Thursday, February 01, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/1/2024

Kurt Yaeger To Consult on Vault's Disabled Superhero Comic, The Roach

Vault Comics will adapt Aethon CEO Rhett C. Bruno's own superhero novel, The Roach, to graphic novel format

31 Jan 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/kurt-yaeger-to-consult-on-vaults-disabled-superhero-comic-the-roach/

Katie Kubert Is The New Editor Of Batman At DC Comics

Chip Zdarsky has leaked the news that Katie Kubert is the new editor of the ongoing Batman monthly (or weekly in February) at DC Comics.

by Rich Johnston

, 31 Jan 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/katie-kubert-is-the-new-editor-of-batman-at-dc-comics/

JM Lofficier, In Poor Health, Releases Tanka: Strangers Origin

Jean-Marc Lofficier tells us that "I'm afraid my news are not so good. I was struck by some viral lung infection and had to be hospitalized"

01 Feb 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jm-lofficier-in-poor-health-releases-tanka-strangers-origin/

HEXAGON COMICS: THE FIRST 70 YEARS!
THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FRANCE'S OLDEST COMIC-BOOK PUBLISHER
edited by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier

Tarzana, CA: Hollywood Comics (January 1, 2019)

https://www.hexagoncomics.com/shop-hexagon-comics-the-first-70-years.html

ICV2 ANNOUNCES ICV2 DIRECT A New Platform for Sales Direct from Publishers to Stores [distribution]

ICv2 February 1, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56138/icv2-announces-icv2-direct

FULL YEAR 2023 CIRCANA BOOKSCAN - TOP 20 ADULT AND KIDS GRAPHIC NOVELS

Accurate Info You Can Trust

Milton Griepp, Brigid Alverson on February 1, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/56137/full-year-2023-circana-bookscan-top-20-adult-kids-graphic-novels

FULL YEAR 2023 CIRCANA BOOKSCAN - TOP 20 AUTHOR, SUPERHERO, AND MANGA GRAPHIC NOVELS

Webtoons, Turtles, and Shonen Titles

Milton Griepp, Brigid Alverson on February 1, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/56135/full-year-2023-circana-bookscan-top-20-author-superhero-manga-graphic-novels

PRO: FULL YEAR 2023 CIRCANA BOOKSCAN - TOP 20 AUTHOR, SUPERHERO, AND MANGA GRAPHIC NOVELS WITH ACTUAL SALES

The Numbers Tell the Story

Milton Griepp, Brigid Alverson on February 1, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/icv2-pro/view/56134/full-year-2023-circana-bookscan-top-20-author-superhero-manga-graphic-novels-actual-sales

McClatchy Standard Comics Pages Update

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/31/mcclatchy-standard-comics-pages-update/

Jasmine Walls shares 10 great fantasy graphic novels by Black comic creators

02/01/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/jasmine-walls-shares-10-great-fantasy-graphic-novels-by-black-comic-creators/

IMAGE COMICS PREVIEW & READING GUIDE – ASTRO CITY

https://mcusercontent.com/23ff117928e9c67d4b80d4493/files/8d5d039c-8c2b-0a8c-3cbf-707ecca847b7/CLASSICS_CORNER_ASTRO_CITY.02.pdf

Marvel's STORMBREAKERS showcases superheroines for Women's History month

Christian Angeles

02/01/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvels-stormbreakers-showcases-superheroines-for-womens-history-month/

Napa's Zeppelin Comics temporarily closing as owners look for a buyer

The owners say they are in talks with a potential buyer to take over the store.|

SARA EDWARDS

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

January 31, 2024,

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/napa/napas-zeppelin-comics-owners-hanging-up-their-capes-in-talks-with-potenti/

'Attack on Titan' Publisher Kodansha Joins the Script2Comic Contest

The contest, which turns screenplays into comic books, revealed its winners as the Japanese publisher boards as a sponsor.

Aaron Couch

January 31, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/attack-on-titan-publisher-kodansha-script2comic-contest-1235810655/

Japanese manga artist Ashihara Hinako found dead days after protesting TV version of her work

Hinako, who spoke out against the TV adaptation of her "Sexy Tanaka-san" comic, was found dead near Tokyo in what police believe is a possible suicide.

Jan. 31, 2024, 10:19 AM EST / Source: Variety

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/japanese-manga-artist-ashihara-hinako-found-dead-days-protesting-tv-ve-rcna136547

Early Peanuts First Editions

The definitive guide to identifying early Peanuts strip reprint softcovers and hardcovers, published by Rinehart & Co. from 1952 -1960 and by Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc. from 1960 - 1974

By Lowell Wilson

2024-

https://www.peanutsfirsteditions.com/

Disney Lawsuit Against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Dismissed By Judge

The entertainment giant has argued that Florida is retaliating in violation of its free speech rights for pushing back against a parental rights law, which the governor supported.

Winston Cho

January 31, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-lawsuit-against-florida-gov-ron-desantis-special-district-dismissed-1235811663/

Binc Awards Two Scholarships to ComicsPRO Industry Meeting

https://bincfoundation.org/binc-announces-selection-panel-for-binctank-bipoc-business-incubator-program-application-deadline-extended-one-day-2/

Ralph Heimdahl's body of Looney Tunes work comes home to St. Cloud State

St. Cloud State Today October 8, 2020 by Mitchell Hansen

https://today.stcloudstate.edu/2020/10/08/ralph-heimdahls-body-of-looney-tunes-work-comes-home-to-st-cloud-state/

Honoring a Legacy: Ensuring the creative legacy of Ralph Heimdahl '30

St. Cloud State Today July 6, 2022 by Colleen Harrison

https://today.stcloudstate.edu/2022/07/06/honoring-a-legacy-ensuring-the-creative-legacy-of-ralph-heimdahl-30/

Bugs Bunny work by St. Cloud State alumnus gifted to University [Ralph Heimdahl].

St. Cloud State Today March 24, 2022 by Colleen Harrison

https://today.stcloudstate.edu/2022/03/24/bugs-bunny-work-by-st-cloud-state-alumnus-gifted-to-university/

Disney Appeals Loss In Lawsuit Against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Over Special Tax District

A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit and found that Disney cannot bring a lawsuit against DeSantis and his allies who assumed control of the special tax district that governs Walt Disney World.

Winston Cho

February 1, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-appeals-loss-lawsuit-against-florida-gov-ron-desantis-special-tax-district-1235812637/

Federal Judge Dismisses Disney Lawsuit Against DeSantis

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 1, 2024, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Judge Dismisses Lawsuit By Disney Against DeSantis.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/business/disney-ron-desantis-lawsuit.html

Graphic Novels Bring Principles of Government and Politics to Life

by Brigid Alverson
Jan 31, 2024

https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/graphic-novels-bring-principles-of-government-and-politics-to-life

Michael Fikaris on Silent Army Projects and the Australasian comics scene, Jan 30, 2024

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 380, February 1 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcq1Ijks7HY

Catch Up with Alex Simmons

Margreet de Heer

Jul 15, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_JrjN6ZfxU

History of the Comiclopedia [Lambiek]

Margreet de Heer

Oct 31, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0u3j9ItFbQ

https://www.margreetdeheer.com/english/

Margreet de Heer

Margreet's Comics

https://margreetdeheer.substack.com/

Review: Return to Romance: The Strange Love Stories of Ogden Whitney, edited by Dan Nadel and Frank Santoro

Sydney Heifler

Journal of Popular Romance Studies Nov 21, 2020

online at https://www.academia.edu/108854123/Review_Return_to_Romance_The_Strange_Love_Stories_of_Ogden_Whitney_edited_by_Dan_Nadel_and_Frank_Santoro

Year One [Batman]

Tegan O'Neil | February 1, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/year-one/

Keith Champagne Talks Zestworld, He-Man and More

wordballoon

January 31 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P0CLm4uhgI

Words, Images, & Worlds with Anthony Summey

Jason DeHart

Jan 27, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXc7X_MIck

Why Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Has Batman Fans So Angry [videogame]

Matthew Byrd | January 31, 2024

https://www.denofgeek.com/games/why-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-batman-scenes-fans-angry/

'The Tiger's Apprentice' Director Raman Hui Takes Us into the Thrilling World of Paramount+'s New Movie

By Devin Nealy

January 31, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/01/the-tigers-apprentice-director-raman-hui-takes-us-into-the-thrilling-world-of-paramounts-new-movie/

This article was written for the March '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 338).

European Broadcasting Union Backs Two Animated Series for 2024

Animation Magazine

January 31, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/01/european-broadcasting-union-back-two-animated-series-for-2024/

Just Announced: 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid #19' by Jeff Kinney

By Iyana Jones

Jan 29, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/94222-just-announced-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-19-by-jeff-kinney.html

On Tour with Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos

Compiled by Iyana Jones

Feb 01, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/94221-on-tour-with-brad-meltzer-and-christopher-eliopoulos.html

Miyazaki caps career with masterful 'Boy and the Heron'

A treatise on the need for harmony between man and nature

John Paul King

Washington Blade (January 26, 2024): 30.

online at https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/01/25/boy-and-the-heron-review/

Shawn Martinbrough talks "flipping the script" on Jason Todd in Red Hood: The Hill

By Will Salmon

Newsarama January 30 2024

https://www.gamesradar.com/shawn-martinbrough-talks-flipping-the-script-on-jason-todd-in-red-hood-the-hill/

[Big Little Book Collection : a variety of children's books in special formats in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division]

https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=25397&recCount=25&recPointer=0&bibId=13329269

Meltzer, Miyazaki, Martinbrough, and Big Little Books

On Tour with Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos

Compiled by Iyana Jones

Feb 01, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/94221-on-tour-with-brad-meltzer-and-christopher-eliopoulos.html

Miyazaki caps career with masterful 'Boy and the Heron'

A treatise on the need for harmony between man and nature

John Paul King

Washington Blade (January 26, 2024): 30.

online at https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/01/25/boy-and-the-heron-review/

Shawn Martinbrough talks "flipping the script" on Jason Todd in Red Hood: The Hill

Distracted Driving by Daniel Boris

Feb 13: Shawn Martinbrough at Fantom Comics

CREATOR SIGNING W/ SHAWN MARTINBROUGH
>> TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13th @ 6pm

Fantom Comics will be hosting a signing for local creator SHAWN MARTINBROUGH to celebrate the release of the first issue of RED HOOD THE HILL!
Get copies of RED HOOD THE HILL #0 next week!

Welcome to the Hill--formerly one of Gotham's most dangerous suburbs--a place that required its residents to band together to keep themselves safe when the police, and sometimes even Batman, wouldn't. Now, as the Hill finds itself gentrifying, old habits die hard as the vigilante known only as Strike works with her team to keep the town safe--but she's not alone. Jason Todd, one of the Hill's newest residents, is more than happy to don the visage of Red Hood to help Strike keep his new home safe. But a new villain is emerging from the shadows. Will Red Hood, Strike and the Hill's small militia of vigilantes be able to keep their home safe? Check out Red Hood's return to find out!

Feb 10: Sierra Barnes at Arlington Central Library

Shop Open House Artist Talk: Sierra Barnes, Creating Comics with Procreate

https://arlingtonva.libcal.com/event/11722857

Join artist Sierra Barnes as she discusses the art creation process for her first published Graphic Novel, "Hans Vogel is Dead Vol.1".

For this event, Sierra will discuss how she uses the digital art tool Procreate to plot out and create her comic books. She will also share how these tools translate into her digital fabrication projects at The Shop, the Arlington library's makerspace. Sierra will end the event with an open Q&A for participants to pick her brain. See more of Sierras artwork at: https://www.sierrabravoart.com/

Sierra Barnes is a comic creator and history buff who currently lives in Washington, DC, making webcomics and print comics based on history and folklore. She is particularly interested in the relationship between history, mythology, and memory, which are reflected in her storytelling. When she's not making comics, you can usually find her fabricating her digital drawings at The Shop, or haunting boba shops and museums like a very nerdy ghost.

Registration is required. Adults and Grade 6+ . If you are registered but are unable to attend, we ask that you cancel your registration using the link found in the registration email.

For more information please contact 703-228-7718 or email LIB-Makers@arlingtonva.us.

Date:: Saturday, February 10, 2024
Time:: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Location:: Bluemont Room
Library:: Central Library
Audience:: Events for Adults Events for High Schoolers Events for Middle Schoolers
Categories:: Artist Talk Author Talk Maker > Arts and Crafts Technology > Training
Calendar:: Arlington Public Library

Bob Eckstein visits the National Portrait Gallery in his new book

This is excerpted from his 2/1/24 newsletter.

My new book is here: Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums: Stories and Memorable Moments from People Who Love Museums by Chronicle Books. The hardcover book comes out on National Museum Day, May 18th, but can be pre-ordered NOWIt can be pre-ordered NOW.

Inside the book you will find 155 original pieces of artwork, illustrating 75 museums. There are stories for each museum in the book, some highlighting the museum (it's history or a story about the place), some showcasing a particular piece of work in the museums collection. The stories come from curators, museum workers, or museum visitors as well as museum lovers and friends…and some unexpected sources like Michelle Obama, Bill Murray, Ozzy Osborne and my mom.

A special thanks to acclaimed writer Elizabeth McCracken for the Foreword — I love it.

The National Museum of American Illustration in Newport, Rhode Island from Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museum

The museums include the biggest (The MET and The Smithsonian) as well as the offbeat (Museum of Bad Art, the Spam Museum), spanning North America — the US, Canada, and Mexico. These museums span collections that specialize in art, natural history, academia and science, and more. Featured museums include:

Bainbridge Island Museum, Bainbridge Island, Washington

American Museum of Natural History, New York
Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City, Mexico
The Field Museum, Chicago
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles
Museum of Motherhood, St. Petersburg, Florida
The National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
The Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City
And 56 more

I tried to think of what I could do as a sequel to my Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores book when I had heard about how much museums were struggling due to the pandemic. I decided a book on museums would not only be fun but by showing off these museums, people would want to get out to see these places.

In order to write the book, I visited many museums in a very short period (some I visited on-line). I didn't realize there were hundreds, and on every topic imaginable (and I consider myself to be a museum-goer who lives in New York City). So I talked with people everywhere I went as I continuously drew, inspired by the artwork and conversations I had just experienced in the museums.I draw, inspired by the artwork I had just seen in the museums. I kind of wish this project never ended. That's my wish. If this book is well-received and I would love nothing better then to have the opportunity to do a sequel, one that includes those museums that didn't make it into this book, but also, I would like to expand the project to include museums from around the world.

Nuns on the log flume at Noah's Ark Encounter, Williamstown, Kentucky

But first things first. I just hope that when one reads the book it conveys some of the same exhilaration I felt when I encountered the museums (and convinces you to then visit or at least plan a visit some of them. Maybe the book can become a museum bucket list.).

Selfies in Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee

Pre-Order Your Copy Here

If you buy a copy of my book as a Thank You I will give to you a 1-year subscription to the PAID version of this newsletter. Just email me using the button below that you bought the book — honor system.

Let me know if you got a copy

Nowadays, any book's success is driven by word-of-mouth and reviews. So, if you enjoy the book, I would greatly appreciate any love you can give my way. Here are some enthusiastic reviews so far…

"A beautifully written and painted love letter to the museums of North America."
— Max Hollein, director & CEO, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

"Bob Eckstein is a national treasure." — David Plotz, CEO of City Cast, former CEO of Atlas Obscura

"Bob knows how to make a book come alive. And the range of his artistic taste is very impressive. Where else would you find the Museum of Fine Arts Boston alongside the Spam Museum?" — Sir Michael Palin, actor, comedian, author, and member of Monty Python

"A serene collection of some of North America's most famous museums. Suitable for all ages and great for finding new places to visit." — Library Journal

Herbie, the Love Bug from the Hollywood Car Collection in Las Vegas, Nevada

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/31/2024

'Wallace the Brave' returns to the pages of The Providence Journal

Paul Edward Parker

Providence Journal January 30 2024

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2024/01/30/wallace-the-brave-returns-to-the-journal/72284677007/

Judge dismisses Disney suit against DeSantis over special tax district

By Lori Rozsa

January 31, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/31/disney-desantis-florida-lawsuit-gay/

Shop that inspired 'Toy Story' is closing, citing 'perils' of San Francisco

By Jennifer Hassan

January 29, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/01/29/toy-story-shop-jeffreys-san-francisco/

Peanuts book collectors guide

Nat Gertler

https://aaugh.com/guide/

Todd McFarlane Teases Spawn #350 as 'Oddly Good Jumping-on Point' For New Fans

By Alex Batts

Jan 24, 2024

https://www.cbr.com/todd-mcfarlane-discusses-the-spawn-film-issue-350-and-more/

Japanese Manga Artist Ashihara Hinako Found Dead Days After Protesting 'Sexy Tanaka-san' TV Adaptation

Patrick Frater

Jan 31, 2024

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/ashihara-hinako-dead-japanese-manga-artist-sexy-tanaka-san-1235892693/

Edward Gorey Personal Library

https://library.sdsu.edu/scua/collections/edward-gorey-personal-library

Reviews: H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow over Innsmouth [by Gou Tanabe]

Tom Shapira | January 31, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/h-p-lovecrafts-the-shadow-over-innsmouth/

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

PR: Clearance & Overstock Sale at Beyond Comics!

New Sale Each Week!

From January 31st to March 3rd!

**PLEASE NOTE: Sales exclude brand new arrivals. May not be combined with any other sale or discount. No rain checks. Sales only last the stated day(s) - no early/late availability. Not applicable to special orders, subscriptions, or held items.**