Palestinian and Israeli cartoonists see the war differently (and the same) [Mohammad Sabaaneh, a Palestinian; Michel Kichka, an Israeli]
By Ann Telnaes
December 29, 2023
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Comics Research Bibliography new 2024 Facebook page
Ok, perhaps foolishly, I'm trying this again to get citations about comics and cartoons out to a wider world besides my blog and the annual compilation. The old page is still disabled by Facebook btw. Welcome aboard for 2024.
Speaking of the annual compilation -
Comics Research Bibliography 2023 E-book Edition
Mike Rhode; John A. Lent; Tony R. Rose
Arlington, VA: ComicsDC.
Online at https://archive.org/details/crb-2023-ebook-edition-final-v.-1.0 or
https://www.academia.edu/112376882/Comics_Research_Bibliography_2022_E_book_Edition#
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/28/2023
'Incredibly honoured': Maritime cartoonist Michael de Adder appointed to the Order of Canada
Natalie Lombard
CTVNewsAtlantic.ca Digital Coordinator
Dec. 29, 2023
Big Apple Christmas Con in Photos: Part II
Alice Cloos
Scoop December 29 2023
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=272066
THE CAPITAL CITY DISTRIBUTION SALES CONFERENCE 1993 PHOTO GALLERY: A Peak Year in the Comics Direct Market
Milton Griepp on December 29, 2023
Gossip- Why Is DC Comics Not Publishing An Aquaman Comic Right Now?
A relatively poor performance for the Aquaman 2 movie was accompanied by something even more unusual: no tie-in series from DC Comics.
28 Dec 2023
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gossip-why-is-dc-comics-not-publishing-an-aquaman-comic-right-now/
'Dark Tintin': The cursed manuscript delving into the shadows of Hergé's childhood
By Roxana Azimi
January 7, 2023, https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2023/01/07/dark-tintin-the-cursed-manuscript-delving-into-the-shadows-of-herge-s-childhood_6010706_117.html
M2 Founder Masao Maruyama On His Studio's 'Pluto' Adaptation: "I Couldn't Kick The Bucket Until I Created This"
By Jamie Lang | 12/29/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/mappa-masao-maruyama-pluto-astro-boy-netflix-236219.html
Behind the Creation of PLUTO | MAKINGFLIX |
Netflix Anime Nov 30, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig9-EHmuf8M
The Journey to PLUTO's Creation With Naoki Urasawa
Netflix Anime Dec 10, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyqDKWqwbeA
Blue Eye Samurai | Behind the Animation
Netflix: Behind the Streams Oct 31, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0O6yorYfU
Three Of This Year's Oscar-Qualified Directors Discuss The Enduring Appeal Of 2D Animation
By Ryan Gaur | 12/28/2023
'Gundam' Creator Yoshiyuki Tomino Warns Japanese Studios Against Emulating "Disney's Boring Digital Production System"
By Jamie Lang | 12/26/2023
10 Standout Animated Series That Defined 2023
By Jamie Lang | 12/26/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/series/10-standout-animated-series-that-defined-2023-236108.html
Animation Figures Who Died In 2023
By Jamie Lang | 12/27/2023
Leo Sullivan, Co-Founder Of Hollywood's First Black-Owned Animation Studio, Dies At 82
By Jamie Lang | 03/30/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/leo-d-sullivan-pioneering-black-animator-rip-227427.html
Rolly Crump, Animation Artist-Turned-Designer Who Developed Key Disneyland Attractions, Dies At 93
By Jamie Lang | 03/16/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/rolly-crump-disney-imagineer-rip-227018.html
Osamu Tezuka, Toei Company President And CEO, Dies At 62
By Jamie Lang | 02/21/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/osamu-tezuka-rip-toei-company-anime-226159.html
Leiji Matsumoto, Legendary Manga And Anime Creator, Dies At 85
By Jamie Lang | 02/23/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/leiji-matsumoto-rip-space-battleship-yamato-226296.html
Burny Mattinson, Disney Legend And The Company's Longest-Employed Worker, Dies At 87
By Jamie Lang | 02/28/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/burny-mattinson-rip-disneys-longest-serving-cast-member-226460.html
Todd Brian, TV Writer And Wildbrain Animation Executive, Dies At 59
By Jamie Lang | 01/10/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/todd-brian-rip-wildbrain-caillou-esme-roy-224739.html
Belgian Animation Master Raoul Servais, Director Of Palme d'Or Winner 'Harpya,' Dies At 94
By Amid Amidi | 03/27/2023
RIP, Bill Dennis, Disney And Hanna-Barbera Executive Who Helped Develop Southeast Asia Animation Industry
By Jamie Lang | 01/30/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/bill-dennis-rip-disney-toonz-animation-225538.html
Chris Ledesma, Music Editor On 'The Simpsons' Who Worked On Over 730 Episodes, Dies At 64
By Jamie Lang | 01/04/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/chris-ledesma-rip-the-simpsons-critic-224608.html
Roger Chouinard, Duck Soup Produckions Co-Founder, Dies At 81
By Jamie Lang | 04/05/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/roger-chouinard-duck-soup-produckions-rip-227600.html
Ken Mundie, Adventurous Artist Who Pushed Graphic Boundaries In Hollywood Animation, Dies At 97
By Jamie Lang | 04/18/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/ken-mundie-fat-albert-the-door-227967.html
Per Åhlin, Director Of Sweden's First Animated Feature, Dies At 91
By Jamie Lang | 05/09/2023
Alan Dewhurst, Passion Pictures Co-Founder And 'Peter & The Wolf' Producer, Dies At 63 [UK]
By Jamie Lang | 06/02/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/alan-dewhurst-passion-pictures-peter-and-the-wolf-229323.html
Randy Fullmer, Effects Animator-Turned-Producer Of 'Emperor's New Groove,' Dies At 73
By Amid Amidi | 07/15/2023
Ippei Kuri, Co-Founder And Former President Of 'Speed Racer,' 'Robotech,' 'Gatchaman' Studio Tatsunoko Production, Dies At 83
By Jamie Lang | 07/26/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/ippei-kuri-speed-racer-robotech-tatsunoko-production-rip-230841.html
Ian Emes, Celebrated British Animator And Long-Time Pink Floyd Collaborator, Dies At 73
By Jamie Lang | 07/31/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/ian-emes-pink-floyd-experimental-animation-230973.html
Jim Korkis, Animation Author And Historian Who Specialized In Disney, Dies At 72
By Jamie Lang | 08/01/2023
Johnny Hardwick, 'King Of The Hill' Writer, Producer, And Dale Gribble Voice Actor, Dies At 64
By Jamie Lang | 08/11/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/johnny-hardwick-king-of-the-hill-dale-gribble-231417.html
Paul Bush, British Filmmaker Who Experimented With Animation Techniques, Dies At 67
By Jamie Lang | 08/22/2023
Nizo Yamamoto, Longtime Studio Ghibli Art Director And Background Artist, Dies At 70
By Jamie Lang | 08/23/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/nizo-yamamoto-art-director-background-painter-dies-at-70-231721.html
Pete Kozachik, 'The Nightmare Before Christmas,' 'Coraline' Director Of Photography, Dies At 72
By Jamie Lang | 09/19/2023
Oscar-nominated cinematographer Pete Kozachik passes away
News 4 Tucson KVOA-TV (Sep 16, 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8awS9KQZUDI
Get Graphic: A Night of Zombies with Sean Damien Hill
Troy-Jeffrey Allen
·Mar 29 2023
https://tjacomics.medium.com/get-graphic-a-night-of-zombies-with-sean-damien-hill-64b765c6fc70
Meet a Local Comic Book Artist: A Chat with Sean Damien Hill
by Mike Rhode
December 29, 2023
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/12/SeanDamienHillchat.html
Our Best Artists: Dan Panosian; A guest post from Canary artist Dan Panosian about the references and stylistic choices he utilized in the now-concluded horror western series!
Dan Panosian
Our Best Jackett Dec 29, 2023
https://bestjackettpress.substack.com/p/our-best-artists-dan-panosian
Friday, December 29, 2023
Meet a Local Comic Book Artist: A Chat with Sean Damien Hill
by Mike Rhode
On September 16, 2023, comic book artist Sean Damien Hill was signing his new X-Men collection at Fantom Comics. He chatted with a small crowd for about an hour, discussing the business of comics, his influences, and how he worked. I thoroughly enjoyed it and bought the Bishop comic, as well as the DC Blood Syndicate collection that he had work in. Hill said he works a full time job, is a father, and does his comic work late in the evening. He also talked about being influenced by bodybuilders when it came to drawing superheroes. I appreciate him taking the time to answer our usual questions.
What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?
I think I can describe it as super hero and fantasy illustration. At least those are my biggest influences in my work.
How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?
I’ve gone back forth on digital and traditional, depending on the project I’m doing. But right now I’m experimenting with doing digital thumbnails, printing it on Bristol board and going traditional from there.
When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?
I was born and raised in Washington DC. Petworth is actually my old neighborhood. 
Why are you in Washington now? What neighborhood or area do you live in?
Nowadays I live in Alexandria Virginia. I’ve been there for about 8 years now. I like it here though it is a bit quieter lol.
What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
Well I had a mentor I met in elementary school, his name is Kofi Tyus and he is an artist that taught classes around the city back then. He also did a lot of cartooning for independent publications around the city at the time, along with doing them for his own greeting card business. He was teaching a comics and cartooning class when my school art teacher introduced me to him because she knew I was hugely into comics. He helped us make our own comic that he actually printed and would help us sell them to our friends, families or neighbors.
Who are your influences?
That is an pretty big list but from very young I used to read through my mom's books and two of my favorite were Stephen King's The Stand with art from Bernie Wrightson and Milton’s Paradise Lost with all the amazing artwork from Gustave Dore. My grandfather and mom were into comics and they introduced me to a lot of books at the time. Artist like Will Eisner and Jim Lee stick out, though I’m sure not many link those two names together as an influence too often. Right now artists like Mshindo Kuumba, Ivan Reis, a dozen others really have a big influence on me. 
If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change? Or rather, how are you hoping your career will develop?
Looking back I think I would have made my own book first before doing any freelance stuff, and tell my own stories. Freelancing can be fun, as it does allow you to add your voice to an already-made world and [you can enjoy] seeing how it looks with you playing around in that world. But making my own thing has always been on my mind. One of these days I gotta do it.
What work are you best-known for?
I think for right now it might be for Bishop War College for Marvel Comics.
What work are you most proud of?
It’s between three books that I still feel pretty proud of: The Hated with David Walker; Dark History of Okemus with TJ Sterling and Isnana the Were-spider: Drums of the Ogunm with Greg Elyse.
Those are all Indy titles though. 
What would you like to do or work on in the future?
I hope to continue to do a lot more black-centric characters in the indies and continue to work for Marvel and DC. I’d love to do some X-men stuff again and for DC I’d love a shot at a Bat family character. Hopefully I get myself together and do my own thing too.
What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?
I don’t want to say I never have a block, but sometimes I wonder if it’s just me being too hard on myself about what I should produce. I firmly believe in every artist there’s 100 bad drawings and you gotta get through them to get the good ones. So I kinda just take it easy on myself, go ahead and work through all my trash ideas and play with them until I get something that works. 
What do you think will be the future of your field?
It’s gonna be interesting for sure, right now I’m seeing a small influx of Indy creators being picked by Marvel and DC more and more. And a lot of more established creators going into business for themselves. This tends to happen in comics a lot but it looks like we’re having another small wave happening now. I think crowd funding for Indy comics will continue to scale up; it’s starting to look like the best business model Indy comics has ever had. In the past the success of an Indy publisher would be to push themselves until they can mimic the business and distribution model of established publishers, but it’s got its own way now to build and sell to an audience and overall I think that’s great for comics.
What local cons do you attend? The Small Press Expo, Awesome Con, or others? Any comments about attending them?
So I am absolutely terrible at attending cons. But I have been sneaking into Blerdcon over in Alexandria in recent years to sign books with creators I’ve worked with there like TJ over at Rae comics and Isnana the Were-spider with Greg Elyse. I haven’t been to Awesome con in awhile and I’d love to see Baltimore Comic Con again.
What comic books do you read regularly or recommend? Do you have a local store?
I’m usually buying a lot more Indy stuff lately, I think the most recent think I got was a book called Crescent City Monsters from Dreamfury Comics. I’m also looking to get the collected edition of Fall of X too pretty soon. Sadly I don’t get as much time to read as much as I used too. 
What's your favorite thing about DC?
I think DC has the benefits of a small town, but in a metropolitan city. I’ve had friends I’ve known here since I was a kid and I would still run into them sometimes now, even though we’ve both moved in different places of the city probably several times over. There’s a strong sense of community here if you willing to invest in it. Plus we have THE best looking city flag in the nation.
Least favorite?
The Metro, it tough when you slogan is “getting back to good” it’s like your openly advertising your bad.
What monument or museum do you like to take visitors to?
For me it’s either the Lincoln Memorial or the Washington Monument, I’ve always love the monument. My wife and I had our engagement photos there.
How about a favorite local restaurant?
I think everyone in DC should experience Ben’s Chilli Bowl at least once, even if you're visiting but I don’t have an absolutely favorite place though.
Do you have a website or blog?
Yes, my website is www.seandamienhill.com [ed note: some original art from Bishop is for sale on his site]
WaPo's contract cartoonist Michael de Adder receives Order of Canada
Congratulations to Michael, and thanks to JTH Connor for the tip.
News and video are here:
'Incredibly honoured': Maritime cartoonist Michael de Adder appointed to the Order of Canada
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/28/2023
Cavna and Betancourt Accept WaPo Buyout
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/28/cavna-and-betancourt-accept-wapo-buyout/
Hannah Good to edit comics pages & Daily Cartoonist adds to WaPo buyout news
Mike Rhode
December 28, 2023
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/12/hannah-good-to-edit-comics-pages-daily.html
Is This the Endgame for the Age of Heroes? [movies]
By Maya Phillips
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 31, 2023, Section AR, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: It's a Herculean Task to Keep Up in the Age of Heroes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/movies/superhero-fatigue-marvel.html
After The Marvels and Aquaman 2, Can Deadpool 3 and Joker 2 Save Superhero Movies?
By David Crow | December 28, 2023
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-marvels-aquaman-2-can-deadpool-3-save-superhero-movies
Zits Original Art Auction January 4, 2024
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/27/zits-original-art-auction-january-4-2024/
CAROL KALISH, A 'GREAT FORCE FOR THE COMICS INDUSTRY'
The Right Person in the Right Place at the Right Time
Brigid Alverson on December 27, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55902/carol-kalish-great-force-comics-industry
"Big Nemo" from "Electricomics" by Alan Moore and Colleen Doran
Colleen Doran
Apr 16, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu6W71yBk0U
Adam Zyglis Cartoon Riles Jewish Community
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/28/adam-zyglis-cartoon-riles-jewish-community/
Jewish community angry over Zyglis cartoon
Rabbi calls on Buffalo News to take swift action
By WBEN.com Newsroom
December 27 2023
https://www.audacy.com/wben/news/local/jewish-community-angry-over-zyglis-cartoon
Things I Thought Made Sense Just Don't Anymore [comics journalism]
Dec. 28, 2023
By Mira Jacob
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/opinion/love-rage-evolution-pandemic.html
The Ten Best Selling Comics In Comic Stores Of 2023
These are the top ten-selling comic books in comic book stores in 2023. As compiled by around 150 comic book shops and provided by ComicHub,
by Rich Johnston
27 Dec 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-ten-best-selling-comics-in-comic-shops-of-2023/
'Birds of Prey,' 'Transformers,' 'I Am Stan' and More: Heat Vision's Best Comics of 2023
Borys Kit
December 27, 2023
The Marvel Rundown: The Top 10 Best Marvel Comics of 2023
12/27/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-marvel-rundown-the-top-10-best-marvel-comics-of-2023/
Did The DC Universe Get COVID-19 After All? Marvel Comics Didn't…
It was already revealed in Fantastic Four that the Marvel Comics Universe, that they dodged the coronavirus pandemic. But what about DC?
27 Dec 2023
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/did-the-dc-universe-get-covid-19-after-all-marvel-comics-didnt/
The Empire of the Tiny Onion
SKTCHDxTINYONION: Final Thoughts Heading Into 2024
James Tynion IV and David Harper
Dec 28, 2023
https://jamestynioniv.substack.com/p/sktchdxtinyonion-final-thoughts-heading
McClintock, Pamela. 2023.
You Never Saw My … Brilliant Star-Studded Marketing Blitz [Paw Patrol].
Hollywood Reporter (December 15, online December 28): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/brilliant-star-studded-paw-patrol-marketing-blitz-1235761807/
Couch, Aaron. 2023.
You Never Saw Our … 'Gen V' Comic-Con Panel.
Hollywood Reporter (December 15, online December 28): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-boys-gen-v-comic-con-panel-1235761894/
Best TV Episodes of 2023 [Bob's Burgers; Carol & the End of the World; Extraordinary]
By James Poniewozik, Mike Hale and Margaret Lyons
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 27, 2023, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: (Some of) the Best TV Episodes of 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/arts/television/best-tv-episodes-of-2023.html
Across the Moominverse: Small books bearing great burdens, the Moomins contain the whole arsenal of Western literature.
Frances Wilson
New York Review of Books January 18, 2024
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/01/18/across-the-moominverse-tove-jansson/
Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words
by Boel Westin, translated from the Swedish by Silvester Mazzarella
Minnesota University Press, 523 pp., $29.95 (to be published in the US in March)
COMICS AND GRAPHIC MEDICINE AS A THIRD SPACE FOR THE HEALTH HUMANITIES
Susan Squier
Chapter 9, from Routledge Companion to the Health Humanities, eds. Paul Crawford, Brian Brown, and Andrea Charise.
Routledge 2020
Comics as a Nexus of Cultures
Essays on the Interplay of Media, Disciplines and International Perspectives
Edited by
MARK BERNINGER, JOCHEN ECKE and GIDEON H ABERKORN
McFarland, 2010
1.Spatializing the Movie Screen: How Mainstream Cinema Is Catching Up on the Formal Potentialities of the Comic Book Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Jochen Ecke
2.The Marvel Universe on Screen: A New Wave of Superhero Movies? . . . .. . . . . . .21
Andreas Rauscher
3.From Trauma Victim to Terrorist: Redefining Superheroes in Post–9/11 Hollywood . . . . . . . . .33
Dan A. Hassler-Forest
4."Picture This": Disease and Autobiographic Narration in the Graphic Novels of David B and Julie Doucet . . . . . . .45
Jonas Engelmann
5.Novel-Based Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Paul Ferstl
6.In the Art of the Beholder: Comics as Political Journalism . . .70
Dirk Vanderbeke
INTERNATIONAL
7.The Carrefour of Practice: Québec BD in Transition . . . . . .85
Michel Hardy-Vallée
8.The Use of Allusion in Apitz and Kunkel's Karl Comics . . . . .99
Sandra Martina Schwab
9.Cultural Specifics of a Scottish Comic: Oor Wullie . . . . . .108
Anne Hoyer
10.Memento Mori: A Portuguese Style of Melancholy . . . . . .116
Mario Gomes and Jan Peuckert
11.Otherness and the European as Villain and Antihero in American Comics . . . .. . . . . . . . .127
Georg Drennig
12.
2000AD: Understanding the "British Invasion" of American Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Ben Little
13.Whatever Happened to All the Heroes? British Perspectives on Superheroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Karin Kukkonen and Anja Müller-Wood
14.A Cornerstone of Turkish Fantastic Films: From Flash Gordon to Baytekin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Meral Özçınar
15.From Capes to Snakes: The Indianization of the American Superhero . . . . . . . . .175
Suchitra Mathur
16.The Roving Eye Meets Traveling Pictures: The Field of Vision and the Global Rise of Adult Manga . . . . . . .187
Holger Briel
17.
Kawaii vs. Rorikon:The Reinvention of the Term Lolita in Modern Japanese Manga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Dinah Zank
18.Mangascape Germany: Comics as Intercultural Neutral Ground . .. . . . . . . . . . . .223
Paul M. Malone
19.Workshop I: Toward a Toolbox of Comics Studies . . . . . .237
Karin Kukkonen and Gideon Haberkorn
20.Workshop II: Comics in School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Mark Berninger
21.Workshop III: Teaching Comics and Literary Studies—Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' "A Midsummer Night's Dream" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
Mark Berninger
22.Workshop IV: Teaching Comics and Film Studies— Ang Lee's The Hulk (USA 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Andreas Rauscher
23.Comic Linguistics: Comics and Cartoons in Academic Teaching . . .. . . . . . . . . . .274
Christina Sanchez
This Arlington librarian is pushing back against book bans
By Clarence Williams
December 27, 2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/27/diane-kresh-librarian-arlington-book-bans/
free to read link: https://wapo.st/41FSG0P
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