Ralph Steadman beer label exhibit opening in Westminster, MD on Monday

Hop Art!

Monday, April 29 - Saturday, June 22

https://carrollcountyartscouncil.org/event/hop-art/

Venue

The Carroll Arts Center

91 West Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157

| Free

Tevis Gallery

A collection of works created by Ralph Steadman from Flying Dog Brewery, as well as other local brewery artists.

This exhibit celebrates the diversity and complexity of beer as both a beverage and a cultural symbol.

Reception: Thursday, May 2 from 5 – 7pm

About Ralph Steadman:

Ralph Steadman was born in 1936 in Wallasey. One of his earliest memories is hiding in an Anderson Shelter during an air raid in WWII while his mother knitted. Before the end of the war the family moved to North Wales and ended up staying once the war ended in the North Wales town of Abergele. Ralph attended Abergele Grammar School but was terrorized by the headmaster who routinely caned boys and it led him to believe that "Authority is the mask of violence."

In 1959, frustrated by the limits of his skills, he enrolled at East Ham Technical College to learn the 'discipline of drawing'. It was here he met his mentor, Leslie Richardson, who taught life drawing. 1960 saw his first appearance in Punch magazine, where he eventually progressed to cover design. In 1961, encouraged by Richardson, he enrolled at the London College of Printing. By this point he was beginning to find the demands of newspaper cartooning too restrictive:

'Cartooning wasn't just making a little picture and putting a caption underneath. It's also something else – a vehicle for expression of some sort, protest, or it's actually a way of saying something which you cannot necessarily say in words.'

In 1961 he wrote to the editor of newly founded Private Eye and began to explore a new, more provocative style, drawing on influences like George Grosz and John Heartfield. During the 1960s he illustrated several children's books, including Fly Away Peter (1964 featured right), The Big Squirrel and the Little Rhinoceros (1965), The False Flamingos (1967), and The Jelly Book (1967), which he also wrote. His work was regularly appearing in New Society, Radio Times, Town, New Musical Express and the Daily Telegraph.

In 1967 he began work on his illustrated Alice in Wonderland, which won the Frances Williams Award in 1972. Steadman updated the classic Tenniel illustrations for the 1960's turning the White Rabbit into a commuter, perpetually late for work, the Mad Hatter became a union leader and the Caterpillar suddenly began to resemble John Lennon enshrouded in a fog of smoke.

His big break really came in 1970. Having published his first collected book of cartoons, Still Life with Raspberry, with it under his arm, he set off to America to cover the Kentucky Derby for Scanlan's Monthly, where everything would change on his meeting Hunter S. Thompson. Described as "a Hell's Angel who had shaved his head," Steadman set off to meet this maverick journalist at the Kentucky Derby. Legend has it that it took them 3 days to find each other. Ralph often recalls that Hunter commented when they finally met, "Well they said you were weird, but I did not think you would be that weird!". Warned not to do any of his "Filthy scribbling" Ralph almost caused a fight at the Pendennis Club in Lousiville before being maced by Hunter to help him escape.

Together Ralph and Hunter would develop 'Gonzo' journalism, where you do not simply cover the story but become the story. So began a lifelong collaboration, including the iconic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which was originally serialised in Rolling Stone Magazine. Another lifelong association was begun, and Steadman is still listed as Gardening Correspondent for the legendary publication.

Between projects with Hunter, including Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trial '72, The Curse of Lono (1983) and Polo is My Life (1994), and numerous pieces for Rolling Stone, Steadman continued to produce his own books, including Sigmund Freud (1979), I Leonardo (1983), The Big I Am (1998), as well as children's books such as That's My Dad (1986), No Room to Swing a Cat (1989) and Teddy! Where Are You? (1994).

In 1987 Steadman was approached by Gordon Kerr at Oddbins to travel the vineyards of the world and produce artwork for their catalogues. Gordon remains a friend and now writes condensed history books.

etween 1987 and 2000 he did just that, producing hundreds of artworks, many of which would eventually appear in his two award- winning books on wine, The Grapes of Ralph and Untrodden Grapes, and his book about whisky, Still Life with Bottle.

He has always diversified in his career, producing theatre sets for a ballet of The Crucible (2000) performed at the Royal Opera House; a production of Gulliver's Travels (1995) for Clwyd Theatr Cymru; and an oratorio and images for an eco-opera, The Plague and the Moonflower, with music composed by Richard Harvey.

More recently he has illustrated three books about extinct and endangered birds and animals with Documentary film-maker and co-Gonzovationist Ceri Levy, Extinct Boids (2012), Nextinction (2015) and Critical Critters (2017).

Levy approached him tentatively through another acquaintance, Lady Catherine St German's whose husband, Peregrin started the charming Port Eliot Festival. He was putting together a show of artworks, The Ghost of Gone Birds, to feature extinct birds by a variety of artists and he asked if Steadman might submit a drawing of an extinct bird of his choice. Illustrations of extinct birds by Ralph Steadman for his his first collaboration with Gonzovationist, Ceri LevyLevy often muses that he had no response for several weeks and suddenly 4 extinct birds appeared in his inbox and lo, the Gonzovation Movement was born. Steadman ended up producing over 100 images of extinct birds, and imagined boids, which Bloomsbury then published. Steadman's artworks were all hung, side by side in rows in one room and binoculars were provided for the viewers to view them through. Following on from Extinct Boids they naturally decided to collaborate on a book about critically endangered birds, entitled Nextinction, and then on their third book together which focussed on endangered animals, Critical Critters.

In between all these Gonzovation projects, Ralph was asked by Vince Gilligan to create the collectors DVD Box Set artwork for his hit series, Breaking Bad. He produced portraits of 7 of the cast members, 6 of which appeared as the DVD box covers. Only one was unused as the artist would not grant permission for its use and so the image sits in a drawer, destined to be unused and unseen. The image featured right is an unused portrait of the character, Hank.

At the end of 2018 he also worked on visuals for the poster art for a brand new Broadway show, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus starring Nathan Lane.

In 2012 a film of his life and influences, 15 years in the making, called For No Good Reason premiered at the Toronto Film Festival to critical acclaim.

Ralph is still drawing and producing art today, working regularly for the New Statesman, The Independent and the New York Observer, as well as working on his own projects. He is a maverick and trail blazer whose art inspires and influences artists today.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/31/2023

The Comic Con: A Fake Relationship Romance [novel]

Lagasse, Dee

Independently published, 2022

 

Draw: Cartoonists and Comic Book Artists in Romance [novels].

January 10th, 2015 by namericanwordcat

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/83838.Draw_Cartoonists_and_Comic_Book_Artists_in_Romance

 

Raemaekers, Louis. 1917.

Kultur in cartoons [World War I].

New York: Century.

online at https://www.loc.gov/item/17031662/

 

Raemaekers, Louis. 1916.

Raemaekers' cartoons: with accompanying notes by well-known English writers,

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co.

online at https://www.loc.gov/item/16022444/

 

First Spider-Man Black Costume Appearance, Comics Journal #85 at $300

The Comics Journal #85 is known the first appearance in print of Spider-Man in his new black costume and is now rocketing in price on eBay

  30 Dec 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/first-spider-man-black-costume-appearance-comics-journal-85-at-300/

 

Could They Be Ghosts?

The world exists because we are observing it. Reality is constructed in our heads.

By Julia Rothman

December 30, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/could-they-be-ghosts-living-with-charles-bonnet-syndrome

 

New Quentin Blake museum to provide a London home for a booming art form

The centre – featuring the work of acclaimed artists – will be the only permanent place in Britain to learn about the history of illustration

Vanessa Thorpe

30 Dec 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/30/new-quentin-blake-museum-to-provide-a-london-home-for-a-booming-art-form

 

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

https://www.qbcentre.org.uk/

 

Comic Store In Your Future- 2023 Was Our Best Year Ever, So… 2024? The future of the comic book industry has been debated a lot over the last few months. But how did 2023 go for us? And how will 2024? 

30 Dec 2023

 by Rod Lamberti 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-2023-was-our-best-year-ever-so-2024/

 

Rod Emmerson's best Herald cartoons of 2023 – from Wayne Brown to Donald Trump

By Rod Emmerson

25 Dec, 2023

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rod-emmersons-best-herald-cartoons-of-2023-from-wayne-brown-to-donald-trump/W3LCJWDLKJGRNC5BPFCPE33EE4/

 

2023 in a blink: 12 best cartoons of the year by DTE cartoonist, Sorit Gupto

29 December 2023

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/cartoon/2023-in-a-blink-12-best-cartoons-of-the-year-by-dte-cartoonist-sorit-gupto-93617

 

The best of: Fiona Katauskas cartoons 2023 [Australia]

Fiona Katauskas

Thu 28 Dec 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/gallery/2023/dec/29/the-best-of-fiona-katauskas-cartoons-2023

 

'I do enjoy the savage stuff': the best cartoons of 2023 [Australia]

 December 29 2023

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8467893/top-cartoons-of-2023-by-david-pope-peter-broelman-fiona-katauskas/

 

Pugh, what a year! How our inimitable cartoonist captured the drama and dottiness of 2023

By Pugh For The Daily Mail and Natasha Anderson

28 December 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12908401/pugh-cartoonist-captured-drama-dottiness-2023.html

 

Year in Review: Editorial cartoons

A look at some of 2023's top stories through our cartoon commentary. [Canada]

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Dec 28, 2023

https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/editorials/year-in-review-editorial-cartoons-2

 

The Year in Cartoons 2023: The best of Patrick Corrigan

A look back at the events that inspired Toronto Star's cartoonists.

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/the-year-in-cartoons-2023-the-best-of-patrick-corrigan/article_281b3d8c-9ea0-11ee-ae10-d3ff7c102f6e.html

 

The Year in Cartoons 2023: The best of Theo Moudakis

A look back at the events that inspired Toronto Star's cartoonists.

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/the-year-in-cartoons-2023-the-best-of-theo-moudakis/article_b62f5ab8-9e9b-11ee-bec9-67bf74fa5fbc.html

 

The Year in Cartoons 2023: The best of Michael De Adder

A look back at the events that inspired Toronto Star's cartoonists.

Thursday, December 28, 2023

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/the-year-in-cartoons-2023-the-best-of-michael-de-adder/article_3b183ac8-9ea7-11ee-8bf1-570ffef3bd1c.html

 

Quatre invités japonais de renom pour la 51e édition du Festival d'Angoulême

Jean-Laurent Truc

30 décembre 2023

https://www.ligneclaire.info/japonais-angouleme-2024-284883.html

 

Lorenzo Mattotti s'expose au Musée d'Angoulême avec L'Art de courir dès le 25 janvier 2024

Jean-Laurent Truc

29 décembre 2023

https://www.ligneclaire.info/lorenzo-mattotti-angouleme-285929.html

 

AVENGERS #1 – Heroes Reborn

Tom Brevoort  

December 30, 2023

https://tombrevoort.com/2023/12/30/avengers-1-heroes-reborn/

 

Off Panel #430: Easy Rider with Lucie Bryon

By David Harper

December 26, 2023

https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-430-easy-rider-with-lucie-bryon/

 https://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Lucie_Bryon.mp3

 

Episode 1020: A Conversation with Tom Brevoort

Adam Chapman

  Comic Shenanigans podcast 2023-12-23

 https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hm7yv-15322d3

 

Episode 1021: A Conversation with Gregory Wright

2023-12-30

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9gaxd-153a077

 

Episode 1019: A Conversation with Judd Winick

  2023-12-16

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ei674-1529846

 

Episode 1017: A Conversation with Sean Izaakse

  2023-12-02

 https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yr5hc-1508ad6

 

Episode 1016: A Conversation with Pat Olliffe

  2023-11-22

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ynwqi-1506194

 

Episode 1015: A Conversation with Tom Brevoort

  2023-11-18

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-h8mdh-1500e32

 

Episode 1013: A Conversation with Al Milgrom

  2023-11-04

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zupx9-14eb0ee

 

Episode 1012: A Conversation with Mark Bernardo

  2023-10-27

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mwnfx-14e27d1

 

Episode 1011: A Conversation with Richard Starkings

2023-10-21

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-27v6b-14d9234

 

Episode 1009: A Conversation with Sean Chen

  2023-10-05

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nzdpc-14c32f9

 

Episode 1007: A Conversation with Glenn Greenberg: Creator Commentary on SPIDER-MAN: THE OSBORN JOURNAL

  2023-09-23

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5mgeg-14b2195

 

Episode 1006: A Conversation with Kelly Thompson

  2023-09-16

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-p6z2p-14a9499

 

Episode 1005: A Conversation with Mike Carlin

  2023-09-08

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s2sdj-149f38d

 

Episode 1004: A Conversation with Ron Frenz

  2023-09-02

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6femn-148832d

 

Episode 1003: A Conversation with D.G. Chichester

2023-08-26

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jwh36-1488312

 

Episode 1002: A Conversation with Mark Waid

  2023-08-19

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mqqzv-1485861

 

Sélection 2023 pour le Prix Philippe Druillet – Galerie Barbier

Jean-Laurent Truc

31 décembre 2023

https://www.ligneclaire.info/prix-philippe-druillet-galerie-barbier-2023-285711.html

 

West, Sarah Beth. 2024.

It takes a team to lion dance; To create Lunar New Year Love Story, Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham meshed together real details from each of their own lives.

Book Page (January): 34-35

 

In Memoriam: British Comic Creators we have lost in 2023

By John Freeman on December 31, 2023

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-british-comic-creators-we-have-lost-in-2023/

 

In Memoriam: Pat Kelleher, the legendary British comics agent

By John Freeman on October 27, 2023

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-pat-kelleher-the-legendary-british-comics-agent/

 

In Memoriam: Lee Harris, British Underground Comix Pioneer

By John Freeman on December 12, 2023

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-lee-harris-british-underground-comix-pioneer/

 

In Memoriam: "Space Ace" Publisher and comics writer John Lawrence

By John Freeman on October 27, 2023

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-space-ace-publisher-and-comics-writer-john-lawrence/

 

In Memoriam: Artist, Comic Writer and Photographer Jim Dallas, aka "Photogael"

Stephen White

 September 2, 2023

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-artist-comic-writer-and-photographer-jim-dallas-aka-photogael/

 

2023 in comics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_in_comics

 

This new book by 'Rubes' cartoonist includes tales told by people with Topeka ties

 Tim Hrenchir

Topeka Capital-Journal

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2023/12/28/roger-aeschliman-deb-goodrich-stories-new-book-rubes-cartoonist/72028626007/

 

Rubin still thinks like cartoonist

Author of new book started 40 years ago at Valley Press

    By DENNIS ANDERSON Special to the Valley Press

    Dec 27, 2023

    https://www.avpress.com/news/rubin-still-thinks-like-cartoonist/article_26b48928-a46b-11ee-b887-e3a5eb950515.html

 

The Censors Came For Comics In 2023

Rob Salkowitz

Dec 29, 2023

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2023/12/29/the-censors-came-for-comics-in-2023/

 

Letter: Political cartoon was offensive [Randall Enos]

  Jan Munroe

Portland Press Herald December 29, 2023

https://www.pressherald.com/2023/12/29/letter-political-cartoon-was-offensive/

 

WhoWhatWhy's Best Ted Rall Cartoons of 2023

Ted Rall 12/30/23

https://whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/whowhatwhys-best-ted-rall-cartoons-of-2023/

 

PHOTOS: Best of 2023: Look back at this year's best Bramhall cartoons

By New York Daily News: December 31, 2023

https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/12/31/best-2023-editorial-bramhall-cartoons/

 

A crazy ride through 2023 on the Cartoon Carousel

[Matt Wuerker (ed)]

By POLITICO

12/31/2023

https://www.politico.com/cartoons/2023/12/31/cartoon-carousel-rewind-00133317?slide=0

 

CARTOONS: The Best of Michael Ramirez, 2023

By Michael Ramirez     

Las Vegas Review-Journal December 29, 2023

https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/michael-ramirez/cartoons-the-best-of-michael-ramirez-2023-2973415/

 

Opinion: The best opinion cartoons of 2023

John Breunig

Dec. 30, 2023

 https://www.ctpost.com/opinion/article/opinion-best-opinion-cartoons-2023-18578756.php

 

Best editorial cartoons of 2023, January through March

December 28, 2023

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/best-editorial-cartoons-of-2024-january-through-march/

 

Best editorial cartoons of 2023, April through June

December 29, 2023

    https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/best-editorial-cartoons-of-2023-april-through-june/

 

Best editorial cartoons of 2023, July through September

December 30, 2023

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/best-editorial-cartoons-of-2023-july-through-september/

 

Best editorial cartoons of 2023, October through December.

December 31, 2023

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/best-editorial-cartoons-of-2023-october-through-december/

Comic Arts Deaths in 2023 (final)

This will be updated as notices continue to come in. The list is an annual feature of the Comics Research Bibliography. Updates are marked with * - list finalized as of Jan 18, 2024.

 

Deaths in 2023 (with thanks to Bruce Guthrie’s Wikipedia mining, *Jamie Lang’s Cartoon Brew list, *John Freeman’s Down the Tubes list, *Wikipedia’s 2023 in Comics page, *DD Degg’s Daily Cartoonist list, *Didier Pasamonik’s ActuaBD list, and *Animation Magazine’s list) included editorial cartoonist Jim Adcock, Harmony Gold animation distributor Frank Agrama, Swedish animator Per Åhlin, Orang Utan Comics founding member Azim Akberali, Japanese manga artist Ryuzan Aki, *Dutch cartoonist Henk Alleman, Italian cartoonist Carlo Ambrosini, *animator Craig Armstrong, DC Comics librarian Allan Asherman, Belgian comic book artist Jo-El Azara (aka Joseph Loeckx), Spanish cartoonist Toni Batllori, Dave Comics (Brighton England) manager Stephen Bamford, Canadian animator Ted Bastien, Jack Bender, Golden Age comic collector Jon S. Berk, *animator Susan Bielenberg, tv animation syndicator Edward Bleier, Russian animator Natalya Bogomolova, *BC Boyer, *Disney animator David Braden, *animator Ernesto Brieno, Hero Initiative coordinator Kevin Brogan (of Covid), French comics writer Jean-Yves Brouard, Chris Browne, *animation checker and painter Susan Burke, *British comic artist John Burns, British experimental animator Paul Bush, political cartoonist Clay Butler, *French comic writer Thierry Cailleteau, Italian cartoonist Renato Calligaro, *French cartoonist Louis Cance, Doonesbury inker Don Carlton, Brazil’s Paulo Caruso, French BD artist Jean-Claude Cassini, Italian comic book artist Massimo Cavezzali, “Yarns of the Yellowstone” cartoonist Bill Chapman, *storyboard artist John “Rich” Chidlaw, *Duck Soup Produckions co-founder Roger Chouinard, TV’s first Lois Lane Phyllis Coates, *French cartoonist Thierry Courtin, animator and Disneyland designer Rolly Crump, India’s Amul girl’s creator Sylvester daCunha, *animator Sukhdev Dail, *Scottish comic writer Jim Dallas, *Dutch cartoonist Wim de Bie, Bob de Groot, Toonz Animation Studios cofounder Bill Dennis, Elizabeth Woodward’s “Column for Teens” header cartoonist Ellen Derby (nee Keefe), *Belgian editor-in-chief of Journal Titnin Henri Desclez (aka Hapic),*British animator Alan Dewhurst, alternative cartoonist Michael Dougan, Canadian voice actor Ross Douglas, semi-pro panel cartoonist John Dusko, *Swedish comic artist Lennart Elworth, *British animator Ian Emes, Spanish cartoonist Enrich (aka Enric de Manuel González), *animator Don Ernst, comic book artist Steve Erwin, Brian Ewing, New Yorker cover artist Ian Falconer, *French exhibition curator and member of the Quai des Bulles festival Alain Faure, Wally (Trog) Fawkes, Yugoslavian Bosnian gag cartoonist Hasan Fazlic, Charles A. Filius, comic book inker John Floyd, *Australian animation legend Cam Ford, *animation storyboard artist Gerry Fournier, British graphic novel writer Christopher Fowler, Disney animator Randy Fullmer, *Hungary’s Attila Futaki, Argentine comics artist Ernesto García Seijas, Raleigh Comic Book Expo organizer Russ Garwood, American cartoonist Paul Giambarba, 2000AD's Ian Gibson, Joe Giella, MCU visual effects producer Diana Giorgiutti, Earthworld Comics store owner JC Glindmyer, Uruguayan cartoonist Tabaré Gómez Laborde, Pluggers contributor Gregory Grabiak, Dan Green, The Ph.D. Culture Cartoon Book author Gary Grobman, Dærick Gröss Sr., Sam Gross, comic store owner / Marvel employee / Geppi consultant Gary Guzzo, King of the Hill voice actor Johnny Hardwick, *British underground comix publisher Lee Harris, disgraced Australian cartoonist Rolf Harris, John Hart Studio gag writer-colorist-letterer Perri Hart, *animation technical director Vahe Haytaian, comic strip and comic book cartoonist Frank Hill, comic book historian Roger Hill, Egyptian cartoonist Ibrahim Hunaiter, British political cartoonist Tony Husband, Spanish cartoonist Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Japanese voice actor Shōzō Iizuka, David Illsley, *anime director Satoshi Iwataki, Luke Cage TV writer Nathan Louis Jackson, John Jakes, *animation writer Gregory Joackim, Creators Syndicate comics department manager Pete Kaminski, *Doc Savage comic book cover artist Roger Kastel, *British comics agent Pat Kelleher, Japanese animator Takahiro Kimura, *animation color designer William “Bike” Kinzle, *animator Tony Klück, Edward Koren, Disney and animation historian Jim Korkis, illustrator Sandy Kossin, stop-motion animator Pete Kozachik, artist and graphic designer Frank Kozik, *Tatsunoko Productions anime studio co-founder Ippei Kuri, Japanese voice actor Yasumichi Kushida, *Belgian comic artist Lagas, *Softimage founder Daniel Langlois, *animation storyboard and layout artist Lin Larsen, *Space Ace publisher and comics writer John Lawrence, "postmodern cartoon art expressionist" David “LEBO” Le Batard, gag cartoonist Bill Lee, ‘Mulan’ singer and Chinese voice actor Coco Lee, South Korean cartoonist Lee Woo-young, editorial cartoonist Jay Leeson, *French cartoonist Pierre Le Goff, French cartoonist Paul Leuquet, *animation technical director Nick Levenduski, Emily & Toby cartoonist Virginia Lindemann, original Wednesday Addams actress Lisa Loring, French BD author Malo Louarn, *animator Gerald “Jerry” Loveland, *animation production manager Anne Luiting, *British cartoonist and animator Ric Machin, *animation layout artist and character Istvan Majoros, syndicate comics editor Sharon Malheiro, *animator Walter P. Martishius, collector Harry Matetsky, British comic book company Beyond The Bunker founder and colorist Ivanna Matilla, anime producer Shunpei Maruyama, Leiji Matsumoto, Disney animator Burny Mattinson, Bruce McCall, Ian McGinty, *Disney animation historian Russell Merritt, Amanda Panda and Harvey Pekar artist Jack Millie, comic book artist Lee Moder, Harvard Lampoon cartoonist Bob Moncrieff, Italian comic artist Giuseppe Montanari, NCS administrator Latisha Moore, Pluggers writer Tom Moore, *animator Ken Mundie, *Coco’s Mexican voice actor Ana Ofelia Murguía, Hisaya Nakajo (aka Peco Fujiya and Ryou Fumizuki), Russian animator Vyacheslav Nazaruk, Indian cartoonist Ajit Ninan, Norwegian cartoonist Dina Norlund, Crash Bandicoot videogame voice actor Brendan O'Brien, collector and scholar Richard D. Olson, Italian comic book artist Graziano Origa, Ukrainian writer for TCJ Evheny Osievsk, Dutch cartoonist Richard Pakker, voice actor Jansen Panettiere, *Argentine comic artist Carlos Pedrazzini (aka Salomon Grundig), Scott Pellegrini, Sri Lankan cartoonist Camillus Perera, French cartoonist Jean-Louis Pesch, Australian cartoonist Bruce Petty, Italian comic artist Luigi Piccatto, Canadian political cartoonist Peter “Pic” Pickersgill, *animation writer Duane Earl Poole, underground cartoonist Joshua Quagmire (aka Richard Glen Lester II), *animator Dick Rauh, Paul Ramboux aka “Sidney”, MCU stuntman Taraja Ramsess, animation writer Michael Reaves, *animation voice actor Lance Reddick, *French-Canadian Hubert Reeves, *voice actor Paul Reubens aka Pee-wee Herman, *animation background designer Jeffrey Riche, *cel painter Filonella “Nellie” Rodriguez Bell, *animator Jessie Romero, Portfolio Entertainment’s co-founding partner and CEO Joy Rosen, Mexican artist José Luis Ruiz Pérez, Pittsburgh comic book shop owner Ron Russitano, animator William Ruzicka, *animator Lucinda Sanderson, 'Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto' manga creator Nami Sano, St. Louis Post-Dispatch cartoonist Al Schweitzer, Japanese voice actor Mitsuo Senda, *French comics artist Patrice Serrin, Belgian animator Raoul Servais, Gerry Shamray, Robotman creator Peter Shelley, Kentucky comic store owner Rickey Sheppard, *Brazilian comic book colorist PC Siqueira, comic book writer Steve Skeates, Dutch comic store owner Han Slotema, colorist Jasen Smith, Fox Television Animation storyboard cleanup artist Jeff Scott Smith, Harley Quinn inspiration and voice actor (and Tiny Toon Adventures writer) Arleen Sorkin, American voice actor Peter Spellos, art dealer Allen Spiegel, Italian cartoonist Sergio Staino, *animator Allen Stovall, *Strahle’s Baliwick comic panel cartoonist Jim Strahle, former college editorial cartoonist Robert Stringer, Indian cartoonist Sukumar, African-American animator Leo D. Sullivan, Beano “Bash Street Kids” artist David Sutherland, Canadian animation supporter Hélène Tanguay, Italian artist Saverio Tenuta, Buichi Terasawa, *Italian writer Antonio Tettamanti, Toei President Osamu Tezuka, direct market pioneer Mel Thompson, British comic strip cartoonist Bill Tidy, St. Petersburg Times editorial cartoonist Joe Tonelli, Japanese manga artist Yoshiko Tsuchida, French BD writer Eddy Vaccaro, comics historian and art dealer Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr., *Dutch cartoonist Rupert van der Linden, *Netherlands-based Academy Award-winning animation producer Cilia van Dijk, *French publisher of Marvel Claude Vistel, ‘Lois & Clark’ writer and producer Jeff Vlaming, Mike Voiles of Mike's Amazing World of Comics website, Egyptian cartoonist Ragai Wanis, voice actor Jimmy Weldon, *Dutch cartoonist Harr Wiegman, MECCAcon founder Maia Crown Williams, Doug Wright Awards patron Phyllis Wright Thomas, Studio Ghibli art director Nizo Yamamoto, editorial cartoonist John “Yardley” Yardley-Jones, *Swedish cartoonist Leif Zetterling.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/1/2023

Graphic Public Health: An Interview with Meredith Li Vollmer

Ishani Anwesha Joshi & Sathyaraj Venkatesan

2023, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (November 25):

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21504857.2023.2287224

online at https://www.academia.edu/109901938/_Graphic_Medicine_Graphic_Public_Health_An_Interview_with_Meredith_Li_Vollmer

 

Batman's Villains and Villainesses: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Arkham's Souls

Edited by Justin F. Martin and Marco Favaro - 

Lexington Books 2023

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666930832/Batman%E2%80%99s-Villains-and-Villainesses-Multidisciplinary-Perspectives-on-Arkham%E2%80%99s-Souls

Introduction. Not Exactly a Cowardly Lot: Gotham's Villains

Marco Favaro and Justin F. Martin

Chapter 1. Death, Monk, and Strange: The Predecessors to the Supervillain in Detective Comics

John Darowski

Part I. Arkham City: The Asylum, the City and the Ones Who Rule Them

Chapter 2. "This Place Isn't a Prison": Institutions, Choice, and the Case of Arkham Asylum

Tony Spanakos and Damien K. Picariello

Chapter 3. "You Can't Fight City Hall!": The Villains Hidden in Gotham's Government

Ian J. Drake and Matthew B. Lloyd

Chapter 4. The Owls Nesting in the Bat's City: Secrecy, Gotham's Social Structures, and the Court of Owls

James C. Taylor

Part II. Confronting Batman: Outsiders, Doppelgängers and Parodies

Chapter 5. The Mutants, the Sons of Batman, and the Long Shadow of the Bat

Damien K. Picariello

Chapter 6. Bane: the Man Who "Doppelgängered" the Bat

Jesús Jiménez-Varea

Chapter 7. Outcasts and Oppressors: Killer Moth and Killer Croc

Jason D. DeHart

Part III Creating a Villainous Identity: Form, Function, and Reboots

Chapter 8. Flesh, Scars and Clay: The Role of Pain and Bodies in the Creation of Identity and Meaning

Marco Favaro

Chapter 9. Controlling the Appearances: Thomas Elliot's Hush, His Masks, and the Desire to Dominate Perceptions

Sean C. Hadley

Chapter 10. "My relationship with Batman has never been what I'd call 'stable'": Catwoman's Flirtations with Superheroism and Her Evolving Role as the Monstrous Feline Fatale. Carl Wilson

Chapter 11. "Kite Man, Hell Yeah!": Revisionism, Masculinity, and the Role of the D-tier Supervillain

Nicholas T. James

Part IV. Dangerous Women: Victims, Vixens, and Villainesses

Chapter 12. From Good Girl to Bad Girl to…Something In-Between: Harley Quinn as a Morally Complex Character

Nathan Miczo

Chapter 13. "There Is One Thing You Have Never Understood About Me, Batman": The Liminality of Talia al Ghul

Tosha R. Taylor

Chapter 14. Militant Earth Mother: Viewing Poison Ivy as an Ecofeminist rather than as an Ecoterrorist

Christina M. Knopf

Chapter 15. "Hear me Roar": Trauma Representation of Catwoman in Comic Books and Cinema from 1983-1995

Sean Travers

Chapter 16. Arkham's Sirens: Analyzing the Roles of the Body and the Transcendental Subject in Arkham's Villainesses and Antiheroines

Marco Favaro

Part V. We Are What We Believe: Ethics, Theology, and Motivations

Chapter 17. The Demon's Head and the Ethics of the Anthropocene

Daniel Goff

Chapter 18. Cold-Hearted: Mr. Freeze and Moral Development

Justin F. Martin

Chapter 19. The Pleasure of Fear: the Scarecrow as an Extremely Immoral, Vicious and Pro-Passion Character According to Stoicism

Francisco Miguel Ortiz

Chapter 20. Batman, Defender of the Status Quo?: On Anarchy and Anarky (Guest Villain: The Ventriloquist)

Eduardo Veteri and Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns

Chapter 21. The Hole in Things: Dr. Hurt's Textual History, Religious Significance, and Role in Grant Morrison's Batman Run

Matthew Brake

 

FORMER HEAVY METAL CEO, MANAGING EDITOR, PEN NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL

'Mutant Cats' Is Sci-Fi Satire

  Brigid Alverson on November 30, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55721/former-heavy-metal-ceo-managing-editor-pen-new-graphic-novel

 

'INVINCIBLE' DISPUTE BETWEEN KIRKMAN AND CRABTREE CLEARED TO GO TO TRIAL

Judge Denies Two of Colorist's Claims But Allows Others to Go Forward

 Brigid Alverson on November 30, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55726/invincible-dispute-between-kirkman-crabtree-cleared-go-trial

 

Colleen Doran's Funny Business newsletter

https://colleendoran.substack.com/

 

ALLEN BERREBBI OF BIG BANG COMICS ON 'CAN COMICS BE SAVED?'

'We Need More Long-Term Thinking.'

Allen Berrebbi,

 ICv2 on November 30, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/talk-back/view/55725/allen-berrebbi-big-bang-comics-can-comics-be-saved

 

The DC Comics Grant Morrison Pitches That Warner Bros. Turned Down

Grant Morrison, revealed how their Wonder Woman Earth One graphic novel series with Yanick Paquette was originally a movie pitch.

by Rich Johnston

 29 Nov 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-dc-comics-grant-morrison-pitches-that-warner-bros-turned-down/

 

INTERVIEW: Neil Kleid talks brotherhood, betrayal, and bar mitzvahs in NICE JEWISH BOYS

By Noam Steinerman

12/01/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/neil-kleid-interview-nice-jewish-boys/

 

Edward Sorel  website

https://www.edwardsorel.net/

 

Kissing Image in a Graphic Novel Can Lead to Porn Addiction, Claims Activist Trying to Censor Books

Kelas Lloyd

12/01/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/kissing-images-can-lead-to-porn-addiction-claims-activist/

 

My Claremont Year- Inferno (Sept/Oct)

Madelyne Pryor died in Inferno so that Jean Grey could live (and die and live again.)

Scott Cederlund

Nov 30, 2023

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/my-claremont-year-inferno-sept-oct/?ref=from-cover-to-cover-newsletter

 

Poetry Comics Month Guest Artists, Part Two

Travis Jonker, Austin Kleon, Vikram Madan, and Summer Pierre

Grant Snider

Incidental Comics Dec 1, 2023

https://incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/poetry-comics-month-guest-artists

 

Michael Moreci & Nicholas Eames! Ep 3 of The Vault Cast! [Barbaric]

Daniel Crary

Nov 27, 2023 The Vault Cast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug8j2Dguk08

 

The Crew Of 'Trolls Band Together' On How To Set Up A Collaborative And Creative Production

By Cole Delaney | 11/29/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/dreamworks-trolls-band-together-inbtwn-animation-235177.html

 

TROLLS BAND TOGETHER directors and crew on creativity and collaboration

Walt Dohrn. Tim Heitz, Colin Jack, vfx supervisor Marc Scott, and head of character animation Ben Willis.

Inbtwn Animation Fest

 Nov 29, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv50Ovd89yM

 

Trolls Band Together Behind The Voices

FilMonger

Nov 3, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxDBrj4mtwU

 

'Invincible' Studio Skybound Expands to Japan with Focus on Anime & Local IP

By Mercedes Milligan

November 30, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/11/invincible-studio-skybound-expands-to-japan-with-focus-on-anime-local-ip/

 

'Mavka,' One of the Year's Top Indie Toons Worldwide, Shares Success Story at Cartoon Business [Ukraine]

By Mercedes Milligan

November 30, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/11/mavka-one-of-the-years-top-indie-toons-worldwide-shares-success-whats-next-at-cartoon-business/

 

'The Boy and the Heron' Wins New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film

By Animation Magazine

November 30, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/11/the-boy-and-the-heron-wins-new-york-film-critics-circle-award-for-best-animated-film/

 

'Titina' Director Kajsa Næss Details the Grand Artistic Expedition

By Kajsa Naess

November 30, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/11/titina-director-kajsa-naess-details-the-grand-artistic-expedition/

This article was written for the January '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 336)

 

Carmen Selam's Debut Comic Is Self-Love Medicine

In the limited-edition risograph comic Rezbians, Selam shares a solution for the scarcity of queer Indigenous representation in pop culture.

  Samantha Anne Carrillo
Hyperallergic November 20 2023

https://hyperallergic.com/859274/carmen-selam-debut-comic-rezbians-is-self-love-medicine/

 

Gratuitous Ninja

Ronald Wimberly. Beehive, $100 (636p) ISBN 978-1-948886-34-5

rev. by Meg Lemke

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-948886-34-5

 

Back to December – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | December 1, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/back-to-december-this-weeks-links/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 595: Matt Lesniewski Interview

Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald

on 11/27/2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1286

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 594: Dan Santat Wins the NBA for Young Peoples Literature

, Calvin Reid, Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald and Kate Fitzsimons

on 11/20/2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1285

 

Off Panel #426: Boy at the End with Skottie Young 

David Harper

Nov 27, 2023

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel426-boy-at-the-end-with-skottie-young

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Skottie_Young_2023.mp3

 

Seth Conversation (part two)

Noah Van Sciver

  Nov 28, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSx0ZATfK-U

 

Shary Boyle on Storyshifting, Nov. 21, 2023

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

376 ; Nov 22, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR4pRJ6Nr-I

 

Melek Zertal and Christina Svenson , Today's Special / poetry in comics, Nov 28, 2023

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

377 Nov 30, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BLWH84L4DY

 

Jillian and Mariko Tamaki

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn November 17, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/17/1197954636/jillian-mariko-tamaki

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510309/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR2774828865.mp3 

 

Paralanguage in the Translation of Children's Graphic Novels into Arabic: Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid

  Julieta Alós

13 November 2023

Children's Literature in Education

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10583-023-09558-4

 

Submitting to Loving Authority: Wonder Woman's DeleuzoGuattarian Ethics

Troy Michael Bordun

Reden Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023)

https://erevistas.publicaciones.uah.es/ojs/index.php/reden/article/view/2171

https://erevistas.publicaciones.uah.es/ojs/index.php/reden/article/view/2171/1353

https://doi.org/10.37536/reden.2023.5.2171

 

Iconicity in the Visual Lexicons of Comics

November 2023

Michał Szawerna

Neil Cohn

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375714938_Iconicity_in_the_Visual_Lexicons_of_Comics

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375714938_Iconicity_in_the_Visual_Lexicons_of_Comics/link/65576d19b1398a779d95cc7b/download?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIiwicGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIn19

 

Comic Empires: Imperialism in Cartoons, Caricature and Comic Art ed. by Richard Scully and Andrekos Varnava (review)

Brian Maidment

Victorian Periodicals Review

Volume 56, Number 2, Summer 2023

pp. 312-314

10.1353/vpr.2023.a912323

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/912323

 

Richard Scully and Andrekos Varnava, eds., Comic Empires: Imperialism in Cartoons, Caricature and Comic Art (Manchester: Manchester University Press 2020),

 

Unravelling crip temporalities: epilepsy, chronic illness and Elodie Durand's Parenthesis

Sathyaraj Venkatesan & Prerna Tolani

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 17 Nov 2023

    https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2280203

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21504857.2023.2280203

 

Slippers, canes and hospitalisations: adult to child violence in 1970s UK comics

Robert Hagan

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 15 Nov 2023

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2023.2279148

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2279148

 

Branded webtoon, the rise of the digital comic industry in South Korea

South Korea's webtooniverse and digital comic revolution by Brian Yecies and Ae-Gyung Shim, Rowman & Littlefield, 2021

Diah Ayu Candraningrum  &  Hanipa Yansari

Asian Journal of Communication    22 Nov 2023

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01292986.2023.2282433?casa_token=F_5QktyCDRoAAAAA%3An7o93VoVjO9KxIbDosf_TaD2gS2IpVs354iHcMUVDfcLBpv_-ONCK7-QKl1aRlmbq5rlJZ3OxIth

https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2023.2282433

 

'Black lines on white paper': how comic artist Barbara Brandon-Croft draws on Where [she's] Coming from

Darnel Degand

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 20 Nov 2023

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21504857.2023.2282063

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2282063

 

Statistical characteristics of comic panel viewing times

Hikaru Ikuta,  Leslie Wöhler &  Kiyoharu Aizawa 

Scientific Reports volume 13, Article number: 20291 (2023)

20 November 2023

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-47120-w

 

Non-Violent Resistance in Nazar's Comics: A Verbo-Visual Discourse Analysis

Authors

Sehrish Aslam Ph D Scholar, Department of English, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan

Dr. Fauzia Janjua Professor, Department of English, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan

Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review, 7(4), 351–361

https://ojs.plhr.org.pk/journal/article/view/694

https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2023(7-IV)30

Martin Barker and Comics Studies: A Personal Appreciation

Roger Sabin

Participations Volume 19 Issue 3 November 2023

https://www.participations.org/19-03-03-sabin.pdf

How to Read Uncle $crooge After How to Read Donald Duck
Henry Jenkins

Participations Volume 19 Issue 3 November 2023

https://www.participations.org/19-03-04-jenkins.pdf

 

Mutually Supportive and Inclusive Societies Driven by Community Social Workers in Japan: A Thematic Analysis of Japanese Comics

Ryuichi Ohta,Yumi Naito and Chiaki Sano

Geriatrics 2023, 8(6), 113; https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics8060113

18 November 2023

https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/8/6/113

 

Reviews: One Hundred Tales

Tegan O'Neil | November 30, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/one-hundred-tales/

One Hundred Tales

Osamu Tezuka, translated by Iyasu Adair Nagata

Ablaze

 

Reviews: The Atlas Comics Library No. 1: Adventures into Terror Vol. 1

Chris Mautner | November 29, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-atlas-comics-library-no-1-adventures-into-terror-vol-1/

The Atlas Comics Library No. 1: Adventures into Terror Vol. 1

Edited by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo

Fantagraphics

 

But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust. Charlotte Schallié  [book review]

But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, ed. Charlotte Schallié (Toronto, ON:  New Jewish Press,  2022), 200 pp., hardcover $29.95, ebook $29.95.

Holocaust and Genocide Studies, https://doi.org/10.1093/hgs/dcad039

 23 November 2023

https://academic.oup.com/hgs/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/hgs/dcad039/7445655

 

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Timmy Heague, Danielle Paige and Michael Northrop of Fear the Funhouse: Toybox of Terror

  Lisa Fernandes November 23, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/11/exclusive-interview-timmy-heague-danielle-paige-and-michael-northrop-of-fear-the-funhouse-toybox-of-terror/

 

Paul Dano's 'Riddler' comic book tries to unravel the Batman villain: He wasn't 'born evil'

By Jevon Phillips Multiplatform Editor 

Nov. 21, 2023
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-11-21/paul-dano-riddler-comic-book-year-one-batman-villain

 

Declan Shalvey and Drew Moss detail their forthcoming 'ThunderCats' series

The new 'ThunderCats' #1 debuts in February 2024.

Chris Coplan

November 28, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/11/28/thundercats-dynamite-qa/

Upcoming exhibition at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum: Depicting Mexico and Modernism: Gordo by Gus Arriola // Representando México y el modernismo: Gordo de Gus Arriola Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum December 1 2023 https://mailchi.mp/osu/new-exhibit-depicting-mexico-and-modernism-gordo-by-gus-arriola

 

SKYBOUND launches a new division in Japan

Their first project is Heart Attack

Merve Giray

12/01/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/skybound-launches-a-new-division-in-japan/

 

Jim Starlin and Warlock

by David Beard

Rain Taxi Online Edition Fall 2023

https://raintaxi.com/jim-starlin-and-warlock/

Disney's 'Wish' conjures up familiar dreams

Stephen Thompson and Aisha Harris

NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour November 27, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/27/1197958456/disneys-wish-conjures-up-familiar-dreams

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR5254990376.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1197958456

 

ALAN MOORE: PORTRAITS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMAN: Conceived and edited by smoky man with assistance from Omar Martini, Gary Spencer Millidge and Angelo Secci (Italian Edition) Paperback – November 28, 2023

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP8HRRTF

 

Featured Artist: Sam Sharpe

Adam Dwight Griffiths

Graffo Broadsheet December 1 2023

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/from-teleos-to-the-beyond