Monday, February 05, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/3-4/2024

 

De nieuwe Brecht Evens is een visueel verbluffende fabel over complotdenkers

02 februari 2024

Veerle Vanden Bosch

https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20240131_95728463

 

'In mijn eigen land bestaat mijn boek niet': In de graphic novel K1ND schetst Ning Wang vier families die hun enig kind verloren. Maar hoe persoonlijk hij het ook houdt, voor de Chinese overheid is alles politiek. 'Ze kunnen me nochtans vertrouwen.'

Johan Faes

  4 maart 2023

https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230302_96064502

 

Veel scherven onder de mat: Het is makkelijk om meewarig te doen over mei '68, maar de klassenstrijd was zo echt als hij vandaag is. Iedere reminder is welkom, en onvolkomen. [Tardi review]

Johan Faes

25 februari 2023

https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230224_98134785

 

Woordeloos en sprakeloos: Stephan Louwes is even vastberaden als zijn hoofdpersonage: het donker het zwijgen opleggen met licht. Soms is zwart-wit het verhaal op zich.

Johan Faes

 11 februari 2023 https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230210_98232964

 

Postkoets op de périphérique: Amazing Améziane doet niets met de Franse slag. Ook deze biopic over Quentin Tarantino is geen half werk, maar anderhalf, zo vol zit het bijwijlen.

Johan Faes

  4 februari 2023

https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230203_96121823

 

An end to the age-old old-age shunning? [Big Nate letter]

Pamela Ehrenberg, Washington

Washington Post February 3 2024: A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/02/buffalo-bills-mafia-slur-woodrow-wilson-racist/

 

He just can't wait to get on the road again [ Michael Ramirez letter]

Susan Clark, and John Spitzak

Washington Post February 3 2024: A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/02/buffalo-bills-mafia-slur-woodrow-wilson-racist/

 

No, *you're* the nice guy [Doonesbury letter]

Vinod K. Jain

Washington Post February 3 2024: A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/02/buffalo-bills-mafia-slur-woodrow-wilson-racist/

 

Katie Kubert Is Indeed DC Comics' Batman Editor, But Only Temporarily

Bleeding Cool has been led to understand that Katie Kubert is temporary Batman editor while DC find a permanent replacement for Ben Abernathy

by Rich Johnston

 03 Feb 2024 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/katie-kubert-is-indeed-dc-comics-batman-editor-but-only-temporarily/

 

What Erik Larsen Said That Riled Up Jim Valentino So Much

LAst week, Jim Valentino answered claims made on Cartoonist KayFayBe by Erik Larsen that he "righted the ship" over at Image Comics,

  03 Feb 2024

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/what-erik-larsen-said-that-riled-up-jim-valentino-so-much/

 

Trump Dog!

Daryl Cagle, Pat Bagley, Bob Englehart,  Dave Whamond, Taylor Jones

Caglecast 37, Feb 2, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyJWwi16RKc

 

In memoriam David Kunzle

https://www.thierry-groensteen.fr/index.php/2024/02/02/in-memoriam-david-kunzle/

 

David Kunzle Obituary

Legacy Remembers on Feb. 3, 2024.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/david-kunzle-obituary?id=54282568

 

"We Kept Growing After That Wave": Retailer Dan Wallace on the Continued Growth of Impulse Creations [store]

David Harper

February 1, 2024

https://sktchd.com/interview/retailer-dan-wallace-interview/

 

Cast as Criminals, America's Librarians Rally to Their Own Defense [censorship]

By Elizabeth Williamson

Feb. 3, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/03/us/book-bans-librarians.html

 

More Time To Be Heroes: A Legends of Tomorrow Companion

Russ Burlingame

Copyright ©2024 Russell Thomas Burlingame III.

 

"The World's Greatest Heroes! The World's Greatest Comics!": How Wednesday Comics Went from a Wild Idea to an All-Time Great

By David Harper

November 19, 2019

https://sktchd.com/longform/wednesday-comics-feature/

 

Indian Graphic Novels: Visual Intertextualities, Mixed Media and the " Glocal " Reader

Ira Sarma

South Asian Review (October 29 2018).

online at https://www.academia.edu/37769923/Indian_Graphic_Novels_Visual_Intertextualities_Mixed_Media_and_the_Glocal_Reader

 

The Indian Graphic Novel "This Side That Side: Restorying Partition": Great Source of Fantasy with Reality, Unheard Stories and Symbolization

Aarti Jariwala

Gap Bodhi Taru

 Volume - III Issue III May– July 2020

online at https://www.academia.edu/69497051/The_Indian_Graphic_Novel_This_Side_That_Side_Restorying_Partition_Great_Source_of_Fantasy_with_Reality_Unheard_Stories_and_Symbolization

 

  Negotiations of Home and Belonging in the Indian Graphic Novels Corridor by Sarnath Banerjee and Kari by Amruta Patil

Ira Sarma

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (16): 1-22

 | 2017

online at https://www.academia.edu/34680112/Negotiations_of_Home_and_Belonging_in_the_Indian_Graphic_Novels_Corridor_by_Sarnath_Banerjee_and_Kari_by_Amruta_Patil

Sunday, February 04, 2024

March 2: MoComCon 2024

MoComCon 2024

MoComCon is an all day, all ages event celebrating all things comics, graphic novels, and fandoms!

MoComCon 2024 will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Germantown Library!

 

Lead-up Events

Check out our calendar of events!

Schedule of Events

 
TIME Program Location
10:30 AM-11:30 AM And I got away with it too!
A Supervillain's guide to the Creative Arts Industry- Thomas Delfi
Black Rock Center for the Arts Main Stage
10:30AM -11:30 AM Sci-Fi Workshop Germantown Library Upstairs Quiet Study Room
10:30 AM-11:00 AM Superhero Storytime Germantown Library  Downstairs Meeting Room
11:30 AM-12:30 PM Bomani Armah Storytelling Black Rock Center for the Arts Kay Gallery
11:30 AM-12:00 PM Superhero Storytime Germantown Library  Downstairs Meeting Room
11:30 AM-12:45 PM Show Us Your Gems  featuring David "D-Stroy "Melendez Germantown Library Children's Open Space
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Cosplay 101 Panel Black Rock Center for the Arts Main Stage
12:00 PM-1 PM Superhero Dance Party Germantown Library Children's Program Room
12:00 PM-1:00 PM  Sierra Barnes Drawing Workshop Germantown Library Upstairs Quiet Study Room
1:00 PM-1:30 PM Pokemon Trivia  Germantown Library Children's Program Room
1:30 PM-2:20 PM BLERDTINO Panel Black Rock Center for the Arts Main Stage
1:30 PM-2:30 PM Sierra Barnes Graphic Novelist Talk Germantown Library Downstairs Meeting Room
1:30 PM-3:00 PM Pokemon Card Trading Germantown Library Children's Program Room
3:30 PM-3:45 PM Cosplay Parade (pre-registration required, first 30 children) Black Rock Center for the Arts Main Stage
3:45 PM-4:30 Cosplay Contest for Teens and Adults
(pre-registration required for first 20 teens and first 20 adults)
Black Rock Center for the Arts Main Stage
ALL DAY EVENTS 10:00-5:00 Black Rock Center for the Arts
FOLMC Comic Sale (ends at 3:00!) Black Box
Vendors Black Box
DJ Mid-Atlantic Scratch League (MASL) Black Box
All Day Events 10:00-5:00 Germantown Library
FOLMC Branch Book Sale (ends at 3:00!) 2nd Floor Main Entrance Lobby
DJ Mid-Atlantic Scratch League (MASL) 1st Floor Rotunda
Button Makers 1st Floor Children's Discover Room 1 & Teen Mezzanine
Blerdtino Station Meet and Greet 1st Floor Main Entrance
Kids Crafts 1st Floor Children's Open Space  (while supplies last)
Retro Gaming 1st Floor Children's Large study room
Dungeons and Dragons Play
(Sign up required day of)
 
Anime Viewing 2nd Floor Study Room 1
Exhibitors 2nd Floor Open Space
Collaborative Art Space 2nd Floor Study Room 2
Quiet Space for Children 1st Floor Children's Discover Room 2

Art and Essay Contests

MoComCon 2024 Art and Essay contests also return as part of our celebration of all things comics, graphic novels, and fandoms! Both contests open November 1st and close at 5pm on Friday, December 8, 2023.

Learn More and Enter the Contests!
Learn More and Enter the Contests! (Spanish PDF)

Cosplay Contest

Is cosplay or dressing up more your style? Our Cosplay contest is for you! Cosplay contest is open to ages 13-adult on the day of MoComCon, Saturday, January 20, 2024. Entry forms will be accepted at Black Rock Center for the Arts (adjacent to Germantown Library) starting at 1:30pm on Saturday, January 20. No electronic submissions. Lineup is at 3:15pm. Limited to the first 20 entries in each age group. Parent/guardian signature required for ages 17 and under.

Please note that we will start the Cosplay Contest with a non-judged parade for the first 30 kids 12 and under who sign up.

Cosplay Contest Form (PDF)
Cosplay Contest Form (Spanish PDF)

Graphic Novel Booklists

Suggested graphic novels and nonfiction for:

Event Policies

Attendees must adhere to all MCPL Guidelines Governing the Use of Public Libraries and Guidelines for Behavior.

Sponsors

MoComCon sponsors

Accessibility & Inclusion

Please contact Germantown Library at 240-777-0110 at least five days prior to the event to request reasonable accommodations.

Saturday, February 03, 2024

That darn Big Nate, Doonesbury, and Michael Ramirez



The Jan. 3 "Big Nate." (Lincoln Peirce/Andrews McMeel Syndicate)

An end to the age-old old-age shunning? [Big Nate letter]

Pamela Ehrenberg, Washington

Washington Post February 3 2024: A15

Kudos to Lincoln Peirce for the recent "Big Nate" series in which Nate and his grandparents toured a senior living facility. That was the first time I've seen this topic addressed in almost 50 years of reading what used to be called the funnies.

Perhaps this, together with the Dec. 24 Business article "Aging in America," about living options for those over 85, will usher in a new beginning for how our society views this life chapter: using love, openness and humor to address collectively the opportunities and challenges associated with elder care, rather than our current model of each family figuring things out as best as we can on our own (with most then fearing we've done it "wrong" in some way). "Big Nate" and The Post helped multiple generations feel seen in this topic.


He just can't wait to get on the road again [ Michael Ramirez letter]

Susan Clark, and John Spitzak

Washington Post February 3 2024: A15

In his Jan. 20 editorial cartoon, Michael Ramirez forgot to include former president Donald Trump as the driver of the truck. Trump, as The Post has noted, increased the debt by nearly $7.8 trillion, one of the largest percentage increases in federal debt in U.S. history.

Susan Clark, Annandale



The Jan. 20 editorial cartoon. (Michael Ramirez/Las Vegas Review-Journal for The Washington Post)

Michael Ramirez should be reminded that political cartoons are funny only when they contain a kernel of truth. In his Jan. 20 editorial cartoon, he depicted President Biden kicking a can in the path of a (admittedly very well-rendered) truck labeled "National Debt." I would expect Ramirez to be aware that it is Congress that controls the budget and that is "kicking the can," and that the bulk of the debt is something Biden inherited (in particular, from his immediate predecessor).

It is an unwritten understanding that those with the privilege of making their living through political art should contribute to the conversation (with a right-wing slant if they desire) but not peddle fantasies. If Ramirez cannot agree to this understanding, perhaps he should stick to just drawing trucks.

John Spitzak, Arlington

No, *you're* the nice guy [Doonesbury letter]

Vinod K. Jain, Ashburn

I have enjoyed the "Doonesbury" comic strip for a long time. The strip's creator, Garry Trudeau, has a knack for highlighting the quirks of everyday social and political life in the United States. The Jan. 21 strip was particularly telling.

The strip depicted a caller to a radio show, perhaps former president Donald Trump, who attributed his own unacceptable behavior to others, which psychiatrists call "projection." Trudeau illustrated Trump's actions with several examples, such as lying and being a sexual abuser and a fraudster — allegations that Trump leveled against others. This reminded me of an incident in my own life decades ago when I complimented a neighbor with "You are a really nice guy." He responded to the compliment with a saying in Persian, which translated to something like "I am but a mirror; you are seeing yourself in me." That's what projection is all about. Some people attribute to others what is true of themselves.

Trump's utterances accuse others of behaviors that effectively mirror his own. For example, his baseless claims of a deep state show that he is projecting his own behaviors on others. As the New Republic aptly reported in October 2020, "The Real Deep State Is Trump." Such a portrayal in "Doonesbury" is not merely satire but a poignant reflection of reality.


Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/2/2024

Jim Valentino Speaks About Erik Larsen Getting All The Image Credit

Former publisher Jim Valentino wants to put right about what others are saying about who "righted the ship" of Image Comics

by Rich Johnston

 01 Feb 2024 
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jim-valentino-speaks-about-erik-larsen-getting-all-the-image-credit/

 

Robert Kirkman Settles Lawsuit With Invincible Colorist Bill Crabtree

Colourist Bill Crabtree sued Robert Kirkman over ownership and rights to Invincible, in a legal case from 2022 that was settled last week.

1 Feb 2024  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/robert-kirkman-settles-lawsuit-with-invincible-colorist-bill-crabtree/

 

When A Comics Store Clerk Becomes A Superhero Street Vigilante

901 Comics of Memphis, Tennessee were broken into on Friday morning, LAter that day, their storage across town was also broken into.

by Rich Johnston

 , 01 Feb 2024 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/when-a-comics-store-clerk-becomes-a-superhero-street-vigilante/

 

'Welcome Home, Franklin': A Peanuts Trailblazer Gets His Own Special

By Ramin Zahed

February 1, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/02/welcome-home-franklin-a-peanuts-trailblazer-gets-his-own-special/

February '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 337).

 

Mark Gustafson, Stop-Motion Veteran and Oscar Winner for 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio,' Dies at 64

He also worked on the California Raisins characters and Wes Anderson's 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.'

Carolyn Giardina

February 2, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mark-gustafson-dead-guillermo-del-toro-pinocchio-oscar-winner-1235813498/

 

Oscar-winning Portland animator Mark Gustafson dies at 64

Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/OregonLive

Feb. 02, 2024

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2024/02/oscar-winning-portland-animator-mark-gustafson-dies-at-64.html

Newspaper Triples its Sunday Funnies

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/01/newspaper-triples-its-sunday-funnies/

 

Henry Barajas New NCS L.A. Chapter Prez and the Reuben Divisional Awards Deadline

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/01/henry-barajas-new-ncs-l-a-chapter-prez-and-a-note-about-reuben-divisional-awards-deadline/

 

CSotD: The Abyss Also Gazas Back [Israel-Palestine war editorial cartoons]

Mike Peterson

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/02/csotd-the-abyss-also-gazas-back/

 

Business Briefs: New companies, job openings, Mutants, more

The strange truth about Katie Kubert

Heidi MacDonald

02/02/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/business-briefs-new-companies-job-openings-mutants-more/

 

Manga, les grandes manœuvres chez Rue de Sèvres et Dupuis Vega

Jean-Laurent Truc

1 février 2024 
https://www.ligneclaire.info/kadokawa-dupuis-vega-287535.html

 

Matthias Lehmann avec Chumbo chez Huberty & Breyne à Paris dès le 1er février

Jean-Laurent Truc

31 janvier 2024 
https://www.ligneclaire.info/matthias-lehmann-chumbo-2024-287525.html

 

In Praise of Meat Loaf's Ridiculously Awesome 'Bat Out of Hell' Album Covers (Yes, All 3 of Them) [Richard Corben, Michael Whelan, Julie Bell]

By Bill McCool

January 25, 2022  

https://www.printmag.com/graphic-design/in-praise-of-meat-loafs-ridiculously-awesome-bat-out-of-hell-album-covers-yes-all-3-of-them/

 

The February Hush – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | February 2, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/the-february-hush-this-weeks-links/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 603: A Graphic Adaptation of The Comet by W.E.B. Du Bois

Calvin Reid,  Tim Fielder, Reynaldo Anderson and Julian Chambliss.

on 01/29/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1294

 

Tim Sheridan Talks GL and Masters Of The Universe

wordballoon

 Jan 29, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhih00JIDiI

 

Chip Zdarsky's Batman Daredevil Avengers and More

wordballoon

Jan 31, 2024

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

 

Paul Pope Shoot Interview: Batman 100, THB, Battling Boy, Escapo, Heavy Liquid, making manga

Cartoonist Kayfabe

 Jan 28, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxLG5y-iod0

 

The Daily Heller: When Nature Calls, You Gotta Answer [Toon Books' Gotta Go! by Frank Viva of Canada]

By Steven Heller

The Daily Heller January 30 2024

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-when-nature-calls-you-gotta-answer/

 

Q & A with Ray Xu

By Amanda Ramirez 

Jan 25, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/94175-q-a-with-ray-xu.html

 

Alterations: An Interview Q&A and Excerpt with Ray Xu

January 31, 2024 by Betsy Bird

https://afuse8production.slj.com/2024/01/31/alterations-an-interview-qa-and-excerpt-with-ray-xu/

 

Off Panel #433: Comic Book Book Club with Amber Harper

Jan 22 2024

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel433-comic-book-book-club-with-amber-harper

 

Off Panel #434: Alien Hitmen with Susana Polo

January 29 2024

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel434-alien-hitmen-with-susana-polo

 

Comic… or tragic? Is David Walliams' new graphic novel a cynical landgrab, or a welcome tribute to the genre's success?

 Neill Cameron

Jan 31, 2024

https://www.thebookseller.com/comment/comic-or-tragic

 

Expert raises questions over live action adaptation of manga after Japanese artist's death [Hinako Ashihara]

(Japanese original by Mari Sakane, Digital News Group)

January 31, 2024 (Mainichi Japan)

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240131/p2a/00m/0et/019000c

 

The internet goes in search of blame after the death of Hinako Ashihara

By Thu-Huong Ha

Japan Times  Jan 31, 2024

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/01/31/manga-artist-tv-drama/

 

Sexy Tanaka-san, Sand Chronicles Manga Creator Hinako Ashihara Dies in Apparent Suicide (Updated)

posted on 2024-01-29 05:45 EST by Crystalyn Hodgkins

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-29/sexy-tanaka-san-sand-chronicles-manga-creator-hinako-ashihara-dies-in-apparent-suicide/.206978

 

Art, Freedom, and a Menagerie: On Ai Weiwei's "Zodiac"

By Melissa Chan

January 30, 2024

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/art-freedom-and-a-menagerie-on-ai-weiweis-zodiac/

 

Aya: Claws Come Out by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie review – Ivory Coast's comic soap opera

The latest instalment in Abouet's brilliantly illustrated series about the lives of three friends in Abidjan is as funny and sharp as ever

Rachel Cooke

29 Jan 2024 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/29/aya-claws-come-out-by-marguerite-abouet-and-clement-oubrerie-review-ivory-coasts-comic-soap-opera

 

X-Men Monday #237 – Al Ewing Discusses 'Resurrection of Magneto' #1

Chris Hassan

January 29, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/01/29/x-men-monday-al-ewing-magneto/

 

noah. 2024.

John G. Miller, 1954 - 2024 [Scottish cartoonist death].

Braw Books (January 31): https://brawbooks.blogspot.com/2024/01/john-g-miller-1954-2024.html

 

Carey, Ryan . 2024.

Reviews: The Collected John G. Miller 1980-1989 and 2000-2011.

TCJ (May 24): https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-collected-john-g-miller-1980-1989-and-2000-2011/

 

Miller, John G. 2011.

The Collected John G. Miller, 1990-1999.

Braw Books

 

Miller, John G. 2012.

The Collected John G. Miller 1980-1989.

Braw Books

 

Miller, John G. 2012.

The Collected John G. Miller 2000-2011.

Braw Books

That time Li'l Abner creator Al Capp was in talks to do a cover for an underground comix anthology

Feature by Tiffany Babb Deputy Editor

Jan. 31, 2024 Popverse

https://www.thepopverse.com/lil-abner-al-capp-denis-kitchen-underground-comix-anthology

 

INTERVIEW: THE MOTHERFUCKING FUCKER is back for a Spring Fantasy Special

Ricardo Serrano Denis

02/02/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/motherfucking-fucker-spring/

 

More webtoon adaptations see Kakao's influence growing in the streaming world

The Bequeathed and Gyeongseong Creature are the next Tapas webtoons to come to streaming

Christian Angeles

02/02/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/more-webtoon-adaptations-see-kakaos-influence-growing-in-the-streaming-world/ 

 

Popular webtoon 'The Bequeathed' to be turned into Netflix series

BY LIM JEONG-WON

Korea JoongAng Daily December 21, 2023

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2023-12-21/entertainment/television/Popular-webtoon-The-Bequeathed-to-be-turned-into-Netflix-series/1941468

 

Goodbye, ShortBox: micropress powerhouse ends print sales

After February 29th the visionary indie publisher will cease selling physical books

Arpad Okay

02/02/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/shortbox-ends-print-sales/

 

5 Children's Movies to Stream Now

This month's picks include a DreamWorks Animation film about the unpredictability of life and a fantastical mystery about hope.

By Dina Gachman

Feb. 2, 2024,

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/movies/kids-movies-streaming.html

 

Adrian Wassel! Ep. 7 of The Vault Cast!

Vault Comics

Jan 22, 2024 The Vault Cast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPOk5nuim5k

 

Interview: Braindancing with Cyberpunk 2077's Judy Khuu

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Jan 30, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/272736

 

Festival d'Angoulême : le Fauve d'or 2024 attribué à « Monica », de Daniel Clowes

L'auteur américain a vu son dernier ouvrage graphique, enchevêtrement de neuf récits, récompensé samedi par le grand événement de la bande dessinée.

Par Alexis Duval (Angoulême, envoyé spécial)

27 janvier 2024

https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/01/27/festival-d-angouleme-le-fauve-d-or-2024-attribue-a-monica-de-daniel-clowes_6213425_3246.html

 

Posy Simmonds sacrée Grand Prix du Festival de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême

L'autrice des romans graphiques « Gemma Bovery » et « Tamara Drewe » est la première Britannique à être lauréate du festival charentais, dont la 51 édition se tient du 25 au 28 janvier.

Par Alexis Duval

  24 janvier 2024

https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/01/24/posy-simmonds-sacree-grand-prix-du-festival-de-la-bande-dessinee-d-angouleme_6212763_3246.html

 

Moto Hagio : « Par le manga, j'ai cherché à me libérer de ma mère »

Avec plus d'un demi-siècle de carrière, la mangaka est une géante de la bande dessinée japonaise. Son œuvre est célébrée cette année au Festival d'Angoulême.

Propos recueillis par Pauline Croquet

 18 janvier 2024 

https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2024/01/18/moto-hagio-par-le-manga-j-ai-cherche-a-me-liberer-de-ma-mere_6211505_3260.html

 

Friday, February 02, 2024

Feb 17: Robin Ha at Fantom Comics launching The Fox Maidens


Longtime Fantom friend Robin Ha (Cook Korean, Almost American Girl) joins us for the launch of THE FOX MAIDENS, her new dark fantasy YA graphic novel 🦊 Robin will be in conversation with Fantom alum Esther Kim, who is flying in from sunny LA just for the occasion!
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Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "But... What About Abortion?"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist...


But... What About Abortion?
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3788

Normally, my Daily Random 15 Seconds Of MSNBC is your standard-issue 
eyeroll-inducing partisan babbling, but Steve Kornacki's election 
report last week totally warmed my heart. Best goddamn news I'd heard 
in months. F'crissake, Genocide Joe is FIFTY POINTS UNDERWATER with 
voters 18-34, reportedly the group he needs the most to get his filthy 
ass re-elected. FIFTY POINTS.

So, after the better part of 4 years of immiserating the working 
class, serving up shit-ass public health emergency response, ginning 
up a New Red Scare, trying to instigate a world war non-stop, proudly 
enabling a genocide overseas and trying to crush dissent at home, the 
Democratic Party still wants us to turn out to play their little 
Democracy Game with them. The bastards still think they can scare us 
with that tired-ass abortion rights schtick, and that "Trump is worse" 
horseshit, and their trademark "Democracy is at stake" drooling, but 
guess what...? There's a whole new generation of folks out there who 
aren't buying that shit, and sure as hell aren't going to pretend that 
the Democrats haven't been actively funding and enabling a genocide 
since last October.

FIFTY GODDAMN POINTS.
BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA


"Fifty Points Underwater", Steve Kornacki on MSNBC:
http://sinkers.org/posters/whataboutabortion/kornacki_msnbc_50pts_underwater.mp4


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Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

Cyberpunk 2077's Judy Khuu interviewed by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Interview: Braindancing with Cyberpunk 2077's Judy Khuu

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Jan 30, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/272736

Feb 3: Great Movies in the Great Hall: The Incredibles (2004) at National Building Museum

Great Movies in the Great Hall: The Incredibles (2004)
Saturday, February 3, 2024, 5:30 to 8:30 pm

Join us for a movie night to remember!  

Peel back the layers of this extraordinary, animated film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios. Learn about the film's many references to mid-century modern architecture and design. Explore where the four-time Oscar-nominated movie fits within the history of animation, and, how it achieves its life-like animation techniques. Introductory remarks are to be delivered by Donald Albrecht, independent architecture and design curator, and author of the book Designing Dreams: Modern Architecture in the Movies. 

Bring your own blanket or lawn chair to our Great Hall, for an experience like no other!  

Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase.

Schedule 

Doors Open at 5:30 pm  

Curator Talk at 6 pm  

Intermission from 6:20 – 6:30 pm  

Movie Starts at 6:30 pm 

Program Ends at 8:30 pm  

Ticket Prices: 

  • Member $9 
  • Non-Member $15 
  • Ages 12-17 – $5 
  • Under 12 – Free  
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