Saturday, March 09, 2024

Awesome con day 2 photos on a Facebook reel

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/8/2024

Inaugural Indie Comics Creator Con Showcases Another Side of the Industry

— Rob Duguay, 3.7.2024 https://ctexaminer.com/2024/03/07/inaugural-indie-comics-creator-con-showcases-another-side-of-the-industry/

 

Chance Browne – RIP

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/03/07/chance-browne-rip/

 

Chance Browne, Wilton cartoonist and a key character in CT esteemed comic strip story, dies at 75

By Rob Ryser

March 7, 2024  https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/chance-browne-hi-and-louis-ct-comic-artist-dies-18709816.php and https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/chance-browne-hi-and-louis-ct-comic-artist-dies-18709816.php

 

Hi & Lois Cartoonist/Wiltonian Chance Browne Has Connections

Wilton resident Chance Browne grew up with jazz guitarist John Scofield, comes from an artistic family, and will be showing off his musical talents on Friday.

Patty Robinson,

Wilton, CT Patch Feb 16, 2011

https://patch.com/connecticut/wilton/hi-lois-cartoonistwiltonian-chance-browne-has-connections

 

'Dragon Ball' Creator and Manga Pioneer Akira Toriyama Dies at 68

By Andrew Albanese Mar 08, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/94540-dragon-ball-creator-and-manga-pioneer-akira-toriyama-dies-at-68.html

 

RIP Akira Toriyama, Creator of 'Dragon Ball,' 'Sand Land,' and 'Dr Slump' Manga, Character Designer for 'Dragon Quest' Video Game.

 Brigid Alverson on March 7, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56427/rip-akira-toriyama

 

Information ; Dear Friends and Partners [Akira Toriyama]

Bird Studio

March 8 2024

https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_2499.html

 

Remembering 'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama, dead at 68

Mandalit del Barco

  All Things Considered March 8, 2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237101366/remembering-dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-dead-at-68

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2024/03/20240308_atc_akira_toriyama_appreciation.mp3

 

R.I.P. Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama

One of the most iconic manga and anime artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, Toriyama designed characters for Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest, and much more

William Hughes

AV Club March 7 2024

https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-1851318789

 

Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama dies at age 68

Heidi MacDonald

03/07/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-dies-at-age-68/

 

Akira Toriyama laid the bedrock of modern action storytelling

The 'Dragon Ball' creator died at 68. From Marvel movies to rap songs to professional sports, you can see his legacy everywhere.

Perspective by Gene Park

Staff writer

March 8, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2024/03/08/akira-toriyama-dragon-ball-appreciation/

 

'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68

By Jessica Speed

Mar 8, 2024

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/03/08/dragon-ball-akira-toriyama-dies/

 

Akira Toriyama, Manga Artist and Creator of 'Dragon Ball' Series, Dies at 68

Toriyama was also behind the equally popular 'Dr. Slump' manga series and co-created the 'Dragon Quest' multimedia franchise.

Abid Rahman

March 7, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/akira-toriyama-dragon-ball-dr-slump-dead-at-68-1235846307/

 

Serrano Denis, Ricardo. 2024.

HORROR BEAT: Akira Toriyama gave us an endearing horror manga in COWA!

03/08/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-toriyama-cowa/

 

Dragon Ball Manga Creator Akira Toriyama Passes Away, Age 68

7 Mar 2024

by Adi Tantimedh

 https://bleedingcool.com/tv/dragon-ball-manga-creator-akira-toriyama-passes-away-age-68/

 

Dragon Ball Official Site

https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/

 

War Books: Manga and Anime

Alec Rice and Gage Dabin | 03.08.24 https://mwi.westpoint.edu/war-books-manga-and-anime/

 

DC GOES TRANSMEDIA WITH 'MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN'

New Series Bridges Seasons

 Milton Griepp on March 8, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56428/dc-goes-transmedia-my-adventures-superman

 

Shaffer, Claire. 2024.

'Kung Fu Panda 4' Review: Trouble in Juniper City [in print as Kung Fu Panda 4].

New York Times (March 8): C7.

Online at https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/movies/kung-fu-panda-4-review.html

 

Are Graphic Novels Considered 'Proper' Books?

March 7, 2024 Semi Tesfazgy

https://thebadgeronline.com/2024/03/are-graphic-novels-considered-proper-books/

 

Words, Images, & Worlds with Evan Quiring

Jason DeHart

Mar 3 2024

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

 

Words, Images, & Worlds with Gerry Huntman

Mar 4 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNE1FD05zMo

 

Words, Images, & Worlds with Dave Blazek

Mar 5 2024

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

 

The legendary Koch Comics Warehouse is closing soon

The NYC comic book store famous for its endless rows of back issues permanently closes soon.

Billy Henehan

03/08/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-legendary-koch-comics-warehouse-closing-soon/

 

Small Press Spotlight: Richard Fairgray discusses GLAAD nominated FOUR COLOR HEROES

Rebecca Oliver Kaplan

03/08/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/richard-fairgray-discusses-glaad-nominated-four-color-heroes/

 

Folio Society Comes Out Swinging in the Battle of Deluxe Comic Book Reprints

By Rob Salkowitz

Mar 06, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/94478-folio-society-comes-out-swinging-in-the-battle-of-deluxe-comic-book-reprint-editions.html

 

Comics: Storytelling without compromise

Hari Adnani

March 7, 2024

https://thecord.ca/comics-storytelling-without-compromise/

 

Interview: Kirk Benshoff walks us through FIRST SECOND's design process

The Beat finds out what goes into designing a graphic novel for First Second.

Interview by Avery Kaplan and Rebecca Oliver Kaplan

03/08/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-kirk-benshoff-walks-us-through-first-seconds-design-process/

 

Warner Bros. Discovery Is Shuttering 'RWBY,' 'Gen:Lock' Animation Studio Rooster Teeth

By Jamie Lang | 03/06/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/warner-bros-discovery-is-shuttering-rwby-genlock-animation-studio-rooster-teeth-238811.html

 

Neil Gibson – Message to fans about ECCC

Neil Gibson's Twisted Comics

Mar 8, 2024

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

 

Kristen Stewart Reveals Graphic Novel She Wants To Be Turned Into A Movie, And It's Not From Marvel [webcomic; On a Sunbeam]

By Carly Levy

March 6 2024

https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/kristen-stewart-reveals-graphic-novel-she-wants-movie-marvel

 

Multimodal Transformer for Comics Text-Cloze

Emanuele Vivoli, Joan Lafuente Baeza, Ernest Valveny Llobet, and Dimosthenis Karatzas

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.03719.pdf

 

Ivorian literary activist, translator lends her skills to beloved graphic novel, 'Aya de Yopougon'

By Olivia Snaije

March 8, 2024

https://www.theafricareport.com/339550/ivorian-literary-activist-translator-lends-her-skills-to-beloved-graphic-novel-aya-de-yopougon/

 

Artist Duncan Eagleson Discusses His Nightmare on Elm Street Prerelease Poster

Scoop March 8 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=273315

 

Convention Recap: New Jersey Comic Art Con

Contributed by collector and Overstreet Advisor Art Cloos

Photos by Alice Cloos

Scoop March 8 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=273318

 

New Jersey Comic Art Con in Photos

Photos by Alice Cloos

Scoop March 8 2024

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=273320

 

Paul Gravett (Journalist and Author)- Shining Spotlight S5 EP4

Shining Otaku February 18 2024

https://www.youtube.com/live/mOlIiPrifrs

 

Winds of March – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | March 8, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/winds-of-march-this-weeks-links/

 

Nicholas Meyer in conversation with Danny Fingeroth. March 5, 2024 [ Will Eisner's "The Plot"]

386th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xDoj6n_Ens

 

Simon Harrison on Bradley, Revere & beyond - The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

March 4 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgAgI8HGems

 

The Art Of Terry Dodson

word balloon March 5 2024

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

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 608: Heidi Goes to ComicsPRO

Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald, Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons

on 03/04/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1300

 

"The Story Evolved Simultaneously with the Format" – Mereida Fajardo Talks Pushing the Boundaries of Comics and the Challenges of Co-Organising the Zinezilla Fair

    by Andy Oliver

    March 6, 2024

    https://www.brokenfrontier.com/mereida-fajardo-zinezilla-interview/

 

"I Wrote 'The Marble Queen' for the 13-Year-Old Me Who Just Realized She Was Queer" – Anna Kopp and Gabrielle Kari on Their Sapphic Political Romance from Dark Horse Comics

    by Andy Oliver

    March 5, 2024

    https://www.brokenfrontier.com/marble-queen-dark-horse/

 

Smash Pages Q&A | Murewa Ayodele + Dotun Akande on 'Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods'

The creators of 'I Am Iron Man' discuss their new Yoruba-influenced barbarian tale, which Oni Press will release in April.

  JK Parkin

March 1, 2024

https://smashpages.net/2024/03/01/smash-pages-qa-murewa-ayodele-dotun-akande-on-akogun-brutalizer-of-gods/

 

Smash Pages Q&A | Lara Pickle on 'I Feel Awful, Thanks' [Spain]

JK Parkin

March 5, 2024

https://smashpages.net/2024/03/05/smash-pages-qa-lara-pickle-on-i-feel-awful-thanks/

 

X-Men Monday #241 – Steve Foxe Talks 'X-Men '97,' 'Dead X-Men,' and 'X-Men: Blood Hunt – Psylocke'

Chris Hassan

March 4, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/03/04/x-men-monday-241-steve-foxe-x-men-97/

 

 

Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly unveil 'The Principles of Necromancy'

The series, one of two launch titles from Magma Comix, debuts in April.

Chris Coplan

March 7, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/03/07/principles-of-necromancy-qa/

 

Jason Starr spins the tale of the 'Silicon Bandits'

A second launch title from Magma Comix drops in April.

Chris Coplan

March 7, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/03/07/silicon-bandits-qa/

 

Scott Snyder talks 'Dark Spaces: Dungeon,' career goals, and unflinching horror

Chris Coplan

March 5, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/03/05/scott-snyder-dungeon-qa-2/

 

Vault's Wassel brothers talk Zoop partnership for 'Crowdbuilding' campaign

Vault and Zoop join forces for a truly novel new comics endeavor

David Brooke

March 7, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/03/07/vault-zoop-crowdbuilding-qa-wassel/

 

Dan Jurgens and Mike Perkins talk all things 'The Bat-Man: First Knight'

An interview with the creative team behind The Bat-Man: First Knight

Michael Guerrero

March 7, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/03/07/bat-man-first-knight-qa/

 

In 'They Shot the Piano Player,' a gifted musician goes missing; The tale of Francisco Tenório Júnior is told with graceful animation and a playful riot of colors [in print as Whatever happened to the gentle genius of Brazilian bossa nova?]

Review by Ty Burr

Washington Post March 8, 2024 : Weekend 23.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/03/06/they-shot-piano-player-movie-review/

 

'Kung Fu Panda 4': The energy's not yet extinct: Jack Black keeps the fists and giggles flying in a sequel that's more hustle than heart [in print as Watch the fists, giggles and fart jokes fly]

Review by Amy Nicholson

Washington Post March 8, 2024 : Weekend 21.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/03/06/kung-fu-panda-4-review/

 

Book Review: Graphic narratives and the mythological imagination in India

by Roma Chatterji, New York, Routledge, 2020, 139 pp., ₹ 695 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-367-27286-9

Sanjoy Jana

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics

01 Mar 2024

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2024.2324932

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2024.2324932

 

Janice Burgess, 72, Dies; Nickelodeon Executive and 'Backyardigans' Creator

By Remy Tumin and John Yoon

A version of this article appears in print on March 8, 2024, Section A, Page 23 of the New York edition with the headline: Janice Burgess, 72, Longtime Nickelodeon Executive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/arts/janice-burgess-dead.html

 

Comixology Originals Creators Get Good News… And Bad News

Comixology has its own Comixology Originals line through the Kindle App, with which they signed an exclusive deal with Dark Horse.

  07 Mar 2024

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comixology-originals-creators-get-good-news-and-bad-news/

 

Joel Meadows on Taking Photos of Comic Book Creators Over Thirty Years

Joel Meadows is the publisher and EIC of the comic book magazine Tripwire, and also a professional photographer. Now that's on Kickstarter.

  07 Mar 2024 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/joel-meadows-on-taking-photos-of-comic-book-creators-over-thirty-years/

 

Exploring the finality of frontiers in THE ENGLISH ASTRONAUT with PAUL CORNELL and LAURA HELSBY

Andrew Irvin

    Feb 29 2024

    https://www.comicbookyeti.com/post/exploring-the-finality-of-frontiers-in-the-english-astronaut-with-paul-cornell-and-laura-helsby

 

    Maurice Vellekoop on his graphic memoir and growing up gay in a conservative household

    Ayesha Rascoe

    Weekend Edition Sunday March 3, 2024

    https://www.npr.org/2024/03/03/1235606503/maurice-vellekoop-on-his-graphic-memoir-and-growing-up-gay-in-a-conservative-hou

    https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesun/2024/03/20240303_wesun_book_im_so_glad_we_had_this_time_together_.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1235606503

Friday, March 08, 2024

Christiann MacAuley at Artomatic

Artomatic 2024!

By christiann on Mar 06, 2024 04:41 pm

I'm back at Artomatic, and Artomatic is back in DC! This is a massive, unique art event with hundreds of visual artists plus lots of music and performances, and admission is FREE.

You can find my little piece of Artomatic on the 4th floor in room 4082. I'll be at opening night THIS FRIDAY March 8 and at Meet The Artist night on April 13! Probably some other days too, I'll post about that on social media.

The show is open for 7 glorious weeks! Here are the dates and hours:
WED – SUN | MAR 8 – APR 28
MONDAY -TUESDAY: CLOSED
WEDNESDAY -THURSDAY | 5:00PM-9:30PM
FRIDAY – SATURDAY | 12:00PM – 12:00AM
SUNDAY | 12:00PM – 9:00PM

All the rest of the deets are here. See you there!!

Jellyfish Mitch by Daniel Boris




Awesome con started today - here are the comic book creators attending


https://awesome-con.com/
 
 
 A quick scan of comic book guests:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

WaPo reviews 2 very different animated movies

In 'They Shot the Piano Player,' a gifted musician goes missing; The tale of Francisco Tenório Júnior is told with graceful animation and a playful riot of colors [in print as Whatever happened to the gentle genius of Brazilian bossa nova?]

Review by
Washington Post March 8, 2024 : Weekend 23.


'Kung Fu Panda 4': The energy's not yet extinct: Jack Black keeps the fists and giggles flying in a sequel that's more hustle than heart [in print as Watch the fists, giggles and fart jokes fly]

Review by

WaPo on the death of Akira Toriyama

Akira Toriyama laid the bedrock of modern action storytelling

The 'Dragon Ball' creator died at 68. From Marvel movies to rap songs to professional sports, you can see his legacy everywhere.

Perspective by
Staff writer
March 8, 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2024/03/08/akira-toriyama-dragon-ball-appreciation/

José Villarrubia on reprinting comics and getting colors correct

Remembering 'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama, dead at 68

Remembering 'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama, dead at 68

Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama has died. He was 68. His "Dragon Ball" series has sold millions of copies worldwide and has inspired TV, film and video game adaptations.