Thursday, August 15, 2024

'It Was an Incredible Honor': Meg Donnelly & Elysia Rotaru Discuss Crisis Supergirl & Black Canary [Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three].

Diane Darcy

August 11 2024

https://www.cbr.com/crisis-on-infinite-earths-movie-meg-donnelly-elysia-rotaru-interview/

Interview: TUNIS TO SYDNEY creators on loss, grief, and forgiveness

Hilary Leung

08/14/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-tunis-to-sydney-creators-on-loss-grief-and-forgiveness/

Exhibit Review: Gordo by/de Gus Arriola: Depicting Mexico and Modernism

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOGAugust 14, 2024

Reviewed by José Alaniz, University of Washington, Seattle.

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/08/exhibit-review-gordo-byde-gus-arriola.html

John McCrea Talks Dead Eyes Hitman and More
word balloon August 14 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35FiLjj461I

Robert Greenberger Talks New Pulp Adventures Comics And More
word balloon August 14 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TJXzo4rNSg

tom king talks penguin wonder woman and more
John Suintres
Word Balloon August 13 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAKacxYzKkk

#180: Zac Thompson - Into the Unbeing & The Body Trade Writer
Justin Soderberg Aug 14, 2024 Capes and Tights Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZZeTCNTHEo

Gravity Falls creator on returning to his 'little bastard' of a character [animation]
Petrana Radulovic
Aug 2, 2024
https://www.polygon.com/24211450/alex-hirsch-gravity-falls-bill-cipher-book

Throw Thorn a Bone: PW Talks with Jeff Smith
By Matt Burbridge
Aug 14, 2024 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/95500-throw-thorn-a-bone-pw-talks-with-jeff-smith.html

Otakon 2024: Leviathan made me believe a jellyfish could fly
Adam Wescott checks out the official panel for the forthcoming anime adaptation
Adam Wescott
08/14/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/otakon-2024-leviathan-made-me-believe-a-jellyfish-could-fly/

2024 Harvey Awards nominees announced
Heidi MacDonald
08/14/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/2024-harvey-awards-nominees-announced/

Four Women Share Their Experiences in the Sex Trade: 'I Don't Want to Be in This Forever.'
In this animated short film, women who work in the sex trade
in Wales anonymously share their experiences.
By John Robert Lee
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/opinion/sex-trade-workers-wales.html

Martin Goodman's $2,000,000 Side Deal
The Details of the 1968 Marvel Comics Sale Revealed
Daniel Best
Daniel Best - Author Aug 15, 2024
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/martin-goodmans-2000000-side-deal

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

The Beat on Leviathan anime panel at Otakon

Otakon 2024: Leviathan made me believe a jellyfish could fly

Adam Wescott checks out the official panel for the forthcoming anime adaptation

Adam Wescott

08/14/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/otakon-2024-leviathan-made-me-believe-a-jellyfish-could-fly/

Tom King on Word Balloon

tom king talks penguin wonder woman and more

John Suintres

Word Balloon August 13 2024

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

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/13/2024

App Store Cuts Into Creator Patreon Pay

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/13/app-store-cuts-into-creator-patreon-pay/

D23 Inducts 14 New Disney Legends (Photos)

Animation Magazine

August 12, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/d23-inducts-14-new-disney-legends-photos/

'Your Animated Journey': Words of Encouragement from Joshua Pinker

Joshua Pinker

August 12, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/your-animated-journey-words-of-encouragement-from-joshua-pinker/

'Stand with Animation' Rally Brings the Industry Together (Photos)

Animation Magazine

August 12, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/stand-with-animation-rally-brings-the-industry-together-photos/

'Solar Opposites' EPs Josh Bycel & Mike McMahan Spill the Tea on Season 5's Alien Love Story

Ramin Zahed

August 12, 2024 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/solar-opposites-eps-josh-bycel-mike-mcmahan-spill-the-tea-on-season-5s-alien-love-story/

THE RASHŌMON OF BILL JEMAS: FOUR PORTRAITS OF A MARVEL AGE – THE COMICS JOURNAL #310 PREVIEW

Zach Rabiroff | August 13, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/the-rashomon-of-bill-jemas-four-portraits-of-a-marvel-age-the-comics-journal-310-preview/

Rachael Lillis, 'Pokémon' Misty and Jessie Voice Actor, Dies at 46

The veteran English language voice of Japanese anime adaptations died Saturday after a battle with breast cancer.

BY ETAN VLESSING

HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/TV/TV-NEWS/RACHAEL-LILLIS-DEAD-POKEMON-MISTY-JESSIE-VOICE-ACTOR-1235972345/

AUGUST 12, 2024

'South Park' First Episode: THR's 1997 Review

On Aug. 13, 1997, Comedy Central introduced South Park to America.

Miles Beller

AUGUST 19, 2015 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/south-park-first-episode-thrs-816315/

Walter Scott on His Latest Comic Book and an Artist's Role in the Revolution

Wendy is a hot mess, and that's why we love her. So what happens when the beloved Canadian art-world anti-hero cleans up her act?

BY : EVE THOMAS- JUL 23RD, 2024

https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/books/walter-scott-wendy-interview

Declan Shalvey Raises The Eye Of Thundara With His Dynamite Comics Thundercats Series

By Chad Burdette

July 31, 2024

https://comic-watch.com/news/declan-shalvey-raises-the-eye-of-thundara-with-his-dynamite-comics-thundercats-series

The SEQUENT'ULL Interviews: Shane Melisse

Sean Azzopardi

DOWNTHETUBES AUGUST 12, 2024

HTTPS://DOWNTHETUBES.NET/THE-SEQUENTULL-INTERVIEWS-SHANE-MELISSE/

One Piece Day '24: Recaps and Highlights

The Beat recaps all the events and announcements from 2024's ONE PIECE DAY!

Justin Guerrero

08/13/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/one-piece-day-24-recaps-and-highlights/

Cover Reveal + Interview: Ingrid Ochoa on THE KISS BET Vol. 1

Avery Kaplan

08/13/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/cover-reveal-interview-ingrid-ochoa-on-the-kiss-bet-vol-1/

'How do you decide who you're going to be when you get up in the morning?'

How one piece of advice from Edward Sorel changed my career and helped me finally find my own style.

JASON CHATFIELD

AUG 13, 2024

HTTPS://WWW.PROCESS-JUNKIE.COM/P/HOW-DO-YOU-DECIDE-WHO-YOURE-GOING

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred | Kelly Sue DeConnick, part two

AUG 13, 2024

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/biggs-is-right

The Saga of Betty Brown, Ph.G.

Robert A. Buerki

Pharmacy in History , 1988, Vol. 30, No. 3, Proceedings of Symposium on the

Pharmaceutical Survey (1988), pp. 163-167

Online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/41109980

Book Review: The Complete Betty Brown, Ph.G. edited by Tom Heintjes

reviewed by David Beard

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG August 13, 2024 https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/08/book-review-complete-betty-brown-phg.html

Tom Heintjes (ed.) The Complete Betty Brown, Ph.G. self-published, 2024. $24.99 (Paperback). Available at

https://www.lulu.com/shop/tom-heintjes/the-complete-betty-brown-phg/paperback/product-zm82g7d.html

Book Review: Superheroes Smash the Box Office: A Cinema History from the Serials to 21st Century Blockbusters by Shawn Conner

reviewed by Edward Whatley

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG August 13, 2024

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/08/book-review-superheroes-smash-box.html

Shawn Conner. Superheroes Smash the Box Office: A Cinema History from the Serials to 21st Century Blockbusters. McFarland & Company, 2023. 238 pages, $39.95 (Paperback), ISBN 9781476676661. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/superheroes-smash-the-box-office/

Book Review: Data and Doctor Doom: An Empirical Approach to Transmedia Characters by Mark Hibbett

reviewed by Chris York

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG August 13, 2024

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/08/book-review-data-and-doctor-doom.html

Mark Hibbett. Data and Doctor Doom: An Empirical Approach to Transmedia Characters. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. $110 (Hardcover). https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-45173-7

The Purple Crayon on the Big Screen [Crockett Johnson]
by Philip Nel
Aug 08, 2024
https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/purple-crayon-big-screen-crockett-johnson-Harold-Purple-Crayon-opinion

Interview: Amanda Deibert & Cat Staggs get spooky in THE POWERPUFF GIRLS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
Deanna Destito
08/13/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-amanda-deibert-cat-staggs-get-spooky-in-the-powerpuff-girls-halloween-special/

Artists Score Major Win in Copyright Case Against AI Art Generators
Winston Cho
August 13, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/artists-score-major-win-copyright-case-against-ai-art-generators-1235973601/

Thomas Jane Thinks the Perfect Punisher Movie Has Yet to Be Made
By Michael Winn Johnson | August 13, 2024
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/thomas-jane-perfect-punisher-movie-yet-to-be-made/

Korean Comics Used to Be Burned; Now It Teaches Children
by Lauren Orsini, Aug 7th 2024
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2024/all-the-announcements-from-otakon/korean-comics-used-to-be-burned-now-it-teaches-children/.213850

Best-selling author of fantasy novels, children's books faces multiple sex assault accusations [Gaiman]
Chris Mautner
Aug. 02, 2024
https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2024/08/bestselling-author-of-fantasy-novels-childrens-books-faces-multiple-sex-assault-accusations.html

Brian Michael Bendis on 1941
Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler
The Spiel July 29 2024
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brian-michael-bendis-on-1941/id1756162663?i=1000663710049&wmode=opaque

Behind the Byline: Crockett Johnson
Joanna Colclough
Library of Congress Headlines & Heroes blog August 13, 2024
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/08/crockett-johnson/

Investors Unhappy with Webtoon Quarterly Report
By Jim Milliot
Aug 12, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/95708-investors-unhappy-with-webtoon-quarterly-report.html

Phillip Kennedy Johnson Talks Hulk GL and Batman And Robin
John Suintres
word balloon August 13 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ee4toXw-4

Words, Images, & Worlds: Matt Bors Returns!
Jason DeHart
Aug 13, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wsVnDvtklA

Nick Bruel Makes Comics on Words, Images, & Worlds
Jason DeHart
Aug 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waPqQm_cPyY

Words, Images, & Worlds with Will Perkins
Jason DeHart
Aug 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWuUAfo7Jg

Words, Images, & Worlds with Dr. Sean P. Connors and Dale Hale [literacy]
Jason DeHart
Aug 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IDQ86Xs0CQ

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live - Episode 052: With Special Guest Ed Catto
Pop Culture Squad August 13 2204
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn4tw-KlWmY

Ronda Rousey and AWA Studios join forces! Join me as I discuss with Co-Founder Axel Alonso!
Worldatwarcomics Aug 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL5mzp6gqmA

Episode 236 Daniel Warren Johnson, Comic Book Writer & Artist
J Alex Morrissey
Tradecraft Aug 13, 2024
https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-236-daniel-warren-johnson

Reviews: Moomin Adventures Book One
Tom Shapira | August 12, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/moomin-adventures-book-one/

Reviews: Search And Destroy, Vol. 1
Brian Nicholson | August 6, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/search-and-destroy-vol-1/

Search And Destroy, Vol. 1
Atsushi Kaneko, translated by Ben Applegate
Fantagraphics

Charles Addams's "Ascent"
A fresh printing of an age-old gag.
By Françoise Mouly
August 12, 2024
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2024-08-19

Charles Addams Dead at 76; Found Humor in the Macabre
By Eric Pace
Sept. 30, 1988
A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 30, 1988, Section A, Page 1 of the National edition with the headline: Charles Addams Dead at 76; Found Humor in the Macabre
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/30/obituaries/charles-addams-dead-at-76-found-humor-in-the-macabre.html

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Phillip Kennedy Johnson on Word Balloon

Phillip Kennedy Johnson Talks Hulk GL and Batman And Robin

John Suintres

word balloon August 13 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ee4toXw-4

The Library of Congress on the great Barnaby cartoonist Crockett Johnson

Behind the Byline: Crockett Johnson

Joanna Colclough

Headlines & Heroes blog August 13, 2024

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/08/crockett-johnson/

Jason Chatfield quotes Richard Thompson 3x in his new newsletter

Jason (if I may) talks about meeting one of Richard's heroes, Edward Sorel, and then looks to Richard for some nib thoughts. Read it here at

'How do you decide who you're going to be when you get up in the morning?'

How one piece of advice from Edward Sorel changed my career and helped me finally find my own style.

JASON CHATFIELD

AUG 13, 2024

https://www.process-junkie.com/p/how-do-you-decide-who-youre-going

SPX Announces 2024 Ignatz Award Nominees and The Ignatz Archive

2024 Ignatz Awards Nominees

2024 Ignatz Awards logo by Deb JJ Lee.

For Immediate Release

Contact: Warren Bernard

Email: ignatzawards@smallpressexpo.com

Bethesda, Maryland – The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce the 2024 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

Small Press Expo Announces The Ignatz Archive

This new feature on our web site will be the home for all past Ignatz nominees and winners. The last 4 years of Ignatz Awards are already online. We will be continually adding to this valuable piece of indie comics history over time.

Small Press Expo Announces The 2024 Ignatz Nominees

Ignatz Awards nominees are determined by a panel of comics professionals. We are most grateful for the efforts of this year's team of jurors:

Caroline Cash
Martha Kuhlman
Dawn Bond
Lawrence Lindell
Kriota Wilberg
Emma Jensen

Voting for the Ignatz Awards will be opened to anybody on the SPX email lists and anyone requesting a ballot. There will be no in-person voting at the show, as voting for the prestigious Ignatz Awards is open to all fans of indie comics.

The Ignatz Awards ceremony will be held at 9:30PM on Saturday September 14 in the White Oak Room of the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.

Other information about SPX 2024 and the Ignatz Awards, can be found at www.smallpressexpo.com.

BALLOT & VOTING INFORMATION

Voting for the 2024 Ignatz Awards will be by email ballot only, there will be no on-site voting.

Ballots will be emailed on Thursday August 15 to everyone on SPX's email lists.

If you wish to vote for the Ignatz Awards and are not on our email lists, signup for a ballot and get added to our email lists at the SPX website.

Please check your spam folder if you do not see your ballot.

Voting ends on Friday September 13 at 11:00Pm (EDT).

2024 IGNATZ NOMINEES

Additional information about this year's nominees can be found here.

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

Flippy, Nate Garcia (Domino Books)
Night Fever (from Gladiolus Magazine #1), Robyn Smith (Black Josei) Press
Portrait of a Body, Julie Delporte (Drawn & Quarterly)
Spiral and Other Stories, Aidan Koch (New York Review Comics)
The Great Beyond, Léa Murawiec (Drawn & Quarterly)

OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY

Let Her Be Evil, Cassandra Jones, ed. (Zoop)
Pulping, Jenn Woodall, Jon Iñaki, Jonathan Rotsztain, Mitch Lohmeier and Paterson Hodgson, ed. (Pulping Collective)
We Belong, Viktor T. Kerney and William O. Tyler, ed. (Stacked Deck Press)
Wheels on the Bus, Lucio Luiz, ed. (Jupati Books)
Won't Back Down: An Anthology of Pro-Choice Comics, Trina Robbins, ed. (Last Gasp)

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION

Buzzelli Collected Works Vol. 1: The Labyrinth, Guido Buzzelli, translated by Jamie Richards (Floating World Comics)
Complete and Utter Malarkey, November Garcia (Fieldmouse Press)
Gender Studies: The Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw, Ajuan Mance (Rosarium Press)
Offshore Lightning, Saito Nazuna, translated by Alexa Frank (Drawn & Quarterly)
Resenter, Gigi Murakami (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING COMIC

Fielder #2, Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)
Follow the Doll Issue 2, Daryl Seitchik (Parsifal Press)
My Body Unspooling, Leo Fox (Silver Sprocket)
Sunflowers, Keezy Young (Silver Sprocket)
The Audra Show #7: The Love Issue, Audra Stang (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

Optometry, Xiang Yata (Driftwood Press)
Roaming, Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Talk, Darrin Bell (Macmillan Publishers)
Time Under Tension, M.S. Harkness (Fantagraphics)
Unended, Josh Bayer (Uncivilized Books)

OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC

Find a Seat, Faye Stacey (Quindrie Press)
Hyper Fawnus, Anna Two (Self-Published)
Lullaby, Jordan Jeffries (Cosmic Dog House Press)
Manga Cube, LEHUO (Self-Published)
Pauline Newman, Greer de Maglie (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC

Buuza!!, Shazleen Khan
In the Shadow of Giants, Aria Villafranca and Matthew Fisher
Marigold, Emily Zilber
Rigsby Wi, SE Case
The Legend of Mariposa, James Lawrence

OUTSTANDING SERIES

CosmoKnights, Hannah Templer (Top Shelf Productions)
CRAM, Andrew Alexander, ed. (CRAM Books)
Jaywalk, Floyd Tangeman, ed. (Domino Books)
Kuš! Baltic Comics Magazine, Various (Kuš)
Tongues, Anders Nilsen (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING STORY

"The Happy Art", Sami Alwani (Pulping Collective)
"And When I See You, I'll Tell You Everything" (from You Are Not a Guest), Leela Corman (Fieldmouse Press)
Scorpio Venus Rising #1, Corinne Halbert (Self-Published)
The Gift, Jamila Rowser & Sam Wade (Black Josei Press)
The Super Hero's Journey, Patrick McDonnell (Abrams Books)

PROMISING NEW TALENT:

10-10 To The Wind, Cole Degenstein (Fieldmouse Press)
Gift Box, Pingnan Lu (Self-Published)
Optometry, Xiang Yata (Driftwood Press)
Tales of the Orishas, Hugo Canuto (Abrams)
The Great Beyond, Léa Murawiec (Drawn & Quarterly)

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Key Dates for the 2024 Ignatz Awards

August 15 - Initial ballots emailed and voting begins
September 13 • 11:00 PM (EDT) - Voting for the 2024 Ignatz Awards ends
September 14 • 9:30 PM (EDT) - Presentation of Ignatz Award winners, the White Oak Room at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 550 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.

The Ignatz Awards are held every year by SPX, with the awards recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

Small Press Expo

P.O. Box 5704

Bethesda, Maryland

20824

www.smallpressexpo.com

press@smallpressexpo.com

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RINO Rips Reagan by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/12/2024

UTAH BANS 'BLANKETS' STATE-WIDE

Craig Thompson's Graphic Novel Removed From Schools

Johanna Draper Carlson on August 9, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57549/utah-bans-blankets-state-wide

Upstate Cartoonist Marks Major Milestone 'Close To Home' [John McPherson]

August 9, 2024 by Wendy Hobday Haugh

https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2024/08/cartoonist-close-to-home-book/

John McPherson Works Close To Home

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/11/john-mcpherson-works-close-to-home/

Cartoonist coming to Carlisle [ John McPherson]

By Joseph Cress, Sentinel Reporter, September 12, 2009

https://cumberlink.com/news/local/cartoonist-coming-to-carlisle/article_4f3df5dc-263c-5544-a571-fe3218279bbc.html

Patrick, Kelly. 1992

Cartoonist creates 'wild exaggerations' of life [John McPherson.]

(Carlisle, PA) Sentinel (October 31).

Scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/11/john-mcpherson-works-close-to-home/

Behind the Panels: Tommy Devoid & Never Been Deader

August 8, 2024 Alex Garcia

https://comicskingdom.com/trending/blog/2024/08/08/behind-the-panels-tommy-devoid-never-been-deader

SAGA wins 2024 Hugo Award; The first win for the series since its debut volume received a Hugo Award in 2013

Dean Simons

08/12/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/saga-wins-2024-hugo-award/

D&Q'S TOM DEVLIN TALKS MOOMIN: 'A PARTICULARLY RARE THING'

Chris Mautner | August 12, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/dqs-tom-devlin-talks-moomin-a-particularly-rare-thing/

'Inside Out' Spinoff Series Coming to Disney+

'Dream Productions' will debut on the streaming service next year.

ALEX WEPRIN

AUGUST 9, 2024 HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/TV/TV-NEWS/DREAM-PRODUCTIONS-INSIDE-OUT-TVSERIES-DISNEY-PLUS-1235971233/

From 'Encanto' and Disney Villains to 'Monsters, Inc.' and Tony Stark: All the New Disney Theme Park Lands and Attractions Announced at D23

ALEX WEPRIN

AUGUST 10, 2024 HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/BUSINESS/BUSINESS-NEWS/D23-NEW-DISNEY-WORLD-DISNEYLAND-PARKS-ATTRACTIONS-EXPERIENCES-1235971518/

Warner Drops Genndy Tartakovsky's 'Fixed' from Theatrical Slate

Animation Magazine August 9, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/warner-drops-genndy-tartakovskys-fixed-from-theatrical-slate/

Martin Goodman's $7,000,000+ Sale Of Marvel

The Details of the 1968 Sale Revealed

DANIEL BEST

Daniel Best - Author

AUG 12, 2024

https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/martin-goodmans-7000000-sale-of-marvel

Overlooked No More: Renee Carroll, 'World's Most Famous Hatcheck Girl' [caricaturist Alex Gard]

By Julie Besonen

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 12, 2024, Section B, Page 5 of the New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/obituaries/renee-carroll-overlooked.html

Disney Details Vast Theme Park Expansion Projects

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 12, 2024, Section B, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Disney Details Expansions for Theme Parks and Cruises.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/business/disney-parks-new-rides.html

Apple announces they will take a 30% chunk of Patreon revenue

Dean Simons

08/12/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/patreon-creators-will-be-forced-to-pay-the-apple-tax-on-ios-subscriptions-from-november/

"Freedom to draw political cartoons has been restored in Bangladesh"

Alan Gardner

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/12/freedom-to-draw-political-cartoons-has-been-restored-in-bangladesh/

Zapiro documentary, "The Showerhead", debuts

Alan Gardner

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/12/zapiro-documentary-the-showerhead-debuts/

Animation Anger: Hollywood Artists Face Multifaceted Crisis as Contract Talks Near

The animators producing successes like "Inside Out 2" are facing mass layoffs and overseas outsourcing as Hollywood slashes production costs

Jeremy Fuster

August 7, 2024

https://www.thewrap.com/animation-anger-hollywood-artists-crisis-contract-talks/

Manga Marked $800 Million Loss From Piracy in One Month, New Date Reveals
Despite ongoing anti-piracy campaigns, manga is still taking a hit from the industry.
By Megan Peters - August 11, 2024
https://comicbook.com/anime/news/manga-piracy-japan-2024-losses/

Monday, August 12, 2024

Bill Campbell of Rosarium finalist for the World Fantasy Awards

From Rosarium's backerkit update for R.U.R. today -

In other news, I personally have been named a finalist for the World Fantasy Awards! I gotta admit, I never expected such a thing. I'm still processing. I'm nominated for the Special Award--Professional. I'm up against some stiff competition:

Bill Campbell, for Rosarium Books
E. M. Carroll, for A Guest in the House (First Second)
M. John Harrison, for Wish I Was Here: An Anti-Memoir (Serpent's Tail; Saga; 9/24)
Stephen Jones, for The Weird Tales Boys (PS)
Liza Groen Trombi, for Locus

Thursday, August 15, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/14/2024

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

The Beat on Leviathan anime panel at Otakon

Otakon 2024: Leviathan made me believe a jellyfish could fly

Tom King on Word Balloon

tom king talks penguin wonder woman and more

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/13/2024

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Phillip Kennedy Johnson on Word Balloon

Phillip Kennedy Johnson Talks Hulk GL and Batman And Robin

The Library of Congress on the great Barnaby cartoonist Crockett Johnson

Behind the Byline: Crockett Johnson

Jason Chatfield quotes Richard Thompson 3x in his new newsletter

'How do you decide who you're going to be when you get up in the morning?'

How one piece of advice from Edward Sorel changed my career and helped me finally find my own style.

SPX Announces 2024 Ignatz Award Nominees and The Ignatz Archive

RINO Rips Reagan by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/12/2024

Monday, August 12, 2024

Bill Campbell of Rosarium finalist for the World Fantasy Awards

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