Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Vivienne Medrano also talks to The Hollywood Reporter about creating connective tissue between her original pilot and eight-episode series, and how the R-rated musical comedy is "proving there's a lot that LGBT stories and adult animation can do."

Abbey White

January 22, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/hazbin-hotel-vivienne-medrano-a24-animated-series-1235794372/

Disney trips are so complicated now that you need a class to plan one

YouTube videos, TikToks, Zoom classes and 200-page guides are here to help overwhelmed visitors

By Hannah Sampson

January 30, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/01/30/disney-world-planning-genie-plus-webinar/

A Real Bug's Life Brings Pixar's Sensibility To A Natural World Series

We ventured to the microscopic world to learn about the making of the new series from National Geographic inspired by the Pixar film A Bug's Life.

By Chris Longo | January 29, 2024

https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/a-real-bugs-life-brings-pixars-sensibility-to-a-natural-world-series/

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

WaPo on the madness of planning for Disney theme parks

Disney trips are so complicated now that you need a class to plan one

YouTube videos, TikToks, Zoom classes and 200-page guides are here to help overwhelmed visitors

By Hannah Sampson

January 30, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/01/30/disney-world-planning-genie-plus-webinar/

$50K of Edward Gorey on sale at Second Story Books

The Edward Gorey Collection: Books and Ephemera

By Edward Gorey

A collection of books, cards, posters, and other ephemera showcasing the diverse and prolific work of American writer and artist Edward Gorey (1925-2000). Gorey's first book, The Unstrung Harp, was published in 1953; over the course of his career he published dozens of works he authored and illustrated himself, and collaborated with other contributors on dozens more. Beginning in 1953, Gorey also worked for the publisher Doubleday Anchor as an illustrator and typography designer. Over the course of his career, he illustrated more than 200 books for Doubleday Anchor and other publishers.

This collection, assembled by Chris Bready of Baltimore, Maryland, includes the following:

89 primary works, or works authored by Gorey (Group A);

43 secondary works, or works created by Gorey and one other collaborator (Group B);

Two tertiary works, or works in which Gorey was one contributor among many (Group C);

37 works for which Gorey provided typography and/or cover design (Group D); and

A large collection of ephemera (postcards, posters, toys and games, calendars, etc.) bearing Gorey's designs, many created during his lifetime but some released after his death.

Notably, the collection includes a first edition of every primary title written and illustrated by Gorey (with the exception of The Bug Book wrappers edition) and published prior to his death in 2000. Many of these are signed or inscribed. Also present is a generous sample of Gorey's illustration and typography design (including uncredited examples). The condition of the volumes in the collection is generally very good or better. Dust jackets are generally in Good condition or better, often exhibiting light plus to moderate bumping, chipping, or tears and light plus to moderate age toning.

$50,000

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Even without the Moonies, WashTimes still publishing the Loonies

Garry 'Doonesbury' Trudeau: Patient zero of Trump Derangement Syndrome

For 3 Years, Biden has been spared entirely from cartoonist's poison pen

By Peter Parisi - - Washington Times January 29, 2024

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/29/garry-doonesbury-trudeau-patient-zero-of-trump-der/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/29/2024

Diamond Cancels Comics Retailer Summit 2024 As ComicsPRO Steps Up

28 Jan 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-cancels-comics-retailer-summit-2024-as-comicspro-steps-up/

DIAMOND CANCELS 2024 RETAILER SUMMIT As Distributor Sales Conference Fades in Favor of Trade Association Events

Milton Griepp on January 26, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56104/diamond-cancels-2024-retailer-summit

KIRKMAN, CRABTREE SETTLE 'INVINCIBLE' SUIT After Two Years

Milton Griepp on January 29, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56106/kirkman-crabtree-settle-invincible-suit

SPRUNGBRETTER INS GLUCK [100 years of comic strip history]

Michael Althen,

Der Spiegel April 30 1995: 96-97, 99

MAGMA COMIX SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH DBD

Launching in April 2024 with Horror/Fantasy and Futuristic Heist Series

Brigid Alverson on January 26, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56101/magma-comix-signs-distribution-deal-dbd

Kelly Clarkson Highlights Massachusetts Bookstore & Local Author [Jeff Kinney]

Dianna Carney
NewsBreak January 28 2024
https://original.newsbreak.com/@dianna-carney-1587871/3314425884992-kelly-clarkson-highlights-massachusetts-bookstore-local-author

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' Author Jeff Kinney & 9-Year-Old Superfan Reveal New Book Cover

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Jan 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWnFAAF65gk

Zozo le Clown de Besseron Prix Schlingo 2024 à Angoulême

Jean-Laurent Truc

29 janvier 2024
https://www.ligneclaire.info/prix-charlie-schlingo-2024-287666.html

'Bug Diner,' 'Edith and the Tall Child' Win Top Animation Prizes at Sundance and Slamdance Festivals

Ramin Zahed

January 26, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/01/3245930/

Emmy-Winning Animation Producer John Bush Dies, Age 69

Animation Magazine January 27, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/01/emmy-winning-animation-producer-john-bush-dies-age-69/

Three Years of Thick Lines: An Interview with Sally Madden and Katie Skelly

RJ Casey | January 29, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/three-years-of-thick-lines-an-interview-with-sally-madden-and-katie-skelly/

Albrecht, Brian. 2018.

Retired art teacher's World War II memories paint a vivid picture [Alex Cook].

Cleveland Plain Dealer (November 19): https://www.cleveland.com/news/erry-2018/11/1f6b3e11b2279/retired-art-teachers-world-war.html

Degg, D. D. 2024.

Alex Cook – RIP

Daily Cartoonist (January 28): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/28/alex-cook-rip/

Unknown. 1949.

Alex Cook Wins Honors as College Cartoonist.

The News-Palladium (June 7).

Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/28/alex-cook-rip/

Unknown. 1953.

College Journal Article Concerns Ex-St. Joseph Men [editorial cartoonists Alex Cook and Arthur Poinier]

The News-Palladium (August 8).

Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/28/alex-cook-rip/

Unknown. 2024.

Alexander Burns Cook, April 16, 1924 — January 23, 2024, Cleveland [obituary].

Brown Forward Funeral Services (January): https://www.brown-forward.com/obituaries/alexander-cook

'Orion and the Dark': Jacob Tremblay and Paul Walter Hauser in Clever Animation Penned by Charlie Kaufman

Frank Scheck

January 29, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/orion-and-the-dark-review-netflix-charlie-kaufman-1235794221/

Interview: Eduardo Risso Returns to A Life of Crime with 'Torpedo 1972'

Niki Faust

Jan 22, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/272599-Interview-Eduardo-Risso-Returns-to-A-Life-of-Crime-with-Torpedo-1972

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode seventy-two | Charles Soule, part two

Jan 29, 2024

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/i-want-them-cleaned-up-before-dinner

'Supergirl': New Woman Of Steel Is 'House Of The Dragon's Milly Alcock

By Anthony D'Alessandro, Justin Kroll

January 29, 2024

https://deadline.com/2024/01/supergirl-milly-alcock-1235807989/

Supergirl Found: Milly Alcock to Play Heroine in James Gunn's DC Movies

The actor, known for 'House of the Dragon,' is expected to appear in a DC Studios project before her solo movie.

By Aaron Couch, Borys Kit

January 29, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/supergirl-movie-casts-milly-alcock-1235129348/

Meet the Team: Sadie Williams CEO Ralph Steadman Art Collection

Ralph Steadman Art Collection January 29 2024

https://mailchi.mp/9c4eccc93b5b/meet-the-team-series

Monday, January 29, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/27-28/2024

Some of us still have Frick and Frack bric-a-brac [Peanuts letter]

Philip C. Meyer,

Washington Post January 27 2024: A13.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/26/ultra-processed-food-biden-iowa-axolotl/

It's unfunny because it's true [Mark Trail letter]

Stan Pearson,

Washington Post January 27 2024: A13.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/26/ultra-processed-food-biden-iowa-axolotl/

It's unfunny regardless [Doonesbury letter]

Elizabeth Kaehler,

Washington Post January 27 2024: A13.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/26/ultra-processed-food-biden-iowa-axolotl/

The War on Gaza – 1.26.24

Joe Sacco | January 26, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/the-war-on-gaza-1-26-24/

Phil Bissell – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/26/phil-bissell-rip/

And Now Wick Communications Standardizes Their Comics Pages

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/27/and-now-wick-communications-standardizes-their-comics-pages/

'Doonesbury' creator's gift to his North Country hometown

Garry Trudeau crafts Winter Carnival collectible buttons for 37th year

By Lynda Edwards

Albany Times-Union Jan 22, 2018

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Garry-Trudeau-cartoons-on-Winter-Carnival-12510534.php

Vincent D'Onofrio Wants a Kingpin What If... Story

Vincent D'Onofrio has some ideas for alternate Kingpins in the MCU.

By Jamie Jirak - January 19, 2024

https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/vincent-donofrio-wants-a-kingpin-what-if-story/

Marvel's Vincent D'Onofrio Found Kingpin's Voice Through His Own Pain

Vincent D'Onofrio uses an "emotional event" that happened in his life when playing Kingpin.

By Jamie Jirak - January 5, 2024

https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/marvels-vincent-donofrio-found-kingpins-voice-through-his-own-pain/

Hayley Atwell on PAST & FUTURE Of Captain Carter! Phase Zero Spotlight Interview! [What If?]

Brandon Davis

Phase Zero podcast Jan 12, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeLCwMQo3xY

Rick Remender unpacks his next sci-fi epic 'Napalm Lullaby'

David Brooke

January 25, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/01/25/rick-remender-napalm-lullaby-qa/

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 257: Rick Remender unpacks his next sci-fi epic 'Napalm Lullaby'

David Brooke and Nathan Simmons

January 21, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/01/21/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-257-rick-remender/

Pornsak Pichetshote & Jesse Lonergan's Surprise Ashcan For Man's Best

Last month, Boom Studios announced a new creator-owned series from former DC Vertigo editor Pornsak Pichetshote & Jesse Lonergan, Man's Best.

27 Jan 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/pornsak-pichetshote-jesse-lonergans-surprise-ashcan-for-mans-best/

Silber Linings: Why the comics press matters (despite what the Eisners think). Greg reflects on a decade in the comics press.

Gregory Paul Silber

01/26/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/silber-linings-why-the-comics-press-matters-despite-what-the-eisners-think/

January 26, 2024

RAOUL BARRÉ FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS

https://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2024/01/raoul-barre-foundation-scholarships.html

Daniel Elkin, Fieldmouse Press

Maddie Davis

KVMR-FM The Sages Among Us Episode 147 January 25, 2024

https://share.transistor.fm/s/deaddc64

Items Survive Fire at Go Nagai Museum

posted on 2024-01-25 11:18 EST by Alex Mateo

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-25/items-survive-fire-at-go-nagai-museum/.206855

The Lockhorns No Longer Available to Longview (Tx) News-Journal Readers

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/27/the-lockhorns-no-longer-available-to-longview-tx-news-journal-readers/

We Asked A.I. to Create the Joker. It Generated a Copyrighted Image.

By Stuart A. Thompson

Jan. 25, 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/25/business/ai-image-generators-openai-microsoft-midjourney-copyright.html

Festival BD d'Angoulême 2024, le Fauve d'Or à Daniel Clowes pour Monica sans surprise

Jean-Laurent Truc

27 janvier 2024

https://www.ligneclaire.info/festival-angouleme-clowes-287574.html

The Body Persists and the Person Is: Nicholas Burman on the work of Marina Groig

Nicholas Burman returns to SOLRAD with a review of Marina Groig's "Si me abres la cabeza, sale humo frio"

Nicholas Burman

January 22, 2024

https://solrad.co/the-body-persists-and-the-person-is-nicholas-burman-on-the-work-of-marina-groig

IT AIN'T HARD TO TELL (IAHTT) #95 HERE IT COMES [Jamar Nicholas interview]

Mike Hawthorne

January 18 2024

https://www.patreon.com/posts/it-ain-t-hard-to-96707816

Daniel Boris editorial cartoon catch-up #1-2

January 27-28, 2024

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/01/daniel-boris-editorial-cartoon-catch-up.html

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/01/daniel-boris-editorial-cartoon-catch-up_28.html

'The Tiger's Apprentice' Review: Henry Golding and Michelle Yeoh Lead a Top-Notch Voice Cast in Paramount+'s Animated Adventure. A Chinese-American teenager takes on evil forces with the assistance of animal warriors in this animated yarn with voice work from Lucy Liu, Bowen Yang, Sandra Oh and Greta Lee.

Frank Scheck

January 27, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-tigers-apprentice-review-henry-golding-michelle-yeoh-1235793047/

L'interview croisée Thomas Bangalter (ex-Daft Punk) × Riad Sattouf par Augustin Trapenard [Angouleme]

Brut Jan 12, 2024

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

A perfect Sunday with... Alyssa Wong

Eggs benedict, Calvin & Hobbes and peaceful forest trails

Cavan Scott

The Cavletter Jan 28, 2024

https://www.cavletter.com/a-perfect-sunday-with-alyssa-wong/

Ai Weiwei's graphic memoir uses the animals of the Chinese zodiac to tell his story

Scott Simon

Weekend Edition Saturday

January 27, 2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/27/1227397121/ai-weiweis-graphic-memoir-uses-the-animals-of-the-chinese-zodiac-to-tell-his-sto

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2024/01/20240127_wesat_book_zodiac.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1227397121

Sunday, January 28, 2024

NPR interviews Ai Weiwei about his graphic memoir Zodiac

Ai Weiwei's graphic memoir uses the animals of the Chinese zodiac to tell his story

Scott Simon

Weekend Edition Saturday

January 27, 2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/27/1227397121/ai-weiweis-graphic-memoir-uses-the-animals-of-the-chinese-zodiac-to-tell-his-sto

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2024/01/20240127_wesat_book_zodiac.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1227397121

Daniel Boris editorial cartoon catch-up #2

Our second and final posting of Boris's political cartoons from last year. He tells me he had tried to give up on editorial cartooning (and thus stopped submitting them here), but kept drawing them anyway.

Penny Wise, Pound Foolish 11/20/23
Penguin Joins the Presidential Race 11/18/23
Dictator Wannabe
Commemorative U.S. Stamp Design: "American Organized Crime Bosses"

Peace Out, Pandas! 11/10/23
ME the People 11/5/2023
Middle East Push Pin 11/2/23
The Housingsphere12/31/23

Hateful Stew 10/30/23
Putin's Sincerest Condolences 10/25/23
Putin Hypnosis 10/24/23
The Devil Made Her Do It 10/19/23

A Dysfunctional U.S. House of Representatives 10/17/23
New Speaker Summons Dark Lord 10/10/23
Update All 9/28/23
The Menendez Hieroglyphics 9/24/23
Alien Political Parasite 9/20/23

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/30/2024

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

WaPo on the madness of planning for Disney theme parks

Disney trips are so complicated now that you need a class to plan one

YouTube videos, TikToks, Zoom classes and 200-page guides are here to help overwhelmed visitors

$50K of Edward Gorey on sale at Second Story Books

Even without the Moonies, WashTimes still publishing the Loonies

Garry 'Doonesbury' Trudeau: Patient zero of Trump Derangement Syndrome

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/29/2024

Monday, January 29, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/27-28/2024

Sunday, January 28, 2024

NPR interviews Ai Weiwei about his graphic memoir Zodiac

Ai Weiwei's graphic memoir uses the animals of the Chinese zodiac to tell his story

Daniel Boris editorial cartoon catch-up #2

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