internet has become a mass publishing media. As the years passed, and the Internet expanded, online citations grew far more rapidly than print ones. We are trying to be a quality filter by only grabbing substantive articles, or interviews off the web. If one types 'Fantagraphics' into Google's search engine, almost 3 million results are returned, but if you look at the Fantagraphics entry here, hopefully we will have some substantive pieces on the company that will be useful for research.

* marks entries or articles that are new since the last published version – 2,855 of them.

An ebook of the original website from 1996-2009 was also created today and will be available at https://archive.org/details/comics-research-bibliography-1996-2009-final This e-book was generated from the sites captured at the Internet Archive to supplement later editions of the CRB, which still do not have all the citations that were included on the original website.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/18/23

Rhode, Michael and John A. Lent. 2023. Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition. Arlington, VA: ComicsDC. Online at https://archive.org/details/crb-2022-final-edition

 

Comics Research Bibliography 1996-2009 Website Compilation Edition.

Mike Rhode and John Bullough.

Arlington, VA: ComicsDC. 2023.Online at https://archive.org/details/comics-research-bibliography-1996-2009-final


Mike Medney, CEO Of Heavy Metal Magazine, Quits

Mike Medney was made CEO of Heavy Metal Magazine in 2019 when he bought into the compoany. But now, he's out.


January 17, 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mike-medney-ceo-of-heavy-metal-magazine-quits/

 

Two More Comic Stores Close, Three More Comic Stores Open

Comic stores keep opening, and closing. Bleeding Cool tries to keep on top of such changes in the retail community.


 January 17, 2023

by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/two-more-comic-stores-close-three-more-comic-stores-open/

 

Dreamers & Make-Believers, A New Inclusive Comic Shop In Baltimore

A new comic book store and coffee shop has opened in Baltimore, Maryland, with an emphasis on inclusion and representation.


 January 17, 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dreamers-make-believers-a-new-inclusive-comic-shop-in-baltimore/

 

Webtoon to Adapt Web Novels for 2023 Webcomic Slate

Jan 18, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4058

 

$40,000 Of Comics & Cards Stolen From Canadian Comic Store

Wizard's Comics and Collectibles of Garneau, Edmonton, Canada was broken into yesterday morning.


January 17, 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/40000-of-comics-cards-stolen-from-canadian-comic-store/

 

Our Best Writer of 2022, Chip Zdarsky, Sheds Some Light on His Year in Gotham and Beyond

By Brian Salvatore, Ramon Piña, James Dowling and Jaina Hill | January 3rd, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/chip-zdarsky-2022-best-writer/

 

Looney Tunes ring in Year of the Rabbit with BUGS BUNNY BUILDERS Lunar New Year short

Kicks off a Looney-Filled Animated Year for the Emmy Award-winning "Wascally" Rabbit

Taimur Dar

01/18/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/looney-tunes-bugs-bunny-builders-lunar-new-year-short/

 

UK graphic novels have bumper 2022 as Oseman, Miura and Smart take the lead

Overall graphic novel sales continue to rise and the Kids category's revenue intake reportedly jumps 167% in 2022

Dean Simons

01/18/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/uk-graphic-novels-have-bumper-2022-as-oseman-miura-and-smart-take-the-lead/

 

Justin Roiland Domestic Violence Charges Met With Silence From TV Partners

Adult Swim, Hulu and 20th TV did not comment on the charges facing the 'Rick and Morty' co-creator. Roiland's attorney claims his case "is on course to be dismissed"; a pre-trial hearing is set for April 27.

By Katie Kilkenny, Rick Porter

January 17, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/justin-roiland-domestic-violence-charges-hulu-adult-swim-20th-tv-1235299052/

 

R.I.P. JASON PEARSON

Interior and Cover Artist for 'Legion of Super-Heroes,' 'Astonishing X-Men,' Creator-Owned Work

by Brigid Alverson on January 17, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53087/r-i-p-jason-pearson

 

TAPAS PARENT RAISES NEARLY $1B FROM SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE SOVEREIGN FUNDS To Fund Growth Pre-IPO

Brigid Alverson on January 17, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53090/tapas-parent-raises-nearly-1b-saudi-arabia-singapore-sovereign-funds

 

Disney Says Investor Seeking Board Seat 'Does Not Understand' Company

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 18, 2023, Section B, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Disney C.E.O. Rebuffs Investor Seeking Board Seat, Saying He 'Does Not Understand' Company

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/business/disney-proxy-battle.html

 

Big Bang Comics [Ireland store]

Zach Rabiroff | January 18, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/big-bang-comics/

 

An Interview with David Lasky
Amaris Ketcham and Nora Hickey
Autobiographix January 18 2023
https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-david-lasky

 

Nick Drnaso

by Paul Morton

Full Stop January 17, 2023

https://www.full-stop.net/2023/01/17/interviews/paul-morton/nick-drnaso/

 

Report: Webtoon creators four times as likely to be depressed [Korean web comics]

Long hours and low pay are taking a toll

Heidi MacDonald

01/18/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/report-webtoon-creators-four-times-as-likely-to-be-depressed/

 

Rafer Roberts and Mike Norton jam out with THE ROCK GODS OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE graphic novel

A story about rock and roll and mutated pig monsters available this June!

Taimur Dar

01/18/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-rock-gods-of-jackson-tennessee-graphic-novel-dark-horse-announced/

 

Breaking in as a Graphic Novelist – Part 1

Ben O'Grady

 January 10, 2023

https://indiecomixdispatch.com/news/breaking-in-as-a-graphic-novelist-part-1/


From 50-75% of Comixology staff let go in Amazon layoffs

Former Comixology veteran paints bleak picture of the digital comics service in the wake of today's layoffs

Dean Simons 01/18/2023 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/from-50-75-of-comixology-staff-let-go-in-amazon-layoffs/

 

Marvel's AXE: Judgment Day – A Complete Guide to Avengers vs. X-Men vs. Eternals

Marvel pit the Avengers against the Eternals against the X-Men in Judgment Day, and it ended up being one of the best comics crossovers of all time!

Jim Dandeneau | January 18, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/marvel-axe-judgment-day-complete-guide-to-avengers-x-men-eternals/ 

 

AI Is Stealing Your Property

D. D. Degg

January 18 2023

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/01/18/ai-is-stealing-your-property/

 

Overlords at the Easel [AI, artificial intelligence]

Ted Rall 01/18/23

https://whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/overlords-at-the-easel/

 

Spring 2023 Comics & Graphic Novels Announcements

By Jonathan Segura,

Jan 13, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 01/16/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Comics & Graphic Novels Announcements

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/91296-spring-2023-comics-graphic-novels-announcements.html

 

Teaching from the Cloud: PW Talks with Adam Bessie

By Cheryl Klein

Jan 13, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 01/16/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Teaching from the Cloud

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/91277-teaching-from-the-cloud-pw-talks-with-adam-bessie.html

 

Never Gonna Give You Up: PW Talks with MariNaomi

By Rob Kirby 

Jan 18, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/91266-never-gonna-give-you-up-pw-talks-with-marinaomi.html

 

 

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

New Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition online now for free

Michael Rhode and John A. Lent. 2023. Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition. Arlington, VA: ComicsDC. Online at https://archive.org/details/crb-2022-final-edition


The Comics Research Bibliography began as an online resource in 1996. John Bullough, struck by the success of the Grand Comics Database crowd-sourcing project, proposed a companion project of a compilation of works about comics. Michael Rhode was the only member to join him in compiling an online Comics Research Bibliography. Bullough selected a citation format and created a web interface hosted on his school's server. We both contributed citations, from our local newspapers and collections, especially from Rhode's books and magazines. In the early days of the Internet, we were unaware of John Lent's similar project which he had started for an academic publisher. Both online library catalogues and booksellers have made it less necessary to have an author's books listed, but it seemed silly to have reviews of the books and not the citation for the book itself, so collections of comics were added fairly early in the project. Since updates to the online version have stopped, Rhode has decided to produce a semi-annual print and electronic version to fill the gap. He and Lent began working together on the International Journal of Comic Art over a decade ago, and at the conclusion of Lent's publishing contract, began sharing bibliographic data. Three previous print appeared as Volume 11, Number 3 of International Journal of Comic Art (626 pages) and Comics Research Bibliography, 2012 (two volumes, 832 pp.) and CRB, 2018 (two volumes, 1253 pp.) and one e-book CRB, 2020 (1324 pp.). This bibliography is a continual work in progress – the authors literally have thousands of additional citations waiting to be formatted and included. Many new articles have appeared due to the growing acceptance of comic art as a subject of interest at the same time the Internet has become a mass publishing media. As the years passed, and the Internet expanded, online citations grew far more rapidly than print ones. We are trying to be a quality filter by only grabbing substantive articles, or interviews off the web. If one types 'Fantagraphics' into Google's search engine, almost 3 million results are returned, but if you look at the Fantagraphics entry here, hopefully we will have some substantive pieces on the company that will be useful for research.

* marks entries or articles that are new since the last published version – 2,855 of them.

An ebook of the original website from 1996-2009 was also created today and will be available at https://archive.org/details/comics-research-bibliography-1996-2009-final This e-book was generated from the sites captured at the Internet Archive to supplement later editions of the CRB, which still do not have all the citations that were included on the original website.

Feb 4: Meet the Graphic Author: Jenna Ayoub in Purcellville

Meet the Graphic Author: Jenna Ayoub

Saturday, February 04, 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Purcellville Library
Storytime Area - Purcellville Library

Event Details

Graphic novelist and cartoonist Jenna Ayoub talks about her work, how she got into comics and how she comes up with stories and characters. Beginning her career as an inker and illustrator for well-known graphic novel series, she recently released Forever Home, which she wrote and illustrated. Click here to learn more about her.

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Event Type(s): Books/Authors
Age Group(s): Elementary, Middle School, High School

New graphic novel coming from Rafer Roberts

Rafer Roberts and Mike Norton jam out with THE ROCK GODS OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE graphic novel

A story about rock and roll and mutated pig monsters available this June!

New comic shop in Baltimore

Dreamers & Make-Believers, A New Inclusive Comic Shop In Baltimore

A new comic book store and coffee shop has opened in Baltimore, Maryland, with an emphasis on inclusion and representation.


 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dreamers-make-believers-a-new-inclusive-comic-shop-in-baltimore/