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Monday, August 19, 2024
PR: The SPX 2024 Exhibitor List Is Now Up
Mike Hawthorne's sketches from Fairfax Comic Con
It was an awesome show, tons of great fans and I even got to hang out with our own Patrick Wedge, as well as comic legends Jimmy Palmioti & Amanda Conner. PLUS I saw the The Deans!
Here are some of the sketches I did during the show. (With a bonus sketch from our dude Jamar, who'd drawn in this gentleman's sketchbook at a previous con)
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/17-18/2024
The SEQUENT'ULL Interviews: Jemma Webster-Sharp
Sean Azzopardi August 16, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/the-sequentull-interviews-jemma-webster-sharp/
AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 288: MCU recap, and Pornsak Pichetshote talks The Horizon Experiment
David Brooke and Nathan Simmons
August 11, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/11/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-288-pornsak-pichetshote/
Logan co-writer says Deadpool & Wolverine corpse desecration is a compliment, actually
By William Hughes | August 17, 2024 https://www.avclub.com/logan-writer-responds-to-deadpool-wolverine
A new graphic novel depicts the time Einstein and Kafka met in Prague [Ken Krimstein, "Einstein in Kafkaland"]
Scott Simon
Weekend Edition Saturday August 17, 2024
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-4985896
Live Art Sale and Chat with Comic Artist Jeffrey Moy
Bill Cox
Comic Art Live August 17 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwFE0xUhS8U
About Jeffrey Moy:
Blog: http://www.artboymoy.blogspot.com
Support me on Patreon! / artboymoy
Artstation Portfolios: http://www.artstation.com/artboymoy
Whatnot livestreams and sales: https://www.whatnot.com/user/artboymoy
Instagram: @artboymoy
O'Connor, Tom. 1950.
Man Who Invented Comic Books Now Regrets His Brain Child [Harry Wildenberg].
Tampa Times (April 20): 3
Interview- A Bloody Mystery Unfolds in Van Lente's Murder Kingdom
Dave Richards Writes Awesome Stuff August 14 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/interview-bloody-110071092
Interview- O'Conner Looks to Kickstart a Vampiric Voyage to Mars [Vampires on Mars]
Dave Richards Writes Awesome Stuff April 18 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/interview-looks-102568323
Interview- Kieron Gillen Explores a Power Fantasy of Political and Actual Superpowers
Dave Richards Writes Awesome Stuff July 17 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/interview-kieron-108174904
Interview- Thompson on the Mysteries, Monsters, Fantasy, and Family of The Cull
Dave Richards Writes Awesome Stuff May 6 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/interview-on-and-103711188
Interview- Fleecs' Feral is a Zombie Tale Starring Adorable Cats
Dave Richards Writes Awesome Stuff April 24 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/interview-fleecs-102960890
Commando Behind the Scenes: "Twenty-Five Flights" – a Writer's Commentary
Andrew Knighton
August 17, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/commando-behind-the-scenes-twenty-five-flights-a-writers-commentary/
"Into Battle" war comic art exhibition lands to York
By John Freeman on August 18, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/into-battle-war-comic-art-exhibition-lands-to-york/
In Review: Into Battle: The Art of British War Comics
James Bacon November 21, 2023
https://downthetubes.net/in-review-into-battle-the-art-of-british-war-comics/
"A Great Opportunity To Sort Of Rejoin The World" – Chris Renaud Discusses Despicable Me 4
James Crooks
August 15 2024
https://filmhounds.co.uk/2024/08/renaud-discusses-despicable-me-4-interview/
Beau DeMayo's Lawyer Accuses Disney of 'Gaslighting' and Planting 'Illegal Unconscionable Items in Contracts' After 'X-Men '97' Creator Fired
Joe Otterson
Aug 16, 2024
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/beau-demayo-disney-x-men-97-fired-response-1236109263/
New Species Of Crustacean Named After Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma
posted on 2024-08-14 18:00 EDT by Ken Iikura-Gross
Freak Flags & Flights of Fancy: Rob Kirby Reviews RESCUE PARTY, edited by Gabe Fowler [COVID]
Rob Kirby
August 12, 2024
https://solrad.co/freak-flags-flights-of-fancy-rob-kirby-reviews-rescue-party-edited-by-gabe-fowler
Sports Cartooning & Topps Baseball Cards
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/17/sports-cartooning-and-topps-baseball-cards/
Topps Baseball Cartoon Artwork – Part 1: Secrets Spilled
July 30, 2024 By Roy Carlson
https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/topps-baseball-cartoon-artwork-part-1-secrets-spilled/
Topps Baseball Cartoon Artwork – Part 2: Take Two
August 7, 2024 By Roy Carlson
https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/topps-baseball-cartoon-artwork-part-2-take-two/
Topps Baseball Cartoon Artwork – Part 3: Say What?
August 14, 2024 By Roy Carlson
https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/topps-baseball-cartoon-artwork-part-3-say-what/
The man behind my baseball card cartoon obsession [ Robert G. Laughlin]
Gregory Gay
March 05, 2021
http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-man-behind-my-baseball-card-cartoon.html
Cartoon artwork from Topps cards part of history
Written by: John Odell
https://baseballhall.org/discover/original-topps-cartoon-artwork-at-hall-of-fame
Baseball cartoons worth much more than a thousand words
Written by: Erik Strohl
National Baseball Hall of Fame
https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/short-stops/baseball-cartoons-in-pastime
His crayon is purple – but is Harold a Black boy? [Crockett Johnson]
Philip Nel
The Conversation August 16, 2024
https://theconversation.com/his-crayon-is-purple-but-is-harold-a-black-boy-236749
How artist R. Alan Brooks uses comics and graphic novels to dissect culture and politics
Erin O'Toole
KUNC's In The NoCo August 15, 2024
Brian "Box Brown", The Cartoonist Drawing Cannabis Legalization into the Spotlight
Red Rodriguez
August 15, 2024
https://stupiddope.com/2024/08/brian-box-brown-cannabis-legalization-cartoonist/
The "hands" behind Wisconsin State Journal's political cartoons [ Phil Hands]
Maddie Heimsch
WISC's Channel 3000 / News 3 Now Aug 13, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS8zlobCGiE
Blakeview: August marks anniversary of Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Walt Handelsman's move to New Orleans
Blake Pontchartrain
Aug 17, 2024
The People Reimagining 'Spirited Away' With Puppets
By Kate Guadagnino
A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 18, 2024, Page 105 of T Magazine with the headline: The puppets of 'Spirited Away'.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/t-magazine/spirited-away-puppets-hayao-miyazaki-john-caird.html
Revisitor: The Comfort Food Glory of Hellboy's "Pancakes"
David Harper
September 5, 2019
https://sktchd.com/column/revisitor-hellboys-pancakes/
The Compact Comics Wishlist
With DC's digest-sized editions connecting with audiences, the question becomes, "What's next?"
By David Harper
August 15, 2024
https://sktchd.com/column/the-compact-comics-wishlist/
Off Panel Special: In Space, No One Can Hear You Podcast with Phillip Sevy
By David Harper
August 14, 2024
https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-special-in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-podcast-with-phillip-sevy/
Saturday, August 17, 2024
NPR talks to Ken Krimstein about his new graphic novel, "Einstein in Kafkaland."
A new graphic novel depicts the time Einstein and Kafka met in Prague
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author and cartoonist Ken Krimstein about his new graphic novel, "Einstein in Kafkaland." It visualizes the time Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka lived in Prague and met.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/16/2024
Tara Bennett, Jamie Lang, and Amid Amidi
August 15 2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/power-list/power-list-242184.html
DC Compact Comics | Comic Trailers
DC
Aug 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yklMO_mPRoI
DC Finally, Finally Makes A Decent Ad For Their Compact Comics Line
by Rich Johnston
15 Aug 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-finally-finally-makes-a-decent-ad-for-their-compact-comics-line/
Craig Thompson's Blankets Now Banned From Utah State Schools
Utah has ordered that schools remove thirteen books from classrooms and libraries, including the graphic novel Blankets by Craig Thompson
15 Aug 2024
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/craig-thompsons-blankets-now-banned-from-utah-state-schools/
New York Comic Con Now Five Days Long, Wednesday For Comic Retailers
New York Comic Con is expanding from four days to five days in 2024, to match San Diego Comic-Con - but only if you are a comic shop.
by Rich Johnston
, 15 Aug 2024 https://bleedingcool.com/pop-culture/new-york-comic-con-five-day-event-retailers-nycc/
Shocker! NYCC expands to Wednesday with "Retailer Day"
Heidi MacDonald
08/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/shocker-nycc-expands-to-fifth-day-wednesday-with-retailer-day/
New York Comic Con Launches 'Retailer Day,' Expands to Five Days
By John Maher
Aug 16, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/95737-new-york-comic-con-launches-retailer-day-expands-to-five-days.html
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: MANNY CASTELLANOS TO ALIEN BOOKS As Sales & Operations Manager
Brigid Alverson on August 15, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57587/people-move-manny-castellanos-alien-books
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2024 PHOTOS, PART 2
Thursday and Friday
by Milton Griepp on August 16, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57591/san-diego-comic-con-2024-photos-part-2
Convention Recap: Steel City Con
Scoop August 16 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=277123
Steel City Con in Photos
Scoop August 16 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=277124
New Owners at The Comic Book Depot
Scoop August 16 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=277142
Interview: Declan Shalvey faces THE TERMINATOR
Deanna Destito
08/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-declan-shalvey-faces-the-terminator/
Book Review: Final Cut by Charles Burns
reviewed by Luke C. Jackson
International Journal of Comic Art blog August 16, 2024
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/08/book-review-final-cut-by-charles-burns.html
Charles Burns. Final Cut. Pantheon Books, 2024. 224 pp. US $34.00 (Hardcover). ISBN: 978-0-593-70170-6. https://penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593701706
The Animation Guild and Studios Do Not Reach an Agreement, Add Negotiating Dates in September
Katie Kilkenny
August 16, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/animation-guild-studios-dont-reach-deal-new-negotiation-dates-set-1235977135/
WEBTOON's Content Age Rating feature – Here's what you need to know.
From info on WEBTOON's new feature, to what creator's think, we got it covered right here.
Justin Guerrero 08/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/webtoon-canvas-content-age-rating-feature-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
In Memoriam: Masters of the Universe and The Phantom artist, Jose María Ortiz Tafalla
By John Freeman August 15, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-masters-of-the-universe-and-the-phantom-artist-jose-maria-ortiz-tafalla/
Marvel Fires Back Over 'X-Men '97' Creator's Claim He Was "Stripped" of Season 2 Credit, Cites "Egregious" Investigation Findings (Exclusive)
Beau DeMayo completed his duties on season two prior to his firing in March.
By Aaron Couch, Borys Kit
August 15, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/x-men-97-creator-claims-marvel-gay-pride-1235976534/
Marvel and X-Men '97 creator Beau DeMayo's big secret fight is finally breaking out in public
Disney now says it fired Beau DeMayo from X-Men '97 after an internal investigation produced "egregious findings" about his behavior
By William Hughes | August 16, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/x-men-97-beau-demayo-disney-strips-credits-fan-art
Kibbles 'n' Bits 8/16/24: Beneath finds horror at a detention camp.
Heidi MacDonald
08/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/kibbles-n-bits-8-16-24-beneath-finds-horror-at-a-detention-camp/
Exclusive Interview: On 'Slay The Princess – The Pristine Cut' with Black Tabby Games
Christian Angeles
08/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-slay-the-princess-the-pristine-cut-black-tabby-games/
CGC loses defamation case, hit with $10 million in damages
Comic book restoration company claimed CGC had harmed its reputation
By Darren Rovell
— July 28, 2024
https://www.cllct.com/sports-collectibles/memorabilia/cgc-loses-defamation-case-hit-with-10-million-in-damages
Oregon man arrested in connection with theft of $300,000 in comic books
Bill Poehler
Salem Statesman Journal August 15 2024
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2024/08/15/aumsville-man-arrested-for-theft-comic-books/74819696007/
Piney Woods Comic Con bringing excitement for Lufkin hobby shop owner
By Tyre White
KTRE Aug. 15, 2024
https://www.ktre.com/2024/08/15/piney-woods-comic-con-bringing-excitement-lufkin-hobby-shop-owner/
Paul Gravett
Barry Coker, Co-Founder Of Barcelona-London Comics Artists Agency, Has Passed Away [Bardon]
August 15 2024
https://www.facebook.com/533331175/posts/10159916708596176/?mibextid=xfxF2i&rdid=ZrZz3bGNwFoSKFC4
Interview : Eric Warnauts et Guy Raives sous les bombes pour Ciel d'orages
Jean-Laurent Truc
16 août 2024
https://www.ligneclaire.info/warnauts-raives-2024-294896.html
Cats, cartoons and mortality: Lucy Knisley on her graphic novel, 'WOE'
By Erin Allen
Jul 1, 2024, https://www.wbez.org/the-rundown-chicago-news-podcast/2024/07/01/cats-cartoons-and-mortality-lucy-knisley-on-her-graphic-novel-woe
Get to the 'art' of the action at the Lillie with homegrown comic strip heroes [Lillie Art Gallery; Scotland]
2 July, 2024 https://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/news/get-%E2%80%98art%E2%80%99-action-lillie-homegrown-comic-strip-heroes
'The Greatest Surf Movie in the Universe' Review: Humongously Bad [stop motion animation].
By Glenn Kenny
A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 16, 2024, Section C, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: The Greatest Surf Movie in the Universe.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/movies/the-greatest-surf-movie-in-the-universe-review.html
Faster Than Cooking Asparagus – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | August 16, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/faster-than-cooking-asparagus-this-weeks-links/
PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 633: Stargazing for August [ 'The Heart That Fed: A Father, A Son, and the Long Shadow of War' by Carl Sciacchitano; 'The Field' by David Lapp]
Calvin Reid and Meg Lemke
on 08/12/2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1326
Interview with Children of Mu-Town's Masumura Jushichi | ムー・タウンの子供たちの増村十七
Uchuu Shelf
Jun 20, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaOrd0lXuYs
Interview with Imai Arata: Manga Creator of F & Flash Point
Uchuu Shelf
Aug 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPeJ-TO03kA
AT HOME WITH RYAN HOLMBERG!! Celebrating the launch of Oba Electroplating Factory by Yoshiharu Tsuge
Drawn & Quarterly August 13 2024
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-nhgsSvncW/
Bill Morrison Conversation
Noah Van Sciver
Aug 13, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDNrY7kAbMA
A talk with artist/writer Maggie Umber about her nearly-wordless book, Chrysanthemum Under the Waves.
Dmitry Samarov
hu u no podcast August 10 2024
https://huuno.dmitrysamarov.com/podcast/maggie-umber/ and https://huuno.dmitrysamarov.com/podcast-download/784/maggie-umber.mp3
Off Panel #460: Savannah Bananas with Jake Williams and Nicolas Niño [IDW]
August 12 2024
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel460-savannah-bananas-with-jake-williams-and-nicolas-nio
"I'm Most Interested in Characters that Are Not So Easily Written Off as Only Good or Only Bad" – Beth Hetland Blurs the Lines in Body Horror in 'Tender' from Fantagraphics
by Lydia Turner
August 9, 2024
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/beth-hetland-tender-interview/
Making Monsters Delicious with Delicious in Dungeon Manga Creator Ryoko Kui
by Lynzee Loveridge, Aug 12th 2024
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2024-08-12/making-monsters-delicious-with-delicious-in-dungeon-manga-creator-ryoko-kui/.212570
How Gurihiru redesigned the legendary Osamu Tezuka's manga characters for a new audience [Unico]
Ian Dean
12 August 2024
https://www.creativebloq.com/art/digital-art/how-gurihiru-redesigned-the-legendary-osamu-tezuka-s-manga-characters-for-a-new-audience
Reviews: Sketchy (Vol. 1)
Jon Holt | August 15, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/sketchy-vol-1/
Sketchy (Vol. 1)
Makihirochi, translated by Alethea and Athena Nibley
Kodansha
Love's in Sight: Japan's Graphic Narrative of Blindness
Yoshiko Okuyama
Osamu Kurikawa
Review of Disability Studies Vol. 19 No. 3-4 (2024): Vol. 19 No. 3 & 4: Conversations with Across the Global South; Towards Decolonial Disability Futurities
https://www.rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1265 and
https://www.rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1265/2767
Yuxun Zhou. 2024. The Study of Liu Kang's Comic Art: Centered on the Chop Suey [Malaysia]. Art and Society, 3 (4; August), 59–69. online at https://www.paradigmpress.org/as/article/view/1238
A Paoli couple won $10 million in their lawsuit against an international comic book grading giant [CGC]
by Milan Varia and Emily Bloch
Philadelphia Inquirer Aug. 14, 2024,
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/meyers-lawsuit-comic-book-restoration-grading-certified-guaranty-company-20240814.html
Elena: A Hand Made Life by Miriam Gold review – a beautifully crafted memoir of a beloved grandmother
A visual tribute to doctor Elena Zadik, who overcame trauma and career obstacles to become a pillar of her northern community, is a real treat
Rachel Cooke
Sun 11 Aug 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/11/elena-a-hand-made-life-by-miriam-gold-review-a-beautifully-crafted-memoir-of-a-beloved-grandmother
Cody Ziglar, Ryan Lee dissect the heart and horror of 'Goobers'
Chris Coplan
August 15, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/15/goobers-creators-feature/
Blood wars reignite: Matthew Rosenberg talks 'DC vs. Vampires: World War V'
David Brooke
August 13, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/13/dc-vs-vampires-wwv-qa/
X-Men Monday #262 – Mark Russell Talks 'X-Factor'
Chris Hassan
August 12, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/12/x-men-monday-262-mark-russell-x-factor/
Gamerville, Johnnie Christmas's new graphic novel, explores friendship and pushing your boundaries
The author and illustrator discussed his new graphic novel with Christa Couture on The Next Chapter
CBC Radio August 9 2024
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/gamerville-johnnie-christmas-s-new-graphic-novel-explores-friendship-and-pushing-your-boundaries-1.7288964
A Dad, A Daughter, and a Creative Bond Forged Over, of All Games, Elden Ring
Ryan Sands and his daughter, Naomi, have always shared a passion for creativity and drawing, but neither anticipated what happened while playing FromSoftware's epic.
Patrick Klepek
Crossplay Aug 13, 2024
https://patrickklepek.substack.com/p/a-dad-and-daughter-make-elden-ring-comic
Friday, August 16, 2024
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/15/2024
ICV2 INTERVIEW: GRAPHIX CO-FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER DAVID SAYLOR
On Why Graphix Is Publishing Manga and Why They Started with Unicorns
Brigid Alverson on August 14, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57578/icv2-interview-graphix-co-founder-publisher-david-saylor
ASMODEE, DARK HORSE PARENT SHOWS LOSS ON LOWER SALES In April-June Quarter
Milton Griepp on August 15, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57583/asmodee-dark-horse-parent-shows-loss-lower-sales
The SEQUENT'ULL Interviews: Lucy Sullivan
Sean Azzopardi
Downthetubes August 14, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/the-sequentull-interviews-lucy-sullivan/
Disney Jr. Greenlights Sequel Series to Hit Pre-School Show 'Sofia the First' (Exclusive)
The original voice of Sofia, Ariel Winters, along with series creator Craig Gerber, will return for the royal academy-set sequel, 'Sofia the First: Royal Magic.'
Nicole Fell
August 15, 2024
Interview: Jeremy Adams and Will Conrad on FLASH GORDON
Avery Kaplan
08/15/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-jeremy-adams-and-will-conrad-on-flash-gordon/
Who killed the editorial cartoon?
Kirk Anderson
August 18, 2009
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2009/08/18/kirkanderson
Vault will bring KID MAROON back in licensing agreement with Pep Shepard estate
A story that's too good to be true?
By Ricardo Serrano Denis -08/15/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/vault-kid-maroon-pep-shepard
Vault Comics' License of Pep Shepard's Kid Maroon is Fake News
AIPT has run an "exclusive" story " Vault Comics acquires the 1940s 'Kid Maroon' licensing rights". Except, of course, this is fake news.
by Rich Johnston 14 Aug 2024 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/vault-comics-license-kid-marroon-from-pep-shepard-fake-news/
Joe Jusko Refuses To Sign Marvel Masterpieces XL Trading Cards [creators rights]
Rich Johnston
14 Aug 2024
Thurber Thursday: James Thurber's Blue Plate Specials
Ink spill August 15, 2024
michael Maslin https://michaelmaslin.com/thurber-thursday-james-thurbers-blue-plate-specials/
Creative Arts Emmys Announce 2024 Animation Awardees
Mercedes Milligan
August 14, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/08/creative-arts-emmys-announce-2024-animation-awardees/
As AI Encroaches on Hollywood, Animators Say This Is An Existential Moment
As the 5,000-strong Animation Guild starts negotiations with studios, outsourcing jobs and AI are the major points of contention.
KATIE KILKENNY
AUGUST 15, 2024
A version of this story appeared in the Aug. 14 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/animation-hollywood-labor-talks-1235975926/
Deadpool: Rob Liefeld's Original Art for New Mutants No. 98 Cover Set at $7.5m
August 13 2024
Interview: Pichetshote and Dodson explains why the one shot is special
And why the comics industry should embrace these types of books in the future.
Nancy Powell
08/15/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-pichetshote-dodson-one-shot-the-horizon-experiment/
Join Bryan Lee O'Malley for a special Scott Pilgrim 20th Anniversary signing tour
Christian Angeles
08/15/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/join-bryan-lee-omalley-for-a-special-scott-pilgrim-20th-anniversary-signing-tour/
How Max Hoven is Shaping the Future of Indie Comics!
Barney Smith
StoryComic Aug 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cpsFmsdqAo
Russell Myers Enters NCS Hall of Fame
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/15/russell-myers-enters-ncs-hall-of-fame/
'Midwest nice' cartoonist for The New Yorker is ready for Chicago and the DNC
Paul Noth, who contributes regularly to the magazine, has his pencil poised for the Democratic National Convention. He produces some of the nation's sharpest political satire.
By Elly Fishman
Aug 15, 2024,
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/15/political-cartoonist-paul-noth-the-new-yorker-dnc or https://www.wbez.org/arts/2024/08/15/dnc-political-cartoons-the-new-yorker-paul-noth
Lake County state's attorney candidates decry 'sexist, racist' cartoon sent by Vernon Township Republicans
Both Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart and his Republican opponent Mary Cole denounced the cartoon on Tuesday.
By Kaitlin Washburn
Aug 14, 2024,
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/08/14/lake-county-republicans-domestic-violence-cartoon-abortion
'A lapse in judgment': Cartoon in GOP newsletter bashed by suburban Democrats and Republicans
August 14, 2024
Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240814/local-politics/cartoon-in-gop-newsletter-bashed-by-suburban-democrats-and-republicans/
Jake Schreier & Olga Kurylenko on Marvel's Bold New Direction for Thunderbolts
Kevin Polowy
CBR Presents
Aug 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90QxvaW5OE
Matt Shakman on Uniting Marvel's First Family: The Fantastic Four's Journey to the Big Screen
Kevin Polowy
CBR Presents
Aug 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNlGuZAHSn0
Prime Video Orders Animated Video Game Anthology Series 'Secret Level' From 'Love, Death & Robots' Creator
Nellie Andreeva
https://deadline.com/2024/08/prime-video-secret-level-animated-video-game-series-tim-miller-blur-1236040365/
August 14, 2024
On the Road with Lucy Knisley
Compiled by Diane Roback
Aug 15, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/95720-on-the-road-with-lucy-knisley.html
Old Dogs and New Tricks #5: A Reckoning at one Brooklyn Comics Shop
On how to improve sales at a specialty comics shop
08/15/2024
by Jason Mojica
https://www.comicsbeat.com/old-dogs-and-new-tricks-5-a-reckoning-brooklyn-comics-shop/
Aug 19: LIFE DRAWING 18+ & BOOK LAUNCH W/ BABS at Fantom Comics
>> MONDAY, August 19th @ 8pm
> $15 entry
Register here: https://bit.ly/3YuyWhs
Fantom art model & cartoonist Babs New joins us to celebrate the launch of their new comic Body Issues #3! Babs will be in discussion with our life drawing coordinator Julia about art modeling, making comics, and body issues—and then will model for a full life drawing session!
Basic pen & pencil provided, but you're encouraged to bring your own sketchbook, tablet, easel, etc. This is an 18+ event for nudity.