Thursday, November 02, 2023

The creator of intriguing, thought-provoking stories about not-so-everyday grown-up relationships talks about doujinshi and drawing stories about the "A" in LGBTIA.

MSX: Mangasplaining Extra

Nov 1, 2023

https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/interview-isaki-uta-creator-of-is/comments

Georgia Higley, "America's comic book librarian," retires from Library of Congress

by Mike Rhode

ComicsDC and International Journal of Comic Art blogs November 01, 2023

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/11/georgia-higley-americas-comic-book.html and https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/11/georgia-higley-americas-comic-book.html

Wednesday, November 01, 2023

Georgia Higley, "America's comic book librarian," retires from Library of Congress

by Mike Rhode

I don't know if anyone actually ever called her "America's comic book librarian," but someone should have.

On October 31, 2023, Georgia Higley retired from the Library of Congress (LOC) where she had worked for 33 years upon joining the staff as a library intern in 1990. Georgia had been in charge of the Newspapers and Current Periodicals division and had overseen the rebuilding, strengthening, and spotlighting of one of the largest comic book collections in the world and possibly the largest in America. The website for the collection calls it, "The largest publicly available comic book collection in the world is comprised of over 165,000 original print issues and 12,000 different titles that span 1934-present."

The following bullet points about her career were initially pulled from the LOC's internal newsletter The Gazette (January 30, 2004) and updated by one of her colleagues:

Began her career at the Library of Congress on September 4, 1990.
Served in varying capacities: intern, reference librarian, automated reference service specialist, acting head of Reference Section, co-founder of the LOC Reference Forum, trustee for the LOC Professional Association Continuing Education Fund, section head of Newspaper and finally newly reorganized Physical Collections Services Section
Headed the Newspaper Section from 2004 to 2020.
In 2020 appointed head of the Physical Collections Services Section – a combined section of newspapers, government documents and current periodicals, responsible for acquiring, preserving and serving physical collections of the division.
Significant force behind the expansion and preservation of the comic book collection in the early 2000s through today.

While Georgia was running the section that collected comics, in 2011 the Library and the Small Press Expo (SPX) began to work together to ensure the preservation of America's alternative and mini comics through a cooperative program that saw LOC librarians fanning out throughout the SPX exhibit floor and asking cartoonists to donate copies of their works. Those works were then added to a Small Press Expo collection (actually two - one of comic books, and one of original art, prints, and ephemera) at the Library. As of this writing 3,345 comics have been cataloged. The project is the work of scores of people, but Georgia has been one of the mainstays of it.

When asked about her plans at her recent retirement party, Georgia said that she might volunteer for SPX in the future, but in the meantime she would be working on cleaning out an old shed falling apart in her backyard. We wish her well in both of those endeavors.

The comic book collection remains open for research and the division is currently being overseen by longtime comic book reference librarian Megan Halsband.

This article has been posted simultaneously to the ComicsDC and International Journal of Comic Art blogs.

Nov 7: "unOrdinary" book signing with Uru-Chan

https://www.facebook.com/events/s/un-ordinary-book-launch-event-/1037371050749992/

2nd & Charles

13653D Lee Jackson Memorial Highway Chantilly, VA 20151

We buy & sell used books, music (including vinyl!), movies, video games, gaming systems, audiobooks, & more.

Public Anyone on or off Facebook

Join 2nd & Charles for the exciting book launch of the beloved WEBTOON series, 'unORDINARY' with creator and now author, uru-chan! Finally coming to print, the book will cover episodes 1-45 and features an exclusive bonus story.

Tickets are required and will include a copy of 'unORDINARY'. Reserve your spot today by pre-purchasing through Eventbrite. 2nd & Charles will have additional copies available for purchase upon arrival.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to meet the incredible uru-chan in person and have your book signed and personalized. Although masks are not required, they are encouraged for the health and safety of the author.

Whether you're a long-time fan or new to the series, this event promises to be 'unORDINARY' in every way. We can't wait to see you there!

Nov 16: Emily Bowen Cohen at Arlington Library

Author Talk: Emily Bowen Cohen

Join us for a presentation from author Emily Bowen Cohen about her novel "Two Tribes."

Cohen will reflect on themes common to Indigenous and Jewish American experiences such as the importance of places that feel like home, historical persecution and oppression, and cultural traditions using her own illustrations and comic panels.

Audience Q&A and book signing to follow. Books will be available for sale, courtesy of Hooray for Books!

RSVP for an event reminder. Attendance is first-come, first-served until seating capacity is reached.

For more information, contact 703-228-6545

Date:: Thursday, November 16, 2023
Time:: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location:: Campbell Room
Library:: Shirlington Library
Audience:: Events for Adults Events for High Schoolers Events for Middle Schoolers
Categories:: Author Talk
Calendar:: Arlington Public Library

About the book

This debut graphic novel embraces the complexity, meaning, and deep love that comes from being part of two vibrant tribes. Mia is still getting used to living with her mom and stepfather, and to the new role their Jewish identity plays in their home. Feeling out of place at home and at her Jewish day school, Mia finds herself thinking more and more about her Muscogee father, who lives with his new family in Oklahoma. Her mother doesn’t want to talk about him, but Mia can’t help but feel like she’s missing a part of herself without him in her life.

About the author

Emily Bowen Cohen won a WORD artist grant in 2016 to create the mini-comic, An American Indian Guide to the Day of Atonement. She was an Inquiry fellow at American Jewish University and also participated in the Reciprocity retreat through Asylum Arts. She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Visual and Environmental Studies.

Former Silver Springer Ryan Holmberg starts a new manga imprint

Ryan Holmberg unveils SMUDGE, a new "horror, pulp and dark fantasy" manga imprint

Her Frankenstein, a cult horror manga from the 1980s will be the first Smudge release in 2024

Joel Savill

10/31/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/ryan-holmberg-unveils-smudge-a-new-horror-pulp-and-dark-fantasy-manga-imprint/

November 13: Neil Shusterman + Andrés Vera Martínez at Politics and Prose

Monday, November 13 at 7 p.m.

Neil Shusterman with Andrés Vera Martínez

Courage to Dream / Ages 13+

at Conn Ave Kids Dept.

A golem, a window to another world, Baba Yaga, the staff of Moses, and a crystalline shell provide inspiration in five powerful stories about finding hope and courage during the darkest of modern times: the Holocaust. These figures from Jewish folklore change the lives of ordinary people in action-packed, powerful graphic stories. Each narrative is followed by compelling historical facts and biographies.

Details

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/31/2023

'New Yorker' Cartoon About a Dog on the Internet Breaks Auction Records

The iconic 1993 image by Peter Steiner just became the most valuable single-panel comic ever sold

Julia Binswanger

October 26, 2023

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-most-reprinted-new-yorker-cartoon-breaks-record-at-auction-for-a-single-panel-comic-180983135/

SKTCHDxTINYONION: Talking A Little Horror on Halloween

James Tynion IV and David Harper

Oct 31, 2023

https://jamestynioniv.substack.com/p/sktchdxtinyonion-talking-a-little

Book Review: Drawn to Satire: Sketches of Cartoonists in Singapore by CT Lim and Koh Hong Teng.

reviewed by Felix Cheong

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG October 31, 2023

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/10/book-review-drawn-to-satire-sketches-of.html

Drawn to Satire: Sketches of Cartoonists in Singapore. CT Lim and Koh Hong Teng. Pause Narratives, 2023.

AFM: Leonardo DiCaprio's All-Star Animated Feature 'Ozi: Voice of the Forest' Sells to Signature for U.K. (Exclusive)

Alex Ritman

The eco-focused film features the voices of Laura Dern, Amandla Stenberg, Donald Sutherland, Djimon Hounsou, RuPaul, Dean Charles Chapman and Rachel Shenton.

October 31, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ozi-voice-of-the-forest-leonardo-dicaprio-signature-1235632234/

Asterix turns 60

By DW

29 October 2023

https://tv.guardian.ng/entertainment/entertainment-news/asterix-turns-60/

Keith Giffen, November 30, 1952 – October 9, 2023

Andrew Farago | October 31, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/keith-giffen-november-30-1952-october-9-2023/

In Memoriam: Cartoonist Tony Husband

By John Freeman on October 20, 2023

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-cartoonist-tony-husband/

Tony Husband: Cartoonist

Photography by Jolita Jaugaite and MJ Smith

https://www.greatermancunians.blog/tony-husband-cartoonist-manchester

Tony Husband – A Tribute in Cartoons

Glenn Marshall

October 25, 2023

https://procartoonists.org/tony-husband-a-tribute-in-cartoons/

Editoonist George Danby Supports Lewiston

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/10/31/editoonist-george-danby-supports-lewiston/

Danny Earls [Alien]

Declan Shalvey

TAPE DEC Talks 01 Oct 26, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4S-mRdbz3s

Digging Under The Ice, An Interview with Declan Shalvey

Corporal Hicks and RidgeTop

AvP Galaxy Podcast #172

Alien vs. Predator Galaxy

Oct 23, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDgTRczkB2I

'Audrey's Shelter' Receives UNESCO Backing to Support Its Eco Message [France, animation]

By Mercedes Milligan

October 30, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/10/audreys-shelter-receives-unesco-backing-to-support-its-eco-message/

'South Park' Mocks Kathleen Kennedy, Disney Diversity Efforts; Gina Carano Reacts

The latest special mocked Disney brass for diversity "pandering" in franchises like 'Star Wars' and Indiana Jones — while simultaneously criticizing trolls who attack Lucasfilm's Kennedy — as right-leaning celebrities ranging from Elon Musk to Carano weigh in.

James Hibberd

October 30, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-disney-kathleen-kennedy-gina-carano-1235632407/

Marvel Animated Universe Wiki. 2008-

https://marvelanimated.fandom.com/wiki/Marvel_Animated_Universe_Wiki

Invincible season 2, part 1 review: A slow, compelling burn

Prime Video's animated superhero drama sets the table for an explosive second half

Saloni Gajjar

AV Club October 31 2023

https://www.avclub.com/invincible-season-2-part-1-review-prime-video-tv-1850967586

VAULT & AETHON partner up for comics, ebooks, and audiobooks

Deanna Destito

10/31/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/vault-aethon-partner-up-for-comics-ebooks-and-audiobooks/

Nine Antico's MADONNAS AND WHORES wins 2023 Inrockuptibles literary prize

The fourth edition of the annual literary prize from French culture magazine Les Inrockuptibles

Dean Simons

10/31/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/nine-anticos-madonnas-and-whores-wins-2023-inrockuptibles-literary-prize/

With Ivan Brunetti - Author of Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice

Jimmy Gownley, Michael Cohen, and Harold Buchholz.

Unpacking Peanuts 8/15/2023

https://www.unpackingpeanuts.com/podcast/episode/1efa5b90/with-ivan-brunetti-author-of-cartooning-philosophy-and-practice

Is It Time to Pull Up Stakes and Head for Mars?

Probably not, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith argue in "A City on Mars."

By W. M. Akers

Oct. 28, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/books/review/kelly-zach-weinersmith-city-on-mars.html

A CITY ON MARS: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? | Kelly and Zach Weinersmith | Penguin Press | 430 pp. | $32

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/30/2023

ABOUT COMICS RETURNS TO THE DIRECT MARKET AFTER 10-YEAR ABSENCE With 'Scott Shaw!s Comix & Stories' and Mireault's 'The Jam'

Brigid Alverson on October 27, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55447/about-comics-returns-direct-market-after-10-year-absence

RIP STEVE ERWIN

'Deathstroke' Artist, Co-Creator of Checkmate

Brigid Alverson on October 30, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55452/rip-steve-erwin

David Rowe Wins Record 9th Gold Stanley

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/10/29/david-rowe-wins-record-9th-gold-stanley/

David Rowe wins Cartoonist of the year 2023

Oct 29, 2023
https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/david-rowe-wins-cartoonist-of-the-year-2023-20231029-p5efvz

David Rowe Makes History – Named Cartoonist of the Year for a Record-Breaking Ninth Time

By Sheena Oberoi

October 29 2023

https://bnn.network/arts/david-rowe-makes-history-named-cartoonist-of-the-year-for-a-record-breaking-ninth-time/

"This Book Is About My Hatred Of Chaos": Daniel Clowes on Monica

John Kelly | October 30, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/this-book-is-about-my-hatred-of-chaos-daniel-clowes-on-monica/

INTERVIEW: Robert Kirkman and Simon Racioppa explore a different kind of superhero multiverse story in INVINCIBLE Season 2

It's a more character based dramatic way of exploring the multiverse."

Taimur Dar

10/30/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-robert-kirkman-and-simon-racioppa-invincible-season-2/

A Conflicted Cartoonist Ponders Roy Lichtenstein

A new documentary asks whether the Pop Art icon appropriated the work of comic artists. If so, who's truly to blame?

Nathan Gelgud
Hyperallergic October 29 2023

https://hyperallergic.com/852891/a-conflicted-cartoonist-ponders-roy-lichtenstein/

New exhibit showcases Jewish roots in comic books
By Roger Clark

Spectrum News NY1 Oct. 05, 2023

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/arts/2023/10/04/new-exhibit-showcases-jewish-roots-in-comic-books-the-museum-and-laboratory-of-the-jewish-comics-experience-center-for-jewish-history-in-manhattan

An Interview with Lydia Kang and Alex Segura

E.A. Aymar

October 24, 2023

https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-interview-with-lydia-kang-and-alex-segura

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode fifty-nine | Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, part one

Oct 30 2023

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/doesnt-look-like-we-have-much-of

AWARD ROUNDUP: CYBERPUNK: 2077 – BIG CITY DREAMS receives Best Comic 2023 Hugo AwardThe videogame tie-in graphic novel came out on top in a very competitive category Dean Simons 10/30/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/award-roundup-cyberpunk-2077-big-city-dreams-receives-best-comic-2023-hugo-award/

[DISPATCH] An Interview with MAPS Artist Meghan Hetrick

The acclaimed artist talks about her love of sci-fi, working with different media, and much more.

3 Worlds / 3 Moons

Oct 30 2023

https://3w3m.substack.com/p/dispatch-interview-maps-artist-meghan-hetrick

Humanoids and Humble Bundle team up for massive digital book collection

Over 100 digital books sold in support of the Freedom to Read Foundation

Dean Simons

10/30/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/humanoids-and-humble-bundle-team-up-for-massive-digital-book-collection/

Loki's Time Travel Rules Don't Matter

By Joe George | October 28, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/lokis-time-travel-rules-dont-matter/

Our Favorite Cartoonist Got Fired for Drawing This Cartoon [Steve Bell].

Daryl Cagle, Michel Kichka, Uri Fink, and Moshik Gulst,

Caglecast Oct 25, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfzYRaSr6RQ

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Jonathan Roth, a Children's Book Graphic Novelist

by Mike Rhode

October 30, 2023

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/10/JonathanRoth.html

Thursday, November 02, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/1/2023

Wednesday, November 01, 2023

Georgia Higley, "America's comic book librarian," retires from Library of Congress

Nov 7: "unOrdinary" book signing with Uru-Chan

https://www.facebook.com/events/s/un-ordinary-book-launch-event-/1037371050749992/

Nov 16: Emily Bowen Cohen at Arlington Library

Join us for a presentation from author Emily Bowen Cohen about her novel "Two Tribes."

Former Silver Springer Ryan Holmberg starts a new manga imprint

Ryan Holmberg unveils SMUDGE, a new "horror, pulp and dark fantasy" manga imprint

November 13: Neil Shusterman + Andrés Vera Martínez at Politics and Prose

Monday, November 13 at 7 p.m.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/31/2023

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/30/2023

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