Herblock Prize to be awarded tonight

in a private event at the Library of Congress.

Herblock Prize & Lecture

To commemorate Herb Block's legacy, the Foundation awards the annual Herblock Prize for excellence in editorial cartooning. The Foundation created the Herblock Prize in 2004 to encourage editorial cartooning as an essential tool for preserving the rights of the American people through freedom of speech and the right of expression. Presented each spring at the Library of Congress, the prize is awarded by The Herb Block Foundation for distinguished examples of editorial cartooning that exemplify the courageous standard set by Herblock and is judged by a panel of outside experts.

Although the judges for the Herblock Prize always had a finalist chosen for the award, the finalist was not announced until the year 2011. The finalist in 2011 was Ann Telnaes of The Washington Post for her portfolio of animated editorial cartoons. In 2012, The Herb Block Foundation announced that past, present, and future finalists of the Herblock Prize would receive a $5,000 after-tax award.

The winner receives a tax free $15,000 cash prize as well as a sterling silver Tiffany trophy.

As of May 2022, the Herblock Prize winner will now receive a tax free $20,000 cash award and the finalist will receive tax free $7,500 cash award.

 

Winners and finalists include:

 

2024

WINNER

Steve Brodner

caricature artist, political cartoonist, educator, and author

Finalist

Pedro Molina

political cartoonist

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/3/2024

The 2000AD rejection that gave me a huge hit

Requiem Vampire Knight started out as a story entitled THE RESURRECTIONIST, which I submitted to 2OOOAD

PAT MILLS JUN 3 2024 https://iconoblast.substack.com/p/the2000ad-rejection   From The Vaults: 'Morning Of The Magician' 2011. Swamp Thing meets Jesus Christ - The Legendary, Unpublished, Swamp Thing #88 DANIEL BEST JUN 2 2024 https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/morning-of-magician-swamp-thing-meets

 

Anime by the Numbers: One Piece is Sailing Against the US Manga Industry

Gear 5 was a hit for US manga readers

 Miles Atherton

06/03/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/anime-by-the-numbers-one-piece-is-sailing-against-the-us-manga-industry/

Webtoon Entertainment Will Go Public

By Jim Milliot

Jun 03, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/95188-webtoon-entertainment-will-go-public.html

Anime NYC, Japan Society to Launch American Manga Awards

By John Maher

Jun 03, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/95178-anime-nyc-japan-society-to-launch-american-manga-awards.html

Manga Plus Hits Nearly 30M Downloads, Launches New Creator Revenue Feature

Jun 03, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4721

 

PURE FOLLY BOOKS [store]

Zach Rabiroff | June 3, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/pure-folly-books/

 

The 'Inside Out 2' Creative Team Takes Us Inside the Workings of Pixar's Summer Sequel

Karen Idelson

May 31, 2024

May '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 340).  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/05/the-inside-out-2-creative-team-takes-us-inside-the-workings-of-pixars-summer-sequel/

 

'Captain America: Brave New World' Reshoots Underway With New Pages, New Mystery Character

Giancarlo Esposito joins the cast for part of a 22-day shoot as a villainous character.

BY BORYS KIT

MAY 31, 2024 HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/MOVIES/MOVIE-NEWS/CAPTAIN-AMERICA-BRAVE-NEW-WORLD-RESHOOTS-1235912919/

 

The Uncanny, Amazing, All-Star Men's Health Guide to Comics

Movies? TV? Reading? These days, it all comes from the same source. Men's Health is diving deep into everything that makes the massive, winding, and historic world of comic books so interesting—and so eternally fun.

By Milan Polk and Evan Romano

Jun 3, 2024

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60939304/guide-to-comics-comic-books/

 

How the Supes of The Boys Make Being Bad Look So Good

Exploding heads (and whales...and genitals...), cutting political commentary, and taking the biggest risks on the small screen—four seasons in, and Antony Starr, Chace Crawford, and Jessie T. Usher have learned the hard way to "trust the process."

By Evan Romano

 Jun 3, 2024

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60927938/the-boys-season-4-interview/

 

The Men's Health Comic Book Omnibus

Finding a great comic can be tough. So we asked 45 of the most legendary, visionary, and unique creators in the business to make it easier.

By Milan Polk and Evan Romano

Published: Jun 03, 2024

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60583768/best-comics-graphic-novels/

 

Never Read a Comic Before? We've Got You Covered.

There are a lot of stories out there. Our interactive quiz will help you pick the perfect one.

By Joe George

Jun 03, 2024

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60962531/marvel-dc-comics-quiz/

 

X-Men Legend Chris Claremont Knows How Hard It Is to Say Goodbye

In an exclusive essay for Men's Health, the comic book writer discusses killing off heroes like Jean Grey and Nightcrawler—and why he wishes they could stay dead for good.

By Chris Claremont

 Jun 03, 2024 

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60411537/chris-claremont-x-men-essay/

 

The MCU Is in a Slump. Here's How It Can Bounce Back.

There are a few viable paths forward for the comic book franchise behemoth.

By Evan Romano

 Jun 03, 2024

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60607407/mcu-marvel-movies-future-plan/

 

14 Fantastic Movies You Had No Idea Were Based on Comics

Some of the most original movies out there (Including both Old and Oldboy!) have drawn inspiration from surprising sources.

By Joe George Jun 03, 2024

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a46770372/surprising-movies-based-on-comics/

 

11 Comics Everyone Needs to Read Before They Die

Sure, you probably know about Watchmen. But there are more essentials for your shelf.

By William Goodman

: Jun 03, 2024

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a46887249/must-read-comics/

 

The Evolution of the Superhero Body

Costumed heroes used to just look like bodybuilders. Now, that's just one page in the book.

By Michael Sheridan  Jun 03, 2024 

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60384374/superhero-bodies-history/

 

The 1981 Mistake That Changed Comics Forever

An accidental Avengers panel underlines comics's dark history of violence against women.

By William Goodman Jun 03, 2024

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60358032/1981-comics-violence-history/

 

Finding Refuge on 'Mars,' for the Characters and the Writers

The comedy group The Whitest Kids U' Know completed the project dealing with the loss of one of its founding members, Trevor Moore, who died in 2021.

By George Gene Gustines

June 2, 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/movies/tribeca-festival-trevor-moore-mars.html

 

Interview: Joe Corallo Revisits A Beloved Animated Adventure! [King Arthur & The Knight of Justice]

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

May 28, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/274780-Interview-Joe-Corallo-Revisits-A-Beloved-Animated-Adventure

 

Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy talk to us about their new graphic novel, Hogbook And Lazer Eyes

The comedian and artist talk us through the process of translating their relationship—and, more importantly, their dogs—into a delightful graphic novel memoir

William Hughes

AV Club June 3 2024 https://www.avclub.com/maria-bamford-scott-marvel-cassidy-interview-hogbook-la-1851515189

 

Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy Let Their Dogs Do the Talking

The stand-up comic and the artist collaborate on a dog-centric love story

May 31, 2024

Matt Solomon

https://www.cracked.com/article_42360_maria-bamford-and-scott-marvel-cassidy-let-their-dogs-do-the-talking.html

SPECTATORS - Part 110; Plus, BKV chats with writer Darcy Van Poelgeest!
Exploding Giraffe Jun 03, 2024
https://explodinggiraffe.substack.com/p/spectators-part-110

 IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode ninety | Jordan Thomas, part two
Jun 03, 2024
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/im-quite-sure-youll-be-very-pleased

Troy-Jeffrey Allen Interviews Joe Corallo on King Arthur & The Knight of Justice

Interview: Joe Corallo Revisits A Beloved Animated Adventure! [King Arthur & The Knight of Justice]

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

May 28, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/274780-Interview-Joe-Corallo-Revisits-A-Beloved-Animated-Adventure

1886 Grant Hamilton cartoon - The Economy of the Spigot and the Bung Hole

Here's a piece I rescued at a flea market this weekend. Grant Hamilton, "The Economy of the Spigot and the Bung Hole," Judge Magazine August 21, 1886.

It deals with the refusal by President Grover Cleveland to increase the pensions of Civil War widows through private bills (i.e. each person had her own bill in Congress) while pouring money into infrastructure products for harbors. IIRC, the government was largely funded via customs revenue and land sales, so harbor improvements make sense. The White House has a page on him.

Posted in memory of comics historian John Adcock and his Yesterday's Papers blog where a piece like this would usually have appeared.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/1-2/2024

The First Thurber Cartoon Art Prize Winner: Roz Chast!

Liza Donnelly

Seeing Things Jun 01, 2024

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/the-first-thurber-cartoon-art-prize

 

Dundee University scraps Comics Masters design course, claiming numbers had dwindled

By John Freeman on May 31, 2024

https://downthetubes.net/dundee-university-scraps-comics-masters-design-course-claiming-numbers-had-dwindled/

 

Dundee University scraps FIVE masters courses as numbers dwindle

The decision to scrap the MDes Comics and Graphic Novels has been met with criticism, however, with some saying it could be detrimental to the city,

By Laura Devlin

May 30 2024

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/dundee/4994787/dundee-university-scraps-five-masters-low-numbers/

 

Between the Lines #1 May 2024

https://www.comicartfestival.com/sites/default/files/Between-The-Lines-01-W.pdf

 

CSotD: The Whole World Is … well, you know [Trump felony cartoons]

Mike Peterson

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/06/01/csotd-the-whole-world-is-well-you-know/

 

What political cartoonists thought of Trump's guilty verdict

Cartoonists across the political spectrum made light of a historic conviction.

By Michael Cavna

June 1, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2024/06/01/political-cartoons-trump-guilty-verdict/

 

Today in 1997: The Jules Feiffer WNYC program guide cover

By Andy Lanset, Director of Archives, New York Public Radio

WNYC Weekly Brief June 1 2024

https://view.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9af9b0771f2ffa38f186ad2bf043ff71e9be3ec4938b7a80660bed9c508d84739865c90d6fe8ec0507040c4d681470b39757f6d7d1f17f48da03819fd17b1f549b126ee915640e91a4c69b2926dc3a69

 

The Beginnings of My Cartoon Career

Was there anything I wanted to be besides a cartoonist?

Sandra Bell Lundy

Sandra Bell-Lundy: My Cartooning Life Jun 01, 2024 : https://sandrabelllundy.substack.com/p/the-beginnings-of-my-cartoon-career

 

Best, Daniel. 2007.

Looking Back With Larry Lieber.

20^th Century Danny Boy (August 6): https://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2007/08/looking-back-with-larry-lieber.html.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20231128230638/https://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2007/08/looking-back-with-larry-lieber.html

 

Best, Daniel. 2011.

Marvel Worldwide, Inc. et al v. Kirby et al - Larry Lieber Speaks.

20^th Century Danny Boy (March 7): http://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2011/03/marvel-worldwide-inc-et-al-v-kirby-et_07.html.

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20210415212225/https://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2011/03/marvel-worldwide-inc-et-al-v-kirby-et_07.html

 

Blumberg, Arnold T.  1999.

Marvel's Mystery Man… Larry Lieber Part 1: Lo, There Was A Beginning!

Comic Book Marketplace (October, 72): 28-31

 

Carl. 2015.

The Night I Met Larry Lieber.

Carl's Comix (July 24): https://carlscomix.com/the-night-i-met-larry-lieber/

 

Findlay, Kurtis. 2018.

Interview: Larry Lieber.

Epic Marvel Podcast (July 12): https://epicmarvelpodcast.com/interview-lieber/

 

Tucker, Reed. 2013.

The man behind the Metal [Larry Lieber, Iron Man].

New York Post (April 28): https://nypost.com/2013/04/28/the-man-behind-the-metal/

 

Exploring Your Comfort Zone with Dana Jeri Maier - SAW Free Friday Night Comics Workshop

Sequential Artists Workshop

 May 17, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pdecs1qL0k

 

GOOD OMENS UPDATE

Because, yay.

Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran's Funny Business Jun 02, 2024

https://colleendoran.substack.com/p/good-omens-update

 

Dave Wachter Talks Marvel Godzilla and creator owned stuff

wordballoon   May 30, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIjyAFYlcCI

 

Zack Kaplan, Fico Ossio explain the love, mayhem, and journalism of 'Kill All Immortals'

Chris Coplan

May 30, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/05/30/kill-all-immortals-team-qa/

 

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 277: Amy Jo Johnson talks 'Power Rangers: The Return' and the huge emotional stakes

David Brooke and Nathan Simmons

May 26, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/05/26/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-277-amy-jo-johnson/

 

The Inescapable Thingness

On the deep and universal desire for connection.

By Roz Chast

June 1, 2024

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/the-inescapable-thingness

 

Anime Overperforms - An Analysis of Netflix's 2023 Viewership Data

by Miles Thomas Atherton, May 29th 2024

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2024-05-29/anime-overperforms-an-analysis-of-netflix-2023-viewership-data/.211255 

 

Multiversity Says Goodbye: "Five Thoughts on the Multiversity Comics Experience"

By David Harper | May 31st, 2024

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news-columns/five-thoughts-on-the-multiversity-comics-experience/

 

"The Worst Day in Avengers History": The Story Behind Avengers Disassembled, From Two of Its Architects

By David Harper

May 29, 2024

https://sktchd.com/longform/avengers-disassembled-oral-history/

 

A new animated film follows a lonely dog and his robot friend in New York City [Robot Dreams]

Ayesha Rascoe

Weekend Edition Sunday June 2, 2024  

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/02/nx-s1-4985858/a-new-animated-film-follows-a-lonely-dog-and-his-robot-friend-in-new-york-city

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2024/06/20240602_wesat_a_new_animated_film_follows_a_lonely_dog_and_his_robot_friend_in_new_york_city.mp3

 

An illustrated guide to pigs around the world

By Cat Willett

March 10, 2024  (in print on June 2 2024): F6.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/03/10/an-illustrated-guide-pigs-around-world/

 

D.C.'s pool season is upon us. Here's what we overheard opening weekend. [in print as What we overheard opening weekend for D.C.'s pools].

By Hannah Good

Washington Post June 2, 2024 : C2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/28/overheard-dc-pool-sketch/

 

Comics journalism in Sunday's WaPo

An illustrated guide to pigs around the world

By Cat Willett

March 10, 2024  (in print on June 2 2024): F6.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/03/10/an-illustrated-guide-pigs-around-world/

From farmlands to rainforests to tropical islands, hogs of all kinds exist all over the globe. Illustrator Cat Willett has made a list of some of the most fascinating pigs, including the tiniest and the hairiest, to celebrate our hoofed friends.

D.C.'s pool season is upon us. Here's what we overheard opening weekend. [in print as What we overheard opening weekend for D.C.'s pools].

By Hannah Good

Washington Post June 2, 2024 : C2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/28/overheard-dc-pool-sketch/

Memorial Day may be the unofficial start of summer, but it's the official start of swimming season in D.C. Nearly 22 outdoor pools reopened over the holiday weekend to dozens of residents and near-perfect weather. We headed to Banneker Pool, one of the city's most popular swimming holes, to soak up the vibes and eavesdrop on our neighbors.

Outdoor pools are open every Saturday and Sunday until June 24, when they will begin operating six days a week (schedules vary).

NPR on Robot Dreams

A new animated film follows a lonely dog and his robot friend in New York City

Ayesha Rascoe

Weekend Edition Sunday June 2, 2024   

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/02/nx-s1-4985858/a-new-animated-film-follows-a-lonely-dog-and-his-robot-friend-in-new-york-city

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2024/06/20240602_wesat_a_new_animated_film_follows_a_lonely_dog_and_his_robot_friend_in_new_york_city.mp3

Exploring Your Comfort Zone with Dana Jeri Maier - SAW Free Friday Night Comics Workshop

Sequential Artists Workshop

 May 17, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pdecs1qL0k

Thanks for coming to the SAW Friday Night Workshops! We hope you have a good time enjoying some creative community and art-making! This week we had a great time deepening the skills in our comics comfort zone and testing scarier waters (like perspective and hands!) with Dana Jeri Maier! See more from her: https://www.danajerimaier.com   / danajerimaier   https://danajeri.substack.com/about We hope you'll share your work on social media with the hashtag #fridaynightcomics. Please tag us! @comicsworkshop Join us every Friday for free comics workshops! Live on Fridays @ 7PM EST, hosted by the Sequential Artists Workshop. We Believe in Comics! And come check out some comics made during this workshop and others on our webcomics platform, SEE SAW COMICS, at https://seesawcomics.org/series/frida...

Cavna returns to WaPo with Trump political cartoons article

What political cartoonists thought of Trump's guilty verdict

Cartoonists across the political spectrum made light of a historic conviction.

By Michael Cavna

June 1, 2024 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2024/06/01/political-cartoons-trump-guilty-verdict/