Sunday, December 24, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/23/2023

'Migration' Review: Is It a Road Trip if You Have Wings? [in print as 'Migration']

By Glenn Kenny

New York Times Dec. 22, 2023: C6.

online at https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/movies/migration-review.html

 

'Migration': All they are is ducks in the wind  [in print as In this so-so road comedy, all they are is ducks in the wind].

Review by Kristen Page-Kirby

Washington Post December 22, 2023: Weekend 31.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2023/12/20/migration-movie-review/

 

'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' Review: Back With a Trident and Dad Jokes

By Alissa Wilkinson

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 22, 2023, Section C, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: A Superhero Struggles With His Work-Life Balance.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/movies/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom-review.html

 

Talk about lost: 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' feels abandoned by DC [in print as Underwater sequel is also underwritten, underbaked]

Review by Olivia McCormack

Washington Post December 22, 2023 : C1, 3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2023/12/21/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom-movie-review/

 

Jackson J, Ferreira C, Scott M, et al. 'Just because something works doesn't mean it can't be improved': an ethnographic analysis of the health system in Black Panther's Wakanda. BMJ Global Health 2023;8:e011733. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011733

 

April 20, 2023

Could following Marvel's mythical Wakanda aid Canadian health-care systems?

Researchers from UCalgary analyze the mythical African nation in journal article

Karen Cook,

https://nursing.ucalgary.ca/news/could-following-marvels-mythical-wakanda-aid-canadian-health-care-systems

 

The Ghost of Christmas Cards Past

Steve Cook

Secret Oranges Dec 23, 2023

https://secretoranges.substack.com/p/the-ghost-of-christmas-cards-past

 

Cartoonist Natalie Brown Gets No Respect [Bug Scout]

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/22/cartoonist-natalie-brown-gets-no-respect/

 

The story behind the Bug Scout cartoon

The model who inspired Bug Scout became a world-class entomologist.

Tom J. Bechman

December 22, 2023

https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-life/the-story-behind-the-bug-scout-cartoon-

 

Cartoonists think every year can't be as mad as the last. We're always wrong

Christian Adams

Evening Standard December 19 2023

https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/christian-adams-cartoons-of-the-year-2023-b1127890.html

 

Cartoonist to retire after 60-year career [ Barrie Hawkins; England]

Barnsley  Chronicle 22/12/23 • By Finn Smith

https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/26890/cartoonist-to-retire-after-60-year-career

 

A Filmmaking Career From the Heart

The hard-won success and passionate failure of Francis Ford Coppola.

By Nathan Gelgud

Dec. 23, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/movies/francis-ford-coppola-illustration.html

 

Nerdist's Best Comics of 2023

by Jules Greene

Dec 6 2023

https://nerdist.com/article/nerdists-best-comics-of-2023-including-hulk-thor-green-lantern-carmilla-action-comics-dc-marvel/

 

Off Panel #429: 20 for 2023 with Brandon Burpee

David Harper

Dec 18, 2023

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel429-20-for-2023-with-brandon-burpee

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Brandon_Burpee_2023.mp3

 

The best Canadian comics of 2023

CBC Books

Posted: December 11, 2023

Last Updated: December 22, 2023

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7052418

 

X-Men Monday #232 – Fabian Nicieza Talks 'Cable'

Chris Hassan

December 18, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/18/x-men-monday-232-fabian-nicieza-cable/

 

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 252: Jason Aaron chats Batman, Superman, and Bizarro too

David Brooke and Nathan Simmons

December 17, 2023 https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/17/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-252-jason-aaron/

 

Not just a toy tie-in: Joshua Williamson and Tom Reilly talk new G.I. Joe series 'Duke'

David Brooke

December 19, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/19/duke-qa-williamson-reilly/

 

AIPT's Best Comics of 2023: Part 1

Colin Moon, Keigen Rea, Crooker, Christopher Franey, Lia Williamson, David Brooke and Chris Coplan

December 19, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/19/aipts-best-comics-of-2023-part-1/

 

AIPT's Best Comics of 2023: Part 2

Chris Coplan, Colin Moon, Michael Guerrero, Keigen Rea, Lia Williamson, Rory Wilding, Christopher Franey and David Brooke

December 21, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/21/aipts-best-comics-of-2023-part-2/

 

The best comics of 2023

    By Susana Polo, Zach Rabiroff, Ritesh Babu, and 2 more

    on December 8, 2023

    https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/23810267/best-comics-2023-graphic-novels-books

 

The Moment That Undead Unluck's Yoshifumi Tozuka Decided to Create Manga

by Jairus Taylor, Dec 20th 2023

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2023-12-20/the-moment-that-undead-unluck-yoshifumi-tozuka-decided-to-create-manga/.204986

 

Here There Be Monsters: Chris Gooch On His New Graphic Novel In Utero [Australia]

Chris Neill

December 20, 2023

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/12/chris-gooch-in-utero-comic-interview/

 

John Allison Discusses Homicide Baking in "The Great British Bump-Off"

By Mark Tweedale | December 20th, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/allison-discusses-great-british-bump-off/

 

INTERVIEW: Writing Comics Scripts with Jamila Rowser: Part Three

  Alenka Figa December 15, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/12/writing-comics-scripts-rowser-part-three/

 

Reviews: Nemesis the Warlock – The Definitive Edition Vol. 1

Tegan O'Neil | December 21, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/nemesis-the-warlock-the-definitive-edition-vol-1/

 

Gen Z is suddenly obsessed with Snoopy — and not just because he's cute

  Rachel Treisman, Steve Inskeep, and Leila Fadel

  Morning Edition  December 18, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/15/1219512092/puffer-snoopy-gen-z-obsessed

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2023/12/20231215_me_why_is_snoopy_so_popular_with_gen_z.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1219512092

 

Best of Graphic Medicine—The 2023 Graphic Medicine International Collective Awards

Michael J. Green; Kevin Wolf,

JAMA. Published online December 4, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.24478

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2812742?casa_token=57IlMFLfhaYAAAAA:XsTs2MQEvdU83SOqscIAxoDdb_HomvzxgsLpW5hK2qFkIyakjob7RjH2YPY3sZT0FOLWpGq-dw

 

Antisemitic cartoons proliferate in Mideast amid Israel-Hamas war, ADL report finds

Illustrations published by Arabic-language press since October 7 tap into conspiracy theories and blood libel to criticize the war in Gaza

By ToI Staff

  Times of Israel 21 December 2023

https://www.timesofisrael.com/antisemitic-cartoons-proliferate-in-mideast-amid-israel-hamas-war-adl-report-finds/

 

Brume – Le réveil du dragon reçoit le Prix BD jeunesse Ville de Saint-Malo 2023

Jean-Laurent Truc

23 décembre 2023

https://www.ligneclaire.info/prix-bd-jeunesse-ville-de-saint-malo-2023-285999.html

 

Huxley, David. 2023.

Book Review: Christopher Conway and Antionette Sol, eds. 2022. The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre.

Publishing Research Quarterly (December 18): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12109-023-09974-w and https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-023-09974-w

 

Christopher Conway and Antionette Sol, eds. 2022. The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre. Postwestern Horizons Series. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska University Press

 

The toy empire of Todd McFarlane, geek king of cool

McFarlane Toys has made the artist behind Spawn a favorite among collectors — and an indie magnate.

By David Betancourt

December 21, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/12/21/mcfarlane-toys-todd-mcfarlane/

 

A white elephant gift to Putin [Michael Ramirez letter]

John Williams and David Leatherwood,

Washington Post (December 23 2023): A13.

Online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/22/whittaker-chambers-james-biden-oprah-cheney/

 

We deserve a knuckle Dagwood [Blondie letter]

Sean T. O'Brien,  

Washington Post (December 23 2023): A13.

Online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/22/whittaker-chambers-james-biden-oprah-cheney/

 

Mr. Smith goes to Michigan [WuMo letter]

Robert W. Dickie,

Washington Post (December 23 2023): A13.

Online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/22/whittaker-chambers-james-biden-oprah-cheney/

 

Gil Roth

The Guest List 2023 [Ho Che Anderson, Josh Bayer, Bill Griffith, Dean Haspiel, Patrick McDonnell,  Peter Rostovsky,  Karl Stevens]

Virtual Memories Show: Episode 568 December 19, 2023

https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-568-the-guest-list-2023

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_568_-_The_Guest_List_2023.mp3


Gil Roth

The Guest List 2023 [Ho Che Anderson, Josh Bayer, Bill Griffith, Dean Haspiel, Patrick McDonnell,  Peter Rostovsky,  Karl Stevens]

Virtual Memories Show: Episode 568 December 19, 2023

https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-568-the-guest-list-2023

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_568_-_The_Guest_List_2023.mp3

 

In Memoriam: Marleen Starksfield Lowe – 1979-2020

    by Owen Michael Johnson

    December 1, 2020

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/marleen-lowe-accent-uk/

 

The X-Men Save You Too, In The End

October 20, 2022

https://www.thegutterreview.com/the-x-men-save-you-too-in-the-end/          

by Sara Century

 

55 YEARS LATER: How NEAL ADAMS and JIM APARO Gave THE PHANTOM STRANGER New Life

Dan Greenfield on Dec 12, 2023

https://13thdimension.com/55-years-later-how-neal-adams-and-jim-aparo-gave-the-phantom-stranger-new-life/

Saturday, December 23, 2023

That darn Ramirez, WuMo and Blondie

A white elephant gift to Putin



The Dec. 12 editorial cartoon. (Michael Ramirez/Las Vegas Review-Journal for The Washington Post)

Michael Ramirez's marvelous Dec. 12 editorial cartoon, "Medal of dishonor," should be copied and posted on the office door of every member of Congress who has cravenly linked further Ukraine aid to the border. As Ukraine runs out of the means to adequately defend itself against Russian President Vladimir Putin's wanton aggression, the deeds of advancing Russian troops in heretofore free, democratic Ukrainian territory will make Gaza seem almost trivial. To those in power who are either blind to history or covertly wish Putin well will go the blame and the historic shame.

John Williams, Fairfax Station

Michael Ramirez's Dec. 12 editorial cartoon, displaying a notional Order of Putin for the Republican Party, was brilliant. It somehow brought to mind a photograph of Rudy Giuliani meeting with Soviet-born operatives for Donald Trump.

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were convicted of funneling foreign funds into U.S. election campaigns and landed in jail. Any election interference consequences for Giuliani are yet to be determined.

David Leatherwood, Reston



The Dec. 12 "Blondie." (Dean Young and John Marshall/King Features Syndicate) (.)

We deserve a knuckle Dagwood

Though the comics pages are not generally the place to address serious issues, I was very disappointed in the Dec. 12 "Blondie." The very serious issue of extinction should not be a punchline when species are going extinct faster than at any time in history, including when an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.

The black-footed ferret and other imperiled species in the United States and around the world need protection from the very source of their imperilment: humans. We all depend on nature to supply us with food, oxygen, clean water and myriad other ecosystem services. Nature has significant value for people, serving as a vital source of social, cultural and spiritual strength.

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Endangered Species Act, which has saved hundreds of species from disappearing, forever, from Earth. The ESA is one of the most important environmental laws passed anywhere in the world, and we should be celebrating its success, not making the elimination of a species from our planet a joke, considering that more than one-third of species in the United States are at risk of extinction. A donation to any environmental group working to prevent extinction is a gift to the future and should not be made light of, given the challenge facing humanity and nature. Don't be a Dagwood Bumstead; support the future of life on Earth. Future generations depend on your generosity.

Sean T. O'Brien, Alexandria

The writer is president and chief executive of NatureServe.



The Dec. 11 "WuMo." (Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler/Andrews McMeel Syndication) (.)

Mr. Smith goes to Michigan

Is there a Pulitzer Prize for comics? If so, the Dec. 11 "WuMo" strip should win it for the explanation of the Adam Smith "invisible hand" (in your pocket) theory.

Robert W. Dickie, Bethesda

WaPo on reporting the year in book banning

The Post reviewed 1,000 school book challenges. Here's what we found.

Betancourt on McFarlane and Spawn in WaPo

This might be David's last article. I'm told he took the buyout.

The toy empire of Todd McFarlane, geek king of cool

McFarlane Toys has made the artist behind Spawn a favorite among collectors — and an indie magnate.

NPR on Snoopy's continuing popularity

Gen Z is suddenly obsessed with Snoopy — and not just because he's cute

  Rachel Treisman, Steve Inskeep, and Leila Fadel

  Morning Edition  December 18, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/15/1219512092/puffer-snoopy-gen-z-obsessed

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2023/12/20231215_me_why_is_snoopy_so_popular_with_gen_z.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1219512092

WaPo reviews MIgration and Aquaman

'Migration': All they are is ducks in the wind  [in print as In this so-so road comedy, all they are is ducks in the wind].

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/22/2023

Bryce Gold Joins Dstlry as Their New Head of Something; Dstrly has announced a number of new hires, including Bryce Gold, formerly of Comixology and Kickstarter Head Of Comics for six months.

 by Rich Johnston 21 Dec 2023 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bryce-gold-joins-dsltry-as-their-new-head-of-something/

 

Oscar Shortlists: Iran And Mexico Contend For 1st Time In Animated Shorts; 'Boy And The Heron' Considered For Score; 'Spider-Verse' Shortlisted For VFX

By Amid Amidi | 12/21/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar-shortlists-iran-and-mexico-contend-for-1st-time-in-shorts-boy-and-the-heron-contending-for-best-score-spider-verse-shortlisted-for-vfx-236118.html

 

96th Oscars Shortlists Announced for Animated Shorts, VFX & Music

By Animation Magazine

December 21, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/12/96th-oscars-shortlists-announced/

 

Why 'Migration' Director Benjamin Renner Nearly Turned Down Illumination's Offer To Direct, And What Changed His Mind

By Jamie Lang | 12/21/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/migration-benjamin-renner-interview-illumination-236100.html

 

MIGRATION director Benjamin Renner on directing his first CG feature

 Inbtwn Animation Fest  Dec 21, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDlhsizdfm4

 

MIGRATION (2023) Q&A with Director Benjamin Renner

 Rama's Screen  Dec 11, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG3_uxAbNHs

 

Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri On Original Animation Box Office Struggles, Shifting Audience Tendencies, And Keeping Budgets Down

By Jamie Lang | 12/19/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/executives/illumination-ceo-chris-meledandri-on-original-animation-box-office-struggles-shifting-audience-tendencies-and-keeping-budgets-down-236045.html

 

The Animation Arms Race with Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri

The Town with Matthew Belloni Dec 14 2023

https://open.spotify.com/episode/61n54K7rO4XduJq33cxMou

 

2023 Feature Animation Year In Review: Distribution Winners And Losers

By Jamie Lang | 12/20/2023

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/distribution/2023-feat

 

The Beat's Best Anime of 2023

Beat Staff

12/21/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-beats-best-anime-of-2023/

 

The Beat's 20 Best Webtoons of 2023

Beat Staff

12/20/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-beats-20-best-webtoons-of-2023/

 

RETAILER JOE FIELD HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THE COMICS BUSINESS FOR DECADES

With WonderCon, Free Comic Book Day, ComicsPro

  Jim McLauchlin on December 22, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55886/retailer-joe-field-has-been-leader-comics-business-decades

 

Eisner Awards Hall of Fame evolves with separate event and judging panel in 2024

Dean Simons

12/21/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/eisner-awards-hall-of-fame-evolves-with-separate-event-and-judging-panel-in-2024/

 

Eisner Awards Hall of Fame to Have Separate Ceremony in 2024

Scoop December 22 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=272123

 

Convention Recap: Big Apple Christmas Con

Contributed by collector and Overstreet Advisor Art Cloos

Photos by Alice Cloos

Scoop December 22 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=272063

 

Big Apple Christmas Con in Photos: Part I

Photos by Alice Cloos

Scoop December 22 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=272065

 

Exploring Love and Life on Wheels: Comic Artist Kristin Beale's Creative Path

by Ash Griffith

RVA Magazine Dec 18, 2023

https://rvamag.com/art/zines-books/exploring-love-and-life-on-wheels-comic-artist-kristin-beales-creative-path.html

 

Sun apologizes for cartoon [Gary Varvel]

– Adrienne Batra

 Dec 21, 2023 Toronto Sun

https://torontosun.com/opinion/sun-apologizes-for-cartoon

 

Justin Trudeau criticizes Toronto Sun 'antisemitic' cartoon [Gary Varvel]

Guy Badeaux (Bado)

Bado's Blog  December 22, 2023

https://bado-badosblog.blogspot.com/2023/12/justin-trudeau-criticizes-toronto-sun.html#more

 

Goodbye DC Extended Universe: We Hardly Knew You (Yet We Knew You Too Well)

In the end, the sum of the parts were greater than the whole for the DCEU, which after triumphs, failures and controversies ends this week with 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.'

Borys Kit

December 22, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/goodbye-dceu-universe-aquaman-1235768037/

 

Empathy 101: How medical schools are using improv theater, virtual reality and comics to help physicians understand their patients

In this research-based explainer, a comics journalist explores the use of the arts in medical education.

by Josh Neufeld | December 21, 2023 https://journalistsresource.org/home/empathy-101-how-medical-schools-are-using-improv-theater-virtual-reality-and-comics-to-help-physicians-understand-their-patients/

https://journalistsresource.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/empathy-final2.pdf

 

Peter Rostovsky by David Levine

The writer and artist discusses his debut graphic novel by—literally—drawing this conversation on its pages.

Dec 15, 2023

https://bombmagazine.org/articles/peter-rostovsky/

 

Deep Pan, Crisp, and Even – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | December 22, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/deep-pan-crisp-and-even-this-weeks-links/

 

INTERVIEW: Scott Hoffman on the transition from music to comics and his ComiXology series WAG

 

12/18/2023

By Noam Steinerman

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-with-scott-hoffman-on-comixology-original-series-wag/

 

15 of the best graphic novels to add to your wish-listLet's get graphic

By Marianna Gould

06 September 2023

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/g44891206/best-graphic-novels/

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/21/2023

Navigating Comic Art's Rich History with Mike Rhode

Barney Smith

 Storycomic Presents 330 Dec 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DaD2pak7Fs or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRH9xINdOdw

 

Sharing some favorite comics from the past and today! ft. Joshua Williamson

ComicPop Returns

 Dec 19, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS5iWCWhvpo

 

EXCLUSIVE: KICKSTARTER'S BRYCE GOLD BACK WITH STEINBERGER AND MOSHER AT DSTLRY Along with Five Other New Hires

Milton Griepp on December 20, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55877/exclusive-kickstarters-bryce-gold-back-steinberger-mosher-dstlry

 

This Man, This Journey: Patrick McDonnell on The Super Hero's Journey

Tom Heintjes

Hogan's Alley

Dec 15 2023

https://www.hoganmag.com/blog/2023/12/15/this-man-this-journey-patrick-mcdonnell-on-the-super-heros-journey

 

Is A.I. Art Killing the Live Cartooning Business? [caricature].

Jason Chatfield

Dec 21, 2023

https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/is-ai-art-killing-the-live-cartooning

 

'Tabby McTat' Producer Barney Goodland Introduces Magic Light's Purrfect New Special

By Ramin Zahed

December 20, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/12/tabby-mctat-producer-barney-goodland-introduces-magic-lights-purrfect-new-special/

January '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 336).

 

Bryce Gold Joins Comics Publisher Dstlry                                                                                                          Dec 21, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4443

 

Footprints On the Sands of Time by Dwig

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/20/footprints-on-the-sands-of-time-by-dwig/

 

Andrews McMeel Locks In The Lockhorns

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/21/andrews-mcmeel-locks-in-the-lockhorns/

 

Oregon Cartoon Project

https://oregoncartoonproject.org/

 

Marvel Publishes Tribute To Alison Gill On Her Retirement From Comics

In today's Marvel Comics, they are publishing a tribute to Alison Gill, who has retired after forty years in comics, drawn by Alan Davis.

 20 Dec 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-publishes-tribute-to-alison-gill-on-her-retirement-from-comics/

 

MEET JONNI LEVAS, A FOUNDING MOTHER OF COMICS' DIRECT MARKET

Dan Gearino Profiles the Co-Founder of the First Direct Distributor [ Sea Gate Distributors]

  Dan Gearino on December 21, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55879/meet-jonni-levas-founding-mother-comics-direct-market

 

Roger Hill, Early Comics Fan, Historian and Scholar, Dies at 75

Grant Geissman | December 21, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/roger-hill-early-comics-fan-historian-and-scholar-dies-at-75/

 

'The People's Joker,' a Parody Previously Challenged by Warner Bros., Lands a Theatrical Home

Vera Drew directed, co-wrote and stars in the DC parody feature, which made headlines when Warner Bros. Discovery asked the filmmaker to remove it from the Toronto Film Festival lineup.

Aaron Couch

December 20, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-peoples-joker-a-parody-release-1235766461/

 

'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' Review: Jason Momoa Must Save the World (Again) in James Wan's Predictable DC Sequel

Lovia Gyarkye

December 21, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom-jason-momoa-james-wan-1235767228/

 

End of Year Round Up With Sal Crivelli Of Comic Pop

wordballoon  December 21 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmMC9vyztLs

 

The top 10 manga of 2023

By Austin Wood

Newsarama December 18 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/best-manga-2023/

 

A Conversation with Adrian Tomine

J. C. Cloutier

Kelly Writers House Sep 28, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf3Fkjvih7s

 

Shortcomings Shows the Loneliness of Refusing to "See" Race 

Adrian Tomine's graphic novel forces the reader to surveil the world through the eyes of its protagonist, Japanese American theater manager Ben Tanaka.           

H.M.A. Leow    

December 19, 2023     

https://daily.jstor.org/shortcomings-shows-the-loneliness-of-refusing-to-see-race/

 

Sight Unseen: Adrian Tomine's Optic Nerve and the Politics of Recognition

Sandra Oh

MELUS, Vol. 32, No. 3, Coloring America: Multi-Ethnic Engagements with Graphic Narrative (Fall, 2007), pp. 129-151.

online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029794

 

Ethical Spectatorship in Adrian Tomine's "Shortcomings"

By: STELLA OH

Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, Vol. 49, No. 4 (December 2016), pp. 107–127

Online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/44030600?mag=shortcomings-shows-the-loneliness-of-refusing-to-see-race

 

"How Good It Is to Be a Monkey": Comics, Racial Formation, and "American Born Chinese"

MIN HYOUNG SONG

Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, Vol. 43, No. 1 (March 2010), pp. 73-92. online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/44030639

 

Reviews: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Review by: Binbin Fu

MELUS, Vol. 32, No. 3, Coloring America: Multi-Ethnic Engagements with Graphic Narrative (Fall, 2007), pp. 274-276.

online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029808

 

Everybody is a Star: The Affirmation of Freaks and Schlemiels through Caricature in the Comics of Drew and Josh Friedman

Menachem Feuer

MELUS, Vol. 32, No. 3, Coloring America: Multi-Ethnic Engagements with Graphic Narrative (Fall, 2007), pp. 75-101.

online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029792

 

Art and Identity in Mark Kalesniko's Mail Order Bride

Lesley Paparone

MELUS, Vol. 32, No. 3, Coloring America: Multi-Ethnic Engagements with Graphic Narrative (Fall, 2007), pp. 201-219.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029797

 

Appropriate(d) Cyborgs: Diasporic Identities in Dwayne McDuffie's Deathlok Comic Book Series

Lysa Rivera

MELUS, Vol. 32, No. 3, Coloring America: Multi-Ethnic Engagements with Graphic Narrative (Fall, 2007), pp. 103-127.

online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029793

 

"Shuh! Ain't Nothin' To It": The Dynamics of Success in Jackie Ormes's "Torchy Brown"

Edward Brunner

MELUS, Vol. 32, No. 3, Coloring America: Multi-Ethnic Engagements with Graphic Narrative (Fall, 2007), pp. 23-49.

online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029790

 

Teaching Comics: A Syllabus

So you want to teach The Sandman? Or William Blake? Or Art Spiegelman's Maus? A guide to using comics and graphic novels in the classroom.

By: Ashley Domingo Hendricks

August 11, 2022

https://daily.jstor.org/teaching-comics-a-syllabus/

"Navigating Comic Art's Rich History with Mike Rhode" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/5DaD2pak7Fs?si=Dd82vY2bSpWNUg1Y 

I haven't actually watched it yet myself.