LibraryPass to Add Picture Books to Its Comics Plus Platform
Apr 03, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4607
Marc Hempel & Mark Wheatley Original Artwork Stolen And Sold
Marc Hempel and Mark Wheatley of Insight Studio have discovered that decades worth of their original art have been taken from their warehouse
02 Apr 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marc-hempel-mark-wheatley-original-artwork-stolen-and-sold/
Skybound Confirms Ben Abernathy As Exec Editor And Other Hires
Skybound confirms Ben Abernathy as Exec Editor, as well as the hiring of Blake Kobashigawa, Alex Hargett and the promotion of Arune Singh
02 Apr 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/skybound-confirms-ben-abernathy-as-exec-editor-and-other-hires/
Hip Hop Family Tree Creator Ed Piskor Dies, Aged 41
Ed Piskor's family confirmed yesterday that the creator of Hip Hop Family Tree, X-Men Grand Design, and Red Room had died at the age of 41.
02 Apr 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/hip-hop-family-tree-creator-ed-piskor-dies-aged-41/
RIP ED PISKOR; 'X-Men: Grand Design' 'Hip-Hop Family Tree' Creator Dead at 41
Brigid Alverson on April 2, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56622/rip-ed-piskor
Exclusive: New publisher PUG-W launches SIGNA universe written by former IDW EIC
The first issue is live on Kickstarter now
04/03/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/pug-w-launches-signa-universe-kickstarter/
Jim Viscardi ankles comicbook.com to head Biz Dev at Image Comics
04/03/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/jim-viscardi-ankles-comicbook-com-to-head-biz-dev-at-image-comics/
Image Comics Taps Jim Viscardi as VP of Business Development
The executive co-founded comibook.com and worked for Marvel Entertainment.
Aaron Couch
April 3, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/image-comics-taps-jim-viscardi-1235864745/
Robb Armstrong – An Appreciation of An African American Comic Strip Artist
By Fisher Jack
April 2, 2024
https://eurweb.com/2024/robb-armstrong-an-appreciation-of-an-african-american-comic-strip-artist/
"Doonesbury" vs. Hamas
Garry Trudeau, the writer and artist of Doonesbury, has dared to acknowledge a fact about the Hamas leadership that most of the mainstream news media prefer to ignore.
April 3, 2024
https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/369913/doonesbury-vs-hamas/
King Features Offers Willy Black and Dumplings for Print Syndication
The End of History, as Presented by Sergio Toppi
Hagai Palevsky | April 3, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/the-end-of-history-as-presented-by-sergio-toppi/
How Egypt's mahraganat music marvels in Disney's Moon Knight
The soundtrack to Disney+'s Moon Knight has been an Arab musical marvel, but director Mohamed Diab's deliberate inclusion of mahraganat, the very Egyptian genre that the country's Musicians' Syndicate seeks to suppress, is a significant statement.
Danny Hajjar
26 April, 2022 https://www.newarab.com/features/how-egypts-mahraganat-music-marvels-disneys-moon-knight
Moon Knight's psychological minefield: Marvel takes on dissociative identity disorder
Marvel and Disney have been praised for the strong Middle East representation in Moon Knight, bucking the trend of past productions. But the ambitious series has also sought to tackle mental health, a theme that has a chequered history in comics.
Rabeea Saleem
18 May, 2022
https://www.newarab.com/features/marcsteven-marvel-tackles-dissociative-identity-disorder
Erasing the Orientalist yellow filter: Why Moon Knight's SWANA representation is a step in the right direction
Marvel has bucked its own trend of orientalist tropes with its latest film, Moon Knight, directed by Egyptian director Mohamed Diab. The New Arab traces the media franchise's depiction of the SWANA region, and why Moon Knight may be a turning point.
Swara Salih
04 May, 2022
https://www.newarab.com/features/marvels-moon-knight-signals-growth-swana-region-film
Instagram deletes 'gay Muslim' comics account after Indonesia backlash
Instagram has succumb to Indonesian pressure and removed an account which consisted of comics to spark empathy for the LGBTQ+ community in the country.
13 February, 2019
https://www.newarab.com/news/instagram-deletes-gay-muslim-comics-account-after-indonesia-backlash
Why I'll be a fan of Kamala Khan's Ms. Marvel for life
Muslim Marvel fans are gearing up for a massive moment in their cinematic education. Ms. Marvel, or Kamala Khan, is the first Muslim superhero to be given a solo show, with her casting surely a pivotal moment in American-Muslim representation.
Sarah Shaffi
June 8 2022
https://www.newarab.com/features/why-ill-be-fan-kamala-khans-ms-marvel-life
Five Muslim women on why they love Ms. Marvel and their hopes for the Disney+ show
The highly-anticipated Ms. Marvel series has been met with popular acclaim. The New Arab speaks with five women about their reaction to the series, and how the superhero is certain to become a beacon of pride for Muslim women around the world.
Sarah Shaffi
15 June, 2022
https://www.newarab.com/features/five-muslim-women-why-they-love-ms-marvel
Muslim representation in Ms Marvel: The good and not so good
Afroze Zaidi writes that whilst there is much to celebrate with the release of Ms Marvel, in which the protagonist, Kamala Khan, is a 16 -year-old Pakistani-American Muslim girl, the series falls short with attempts to portray her as 'normal'.
16 Jun, 2022
https://www.newarab.com/opinion/muslim-representation-ms-marvel-good-and-not-so-good
Palestinians dub Marvel's new Israeli superhero Sabra 'Captain Apartheid', reminding of 'offensive' new comic strip
Not only is the character an agent of Israeli secret service Mossad, but her name is also a dark reminder of the gruesome 1982 massacre in the Palestinian camp of the same name.
13 September, 2022
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinians-dub-marvel-israel-superhero-captain-apartheid
'Sabra won't fly': London protest posters ask Marvel to drop Israel agent character
A guerilla art group has plastered posters across parts of London calling on Marvel Studios to drop Israeli 'superhero' character Sabra, who is set to feature in a future Captain America film.
27 October, 2022
https://www.newarab.com/news/protest-posters-ask-marvel-drop-israel-spy-film
Wonder why? Lebanon is banning DC Comics' latest blockbuster
Wonder Woman will be banned in Lebanon for starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot despite the film being tipped as one of the best in DC Comics' movie franchise.
The New Arab
30 May, 2017 https://www.newarab.com/features/wonder-why-lebanon-banning-dc-comics-latest-blockbuster
'The People's Joker' and the Perils of Playing With a Studio's Copyright
Vera Drew used the Batman villain to tell a trans coming-of-age story. When Warner Bros. found out, the filmmaker wasn't sure what would come next.
By Eric Grode
A version of this article appears in print on April 2, 2024, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Perils of Playing With a Studio's Copyright.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/movies/peoples-joker-warner-bros.html
Trans birds from Roz Chast
By Shane O'Neill
Washington Post's Style Memo April 3 2024
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596c1be2ade4e24119c3d7be&s=660db55413c6e321439caec8
Steve Bell on Getting Fired for an "Anti-Semitic" Cartoon
Daryl Cagle, Steve Bell, Uri Fink, and Michel Kichka
Caglecast #41 April 3 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzv8_3V-wlQ
Jesse Lundberg - Comic Book Artist
Justin Soderberg
Capes and Tights Podcast #157: Mar 27, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zibMSvfC2zQ
The Jasper the Cat Cartoons - 2009 to 2024
Angelo Lopez
Mar 27, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KSykIqU7cU
The future of comic book shops is here! [Los Angeles, CA, Revenge of Comics and Pinball]
POPXP! Network!
Apr 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23ZtmFip3kA
Phillip Kennedy Johnson On Hulk GL and a New BOOM! Project
word balloon Apr 1, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu6bdlN9z30
Words, Images, & Worlds with John Rose
Jason DeHart
Mar 28, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV3Uc5aXoM8
Words, Images, & Worlds with Joshua Dysart
Jason DeHart
Mar 31, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BZ8VxVr548
Pop Culture SquadCast with Michele Abounader
Bob Harrison
Pop Culture SquadCast Mar 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xraxHAMWJE
MoCCA 2024: Karl Christian Krumpholz examines the human condition with IN THE CITY
Christian Angeles
04/03/2024
Comic Art Academic Journals - An IJOCA Reference Guide
by Mike Rhode
International Journal of Comic Art blog April 3 2024
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/p/academic-journals-on-comic-arts.html
Eli Noyes, Animator Who Turned Clay and Sand Into Art, Dies at 81
By Michael S. Rosenwald
April 3, 2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/arts/television/eli-noyes-dead.html
Witty Films by Noyes
Richard Eder
New York Times April 9, 1976 : 26.
online at https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/09/archives/brazilian-film-studies-tropical-love.html and https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1976/04/09/issue.html
France's Superprod Group Acquires Luxembourg's Studio 352/Mélusine Productions
Animation Magazine
April 2, 2024
Gil Roth
Leela Corman
Virtual Memories Show 583: April 2, 2024
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-583-leela-corman
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_583_-_Leela_Corman.mp3
Gil Roth
Grand Design [my scattered thoughts on Ed Piskor's death & online mobs]
The Virtual Memories Show News April 3 2024