Saturday, January 06, 2024

Stuart McIntire of Maryland Funnybook Fandom has passed away

Stuart McIntire, owner of the Facebook group, "Maryland Funnybook Fandom" has passed away. Stu was a font of knowledge about area cartoonists, and his passing will be a big loss to the community. His wife Amy has posted a note on his personal FB page that he died in hospice of stomach cancer.

I didn't know Stu well enough to write anything more personal, or even professional, but I hope to get someone who did write a formal obituary for ComicsDC. Stu wrote a few articles and comments for us here at ComicsDC.

With permission of his family, here's the note from his Facebook page:

We are heartbroken to share the news that Stuart McIntire died of stomach cancer on January 6, though we are grateful that he was comfortable at home and surrounded by most of his favorite people. He was only 65 years old.

Stu and his beloved wife Amy were inseparable since their first date over 45 years ago. He was the biggest fan of his three children and their partners: Katie & Vann Crucillo, Sarah & Joe Garifo, and Kevin McIntire. He got immense joy from being Papa to his five grandchildren: Molly, Steven, Asher, Logan, and Phoebe.

Stu loved sharing his love of Halloween, his comics collection, Universal classic monsters, the AFI Top 100, 20th-century American politics and ephemera, and making (and of course, eating) damn good barbecue. He was a gentle man: sentimental, nostalgic, playful, intelligent, creative, curious, kind, and brave.

Stu wants all of his family and friends to know that he loves you very much and you all touched his life in meaningful ways. He really enjoyed keeping up with all of you over the years.

The details of his memorial service are forthcoming. In the meantime, please give your dad a big hug and consider making a donation in Stuart’s honor to No Stomach for Cancer (nostomachforcancer.org) or the National MS Society (nationalmssociety.org).

That darn Mutts and Speed Bump

The tragedy of dogs treated like dogs [Mutts letter]

Janet Halpin, Glenwood, Ill.
Washington Post January 6 2024: A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/05/john-kelly-dog-trauma-mark-rothko/

I followed with deep interest the Guard Dog storyline in Patrick McDonnell's "Mutts" comic strip. Guard Dog was abandoned by his people and was discovered freezing, hungry and thirsty by Mooch, Earl and Doozy. In the Dec. 16 strip, Guard Dog, who has been adopted by Doozy and renamed Sparky, is at Doozy's house, inside, looking at his dog bed and wagging his tail.

That is a happy ending, but readers should know that the reality might be somewhat different. I adopted two dogs, littermates, who had been languishing in a no-kill shelter down south for four years until rescued by Paws Illinois. For months, they were scared to death, cowering on their bed. With expert help, we woke up their brains with scents, soft voices and consistent care. They both take serious anti-anxiety meds, probably for life.

I thought one, Half Moon, was mute. One day after about two years, I heard a quiet, almost whispered "woof woof" from her room. The woofs gradually got louder, and finally she started to bark a bit. She still prefers to have snacks placed on the floor rather than from my hand. After almost three years, she still will not walk by herself from their room through the house to the door. I place a ribbon loosely around her neck and hold the end while we walk. They have been brave and courageous, champion dogs, and I tell them so every day.

I imagine that in real life Doozy and her mom would have similar challenges with Guard Dog/Sparky. Caring for doggos who had terrible beginnings is extremely rewarding, but it requires much time, training and consistency.

Who do we think we're kidding? [Speed Bump letter]

Arthur F. Manfredi Jr., Sterling

Washington Post January 6 2024: A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/05/john-kelly-dog-trauma-mark-rothko/

The Dec. 24 "Speed Bump" comic strip was terribly offensive and sacrilegious. I think that any Christian — probably anyone, Christian, non-Christian, agnostic or atheist — would agree that the cartoon at a minimum was in very poor taste.

For the cartoonist to submit it and for The Post to publish it on Christmas Eve showed a serious lapse in sensitivity by both parties. How could anyone refer to the newborn Jesus Christ as "the kid"?

Ann Telnaes blogs about production of her 2022 January 6th WaPo cartoon

Seditious Amnesia: The Insurrectionists' roll call

Ann Telnaes

https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/seditious-amnesia

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/5/2024

Over 135,000 Variants Added to Overstreet Access
Scoop January 5 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=272248

Ramona Fradon to Retire from Commission Work
Scoop January 5 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=272277

More Gossip On The Warner Bros. DC Comics That Never Were

Yesterday, we looked at Gail Simone's thwarted desire to incorporated the stories of Mortal Kombat into the DC Universe comics.

04 Jan 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/more-gossip-on-the-warner-bros-dc-comics-that-never-were/

Gail Simone Could Have Written Mortal Kombat Into The DC Universe

Dan DiDio invited Gail Simone to look at a list of properties that WB owned, "many of which DC would have had the ability to adapt to comics."

03 Jan 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gail-simone-could-have-written-mortal-kombat-into-the-dc-universe/

RIP JOHN M. BURNS; Artist for 'Judge Dredd,' 'Nikolai Dante,' Other '2000AD' Titles

Brigid Alverson on January 4, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55948/rip-john-m-burns

Marvel Publishes Jonathan Hickman's House Of X In Chronological Order

Marvel Unlimited, has put up a new version of the House Of X and Powers Of X comic from 2019, recut into chronological order.

04 Jan 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-publishes-jonathan-hickmans-house-of-x-in-chronological-order/

Todd McFarlane Calls For Fan & Pro Cover Entries For #Spawnuary

Todd McFarlane is launching a new promotion this month called "Spawnuary" in which he challenges artists to submit speculative cover artwork

04 Jan 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/todd-mcfarlane-calls-for-fan-pro-cover-entries-for-spawnuary/

Jean-Marc Lofficier Challenges Marvel Over African Superhero Creators

Hexagon Comics USA continues to put back into print European comics, originally published by Jean-Marc Lofficier, translated into English.

04 Jan 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jean-marc-lofficier-challenges-marvel-over-african-superhero-creators/

'American Born Chinese' Canceled at Disney+

The comedy starring Ben Wang and featuring Michelle Yeoh and Daniel Wu will be shopped by producers.

Lesley Goldberg

January 5, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/american-born-chinese-canceled-at-disney-1235779951/

The Als of AI (Midjourney, AI Generator)

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/04/the-als-of-ai-midjourney-ai-generator/

Tal Kantor's Oscar-Shortlisted 'Letter to a Pig' Makes Online Debut

By Mercedes Milligan

January 4, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/01/oscar-shortlisted-holocaust-animation-letter-to-a-pig-makes-online-debut/

PBDS KIDS Ready to Introduce Young Viewers to 'Lyla in the Loop'

By Mercedes Milligan

January 4, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/01/pbds-kids-ready-to-introduce-young-viewers-to-lyla-in-the-loop/

Combo Studio Animates Trixie & Katya's Magically Glam Christmas Special

By Mercedes Milligan

January 3, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/01/combo-studio-animates-trixie-katyas-magically-glam-christmas-special/

Experts Address the Pros and Cons of AI in Animation at MAF

By Kevin Giraud

January 4, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/01/experts-address-the-pros-and-cons-of-ai-in-animation-at-maf/

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

COVER REVEAL + INTERVIEW: Miyuli on the magic of MORGANA AND OZ

[Webtoon; webcomic]

Avery Kaplan

01/05/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/cover-reveal-interview-miyuli-on-the-magic-of-morgana-and-oz/

The Beat's 2024 Creator Survey Part 4: from "comicbook stores to comic bookstores"

Heidi MacDonald

01/05/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-beats-2024-creator-survey-part-4-from-comicbook-stores-to-comic-bookstores/

Announcing the 2023 Comics Industry Person of the Year: Sloane Leong

Heidi MacDonald

01/05/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/sloane-leong-announcing-the-2023-comics-industry-person-of-the-year/

Jim Keefe Gets Added to Our Patreon List. You There?

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/04/jim-keefe-is-added-to-our-patreon-list-you-there/

Nick Anderson's Pen Strokes

https://nickanderson.substack.com/

Clarion Ledger refreshes comic lineup based on reader input, changing tastes

Mark M. Konradi

Mississippi Clarion Ledger

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2024/01/05/clarion-ledger-adapts-comics-to-changing-tastes-launches-new-lineup/72042833007/

Lady Chatterley and Mickey Mouse enter the public domain and all you get is this column [satire]

By Alexandra Petri

Washington Post January 4, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/04/chatterley-mickey-mouse-copyright/

Le décès d'Attila Futaki qui avait signé Le Tatoueur avec Matz [Hungary]

Jean-Laurent Truc

5 janvier 2024

https://www.ligneclaire.info/attila-futaki-mort-286491.html

From Cover to Cover's Favorite Comics of 2023

Scott Cederlund, Mike Baxter, James Kaplan

Jan 4, 2024

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/from-cover-to-covers-favorite-comics-of-2023/

You're My January Friend – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | January 5, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/youre-my-january-friend-this-weeks-links/

Sara Frazetta

["I've decided to share this press release from attorney Jack Merritt...]

@SaraFrazetta Dec 29, 2023https://twitter.com/sarafrazetta/status/1740866230956040593

SARA FRAZETTA Talks Fire & Ice, Vampirella & What's Next For Frazettaverse Of Comics!

The Comic Lounge

Dec 20, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=f6nC7XRi8Xs

December 22, 2023

Mickey Mouse, Long a Symbol in Copyright Wars, to Enter Public Domain: 'It's Finally Happening' [Dan O'Neill]

By Gene Maddaus

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/mickey-mouse-public-domain-disney-copyright-lawsuits-1235844322/amp

The Best Comics and Graphic Novels of 2023

By Samantha Puc Dec 25th, 2023, https://www.themarysue.com/best-comics-and-graphic-novels-of-2023/

CBR News Editors' Picks: Top 10 Comics of 2023

By Dustin Holland and Jenny C.

December 30 2023

https://www.cbr.com/cbr-editor-picks-best-comics-2023/

Highlights of 2023: Best comics and graphic novels of the year

Gil Scott-Heron is among the factual figures who got a comic book, while Eoin Colfer's work featured among the Irish highlights

Mon, 25 Dec, 2023 - 20:00

Don O'Mahony

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41295040.html

Book review: Bodies and boundaries in graphic fiction: reading female and nonbinary characters

Dianna Baldwin

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 25 Dec 2023

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2023.2297760

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2297760

Bodies and boundaries in graphic fiction: reading female and nonbinary characters

by Jessica Baldanzi, London and New York, Routledge, 2023, 155 pp., US $136.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0367679477

Urcaregui, Maite (2023) "Review of Beyond the Icon: Asian American Graphic Narratives by Eleanor Ty," Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies: Vol. 12, Article 11.
Available at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/aaldp/vol12/iss1/11

The 17th Award Winners

Ms.SATONAKA Machiko et. al.

Japan International MANGA Award

https://www.manga-award.mofa.go.jp/en/prize/17th/index.html

Dec. 27, 2023

Anna-Laura Sullivan's Art Makes Her Cry Too [Instagram webcomics]

By Jennifer Zhan, a Vulture news blogger covering TV, movies and music

https://www.vulture.com/2023/12/anna-laura-instagram-comics-art-interview.html

Reviving Civility in America through Comic Books: An Interview with Alan Jenkins

Michael Citarella | December 29, 2023

https://brownpoliticalreview.org/2023/12/reviving-civility-in-america-through-comic-books-an-interview-with-alan-jenkins/

Shiloh, Ilana. (2023). Conceptual Metaphors in Visual Language The Graphic Novel City of Glass. Research in Language, 21(1), 43–60. https://doi.org/10.18778/1731-7533.21.1.03 and https://www.czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/research/article/view/21533 and https://www.czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/research/article/view/21533/21363

Revista Lusófona de Estudos Culturais/Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies Vol. 10 N.º 2 (2023): BD Maravilha. Redefinindo o Género nas Narrativas Gráficas Ibero-Americanas

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/issue/view/365

Dezembro de 2023

Editoras Temáticas: Nicoletta Mandolini, Cristina Álvares & María Márquez López

Diretoras/Editoras da Secção Varia: Rita Ribeiro & Isabel Macedo

Publicado: 2023-12-20

Número Completo

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/issue/view/365/359

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/issue/view/365/360

Nota Introdutória: BD Maravilha. Redefinindo o Género nas Narrativas Gráficas Ibero-Americanas

Nicoletta Mandolini, Cristina Álvares, María Márquez López

7-17

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/5397

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/5397/6131

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/5397/6130

Artigos temáticos

Patrícia Galvão: A Primeira Quadrinista Brasileira

Stella Avelino

21-35

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4689

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4689/6152

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4689/6153

Mulheres, Política e Humor Gráfico na Imprensa do Início do Século XX: Um Breve Olhar Sobre o Caso Brasileiro

Thaís Batista Rosa Moreira

37-61

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4691

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4691/6144

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4691/6145

Um Útero com Visão (Política): A Reivindicação dos Direitos Reprodutivos nos Cartoons Feministas Espanhóis

Marina Bettaglio

63-85

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4652

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4652/6134

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4652/6135

O Potencial de Representação da Narrativa Gráfica: Nódoa Negra e a Dor no Feminino

Silvia Frota, Marta Soares

87-112

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4690

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4690/6142

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4690/6143

Teias do Eu, Teias do Significado. Três Retratos Fragmentários Femininos na Banda Desenhada Impressa Pós-Digital

Pedro Moura

113-142

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4644

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4644/6132

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4644/6133

Tem um Monstro no Meu Espelho: Uma Análise do Romance Gráfico Autobiográfico Monstrans: Experimentando Horrormônios, de Lino Arruda

Camila Luiza Lelis, Marcus Antônio Assis Lima

143-170

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4696

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4696/6150

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4696/6151

Multiplicidades, Narrativas de Vida e Memória Coletiva da Docência na História em Quadrinhos Fessora!

Nara Bretas Lage, Samanta Coan

171-192

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4694

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4694/6159

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4694/6160

Leituras

Análise Transversal da Antologia Ibero-Americana Coordenadas Gráficas: Cuarenta Historietas de Autoras de España, Argentina, Chile y Costa Rica

Beatriz Moriano, Neus Lagunas

195-203

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4686

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4686/6154

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4686/6155

Coordenadas Partilhadas: A Escrita da Herstory na Banda Desenhada Ibero-Americana

Virginia Tonfoni

205-214

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4681

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4681/6136

https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/4681/6137

In her hands: navigating [sexual] identity and gender roles in a Portuguese graphic novel for young adults by Joana Estrela

Fátima Susana Mota Roboredo Amante

24 Dec 2023

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2023.2292065

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2292065

"Beauty is Not Only to Be Seen by Our Eyes" – Xiaoyi Hu on Bringing the World of the Visually-Impaired to the Comics Page [Chinese cartoonist working in Scotland]

by Andy Oliver

January 3, 2024

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/xiaoyi-hu-fire-flowers-interview/

For Caroline Bowman, 'Frozen' gets under her skin: The Maryland actress plays Elsa in the North American touring production of the musical, now at the Kennedy Center [in print as Breaking the ice with Caroline Bowman]

By Celia Wren

Washington Post (January 5 2024): Weekend 10-11.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater/2023/12/22/kennedy-center-frozen-caroline-bowman/

"You can't escape the formalism of comics": an interview with Dave Chisholm

Valentino L. Zullo and Vera J. Camden

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 26 Dec 2023

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2023.2295465

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2295465

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 599: Walter Greason and Tim Fielder The Graphic History of Hip Hop

Calvin Reid

on 01/02/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1290

Mitchell Paul. 2023. Illness and (hyper)masculinity in 'HIMM' comics from the USA. Medical Humanities Published Online First: 26 December 2023. doi: 10.1136/medhum-2023-012767

https://mh.bmj.com/content/early/2023/12/26/medhum-2023-012767.citation-tools and https://mh.bmj.com/content/medhum/early/2023/12/26/medhum-2023-012767.full.pdf and https://mh.bmj.com/content/medhum/early/2023/12/26/medhum-2023-012767.full.pdf?with-ds=yes

Tim Seeley Talks Comics and his YouTube Channel

wordballoon Jan 2, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYvHP9jLQQ0

Bryan Hill Talks Blade and More

wordballoon Dec 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpuErWrdk4g

Todd McFarlane Returns to Cartoonist Kayfabe!

Cartoonist Kayfabe Jan 1, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5OKcqMgOak

Thursday Night LIVE with Billy Tucci! Mickey Mouse is Public Domain...What Does that mean?!

POPXP! Network! January 4 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZNS-Tehpss

Standal, CJ. 2023.

The Cost of Comics: A History of the Comic Book Labor Movement (Part One-Two)

Cartoonist Cooperative Journal (December): https://cartoonist.coop/journal/the-cost-of-comics-a-history-of-the-comic-book-labor-movement-part-one/ and

https://cartoonist.coop/journal/the-cost-of-comics-a-history-of-the-comic-book-labor-movement-part-two/

Friday, January 05, 2024

Jan 6: Tom King at Third Eye Annapolis

Click here for event details

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