DC Comics Pay Their Cleaners More Than Their Associate Editors?
DC Comics is advertising new positions for Editor, Associate Editor and Director, Talent Relations. But also for cleaners and caterers.
29 Feb 2024 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-pay-their-cleaners-more-than-their-associate-editors/
Geoff Johns' Justice Society Of America Gets Later… Is It Personal?
Geoff Johns' remaining title Justice Society Of America is getting later and later and later for reasons unknown. Is it personal?
29 Feb 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/geoff-johns-justice-society-of-america-gets-later-is-it-personal/
Stan Lee's Sloppy Seconds In The Silver Age Sixties
The earliest known use of the phrase sloppy seconds is in the 1950s. But it was Stan Lee who popularised it a decade later.
29 Feb 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/stan-lees-sloppy-seconds-in-the-sixties/
Eric July Launches His Rippasend Comic Fulfilment Service
Eric July is now offering his Rippaverse infrastructure to others, for a price. He has named the new project Rippasend.
Published Thu, 29 Feb 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/eric-july-launches-his-rippasend-comic-fulfilment-service/
Archie Comics Joins Diamond Deluxe, Hope They Survive The Experience
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced an expanded partnership with Archie Comics as Archie moves into the Deluxe Tier of publishers.
29 Feb 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/archie-comics-joins-diamond-deluxe-hope-they-survive-the-experience/
Marilyn Monroe as Vulnerable Babysitter on Sweethearts 119, at Auction
The cover of Fawcett romance comic Sweethearts #119 hit stands in late 1952 with a Marlilyn Monroe cover for her film Don't Bother to Knock.
by Mark Seifert
29 Feb 2024 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marilyn-monroe-as-vulnerable-babysitter-on-sweethearts-119-at-auction/
Ziff-Davis Disney-Inspired Comic Romance Cinderella Love, at Auction
The Ziff-Davis comic book romance title Cinderella Love was inspired by the enourmous success of the 1950 Disney classic Cinderella.
by Mark Seifert
29 Feb 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ziff-davis-disney-inspired-comic-romance-cinderella-love-at-auction/
John Buscema Covers Orbit's 1952 Romance Comics, Up for Auction
John Buscema did significant work for publisher Orbit from 1950 to 1953, including several covers for their romance comic book line.
29 Feb 2024
by Mark Seifert
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/john-buscema-covers-orbits-1952-romance-comics-up-for-auction/
Simon & Kirby's Groundbreaking Title Young Romance, Up for Auction
Long a magazine staple, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby pioneered the romance genre in comic books beginning in 1947 with Young Romance.
by Mark Seifert
29 Feb 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/simon-kirbys-groundbreaking-title-young-romance-up-for-auction/
The Startling Shift in Lev Gleason's Lovers' Lane, Up for Auction
One of comic history's most notorious publishers, Lev Gleason's romance Lovers' Lane shifted from charming to extreme late in its run.
29 Feb 2024
by Mark Seifert
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-startling-shift-in-lev-gleasons-lovers-lane-up-for-auction/
Noelle Giddings: The Color of Milestone (and More)
Scoop March 1 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=273228
In Memoriam: Ramona Fradon
Scoop March 1 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=273126
Ramona Fradon (1926–2024), trailblazing comic artist
By Eric San Juan February 28, 2024
https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/ramona-fradon-1926-2024-trailblazing-comic-artist/
Stephen Webster's Saga of Brann Bjornson New Comic Strip at Comics Kingdom
Cartoonists as Exhibitionists
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/29/cartoonists-as-exhibitionists/
Creator of 'Doonesbury' comic to be New England College commencement speaker
Concord Monitor 02-28-2024
https://www.concordmonitor.com/garry-trudeau-doonesbury-new-england-college-54208653
COMICSPRO ELECTS JOE MURRAY AS NEW PRESIDENT
Former President Jenn Haines Will Serve as VP
Brigid Alverson on February 29, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56363/comicspro-elects-joe-murray-new-president
DIAMOND MOVES ARCHIE COMICS TO DELUXE TIER
Effective with March 2024 Previews
Brigid Alverson on February 29, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56361/diamond-moves-archie-comics-deluxe-tier
Stan Sakai Official Website
Spinning a Web of Visual Delights: VFX Supe Mike Brazelton Discusses 'Madame Web'
By Trevor Hogg
February 29, 2024
April '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 339).
Rothe, Marschal. 1950.
Superman Originator, Publisher Visit Miami [Siegel and Ziff].
Miami Herald (November 15): 11.
online at https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/129661732/
Nate Powell interviewed about Fall Through, his punk rock graphic novel
Interviewed by CT Lim
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG March 1, 2024
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/03/nate-powell-interviewed-about-fall.html
AMEDD Cartoons in Vietnam [military medicine]
Grant Harward, PhD
The AMEDD Historian 39 (Autumn 2022): 7-8.
online at https://medcoeckapwstorprd01.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/achh/AMEDD_history_newsletter_39_fall2022.pdf or https://archive.org/details/amedd-history-newsletter-39-fall-2022
Children's Film Festival Has Robots, Chickens, Authors and More
A version of this article appears in print on March 1, 2024, Section C, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: For Kids but Not Just Kid Stuff.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/movies/new-york-childrens-films.html
Second Verse, Same As The First – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | March 1, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/second-verse-same-as-the-first-this-weeks-links/
Polar Vortex by Denise Dorrance review – hazards of a homecoming
The American cartoonist's story of a trip to tackle her frail mother's needs is funny, wise and magical
26 Feb 2024
Sarah Byam talks "rebirth" of Tim Sale collaboration 'Billi 99'
A new Kickstarter campaign is re-releasing a deluxe edition of this poignant political story.
February 26, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/02/26/billi-99-kickstarter-qa/
Comics Writer Ed Brubaker Talks Crime, Drugs, Maps, and Growing Up
Brubaker's latest collaboration with artist Sean Phillips, Where the Body Was, is out now from Image Comics.
Zach Rabiroff
February 23, 2024
https://gizmodo.com/interview-ed-brubaker-comics-noir-captain-america-1851281934
Book Reviews: US and Canada - Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head
Borenstein, Eliot. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 282 pp., $44.95, ISBN 9781501767821. Publication Date: May 2023
Cord A. Scott
History: Reviews of New Books Volume 52, 2024 - Issue 2 Pages 28-29 | Published online: 22 Feb 2024
https://doi.org/10.1080/03612759.2024.2312740
Q&A: Comic artist Josel Nicolas on 'Windmills: Bearings,' the 1st graphic novel published by UST [Philippines]
Rappler Feb 25, 2024
34 Filipino web comic artists to follow
Nile Villa, Andoyman
Rappler May 6, 2017
https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/arts-culture/169010-philippines-web-comics-artists/
COMICS GRIDLOCK FEBRUARY 2024: Putting out the Fire with Gasoline
Helen Chazen returns to SOLRAD with the February edition of COMICS GRIDLOCK wherein Helen discusses 2D Cloud and its irrelevancy.
February 26, 2024
https://solrad.co/comics-gridlock-february-2024-putting-out-the-fire-with-gasoline
An Ode to ShortBox, and Some Recommendations Before They Close Up For Good
By David Harper
February 28, 2024
https://sktchd.com/column/an-ode-to-shortbox/
"Everybody Has a Tale to Tell…": An Exploration of the Unfulfilled 'Tales from the Quarantine' Kickstarter, Part 3 – How the Comics Community Pulled Together in the Wake of TFTQ
by Andy Oliver
February 27, 2024
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/tales-from-the-quarantine-initiatives/
Nir Levie unveils the modern comics epic 'Age of Canaan'
The tale of vengeful gods is crowdfunding now via Zoop.
February 27, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/02/27/age-of-canaan-feature/
Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips share insights, new story preview from 'The Enfield Gang Massacre' TPB
February 27, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/02/27/enfield-gang-massacre-tpb-qa/
Comics Industry Veteran Scott Snyder Sets Sails For Uncharted Waters In DSTLRY Horror Title 'White Boat'
Smash Pages Q&A | Sarah Byam on 'Billi 99'
The writer of one of Tim Sale's first comics projects talks about the new hardcover being crowdfunded by Clover Press.
https://smashpages.net/2024/02/28/smash-pages-qa-sarah-byam-on-billi-99/
Spray, Julie. 2024. We Can Tell More Than One Story: Comic Making Locates Researcher and Children's Voices in Co-Representing Childhoods in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Childhood Studies 49 (1): 37-56. https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs21134 and https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/jcs/article/view/21134 and https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/jcs/article/view/21134/9887
Drawing (in) the Feminine: Bande Dessinée and Women
Margaret C. Flinn (ed)
2024
The Ohio State University Press
https://doi.org/10.26818/9780814215142
https://kb.osu.edu/handle/1811/104000
https://kb.osu.edu/items/c99c6d0f-ef04-45e0-b345-1eec758203af
Pragmatic Analysis of the Humorous Speech in The Comic Les Aventures de Tintin: Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge
Yuliarti Mutiarsih1, Sharfina Ghaisani1, *, Iis Sopiawati1
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2023)
26 February 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_73
https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/icollite-23/125998786
Afternoon Magazine Editors, Skip and Loafer Creator Donate 10 Million Yen After January 1 Quake
2024-02-24 by Ken Iikura-Gross
"Death of French Mangaka (manga/comics artist) Léon Willette" from the Feb 6, 1926 issue of Asahi Shinbun newspaper.
Online at https://www.facebook.com/groups/platinumperiodicals/posts/2384102831785038/
Paul Kirchner: Fifty Years of Visual Storytelling, Feb. 27, 2024
384th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium
Feb 28 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBpyHHaZD7k
The Search For Ted Kord with Josh Trujillo [Blue Beetle, Keith Giffen]
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February 19 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F299b3j4txo
Introducing The Nacelleverse With Brian Volk Weiss Hunter Gorinson and Melissa Flores
word balloon February 22 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V822ipmHhoY
Finally Time2 With Howard Chaykin
word balloon February 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nDqwRBK718
Man's Best With Pornsaak Picheteshote and Jesse Lonergan
word balloon February 22 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQGjK4jg3I
The life fantastic ["The Boy and The Heron"]
14 December 2023, 1:20pm
https://www.perspectivemedia.com/the-life-fantastic/
Billboard [superhero movies]
11 May 2021
https://www.perspectivemedia.com/lack-lust-superheroes-are-missing-the-sex-factor/
February's Biggest Stories From The World Of Animation
By Jamie Lang | 02/29/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/month-in-review/februarys-biggest-stories-from-the-world-of-animation-238600.html
Perspective Magazine
Illustration and comics 'an instrument' for Ukrainians in war with Russia
24 February 2024, 12:05am
McDonald's Has Launched An Extravagant Anime-Themed Marketing Campaign, Including Four WcDonald's Shorts From 'Naruto' Producer Pierrot
By Jamie Lang | 02/29/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/advertising/mcdonalds-anime-shorts-pierrot-manga-238591.html
The Race to WcDonald's | WcDonald's Short Ep. 1 (English Sub)
McDonald's Feb 26 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alp-u4EFLAc
Ed Jaster (1960-2024), RIP
Heritage Auctions Comics and Animation News March 1 2024
Meet Michael Dolce
Stories & Insights February 28 2024
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-michael-dolce/
NYC Events: MoMA brings classic Fleischer cartoons to the screen
The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer runs March 7-13, 2024
Johanna Draper Carlson
03/01/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nyc-events-moma-brings-classic-fleischer-cartoons-to-the-screen/
How Tessa Hulls Became a Graphic Memoirist
Hulls devoted nearly a decade to exploring her mother's and grandmother's mental health conditions as a result of the traumas inflicted by the Chinese government. Then the publication battles began.
Willamette Week
By Michelle Kicherer
February 28, 2024
https://www.wweek.com/arts/books/2024/02/28/how-tessa-hulls-became-a-graphic-memoirist/
Meg Cabot and Amelia Allore Unite for 'Detective Baby' Graphic Novels Under HarperAlley
Emmanuel Abara Benson
27 Feb 2024
Milford schools reviewing popular 'Heartstopper' books after fielding parents complaints
Nick Sambides,
Milford Mirror Feb 27, 2024 https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/education/article/heartstopper-books-milford-schools-18688186.php
Artist draws last 'Mere Quacks' cartoon for Diss newspaper [UK; Mike Webb]
By Chris Goreham and Katy Prickett
BBC News, Norfolk February 29 2024
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-68430319
Graphic Novels Surge Post-Pandemic: Diverse Themes Drive Demand and Defy Censorship [India]
BNN Correspondents
28 Feb 2024
Chicago Cartoonist Sage Coffey Summons A New 'Wine Ghost' Book
Their new graphic novel, "Wine Ghost Goes to Hell," was recently released on Iron Circus Comics.
by Megan Kirby February 29, 2024
Michigan public library defunded over inclusion of LGBTQ+ materials [Gender Queer]
by Brooke Migdon
The Hill Aug. 08, 2022
Maine school district votes against removal of one of the nation's most-challenged books
School board members in Buxton, Maine voted 10 - 1 to keep Maia Kobabe's "Gender Queer: A Memoir" shelved in district libraries.
by Brooke Migdon
The Hill Oct. 04, 2022
Graphic novel of one of the earliest lesbian couples in America draws from Henry Sheldon Museum archives [Tillie Walden]
By Emily Hogan
Middlebury Campus February 29, 2024
Brookfield school board to review high school library book that some parents want banned [Fun Home]
Sandra Diamond Fox
Newstimes Feb 26, 2024
Brookfield school board keeps controversial book on high school library shelves by a single vote [Fun Home]
Sandra Diamond Fox,
Feb 28, 2024
https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/brookfield-school-board-votes-challenged-book-18692227.php
Why manga is more accessible than American comic books
Jalen Serrano
A better alternative to leap year?: A graphic novel from the archives [Frontiers of Science comic strip]
Monica Zurowski
Calgary Herald Feb 29, 2024 https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/vintage/a-better-alternative-to-leap-year-a-graphic-novel-from-the-archives
Graphic Novels Unveiling Cultural Icons: W.E.B. Du Bois & Nina Simone [African-Americans].
Jordannah Elizabeth
New York Amsterdam News February 29, 2024
From Seadragons to Ospreys: Squidtoons Explores Science Through Comics [webcomic]
Sarah Mohamad
KQED Feb 28 2024
Kickstarter Webcomics ft. Brad Guigar
ComicPop March 28 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9kCqUiLWpc
Comic book lovers unite at MSU forum
By Krystle Holleman
WLIX Feb. 5, 2024
https://www.wilx.com/2024/02/05/comic-book-lovers-unite-msu-forum/
MSU Comics Forum Live Stream
Feb 3, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95toIfnV440
Michigan State University Comics Forum 2024 - Keynote w Rebecca Wanzo & Panel Discussions
MSU Comics Forum Feb 3, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZXGST8TbqI
MSU Comics Forum Live Stream.
Keith Knight
MSU Comics Forum Feb 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRvmomekRgU
Eep, omigosh, urk, smerp, and other Archie epithets
david bordwell
Observations on film art October 22, 2016
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2016/10/22/eep-omigosh-urk-smerp-and-other-archie-epithets/
Is 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' fire, or all wet?
Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, Liz Metzger, and Mallory Yu
Pop Culture Happy Hour February 27, 2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1197962204/is-avatar-the-last-airbender-fire-or-all-wet andhttps://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR8228012557.mp3 and https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1197962204
