Wednesday, August 23, 2023

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LoC blogs about comic books and school



Three comic book covers showing characters going to school.
Cover images from left to right: Walt Disney's Huey, Dewey, and Louie Back to School, no. 1 (Sept. 1958); The Amazing Spider-Man, no. 28 (Sept. 1965); Yogi Bear, no. 30 (Oct. 1967).

Back to School: Comic Book Stories

Joel Mota
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2023/08/back-to-school-comic-book-stories/

Sean Fahey interviews

I met him a couple of weeks ago at the Storybox Comics Fair, and hope to get an interview for this site.

Wonder Woman's an even bigger deal in the DCU - Tom King explains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3K2sz-SVU

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/22/2023

Russische tekenares Victoria Lomasko ontvluchtte haar land: 'Ik heb me er nooit veilig gevoeld'

Veerle Vanden Bosch

De Standaard

https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230821_95100902

 

TITAN LICENSES 'SPEED GRAPHER' MANGA

Finally Finishing a Series Cancelled by Tokyopop

  Brigid Alverson on August 21, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54909/titan-licenses-speed-grapher-manga

 

'BONE' CREATOR JEFF SMITH RECUPERATING FROM CARDIAC ARREST

In-Person Events Cancelled for the Remainder of 2023

 Brigid Alverson on August 21, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54907/bone-creator-jeff-smith-recuperating-cardiac-arrest

 

Longtime Marvel X-Men Artist Dan Green Passes Away

By Brian Cronin

CBR August 22 2023

https://www.cbr.com/marvel-uncanny-x-men-artist-dan-green-obituary/

 

NFT Watch: Creator royalties tank n OpenSea; Bored Apes lawsuit grows

Heidi MacDonald

08/22/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/nft-watch-creator-nft-royalties-tank-bored-apes-lawsuit/

 

Advice to New Cartoonists from Comic Pros

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/08/21/advice-to-young-cartoonists-from-comic-pros-steve-lieber-jim-zub-and-patrick-brosseau/

 

Filipina Cartoonist Gets Wash. Post Gig [Ren Galeno]

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/08/21/filipina-cartoonist-gets-wash-post-gig/

 

Washington Post taps lady comics artist from Davao for investigative series drawings [Ren Galeno]

BY Keith Bacongco

Aug 20, 2023

https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/20/washington-post-taps-lady-comics-artist-from-davao-for-investigative-series-drawings

 

SPX 2023 releases full panel and workshop schedule

All the panels and workshops schedules in one place to help you make the most of the Small Press Expo weekend

Dean Simons

08/22/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/spx-2023-releases-full-panel-and-workshop-schedule/


Force Five - Open Chat LIVE! - Chip Zdarsky

Ken Plume

Aug 21, 2023 Force Five - A Star Wars Action Figure Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2sDTts2N8s

 

'Frozen' Podcast Marks Disney's Foray into Audio-First Storytelling

By Karen Raugust

August 22 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/93017-frozen-podcast-marks-disney-s-foray-into-audio-first-storytelling.html

 

Charles Martinet, Longtime Voice of Mario, Retires: "You Are All Numba One in My Heart!"

The voice actor will be moving into a new role as a Mario ambassador.

Christy PiƱa

August 21, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/voice-of-mario-charles-martinet-retires-1235571415/

 

Lackadaisy crowdfunding campaign hits $1.5 million – and there's more to come

Tracy Butler, Fable Siegel and C. Spike Trotman talk about Lackadaisy.

Heidi MacDonald

08/22/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/whats-next-lackadaisy-crowdfunding-campaign-hits-1-5-million/

 

INTERVIEW: Sara Frazetta & Bob Freeman continue the Frazetta family legacy with VAMPIRELLA: DEAD FLOWERS

Deanna Destito

08/22/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-sara-frazetta-bob-freeman-continue-the-frazetta-family-legacy-with-vampirella-dead-flowers/

 

De Los

The TV shows and movies from Latin America referenced in 'Blue Beetle'

By Carlos Aguilar

Aug. 21, 2023

https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-08-21/blue-beetle-chapulin-colorado-macario-cronos-sabado-gigante-maria-la-del-barrio

 

De Los

'Blue Beetle' director talks representation, music and the film's working class roots

By Fidel Martinez

Aug. 17, 2023

https://www.latimes.com/delos/newsletter/2023-08-17/blue-beetle-movie-latinx-files

 

De Los

'None of us are as strong as all of us.' Xolo MaridueƱa's family, friends rally behind 'Blue Beetle'

By Alejandra Molina

Aug. 20, 2023

https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-08-20/blue-beetle-xolo-mariduena-family-friends

 

Review: Refreshingly, 'Blue Beetle' injects DC universe with Latino richness and focus

By Katie Walsh

Aug. 16, 2023

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-08-16/blue-beetle-review-dc-comics-xolo-mariduena-superhero

 

Jen Sorensen, Award-Winning Editorial Cartoonist

Mark Simon

The Journalism Salute August 15 2023

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jen-sorensen-award-winning-editorial-cartoonist/id1526063503?i=1000624471688

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

The Beat rounds up SPX programming

SPX 2023 releases full panel and workshop schedule

All the panels and workshops schedules in one place to help you make the most of the Small Press Expo weekend

Daily Cartoonist on WaPo's Maura comic

Filipina Cartoonist Gets Wash. Post Gig

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/12-13/2023 catch-up

[forgot to send this last weekend]


Inking Printed Digital Pencils

The subtle differences

AndrĆ© Lima AraĆŗjo

Castrum Lusitania August 13 2023

https://andrelimaaraujo.substack.com/p/inking-printed-digital-pencils

 

Fassbinder's World: A Refuge for Outcasts

Rethinking the German filmmaker's vast body of work while reading a new book about him.

A version of this article appears in print on June 25, 2023, Section AR, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Sketchpad.

By Nathan Gelgud

Aug. 12, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/movies/fassbinders-world-a-refuge-for-outcasts.html

 

Joann Sfar retrospective exhibition coming to Paris Jewish Museum in October

Joann Sfar: Drawn Life will feature around 250 plates and drawings, as well as notebooks, photographs and films spanning his 30 year creative career

Dean Simons

08/11/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/joann-sfar-retrospective-exhibition-coming-to-paris-jewish-museum-in-october/

 

X-Men Monday #214 – Steve Orlando Talks 'Astonishing Iceman' at FAN EXPO Boston 2023

Chris Hassan

August 9, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/08/09/x-men-monday-214-steve-orlando-iceman/

 

AIPT Comics Podcast episode 234: KLC Press creators talk 'Kill Your Darlings'

Your weekly comics recap, plus special guests Ethan S. Parker, Bob Quinn, and Griffin Sheridan join the show to talk 'Kill Your Darlings.'

David Brooke and Nathan Simmons

August 6, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/08/06/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-234-kill-your-darlings/

 

John Romita Sr.: Read Marvel's Three Page Tribute From New Comics This Week

By Jenna Anderson - August 10, 2023

https://comicbook.com/comics/news/john-romita-sr-marvel-three-page-tribute-new-comics-this-week/

 

Marvel Might Be in Need of a Fresh Start

The vaunted superhero comic publisher is going through a rough patch. Let's talk about it.

By David Harper

August 8, 2023

https://sktchd.com/longform/marvel-feature-2023/

 

Tom Brevoort Has Been Put In Charge Of The X-Men At Marvel

Executive Editor and Senior Vice President of Publishing at Marvel, Tom Brevoort is to take charge of the X-Men at Marvel from 2024

 11 Aug 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-brevoort-has-been-put-in-charge-of-the-x-men-at-marvel/

 

Chuck Dixon on Fox News Blames Marvel for Prejudice Over The Punisher

11 Aug 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/chuck-dixon-on-fox-news-blames-marvel-for-prejudice-over-the-punisher/

 

Tom Brevoort On Chuck Dixon On Fox News [Punisher]

12 Aug 2023   by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-brevoort-on-chuck-dixon-on-fox-news-daily-litg-12th-august-2023/

 

"Just Do Your Thing": The Story Behind the Making of Marvel's Strange Tales Anthologies

By David Harper

June 16, 2020

https://sktchd.com/longform/strange-tales-retrospective/

 

Geek Chic in the Spotlight: Richmond's Ultimate Cosplay Convention

by Ash Griffith | Aug 12, 2023

https://rvamag.com/art/pop-culture/geek-chic-in-the-spotlight-richmonds-ultimate-cosplay-convention.html

 

Gary Grobman – RIP [The Ph.D. Culture Cartoon Book author]

D. D. Degg

 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/08/12/gary-grobman-rip/

 

'Shortcomings' is a comedy that lives in the discomfort

Aisha Harris, Kat Chow, Walter Chaw

Pop Culture Happy Hour August 10, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/25/1190060357/shortcomings-is-a-comedy-that-lives-in-the-discomfort

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2023/08/20230810_pchh_59b2ab43-0756-4328-aa42-3cf235b81145.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1190060357

 

Shortcomings (2023)

by Walter Chaw

August 2, 2023

https://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2023/08/shortcomings.html

 

This Isn't Barbie's First Time Onscreen: She's Been a Movie Star for Decades

Sarah Bahr

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 12, 2023, Section C, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: She's Been a Movie Star for Decades

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/movies/barbie-animated-nutcracker.html

 

The Life and Legacy of Charles Schulz, Creator of Peanuts

Caroline Harris

Minnesota History Summer 2023, Volume 68, Issue 6

 206-215

https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/68/v68i06p206-215.pdf

 

Crescent Elementary comic strip sparked imagination intertwined with skills

Aug 10, 2023 11:30AM ● By Julie Slama

https://www.draperjournal.com/2023/08/10/446113/crescent-elementary-comic-strip-sparked-imagination-intertwined-with-skills

 

LETTERING TERMS and PIONEERS Part 1-3

Todd Klein

Todd's Blog August 8, 10, 15 2023

https://kleinletters.com/Blog/lettering-terms-and-pioneers-part-1/

https://kleinletters.com/Blog/lettering-terms-and-pioneers-part-2/

https://kleinletters.com/Blog/lettering-terms-and-pioneers-part-3/

 

WHEN LETTERING BECAME A PROFESSION

Todd Klein

Todd's Blog August 17 2023

https://kleinletters.com/Blog/when-lettering-became-a-profession/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/21/2023

'Blue Beetle' Director Ɓngel Manuel Soto Is Relieved That His Characters Have a DCU Future

The filmmaker talks moving from HBO Max to theatrical, being the lone ambassador for his movie amid the actors' strike and his hopes for the future with these characters.

Brian Davids

August 17, 2023 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/blue-beetle-director-angel-manuel-soto-dc-1235567502/

 

Disney Doubles Down on Florida Litigation Against Ron DeSantis' Board as Governor Signals White Flag

For the first time, Disney is seeking damages in the state court case initiated by the governor's handpicked oversight board.

Winston Cho

August 18, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-counterclaims-ron-desantis-1235570069/

 

Jeff Smith cancels book tour following cardiac event

Smith was in the midst of a major book tour in support of his new series Tuki.

Dean Simons

08/21/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/jeff-smith-cancels-book-tour-following-cardiac-event/

 

To Mr. MacKay, With Apologies

David Harper

August 15, 2023

https://sktchd.com/column/to-mr-mackay-with-apologies/

 

Revisitor: The Universal and Timeless Power of Nick Abadzis' Laika

By David Harper

October 22, 2019

https://sktchd.com/review/revisitor-the-universal-and-timeless-power-of-nick-abadzis-laika/

 

Patrick Horvath fuses the cute and creepy in 'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees'

Due out in October, the new IDW Original elicits both "awww" and "aww God!"

Chris Coplan

August 15, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/08/15/beneath-the-trees-qa/

 

'Snow White' Director's Son Criticizes "Insulting" Disney Remake Starring Rachel Zegler

David Hand calls the company's reboot "woke … pathetic" following Zegler criticizing his father's 1937 film as "extremely dated."

James Hibberd

August 18, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/snow-white-remake-rachel-zegler-criticism-1235569835/

 

Taylor & Sommariva's NEVERLANDERS becomes first graphic novel to win major Australian Children's Book Award

The first graphic novel to win a Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year award in its 77-year history.

Dean Simons

08/21/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/taylor-sommarivas-neverlanders-becomes-first-graphic-novel-to-win-major-australian-childrens-book-award/

 

Timeless Inkslingers: Heinrich Kley

David W Fitzsimmons

David Fitzsimmons Arizona's Progressive Voice Aug 18, 2023

https://davidwfitzsimmons.substack.com/p/timeless-inkslingers


Art and Action Collide: 'Home Free' Comic Insights from John & Michelle

Barney Smith

Storycomic Presents 296  Aug 20, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Z9q6HjAPM or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy_b31m8Esk

 

VAN JENSEN & JESSE LONERGAN for ARCA

Comix Experience

Aug 20, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3iXa4Ke3Sg

 

#122: Chris Shehan and David M. Booher - Specs Artist and Writer

Justin Soderberg

Capes and Tights  Aug 16, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3L_TZdL0lQ

 

Paul Jenkins On The Media Strikes Comics and More

word balloon

 Aug 18, 2023

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

 

The MOEBIUS 1997 Shoot Interview by David Armstrong

Comic Book Historians

Aug 16, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFEXaE7pVLw

 

Fighting the "Masters of White Poop": Charles Glaubitz On the Kirbyesque Power of Starseeds

Mark Peters | August 21, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/fighting-masters-of-white-poop-talking-with-charles-glaubitz-about-the-kirbyesque-power-of-starseeds/

 

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode forty-nine | Leah Williams, part one.

Aug 21 2023

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan t

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/hey-hey

 

Overlooked No More: Robert M. Budd, Whose Newsstand Was Unlike Any Other

 

By Ellen Gruber Garvey

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 21, 2023, Section B, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Overlooked No More: Robert M. Budd, Whose Newsstand Was Unlike Any Other.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/obituaries/overlooked-no-more-robert-m-budd.html

 

He built a thriving business in New York selling back numbers, or old issues of newspapers and magazines, recognizing their value and the history they contained.

 

Publisher Spotlight Interview: THE PROPHET graphic novel creators A. David Lewis and Justin Renteria

Francisca Goldsmith

Publisher Spotlight Jul 31, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eDNi8iMJlk

 

Writing Relatable Villains with Bungo Stray Dogs Author Kafka Asagiri

by Bamboo Dong & Kalai Chik, Aug 18th 2023

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2023-08-18/writing-relatable-villains-with-bungo-stray-dogs-author-kafka-asagiri/.199786 

 

Mushoku Tensei Author Comments on Series' Depiction of Slavery

posted on 2023-08-16 15:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-08-16/mushoku-tensei-author-comments-on-series-depiction-of-slavery/.201346

 

Mushoku Tensei Author Explains: 'I Don't Condone Slavery'

posted on 2023-08-17 18:30 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-08-17/mushoku-tensei-author-explains-i-dont-condone-slavery/.201371?cmid=d97f9178-98e1-41b4-a5a9-ff11d3df738d

 

Girls & Panzer, Princess Principal Producer Shunpei Maruyama Passes Away

posted on 2023-08-15 21:10 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda

Maruyama was former president of animation studio Actas

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-15/girls-and-panzer-princess-principal-producer-shunpei-maruyama-passes-away/.201297

 

Macross Goes Worldwide: An Interview with Shoji Kawamori and Hidetaka Tenjin at Otakon 2023

by Coop Bicknell, Aug 16th 2023

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2023-08-16/macross-goes-worldwide-an-with-shoji-kawamori-and-hidetaka-tenjin-at-otakon-2023/.201081 

 

Exclusive Interview with Animation Artist Larry Leichliter: On Creating Art, The Great Pumpkin, and his Memories of Peanuts

by Leslie Combemale

ArtInsights August 17 2023

https://artinsights.com/exclusive-interview-with-animation-artist-larry-leichliter-on-creating-art-the-great-pumpkin-and-his-memories-of-peanuts/

 

Peanuts Animator Larry Leichliter Talks about Snoopy, Charlie Brown, & His Career in Cartoons

Leslie Combemale.

ArtInsights Animation and Film Art Online

May 3, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUr_bRkV9Go

 

The Great Pumpkin, Snoopy, and Animation Artist Ed Levitt

by Leslie Combemale

ArtInsights August 17 2023

https://artinsights.com/the-great-pumpkin-snoopy-and-animation-artist-ed-levitt/

 

BIG NEWS: ArtInsights is Going Virtual! [animation gallery]

by Leslie Combemale

ArtInsights August 10, 2023

https://artinsights.com/big-news-artinsights-is-going-virtual/

 

Why 'Blue Beetle' is the best modern DC movie [in print as 'Blue Beetle' captured my heart with its soul]

David Betancourt

Washington Post August 21, 2023 : B2.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/08/19/blue-beetle-dc-movie/