Thursday, November 25, 2021
'I'm Just a Bill' writer dies, long after process did
Dave Frishberg, composer and performer of inventive, witty jazz songs, dies at 88 [in print as Jazz performer, wry lyricist also wrote 'I'm Just a Bill'; Schoolhouse Rock]
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
LibraryCon 2021: Dark Horse Comics- Roye Okupe, author of MALIKA: WARRIOR QUEEN VOLUME 1
LibraryCon 2021: Dark Horse Comics- Roye Okupe, author of MALIKA: WARRIOR QUEEN VOLUME 1
“Gender Queer, A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe returns to Fairfax high schools
2 controversial books returning to Fairfax Co. high school library shelves [ "Gender Queer, A Memoir" by Maia Kobabe]
November 23, 2021,
Fairfax schools will return 2 books to shelves after reviewing complaints over content [in print as Targeted books get all-clear in Fairfax]
A Review of Zoo Patrol Squad: A New Sheriff in Town by Brett Bean
Zoo Patrol Squad: A New Sheriff in Town, by Brett Bean, Penguin Workshop, ISBN 978-0-593-22660-5, $12.99, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/ZPS/zoo-patrol-squad
To begin my review, I will note a few features in Zoo Patrol Squad: A New Sheriff in Town by Brett Bean: a feline character sending evil vibes with a tilted top hat is way too tall; a colorful and cartoonish western-style saloon setting; and comedic elements that hearken back to Mel Blanc ‘toons (e.g., animal characters in conflict, elements like dynamite and falling objects).
As a former English/language arts teacher, I will also call attention to the book’s wordplay. My favorite pun might be when the heroes walk into a saloon, encounter a table with cats all around, and one says: “Um…I need a drink right MEOW.” It is this kind of set-up that is a reminder that the book is meant to be fun. There is an element of nostalgia in the book for older readers, and an invitational nature of younger readers (the book’s most likely audience).
Bean draws in sweeping lines and the color choices are bright. Typographical choices punctuate the book with an additional layer of animated style. The book feels like a more static Saturday morning show, with a constant pause button that allows the reader to take in what the panels have to offer.
Is the book innovative in terms of comics? I am not sure that I can go that far. Is it entertaining? Yes, I can absolutely say that. Would I use it in the classroom? Again, yes to this question. Bean even includes some factual elements at the end of the book for readers who want to know more.
Of final note, I will return to the idea that the book (or ones can like) can simply entertain, and that this is enough. Bean includes an author note at the beginning, reminding the reader that the book was created during the COVID-19 pandemic. The author writes, “I laughed, I cried, and I escaped in creating this book,” before wishing the reader the same experience. I would say, in this and more, the book succeeds.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/23/2021
INTERVIEW: Matt Kindt on bringing witches, serial killers, and war to APACHE DELIVERY SERVICE
What's war without its monsters?
Ricardo Serrano Denis
11/23/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/matt-kindt-apache-delivery-service-interview/
Latinx Comics: Julio Anta and Henry Barajas in Conversation
Anta and Barajas talk about their new books and getting more Latinx representations in comics
Heidi MacDonald
11/23/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/latinx-comics-julio-anta-and-henry-barajas-in-conversation/
Disney+'s 'Hawkeye': TV Review
The Marvel miniseries sees Jeremy Renner reprising his role as Clint Barton, who must team with a young New Yorker named Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) for a Christmastime mission.
Angie Han
November 23, 2021
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/hawkeye-tv-review-1235051731/
The Art of Graphic Narrative: An Apology for the "Lascaux Hypothesis"
Robert Peterson | November 23, 2021
https://www.tcj.com/the-art-of-graphic-narrative-an-apology-for-the-lascaux-hypothesis/
Stephen A. Geppi's trove of vintage comics and collectibles is on view at the Library of Congress
By Mark Jenkins
Washington Post November 23 2021
Hayao Miyazaki Prepares to Cast One Last Spell
No artist has explored the contradictions of humanity as sympathetically and critically as the Japanese animation legend. Now, at 80, he's coming out of retirement with another movie.
By Ligaya Mishan
Nov. 23, 2021
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 5, 2021, Page 101 of T Magazine with the headline: THE MAGICIAN'S FLIGHT
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/t-magazine/hayao-miyazaki-studio-ghibli.html
INTERVIEW: Surviving the amusement park with TERRY BLAS on LIFETIME PASSES
The Beat caught up with Blas to learn more about the new graphic novel from Surely Books, available now.
Avery Kaplan
11/23/2021
P&P Live! Ken Krimstein | WHEN I GROW UP with Paul Karasik
Nov 22, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJfNNGr_v34
The Strange Death of Alex Raymond [Dave Sim]
reviewed by Michael O'Connell | November 23, 2021
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-strange-death-of-alex-raymond/
Crisis Zone [Simon Hanselmann]
reviewed by Tegan O'Neil | November 18, 202
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/crisis-zone/
It's Been 45 Years Since We First Met "Cathy"
by GoComics Team
November 22, 2021
https://www.gocomics.com/blog/4953/it-s-been-45-years-since-we-first-met-cathy
Q & A with Sophia Glock
By Cheryl E. Klein
Nov 23, 2021
Best Teen Graphic Novels and Manga of 2021
By: ChiPubLib_Teens
Chicago Public Library
On graphic mental illness narratives: an interview with Clem Martini, Tatiana Gill and Tyler Page
Arya Suresh and Sathyaraj Venkatesan
2021, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
online at https://www.academia.edu/62234313/_Graphic_Medicine_On_Graphic_Mental_Illness_Narratives
Tony Lee, On Stepping Down From Showmasters' London Film And Comic Con
November 23, 2021
by Rich Johnston
Gina Gagliano Quits Random House Graphic As Publishing Director
November 23, 2021
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gina-gagliano-quits-random-house-graphic-as-publishing-director/
Executive Vice President Josh Hayes Quits Diamond Book Distributors
November 23, 2021
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/executive-vice-president-josh-hayes-quits-diamond-book-distributors/
Devin Funches Joins Diamond Book Distributors As Sales Manager
November 23, 2021
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/devin-funches-joins-diamond-book-distributors-as-sales-manager/
'OFFICIAL IMAGE TIMELINE' COMING IN FEBRUARY
Chronology of 30 Years of Image History Compiled by Jim Valentino
Brigid Alverson on November 23, 2021
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49837/official-image-timeline-coming-february
A Portrait of a Manga Scholar Offering His Arm to Shirato Sanpei
Ryan Holmberg | November 24, 2021
https://www.tcj.com/a-portrait-of-a-manga-scholar-offering-his-arm-to-shirato-sanpei/
Episode 461 – Matt Madden
Virtual Memories Show 461:
Matt Madden
November 23, 2021 by Gil Roth
http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-461-matt-madden
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_461_-_Matt_Madden.mp3
Off Panel #330: Zapped! with Joshua Dysart
David Harper
Nov 22, 2021
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-330-zapped-with-joshua-dysart
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Joshua_Dysart.mp3
Off Panel #113: That Lenticular Life with Brian Hibbs [store]
By David Harper
August 14, 2017
https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-113-that-lenticular-life-with-brian-hibbs/
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Brian_Hibbs_Round_2.mp3
Off Panel #191: Working Artist with Tadd Galusha
By David Harper
February 11, 2019
https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-191-working-artist-with-tadd-galusha/
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Tadd_Galusha.mp3
Off Panel #52: A Day in the Life with Marvel Editor Wil Moss
The Marvel editor joins the show to talk his role at the House of Ideas
By David Harper
June 9, 2016
https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-52-wil-moss/
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Wil_Moss.mp3
Matt Battaglia Talks Comic Marketing and the Art of Indoctrination
The comic art newcomer dishes on the craft behind his new Z2 Comics series
By David Harper
April 4, 2016
https://sktchd.com/art-feature/matt-battaglia-talks-comic-marketing-and-the-art-of-indoctrination/
The Artist's Artist: On Julian Totino Tedesco, the best cover artist in comics today.
By David Harper
November 16, 2021
https://sktchd.com/longform/the-artists-artist/
Aggretsuko: How to Get Started With the Anime & Comics
Aggretsuko is an ongoing anime hit on Netflix, but there is more to the series than what's on streaming services. Here's a guide for newcomers.
By Dallas Marshall
Nov 08, 2021
https://www.cbr.com/aggretsuko-where-watch-anime-read-comics/
BOOM! Chat - HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER
Breanna Sarpy
Oct 27, 2021 BOOM! Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDcAv0FEz4I
Comics Plus Creator Spotlight: LibraryCon Live 2021
Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, Juni Ba (Djeliya), Svetlana Chmakova (Awkward, The Weirn Books, Dramacon), and Joseph Illidge
Nov 10, 2021
LibraryPass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ-DT_b-fe4
Dark Horse Comics 35th Anniversary Celebration
Sep 2, 2021
Dark Horse Comics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cskLvyLRqmE
NYCC 2021 Dark Horse Horror Panel
Anthony Mauro, David Dastmalchian, Tyler Crook, and Dave Alexander
Nov 23, 2021
Dark Horse Comics
Comics in National Building Museum's CANstruction competition
by Bruce Guthrie
As the sponsoring group AIA | DC (the Washington Architectural Foundation) explains it:
This year's theme was Children's Books and each structure highlighted a different book.
This year, there were 21 teams competing here in DC. They've used all the normal state-of-the-art design tools to come up with their sculptures made of cans. The structure with the fewest cans used 891 of them. The most complicated used 5,942.
I took too many photos (and have to come back and take more for the signs I missed) and had to divide them into four separate pages. If you want to see all 750-ish of them, try this link:
* Andrea Beaty ("Rosie Revere, Engineer")
* Ezra Jack Keats ("The Snowy Day")
* Andrea Beaty ("Iggy Peck, Architect")
* Frank Baum (the Emerald City from "The Wizard of Oz")
* Sonica Ellis ("Kindness Rocks")
* Ludwig Bemelmans ("Madeline")
* E.B. White ("Charlotte's Web")
* Alice Schertle ("Little Blue Truck")
* Dr. Seuss ("Oh, the Places You'll Go!")
* Eric Carle ("The Very Hungry Caterpillar")
* Dr. Seuss ("The Lorax")
* Marcus Pfister ("The Rainbow Fish")
* Fairy Tale ("Jack and the Beanstalk")
* Charles Schulz ("Peanuts" -- Snoopy on his doghouse with Woodstock on his chest}
* Norman Bridwell ("Clifford the Big Red Dog")
* American folktale ("The Little Engine That Could" )
* Lewis Carroll (a Cheshire Cat from the "Alice in Wonderland" series)
* Dr. Seuss ("The Cat In The Hat")
* Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (Captain America's shield)
* Shel Silverstein ("The Giving Tree")
* Laura Numeroff ("If You Give a Mouse a Cookie")
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
The Strange Death of Alex Raymond [by Dave Sim] reviewed by Michael O’Connell
The Strange Death of Alex Raymond [by Dave Sim]
reviewed by Michael O'Connell | November 23, 2021
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-strange-death-of-alex-raymond/
P&P Live! Ken Krimstein | WHEN I GROW UP with Paul Karasik
P&P Live! Ken Krimstein | WHEN I GROW UP with Paul Karasik
From the prize-winning author of The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt, a stunning graphic narrative of newly discovered stories from Jewish teens on the cusp of WWII.
Ken Krimstein has published cartoons in the New Yorker, Punch, the Wall Street Journal, and more. He is the author of The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt, which won the Bernard J. Brommel Award for Biography and Memoir, and was a finalist for the Jewish Book Award and the Chautauqua Prize, and also of Kvetch as Kvetch Can.
Krimstein will be joined in conversation with, Paul Karasik, the co-author (along with David Mazzucchelli) of the perennial graphic novel classic City of Glass, adapted from Paul Auster's novel.
The Post reviews LOC's Geppi's Gems exhibit
Stephen A. Geppi's trove of vintage comics and collectibles is on view at the Library of Congress
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Live With It"
"Live With It"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3345
And, there we have it — we've gone from "we're all in this together"
to "live with it". Like, screw you — just shaddup and live with it;
they're through even pretending to care.
So, what else will we be expected to "live with" — labor exploitation?
Fascist thugs ruling the streets? The end of the goddamn Earth?
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"CBS Stars Vow 'We're All in This Together' in PSA to Calm Coronavirus Fears", Jason Lynch at AdWeek, 03.17.2020
https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/cbs-stars-vow-were-all-in-this-together-in-psa-to-calm-coronavirus-fears/
"Doctors warn that Covid will become endemic and people need to learn to live with it", CNBC 02.12.2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/12/doctors-warn-covid-will-become-endemic-and-people-need-to-learn-to-live-with-it.html
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/22/2021
I still can't add to the Facebook page.
John Stanisci brings back LIFEDEATH in a new Substack newsletter
The ORIGIN STORY newsletter will feature new work and behind-the-scenes material from cartoonist John Stanisci and comics marketer Jeremy Atkins.
Joe Grunenwald
11/22/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/john-stanisci-jeremy-atkins-origin-story-lifedeath-substack/
"A New York City Field Trip"
By Roz Chast and Emily Flake
November 22, 2021, November 29, 2021 Issue
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/29/two-cartoonists-walk-into-a-bar
THE BUY STORE: A NEW WAY TO SOURCE COLLECTIBLE INVENTORY
Storefronts Devoted to Buying, Rather than Selling Collectibles
by Milton Griepp on November 23, 2021
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49829/the-buy-store-a-new-way-source-collectible-inventory
True and Recognizably Human: A Conversation with R. Kikuo Johnso
James Romberger | November 22, 2021
https://www.tcj.com/true-and-recognizably-human-a-conversation-with-r-kikuo-johnson/
The Comic Book Industry's Next Page-Turner: Union Organizing
Graeme McMillan
Production and edit staff at Image, publisher of 'Spawn' and 'The Walking Dead' series, unveiled plans to unionize in what could be a test case watched by employees at larger companies.
November 22, 2021
A version of this story first appeared in the Nov. 22 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
Anime NYC was a big hit…again – UPDATED
Heidi MacDonald
11/22/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/anime-nyc-was-a-big-hit-again/
53,000 Fans Flock to Javits for AnimeNYC's Return
by Calvin Reid, Gilcy Aquino, and Drucilla Shultz
Nov 22, 2021
Next Big Thing: 'Hawkeye' Star Alaqua Cox Prepares for Marvel Stardom
The actor, whose sole entertainment experience was a background part in a high school play, has seen her life change after friends sent her a casting call for a deaf Native American actress.
Aaron Couch
November 22, 2021
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/hawkeye-alaqua-cox-marvel-echo-1235044561/
INTERVIEW: HAWKEYE creatives talk Disney+'s first Christmastime series
Therese Lacson
11/22/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-hawkeye-cast/
Gina Gagliano leaves Random House Graphic
A surprise move at RHG
Heidi MacDonald
11/22/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/gina-gagliano-leaves-random-house-graphic/
Ray Billingsley Gets the Reuben
By R.C. Harvey, October 27, 2021
https://www.humortimes.com/96530/ray-billingsley-gets-reuben/
GROO THE WANDERER animated adaptation in the works
Legendary Spanish cartoonist Sergio Aragonés sells animation rights of beloved character to Did I Err Productions.
Taimur Dar 11/22/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/groo-the-wanderer-animation-adaptation-announced/#comment-2868180
Marvel Prototype Stamps From Marie Severin On Auction Today
November 21, 2021
by Jeremy Konrad
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marie-severin-marvel-superhero-artwork-heritage-auctions/
Could Kalo become the Smokey Bear-type mascot for pandemic hygiene? [in print as A Smokey Bear-type mascot for covid hygiene?]
By Katherine Ellison
Washington Post November 16, 2021 p. E1, 5
Best Graphic Novels 2021 | SLJ Best Books
by Alec Chunn, Mahnaz Dar, Thomas Maluck, Alea Perez
Nov 22, 2021
https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=best-graphic-novels-2021-slj-best-books
Monday, November 22, 2021
Trash Panda, no more! I am Covid Fighter!
Could Kalo become the Smokey Bear-type mascot for pandemic hygiene? [in print as A Smokey Bear-type mascot for covid hygiene?]
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/21/2021
Daily Crosshatch blog & podcast by Brian Heater
Interviews. 2007-2011, archived at the Wayback Machine, https://web.archive.org/web/20190120111928/http://thedailycrosshatch.com/category/interviews/
By Michael Cavna and David Betancourt
Washington Post November 21, 2021 p. E15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/11/18/best-graphic-novels/
Cartoonist Ray Billingsley has been portraying Black family life for decades — and now he's getting his due.
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post November 20 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/11/20/ray-billingsley-curtis-comic/
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART
Vol. 23, No. 1 Spring/Summer 2021
In Support of Their Fathers' and Mother's Legacies: 13 Offspring of China's Prominent Cartoonists Explain
John A. Lent with Xu Ying
1
Coping with Conflict: Boxing Heroes and German Comics in the Aftermath of the First World War
William Hamilton
79
"Any Children?": "The Family Circus" and the Problems of Parenthood
Michele Ann Abate
138
"Fragging" The Afghan War: Red Blood
Jose Alaniz
168
All You Need Is Kill, Not Love -Considering the Romantic Relationship in the Manga and Film Adaptations of Hiroshi Sakurazaka's Novel
Artur Skweres
204
Jason Little Discusses The Vagina, His NSFW Webcomic
Mike Rhode
229
The Border Separating Us: Autobiographical Comics of an Australian World War I Internment Camp
Aaron Humphrey and Simon Walsh
254
Tintin and the Jews (of Contemporary Literature)
Toby Juliff
271
Within and Between the Visual Metaphoricity of Comics: A Semiotic Approach to the Mahabharata in Amar Chitra Katha
Shivani Sharma
288
Dramatizing Ontology in 18 Days: Grant Morrison's Mahabharata
and the Battle to Save Eternity!
Jeff S. Wilson
313
The Role of Fox Feature Syndicate in the Implementation of the Comics Code Authority
Ignacio Fernandez Sarasola
334
An Interview with 2021 Oscar Nominee: Icelandic Artist, Gisli Darri Halldorsson
Alexandra Bowman
Edited by Michael Rhode
374
Remembrances of Things Past: Childhood in Graphic Memoirs
Kirsten Mollegaard
385
The Social Functions and Impacts of Popular Manga in Contemporary Japan: A Case of GOLDEN KAMUY
Kinko Ito
403
Slaying the Monster: Heroic Lesbian Narratives in World's Finest
Chadwick L. Roberts
Anita K. McDaniel
421
Poems, Comics and the Spaces Between: An Examination of the Interplay between Poem and Page
Angelo Letizia
447
The Oriental Superheroes: Political Questions in G. Willow Wilson's Cairo: A Graphic Novel and Ms. Marvel
NoranAmin
458
The Maternal-Feminine and Matrixial Borderspace in Megan Kelso's ''Watergate Sue"
Alisia Grace Chase
471
Morpheus Aeternorum: Dreams, Androgyny, and Their Characteristics in Sandman (Preludes & Nocturnes), by Neil Gaiman
Felipe Rodolfo Hendriksen
492
When Le Chat Was Put Among the Pigeons
Musings by Wim Lockefeer
509
Obituary & Remembrance of Manga Historian Shimizu Isao
Ronald Stewart
513
On the Passing of Comics Scholar Tom Inge
Mike Rhode
Marc Singer
Jose Alaniz
Charles Hatfield
Joseph Witek
Vijay Shah
Joe Sutliff Sanders
Michael A. Torregrossa
Randy Duncan
Brian Cremins
John A. Lent
520
Research Prompts
John A. Lent
531
New Light on the Soon-to-Be Famous Marie Duval
A Review Essay
David Kunzie
536
Book Reviews
Hector Fernandez L'Hoeste
Stephanie Burt
John A. Lent
Jean Sebastien
Charles W. Henebry
John A. Lent
Maite Urcaregui
Michael Rhode
John A. Lent
John A. Lent
Chris York
Laura Sayre
John A. Lent
553
International Journal of Comic Art Manuscript Preparation Guide
John A. Lent and Jaehyeon Jeong
592