'He was greater than Bob Marley': the shocking tale of Jamaican ska pioneer Don Drummond [Trombone Man: Ska's Fallen Genius]
Inspired by a boxing, DJing nun, the trombonist laid down the foundations of reggae – but he was also a schizophrenic who killed his girlfriend, Jamaica's 'rhumba queen' Margarita. A new graphic novel retells their stories
Rick Williams
Fri 28 Jun 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/28/bob-marley-jamaican-ska-pioneer-don-drummond-trombone-man
In Memoriam: Peter B. Gillis
Scoop June 28 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=275213
Convention Recap: Garden State Comic Fest
Contributed by collector and Overstreet Advisor Art Cloos
Photos by Alice Cloos
Scoop June 28 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=275274
Garden State Comic Fest in Photos Part I
Photos by Alice Cloos
Scoop June 28 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=275276
Heroes Convention in Photos Part II
Scoop June 28 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=275141
Insight Studios Heads to Baltimore Comic-Con
Scoop June 28 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=275237
Harvey Mercheum (aka Harvey Comics Merchandise Virtual Museum)
https://www.harveymercheum.com/
From "Under Cork" to Overcoming: Black Images in the Comics
Steven Loring Jones
https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/links/essays/comics.htm
Racial Insensitivity in Pre-WWII Comics and the Missing Vintage Barney Google Strips
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/06/27/racial-insensitivity-in-pre-wwii-comics-and-the-missing-vintage-barney-google-strips/
06-27-2024
FINANCING THE FUTURE
Webtoon IPO: Stock price will be closely watched today as comics platform debuts on Nasdaq
BY MICHAEL GROTHAUS
https://www.fastcompany.com/91147570/webtoon-entertainment-ipo-stock-price-today-nasdaq
My Favorite Cartoonist - Ivan Ehlers.
Daniel Tosh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiUMdzhCEuY
Jun 25, 2024 Tosh Show
Bringing Brooklyn To The Stage with Cartoonist and Playwright Dean Haspiel
Ryan Zlomek
Meditations with Ryan Zlomek podcast 24; Jun 19, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMa9r8Pn2l4
Korean web comic giant set for $2.7bn market debut
By João da Silva, Business reporter
June 27 2024
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nglpj3dllo
Webtoon Raises Over $300 Million in Public Offering
By Jim Milliot |
Jun 27, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/95396-webtoon-raises-over-300-million-in-public-offering.html
I Saw My Anxiety Reflected in 'Inside Out 2.' It Floored Me.
By Maya Phillips
In a way that's both cathartic and devastating, Pixar's latest portrays how anxiety can take hold, our critic writes.
A version of this article appears in print on June 25, 2024, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Anxiety in 'Inside Out 2' Feels Incredibly True to Life.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/23/movies/inside-out-anxiety-adults.html
San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Welcome to Comic-Con City
The San Diego Comic-Con draws fans and industry folks from around the world, but it's a hometown show at heart
By Heidi MacDonald
Jun 21, 2024
A version of this article appeared in the 06/24/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Welcome to Comic-Con City
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/95355-san-diego-comic-con-2024-welcome-to-comic-con-city.html
San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Not Just Comics at the Con
By Tiffany Babb
Jun 21, 2024
A version of this article appeared in the 06/24/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Not Just Comics at the Con
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/95358-san-diego-comic-con-2024-not-just-comics-at-the-con.html
San Diego Comic-Con for Newbies: A Survival Guide
By Heidi MacDonald
Jun 21, 2024
A version of this article appeared in the 06/24/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/95336-san-diego-comic-con-2024-a-newbie-s-guide-to-surviving-the-con.html
The Sun is a Wondrous Body – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | June 28, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/the-sun-is-a-wondrous-body-this-weeks-links/
John Higgins: "Dredd is still my #1 character" – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
Jun 24, 2024 The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JfK32P_-Ao
Off Panel #454: Merrily We Roll Along with James Tynion IV
June 24 2024
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel454-merrily-we-roll-along-with-james-tynion-iv
Inside Look: Eighty Days – A.C. Esguerra Provides an Exclusive Creator Commentary on Their Alternative History Queer Romance Graphic Novel
by A.C. Esguerra
June 26, 2024
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/inside-look-eighty-days/
ALA 2024: The Greater Good: PW Talks with Jay Jay Patton
By Pooja Makhijani
Jun 24, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/95334-ala-2024-the-greater-good-pw-talks-with-jay-jay-patton.html
San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Strange Fan: PW Talks with Zoe Thorogood
PW talks with SDCC 2024 special guest Zoe Thorogood
By Tiffany Babb
Jun 21, 2024
A version of this article appeared in the 06/24/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: PW talks with SDCC 2024 special guest Zoe Thorogood
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/95357-san-diego-comic-con-2024-strange-fan-pw-talks-with-zoe-thorogood.html
Former UFC, WWE star Ronda Rousey finds 'path that I was meant for' as graphic novelist
By Chuck Schilken
June 25, 2024
https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2024-06-25/ronda-rousey-interview-graphic-novel-ufc-wwe
Where comic books meet healthcare: 'We recognise that we need to communicate in different ways'
A conference in Athlone will highlight how comics can be a powerful way to explain and understand illness and cure
Sheila Wayman
Tue Jun 25 2024
https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2024/06/25/where-comic-books-meet-healthcare-a-graphic-approach-to-medicine/
Kitchener author Anna Humphrey's graphic novel focuses on some sassy bunnies
Buns Gone Bad tells the story of bunny siblings Biggie, Bongi and Flop
Craig Norris
CBC News Jun 23, 2024
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kitchener-author-anna-humphrey-fluffle-bunnies-1.7242565
Sarah Becker (2024), The Real World: Miami star
By Linnea Crowther June 24, 2024
https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/sarah-becker-2024-the-real-world-miami-star/
How Peter Gillis' "What If Captain America Were Not Revived Until Today?" Speaks to Readers in 2024
A prescient warning from Cap.
By Paul Morton
June 25, 2024
https://reactormag.com/how-peter-gillis-what-if-captain-america-were-not-revived-until-today-speaks-to-us-in-2024/
Joe Casey and Sebastián Piriz talk action and mystery in 'Jonny Quest'
The latest 'Jonny Quest' series debuts this August.
Chris Coplan
June 25, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/06/25/jonny-quest-comic-qa/
Ben Stenbeck talks relationships, endings for new 'Our Bones Dust' TPB
The 'Our Bones Dust' TPB is available this week.
Chris Coplan
June 25, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/06/25/our-bones-dust-tpb-qa/
Caza talks 'Arkadi and The Lost Titan' as a new English translation launches
The special edition book is part of a soon-to-be completed Kickstarter campaign.
Chris Coplan
June 25, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/06/25/arkadi-kickstarter-qa/
X-Men Monday #257 – Alex Paknadel Talks 'X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comic'
Chris Hassan
June 24, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/06/24/x-men-monday-257-alex-paknadel-ashes/
Gail Simone, Aly Fell, and Letty Wilson talk 'Misty' horror comic anthology
The 'Misty' anthology drops on July 17.
David Brooke
June 27, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/06/27/gail-simone-aly-fell-letty-wilson-misty-qa/
Hunter Gorinson and Sierra Hahn detail Oni-led relaunch of EC Comics
The iconic line returns with two new titles and a game plan to conquer comics.
Chris Coplan
June 27, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/06/27/ec-comics-oni-press-deep-dive/
Busi Rizzi, Giorgio, and Sara Zanetti. 2024. "Positioning Peanuts: Linus, Charlie, and the Making of Auteur Comics Magazines in Italy and France (1965-1975)."
DH Benelux 2024, Leuven, Belgium. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11504389
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01J12CP6532WF3CP6R1EKEETWS
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01J12CP6532WF3CP6R1EKEETWS
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01J12CP6532WF3CP6R1EKEETWS/file/01J12CTBVDAJB2J6N8CHXW8WVX.pdf
'Cameras and young people belong together': Camera Comics (1944-46) as an imaginative, ideological and commercial space for addressing and depicting American child photographers
Annebella Pollen
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 25 Jun 2024
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2024.2367622
https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2024.2367622
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21504857.2024.2367622
A glimpse into the creation of Champion of the Rose, your next queer, anti-colonial fave manga [Philippines]
Sam Ledesma
adobo Magazine June 27, 2024
https://www.adobomagazine.com/arts-culture/a-glimpse-into-the-creation-of-champion-of-the-rose-your-next-queer-anti-colonial-fave-manga/
Think Like An Artist
Wisdom, inspiration and creative problem-solving from 67 Canadian artists. Draw a card to begin.
May 2024
https://www.cbc.ca/artsprojects/thinklikeanartist
Summer author chat: Anna Humphrey
Craig Norris
CBC's The Morning Edition - K-W June 2024
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kitchener-author-anna-humphrey-fluffle-bunnies-1.7242565
What does it mean to grow old as an LGBTQ person?
Jamal Jordan and Arantza Peña Popo (ill.)
June 27, 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/06/27/lgbtq-possibility-models-comic/
Carol Day Story Books and Riverside Racket in the works
By John Freeman on June 27, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/carol-day-story-books-and-riverside-racket-in-the-works/
'Despicable Me 4' Review: Gru's Family Grows in Illumination Animation That Serves Up Familiar Antics
Lovia Gyarkye
June 28, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/despicable-me-4-review-1235933955/
How A Digital Painter Creates Animated Drawings With Cartoon Animator
Davey Bake
Cartoon Brew Connect | 06/26/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/sponsored-by-reallusion/how-a-digital-painter-creates-animated-drawings-with-cartoon-animator-241719.html
Major Laika Exhibition Coming To London's BFI Southbank
By Amid Amidi | 06/27/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/events/major-laika-exhibition-coming-to-londons-bfi-southbank-241754.html
"I've had my descents into hell" - Heavy Metal artist Caza talks Arkadi and the Lost Titan, the visionary sci-fi masterpiece that took him 20 years to complete
By Will Salmon
Newsarama June 26 2024
Interview | Caza's masterpiece gets its first ever English translation
https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/arkadi-and-the-last-titan-caza-interview/
DC store moves to 1524 U St!
Big Planet Comics Jun 28, 2024
https://www.bigplanetcomics.com/dc-store-moves-to-1524-u-st
Dave Sim's CEREBUS is on Humble Bundle
The controversial figure's once-beloved series is available for cheap – with a portion going to charity
Dean Simons
06/28/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/dave-sims-cerebus-is-on-humble-bundle/
Dan Harmon Says 'Rick and Morty' Fans Have Accepted the New Voices: 'We're Past It. It Worked, We Transitioned to a New Era'
Jun 24, 2024
Michael Schneider
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/dan-harmon-rick-and-morty-voices-fans-community-movie-1236047201/
Betty Boop Time Travels to New York, and Broadway, Next Spring
By Michael Paulson
A version of this article appears in print on June 28, 2024, Section C, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Betty Boop Is Heading To Broadway in Spring.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/theater/boop-broadway.html
'Despicable Me 4' Director Chris Renaud Takes Us Behind the Scenes of the Super Villain's Next Adventure
By Karen Idelson
June 27, 2024
August '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 342)
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/despicable-me-4-director-chris-renaud-takes-us-behind-the-scenes-of-the-super-villains-next-adventure/
Italian animation company agrees to $538,000 penalty for 'apparent violations' of US sanctions on North Korea
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN June 26, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/26/politics/italian-animation-company-north-korea-sanctions/index.html
'Check' Is An Elegant Abstract Representation Of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
By Roxana Hooti | 06/26/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-pick/check-is-an-elegant-abstract-representation-of-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-241708.html
Interview: Hao Feng on I'VE BECOME A TRUE VILLAINESS audio drama adaptation
The voice actor shares details on his role and more
Hilary Leung
06/28/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-hao-feng-on-ive-become-a-true-villainess-audio-drama-adaptation/
Review: I'VE BECOME A TRUE VILLAINESS audio drama is a smashing success
The audio drama is available on Apple, Spotify, and Amazon Music
Hilary Leung
06/11/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/review-ive-become-a-true-villainess-audio-drama-is-a-smashing-success/
Mort Drucker & John Reiner - The NCS Masters Collection
Jeff Keane and Steve McGarry
national cartoonists society
May 6, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zNk6-2c75Q
Who is Jack Davis? MAD Magazine
Norman Rockwell Museum
Nov 30, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue9WC7CAMTM
Mad Magazine: Inside Look Behind the Scenes (1987)
Morley Safer
Manufacturing Intellect
Oct 24, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTOUhuUMHeM
Take A Tour Of MAD Magazine With Their Idiot-In-Chief
Ben Yakas
Gothamist
May 18, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o06qL84LMQ
Growing Up Mad - With Emily Flake & Jason Chatfield
Norman Rockwell Museum
Jun 27, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvGNmHC7F6o
Words, Images, & Worlds: Nancy A. Collins Returns!
Jason DeHart
Jun 27, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb9yZFVEavM
Words, Images, & Worlds: Armored Edition with Michael Schwartz
Jason DeHart
Jun 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMKQzcj1fME
