Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/8/2023

Queer Lucky Luke – en kärlekshandling

Nästan 20 år efter filmen "Brokeback mountain" skildrar nu också en serietecknare homosexualitet i vilda västern. I Ralf Königs Lucky Luke-album "Maskrosdalen" gror förbjuden kärlek bland schweiziska mjölkkor.

Jack Werner

Svenska Dagbladet 2023-08-05

https://www.svd.se/a/kELVKv/queer-lucky-luke-en-karlekshandling

 

'Where's Batman when you need him?' Surveillance video shows break-in of Boulder comic book store

A Spider-Man comic book valued at more than $6,000 was among the stolen items. 

Author: Matt Jablow

KUSA July 28, 2023

Updated: 3:42 PM MDT August 2, 2023

 https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/boulder-theft-comic-books-time-warp-store/73-0775dcd8-c30e-4650-95f5-6dfd108ac2f6

 

SHOP TALK: BURGLAR STEALS $13,000 WORTH OF COMICS FROM BOULDER SHOP

Plus: Thieves Make Off with $15,000+ Worth of Merch from Portland Game Store

Brigid Alverson on August 7, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54794/shop-talk-burglar-steals-13-000-worth-comics-boulder-shop

 

Tavern owner bringing comic books back to Main Street Newmarket

Owner Omar Saer wants to fill a niche and create 'a place you can go to that's a little escape'

Joseph Quigley
Jul 31, 2023 
https://www.bradfordtoday.ca/local-news/tavern-owner-bringing-comic-books-back-to-main-street-newmarket-7344992

 

Comic book stores offer an extended Comic-Con experience

By Beth Accomando / Arts & Culture Reporter

Contributors: Carlos Castillo / Video Journalist,  Roland Lizarondo / Video Journalist

KPBS July 22, 2023 

https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2023/07/22/best-san-diego-comic-book-stores-comic-con

 

Arisu Anime, large-scale anime and manga store, opens in Mystic

Andrew DaRosa, Staff Writer

July 10, 2023

https://www.ctinsider.com/living/article/arisu-anime-mystic-ct-opens-18186975.php

 

"The HIVE" comic shop leaves a buzzing legacy amid closing

The shop is set to close on Aug 27, but the memories created in this place won't be forgotten any time soon.

Author: Marcus Risen

KWES NewsWest9 August 3, 2023

https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/the-hive-comic-shop-leaves-a-buzzing-legacy/513-5163b941-b66c-4702-aba8-47218f192a32

 

Why visiting Houston's Third Planet is a rite of passage for comic book geeks

Predating the 'Star Wars' franchise, Third Planet is one of the oldest comic book stores in the United States and has been called 'the Louvre for nerds.'

By Ariana Garcia

July 28, 2023 
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-comic-books-third-planet-18173811.php

 

ICV2 INTERVIEW: CHRIS FERNANDEZ AND MARK IRWIN OF MAD CAVE STUDIOS

On License Expansion, Mad Cave's Top Titles, and Direct Market Opportunities

  Milton Griepp on August 8, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54800/icv2-interview-chris-fernandez-mark-irwin-mad-cave-studios

 

ICV2 INTERVIEW: IDW CO-PUBLISHERS MARK DOYLE AND TARA MCCRILLIS

On Changes Under New Management, Retailer Relationships, and Key Initiatives

  Milton Griepp on August 8, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54803/icv2-interview-idw-co-publishers-mark-doyle-tara-mccrillis

 

When Jerry Siegel Sent Poison Threats To DC Comics Executives

On the 17th of December, 1951, Jerry Siegel sent a letter to National Comics VP Jack Liebowitz containing Suprman grievances - and white powder.

Published Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:57:26 -0500

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/when-jerry-siegel-sent-a-poison-threat-to-dc-comics-executives/

 

When Jerry Siegel Fought DC Over The Contract To Superboy & Lois Lane

This internal document hows how DC negotiated with Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel over Superboy and Lois Lane, Girl Reporter comics

by Rich Johnston
07 Aug 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/when-jerry-siegel-fought-dc-over-the-contract-to-superboy-lois-lane/

 

Women in Animation President Warns of Rough Time Ahead While Introducing New Member Resources

"We saw drastic cuts in projects from all the major streamers long before the writers and actors went on strike," wrote Marge Dean in a letter to members.

Carolyn Giardina

August 7, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/women-in-animation-warns-rough-time-new-member-resources-1235557825/

 

WGA Picket in New York Doubles as Unionization Effort for Animation Writers: "We Are Going to Get This God***n Industry Organized"

The Tuesday event saw upwards of 100 WGA and SAG-AFTRA members, non-union writers and other supporters marching in the rain as they showed solidarity with the medium's east coast writers.

Abbey White

July 26, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/writers-strike-animation-picket-new-york-union-organizing-1235545075/

 

Kids YouTuber Ryan Kaji Expands Live-Action, Animated Content Slate With 'Ryan's World Ninja Adventures' (Exclusive)

The latest move in a partnership between pocket.watch and Sunlight Entertainment will also involve Walmart-exclusive toys and AI-powered Cameos, alongside new episodes and specials rolling out across the Ryan's World YouTube Channel, The Roku Channel, and SVOD service Ryan and Friends Plus.

Abbey White

August 1, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ryans-world-ninja-adventures-specials-toys-ai-cameo-1235547618/

 

Get Graphic: Metalwork with Astrobots' Hector Trunnec [Spain]

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Jul 17, 2023

https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/269499-Get-Graphic-Metalwork-with-Astrobots-Hector-Trunnec

 

Finding Comic Books and Newspapers at the 2023 National Book Festival

August 8, 2023

Posted by: Malea Walker

 https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2023/08/finding-comic-books-and-newspapers-at-the-2023-national-book-festival/

 

INTERVIEW: Adam Bessie on how GOING REMOTE altered the educational landscape

Adam Bessie discusses how community colleges continue to struggle socially and mentally post-pandemic.

Nancy Powell

08/08/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-adam-bessie-going-remote/

 

741.5: The Comics & Graphic Novel Bulletin of the Lexington Public Library

is written and designed by Lexington Public Library staff member Bill Widener. The inaugural issue came out in January 2017.

https://www.lexpublib.org/741-5

 

'Strange Planet' Review: Apple TV+'s Cute New Cartoon Series Is Best Consumed in Small Doses

Nathan W. Pyle and Dan Harmon's show tackles the joys, tragedies and absurdities of everyday existence through gently comic tales set on a planet of blue humanoid beings.

Angie Han

August 8, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/strange-planet-review-1235550562/

 

"I want to help readers feel stronger":  An Interview with Darcie Little Badger

The Beat caught up with the author of Elatsoe, A Snake Falls to Earth, and Sheine Lende.

08/08/2023

By Jim McDermott

https://www.comicsbeat.com/i-want-to-help-readers-feel-stronger-an-interview-with-darcie-little-badger/

My Adventures With Superman is one of the best depictions of the Man Of Steel ever

The secret to a good Superman tale has always been to ignore him and tell good stories about his friends instead

Sam Barsanti

AV Club August 8 2023

https://www.avclub.com/my-adventures-with-superman-lois-lane-best-adult-swim-1850701825

 

How One Adman Created the American Fantasy of Paul Bunyan

By Patricia Nelson Limerick

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 6, 2023, Page 22 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Tall Tale

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/books/review/paul-bunyan-the-invention-of-an-american-legend-noah-van-sciver.html

 

    PAUL BUNYAN: The Invention of an American Legend | By Noah Van Sciver | 48 pp. | Toon Books | $17.99 | Ages 7 and up

 

 

Artist Victor Juhasz Tackles SLJ Covers More Than Three Years Apart

by SLJ Staff

Aug 03, 2023

https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/Artist-Victor-Juhasz-Tackles-SLJ-Covers-More-Than-Three-Years-Apart

 

(updated with Sara Shepard)

Finding Comic Books and Newspapers at the 2023 National Book Festival

August 8, 2023

Posted by: Malea Walker

 https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2023/08/finding-comic-books-and-newspapers-at-the-2023-national-book-festival/

This year's National Book Festival will take place on August 12, 2023, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Every year we are treated to the opportunity of seeing some our favorite authors and creators at the National Book Festival. The Festival also includes tables and pavilions with fun activities and giveaways. This year you will be able to learn more about the Library's collections of comic books and newspapers at the Library of Congress Pavilion, and hear from some incredible authors and artists at the six other stages. Don't miss your chance to see these presentations at the National Book Festival!

 

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden greets visitors on the expo floor at the National Book Festival, September 1, 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

At the Library of Congress Pavilion, Hall DE (Level 2, North Building)

Comics Come Alive! 10:15am-10:45am

"Did you know that the Library of Congress has one of the largest publicly accessible comic book collections in the world? Come see some highlights from the comic book collection and share your interests!"

How Sara Shepard Made a Best Friend 10:20 am - 10:45 am EDT 

• Fifth grade is full of surprises: good, bad, silly, weird—you name it. The first installment of a new middle grade series, Sara Shepard’s “Penny Draws a Best Friend External” follows young Penny Lowry as she navigates changing friendships, a family secret and her feelings of anxiety. Moderated by Carolyn Belefski.
  

Finding LGBTQIA+ Hidden History 11:45am-12:15pm

"Historic newspapers are a rich yet often overlooked resource when it comes to studying LGBTQIA+ history. This presentation provides recommended search tips and strategies, focusing primarily on the kinds of unique resources that can be found in our Chronicling America historic newspaper collection."

In addition to these presentations, you can find a table with more information about Chronicling America* and other historic newspaper collections staffed by librarians from the Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room. Our staff will be happy to help demonstrate search and browse features, and answer your questions.

And don't miss your chance for some hands-on creation of your own at our Zine table!

Logo created for "Library of Awesome" pop-up exhibit, June 2017.

Comic Book and Graphic Novel Presentations

Me, My Story, My Pictures with Jarrett J. Krosoczka and Pedro Martín, Discovery Stage, 11:40am-12:10pm

"What's it like to not only divulge the details of your life but also draw them for everyone to see?! Jarret J. Krosoczka's "Sunshine" follows his experience working at a camp for terminally ill children. "Mexikid" tracks Pedro Martín's journeys to Mexico to visit his grandfather. Through memorable text and art, we know more about these writers—and maybe ourselves. Moderated by Kahîn Mohammad."

What If?: Time Travel, Supervillains and Other Everyday Things with Jamar Nicholas and Nisi Shawl, Discovery Stage, 1:05pm-1:35pm

"What happens when magic becomes your everyday? Set in a world where superheroes and ordinary people coexist, Jamar Nicholas' graphic novel "Leon the Extraordinary" follows superpower-less Leon's mission to save his fifth grade class from an app that turns them into zombies. In Nisi Shawl's "Speculation," 10-year-old Winna embarks on a quest to break a family curse using wish-granting spectacles. Moderated by Megan Halsband."

Alan Gratz. Photo credit: Courtesy of the author.

Captain America and Alan Gratz: What More Do You Need? Discovery Stage, 2:30pm-2:55pm

"A human, a sidekick and a captain. What more do you need to become a superhero? Alan Gratz brings us a World War II adventure featuring Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes up against an army of undead ghosts in "Captain America: The Ghost Army." Hear Gratz talk about superheroes and the real United States Ghost Army unit. Moderated by The Washington Post's David Betancourt."

Drawing Yaqui Delgado with Meg Medina and Mel Valentine Vargas, Discovery Stage, 3:10pm-4:10pm

"How do you add faces to characters you've never seen? Is it hard to draw a beloved novel? In this program artist Mel Valentine Vargas is joined by National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Meg Medina. Together they will share how they transformed Medina's "Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass" into this new graphic novel adaptation. Moderated by Monica Valentine."

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Hector Trunnec of Spain

Get Graphic: Metalwork with Astrobots' Hector Trunnec [Spain]

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Jul 17, 2023

https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/269499-Get-Graphic-Metalwork-with-Astrobots-Hector-Trunnec

Hobbes Holluck just launched Fuzzbuquet 5, a new Comic Books project

Fuzzbuquet 5: Breakfast at Nibbienew's

A whimsical dark fantasy meant for all ages. A story about a monster with a very small brain and a very large heart.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1995040525/fuzzbuquet-5-breakfast-at-nibbienews

Cover art for chapter 5 by Hobbes Holluck

Fuzzbuquet is an all ages fantasy story about a monster with a very large heart and a very small brain.  In the previous issues we met Fuzzbuquet, a lovable beast with big dreams of becoming a cheese-maker.  Unfortunately for Fuzzbuquet no one would buy his fuzzy cheese.  Desperate to fulfill his dreams, Fuzzbuquet decides to finance his business by setting out on a quest to slay a dragon.

Variant cover by Jeremy Vinar

In this fifth chapter, Fuzzbuquet is treated (mistreated?) to a Bed and Breakfast at Mrs. Nibbienew's.   Unbeknownst to Fuzzbuquet, Soggi Biscotti is hatching a mischievous plot with Mrs. Nibbienew's son in the wee hours of the morning.  And elsewhere, steeped in the stench of Bumblossom Bog, Parcy Plundergas comes face to face with his greatest foe- himself.

The Mush-Man cometh!

The story of Fuzzbuquet draws its inspiration from  a wide variety of sources to include '80s/'90s Saturday morning cartoons and Arthurian legends.  Additionally, it also draws inspiration from the classic films of Rankin/Bass like The Last Unicorn and The Hobbit.

Fuzzbuquet doesn't make deals with do-do heads.

 Packed with slapstick gags and potty humor, Fuzzbuquet is reminiscent of the gross-out culture of the '80s and '90s like Garbage Pail Kids as well as the over-the-top heroics (and stupidity) of shows like He-Man and Thundercats.

And I said, "What about breakfast at Nibbienew's?"

The art of Fuzzbuquet is done using traditional materials such as pencil, ink, markers, paint and airbrush.  In creating Fuzzbuquet, I wanted to try and evoke some of the techniques I saw in cartoons and comics when I was growing up.  

Parcy's past is... complicated.

Ultimately, it gives this comic series a distinct look and feel that sets it apart from many other current works.  This is the fifth issue of the ongoing Fuzzbuquet story.  With your help, I hope to continue publishing the adventures of Fuzzbuquet annually as Fuzzbuquet continues his ill fated quest.

That darn Michael Ramirez

Michael Ramirez's July 25 editorial cartoon. (Michael Ramirez/The Washington Post)

Who was the target demographic?

Heather J. Lynch, Port Jefferson, N.Y.

Washington Post August 5 2023: A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/04/readers-reactions-critique-pickleball-anna-leigh-waters/

Michael Ramirez managed to insult a surprisingly large and diverse portion of the human population in a single frame with his July 25 editorial cartoon. Was it just younger generations that were the target of this unfunny hit job, or was it an attack on women? Both?

The only redeeming feature of this cartoon is that it managed to efficiently package up enough implicit bias for an entire semester's worth of discussion. To that end, bravo, Mr. Ramirez.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/7/2023

Friends Don't Let Friends Do Slipcases On Kickstarters Says Liam Sharp

Last year, comic book creator, publisher and novelist Liam Sharp launches a Kickstarter for The Art Of Liam Sharp Encore Bronze.

  06 Aug 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/friends-dont-let-friends-do-slipcases-on-kickstarters-says-liam-sharp/

 

George Bernard Shaw Sent Lawyers After DC Comics About Superman

This internal document from 1939 shows how the publisher confronted the first legal threat against Superman, from George Bernard Shaw.

Published Sun, 06 Aug 2023 12:57:08 -0500

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/george-bernard-shaw-sent-lawyers-after-dc-comics-about-superman/

 

Maxwell Charles Gaines – The Man Who Rejected Superman In 1936

In 1936, co-publisher of All-American Publications, Maxwell Charles Gaines wrote to Jerry Siegel rejecting Superman., returning all meterials.

Published Sat, 05 Aug 2023  

by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/maxwell-charles-gaines-the-man-who-rejected-superman-in-1936/

 

When Superman Editor Hannah Baker Called Joe Shuster's Art Careless

The Superman newspaper strip's editor Hannah Baker also sent the following letter to Jerry Siegel on the 20th of April, 1939...

 06 Aug 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/superman-editor-hannah-baker-called-joe-shuster-art-careless/

 

Sage Stossel Winner of 2023 NSNC Award, McConnell & Lander Nab Honorable Mention

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/08/06/sage-stossel-winner-of-2023-nsnc-award-mcconnell-lander-nab-honorable-mentio/

 

INTERVIEW: Graham Annable lets your mind fill in the horrific gaps in EERIE TALES FROM THE SCHOOL OF SCREAMS

Ricardo Serrano Denis

08/07/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/graham-annable-eerie-tales-from-the-school-of-screams-interview/

 

The Uncertain Death of Heavy Metal Magazine

A look at what looks like the demise of Heavy Metal magazine, and the strange road that led to this

By RM Rhodes

08/07/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-uncertain-death-of-heavy-metal-magazine/

 

A perfect Sunday with... Charles Soule

Peach pie, reading as many books as (super)humanly possible and hitting the pavement!

Cavan Scott

Cavletter Aug 6, 2023

https://cavanscott.substack.com/p/a-perfect-sunday-with-charles-soule

 

Aug 7 2023

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode forty-seven | Ben Percy, part one

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/im-saved

 

S&S to Distribute Image Comics

Aug 04, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4299

 

The Violent Delights of "Harley Quinn"

Amid a sea of grim, self-serious adaptations, the buoyant Max series offers an antidote to superhero fatigue.

Published in the print edition of the August 14, 2023, issue, with the headline "Why So Serious?."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/14/harley-quinn-tv-review-max

By Inkoo Kang

August 7, 2023

 

INTERVIEW: SHANNON HALE chats about creating the BEST FRIENDS audiobook

Deanna Destito

08/07/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-shannon-hale-chats-about-creating-the-best-friends-audiobook/

 

Meet Hank Kanalz

The longtime comics executive talks about his publishing & operations focus, plus much more!

3 Worlds / 3 Moons

Aug 7, 2023

https://3w3m.substack.com/p/dispatch-meet-hank-kanalz

 

Marvel Studios VFX Workers File to Join IATSE Union

Around 50 workers signed authorization cards indicating they wished to be represented by the union.

Borys Kit

August 7, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvel-studios-vfx-workers-union-1235558210/

 

The Quiet Giant: On Comics and Libraries, and What's Driving the Growth of this Potent Combination

By David Harper

September 10, 2019

https://sktchd.com/longform/the-quiet-giant/

 

What Mutant Mayhem gets right about TMNT

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie proves once again that taking creative risks can pay off big time

Cindy White

AV Club August 7 2023

https://www.avclub.com/what-mutant-mayhem-gets-right-about-tmnt-1850709818

 

"I Just Wanna Keep Doing This": Jay Hosler on 20 Years of YA Comics

Chris Mautner | August 7, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/i-just-wanna-keep-doing-this-jay-hosler-on-20-years-of-ya-comics/

 

European Comics and Graphic Novels in English

2016-04-05

www.europeancomics.net

 

Euro-comics - English translations

GUIDE TO EUROPEAN GRAPHIC NOVELS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH

Kimmo Lakoma

2018-01-07

https://www.eurocomics.info/index.html

RM Rhodes on Heavy Metal's limbo state

Well worth reading.

The Uncertain Death of Heavy Metal Magazine

A look at what looks like the demise of Heavy Metal magazine, and the strange road that led to this

By RM Rhodes

08/07/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-uncertain-death-of-heavy-metal-magazine/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/5-6/2023

Next Issue Podcast | Creator Spotlight | KILL YOUR DARLINGS | KLC Press

Next Issue Podcast July 28 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-JurReez8c

 

Comic Book Club: Jamie Rotante, Vin Lovallo, Ethan S. Parker And Griffin Sheridan [ "Kill Your Darlings";  Bite-Sized Archie]

ComicBookClub

Aug 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGhxAEUg5Jo

 

The Kill Your Darlings Team

wordballoon August 4 2023

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

 

Talking indie comics publishing LIVE! [Kill Your Darlings]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rZ1CxB-n5Y

Aug 3, 2023  The Elseworlds Exchange - A Comic Book Culture Podcast

 

Image Comics Pulls Bookstore Sales From Diamond To Simon & Schuster

Rich Johnston

 4 Aug 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/image-comics-pull-bookstore-sales-from-diamond-to-simon-schuster/

 

John Floyd, Comic Book Inker, Dies At 61. RIP.

John Floyd, the inker best known for working with Barry Windsor-Smith, has died at the age of 61, after suffering from pancreatic cancer.

 04 Aug 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/john-floyd-comic-book-inker-dies-at-61-rip/

 

Jim Adcock – RIP [editorial cartoonist]

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/08/04/jim-adcock-rip/

 

James Adcock (June 12, 1948 - July 19, 2023) Obituary

https://www.burbagefuneralhome.com/obituary/james-adcock

 

Jim Adcock: From publisher to painter, shaping Ocean Pines for three decades

Friday, July 7, 2023

https://oceanpines.org/web/pages/news_content?announcementId=1956&backURL=/opa-news

 

Woo, Benjamin. 2008. "An Age-Old Problem: Problematics of Comic-Book Historiography." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351035138_An_Age-Old_Problem_Problematics_of_Comic-Book_Historiography

 

Berndt, Jaqueline (ed.). 2010.

Comics Worlds and the World of Comics: Towards Scholarship on a Global Scale

(series Global Manga Studies, vol. 1)

International Manga Research Center, Kyoto Seika University, 2010

Online at https://www.academia.edu/660784/Researching_comics_on_a_global_scale

 

Introduction:

attempts at cross-cultural comics studies 1

Jaqueline BERNDT

 

PART I: Examining Manga/Comics Studies

Challenges to international comics studies in the context of globalization 15

Thierry GROENSTEEN

 

2: Cultural recognition of comics and comics studies: comments on Thierry

Groensteen's keynote lecture 27

MORITA Naoko

 

3: Pictotext and panels: commonalities and differences in manga, comics, and BD  37

NATSUME Fukanosuke

 

4: Manga truisms: on the insularity of Japanese manga discourse 53

ODAGIRI Hiroshi

 

5: Manga/comics studies from the perspective of science fiction research: genre, transmedia, and transnationalism  67

Shige (CJ) SUZUKI

 

6: Researching comics on a global scale 85

Pascal LEFÈVRE

 

 

PART II: Authorships and Readerships in Manga/Comics  97

 

7: How creators depict creating manga: mangaka manga as  authenticating discourse  99

SAIKA Tadahiro

 

8: Fieldwork in aesthetics: on comics' social legitimacy 111

Thomas BECKER

 

9: Dōjinshi research as a site of opportunity for manga studies 125

Nele NOPPE

 

10: Theorizing comics/manga genre as a productive forum: yaoi and beyond  145

MIZOGUCHI Akiko

 

11: When a 'male' reads shōjo manga 171

ITŌ Kimio

 

12: BD in young girl-oriented magazines in France 179

INOMATA Noriko

 

13: Drawing the ideal modern woman: Ms. Lee Wai-Chung and her Mr. 13-Dot  193

Wendy WONG

 

PART III: Manga/Comics as Media of Historical Memory  201

 

14: Lest we forget: the importance of history in Singapore and Malaysia comics studies 203

LIM Cheng Tju

 

15: War comics beyond the battlefield: Anne Frank's transnational transnational representation in sequential art  217

Kees RIBBENS

 

16: Barefoot Gen and 'A-bomb literature': re-recollecting the nuclear Experience  233

KAWAGUCHI Takayuki

 

 

17: How emotions work: the politics of vision in Nakazawa Keiji's Barefoot Gen  245

KAJIYA Kenji

 

18: Manga Bomb: between the lines of Barefoot Gen 263

Thomas LAMARRE

 

Afterword:

intentions and methods behind my proposal for remakes of Barefoot Gen abroad  309

YOSHIMURA Kazuma

 

Colorado's Time Warp Comics Has $14,000 Of Comics Stolen In Break-In

5 Aug 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/colorados-time-warp-comics-has-14000-of-comics-stolen-in-break-in/

 

Why Ms. Marvel Airing Tonight on ABC Means More Than You May Realize

5 Aug 2023 

by Ray Flook

 https://bleedingcool.com/tv/why-ms-marvel-airing-tonight-on-abc-means-more-than-you-may-realize/

 

Walter Simonson

" Deeply saddened to learn that Allen Spiegel has caught the last train out."

August 5 2023

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=9823576171017989&set=a.121257911249912

 

Fifty Years Later, Walter Simonson Gives Dan Jurgens His Comic Back; Walter Simonson had a tale to tell on Facebook about, three handmade comics that showed up at Marvel in 1975. 

05 Aug 2023  by Rich Johnston 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/fifty-years-later-walter-simonson-gives-dan-jurgens-his-comic-back/

 

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a new local comic book publishing company

Kevin Woolridge gears up for a busy fall when Heavy Sweater Comics releases locally made comics

Elizabeth Whitten · CBC News August 6 2023

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/kevin-woolridge-heavy-sweater-comics-1.6922297

 

Around the Writers' Table: With two New Yorker cartoonists [Mick Stevens and Paul Karasik]

Kate Feiffer

Martha Vineyard's Times August 2, 2023

https://www.mvtimes.com/2023/08/02/around-writers-table-two-new-yorker-cartoonists/

 

Mike Thompson: Half-seriously now ... In defense of Donald Trump

A look at political cartoonists who forego criticizing former President Donald Trump and their reasons for doing so.  [Dick Wright, Gary Varvel]

By Mike Thompson

August 4, 2023

https://www.startribune.com/mike-thompson-half-seriously-now-in-defense-of-donald-trump/600294977/

 

AFS Cinema Celebrates Max Fleischer, the Man Who Made Betty Boop Boop-Oop-a-Doop

The animation revolution created by the cartoon pioneer reappraised in the Fleischer Studios Legacy

By Richard Whittaker, Fri., Aug. 4, 2023

A version of this article appeared in print on August 4, 2023 with the headline: The Man Who Made Betty Boop

https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2023-08-04/afs-cinema-celebrates-max-fleischer-the-man-who-made-betty-boop-boop-oop-a-doop/

 

Who was the target demographic? [Michael Ramirez letter]

Heather J. Lynch,

Washington Post August 5 2023: A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/04/readers-reactions-critique-pickleball-anna-leigh-waters/

That darn Michael Ramirez

Michael Ramirez's July 25 editorial cartoon. (Michael Ramirez/The Washington Post)

Who was the target demographic?

Heather J. Lynch, Port Jefferson, N.Y.

Washington Post August 5 2023: A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/04/readers-reactions-critique-pickleball-anna-leigh-waters/

Michael Ramirez managed to insult a surprisingly large and diverse portion of the human population in a single frame with his July 25 editorial cartoon. Was it just younger generations that were the target of this unfunny hit job, or was it an attack on women? Both?

The only redeeming feature of this cartoon is that it managed to efficiently package up enough implicit bias for an entire semester's worth of discussion. To that end, bravo, Mr. Ramirez.