Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Unknown. 1915. Cartoonist Falls to Death from a Hotel Window [Stewart W. Carothers, cartoonist of Charlie Chaplin comic strip]. Waxahachie Daily Light (October 4). Online at https://archive.org/details/carothers-stewart-w.-cartoonist-falls-to-death-from-a-hotel-window.-waxahachie-d

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Lucy and Ethel by Daniel Boris

Not your average paint and sip: Purcellville Drink and Draw events take embracing your inner artist to a new level

Loudoun Co. Drink and Draw events take embracing your inner artist to a new level!

You might be familiar with the concept of paint and sip — but how about something with a little more of an edge?

In today's episode of "Matt About Town," WTOP's Matt Kaufax traveled deep into Loudoun County, where he found that, with enough determination and beer, anyone can become the artist behind their very own masterpiece!

Check out Matt's video, where he and several others (with help from local artist Kevin Bednarz) take their best shot at drawing TV characters from popular shows at the first event of its kind in Purcellville, Virginia.

If you've got an idea for a feature story Matt should cover, reach out via the WTOP "contact us" page to submit your idea.

You can also contact Matt directly. His contact information is listed below.

Check out more of "Matt About Town" on WTOP.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/19/2024

James Tynion IV expands Tiny Onion into a full multimedia production company

Christian Angeles

02/19/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/james-tynion-iv-expands-tiny-onion-into-a-full-multimedia-production-company/

James Tynion IV Launches Tiny Onion, With Seed Funding

To Package Comics Projects, Work with UTA on Media Rights

by Milton Griepp on February 19, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56268/james-tynion-iv-launches-tiny-onion-seed-funding

Bestselling Writer James Tynion IV Announces New Production Studio 'Tiny Onion'

Rob Salkowitz

Feb 16, 2024,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2024/02/16/bestselling-writer-james-tynion-iv-announces-new-production-studio-tiny-onion/

James Tynion IV's Tiny Onion Blooms Into an Indie Comics Production Company

Heidi MacDonald

Feb 16, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/94365-james-tynion-iv-s-tiny-onion-blooms-into-an-indie-comics-production-company.html

James Tynion IV preps for a "big aggressive move" in comics by launching creator-centric company for comics (and movie, and tv) development

News by Graeme McMillan Staff Writer

Feb. 16, 2024 Popverse

https://www.thepopverse.com/james-tynion-iv-tiny-onion-something-is-killing-the-children-eric-harburn-jazzlyn-stone-courtney-menard

Batman Comic Writer James Tynion IV Launches Multimedia Production Company Tiny Onion

Diego Ramos Bechara

Feb 16, 2024

https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/james-tynion-iv-tiny-onion-1235914406/

Sponsored: 'Dick Tracy' Comic Writers Michael Moreci And Alex Segura Welcome Readers With Special Message; Noir-Infused Ongoing Series Launches in April from Mad Cave

Alex Segura and Michael Moreci February 19, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/sponsored/view/56270/sponsored-dick-tracy-comic-writers-michael-moreci-alex-segura-welcome-readers-special-message

Turley, Jeff and Aidan Sugano. 2023.

Nimona Art Book.

Netflix.

online at https://artofnimona.com/

Book Houses Bet On Kids Graphic Novels

Abrams Forms Kids Graphic Novel Imprint; Balzer + Bray to Macmillan

Milton Griepp on February 19, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56267/book-houses-bet-kids-graphic-novels

Top 20 Manga In Comic Stores - Full Year 2023

Unit and Dollar Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data

Brigid Alverson on February 16, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/56261/top-20-manga-comic-stores-full-year-2023

Romero – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/17/romero-rip/

Pat Shand

Pat's Substack (2024-

https://patshand.substack.com/

Comic Store In Your Future, Worth $300K According To My Wife's Lawyer

Rodman Comics over the years, has faced derecho storms, pandemics, shoplifting sprees and now the greatest threat of all, a divorce lawyer.

18 Feb 2024

by Rod Lamberti

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-worth-300k-according-to-my-wifes-lawyer/

Comics refresh: Changes to Post comics offerings reflect changes in reader habits

Rick Christie

Palm Beach Post January 18 2024

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/st0ory/nletter/your-week-in-palm-beach/2024/01/18/refreshing-change-coming-to-post-comics-pages/72205118007/

Comic strips?! Post readers get real serious about the funny pages. | Letters

Palm Beach Post February 15 2024

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/opinion/letters/2024/02/15/the-palm-beach-post-readers-get-serious-about-their-funny-pages/72571565007/

New Worlds Open Up in 4 Devastating and Gorgeous Graphic Novels

By Sam Thielman

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 18, 2024, Page 22 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Keeping Up With the World.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/books/review/new-graphic-novels.html

It's Alive! EC Comics Returns

Oni Press will revive the beloved horror and sci-fi name with new stories starting this summer.

By George Gene Gustines

Feb. 19, 2024, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/arts/ec-comics-oni-press.html

EC Comics return from Oni Press, Bermejo, Aaron, Ward and more

Heidi MacDonald

02/19/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/ec-comics-return-from-oni-press-bermejo-aaron-ward-and-more/

I was a Mardi Gras virgin: Fat Tuesday toons

J.D. Crowe

Feb. 13, 2024

https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/jd-crowe-i-was-a-mardi-gras-virgin-fat-tuesday-toons.html

Artist shares incredible bond with 'Peanuts' Franklin character [Robb Armstrong]

Al Roker

Today February 13 2024

https://www.today.com/video/a-look-at-the-history-behind-groundbreaking-peanuts-character-204123205659

Interview: The 'House of Usher' Will Fall in Raul Garcia's Poe Adaptation

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Feb 13, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/272968-Interview-The-House-of-Usher-Will-Fall-in-Raul-Garcias-Poe-Adaptation

Through the Looking Glass [Hokusai]

Ed Koren

Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art

Apr 28, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AwAadjNBbU

Prohibit riure. Caricatura i dibuix humorístic en la premsa clandestina [Spain, caricature, political cartoons]

Jaume Capdevila

2019, Gazeta 1: 124-179.

online at https://www.academia.edu/115109036/Prohibit_riure_Caricatura_i_dibuix_humor%C3%ADstic_en_la_premsa_clandestina

A Graphic Novel Finds a Relatable Hero in a Modern African Woman

The "Aya" series explores the pains and pleasures of everyday life in a working-class neighborhood in West Africa.

By Elian Peltier

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 19, 2024, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Young African Women as Everyday Heroes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/books/aya-of-yop-city-comic-book.html

Does your relationship help you grow? Take our quiz to find out. [in print as Will your relationship last?]

By Tara Parker-Pope and Haruka Aoki (ill.)

Washington Post Feb. 13, 2024: E8.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/interactive/2024/self-expansion-sustainable-love/

How a teen's job violated child labor laws [comic journalism; in print as How a teen's job violated laws on child labor]

By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Julia Mata (ill.), and Emmanuel Martinez

Washington Post February 14, 2024 : G1, 3,

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/02/teen-job-child-labor-laws-violations/ and free to read at https://wapo.st/3T4xkHU

'Madame Web' flops at the box office

The Spider-Man-adjacent Sony movie starring Dakota Johnson has been widely panned

By Herb Scribner and Elahe Izadi

February 19, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/02/19/madame-web-box-office-review/

Art, Politics and Punk: An Interview with Elizabeth Fiend, aka Luna Ticks

Edward Dorey | February 19, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/art-politics-and-punk-an-interview-with-elizabeth-fiend-aka-luna-ticks/

What Makes Luna Tick? The Book of Weirdo essay by ELIZABETH FIEND aka LUNA TICKS

2017?

http://slaw.me/what-makes-luna-tick-the-book-of-weirdo/#more-3722

INTERVIEW: "School For Extraterrestrial Girls" Creators Jeremy Whitley and Jamie Noguchi!

Alexandra Bowman

State of the Arts Feb 19, 2024

https://stateofthearts.substack.com/p/interview-school-for-extraterrestrial

Trump Toilet! All the BEST Political Cartoons about Trump ON, IN or anyway associated with toilets!

Pat Bagley, Rick McKee, Jack Ohman, Matt Davies, Daryl Cagle

Caglecast 38; Feb 18, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZj7_1TRugw

Box Office: Bob Marley 'One Love' Jams to Massive $51M Opening, 'Madame Web' Wipes Out at $25.8M

Pamela McClintock

February 18, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bob-marley-one-love-madame-web-box-ofifice-1235828725/

Bob Marley Film Has a Strong Start, but 'Madame Web' Unravels

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 19, 2024, Section B, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Marley Film Starts Strong, but Not 'Madame Web'

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/business/madame-web-bob-marley-one-love-movies-box-office.html

Madame Web: the comic book history of the new Sony Spider-Man spin-off

By George Marston

Newsarama February 16 2024

https://www.gamesradar.com/madame-web-spider-woman-dakota-johnson/

Garth Ennis returns to THE PUNISHER in 2024!

Andrew Sumner

Forbidden Planet TV Feb 16, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTbBEHC7UIQ

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode seventy-five | Ram V, part one

Feb 19, 2024

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/all-right-come-on

Robin Ha at Fantom Comics launching The Fox Maidens [audio file].

Esther Kim and Robin Ha;

Fantom Comics

2024-02-17

https://archive.org/details/robin-ha-at-fantom-comics-240217

Bruce Guthrie reflects on Childhood Favorites: 100 Years of Children's Book Illustration exhibit

by Bruce Guthrie

ComicsDC blog February 19, 2024

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/02/bruce-guthrie-reflects-on-childhood.html

SuBLime sends hearts thumping with five new boys' love manga

TAKARA'S TREASURE and STIGMATA: LOVE BITES added to SuBLime's Fall 2024 releases

Hilary Leung

02/19/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/sublime-sends-hearts-thumping-with-five-new-boys-love-manga/

Monday, February 19, 2024

Missed it - Ed Koren on Hokusai for the Smithsonian

Through the Looking Glass [Hokusai]

Ed Koren

Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art

Apr 28, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AwAadjNBbU

New Yorker cartoonist Ed Koren appreciates Hokusai's drawing technique and sense of "human comedy," and then demonstrates his own process for creating a cartoon. The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book The Gerhard Pulverer Collection https://pulverer.si.edu/essays

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Raul Garcia on his Poe adaptation

Interview: The 'House of Usher' Will Fall in Raul Garcia's Poe Adaptation

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Feb 13, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/272968-Interview-The-House-of-Usher-Will-Fall-in-Raul-Garcias-Poe-Adaptation

Bruce Guthrie reflects on Childhood Favorites: 100 Years of Children’s Book Illustration exhibit

by Bruce Guthrie

Recently, I drove up to Hagerstown's Washington County Museum of Fine Arts museum to see the opening day of "Childhood Favorites: 100 Years of Children’s Book Illustration". The exhibit runs until March 17.

The signage within the exhibit had some inconsistencies so I'm not entirely sure how many original works are present (the website says 140) or how many different artists are present (a sign in the exhibit says 62) but it's a bunch! The printed signage is detailed and they made the effort to show you which of the pieces involved Newbery and Caldecott winners.

There is no catalog for sale and the exhibit brochure is mostly for kids activities so it's not that informative. The exhibit is a traveling one and it has been making the rounds -- Google "Art Kandy Collection". (Yep, that's apparently a real name.)

At some point, I'll have Google read the sign text for me and everything will be filled out better but I haven't had time for that.

Who's in the exhibit? Oooh, it's extensive! It does not have things like comic strips -- you won't find Sparky Schulz or Winsor McKay or Rose O'Neill in here. These are the artists you'll see original works from -- I'm ignoring lithographs and copies of books. By my count, there are 55 but I might have screwed up a couple:

* Sarah Noble Ives -- pieces from c 1910-15
* Peter Newell -- a drawing from c 1915
* Anton Loeb -- the text describing his Wizard of Oz drawings mentions that the book was banned in some jurisdictions because of (1) anthropomorphized animals, (2) a strong female characters, and (3) no witches can be good
* Campbell Grant
* Feodor Rajankovsky
* William Henry Bradley
* Gustaf Tenggren
* Tibor Gergely
* Wesley Dennis
* Theodor Seuss Geisel
* Marc Simont
* Garth Williams -- LOTS of Garth Williams... Including a study sketch from "The Rabbits' Wedding" (1958) which was banned in places because a white rabbit was marrying a black rabbit
* Michael Hague
* Felicia Bond
* Floyd Cooper
* Tom Pohrt
* David Wisniewski -- these were my FAVORITE pieces in the whole exhibit. He did all of these with cut paper, mentioning he would go through as many as a thousand X-Acto knives per book. These were great! I've never heard of the books they were from ("Hand of the Fire Demon" and "Fire that Burns Forever", both from 1988) but he won a Caldecott Medal in 1997 for "Golem" -- if you view the book on Amazon ( https://www.amazon.com/Golem-David-Wisniewski/dp/0618894241 ), you can do the [Read Sample] option and see how that one was done as well
* William Stout
* Richard Egielski
* S. Saelig Gallagher
* Deborah Nourse Lattimore
* Audrey Wood
* Dennis Nolan
* Don Wood
* Patricia Polacco
* Karen Barbour
* Mercer Mayer
* Rosemary Wells -- again, LOTS of Rosemary Wells
* James Marshall
* Gerald McDermott
* Maria Kalman
* William (Bill) J. Dugan
* Jerry Pinkney
* Barry Moser
* Tomie dePaola
* Arnold Lobel
* Anita Lobel
* Edward Frascino
* Jules Feiffer
* Joan Walsh Anglund
* Hillary Knight
* David Shannon
* Gary Baseman
* Chris Raschka
* Mark Teague
* Joe Cepeda
* John Bemelmans Marciano
* Maurice Sendak
* Mel Crawford
* Laurent de Brunhoff
* Richard Scarry
* Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen
* Ted Rand
* William Pene du Bois
* Leonard Weisgard

There's also a fun "Freedom to Read" lithograph by Maurice Sendak which was done for an American Booksellers Association back in 1991 to develop awareness of book censorship and to aid the ABA's Legal Defense Fund. It was signed by a bunch of people. The main signature I noticed was Dan Rather -- top and center -- but you can also do the treasure hunt looking for other autographs. The sign mentions a bunch of names including Harlan Ellison, Harrison Ford, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Goldblum, Mickey Hart, Barry Moser, Neil Simon, Gloria Steinem, Garry Trudeau, Robin Williams, and Don and Audrey Wood.

The museum's website is https://wcmfa.org/ . It offers free admission and free parking. Plus it's in a gorgeous park area of the town -- there's a lake across from it -- and you may notice a new memorial to Clara Barton that's about to be unveiled near the entrance.

It's definitely worth a visit. There's also a new exhibit "Picasso on Paper" which runs until early March. The free gallery brochure describes in a fair amount of detail his relationships with the women in his life -- pretty much the artist version of Donald Trump minus the coup attempt.

I of course photographed the hell out of everything. The direct link to my exhibition pictures is:

http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2023_11_25A2_WCMFA_Childhood

But some of my favorites are below.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Ve Vill Bury You!"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist Mike Flugennock -

"Ve Vill Bury You!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3831

Da, komrade, and then ve are takink kare of Moose and Sqvirrel!

Oh, f'crissake, are they shittin' us with this mess? Are they really
that desperate to take our minds off THE GODDAMN GENOCIDE?
"Unspecified dire risk"? Really? Unspecified? BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAHHHH. Yeah, Russian Space Threat
Emerges — straight outta the asses of "U.S. Officials". D'AAHH HA HA
HA HA HA... So, what's next, guys — the "Missile Gap"?

Dear GOD, they really are reaching now; they couldn't look any more
desperate than they do at this point, serving up this exhumed,
warmed-over, hoary-ass old McCarthy Era droolage. Why don't they just
give it the hell up?

9.5 x 17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.4mb

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"Officials sound alarm about new Russian 'space threat'", Shane
Harris, Ellen Nakashima
and John Hudson at the Washington Post, 02.14.2024, paywalled at
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/02/14/national-security-threat-mike-turner/

"Russian 'Space Threat' Emerges; U.S. Officials Raise Alarm Over
Unspecified Dire Risk To America And Its Allies" Page A1 headline,
Washington Post print edition, 02.15.2024
http://www.sinkers.org/posters/russianspacethreat/wapoA1_Feb1524_russianspacethreat.jpg

"Dearborn residents denounce Wall Street Journal slander of city as
'jihad capital'" Kathleen Martin at the World Socialist Site,
02.09.2024 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/02/09/hhmv-f09.html

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

New Substack newsletter State of the Arts By Alexandra Bowman

State of the Arts

By Alexandra Bowman

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A newsletter about film, TV, the arts, politics, and culture by Alexandra Bowman.

Catching up on WaPo cartoon journalism or illustrated stories

Does your relationship help you grow? Take our quiz to find out. [in print as Will your relationship last?]

By Tara Parker-Pope and Haruka Aoki (ill.)

Washington Post Feb. 13, 2024: E8.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/interactive/2024/self-expansion-sustainable-love/

and for this next one, it's worth noting that the two reporters have bios at the bottom of the story, and all the editors, INCLUDING the copy editor, are mentioned with their roles, but Julia Mata, the artist, is only mentioned once in the initial credit line without any information on what she actually did. I'm inferring she's the artist actually.

How a teen's job violated child labor laws [comic journalism; in print as How a teen's job violated laws on child labor]

By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Julia Mata, and Emmanuel Martinez

Washington Post February 14, 2024 : G1, 3,

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/02/teen-job-child-labor-laws-violations/ and free to read at https://wapo.st/3T4xkHU

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/20/2024

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Lucy and Ethel by Daniel Boris

Not your average paint and sip: Purcellville Drink and Draw events take embracing your inner artist to a new level

Not your average paint and sip: Purcellville Drink and Draw events take embracing your inner artist to a new level

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/19/2024

Monday, February 19, 2024

Missed it - Ed Koren on Hokusai for the Smithsonian

Through the Looking Glass [Hokusai]

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Raul Garcia on his Poe adaptation

Interview: The 'House of Usher' Will Fall in Raul Garcia's Poe Adaptation

Bruce Guthrie reflects on Childhood Favorites: 100 Years of Children’s Book Illustration exhibit

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Ve Vill Bury You!"

New Substack newsletter State of the Arts By Alexandra Bowman

State of the Arts

Catching up on WaPo cartoon journalism or illustrated stories

Does your relationship help you grow? Take our quiz to find out. [in print as Will your relationship last?]

How a teen's job violated child labor laws [comic journalism; in print as How a teen's job violated laws on child labor]

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