Thursday, July 06, 2023

Mel Giedroyc steps into the magical world of Walt Disney, exploring his extraordinary life through the stories of ten of the much mythologised genius's best-loved works.

Episodes (11 Available)

Introducing - Walt Disney: A Life in Films

Mel Giedroyc steps into the magical world of Walt Disney.

2 mins

22 Jun 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fwlpks

1. Snow White

Mel Giedroyc explores Snow White, Disney's first feature film.

28 mins

29 Jun 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0019r47

2. Pinocchio

Mel Giedroyc charts the creation of Walt Disney's Pinocchio.

28 mins

29 Jun 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001ngn2

3. Fantasia

Mel Giedroyc invites you to explore the surreal musical world of Disney's Fantasia.

28 mins

29 Jun 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001np6q

4. Dumbo

Mel Giedroyc examines the impact of war on Disney's company and his 1941 film Dumbo.

28 mins

29 Jun 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fxbqwq

5. Bambi

Mel Giedroyc invites you into the woods to explore Disney's classic Bambi.

28 mins

29 Jun 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fxbr8n

6. Cinderella

Mel Giedroyc examines Walt Disney's archetypal fairy tale romance Cinderella.

28 mins

29 Jun 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fxbrmf

7. Alice in Wonderland

Mel Giedroyc leaps through the looking glass into the world of Alice in Wonderland.

28 mins

29 Jun 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fxbs34

8. Disneyland

Mel Giedroyc explores Walt Disney's very own magic kingdom - Disneyland.

28 mins

29 Jun 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fxbtc1

9. Mary Poppins

Mel Giedroyc reveals the not so jolly story behind Disney's decidedly jolly Mary Poppins.

28 min

29 Jun 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fxbtvs

10. The Jungle Book and EPCOT

Mel Giedroyc explores Walt Disney's final film, The Jungle Book.

28 mins

29 Jun 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fxbvg3

Licensing Hotline: July 6, 2023 [Curiosity Ink and Dynamite Pit 'Cats Vs Pickles'; Mad Cave Expands Licensing Portfolio; New Twists and Turns in Hasbro's Licensed Comics Program]

By Karen Raugust

Jul 06, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/92704-licensing-hotline-july-6-2023.html

20 superheroes who originated outside of comic books

By George Marston

Newsarama July 3 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/20-superheroes-who-originated-outside-of-comic-books/

Barbie used to have her own Marvel comic – and it was kinda weird

By Will Salmon

Newsarama July 6 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/barbie-used-to-have-her-own-marvel-comic-and-it-was-kinda-weird/

Hal Jordan and Sinestro face their fears in Knight Terrors: Green Lantern. Interview | Jeremy Adams and Alex Segura preview their new miniseries

By Will Salmon

Newarama June 30 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/hal-jordan-and-sinestro-face-their-fears-in-knight-terrors-green-lantern/

Joker: The Actors Who Have Played the Clown Prince of Crime in the Movies

By David Crow | July 6, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/joker-actors-who-have-played-the-clown-prince-of-crime/

The latest WaPo webcomic from the former Lily newsletter

What's in a name? How six trans and gender-nonconforming people chose their names

By Apollo Baltazar, Hannah Good, N. Kirkpatrick and Anne Branigin

June 29, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/06/29/transgender-name-changes/

Skipper/s in the Spotlight panel from the Navy Times

Mario DeMarco illustrated this panel comic in Navy Times from 1961-1981, and maybe longer. These examples from the US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery's Historical Office's biographical files run from 1961-1981. The GCD and the Marvel Wiki have credits for DeMarco, but Jerry Bail's Who's Who in American Comic Books has the best data, and shows him as doing "Sports comics (pen/ink/) 20 yrs in Navy Times." I could only find two other examples online (which are at the bottom), and the Times search engine is useless returning almost 7000 results.

"Skipper in the Spotlight, Robert W. Elliott, Jr. (Dental Corps) U.S. Navy, Assistant Chief for Dentistry and Chief, Dental Division, BUMED." 03/05/1975; Navy Times Number 20, page 16

"Skipper in the Spotlight … Maxine Conder (Nurse Corps) U.S. Navy, Director, Navy Nurse Corps." 05/24/1976; Navy Times

Skipper in the Spotlight, Frances T. Shea, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, Director, Navy Nurse Corps. Navy Times 09/01/1980

"Skipper in the Spotlight: Rear Admiral Robert L. Baker (Medical Corps) U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer, Naval Regional Medical Center Philadelphia." Navy Times 06/14/1976

"Skipper in the Spotlight: Felix P. Ballenger (Medical Corps) Commanding Officer, National Naval Medical Center." Navy Times 11/05/1969

Skipper in the Spotlight: Wade H. Hagerman, Jr. (Dental Corps) U.S. Navy. Inspector General, Dental, and Deputy Chief, BuMed. Navy Times 03/20/1974

Skipper in the Spotlight: William J. Jacoby, Jr. (Medical Corps) U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer, Naval Regional Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia. Navy Times 08/06/1975

"Skipper in the Spotlight: Rear Admiral Paul Kaufman (Medical Corps) U.S. Navy, Assistant Chief for Material Resources, BUMED. " Navy Times 01/12/1976

"Skipper in the Spotlight. Rear Admiral Roger F. Milnes (MC) U.S.N., Commanding Officer, Naval Aerospace and Regional Medical Center, Pensacola, Florida." Navy Time 05/25/1981

"Skipper in the spotlight: Rear Admiral Richard D. Nauman (MC) USN, Fleet surgeon and assistant chief of staff for medicine, Atlantic Fleet." Navy Times 06/13/1973

"Skipper in the Spotlight: Eustine Paul Rucci (Medical Corps) U.S. Navy. Commanding Officer, Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego." Navy Times 06/08/1981

"Skipper in the Spotlight: Edward J. Rupnik (MC) USN, Assistant Chief for Planning and Logistics, BUMED." Navy Times 07/03/1974

"Skipper in the Spotlight: George D. Selfridge (Dental Corps) U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer, Naval Graduate Dental School, Bethesda. Navy Times 11/13/1974

"Skipper in the Spotlight: Henry A. Sparks (Medical Corps) U.S. Navy. Commanding Officer, Regional Medical Center, Oakland." Navy Times 03/21/1977

"Skipper in the Spotlight: Rear Admiral Herbert G. Stoecklein (MC) USN, Fleet Surgeon and Assistant Chief of Staff for medicine, Atlantic Fleet." Navy Times 02/09/1972

"Skipper in the Spotlight: Julian J. Thomas, Jr. (Dental Corps) U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer, Naval Regional Dental Center San Diego." Navy Times 09/29/1980

"Skipper in the Spotlight: Rear Admiral Robert G.W. Williams (MC) USN, Staff Medical Officer, Naval Logistics Command Pacific and Fleet Surgeon, Pacific Fleet." Navy Times 10/01/1975

"Skipper in the Spotlight: Vice Admiral Donald L. Custis (MC) USN, Surgeon General of the Navy." Navy Times 08/15/1973

"Skippers in the Spotlight: Rear Admiral Edward C. Kenney (MC) Navy Surgeon General and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery." 6/7/1961

Skippers in the Spotlight: Rear Adm. Frank T. Norris (MC) Assistant Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Personnel and Professional Operations). Navy Times August 30, 1967.

Skippers in the Spotlight: Rear Adm. Harry S. Etter (MC) Assistant Chief (Planning and Logistics), Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Navy Times April 10, 1968.

Skipper in the Spotlight: David P. Osborne (MC) USN, Assistant Chief for Personnel and Professional Operations, BuMed. Navy Times November 24, 1971.

Skipper in the Spotlight: Rear Adm. Harry P. Mahin (MC) USN, Commanding Officer, Naval Hospital, Oakland, Calif. Navy Times December 8, 1971.

Skipper in the Spotlight: Robert C. Laning, (MC) USN, Ass't Chief of Operational Medical Support, BUMED. Navy Times 7/5/1976.

And two strips from the web, the second deleted from a Wikipedia article.

RADM Floyd H. Miller, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command

Benjamin T. Hacker, Sr.

Seize Them! by Daniel Boris

UPDATED DATE: Meet Scott Braden - Author of Kent Menace at Beyond Comics

Store Signing

Frederick Location Only

Due to a delay in printing, the signing has been rescheduled for:

Saturday July 22nd!

11 AM - 4 PM

Meet and greet with Scott Braden, author and creator of Kent Menace!

Kent Menace is a mysterious mariner, as well as a weird hero who radiates - and attracts - excitement, danger, and even a bit of humor. Find out why Diamond Comics's Steve Geppi said Kent Menace "crackles with energy and overflows with possibility" and Valiant Comics's senior editor Lysa Hawkins said "...a little dash of pulp, a sprinkle of camp, Kent Menace is what happens if Doc Savage, Namor, and the Tick fused into one!"

Find out about Braden's new venture, Brilliant Enterprise!

"Brilliant really began as a dream I had with my old friend, JEFF DILLON, in the form of Brilliant Entertainment. In fact, I published my original 16-page, 200-count preview edition under that banner. Well, then for two issues we were published by another company. But, for all the work I was doing creating and marketing the books, I was told they really weren't hitting the mark. I had a hard time believing that, so, with a very cool logo designed by the great Mark Wheatley, I decided that if I am going to work this hard at it, it is up to me to make it successful. Nobody else."

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Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "It's Delightful, It's Delectable, It's De-Dollarization!"

from DC's anarchist cartoonist -

This is a piece I'd sketched out earlier but originally tossed for
being too complex, too obscure an issue... but then, a couple of weeks
ago I was reading about how BRICS was strengthening,
"de-dollarization" was spreading, how the spread of de-dollarization
was starting to get people shook on the Hill and how this means the
issue might finally break out into public media, and about how the
BRICS countries were contemplating creating an alternate reserve
currency and — and suddenly, that goofy-ass dollar-bill parody gag
was starting to look pretty good...

"The Rise and Fall of US Dollar Supremacy and How Sanctions Backfire",
Prabhat Patnaik and Rania Khalek at Breakthrough News, 06.06.2023
https://breakthroughnews.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-us-dollar-supremacy-how-sanctions-backfire-with-prabhat-patnaik/

"US Congress plots to save dollar dominance amid global
de-dollarization rebellion", Ben Norton at Geopolitical Economy
Report, 06.20.2023
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/06/20/us-congress-dollar-dominance-hearing/

"BRICS bloc is adding members, planning new currency to challenge US
dollar", Ben Norton at Geopolitical Economy Report, 06.03.2023
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/06/03/brics-adding-members-currency-us-dollar/
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Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

Thursday, July 06, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/6/2023

The latest WaPo webcomic from the former Lily newsletter

What's in a name? How six trans and gender-nonconforming people chose their names

Skipper/s in the Spotlight panel from the Navy Times

Seize Them! by Daniel Boris

UPDATED DATE: Meet Scott Braden - Author of Kent Menace at Beyond Comics

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "It's Delightful, It's Delectable, It's De-Dollarization!"

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