Saturday, April 22, 2023

Irmak Hacımusaoğlu, Bien Klomberg & Neil Cohn (2023): Navigating meaning in the spatial layouts of comics: A cross-cultural corpus analysis, Visual Cognition,

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13506285.2023.2198271

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13506285.2023.2198271

SATIRICAL COMMUNICATION: A STUDY OF CARTOONS IN SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS

Isaac Olajide Fadeyi, Oluwawapelumi Iyinoluwa Ola

Sapientia Global Journal of Arts, Humanities and Development Studies (SGOJAHDS), Vol.6 No.1 March, 2023; p.g. 221 – 233

http://sgojahds.com/index.php/SGOJAHDS/article/view/443

http://sgojahds.com/index.php/SGOJAHDS/article/download/443/466

Werber, Niels, and Daniel Stein. 2023. "Paratextual Negotiations: Fan Forums as Digital Epitexts of Popular Superhero Comic Books and Science Fiction Pulp Novel Series" Arts 12, no. 2: 77. https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12020077

https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12020077 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/12/2/77

https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/arts/arts-12-00077/article_deploy/arts-12-00077-v3.pdf

Cosmic Cadets: Ben Crane and Mimi Alves

By Sheena McNeil
April 17, 2023

http://sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=3772

Lessons In Alien Diplomacy: An Interview With The Creators Of 'Cosmic Cadets' Book One

by Rachel Bellwoar

April 13, 2023

https://comicon.com/2023/04/13/lessons-in-alien-diplomacy-an-interview-with-the-creators-of-cosmic-cadets-book-one/

DeSantis's political war on Disney makes Trump look reasonable

By Eugene Robinson

April 20, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/20/desantis-disney-battle-bad-politics/

The Archie/Sabrina Universe: Essays on the Comics and Their Adaptations

Edited by Heather McAlpine, W. Ron Sweeney and Jess Wind

McFarland , 2023

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-archie-sabrina-universe/

Introduction
Heather McAlpine, W. Ron Sweeney and Jess Wind 1
Archie Must Die: On the Many Lives and Deaths of Archie Andrews
W. Ron Sweeney 11
On Becoming a Citizen of Riverdale: Narrative Expansion Through Fanfiction, Interactive Fiction, and Other Apocryphal (Hyper)Texts
Dessa Bayrock 28
Endless Authorship: Fanfiction, Copyright, and the Extended Archie Universe
Kirsten Bussière 45
Chilling Adventures in Feminism: Sabrina Is Not the Feminist Heroine We Need
Katie Stobbart 62
"When will the world learn? Women should be in charge of everything": Lilith as Villain, Victim, and Feminist in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Sarah Stang 84
"Put your cape away": Riverdale's #MeToo Moment
Melissa Wehler 105
Watching Them, Watch Them: The Coded Movement of Betty's Pole Dance and Our Passive Audience Gaze
Hannah Meghan Celinski 124
Punk Rock Prom Queen to Covergirl: Teens and Consumption in Riverdale and Josie and the Pussycats
Kaarina Mikalson 139
Archie Got Hot: How Embracing the Queer Art of Failure Allows the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina to Shift Queer Readings Away from Identity
Mat Wenzel 155
Disability in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Whitney Tiffany Renville 173
"First as tragedy, then as farce": The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Satanic Moral Panic
Brett Pardy 190

Raising Felix: This Is Forty (with a Toddler)

By Julia Wertz

April 20, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/raising-felix-this-is-forty-with-a-toddler

The Incredible Hulk: Worldbreaker, Hero, Icon

Rich Johnson

New York: Universe 2023

The Amazing Spider-Man: Web-Slinger, Hero, Icon

Rich Johnson

New York: Universe 2022

Captain America: Avenger, Hero, Icon

Rich Johnson

New York: Universe 2022

Best Practices for Cataloging Comics and Graphic Novels Using RDA and MARC21

Version 1

September 2022

Prepared by the Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table

https://alair.ala.org/bitstream/handle/11213/18623/GNCRT%20Comics%20Cataloging%20Best%20Practices.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y

Friday, April 21, 2023

April 22: Tom King at Third Eye Annapolis

Meet the writer of the graphic novel that's inspiring the upcoming the upcoming James Gunn produced "Gods & Monsters" SUPERGIRL Woman of Tomorrow film!

TOM KING

Hey Third Eye Faithful!

We're stoked to bring you a major signing this month with the one & only TOM KING, the superstar writer behind hits like VISION (the inspiration for WANDAVISION!), MISTER MIRACLE (so good!), BATMAN REBIRTH (classic!), and recent hits like LOVE EVERLASTING, DANGER STREET & more!

And, guess what: he's bringing a TON of SUPERGIRL WOMAN OF TOMORROW trade paperbacks with him to sign for YOU, so that when that super dope James Gunn produced GODS & MONSTERS Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow film drops, you can say: holy crap - I met the guy who made this happen, AND I got the original incredible story signed!

With SUPERGIRL WOMAN OF TOMORROW being sold out these last few months due to the buzz surrounding the movies, we are super stoked to have plenty of copies coming into stock for you to get 'em signed by Tom!

Click here to for event details!

Click here to read all about James Gunn's Gods & Monsters

Can't make it? Not local? Pre-Order Signed Copies Now!

SUPERGIRL WOMAN OF TOMORROW TP [SIGNED BY TOM KING]

The signing with Tom King will be held on 4/22/2023, and all orders will be shipped the following week! :) Kara Zor-El can no longer find any meaning or purpose in her life. But all that changes when an alien girl seeks her out to help her take revenge on the bad guys who destroyed her world. Now a Kryptonian, a dog, and an angry, heartbroken child head into space on a journey that will shake them to their very core. It's Supergirl like you've never seen her before in a character-defining sci-fi/fantasy masterpiece! Collects the entire miniseries Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1-8!

May 23: “The Fight for Free Expression: Defending Cartoonists Around the World”

"The Fight for Free Expression: Defending Cartoonists Around the World"

Tuesday May 23^rd 2023, 11.30-13.00

West Dining Room, James Madison Building, Library of Congress

101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540

Open to the public, but places limited • Event will also be livestreamed

Further details at loc.gov/events/

May 3: RFK awards

Register for the 2023 Book and Journalism Awards
Join us for the ceremony on May 3!

Register now for the virtual celebration on World Press Freedom Day, where we'll reveal this year's winners. The ceremony will premiere at 12 p.m. EDT and will re-air at 3 p.m. EDT.

https://rfkhumanrights.org/awards/book-and-journalism-awards-upcoming

About the awards

The Robert F. Kennedy Book Award was founded in 1980 with the proceeds from Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s bestselling biography, Robert Kennedy and His Times. Each year, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights presents an award to the book that, as Schlesinger said, "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes – his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity."

Founded by the reporters who covered Robert F. Kennedy's historic 1968 presidential campaign, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards honor outstanding reporting on issues that reflect Robert Kennedy's concerns, including human rights, social justice, and the power of individual action in the United States and around the world. Entries should provide insights into the causes, conditions, and remedies of human rights violations and injustice, and critical analysis of relevant policies, programs, individual actions, and private endeavors that foster positive change. The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards are among the few in which winners are determined by their peers. Entries should provide insights into the causes, conditions, and remedies of human rights violations and injustice, and critical analysis of relevant policies, programs, individual actions, and private endeavors that foster positive change.

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/20/2023

Marvel Comics App Shuts Down In June, Purchases May Be Deleted

The Marvel Comics app which is operated by Comixology, is shutting down in June. And from May, the ability to purchase comics will be removed

19 Apr 2023

by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-comics-app-shuts-down-in-june-purchases-may-be-deleted/

MARVEL'S COMIXOLOGY-BASED APP TO GO DARK ON JUNE 2

Prior Purchases, Digital Codes to Move to Marvel Unlimited

Brigid Alverson on April 19, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53896/marvels-comixology-based-app-go-dark-june-2

ABLAZE LICENSES MANHWA WITH 1.3 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS ON WEBTOON

Story of School Violence Has Almost 80 Million Views [Get Schooled, by writer Yongtaek Chae and artist Garam Han]

Brigid Alverson on April 19, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53898/ablaze-licenses-manhwa-1-3-million-subscribers-webtoon

Rachel Pollack, 1945-2023

Ian Thomas | April 20, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/rachel-pollack-1945-2023/

How people-watching helps me connect with the world around me

Recently, I've been overwhelmed by seeing over-curated videos about people's lives everywhere on the internet

Perspective by Pepita Sándwich

April 16, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/04/16/how-people-watching-helps-me-connect-with-world-around-me/

Q & A with Rex Ogle

By Cheryl E. Klein

Apr 20, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/92078-q-a-with-rex-ogle.html

Deacon went from superheroes to God [Mike Friedrich]

By Jim Patterson

July 15, 2019 | UM News

https://www.umnews.org/en/news/deacon-went-from-superheroes-to-god

Victoria Alonso and Disney Reach Settlement Over Former Marvel Executive's Firing

Aaron Couch

April 20, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/victoria-alonso-disney-reach-settlement-marvel-1235356923/

Paper Solution To Cartoon Criticism? Less

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/04/20/paper-solution-to-cartoon-criticism-less/

Start the Presses: Political cartoons and the editorial page

Dan Evans

Apr 18, 2023

https://napavalleyregister.com/opinion/columnists/start-the-presses-political-cartoons-and-the-editorial-page/article_18f2151a-de02-11ed-b4d4-b79c98ca3dd7.html

A Director and a Rock Band Are Redrawing the Contours of Anime

For hits like "Your Name" and now "Suzume," Makoto Shinkai has worked with Radwimps on the narrative as well as the score. The results have won awards.

By Carlos Aguilar

A version of this article appears in print on April 20, 2023, Section C, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: A Director and Rock Band Redraw Anime's Contours.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/movies/suzume-makoto-shinkai-radwimps.html

'Black Panther' and the New Blueprint for Female Warriors Onscreen

Danai Gurira and Dominique Thorne on acting, superheroes and grief.

Interviews by Nancy Coleman

April 20, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/t-magazine/danai-gurira-dominique-thorne.html

The Lily's latest webcomic

How people-watching helps me connect with the world around me

Recently, I've been overwhelmed by seeing over-curated videos about people's lives everywhere on the internet

Perspective by Pepita Sándwich

April 16, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/04/16/how-people-watching-helps-me-connect-with-world-around-me/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/19/2023

Can AI-generated art ever be ethical?

Sinead Bovell and Michael DeForge break down how artists are being affected by the rising popularity of AI art

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Apr 13, 2023
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/commotion/can-ai-generated-art-ever-be-ethical-1.6809670

The many controversies of David Choe began with beef with Marvel over the X-men

Heidi MacDonald

04/19/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/david-choe-controversy-marvel-x-men/

Finding Comics & Graphic Novels on Display at London Book Fair 2023

Live from London Book Fair! The masks are (mostly) gone, the big publishers are in play and, yes, there are plenty of comic books around the place.

8 Apr 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/finding-comics-graphic-novels-on-display-at-london-book-fair-2023/

Cartoonist Roz Chast talks aging, grief through humor

Trinity Ramm, Sports Editor|

April 17, 2023

https://thesunflower.com/70922/arts-and-culture/cartoonist-roz-chast-talks-aging-grief-through-humor/

Cosey chez Barbier dès le 20 avril pour Même poursuivi le papillon jamais ne semble pressé

19 avril 2023
https://www.ligneclaire.info/cosey-2023-276465.html

Pixar's 'Elemental' to Premiere in Cannes

From 'The Good Dinosaur' director Peter Sohn, the studio's venture into the animated world of fire, water, land and air will bow at the French film festival on May 27.

Etan Vlessing

April 19, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pixar-elemental-cannes-1235391936/

The Daily Heller: Edward Koren's Creature Comforts

By Steven Heller

The Daily Heller April 17 2023
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-ed-koren/

With the Marvel Comics app shutting down, the last remnants of the old Comixology are being swept away

Dean Simons

04/19/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-comics-app-shut-down-unlimited-comixology/

INTERVIEW: Jeremy Holt and Axel Alonso on how "wealth-porn" inspired GATSBY

Rebecca Oliver Kaplan

04/19/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/jeremy-holt-axel-alonso-gatsby-interview/

Titans Showrunner Greg Walker Dishes on the Team's Showdown with Brother Blood

By Bryan Cairns

CBR April 14 2023

https://www.cbr.com/titans-greg-walker-interview/

EXCLUSIVE: Miles Morales Faces the Ultimate Test in Paknadel and Ziglar's Carnage Reigns

By Dave Richards

CBR April 14 2023

https://www.cbr.com/carnage-reigns-cody-ziglar-alex-paknadel-interview/

PODCAST: Ep. 91 – Mangasplaining x Pure Tokyoscope: Podcast Gattai!

Digging deep into the history of otaku culture in America

Deb Aoki and Christopher Brothers

MSX: Mangasplaining Extra

Apr 19, 2023

https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/podcast-ep-91-mangasplaining-x-pure

MOON KNIGHT's Scarlet Scarab makes her comics debut in July

The character made her first appearance in last year's MOON KNIGHT Disney+ series.

Joe Grunenwald

04/19/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/moon-knight-scarlet-scarab-comics-debut/

Manga—All Kinds, All Formats—Goes Global

By Deb Aoki

Apr 19, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/92037-manga-all-kinds-all-formats-goes-global.html

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 562: Welcome to the DSTLRY

Calvin Reid, Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons

04/17/2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1253

Black Cat Comics [store]

Zach Rabiroff | April 19, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/black-cat-comics/

Marvel Monthly Fan Q&A: Ryan North - Fantastic Four

By Dustin Holland

CBR Apr 12, 2023

https://www.cbr.com/marvel-monthly-fan-qa-ryan-north-fantastic-four/

Cat Fight! A Chat With Andrew Wheeler & Ilias Kyriazis

Gay League April 13 2023

https://gayleague.com/cat-fight-a-chat-with-andrew-wheeler-ilias-kyriarzis/

Interview: Depravity is 'SOKO' [Steve Ekstrom, Serbia]

Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Apr 18, 2023

https://previewsworld.com/Article/267951-Interview-Depravity-is-SOKO

From the Publisher: 'love EK' [Edward Koren]

By Paula Routly

April 19, 2023

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/from-the-publisher-love-ek/Content?oid=38046849

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel Recalls Her Friendship With Ed Koren [aka Not so wild, but Woolly: My friendship with Ed Koren]

By Alison Bechdel

April 19, 2023

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/cartoonist-alison-bechdel-recalls-her-friendship-with-ed-koren/Content?oid=38046834

Teaching with Comics: Empirical, Analytical, and Professional Experiences

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-05194-4

Editors:

Robert Aman,

Lars Wallner

Springer, 2022

Front Matter

Pages i-xix

PDF

Introduction: Teaching with Comics: Empirical, Analytical, and Professional Experiences

Robert Aman, Lars Wallner

Pages 1-13

Comics as a Tool for Inquiry

Front Matter

Pages 15-15

PDF

Breaking Boundaries: The Place of Comics in Art Education

Clio Ding

Pages 17-37

The Superpowers of the Interrogative Mode

Noran Amin

Pages 39-62

Comics and Social-Emotional Laughter

Dona Pursall

Pages 63-84

Art Education

Front Matter

Pages 85-85

PDF

Comic Art Ed: Making Comics Is for Everyone!

Cathy G. Johnson

Pages 87-109

Cartooning in Educational Contexts: A Promising Way to Promote Cross-Curricular Work with Children and Adolescents

Ana Pedrazzini, Constanza Zinkgräf, Paola D'Adamo, Lucía Bugallo, Mariana Lozada

Pages 111-130

Loosening the Straight-Away of Thinking: Comic-Making as Arts Education

Hannah Sackett

Pages 131-150

Language, Culture, and Communication

Front Matter

Pages 151-151

PDF

'Multi Is More': Towards Media-Awareness and Multiliteracy in the Flemish Classroom Through Italian Comics

Eva Van de Wiele, Michel De Dobbeleer, Mara Santi

Pages 153-169

Astérix in Scottish National Education

Laurence Grove

Pages 171-184

Developing Disciplinary Literacy Practices with Comics: Highlighting Students' Strengths, Questionings, and Knowings in School Spaces

Ashley K. Dallacqua, Dani Kachorsky, Sara Kersten-Parrish

Pages 185-203

Developing Student Creativity Through the Exploration and Design of Science Comics

Sylvia Pantaleo

Pages 205-228

Social Sciences

Front Matter

Pages 229-229

PDF

Using Comics to Teach East German History

Michael F. Scholz

Pages 231-253

#BlackFemaleIdentityConstructions: Inserting Intersectionality and Blackness in Comics

Grace D. Gipson

Pages 255-276

Materializing the Past: Teaching History Through Graphic Novels

Zane Elward

Pages 277-297

Immigrant Voices and Empathy: A Guide to Transformative Listening in Ruillier's Les Mohamed

Kirby Childress

Pages 299-323

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

'SOKO''s Steve Ekstrom interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Interview: Depravity is 'SOKO' [Steve Ekstrom, Serbia]

Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Apr 18, 2023

https://previewsworld.com/Article/267951-Interview-Depravity-is-SOKO

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/18/2023

Thien Pham Talks with Roger
by Roger Sutton

Horn Book Newsletter April 18 2023

https://read.hbook.com/thien-pham-talks-with-roger-1

DC ROUND-UP: DC SILENT TALES #1 Will Leave You Speechless

Cori McCreery

04/18/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-round-up-dc-silent-tales-1-will-leave-you-speechless/

MARCH 2023 CIRCANA BOOKSCAN - TOP 20 AUTHOR, MANGA, SUPERHERO GRAPHIC NOVELS

Webtoons, Anime and the 'D&D' Movie Push Sales

Brigid Alverson on April 18, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/53879/march-2023-circana-bookscan-top-20-author-manga-superhero-graphic-novels

RETAILER RYAN HIGGINS CROWDFUNDING ANTHOLOGY OF COMICS ABOUT COMIC SHOPS

Kickstarter Campaign Has a Retailer Tier

Brigid Alverson on April 18, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53886/retailer-ryan-higgins-crowdfunding-anthology-comics-about-comic-shops

BUSINESS 3X3: JERMAINE EXUM AT ACME COMICS IN GREENSBORO, NC

Running a 40-Year Store

by Jim McLauchlin on April 18, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53881/business-3x3-jermaine-exum-acme-comics-greensboro-nc

British Government-Commissioned Manga Hits Dud Note For Japan G7 Trip

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly MP has travelled to Japan for a G7 foreign ministers' summit, and arrived bearing manga.

17 Apr 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/british-government-commissioned-manga-hits-dud-note-for-japan-g7-trip/

The Black Comic Book Festival Is an Act of Resistance

At the annual Schomburg Center event, I didn't have to go searching for books made by and for me — because they were all around me.

Briana Ellis-Gibbs April 17, 2023

https://hyperallergic.com/815586/black-comic-book-festival-is-an-act-of-resistance/

Anime Confronts a New Apocalypse

In the postwar era of plenty, a master storyteller took anime to the stars. But now the art form is turning inward, reflecting the diminished horizons of a younger generation. [ Leiji Matsumoto ]

By Matt Alt

April 18, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/anime-confronts-a-new-apocalypse

The Beastly Beatitudes of Edward Koren

Richard Gehr | June 12, 2013

https://www.tcj.com/the-beastly-beatitudes-of-edward-koren/

Ed Koren: An Appreciation

Paul Karasik | April 18, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/ed-koren-an-appreciation/

Jafar invites you to experience 'A Whole New World' in Disney's 'Aladdin' at National Theatre

Jason Fraley

WTOP April 17, 2023,

https://wtop.com/entertainment/2023/04/jafar-invites-you-to-experience-a-whole-new-world-in-disneys-aladdin-at-national-theatre/

Interview: Writer Jeremy Holt on Their POC, Queer-Centric Retelling of GATSBY for AWA Studios!

Jed W. Keith

Apr 17, 2023

http://www.freaksugar.com/interview-writer-jeremy-holt-on-their-poc-queer-centric-retelling-of-gatsby-for-awa-studios/

Off Panel #397: 1337 Speak with James Tynion IV

David Harper

Apr 18, 2023

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-396-1337-speak-with-james-tynion-iv

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/James_Tynion_IV_2023.mp3

SKTCHDxTINYONION: Part Four, Planting a W0rldtr33 [James Tynion IV]

By David Harper

April 18, 2023

https://sktchd.com/interview/sktchdxtinyonion-part-four-planting-a-w0rldtr33/

Rachel Pollack Obituary August 17, 1945 — April 7, 2023

Keyser & Carr (April 2023): https://www.keyserfuneralservice.com/obituaries/rachel-pollack

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Barbie Anchorbabe presents 'The BarbWire'"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock:

"Barbie Anchorbabe Presents: The BarbWire"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3618

Those of you who know me well enough have heard me often joke about my
now-customary Daily Accidental Random 15 Seconds Of MSNBC. For the
past two weeks or so, it's been the Donald Trump Indictment Show
almost 24/7, to the exclusion of everything else going on in the world
— uprising in France, poisoned air and water in Ohio and Indiana,
Pentagon leaks exposing Amerika's ugly naked ass over its action in
Ukraine, you name it.

One morning about a week or so back, for the entire 15 seconds it took
me to bring in Mrs. F's coffee and Washington Post to the master
bedroom, the babbling anchorbabe creaming her panties over the Trump
indictment must've burbled the word "democracy" at least a dozen
times. Normally, I'd suggest a drinking game, but I wouldn't want to
be responsible for anyone ending up in the ER after trying to throw
back a shot every time some talking Barbie doll queefed out the word
"democracy" on MSNBC.

The really hysterical thing is that — as per usual in this goddamn
town — the Pushing Wing of the Party is more than willing to instigate
the arrest and trial of a former guy — uhh, former President who leads
the Shoving Wing of the Party, but not for any actual crimes against
the People, as the leaders of the Pushing Wing of the Party are
entirely complicit and would expose themselves. So, a cheap-ass sex
scandal it is — again.

And what especially sucks is that the sonofabitch will never, ever see
the inside of a prison cell for any crime ever, because the Democrats
need him to run against. Hell, why provide a viable progressive
alternative when you can just make up an enemy to jerk the Left back
into line, amirite? LBJ never went to trial for any crimes, or Nixon,
or Reagan, or Clinton — hell, George W. Bush not only never stood
trial for his crimes, he got a goddamn one-man show at the Kennedy
Center. Bah, fuck art.

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"The indictment of Donald Trump: A politically bankrupt diversion",
Joseph Kishore at the World Socialist Web Site, 03.31.2023
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/01/pers-a01.html

"The Indiana fire disaster: Another case of US industry polluting and
killing with virtual impunity", Niles Niemuth at the World Socialist
Web Site, 04.12.2023
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/13/faie-a13.html

"Trace compounds of vinyl chloride found in East Palestine, Ohio
residents after derailment and chemical spill", Samuel Davidson at the
World Socialist Web Site, 04.11.2023
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/12/ohio-a12.html

"The Pentagon leaks and the US media", Andre Damon at World Socialist
Web Site, 04.15.2023
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/15/pnpm-a15.html

"Riots erupt across France as Constitutional Council validates
Macron's pension cuts", Alex Lantler at the World Socialist Web Site,
04.14.2023 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/15/mwio-a15.html

"Highlights and analysis: Donald Trump indicted in hush money probe",
NBC News, updated 03.31.2023
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/live-updates-manhattan-grand-jury-indicted-donald-trump-rcna75172

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The Previous Adventures of Barbie Anchorbabe:

"Based On A True Story", July 2012
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1132

"Lockdown!", April 2013
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1291

"Government Shutdown News Network", Oct 2013
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1385

"Chris Christie Festival", Jan 2014
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=1438

"Banana, Banana, Banana, Banana", Feb 2018
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2430

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Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

WTOP on the local production of Aladdin

Jafar invites you to experience 'A Whole New World' in Disney's 'Aladdin' at National Theatre

April 19: Sara Duke speaks on Arab American imagery in the Library of Congress via Zoom

Finding Pictures: In Celebration of National Arab American Heritage Month

April 19, 2023 @ 3 PM

https://www.loc.gov/item/event-408307/finding-pictures-in-celebration-of-national-arab-american-heritage-month/2023-04-19/?loclr=blogpic

April is National Arab American Heritage Month. Save an hour this Wednesday afternoon to get a peek into how the Prints & Photographs Division's collections provide visual insight into the lives and accomplishments of Arab Americans. Sara W. Duke, Curator of Popular and Applied Graphic Art, will share a wide array of images related to Arab Americans with family connections to many countries in the Arab world. Register for a Zoom link here. If you can't make it to the live talk, the virtual presentation will be recorded and available on our website in the near future.

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/21/2023

Friday, April 21, 2023

April 22: Tom King at Third Eye Annapolis

May 23: “The Fight for Free Expression: Defending Cartoonists Around the World”

May 3: RFK awards

Register for the 2023 Book and Journalism Awards
Join us for the ceremony on May 3!

Register now for the virtual celebration on World Press Freedom Day, where we'll reveal this year's winners. The ceremony will premiere at 12 p.m. EDT and will re-air at 3 p.m. EDT.

About the awards

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/20/2023

A Director and a Rock Band Are Redrawing the Contours of Anime

The Lily's latest webcomic

How people-watching helps me connect with the world around me

Recently, I've been overwhelmed by seeing over-curated videos about people's lives everywhere on the internet

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/19/2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

'SOKO''s Steve Ekstrom interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Interview: Depravity is 'SOKO' [Steve Ekstrom, Serbia]

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/18/2023

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Barbie Anchorbabe presents 'The BarbWire'"

WTOP on the local production of Aladdin

Jafar invites you to experience 'A Whole New World' in Disney's 'Aladdin' at National Theatre

April 19: Sara Duke speaks on Arab American imagery in the Library of Congress via Zoom

Finding Pictures: In Celebration of National Arab American Heritage Month

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What's it all mean in the end?

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Friday, April 21, 2023

Register for the 2023 Book and Journalism AwardsJoin us for the ceremony on May 3!

Register now for the virtual celebration on World Press Freedom Day, where we'll reveal this year's winners. The ceremony will premiere at 12 p.m. EDT and will re-air at 3 p.m. EDT.

About the awards

Thursday, April 20, 2023

A Director and a Rock Band Are Redrawing the Contours of Anime

How people-watching helps me connect with the world around me

Recently, I've been overwhelmed by seeing over-curated videos about people's lives everywhere on the internet

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Interview: Depravity is 'SOKO' [Steve Ekstrom, Serbia]

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Jafar invites you to experience 'A Whole New World' in Disney's 'Aladdin' at National Theatre

Finding Pictures: In Celebration of National Arab American Heritage Month

Register for the 2023 Book and Journalism Awards
Join us for the ceremony on May 3!