Saturday, June 01, 2024

Oliveira, João Pedro. 2024. What a wonderful (post-apocalyptic) world: representations of India and the West in Ramayan 3392 AD. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics ( 22 May 2024 ), 1–19. online at https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2024.2355935 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2024.2355935?src=exp-oa

Jayaputri, Herlandri Eka. 2024. The Representation of Women in Various Genres of Japanese Comics: a Semiotic Study. Applied Linguistics: Innovative Approaches and Emerging Trends, 1(1), 72-93. https://doi.org/10.58989/appling.v1i1.5 and https://ejournal.nurulimanmgm.or.id/index.php/appling/article/view/5

It was Very Wrong : A Comparative Examination of Moralization of Residential School Histories at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and in Canadian Comic Books. [masters thesis]

Abarbanel, Kate. 2016.

Montréal, Québec : Concordia University, 2016.

online at https://dam-oclc.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/c848588b-8084-4d59-891f-1f0b0225de37

What's wrong with comic books

Alberta. Advisory Board on Objectionable Publications.

[1955?]

[Edmonton] : [Govt. of Alberta], [1955?]

Online at https://theindirectmarket.substack.com/p/previously-whats-wrong-with-comic

SpringCon 2024
Jim Keefe
May 31 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/springcon-2024-105072445

Gaiman and Buckingham write the new gospel of Miracleman in The Silver Age

You've got to wonder what Miracleman: The Silver Age would have read like if it had come out in the 1990s instead of the 2020s.

Scott Cederlund

From Cover to Cover May 30, 2024

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/gaiman-and-bucking-ham/

Paul Stock, co-owner of Montreal's Librairie Astro (Astro Books) has died

Von Allan

May 31 2024

https://www.vonallan.com/2024/05/Paul%20Stock%20of%20Montreal%20Comic%20Store%20Librarie%20Astro%20Has%20Died.html

Paul Stock Obituary

May 25, 2024
HTTPS://MONTREALGAZETTE.REMEMBERING.CA/OBITUARY/PAUL-STOCK-1089822324

Conlon, Derek. 2006.
Comic Books [Davis Crippen comic book collection; (online as Paul Stock from Montreal Comic Store Librarie Astro aka Astro Books (May 30, 2024).
CTV News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrTgBnz0wQY

Charlie Hunnam to Star in Ed Brubaker's 'Criminal' for Amazon
The 'Sons of Anarchy' grad joins a cast that also includes Richard Jenkins, Adria Arjona and Kadeem Hardison.
By Lesley Goldberg, Borys Kit
May 31, 2024 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/charlie-hunnam-ed-brubaker-criminal-series-amazon-1235912761/

INTERVIEW: Mac McClintock and Patrick McEvoy on their new project about an old kaiju, GORGO LEGACY!
Project pays tribute to Gorgo Film
Diego Higuera
05/31/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-mac-mcclintock-and-patrick-mcevoy-on-their-new-project-about-an-old-kaiju-gorgo-legacy/

'Deadpool & Wolverine' Reveals Naughty Popcorn Bucket to Rival 'Dune 2'
As Kevin Feige promised, the Marvel movie unveiled a popcorn bucket that rivals the infamous 'Dune: Part Two' sandworm bucket in its suggestiveness.
James Hibberd
May 30, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/deadpool-wolverine-popcorn-bucket-1235911869/

'Robot Dreams' Review: A Friendship That Is Far From Mechanical [in print as Friendship That Is Far From Mechanical]
By Amy Nicholson
New York Times May 31, 2024: C5.
online at https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/movies/robot-dreams-review.html

'Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle' Review: Drama on the Court [in print as Leaping at the Chance to Spike the Competition]
This film extends the story told in an anime series about high school volleyball teams.
By Maya Phillips
New York Times May 31, 2024: C7
online at https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/movies/haikyu-the-dumpster-battle-review.html

A Mixed Picture: Media Transfer and Media Competition in Illustrated Periodicals, 1840s-1960s
Christian A. Bachmann and Nora Ramtke (Eds.)
Hanover, Germany: Wehrhahn Verlag
Online at https://www.academia.edu/119135742/A_Mixed_Picture_Media_Transfer_and_Media_Competition_in_Illustrated_Periodicals_1840s_1960s

Shromona Das
The Humour of Anxiety: Caste, Emasculation and Female Deviancy in Colonial Bangla Caricatures, 1870s-1930s
53-74

Christian A. Bachmann
From the Newspaper to the Book: Little Orphan Annie's Media Entanglement and Transformation
75-93

Mara Logaldo
When Peanuts Became linus: Re-Contextualisation through Translation
133-150

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE's Popcorn Bucket Is Every Bit as Suggestive as You'd Imagine
by Rotem Rusak
May 30 2024
https://nerdist.com/article/deadpool-wolverine-popcorn-bucket-is-rated-r/

John Cuneo's "A Man of Conviction"
The former President is found guilty on all thirty-four counts.
By Françoise Mouly
May 30, 2024
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2024-06-10

Friday, May 31, 2024

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Live From Rafah"

"Live From Rafah"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3878

Except for the occasional break to smear and low-key threaten the
anti-genocide movements, MSNBC has been almost wall-to-wall with
coverage of the trial of former El Presidente Donald Trump for paying
off a porn actress to keep quiet about an affair.

Yep, that's it — not anything he was responsible for in Bolivia, or
Syria, or Yemen, or Venezuela, or for militarizing the southern
border, or for the piss-poor Covid response, or the instigation of
fascist violence, or basically for any actual serious crimes that the
Democrats happily funded, helped him out with and cheered him on as he
did it — just the hush money for the porn actress.

And, as one could predict by now, MSNBC's punditocracy — and the US
media at large — has been creaming its panties in front of god and
everybody nearly non-stop since last night.

__________________________________________________________
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

New York Crime Boss Convicted by Daniel Boris

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/30/2024

How the Kremlin uses comics to glorify its war in Ukraine

Sandro Gvindadze,

BBC Monitoring,May 29 2024 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn00vnzv617o

Comics across the Pond: Exploring a century of US-UK cartoonist collaboration

Published 29 May 2024 By Ian Mansfield London exhibitions

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/comics-across-the-pond-exploring-a-century-of-us-uk-cartoonist-collaboration-72608/

TokyoPop Joins Marvel, IDW, Dark Horse At Penguin Random House

Manga publisher TokyoPop has announced that it has joined Marvel, IDW, and Dark Horse at Penguin Random House Publishing Services.

Wed, 29 May 2024
by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tokyopop-joins-marvel-idw-dark-horse-at-penguin-random-house/

Meet a Long-Unsung Cartoonist Who Paved the Way for Disney

A new show at Florida's NSU Art Museum celebrates the influential illustrator Louis M. Glackens.

by Tim Brinkhof

May 20, 2024

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louis-glackens-pure-imagination-nsu-art-museum-florida-2466199

Coca-Cola Create Marvel "Covers" With Guardians, Cable & Deadpool

On Monday, Bleeding Cool broke the news that Marvel comic book titles will include a promotion from Coca-Cola, and they have done.

Rich Johnston

29 May 2024 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/coca-cola-create-marvel-covers-with-guardians-cable-deadpool/

Bringing the 'Mary Worth' world to life; Alumna Karen Moy pens the stories for long-running soap opera comic strip

By Eric Coker

BingUNews MAY 29, 2024

HTTPS://WWW.BINGHAMTON.EDU/NEWS/STORY/4977/BRINGING-THE-MARY-WORTH-WORLD-TO-LIFE

A History Of Comic Strip Animated Adaptations

By VINCENT ALEXANDER | 05/29/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/a-history-of-comic-strip-animated-adaptations-241315.html

Book review: Robert Williams: Conversations, ed. by Joseph R. Givens and Darius A. Spieth

reviewed by John A. Lent

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG May 30 2024 https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/05/book-review-robert-williams.html

Joseph R. Givens and Darius A. Spieth, eds. Robert Williams: Conversations. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2023. 183 pp. US $25.00 (Paperback). ISBN: 978-1-4968-4403-3. https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/R/Robert-Williams

Pixar, struggling for a new strategy, predictably turns to reboots, sequels, and "mass appeal"

Pixar has had a tough few years, so now its looking to mine its IP for easy success

Mary Kate Carr

AV Club May 30 2024

https://www.avclub.com/pixar-strategy-sequels-reboots-mass-appeal-1851509377

Disney Is Banking On Sequels to Help Get Pixar Back on Track

After duds and missteps, the famed animation studio sees Inside Out 2 as key to restoring the magic.

By Thomas Buckley

May 30, 2024 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-05-30/disney-s-inside-out-2-could-hold-key-to-pixar-restoring-movie-magic

Robot Dreams animates New York City hustle without saying a word
Pablo Berger's Oscar-nominated animated daydream is an episodic tale of friendship deferred
Matt Schimkowitz
AV Club May 30 2024
https://www.avclub.com/robot-dreams-animates-new-york-city-hustle-without-sayi-1851462075

Q with Tom Power

Geoff McFetridge, Aminder Dhaliwal

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-50-q/clip/16070622-geoff-mcfetridge-aminder-dhaliwal

Phil Yeh, godfather of graphic novels, to make stops in Santa Cruz

By Nick Sestanovich | nsestanovich@santacruzsentinel.com

May 20, 2024

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/05/20/phil-yeh-godfather-of-graphic-novels-to-make-stops-in-santa-cruz/

D&Q to debut English edition of Sanpei Shirato's THE LEGEND OF KAMUI in January 2025

Check out a 13-page preview of this iconic manga series, coming in English in January 2025 from Drawn & Quarterly

By D. Morris -05/07/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/dq-to-debut-english-edition-of-sanpei-shiratos-the-legend-of-kamui-in-january-2025/

The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has just found its perfect home

With the help of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is set to move into London's historic New River Head buildings. And the artist himself couldn't be happier.

Dom Carter

16 May 2024

https://www.creativeboom.com/news/quentin-blake-centre-for-illustration/

'Rick and Morty' Team Lands Adult Animated Series at Netflix; 'The Undervale,' created by Matt Roller, counts Dan Harmon among its executive producers.

BY RICK PORTER

MAY 30, 2024 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rick-and-morty-team-netflix-series-undervale-1235911758/

New 'Dog Man' Book and Film Announced

By Emma Kantor

May 30, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/95149-new-dog-man-book-and-film-announced.html

Comics Are Ready to Get Retro

Comics publishers capitalize on nostalgia with titles that tie into decades-old media properties

By Shaenon K. Garrity

May 24, 2024

A version of this article appeared in the 05/27/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Retro Graphics

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/95130-comics-get-retro.html

6 Comics That Rock Out

A playlist of graphic novel tie-ins to musical acts and albums

By Shaenon K. Garrity

A version of this article appeared in the 05/27/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Music to the Eyes

May 24, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/95133-comics-that-rock-out.html

MrBallen Makes a Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Graphic Novel

PW talks with John B. Allen—aka YouTuber and podcast host MrBallen—about the graphic novel adapted from his viral stories

By Shaenon K. Garrity

May 24, 2024

A version of this article appeared in the 05/27/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Gather Around the Campfire

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/95131-mrballen-makes-a-strange-dark-and-mysterious-graphic-novel.html

7 Comics That Call for Extra Popcorn

As film and streaming studios scout comics of all genres for development, graphic novels also take inspiration from cinema—well beyond capes and tights.

By Shaenon K. Garrity

A version of this article appeared in the 05/27/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Comics Blockbusters

May 24, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/95132-seven-comics-that-call-for-extra-popcorn.html

Animation Indie Studio Unagi Opens in Montreal
By Mercedes Milligan
May 29, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/05/animation-indie-studio-unagi-opens-in-montreal/

Can A Terminally Ill Man Landing On Mars Save The Human Race? [Traveling To Mars Kickstarter Spotlight with Mark Russell]
Jace -The Comic Source
May 28, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZaNFf0zwQU

Graphic artist Miriam Libicki has been banned by Vancouver Comics Arts Festival due to her past service in the IDF
https://thecjn.ca/news/miriam-libicki/
Canadian Jewish News May 29, 2024
By Sam Margolis

NANCY cartoonist Olivia Jaimes announces hiatus with a cavalcade of guests holding down the fort
First guest artist at bat will be the award-winning cartoonist Caroline Cash
Dean Simons
05/29/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nancy-cartoonist-olivia-jaimes-announces-hiatus-with-a-cavalcade-of-guests-holding-down-the-fort/

Warner Bros. Japan announces Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League anime film
Sequel to 2018 Batman Ninja film features returning staff, cast
Humberto Saabedra
05/30/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/warner-bros-japan-announces-batman-ninja-vs-yakuza-league-anime-film/

Amazon Orders Animated Comedy From Aubrey Plaza
'Kevin' is written by the 'Parks and Recreation' grad and 'Big Mouth' alum Joe Wengert, with the latter set as showrunner.
Lesley Goldberg
May 30, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/animated-cat-comedy-aubrey-plaza-amazon-1235911881/

Brilliance—A Comic Memoir
Words By Juaquin Mobley, Art By Amalas Rosa
https://frictionlit.org/brilliance4bk/

Drawn to Beauty: Vince Colletta - Life and Art
Franklin Colletta
The Black Spring Press Group, 2024

June 7: Zinemaking at Temperance Alley Garden

Join DC Zinefest at Temperance Alley Garden for an evening of zinemaking! This event is FREE and open to the public. No experience is needed and materials are provided.

Event Details:

When: Friday, June 7, 6–8pm
Where: Temperance Alley Garden (1909 13th St NW, Washington, DC 20009)
COVID: Masks strongly encouraged
Accessibility: Uneven terrain, limited seating provided

Hope to see you there!

- Eve & DC Zinefest

Nothing To See Here! by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/29/2024

R.I.P. RETAILER PAUL STOCK Of Librairie Astro

Posted by Milton Griepp on May 29, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56994/r-i-p-retailer-paul-stock

R.I.P. TOM LUTH, Longtime 'Groo' Colorist

Brigid Alverson on May 28, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56990/r-i-p-tom-luth

Writing Insights from the Drawing Board--An Interview with Artist and Author Bob Eckstein

Tiffany Yates Martin
May 23, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1-UOWrdC2s

The Way of an Author and Illustrator: Finding Inspiration in Art Featuring Bob Eckstein

Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle Erasmus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux2TOILpfhs

May 16, 2024

10 of the Weirdest, Wildest Museum Stories You'll Ever Read

Illustrator Bob Eckstein shares his favorite strange stories from some of the world's most famous museums.

by Bob Eckstein May 22, 2024

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/strange-museum-stories-bob-eckstein

HOUSTON MATTERS

Chip Zdarsky weighs in on the pros and cons of comic book adaptations

We talk with the comic book artist and writer who has penned issues of Batman, Spider-Man, and Daredevil (and Howard the Duck) for both DC and Marvel.

Garrett Bohlmann

May 23, 2024, Https://Www.Houstonpublicmedia.Org/Articles/Shows/Houston-Matters/2024/05/23/488421/Chip-Zdarsky-Weighs-In-On-The-Pros-And-Cons-Of-Comic-Book-Adaptations/

Exclusive: Singapore's Difference Engine publishing makes its international debut in June

Benjamin Chee and Wayne Rée's 'Work-Life Balance' leads the publisher's slate of releases for June 25

By Christian Angeles -05/29/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-singapores-difference-engine-publishing-makes-its-international-debut-in-june/

INTERVIEW: Series editor Owen Johnson reflects on the journey and legacy of BEST OF 2000 AD

"It's always about raising awareness of 2000 AD as a British institution that is relevant and has real cultural value globally"

By Dean Simons -05/29/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-series-editor-owen-johnson-reflects-on-the-journey-and-legacy-of-best-of-2000-ad/

Comic Store In Your Future – Comic Book Shopping Etiquette

"Even after over thirteen years of owning Rodman Comics and thinking I have seen it all, I am still proved wrong."

28 May 2024

by Rod Lamberti

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-comic-book-shopping-etiquette/

'I DON'T KNOW IF MANY PEOPLE DO A GRAPHIC NOVEL THE WAY I DID THIS ONE': TALKING WITH RICK ALTERGOTT ABOUT BLESSED BE

John Kelly | May 29, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/i-dont-know-if-many-people-do-a-graphic-novel-the-way-i-did-this-one-talking-with-rick-altergott-about-blessed-be/

REVIEWS: BLESSED BE

Tegan O'Neil | May 29, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/blessed-be/

Veteran director, comic strip creator Carlo J. Caparas passes away
By HERMES JOY TUNAC, GMA Integrated News
Published May 26, 2024
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/showbiz/chikaminute/908009/veteran-director-comic-strip-creator-carlo-j-caparas-passes-away/story/

Book review: Comics and Modernism: History, Form, and Culture ed, by Jonathan Najarian
reviewed by John A. Lent
International Journal of Comic Art blog May 29, 2024
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/05/book-review-comics-and-modernism.html

Jonathan Najarian, ed. Comics and Modernism: History, Form, and Culture. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2024.

Fischbach, Sarah. 2024. Academic integrity graphic novel mini-cases [single panel cartoons taking the place of graphs]. International Journal for Educational Integrity 20, 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-024-00152-9 and https://edintegrity.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s40979-024-00152-9

Seaver College Professor Sarah Fischbach Publishes Graphic Novel to Engage Students on the Topic of Academic Integrity
May 17, 2024
David Holden https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/newsroom/articles/5-17-24-graphic-novel-fischbach.htm

In its 23rd year, the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention continues to amplify Black creators, stories
On Saturday, attendees of all ages enjoyed panel discussions, workshops and a comic book marketplace at Temple University's Student and Faculty Center.
Emily Neil
May 18, 2024
https://whyy.org/articles/ecbacc-23rd-annual-convention-black-creators/

I just started reading comics on the iPad Pro OLED — and it's a game changer
By Tony Polanco
May 19, 2024 https://www.tomsguide.com/tablets/ipads/ill-only-read-comics-on-an-ipad-pro-oled-from-now-on-heres-why

7 Queer, Eisner-Nominated Comic Books and Graphic Novels You Should Read
These acclaimed LGBTQ+ books that are just begging to be on your bookshelf.
By Samantha Riedel
May 17, 2024 https://www.them.us/story/lgbt-queer-graphic-novels-comics-eisner-nominations-2024

A charming, funny graphic novel [Ghost Book; Remy Lai]
By Christine Yunn-Yu Sun
18/05/2024 https://rangestrader.mailcommunity.com.au/opinion/2024-05-18/a-charming-funny-graphic-novel/

Don Perlin Talks Charlton Comics
A Previously Unpublished 2007 Interview
Daniel Best
Daniel Best - Author (May 28, 2024):
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/don-perlin-talks-charlton-comics

#8 Monday Morning Musings: Brian Postman 1958-2024 [Marvel Comics artist obituary].
Daniel Best
Daniel Best - Author (May 13, 2024):https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/monday-morning-musings-1a1

April 1966: An Evening With Batman & Robin
The Australian Premiere Came Complete With Batman and Robin
Daniel Best
Daniel Best - Author (May 30, 2024):
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/april-1966-an-evening-with-batman

Guelph's Seth to be featured on new Canada Post stamp [audio]
Craig Norris, host of CBC Kitchener-Waterloo's The Morning Edition,
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/seth-guelph-cartoonist-canada-post-stamp-1.7206547

Guelph cartoonist Seth 'flabbergasted' to be included in new stamp series
'I did not expect that at any point I'd end up on a stamp,' Seth says
Craig Norris,
CBC News · May 19, 2024 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/seth-guelph-cartoonist-canada-post-stamp-1.7206547

Madame Web's Netflix Success Sends a Clear Message About the Future of Superhero Movies
By Timothy Blake Donohoo
CBR May 26 2024
https://www.cbr.com/madame-web-netflix-success-challenge-superhero-fatigue/

Brad Guigar: My life in comics
Does anyone remember the Print vs. Web wars?
Brad Guigar and Daisy
May 29, 2024
https://evilinc.substack.com/p/brad-guigar-my-life-in-comics

He-Man and me
40 years ago, "Masters of the Universe" dominated boys' lives with a cartoon show and a bevy of toys that featured a jacked-up hero who was much more than he seemed.
Perspective by Michael Andor Brodeur
Classical music critic
Washington Post May 29, 2024 : C1-3
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/05/29/he-man-toy-swole-brodeur/

What He-Man teaches we, men.
By Shane O'Neill
Washington Post Style Memo May 29 2024
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596c1be2ade4e24119c3d7be&s=6657895260c25107aa89f110

Shueisha launches JUMP TOON vertical scrolling comics platform
Shueisha "jumps" into vertical comics against Piccoma and WEBTOON
Humberto Saabedra
05/29/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/shueisha-launches-jump-toon-vertical-scrolling-comics-platform/

INTERVIEW AVEC CAVAN SCOTT & GEORGE MANN - La Tribune de Coruscant [Star Wars]
La Tribune de Coruscant
May 20, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wapsC31huO4

Dallas and Anne
Creator Interview: Jason Aaron
The Comics Collective
May 27 2024
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2s5i0AtXw7wqtvuJRMOyCu

An Interview with Jason Aaron about TMNT, writing, and working at Marvel
Badr Milligan and Cesar
The Short Box Podcast: A Comic Book Talk Show
May 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB64vGtUdCM
https://theshortboxentertainment.com/turtle-power-an-interview-with-jason-aaron-about-tmnt-and-creative-freedom/

The Future of Digital Comics: An Interview with Omnibus CEO: Travis Schmeisser
Badr Milligan
The Short Box Podcast: A Comic Book Talk Show 429, May 29, 2024
https://theshortboxentertainment.com/the-future-of-digital-comics-an-interview-with-omnibus-ceo-travis-schmeisser/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQGcD58tVUc

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

WaPo's music critic's complicated love for He-Man

He-Man and me

40 years ago, "Masters of the Universe" dominated boys' lives with a cartoon show and a bevy of toys that featured a jacked-up hero who was much more than he seemed.

Perspective by Michael Andor Brodeur

Classical music critic

Washington Post May 29, 2024 : C1-3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/05/29/he-man-toy-swole-brodeur/

What He-Man teaches we, men.
By Shane O'Neill
Washington Post Style Memo May 29 2024
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596c1be2ade4e24119c3d7be&s=6657895260c25107aa89f110

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/28/2024

Panini UK Moves On From Marvel Comics To Launch Panini Manga

At MCM London Comic Con, Panini unveiled a new publishing line, separate from Marvel, Panini Manga UK, with Disney titles.

27 May 2024

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/panini-uk-moves-on-from-marvel-comics-to-launch-panini-manga/

Rich Johnston

Neil Gaiman's Coraline to become 'dark, spangly' stage musical

Playwright Zinnie Harris and composer Louis Barabbas's adaptation of the novel will open at Leeds Playhouse and tour in 2025

Mark Fisher

21 May 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/may/22/neil-gaiman-coraline-to-become-dark-spangly-stage-musical

Julie Larson – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/05/28/julie-larson-rip/

Julie Harris Larson, 62

Thursday, August 18, 2022

https://newherald.news/julie-harris-larson-p21178-96.htm

Now Marvel And Coca-Cola Have Something For The Comic Books

On Wednesday, Marvel comic book titles will include the following ad from Coca-Cola, featuring nothing but a QR code...

27 May 2024

Rich Johnston|

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/now-marvel-and-coca-cola-have-something-for-the-comic-books/

Coca-Cola x Marvel: The Heroes

Coca-Cola

Apr 8, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oI_B0OBgVw

https://newlevant.com/covidzine

Chris Jericho's 'The Painmaker' Graphic Novel Is Now Available

May 17, 2024

By Hamish Woodward

https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1473463-chris-jerichos-the-painmaker-graphic-novel-is-now-available

Interview: Jonathan Hedrick and Francesca Fantini Will Have You Asking, 'Can I Scream?'

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

May 20, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/274637

Don Perlin, Comic Book Artist Who Found Success Late, Dies at 94. His Moon Knight was a hit in the 1970s, 30 years after he began his career. Bloodshot, another popular superhero, followed two decades later [in print as Don Perlin, 94, a Creator of Modern Superheroes].

By George Gene Gustines

New York Times May 28 2024: A24

Online at https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/arts/don-perlin-dead.html

[DISPATCH] Deniz Camp Talks HEIR MEDICINE

The writer talks about his new 3W/3M story with Stipan Morian and the dangerous game played on Heir.

3 Worlds / 3 Moons

May 29, 2024

https://3w3m.substack.com/p/dispatch-deniz-camp-talks-heir-medicine

An Interview With Keith Williams

Plus other words you can't live without.

Keith Champagne

New Pain Productions Substack May 28, 2024

https://newpainpro.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-keith-williams

'The Garfield Movie' Director Mark Dindal On The Journey Of Bringing An Icon To Screen

By Cole Delaney | 05/27/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/the-garfield-movie-director-mark-dindal-on-the-journey-of-bringing-an-icon-to-screen-241288.html and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kBnMRGNEn8

Lizzo Reacts to 'South Park' Joke Naming Ozempic Alternative After Her: "My Worst Fear"

The special, 'South Park: The End of Obesity,' features a medication commercial for a fake weight loss drug called Lizzo.

Carly Thomas

May 26, 2024 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/lizzo-reacts-south-park-ozempic-joke-1235909533/

The Crow's chart-topping soundtrack was just as influential as the movie itself

Filled with industrial and grunge tracks, the carefully curated album also played out on screen.

Craig D. Lindsey

AV Club May 28 2024

https://www.avclub.com/the-crows-chart-topping-soundtrack-was-just-as-influent-1851501278

HELLBOY celebrates 30 years with candle and loteria

Kelas Lloyd

05/24/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/hellboy-celebrates-30-years-with-candle-and-loteria/

EC Comics is returning after 68 years - and so is its iconic lettering font & style, with a 21st century upgrade

Chris Arrant

Popverse May 23, 2024

https://www.thepopverse.com/comics-ec-comics-is-returning-after-68-years-and-so-is-its-iconic-lettering-font-style

Local Comic Shop Day is moving dates in 2024 (and may be canceled), as organizers look for changes

Chris Arrant

Popverse May 28, 2024

https://www.thepopverse.com/local-comic-shop-day-2024-dates-2025-changes

Flota, Brian, Mara L. Thacker, & Jason Larsen. 2024. Sustainable Futures for Comics Collecting. Technical Services Quarterly, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2024.2357013 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07317131.2024.2357013

King, Jess D. & Alison M. Bobal. 2024. A Building Block of Empathy: Establishing a Graphic Medicine Collection in an Academic Health Sciences Library. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 43(2), 95–105. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2024.2329016 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02763869.2024.2329016

Freeman, Rebecca & McKenzie M. Lemhouse. 2023. Adding Color to Our Shelves: Creating a Graphic Novel Collection at USC Lancaster. Technical Services Quarterly, 40(3), 129–139. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2023.2226430 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07317131.2023.2226430

Obituaries: Tony Weare ["Matt Marriott'' comic strip; UK]
20 December 1994
The Independent.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-tony-weare-1388132.html

Unknown. 1994.
Tony Weare [obituary]
The Daily Telegraph (December 22)

Holland, Steve. 1995.
English Cartoonist Weare Dead.

Comics Journal (174; February): 34

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Very Brilliantly Idiotic by Daniel Boris

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Jonathan Hedrick and Francesca Fantini

Interview: Jonathan Hedrick and Francesca Fantini Will Have You Asking, 'Can I Scream?'

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

May 20, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/274637

Censorship, the Comic Book, and Seduction of the Innocent at 70: A Roundtable Discussion

Date/Time: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 12-1pm Eastern Time

Zoom Registration Link: https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/2017152668039/WN_Pf_8WpP2Spm02c8hCQnnNQ

In 1954, psychiatrist Fredric Wertham published Seduction of the Innocent: The Influence of Comic Books on Today's Youth, a book that cemented his role as America's most prominent critic of comic books. At the time, comic books were near the peak of their popularity, with titles like Batman, Superman, and Captain Marvel selling as many as 1.5 million copies per month. The content of those comics was also entirely unregulated. Writing amid a moral panic that Wertham himself helped create, Seduction of the Innocent almost immediately helped spur the formation of the Comics Code Authority, which dramatically reshaped the nation's comic book industry.

Join staff of the Manuscript and Serial & Government Publications divisions for a roundtable discussion with three comic studies scholars who will make brief presentations on current research, and discuss Wertham's anti-comics legacy and its afterlives in more recent clashes over representations of race and sexuality in comics and graphic novels.

Panelists will include:

Margaret Galvan, Assistant Professor of visual rhetoric, Department of English, University of Florida
Carol Tilley, Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Qiana J. Whitted, Professor of English and African American Studies, University of South Carolina

The panel will be moderated by Josh Levy of the Library's Manuscript Division and Megan Halsband of the Serial and Government Publications Division, who will briefly highlight the Fredric Wertham Papers and the Library's vast collections of comic books and zines. Join us to reflect on race, gender and representation, visual culture and archives, and Wertham's anti-comics crusade seven decades on.

The event will take place online only on Thursday, June 6, 2024, 12 pm-1 pm EDT, but will be available later as a recording on the Library of Congress website. Register for the program here.

Please request ADA accommodations at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

Saturday, June 01, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/31/2024

Friday, May 31, 2024

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Live From Rafah"

New York Crime Boss Convicted by Daniel Boris

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/30/2024

June 7: Zinemaking at Temperance Alley Garden

Nothing To See Here! by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/29/2024

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

WaPo's music critic's complicated love for He-Man

He-Man and me

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/28/2024

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Very Brilliantly Idiotic by Daniel Boris

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Jonathan Hedrick and Francesca Fantini

Interview: Jonathan Hedrick and Francesca Fantini Will Have You Asking, 'Can I Scream?'

Censorship, the Comic Book, and Seduction of the Innocent at 70: A Roundtable Discussion

Censorship, the Comic Book, and Seduction of the Innocent at 70: A Roundtable Discussion

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