Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/28/2024

Irish Comics Wiki

https://irishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/Irish_Comics_Wiki

 

Vampires at Breakfast: Elena Steier

by Jennifer M. Contino

Sequential Tart 3 (6; June 2000): http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/june00/steier.shtml

 

Elena Steier – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/03/27/elena-steier-rip/

 

 

Official Obituary of Elena Vira Steier February 14, 1958  -  March 1, 2024

https://www.ahernfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Elena-Vira-Steier?obId=30971527#/obituaryInfo

 

Remembering Elena Steier

JP Trostle

March 27, 2024

https://editorialcartoonists.com/remembering-elena-steier/

 

Were They So Torturous? Reevaluating Modern Surgery's Underdog Story [historical British prints].

Zoe Copeman

Library of Congress Swann Fellow Lecture March 12, 2024

https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11275/

https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/media:webcasts:2024:240312pnp1200:240312pnp1200-1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

 

The Comics of Anke Feuchtenberger & Their Many Expressionisms

Elizabeth Nijdam

Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division (April 28 2017): 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690507/

https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/:service:gdc:gdcwebcasts:17:04:28:pn:p1:20:0:170428pnp1200:170428pnp1200_1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

 

That's Not Funny! Cartooning in a Charlie Hebdo World

Signe Wilkinson and Ann Telnaes

Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-04-30.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689742/

https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/:service:gdc:gdcwebcasts:15:04:30:pn:p1:20:0:150430pnp1200:150430pnp1200_960x720_1600/full/full/0/full/default.txt

 

Substacks about comics! Part 2

A round-up of indie comics-related newsletters, to the best of our knowledge

Cara Gormally, Nora Hickey, and Amaris Ketcham

Soft Things: Comics about Research Mar 28, 2024

https://caragormally.substack.com/p/substacks-about-comics-part-2

 

Reviews:  Masters of the Nefarious: Mollusk Rampage

Leonard Pierce | March 26, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/masters-of-the-nefarious-mollusk-rampage/

Masters of the Nefarious: Mollusk Rampage

Pierre La Police, translated by Luke Burns

New York Review Comics

 

"Father of Krazy Kat Admired As Mild-Mannered Genius," by Damon Runyon. Arizona Gazette on August 13, 1921

reprinted at https://popculturesquad.com/2024/03/18/brainiac-on-banjo-rare-praise-indeed/

 

Walter Winchell on Broadway [TAD]

Milt Gross

 Miami Tribune (July 10, 1935)

online at https://www.facebook.com/thedailycartoonist/posts/pfbid0AoLAZKWPXocRaUTYn6JewZD68RqKzhmsaGh7WpJCcqAX9tVhRweQ2w56mvA7mUZ4l

 

Blake's Buzz Presents Jason Aaron PLANET COMICON EDITION

 Mar 12 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_AWIv4i99Q

Blake's Buzz Presents Francis Manapul PLANET COMICON EDITION

Mar 11 2024

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

 

Blake's Buzz Presents Jimmy Palmiotti PLANET COMICON EDITION

Mar 15 2024

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

 

 Between the Panels with Don Rosa 

chris coats

2015 Feb 19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA2t919J1ww

 

Between the Panels with Roy Thomas

  Daryl Coats

chris coats 2015 Feb 19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PM3sOOYMLo

 

Once upon an interview at the end of the world

Jason Aaron, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Nick Dragotta, and Leila del Duca

Helioscope PDX

Mar 20 2024 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK_3ELwkcAM

 

Guest Jason Aaron Talks TMNT! Valiant, Image, & Scout Hire AI "Artists"! New X-Men Teams Announced!

Pros And Cons March 18 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EmXtXZ0Iro

 

Guest Jordan Plosky Talks Zoop & Crowdfunding! What's Happening to Cartoonist Kayfabe? X-Men Update!

Pros And Cons March 25 2024

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

 

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chris Burnham Talks Jason Aaron's Relaunch, Reveals First Look (Exclusive)

Chris Burnham draws the prelude in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Alpha #1, leading into the Jason Aaron-written series.

By Jamie Lovett - March 26, 2024 

https://comicbook.com/comics/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-alpha-tmnt-comics-first-look-chris-burnham-jason-aaron-donatello-purple/

 

 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jason Aaron Teases Brand-New Villain and "Grit" In Series Relaunch

Jason Aaron talks about TMNT plans, including hinting at plans for Jennika's future.

By Jamie Lovett - February 20, 2024 

https://comicbook.com/comics/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-tmnt-comics-jason-aaron-relaunch-idw-interview/

 

 "Return To New York": New TMNT Writer Jason Aaron Teases The Turtles' Next Comic Era

By Spencer Connolly

Published Mar 7, 2024

https://screenrant.com/jason-aaron-new-tmnt-comics-interview/

 

WEBTOON launches "Super Like," a new monetization program for comics creators

Deb Aoki

03/28/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/webtoon-launches-super-like-a-new-monetization-program-for-comics-creators/

VIZ Media 2023/2024 Library Catalog

https://dw9to29mmj727.cloudfront.net/newsletters/20230614/VIZ_LibraryCatalog2023-2024.pdf

 

Indie comic books are no longer just kids' stuff; Complete with complex plotlines and mature humour, self-published comics are garnering a steady readership [India]

23 Mar 2024

Shweta Sharan

https://www.livemint.com/specials/indie-comic-books-are-no-longer-just-kids-stuff-11711185656687.html

 

'Dog Sees God' takes dark spin on classic comic

TROJANVISION March 22, 2024

https://today.troy.edu/trojanvision/2024/03/22/dog-sees-god-takes-dark-spin-on-classic-comic

 

GROHL, OZZY, LARS and more tell LEMMY stories in new MOTÖRHEAD graphic novel

'No Remorse' features all-star cast of famous friends and fans

March 21 2024

https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/lemmy-kilmister-new-motorhead-graphic-novel

 

Tyranny and resistance in "Death Strikes," the graphic novel adaptation of a concentration camp opera

Gareth Branwyn

Mar 22, 2024

https://boingboing.net/2024/03/22/tyranny-and-resistance-in-death-strikes-the-graphic-novel-adaptation-of-a-concentration-camp-opera.html

 

Around Town: Library announces this year's Graphic Novel Character Contest winners [student cartoonists]

    By CASSIA CATTERALL

Gillette [WY] NEWS RECORD  

    Mar 23, 2024

https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/living/article_6d353e6c-5c3c-5453-a572-c51f5435898e.html

 

Graphic novel about dictator's book bans in 1980s Korea faces restrictions in 2020s America; 'Korean history is being banned in America!': author ["Banned Book Club"]

By Jon Dunbar  

2024-03-23  

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/03/113_371016.html

 

Graphic novel about dictator's book bans in 1980s Korea faces restrictions in 2020s America; 'Korean history is being banned in America!': author ["Banned Book Club"]

By Jon Dunbar 

2024-03-23 

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/03/113_371016.html

 

Nearly pristine copy of first-ever Superman comic expected to sell for record-breaking price at auction

Dean Balsamini

New York Post March 23, 2024, https://nypost.com/2024/03/23/us-news/nearly-pristine-copy-of-first-ever-superman-comic-expected-to-sell-for-record-breaking-price-at-auction/

 

ASU student a superhero in fight for better disability representation in comics [Maya Sarraf].

By Dolores Tropiano

March 21, 2024

https://news.asu.edu/20240321-arts-humanities-and-education-asu-student-superhero-fight-better-disability-representation

 

 

Two charged for beating, robbing Bucks County comic book store owner in 2022

By Emily Rose Grassi   

March 19, 2024

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/comic-book-store-violent-robbery-arrest-bucks-county/3807345/

 

Michigan men charged with beating, robbing comic book store owner

Police in Michigan collaborated with officials in Pennsylvania to track down the men

Brandon Carr

WDIV ClickOnDetroit

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/03/20/michigan-men-charged-with-beating-robbing-comic-book-store-owner/

 

Exclusive Interview with Goran Sudžuka for MARJORIE FINNEGAN Kickstarter!

AWA Studios March 28 2024

https://awastudios.com/exclusive-interview-with-goran-sudzuka-for-marjorie-finnegan-kickstarter/

 

'AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER' COMES TO WEBTOON With Live-Action Series Streaming on Netflix, Dark Horse to Put Entire Series Online

  Brigid Alverson on March 27, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56582/avatar-the-last-airbender-comes-webtoon

 

DC Comics Outsources Joker: The World To Twelve Countries

DC Comics is following up their internationally outsourced graphic anthology Batman: The World with Joker: The World.

  27 Mar 2024 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-outsources-joker-the-world-to-twelve-countries/

 

UnBarks it: Luck of the North

Deconstructing the comics genius of Carl Barks

Margreet de Heer

Margreet's Comics Mar 28, 2024

https://margreetdeheer.substack.com/p/unbarks-it-luck-of-the-north

 

A pop-up shows up

Nat Gertler

    The AAUGH Blog March 28, 2024

    https://aaugh.com/wordpress/2024/03/a-pop-up-shows-up/

 

David Kunzle obituary

Isabella Nizza

Wed 20 Mar 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/mar/20/david-kunzle-obituary

 

April 7: GODFELL LAUNCH PARTY w/ RAVEN! at Fantom Comics

GODFELL LAUNCH PARTY w/ RAVEN!

>> Sunday, April 7th @ 3pm

Fantom Comics

We're hosting Fantom's own Raven Smith to discuss her work editing the fantasy series GODFELL. Come one, come all!

God is dead. Who's next? One sunny day in the land of Kerethim, God falls dead from the sky. The impact sends out shockwaves that draw in royal families at war, shadowy creatures of the dark, and armies of the dispossessed, all coming to lay claim to parts of God's body. Into this power struggle wanders Zanzi Vuiline, a soldier and berserker trying to get home from a years-long war. Forced to fight her way through the strange landscapes in and on God's corpse, from the soles of its feet through the top of its head, Zanzi will acquire a mysterious traveling companion named Neth who's on her own pilgrimage. Written by Eisner Award-nominated author Chris Sebela and illustrations by rising star artist Ben Hennessy.

Buy a copy of the book in-person or online: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/godfell-graphic-novel-complete-series

old news: That's Not Funny! Cartooning in a Charlie Hebdo World

• That's Not Funny! Cartooning in a Charlie Hebdo World
• Signe Wilkinson and Ann Telnaes
• Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-04-30.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689742/
• https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/:service:gdc:gdcwebcasts:15:04:30:pn:p1:20:0:150430pnp1200:150430pnp1200_960x720_1600/full/full/0/full/default.txt

Summary

• Cartoonists Signe Wilkinson and Ann Telnaes share their perspectives on the art of political cartooning and show examples of their own work.

Names

• Library of Congress
• Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

• Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-04-30.

Headings

• -  Biography, History
• -  Culture, Performing Arts
• -  Government, World Affairs
• -  cartooning, political cartooning, Signe Wilkinson, Ann Telnaes, Charlie Hebdo

Notes

• -  Classification: Fine Arts.
• -  Classification: History: America.
• -  Classification: Political Science.
• -  Signe Wilkinson, Ann Telnaes.
• -  Recorded on 2015-04-30.
• -  Kids, Families.
• -  Publishers.
• -  Researchers.
• -  Teachers.

Medium

• 1 online resource

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcwebcasts.150430pnp1200

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021689742

Online Format

• video
• image
• online text

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021689742

old news: The Comics of Anke Feuchtenberger & Their Many Expressionisms

The Comics of Anke Feuchtenberger & Their Many Expressionisms

Elizabeth Nijdam

Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division (April 28 2017): 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690507/

https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/:service:gdc:gdcwebcasts:17:04:28:pn:p1:20:0:170428pnp1200:170428pnp1200_1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

Summary

• Elizabeth Nijdam discussed the comic art of the East German-born artist Anke Feuchtenberger in the context of her artistic training and the political climate in which she developed.

Names

• Library of Congress
• Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

• Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2017-04-28.

Headings

• -  Biography, History
• -  Culture, Performing Arts
• -  Government, World Affairs
• -  comic, art , East Germany, expressionism

Notes

• -  Classification: Fine Arts.
• -  Classification: Political Science.
• -  Classification: Social Sciences.
• -  Elizabeth Nijdam.
• -  Recorded on 2017-04-28.
• -  Librarians, Archivists.
• -  Researchers.

Medium

• 1 online resource

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcwebcasts.170428pnp1200

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021690507

Online Format

• video
• image
• online text

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021690507

LOC Swann Lecture : Were They So Torturous? Reevaluating Modern Surgery's Underdog Story

Were They So Torturous? Reevaluating Modern Surgery's Underdog Story

Zoe Copeman

Library of Congress Swann Fellow Lecture March 12, 2024

https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11275/

https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/media:webcasts:2024:240312pnp1200:240312pnp1200-1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

Summary

• The Swann Fellow Lecture focuses on caricature and cartoon. Zoe Copeman, Ph.D. candidate in art history and archaeology at the University of Maryland, argues the history of surgery often discusses the field's rise from barbaric vocation to distinguished discipline, playing up the "torturous tools" early modern surgeons used to illustrate how far modern surgery has come. Drawing from the Library of Congress's 18th- and 19th-century caricatures, this research traces changes in the public perception of surgery and how visual media across disciplines would transform the surgeon (and his tools) into a powerful metaphor of European and American modernity.

Event Date

• March 12, 2024

Running Time

• 48 minutes 14 seconds

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/27/2024

Vrouwelijke stripheld 'Franka' bestaat 50 jaar

Jurgen van den Berg

Villa VdB 26 maart 2024

https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/villa-vdb/74350c37-1a46-4c46-9754-680d357ef3bd/2024-03-26-vrouwelijke-stripheld-franka-bestaat-50-jaar

 

Lydia Steier

" We are reeling after the death of our vibrant, brilliant Mother, Elena Steier, early this morning"

March 1 2024

https://www.facebook.com/lydia.steier/posts/pfbid02gPMDy639FUx5MwxUiYrpdAk2ZjNCMVv6ZLaZSJnhe2J2ZkfcdsQRkUT9hq3njvSXl

 

Elena Vira Steier February 14, 1958 - March 1, 2024 (66 years old)

https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ct/west-hartford/elena-vira-steier-17768696 

 

Take a Look, It's In a Book: Classics Illustrated at First Comics

Tom Shapira | March 27, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/take-a-look-its-in-a-book-classics-illustrated-at-first-comics/

 

X-Men '97: Why the series' blend of nostalgia and originality is just what Marvel needs right now

By Francis Agustin,Features correspondent

BBC News March 26 2024

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240326-why-x-men-97-is-a-win-for-marvel

 

Cavan Scott says [REDACTED] is ALIVE! (Interview ft. George Mann) [Star Wars comic].

Youtini March 21 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfCmkKqUw2w

 

BINC ANNOUNCES SUSAN KAMIL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EMERGING PROSE AND COMICS WRITERS Who Work in Bookstores and Comic Shops

Posted by Brigid Alverson on March 26, 2024 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56572/binc-announces-susan-kamil-memorial-scholarships-emerging-prose-comics-writers

 

As the Disney Board Showdown looms, an Iger vs Peltz timeline

Heidi MacDonald

 03/27/2024 
https://www.comicsbeat.com/as-the-disney-board-showdown-looms-an-iger-vs-peltz-timeline/

 

2000 AD launches new reader initiative starting with this week's Prog #2375

The first of four special issues to draw more readers to the Galaxy's Greatest Comic

Dean Simons

03/27/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/2000-ad-launches-new-reader-initiative-starting-with-this-weeks-prog-2375/

 

Disney, Florida Settle Legal Claims As DeSantis-Iger Fight Over Special District Winds Down

The lawsuit was filed by the Central Florida Tourism Oversight, whose members were handpicked by Gov. Ron DeSantis, and related to development powers.

Winston Cho

March 27, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-florida-reach-settlement-in-legal-fight-over-special-tax-district-1235861172/ 

 

March 26, 2024 by Gil Roth

Episode 582 – Keith Mayerson

Virtual Memories Show 582:

Keith Mayerson

https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-582-keith-mayerson

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_582_-_Keith_Mayerson.mp3

Nguyen, Gavin. 2024.

Asian Comics

Chapman News LIVE 3/12/2024

https://www.youtube.com/live/3_8axREL0Fw?feature=shared&t=1608

 

A Visit From (And Conversation With) Jordan Mechner

by Jason Scott

Internet Archive Blogs  March 26, 2024

https://blog.archive.org/2024/03/26/a-visit-from-and-conversation-with-jordan-mechner/

 

Rhode, Mike. 2024.

Elena Steier, friend of ComicsDC, has passed away.

ComicsDC (March 27): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/03/elena-steier-friend-of-comicsdc-has.html

 

Steier, Elena (ed). 2002.

Slapped Together Comics Vol. One [anthology inc. John Kovaleski, Frank Mariani, Jay Scruggs and John Reynolds].

West Hartford, CT: Crazy Mama Productions    

 

Steier, Elena. 2007.

Endless Halloween: A Goth Scout Cartoon Collection.

West Hartford, CT: Elena Steier

 

Steier, Elena. 2007.

The Living Dawn of the Night of the Goth Scouts.

West Hartford, CT: Elena Steier

 

Steier, Elena. 2011.

The Queen of the Cosmos Volume 1: The Rise of the Bankers - Political cartoons 2009-2010.

West Hartford, CT: Elena Steier.

Online at https://www.lulu.com/shop/elena-steier/the-queen-of-the-cosmos-volume-1-the-rise-of-the-bankers/ebook/product-18npmjyk.html

 

Steier, Elena. 2012.

Thicker than Blood [Vampire Bed and Breakfast].

West Hartford, CT: Elena Steier

 

How a Local Cartoonist Found Her True Calling

Popular West Hartford Art League teacher Elena Steier tells her story.

By Ronni Newton | December 10, 2010

http://westhartford .patch.com/ articles/ how-a-local- cartoonist- found-her- true-calling

Archived at https://archive.org/details/steier-elena-how-a-local-cartoonist-found-her-true-calling

 

Words, Images, & Worlds: From the Cabinet with Jordan Hart & David Ebeltoft

Jason DeHart

Mar 24 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjZwyy9HWRM

 

Legendary Comic Book Creator Grant Morrison Breaks Down Their Writing Process

By Nathan Cabaniss

Screen Rant Mar 16, 2024

https://screenrant.com/grant-morrison-invisibles-x-men-superman-writing-process/

 

"The Superhero Dream Is Essentially Romantic": Star X-Men & Superman Writer Grant Morrison Calls Out "Superheroes Are Fascist" Theory

By Nathan Cabaniss

Screen Rant Oct 25, 2023

https://screenrant.com/grant-morrison-responds-to-alan-moore/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 611: Jonah Newman, plus MoCCA interviews [Avi Ehrlichman of Silver Sprocket, and Evan Dahm]

Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald and Meg Lemke

on 03/25/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?podcast=1303

 

'Didn't Surprise Me at All': X-Men '97 Star Responds to Backlash Over Non-Binary Morph

By Jeremy Dick

March 22 2024

https://www.cbr.com/morph-voice-actor-backlash-xmen-97/

 

X-Men '97 Actor J.P. Karliak Puts a New Twist on the Ever-Changing Morph

By Sam Stone

March 21 2024

https://www.cbr.com/x-men-97-jp-karliak-interview/

 

X-Men '97: How Konami and Pizza Hut Inspired the Animated Reboot

Exclusive: X-Men '97 supervising producer Jake Castorena reveals how two obscure '90s artifacts influenced the Disney+ series.

  By Michael Winn Johnson | March 27, 2024

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/x-men-97-how-konami-and-pizza-hut-inspired-the-animated-reboot/

 

DC Is Honoring the Creator of Their First Trans Superhero With a Special Pride Issue

The collection includes two of Rachel Pollack's most beloved stories, one reprinted for the first time.

By Samantha Riedel

March 13, 2024

https://www.them.us/story/dc-price-tribute-issue-rachel-pollack-trans-comic-creator

 

How Rachel Pollack Created DC Comics' First Trans Superhero

All the way back in the '90s, a pioneering Doom Patrol character showed us that being trans is a superpower.

By Samantha Riedel

March 23, 2022

https://www.them.us/story/rachel-pollack-comic-book-writer-tarot-expert-profile

 

Miles Morales does battle with a common enemy in new Spider-Verse short

The Spider Within takes place some time between the events of Into The Spider-Verse and Across The Spider-Verse

Emma Keates

March 27 2024

https://www.avclub.com/the-spider-within-spider-verse-short-miles-morales-sony-1851369654

 

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story | Official Short Film (Full)

Sony Pictures Animation March 27 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcGPpwFdE1Y

 

"The Hero Within" Lesson

https://kevinlovefund.org/spider-man-lesson/

 

THE SPIDER WITHIN: A SPIDER-VERSE STORY | Jarelle Dampier and Kevin Love Interview

Sony Pictures Animation

Mar 21 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZjTTtFsY78

 

Lambda Literary nominates 5 LGBTQ graphic novels for 2024 awards

Samantha Puc

03/27/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/lambda-literary-nominates-5-lgbtq-graphic-novels-for-2024-awards/

 

The Other Boy and the Heron

John Maher March 27, 2024

https://themillions.com/2024/03/the-other-boy-and-the-heron.html

 

DeSantis tourism board, Disney reach settlement to end legal feud

By Lori Rozsa and Aaron Gregg

Washington Post March 27, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/27/desantis-disney-lawsuit-settlement-tourism/

"...the white flag of surrender has been raised over Cinderella’s castle.”

DeSantis tourism board, Disney reach settlement to end legal feud

By Lori Rozsa and Aaron Gregg

Washington Post March 27, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/27/desantis-disney-lawsuit-settlement-tourism/

Get 'Em While They're Hot! by Daniel Boris

Elena Steier, friend of ComicsDC, has passed away

by Mike Rhode

This has only a peripheral ComicsDC relationship, but Elena kindly brought me into the editorial cartooning auction fold years ago. There used to be an annual event selling cartoons to benefit Young DC, Cartoons & Cocktails, and Elena brought me at least once, and maybe twice as her plus one. It was held at the National Press Club and was a moderately glitzy event for cartoonists. At the time, she was working on her strip,Vampire Bed and Breakfast. Since that event ended,  I had lost track of her, and I'm sorry about that. It looks like she stopped cartooning around 2017, based on her Facebook page.

Anyway, here's an official obituary.  I've followed it up with an article from 2010 that's vanished from the Internet, but which I've now archived. Also, one of the books mentioned in it as being for sale is still available at Lulu along with three others, so I've just bought a set in honor of Elena. "Slapped Together Comics Vol. One" (2002) an anthology that she edited, doesn't seem to be available anymore, but I own a copy of that somewhere.

 

How a Local Cartoonist Found Her True Calling
Popular West Hartford Art League teacher Elena Steier tells her story.
By Ronni Newton | December 10, 2010
http://westhartford .patch.com/ articles/ how-a-local- cartoonist- found-her- true-calling

"Oh my goodness – for at least 20 years!" said Elena Steier when asked how long she had been a cartoonist. "I was a late starter."

She was very young when she married husband Rod Steier, and she earned her bachelor's degree at age 28 while pregnant with her fourth child. Still uncertain of her long-term career aspirations, she took a few art classes, focusing on illustration. Eventually she started creating cartoons, which ran every week in the West Hartford News.

"Then I decided to become a teacher," said Steier, who entered the Alternate Route to Teacher Certification (ARC) program. Steier did fine in her coursework, earning her certification to teach high school English, "but I originally flunked the student teaching part of the program," she said. That unfortunate experience, and a suggestion from one of her students, became the catalyst that turned Steier's career path toward cartooning.

"I thought to myself, if I could make almost as much money as a cartoonist as I could teaching, I could make it work," laughed Steier. She knew her strength in teaching was explaining how to dissect stories, and she soon was hired to create storyboards. She did backgrounds for the "Nancy" cartoon and also worked with Mike Peters, creator of the "Mother Goose & Grimm" strip. She created a few of her own strips and political cartoons, which were distributed through weekly syndications, and also did some work for ESPN and Nickelodeon.

"Now I concentrate on cartooning," said Steier, who has seven different blogs where she can upload cartoons on a daily basis. She has her own unique and personal style, which she calls very much unschooled, and labeled it as: "Elena's version of the old-style 'Mad' cartoons." Studying the work of cartoonists Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood also influenced the development of her style.

She uses a program called "stripShow" which allows comics to easily be uploaded to her blogs. Her popular "Goth Scouts" comic can be viewed on the site www.gothscout. com. Her other work, including current and archived editorial and political cartoons, can be found at www.greatstufforama .com, www.americanblogres s.com, and www.queenofthecosmo s.com.

"Now I also teach," said Steier. "I love the kids, and I have figured out my own technique to get them to draw a lot. The more they draw, the better they get, and the more they want to draw."

She teaches cartooning classes on Saturday mornings through the West Hartford Art League, and some of her students' work can even be viewed at www.whaltoons. com. She encourages her students, many of whom are just 8 or 9 years old, to tell stories through their pictures. "When they're that young, they don't need to worry about style yet," she said.

Steier has also published several books, including "The Living Dawn of the Night of the Goth Scouts." That book is available at Lulu.com, as is "Fringe: A Cartoon History of the George Dubya Bush Years."

"It's really a good chronicle of those years and gets into stuff a lot of others wouldn't touch," said Steier, whose sarcastic creativity can't help but make you laugh, even if you don't agree with her.

When asked whose work she most enjoys reading these days, Steier said, "I really enjoy the new guys who are working on web comics." Some of her favorites are "Hanna is Not a Boy's Name" by Tessa Stone and "Kiskaloo" by Chris Sanders. She also likes W.I.T.C.H., an Italian/French superhero comic series by Elisabetta Gnone, "Bone" by Jeff Smith, and "Goon" by Eric Powell – which is being made into an animated movie.

Any career changes in the future? Not likely for Steier, who said, "This is good."