Richard Sherman, Songwriter of Many Spoonfuls of Sugar, Dies at 95
By Anita Gates
New York Times May 27, 2024: :B5
online at https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/arts/music/richard-m-sherman-dead.html
Jordan D White, New Editor of Venom/Symbiote & Hulk Comics At Marvel
Jordan D White was the X-Men editor during the Krakoan Age. But now that Tom Brevoort is taking over, what's happening to Jordan?
26 May 2024
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jordan-d-white-new-editor-of-venom-symbiote-hulk-comics-at-marvel/
Source - Notes in the History of Art, Volume 43, Issue 2
The Scholarship of Comics: In Memoriam, David Kunzle (1936–2024)
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/sou/2024/43/2
Editor's Note: Of Kunzle, Kids, and Komix
Arne R. Flaten
pp. 67–76
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730287
Recycling as Reinvention in Early American Sunday Comics: Rudolph Dirks, R. F. Outcault, and the European Masters
Christine Mugnolo
pp. 77–88
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730288
Back to Fumetti?
Jan Baetens
pp. 89–99
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730289
The Batman TV Series (1966–68) and Its Impact on Batman Comic Books
Ian Gordon
pp. 100–110
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730290
Heaven Official's Blessing: BL Culture and the Integration of Chinese Traditional Art Style in Web Comics
Feixue Mei
pp. 111–121
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730291
On the Border in a Belgian Comic
Mark McKinney
pp. 122–132
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730292
Colleen Doran Illustrates Neil Gaiman
Kim A. Munson
pp. 133–142
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730293
Comics, Polyrepresentation, and the Limits of Representation
Rik Spanjers
pp. 143–151
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730294
The Critique of the Modern Art Museum in Four Colors: Anna Haifisch's The Artist x MoMA [Germany]
Helene L. Bongers
pp. 152–162
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730295
The Disney+ Kingdom
Essays on Nostalgia, Representation and Branding
Edited by David Whitt and John Perlich
McFarland 2024
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-disney-kingdom/
Acknowledgments vi
Introduction
John Perlich and David Whitt 1
Navigating the Worst of Times: Nostalgia on Disney+
Rhema F. White 5
Ducks Fly Together: A Look at Disney+ as a Facilitator of Nostalgia and Transportation
Kristi Gatto 17
Recognizing the Princess as a Plus: Tracing as an Ideograph for Contemporary Representation and Progressive Revisions
Erika M. Thomas and Mindy Burnett 33
Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.: Gen Z to AAPI Direct Marketing and Its Effects on Native Hawaiians
Samantha Tecson 52
"Stick to the Status Quo" or the "Start of Something New"? Exploring the Highs and Lows of Disney+'s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Lori Bindig Yousman 70
When the World Finally Sees Us: The Coming Out of the High School Musical Franchise
Jennessa Hester 88
Exploring Disney's Portrayal of Jessica Jones and She-Hulk as Complex Women Characters
Newly Paul and Gwendelyn S. Nisbett 103
Is Marvel a Transnational Revisionist Actor? Interpreting Change in the MCU Post-Blip "Real World"
Pablo A. Sánchez-Rodríguez 120
"This is the Way.": Reimagining Star Wars in the Revisionism of The Mandalorian
Raymond Blanton 137
A Great Disturbance… Andor, Diversity, and Representation in the Star Wars Universe
John Perlich and Tim Baird 155
Behind My Attraction: A Disney World Autoethnography
David Whitt 171
Olivia Jaimes to Take a Leave from Nancy
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/05/26/olivia-jaimes-to-take-a-leave-from-nancy/
Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF) 2024 (May 10 - 12th) - 29 Pictures
Jamie Coville's MP3 Files
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/audio.html#TCAF2024
Maurice Vellekoop: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together (1:01:32, 140.0mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-09-TCAF-MauriceVellekoop.mp3
interviewed by Rachel Giese.
Artists Talk on Grants: How to Get Them and How to Use Them (1:05:34, 150.0mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-10-TCAF-GettingGrants.mp3
Moderated by Allison O'Toole, panelists were Josh Rosen, Victoria Day and Steven Andrews.
Indy Comics: Now More Than Ever! With Avi Ehrlich (59:45, 136mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-10-TCAF-IndyComics-AviEhrlich.mp3
Allison O'Toole interviews Avi Ehrlich of Silver Sprocket
Creative Law 101 with Michael Duboff (1:04:22, 147mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-10-TCAF-CreativeLaw101.mp3
Workshop: Memory into Mini-Comics (37:21, 85.5mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-10-TCAF-MemoryIntoMini-Comics.mp3
Lara Antal
State of the Industry Roundtable (1:03:06, 144mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-10-TCAF-IndustryRoundtable.mp3
On the panel was Alexander Finbow, Tracy Hurren, Avi Ehrlich and Andy Brown. The panel was moderated by MJ Lyons.
Canada Post Graphic Novel Stamp Panel (1:07:56, 155mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-10-TCAF-CanadaPostGNStamps.mp3
Miles Baker did the introduction, then Carrie Chisholm from Canada Post announced they made new stamps with Seth, Jillian & Mariko Tamaki, Chester Brown and Michel Rabagliati based on their books Clyde Fans, This One Summer, Louis Riel and Paul à Québe
Gleem: Freddy Carrasco Spotlight (55:53, 127mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-11-TCAF-FreddyCarrasco.mp3
Ho Che Anderson interviews Freddy Carrasco about his book Gleem
Gene Luen Yang Spotlight (45:18, 103mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-11-TCAF-GeneLuenYang.mp3
moderator Mark Askwith
Raeghan Buchanan - Drawing History out of Obscurity (51:18, 117mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-11-TCAF-RaeghanBuchanan.mp3
Joe Matt Tribute (50:27, 115mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-11-TCAF-JoeMattTribute.mp3
Panelists were Chris Oliveros, Adrian Tomine, Seth, Chester Brown and Jeet Heer.
Ask a (Comics) Librarian (57:03, 130mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-11-TCAF-AskALibrarian.mp3
On the panel was Natalie DeJonghe, Tina Coleman, Lindsay Gibb, Scott Robins, Fatma Faraji, Dr. Lucia Cedeira Serantes and Amie Wright (moderator).
Paneled Rheum - Art, Comics and Sequential Narrative (55:03, 126mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-12-TCAF-PaneledRheum.mp3
Moderated by Jessica Campbell, the panelists were Thijs Desmet, Kit Anderson, Aiden Koch and Kristen Hatfield.
Keith Knight Spotlight (58:11, 133mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-12-TCAF-KeithKnight.mp3
Laugh Riot - Humour in Comics: Parody, Satire and Commentary (55:24, 126mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-12-TCAF-LaughRiot.mp3
Creators Jade Armstrong, Mitch Lohmeier, Thom, Rick Altergott and eventually Keith Knight talk to Robert Sikoryak.
Deni Loubert Spotlight (54:37, 125mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-05-12-TCAF-DeniLoubert.mp3
Deni was interviewed by Dr. Rebecca Sullivan about Starting Renegade Press,
Toronto Comicon 2024 (March 15 - 17th) - 9 Pictures
Jamie Coville's MP3 Files
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/audio.html#TorontoComicon2024-03-17
Sketch Duel: Mike Rooth vs. Hugh Rookwood (and vs. Jay Fosgitt) (39:50, 91.2mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-03-17-TCC-SketchDuel1_MikeRooth_HughRookwood_JayFosgitt.mp3
The Moderator was JM Clark.
Larry F. Houston Spotlight (44:24, 101mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-03-17-TCC-LarryFHoustonSpotlight.mp3
Interviewing Larry was Victor Dandridge. Larry spoke about his career in animation with a lot of focus on the 1992 X-Men cartoon.
Sketch Duel: Casey Parsons vs. Chris Compana (47:06, 107mb)
https://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2024-03-17-TCC-SketchDuel2_CaseyParsons_vs_Chris_Compana.mp3
The panel was moderated by Martin Duncan.
Opinion: Alcaraz has parallels with pioneering 19th-century cartoonist Thomas Nast; Both took on reactionary forces who wanted to preserve White dominance of America [letters]
Herman Baca
May 15, 2024 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2024-05-15/lalo
'Unapologetically Rhode Island': Creator Will Henry on why 'Wallace the Brave' is so special
Providence Journal
https://www.providencejournal.com/story/entertainment/local/2024/05/16/wallace-the-brave-creator-will-henry-why-he-loves-drawing-comic-strip/73712494007/
Humans: Jeff McIntyre creates graphic novels that are accessible for all [Canada]
By Mat Dicsi
May 14, 2024
https://kitchissippi.com/2024/05/14/humans-jeff-mcintyre-creates-graphic-novels-that-are-accessible-for-all/
Learn how to become an astrobiologist in new issue of NASA's graphic novel series
By Jeff Spry
May 15, 2024
https://www.space.com/nasa-astrobiology-graphic-novel
Book Reviews: The Jellyfish by Boum; Robin Lang and Helge Dascher (trans.) [Graphic medicine, Canada]
Andrew Woodrow-Butcher
https://quillandquire.com/review/the-jellyfish/
Interview: MAN WITH A MISSION North American Tour 2024
The Beat sits down with the band ahead of their US-Mexico headline tour [anime music]
Adam Wescott
05/27/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-man-with-a-mission-north-american-tour-2024/
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode eighty-nine | Jordan Thomas, part one
May 27, 2024
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/take-this-away
The pretty and poisonous worlds of Webtoon creator Lee Yone
Adam takes a deep dive into the Surviving Romance creator
Adam Wescott
05/13/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-pretty-and-poisonous-worlds-of-webtoon-creator-lee-yone/
Before Lee Yone: MISS GUILLOTINE, Gaje and Lezhin Comics
Adam Wescott closes out his deep dive on Lee Yone by revealing her pre-WEBTOON output
Adam Wescott
05/27/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/before-lee-yone-miss-guillotine-gaje-and-lezhin-comics/
Webtoonist interview - Gajae <Miss. Guillotine>
임하빈 | 2019-12-13 12:44
https://www.webtoonguide.com/en/board/Interview_en/11923
A Walk Across Northampton to visit Alan Moore with Iain Sinclair (4K)
John Rogers
May 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSwCyQthk5I
Kim Kardashian and Ye's Daughter North West Performs 'Lion King' Song at Disney Celebration
Ryan Gajewski
May 25, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kim-kardashian-daughter-north-west-lion-king-hollywood-bowl-1235909145/
Damon Lindelof Working on Green Lanterns TV Series
'Ozark' showrunner Chris Mundy and comics author Tom King are also part of the creative team, James Gunn announced Saturday.
Borys Kit
May 25, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/green-lanterns-tv-series-damon-lindelof-chris-mundy-1235909193/
'Flow' Review: An Enchanting Eco-Fable About Community That Makes Artisanal Magic Out of 3D Animation. Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis' second feature tails a cat that bands together with other animals on a survival journey following a cataclysmic flood.
David Rooney
May 24, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/flow-review-animation-gints-zilbalodis-1235908248/
