Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/8-9/2023

Spider-Man 2 FCBD And The No Good, Rotten Decision By Sony & Marvel

Did you have trouble on FCBD finding the Spider-Man 2 prequel comic? You were not alone, thanks to stupid decisions from Sony and Marvel.

8 May 2023 

by Jeremy Konrad

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/fcbd-spider-man-2-prequel-comic-screw-up-sony-marvel-comics/

 

Burger King Launches New Spider-Man Themed Whopper

If you'd like to eat a Whopper with a red bun, good news! Burger King will have a new promotion with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

by Gavin Sheehan

 07 May 2023 
https://bleedingcool.com/pop-culture/burger-king-is-launches-new-spider-man-themed-whopper/

 

Mike Mignola To Launch A New Non-Hellboy Universe

Mike Mignola posts to Twitter and to Facebook the news of something... new. Big. And not Hellboy.

  08 May 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mike-mignola-to-launch-a-new-non-hellboy-universe/

 

Loose Parts celebrates 25th anniversary

April 1998

https://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/loose-parts-celebrates-25th-anniversary/

 

Pulitzer Prize 2023 names Pia Guerra finalist in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary

The Y: THE LAST MAN co-creator shifted into editorial cartooning following Donald Trump's 2016 election.

Dean Simons

05/09/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/pulitzer-prize-2023-names-pia-guerra-finalist-in-illustrated-reporting-and-commentary/

 

Mona Chalabi Awarded 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary

D. D. Degg          

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/08/mona-chalabi-awarded-2023-pulitzer-prize-for-illustrated-reporting-and-commentary/

 

Remembering Bruce McCall, Satirist and Compleat Canadian

For McCall, the business of getting it down right was a form of self-salvation.

By Adam Gopnik

May 6 2023

Published in the print edition of the May 15, 2023, issue, with the headline "Bruce McCall."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/15/remembering-bruce-mccall-satirist-and-compleat-canadian

 

Interview: Magic Goes Extinct in David Hazan's 'Monomyth

May 02, 2023

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

https://previewsworld.com/Article/268191-Interview-Magic-Goes-Extinct-in-David-Hazans-Monomyth

 

Sam Gross – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/08/sam-gross-rip/

 

[It is with great sadness that the Gross family announces that Sam Gross, Cartoonist, passed away yesterday in New York City.]

Sam Gross, Cartoonist

May 7 2023

https://www.facebook.com/samgrosscartoons/posts/pfbid022cdW1SRxS7zBsRpHyG1E5XWbzGqDxs2uM3juySQTrBEkHbzqgL21s2Ws96Ks93v6l

Brigitta Blair Auctions Debut Graphic Novel Cramming, to Little Brown

Cramming, a semi-autobiographical debut middle-grade graphic novel that has been auctioned by its creator Brigitta Blair to Little Brown.

8 May 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/brigitta-blair-auctions-debut-graphic-novel-cramming-to-little-brown/

 

L'auteur de BD Florent Ruppert mis en cause pour des faits d'agressions sexuelles

Par Amandine Schmitt

· Publié le 9 mai 2023 à 14h55 · Mis à jour le 9 mai 2023 à 15h05

https://www.nouvelobs.com/bibliobs/20230509.OBS73094/l-auteur-de-bd-florent-ruppert-mis-en-cause-pour-des-faits-d-agressions-sexuelles.html

 

Remembering Ted Richards… And A Look Back at the Air Pirates

John Kelly | May 9, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/remembering-ted-richards-and-a-look-back-at-the-air-pirates/

 

May 08, 2023

Sam Gross 1933 - 2023

https://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2023/05/sam-gross-1933-2023.html

 

How James Gunn bounced back to become one of Hollywood's most powerful people

The "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" filmmaker reveals how his lowest moment — being fired by Disney — turned into one of the best days of his life [in print as James Gunn's comic-book comeback in Hollywood].

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post May 9 2023 : C1, 3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/05/04/james-gunn-guardians-galaxy/

 

Two funny New Yorker artists lured us into their mind-bending worlds

Cover artist Bruce McCall and cartoonist Sam Gross changed our perspective on humor

Perspective by Michael Cavna

Staff writer

May 9, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/05/09/bruce-mccall-sam-gross-new-yorker/

 

A Faster Delivery for Fans of Manga

By George Gene Gustines

A version of this article appears in print on May 9, 2023, Section B, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Manga Fans Can Get Fix On Same Day As in Japan.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/09/business/viz-media-manga.html

 

Announcing VIZ Manga! A New Subscription Service

Ken Sasaki

 vizmedia May 9, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9mZfhUI4pc

 

VIZ surprise-releases new VIZ Manga app and subscription service

The new app will feature a broader line up of work than the existing Shonen Jump app

Dean Simons

05/09/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/viz-surprise-releases-new-viz-manga-app-and-subscription-service/

 

"That's A Lot Of Me. I'm Sorry.": Talking with Julia Wertz About Ambition, Self-deprecation, and Learning How to Be Earnest

Paul Constant | May 8, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/thats-a-lot-of-me-im-sorry-talking-with-julia-wertz-about-ambition-self-deprecation-and-learning-how-to-be-earnest/

 

INTERVIEW: Torunn Grønbekk chats about the upcoming RED SONJA #1 from Dynamite

The new ongoing series coincides with the character's 50th anniversary

Deanna Destito

05/09/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-torunn-gronbekk-chats-about-the-upcoming-red-sonja-1-from-dynamite/

 

"Tiny Aliens" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

April 10, 2023 by Lawrence Wood

https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/many-beavers-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood-2/

 

"Little Green Men" Caption Contest Commentary

CartoonStock, a Cartoon Collections Co.

Apr 11, 2023

Bob Mankoff, Lawrence Wood, Juan Astasio, Joel Mishon and Trevor Hoey pick CartoonStock's Caption Contest Winner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys-BN1KYgs8

 

"Cat House" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

May 9, 2023 by Lawrence Wood

https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/cat-house-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

 

Lynn Hsu's Cat House Caption Contest

CartoonStock, a Cartoon Collections Co.

May 9, 2023

Bob Mankoff, Lawrence Wood, Trevor Hoey, Joel Mishon and Lynn Hsu judge the winner of this month's CartoonStock caption contest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C7OUZuZBes

 

INTERVIEW: Johns & Nauck discuss STARGIRL: THE LOST CHILDREN #6 and the power of gratitude

Hayden Mears

05/09/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/johns-nauck-stargirl-the-lost-children-6-interview/

Cavna on Gunn, McCall, and Gross

Two funny New Yorker artists lured us into their mind-bending worlds

Cover artist Bruce McCall and cartoonist Sam Gross changed our perspective on humor

Perspective by Michael Cavna

Staff writer

May 9, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/05/09/bruce-mccall-sam-gross-new-yorker/

How James Gunn bounced back to become one of Hollywood's most powerful people

The "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" filmmaker reveals how his lowest moment — being fired by Disney — turned into one of the best days of his life [in print as James Gunn's comic-book comeback in Hollywood].

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post May 9 2023 : C1, 3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/05/04/james-gunn-guardians-galaxy/

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews David Hazan

Interview: Magic Goes Extinct in David Hazan's 'Monomyth

May 02, 2023

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

https://previewsworld.com/Article/268191-Interview-Magic-Goes-Extinct-in-David-Hazans-Monomyth

Brigitta Blair's upcoming GN

Brigitta Blair Auctions Debut Graphic Novel Cramming, to Little Brown

Cramming, a semi-autobiographical debut middle-grade graphic novel that has been auctioned by its creator Brigitta Blair to Little Brown.

 8 May 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/brigitta-blair-auctions-debut-graphic-novel-cramming-to-little-brown/

Ann Telnaes accepting the Herblock award

Herblock award ceremony is underway

Award winner Ann Telnaes and Rep James Raskin waiting for the ceremony to start.

NYTimes: 9 Ways to Imagine Jeff Bezos’ Wealth wins Pulitzer

9 Ways to Imagine Jeff Bezos' Wealth https://nyti.ms/3uhZItD  Mona Chalabi of the NY Times won. WaPo says, "Cartoonist Pia Guerra is also a finalist for best illustrated reporting and commentary for several cartoons that were published in The Post's Opinion section, which operates independently from the newsroom."

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/6-7/2023

 

Bruce MacKinnon is 2022 National Newspaper Award Winner

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/06/bruce-mackinnon-is-2022-national-newspaper-award-winner/

 

Bruce McCall – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/06/bruce-mccall-rip/      

 

Bruce McCall, Satirical Artist Who Conjured a 'Retrofuture,' Dies at 87

By William Grimes

A version of this article appears in print on May 6, 2023, Section B, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Bruce McCall, 87, Satirical Artist Who Conjured a 'Retrofuture,' Dies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/arts/bruce-mccall-illustrator-dead.html

 

Bruce McCall, Noted Humorist and Former Car and Driver Columnist, Has Died

His acerbic view of cars and the world entertained readers of The New Yorker, Car and Driver, and other magazines.

By Jamie Kitman

Car and Driver, May 6, 2023

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a43809148/bruce-mccall-obituary/

 

Bruce McCall Presents Notable Automotive First-Aid Kits

Announcing the All-Time Injury-Relief All-Stars, based on a combination of real-world effectiveness, design ingenuity, cost efficiency, and self-interest.

By Bruce McCall

Jun 22, 2011

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a18734056/bruce-mccall-presents-notable-automotive-first-aid-kits/

 

Bruce McCall's "Safe Travels"

McCall's friends and colleagues reflect on the late artist's zeal for life.

By Françoise Mouly

May 5, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2023-05-15

 

28 More Comic Shops Doing Cool Things On Free Comic Book Day

5 May 2023  by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/27-more-comic-shops-doing-cool-things-on-free-comic-book-day/

 

Princeless Free Comic Book Day Cancelled By Action Lab

04 May 2023  by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/princeless-free-comic-book-day-cancelled-by-action-lab/ 

 

75 Comic Book Stores' Big Plans For Free Comic Book Day, Today

Today is Free Comic Book Day. Here are seventy-five stores doing a little bit more as well... and hey, I've already got my free comics!

06 May 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/75-comic-book-stores-big-plans-for-free-comic-book-day-today/

 

We Should Start a Commune!

By Maddie Fischer and Graham Techler

May 5, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/we-should-start-a-commune

 

Superhero fatigue: Does Marvel still have audiences' attention with its 32nd film?

Juana Summers and Glen Weldon

 All Things Considered May 5, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/05/1174390700/superhero-fatigue-does-marvel-still-have-audiences-attention-with-its-32nd-film

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2023/05/20230505_atc_superhero_fatigue.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1174390700

 

DeSantis's Disney attacks are pointless political pantomime

By Megan McArdle

Columnist

May 5, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/desantis-florida-disney-parental-rights/

 

"This is to let you know that sadly Chris [Reynolds] passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday morning.

Paul Gravett

May 5 2023

https://www.facebook.com/533331175/posts/pfbid02VKCGKQKWLmSrXg2RJ2uYoeBAKZ4NsHEg964DynP7EVcD8ShYB624AtXDFnFW1CLl/?mibextid=CDWPTG

 

#27: Sam Gross: The most absurdly funny gag cartoonist to ever wield a pen.

One of the most profane, absurd, and prolific cartoonists that ever lived, died today.

Jason Chatfield

May 7, 2023

https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/27-sam-gross-the-most-absurdly-funny

 

The Economist's cartoonist on humanity's greatest threats

KAL

The Economist

May 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQpYo5OcBXY

 

City teen's comic to be weekly feature [Caleb Spell]

Dunkirk NY Observer May 7, 2023

https://www.observertoday.com/news/top-stories/2023/05/city-teens-comic-to-be-weekly-feature/

WaPo editorialist on Disney v. DeSantis

DeSantis's Disney attacks are pointless political pantomime

By Megan McArdle

Columnist

May 5, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/desantis-florida-disney-parental-rights/

NPR's Weldon on superhero movies

Superhero fatigue: Does Marvel still have audiences' attention with its 32nd film?

JUANA SUMMERS and Glen Weldon

 All Things Considered May 5, 2023 

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/05/1174390700/superhero-fatigue-does-marvel-still-have-audiences-attention-with-its-32nd-film

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2023/05/20230505_atc_superhero_fatigue.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1174390700

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/5/2023

Daniel Dae Kim Promotes Free Comic Book Day & Mech Cadets

Daniel Dae Kim surprised everyone with a video message encouraging his fans to show up and support Free Comic Book Day and their local comic shop.

  04 May 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/daniel-dae-kim-promotes-free-comic-book-day-mech-cadets/

 

TITAN TO PUBLISH PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN COMICS BASED ON MATT GROENING'S 'DISENCHANTMENT'

3 Graphic Novels Will Collect Unpublished Material Plus Convention Exclusives

Posted by Brigid Alverson on May 4, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54024/titan-publish-previously-unseen-comics-based-matt-groenings-disenchantment

 

Comings and Goings this week, notes on DC and Marvel and more

People on the move!

Heidi MacDonald

05/05/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/comings-and-goings-this-week-and-other-notes/

 

IDW Publishing names Heather Antos to lead licensed comics line

IDW promotes from within to lead its most profitable comics line

News by Chris Arrant Editor-in-Chief

May 3, 2023

https://www.thepopverse.com/idw-publishing-names-heather-antos-to-lead-licensed-comics-line

 

'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3': Trilogy ends with whimper, not bang [in print as Saved, more or less, by the trash panda]

Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post May 5 2023 : Weekend 26

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/04/28/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-movie-review/

 

'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' Review: Raccoon Tears and a Final Mixtape

By Maya Phillips

A version of this article appears in print on May 5, 2023, Section C, Page 9 of the New York edition with the headline: Getting the Intergalactic Band Back Together.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/movies/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-review.html

 

Will Poulter Is Just Getting Used to His Superhero Era

The once-gawky British actor buffed up to play Adam Warlock in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3." But he says, in his head, he's still 5-foot-4.

By Kyle Buchanan

A version of this article appears in print on May 7, 2023, Section AR, Page 14 of the New York edition with the headline: Just Getting Used to Superhero Status.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/movies/will-poulter-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-adam-warlock.html

 

Mo Willems Finds Yet Another Way to Entertain Kids: Opera

By David Allen

A version of this article appears in print on May 7, 2023, Section AR, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Emotional Arias Acquire a Dose of Silliness.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/arts/music/mo-willems-opera-kennedy-center.html

 

Me And You Versus The World – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | May 5, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/me-and-you-versus-the-world-this-weeks-links/

 

Sage Coffey talks Millennials, supernatural drama in 'Wine Ghost Goes to Hell'

The afterlife is about to get very messy.

Chris Coplan

May 2, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/05/02/wine-ghost-goes-to-hell-qa/

 

"We Chose to Adapt These Stories Because of Their Enduring Relevance" – Scarlett and Sophie Rickard on Bringing Socially Conscious Edwardian Novels to the Comics Page

by Andy Oliver

May 2, 2023

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/rickard-sisters-interview-selfmadehero/

 

Smash Pages Q&A | Hannah Templer on 'Cosmoknights, Book Two'

JK Parkin

May 1, 2023

https://smashpages.net/2023/05/01/smash-pages-qa-hannah-templer-on-cosmoknights-book-two/

 

ESSAY: Big Ethel Energy is the Comfort Read That Grows With You

  Bella Hernandez May 2, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/05/essay-big-ethel-energy-is-the-comfort-read-that-grows-with-you/

 

"Denison Avenue" by Christina Wong and Daniel Innes

Susan Blumberg-Kason

 1 May 2023

https://asianreviewofbooks.com/content/denison-avenue-by-christina-wong-and-daniel-innes/

 

Denison Avenue

Reviewed by: 

Marissa Moss

New York Journal of Books May 2023

https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/denison-avenue

 

A Is for Anarchist

Reviewed by: 

David E. Spiro

New York Journal of Books (April? 2023)

https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/anarchist-0

 

May 15/22, 2023, Issue

Past and Present: How Maus changed the way we think about comics.

By Jillian Steinhauer

May 3, 2023

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/maus-now-breakdowns-art-spiegelman/

 

The Daily Heller: A Normal, Terrifying Childhood [Edel Rodriguez]

By Steven Heller

March 2 2023

The Daily Heller
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-a-normal-terrifying-childhood/

 

How a Cuban American Illustrator Sees This Country Today

Edel Rodriguez's new exhibition, "Apocalypso," reflects on democracy under threat in the nation that welcomed him in his childhood.

By Graciela Mochkofsky

May 4, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-a-cuban-american-illustrator-sees-this-country-today

 

Smash? Pow? No, South Africa's comic hero is non-violent [Bill Masuku, creator of Captain South Africa]

RODGER BOSCH / AFP

 28/04/2023
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230428-smash-pow-no-south-africa-s-comic-hero-is-non-violent

 

Off Panel #398: The Comic Arts with Charles Kochman [Abrams ComicArts]

David Harper

May 1, 2023

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-398-the-comic-arts-with-charles-kochman

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

 

In graphic memoir 'In Limbo,' a Korean American finds healing and humanity [Deb J.J. Lee]

Malaka Gharib

May 1, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/01/1172694687/deb-j-j-lee-graphic-memoir-novel-in-limbo

 

Kaiser, Franziska and Cuntz, Alexander and Peukert, Christian, Batman Forever? The Role of Trademarks for Reuse in the US Comics Industry (April 28 2023). CESifo Working Paper No. 10389, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4431380 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4431380 and https://deliverypdf.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=895008008009089094027068120010017119051084025012059023087050003031048003009000008089021081075123028032055110080103096127090123098010012001006024106077094127089007012004000004117114110&EXT=pdf&INDEX=TRUE

 

Reimagining the Comic Form: History, Narrative, and the Work of Sonny Liew

Stevphen Shukaitis and Sonny Liew

Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia Volume 7, Number 1, March 2023

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/43/article/890228

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/43/article/890228/pdf

 

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: Five titles not to sleep on this weekend

With Marvel and DC's FCBD offerings getting a majority of the attention, here's five other titles worth picking up.

Billy Henehan

05/05/2023 
https://www.comicsbeat.com/free-comic-book-day-five-titles-not-to-miss/

 

Amy Lockhart, May 2nd, 2023

[aka Amy Lockhart on Charles Burchfield's use of texture in image making; animation].

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

May 3, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stkouUi_-Uk

 

Mech Cadets Star Daniel Dae Kim Wants You to Celebrate FCBD 2023!

FreeComic BookDay

May 4, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ8KVAbzjY4

Jason David Frank Promotes Free Comic Book Day

FreeComic BookDay

Mar 28, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFJoAns2K8M

 

Tom Holland Encourages Fans to Participate in Free Comic Book Day!

FreeComic BookDay

Apr 26, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SCywoDHx9Y

 

Free Comic Book Day - Hugh Jackman 2013

FreeComic BookDay

May 2, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe-ovhKBHF8

 

20 Essential Queer Comics from the Past Five Years

By MariNaomi

Apr 28, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 05/01/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: 20 Essential Queer Comics from the Past Five Years

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/92152-20-essential-queer-comics-from-the-past-five-years.html

 

The Stupefying Success of "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"

Recycling old intellectual property is a default formula in today's Hollywood. But few franchises have managed to yield so much by doing so little.

By Kyle Chayka

May 4, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-stupefying-success-of-the-super-mario-bros-movie

 

Ted Richards Memorial Event

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/05/ted-richards-memorial-event/

 

Gene Luen Yang | Arlington Reads | May 4, 2023 6-8 pm

Jennifer Santure

Arlington County Library  May 4, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD7ExVHcoI8

 

Mean streets: Greg Pak gives City Boy the spotlight this May

By Sam Stone

Newsarama April 29 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/mean-streets-greg-pak-gives-city-boy-the-spotlight-this-may/

 

Batman & Joker: Deadly Duo #7 brings Marc Silvestri's opus to a close with a punchline

By George Marston

Newsarama May 3 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/batman-and-joker-deadly-duo-7-brings-marce-silvestris-opus-to-a-close-with-a-punchline/

 

Hirschfeld Salutes The Phantom of the Opera

The Al Hirschfeld Foundation

Apr 14, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8GMOY54Uug

 

Hirschfeld Moments Ep. 1 - The Most Important Drawing Hirschfeld Tried to Forget

The Al Hirschfeld Foundation

Jan 28, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXtWJ9hHEYk

 

Hirschfeld Moments - Ep. 2 - How Hirschfeld Got Louis Armstrong's Trumpet

The Al Hirschfeld Foundation

  Apr 24, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBysA8fyeuI

 

Jeff Lemire's new comic about Belle River, Ont.'s fishflies is available during Free Comic Book Day

CBC News May 5 2023 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2202940995971

 

Research re-imagined: As academics experiment with the graphic novel form, their research is reaching – and influencing – new audiences.

BY CAILYNN KLINGBEIL

MAY 03 2023

https://www.universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/research-re-imagined/

 

Marvel Hits Pause on 'Blade' Due to Writers Strike (Exclusive)

The studio, whose creative process involves rewrites and experimentation on set, is still gearing up to shoot 'Deadpool 3' and 'Thunderbolts' in the coming weeks.

By Borys Kit, Aaron Couch       

May 5, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvels-blade-delayed-writers-strike-1235480828/

 

'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' sends off its heroes with a mawkish mixtape

Glen Weldon

May 3, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1173031662/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-review-marvel

 

 

'Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3' overloads on action and sentiment

By Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon,Eric Deggans, Joelle Monique, Rommel Wood

Pop Culture Happy Hour May 5, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1172249372/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-overloads-on-action-and-sentiment

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2023/05/20230505_pchh_faad6358-45a2-4bf0-89fb-f1aaa32f0c65.mp3

 

NPR on Guardians

'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' sends off its heroes with a mawkish mixtape

Glen Weldon

May 3, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1173031662/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-review-marvel 

'Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3' overloads on action and sentiment

By Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon,Eric Deggans, Joelle Monique, Rommel Wood

Pop Culture Happy Hour May 5, 2023 

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1172249372/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-overloads-on-action-and-sentiment

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2023/05/20230505_pchh_faad6358-45a2-4bf0-89fb-f1aaa32f0c65.mp3

Gene Luen Yang | Arlington Reads | May 4, 2023 6-8 pm

Jennifer Santure

Arlington County Government

 May 4, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD7ExVHcoI8

Join us for a conversation between author Gene Luen Yang and Librarian Jennifer Santure about his graphic novel career, from "American Born Chinese" to his latest graphic novel, "Dragon Hoops." Thursday, May 4 6-8 p.m. Central Library

Malaka Gharib interviews Deb J.J. Lee on 'In Limbo'

In graphic memoir 'In Limbo,' a Korean American finds healing and humanity

Malaka Gharib

May 1, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/01/1172694687/deb-j-j-lee-graphic-memoir-novel-in-limbo

Mo Willems returns to the Kennedy Center

Mo Willems Finds Yet Another Way to Entertain Kids: Opera

The beloved author of children's books is experimenting with new forms, alongside starry collaborators, at the Kennedy Center.

By David Allen

A version of this article appears in print on May 7, 2023, Section AR, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Emotional Arias Acquire a Dose of Silliness.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/arts/music/mo-willems-opera-kennedy-center.html

The Post on Guardians 3

'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3': Trilogy ends with whimper, not bang [in print as Saved, more or less, by the trash panda]

The poignant origin story of Rocket Raccoon is a bittersweet nugget of storytelling, smothered in special-effects sauce

Review by Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post May 5 2023 : Weekend 26

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/04/28/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-movie-review/

(2 stars)