Thursday, June 06, 2024

POSTPONED - Snailords & uru-chan




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Tonight's Event with Snailords & uru-chan has been POSTPONED
Block 7th
 

 
One of our creators has tested positive for COVID, so this evening's event at Scrawl has been postponed. But don't fret! You'll still get your signed editions of Freaking Romance and unOrdinary--it'll just be a little bit longer! Thanks so much for understanding!
 

 
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Starting in 30 minutes: 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
Date & Time Jun 6, 2024 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Webinar ID 161 745 5860
Passcode 831293
Description 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.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/5/2024

Children's Institute 2024: Growing New Roots: PW Talks with Ruth Chan

By Nathalie op de Beeck

May 17, 2024

A version of this article appeared in the 05/20/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Growing New Roots

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/95078-children-s-institute-2024-growing-new-roots-pw-talks-with-ruth-chan.html

 

Pierce Brosnan, Mark Hamill Join Faith-Based Animated Movie 'The King of Kings' (Exclusive)

Ben Kingsley has also been added to the voice cast that includes Oscar Isaac as Jesus Christ.

BY RYAN GAJEWSKI

JUNE 4, 2024 HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/MOVIES/MOVIE-NEWS/THE-KING-OF-KINGS-PIERCE-BROSNAN-MARK-HAMILL-BEN-KINGSLEY-1235913936/

 

'Moana' Co-Director Don Hall Inks Deal With Skydance Animation

Hall won an Academy Award for 'Big Hero 6' and also directed 'Raya and the Last Dragon' and 'Strange World.'

BY RYAN GAJEWSKI

JUNE 4, 2024 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/don-hall-deal-skydance-animation-1235914992/

 

'Big Hero 6' Director Don Hall Inks Deal with Skydance Animation

Mercedes Milligan

June 4, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/big-hero-6-director-don-hall-inks-deal-with-skydance-animation/

 

Interview: BIG CITY GREENS creators go bigger and bolder with SPACECATION animated movie

We chat with the Houhgton brothers about the new movie based on the hit Big City Greens Disney animated series!

Taimur Dar

06/05/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-big-city-greens-creators-spacecation-animated-movie/

 

The Houghton Bros. Give us the Scoop on 'Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation'

Ramin Zahed

June 4, 2024 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/the-houghton-bros-give-us-the-scoop-on-big-city-greens-the-movie-spacecation/

 

New Betty Boop Exhibit Opens at Comic-Con Museum June 27

Mercedes Milligan

June 4, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/new-betty-boop-exhibit-opens-at-comic-con-museum-june-27/

 

Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada & Ike Perlmutter's Marvel in Comics Journal

Comics Journal #310 contains "an epic, novella-length history of Marvel Comics in the creative cauldron" of Jemas, Quesada and Perlmutter.

 04 Jun 2024  

by Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bill-jemas-joe-quesada-ike-perlmutter-marvel-comics-journal/

 

Devan Coggan Joins Marvel As An Editor, From Entertainment Weekly

 04 Jun 2024 

Rich Johnston   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/devan-coggan-joins-marvel-as-an-editor-from-entertainment-weekly/

 

DC Comics Publishes Tributes To M.D. "Doc" Bright Today

Today's DC Comics include tributes to comic book creator Mark Bright, M.D., or Doc Bright, who died at the age of 68 in March this year.

4 Jun 2024   Rich Johnston   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-publishes-tributes-to-m-d-doc-bright-today/

 

Jam Comic Book Shop Moves From East End To Notting Hill

The Jam Bookshop of Hackney Road in Shoreditch closed down earlier this year. Well, now it's back on Portobello Road, Notting Hill.

04 Jun 2024 

 Rich Johnston 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jam-comic-book-shop-moves-from-east-end-to-notting-hill/

 

REVIEWS: THE BOGIE MAN: THE INCOMPLETE CASE FILES

Tom Shapira | June 4, 2024 | https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-bogie-man-the-incomplete-case-files/

 

REMEMBERING LATINO COMIX EXPO CO-FOUNDER RICARDO PADILLA, 1966-2024

Andrew Farago | June 5, 2024 | https://www.tcj.com/remembering-latino-comix-expo-co-founder-ricardo-padilla-1966-2024/

 

REMEMBERING JOHN RONAN, 1962-2024

Eric Reynolds | June 4, 2024 | 3 comments

https://www.tcj.com/remembering-john-ronan-1962-2024/

 

Appupen's new graphic novel, 'Dream Machine', asks difficult questions of artificial intelligence

The triumph of Dream Machine is in expanding the horizons of what comics are capable of in India.

Arunava Banerjee

Jun 01, 2024 https://scroll.in/article/1068209/appupens-new-graphic-novel-dream-machine-asks-difficult-questions-of-artificial-intelligence

 

Steve Breen Celebration #NationalCartoonistDay

inewsource

Jun 5, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S55BkEGym5s

 

A Brooklyn Doughnut Shop Opens a Portal Into a Sweeter Past

Peter Pan, born in the 1950s in Greenpoint, conjures more than memories for the illustrator Rachelle Meyer.

Text and Illustrations by Rachelle Meyer

June 5, 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/dining/peter-pan-doughnuts.html

 

Illustration Art: Featuring Highlights from the Collection of Jules Feiffer

Jun 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET - Sale 2673

https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-catalogs/ILLUSTRATION-ART?saleno=2673&viewby=Lot_asc&pg=4


Fantastic Beasts and Other Creatures Abound in May's Graphic Novels [in print as 'Graphic Novels: Fantastic Beasts'; Nancy, Emil Ferris, Dracula, Jay Stephens]

By Sam Thielman

New York Times Book Review June 2, 2024: 42-43

online at https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/books/review/-graphic-novels-roundup-may.html

 

What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine

Norman Rockwell Museum

 Jun 4, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK77XSPVvrE

 

MAD: Making a Magazine

Norman Rockwell Museum

 Jun 4, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IJC9LIYXB8

 

First-ever official Moomin Pride event in the UK takes place this month

By John Freeman on June 4, 2024

https://downthetubes.net/first-ever-official-moomin-pride-event-in-the-uk-takes-place-this-month/

 

Quantum Leap! We go behind the scenes on Time Bomb Comics flagship anthology

By John Freeman on April 19, 2024

https://downthetubes.net/quantum-leap-we-go-behind-the-scenes-on-time-bomb-comics-flagship-anthology/

 

Crowdfunding Spotlight: Who Killed Nessie? A Quick Chat with Paul Cornell & Rachael Smith

By John Freeman on April 7, 2024

https://downthetubes.net/crowdfunding-spotlight-who-killed-nessie-a-quick-chat-with-paul-cornell-rachael-smith/

 

Catching up with the Comics Laureate! An interview with Bobby Joseph

By John Freeman on February 23, 2024

https://downthetubes.net/catching-up-with-the-comics-laureate-an-interview-with-bobby-joseph/

 

Southport's Atkinson gallery mark's D-Day with comic-styled exhibit by Stuart Harrison

By John Freeman on June 4, 2024

https://downthetubes.net/southports-atkinson-gallery-marks-d-day-with-comic-styled-exhibit-by-stuart-harrison/

 

Exclusive: Creating Comics – Chris Weston talks "Time Breakers" and "Paranoid Gardens"

By John Freeman on March 27, 2024

https://downthetubes.net/exclusive-creating-comics-chris-weston-talks-time-breakers-and-paranoid-gardens/

 

Tripwire Talks To Chris Weston

October 1, 2022

https://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/tripwire-talks-to-chris-weston/

 

Chris Weston is Bringing Back DC's Classic Time Breakers For A New Crowdfunding Campaign

Alex Zalben

https://comicbookclublive.com/2024/03/05/chris-weston-time-breakers-zoop-interview/

 

Crime Comics With Jordan Thomas [Mug Shots from Mad Cave]

wordballoon June 5 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzazjYeU7Vo

 

Andy Diggle The Word Balloon Interview

wordballoon  May 31, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwMvEbUNnOQ

 

Just the thought of Avengers 5 and its alleged "60 returning characters" has us feeling oh so very tired

Rumors that Deadpool & Wolverine's Shawn Levy is being looked at as a possible director have already got our hands quaking

William Hughes

June 5 2024

https://www.avclub.com/just-the-thought-of-avengers-5-and-its-alleged-60-retu-1851522417

 

7 Genius Comics by Mark Russell You Should Read

Last updated: 06/05/24

https://capesandtights.com/7-genius-comics-by-mark-russell-you-should-read/

By Capes and Tights

 

#170: Paul Tobin - Writer of The Mammoth, Plants vs. Zombies

Jun 5, 2024 Capes and Tights Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUsyF1otEO8

 

#169: Mark Russell - Writer of Death Ratio'd, Rumpus Room

Justin Soderberg May 29, 2024 Capes and Tights Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38LaJwZ-hvY

 

#168: David Pepose - Space Ghost Writer

Capes and Tights

 May 22, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DAuNI0OMTo

 

#165: Ethan Sacks - Star Wars Writer

 May 8, 2024 Capes and Tights Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YnLPgQlpIM

 

#162: Blake Morgan - Host of Blake's Buzz

 May 1, 2024 Capes and Tights Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvMRZf9KalA

 

#160: Louis Southard - Comics Are Dying: The Comic Writer

Apr 17, 2024 Capes and Tights Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCqc_M61gyQ

 

#159: Jordan Hart and David Ebeltoft - Writers of The Cabinet

Capes and Tights

Apr 10, 2024 Capes and Tights Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jUfd7_Zwt0

 

#154: Ram V - Dawnrunner, Detective Comics, Venom Writer

Mar 6, 2024 Capes and Tights Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5yiQH67eFg

 

#151: Vladimir Popov - Where Monsters Lie Colorist

Capes and Tights

 Feb 14, 2024 Capes and Tights Podcast

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

 

#147: Jacoby Salcedo - It's Only Teenage Wasteland, Frontera Artist

Jan 17, 2024 Capes and Tights Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeBy8aDfgpI

 

Kelly Thompson talks Scarlett

Byron ONeal

Cryptid Creator Corner from Comic Book Yeti

May 23, 2024

https://cryptidcreatorcorner.com/episode/kelly-thompson-talks-scarlett

https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AOR5146450988.mp3

 

Kelly Thompson and MARCO FERRAI  talk Scarlett (Skybound / Image Comics)

Ken and Tom Craven

ODPH Podcast June 5 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1OQCx1cas7Ovmaf8mfGYsW

 

What's a Righteous Lady Like You...with Kelly Thompson - Uncanny X-Men 122

Lodro Rinzler

X-Men Horoscopes May 23, 2024

https://bleav.com/shows/x-men-horoscopes/episodes/whats-a-righteous-lady-like-you-with-kelly-thompson-uncanny-x-men-122/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-a-righteous-lady-like-you-with-kelly/id1738242732?i=1000656498072

 

Episode 534: Kelly Thompson

Andy Beckerman

Beginnings Podcast

 May 30, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72umcpcRps

 

Kelly Thompson & Paulina Ganucheau Talk Powerpuff Girls!

Blerd Without Fear!

 May 30, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XOlLpPs82U

 

STEPHANIE PHILLIPS talks Black Sight 1 Comixology Originals

Ken

ODPH, Sept 2023

https://open.spotify.com/episode/378tBHJ76z8JllMtg9ftod

 

Philip Guston's Teenage Drawings Reveal a Lost World of Funny Pages [in print as Philip Guston's Teenage Cartoons]

By Walker Mimms

June 5, 2024: C1-2

online at https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/arts/design/guston-cartoons-los-angeles-times-klan.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/arts/design/guston-cartoons-los-angeles-times-klan.html?u2g=i&unlocked_article_code=1.xk0.DJsR.RO-rtljFWAos&smid=url-share

 

Wednesday Spill: Swann's Jules Feiffer Auction Includes Work By Charles Addams, Alan Dunn, Lee Lorenz, Leo Cullum, Carl Rose, Jack Ziegler, Mischa Richter; A Steinberg Exhibit…"On The Table"

Inkspill June 5, 2024 michael Maslin

https://michaelmaslin.com/wednesday-spill-swanns-jules-feiffer-auction-includes-work-by-charles-addams-alan-dunn-lee-lorenz-leo-cullum-carl-rose-jack-ziegler-mischa-richter/

 

 

Wednesday, June 05, 2024

Wonderland Books to open in Bethesda in the fall


The store's website - https://www.wonderlandbooks.com/

It'll be at a fairly non-descript area iirc, about 5 blocks from Big Planet Comics -

Wonderland Books
7920 Norfolk Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814

June 6: Snailords & uru-chan at Scrawl Books

This is probably cancelled due to illness. More to follow.

Snailords & uru-chan

Join us at Scrawl Books on Thursday, June 6 at 7PM as we welcome WEBTOON authors Snailords and uru-chan! Snailords and uru-chan will be discussing Freaking Romance Volume 2 and unOrdinary 2.


Aidyn Arroyal aka Snailords (he/they) is a manga, comic, and WEBTOON artist. He's best known for his romance WEBTOON Freaking Romance (completed) and thriller WEBTOON Death: Rescheduled (ongoing). He is also the creator of Snailogy and Snailed It, two slice-of-life comic series.

uru-chan (Chelsey Han) grew up in Acton, Massachusetts. She always had a love for manga and anime, and taught herself how to draw and write her own stories. As a teen, she enjoyed posting short comics online for others to read. Now, she is the creator of the action webcomic unOrdinary.

Event date: 
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
11911 Freedom Drive
Reston, VA 20190

Herblock prize reception with Steve Brodner via Bruce Guthrie's photos

Only the official Library of Congress photographer was allowed to take pictures of the ceremony, due to restrictions placed by Justice Breyer who gave an 'interview' while selling his book.

Steve Brodner first gave an excellent talk about Herblock's cartoons and his work - I'm sure he's a great lecturer at SVA, and hopefully that will be online someday.

Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2024): Steve Brodner -- Reception:

The regular Herblock / Swann gallery was closed to be repurposed and there's not a current exhibit space for cartoons.

Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Herblock Looks at 1974: http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2024_06_04C4_LOC_HerblockC

Aug 17-18 RisuCon anime and cosplay in MD

Montgomery County's Comic Con

Saturday and Sunday
August 17 & 18, 2024
at the Montgomery County Conference Center