Friday, May 27, 2022

The Post reviews 'Bob's Burgers' movie

'Bob's Burgers' is a rare treat: A movie as good as the TV show [in print as Well done, with a side of the absurd]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2022/05/24/bobs-burgers-movie-review/
(3.5 stars)

June 8: Marika McCoola and Aatmaja Pandya for SLIP online via Loyalty Bookstore

Marika McCoola and Aatmaja Pandya for SLIP

Loyalty Bookstores Petworth | 843 Upshur Street NW, Washington, DC 20011

Loyalty Bookstore Silver Spring I 823 Ellsworth Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20910 


Loyalty is delighted to host Marika McCoola and Aatmaja Pandya for their new graphic novel, Slip! This event is free to attend and will be held digitally via Crowdcast. Click here to register for the event. You can also order a copy of the book below to be automatically added to the registration list, and there will be an option to snag the book during the event. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

From Eisner-Award nominated writer Marika McCoola and debut artist Aatmaja Pandya, an emotional coming-of-age graphic novel for fans of Bloom and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me.

Right before Jade is about to leave for a summer art intensive, her best friend, Phoebe, attempts suicide. How is Jade supposed to focus on herself right now?

But at the Art Farm, Jade has artistic opportunities she's been waiting for her whole life. And as she gets to know her classmates, she begins to fall for whimsical, upbeat, comfortable-in-her-own-skin Mary. Jade pours herself into making ceramic monsters that vent her stress and insecurities, but when she puts her creatures in the kiln, something unreal happens: they come to life. And they're taking a stand: if Jade won't confront her problems, her problems are going to confront her, including the scariest of them all—if Jade grows, prospers, and even falls in love this summer, is she leaving Phoebe behind?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marika McCoola is a writer, illustrator, educator,  and the New York Times bestselling author of Baba Yaga's Assistant. She has spent over a decade working to connect books with readers. She studied illustration, art history, creative writing, and ceramics at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and received her BFA in illustration in 2009.  

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Aatmaja Pandya is a cartoonist and illustrator born and raised in New York. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2014 and has been illustrating professionally ever since. Slip is her first graphic novel.

Please note Loyalty has a zero tolerance policy for harassment or intimidation of any kind during this virtual event. 

Event date: 
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - 6:00pm

June 28: Minh Lê - The Blur - at Takoma Park Library, MD

Minh Lê - The Blur - at Takoma Park Library, MD

7500 Maple Avenue
Takoma ParkMD 20912

Tuesday, June 28, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

The Blur Cover Image
By Minh LêDan Santat (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593377468
Availability: In Stock—Click for Locations
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - May 3rd, 2022

Lift Cover Image
By Minh LêDan Santat (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781368036924
Availability: In Stock—Click for Locations
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - May 5th, 2020

Drawn Together Cover Image
By Minh LêDan Santat (Illustrator), Dan Santat (Cover design or artwork by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781484767603
Availability: In Stock—Click for Locations
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - June 5th, 2018

Please review library guidelines for masking requirements.

This event is in-person at the Takoma Park, MD Community Center Auditorium

Politics and Prose is delighted to partner with the Takoma Park Maryland Library for an exciting program with children's book author Minh Lê.

The Blur by Minh Le, illustrated by Dan Santat, is both a superhero origin story and a heartstring-tugging tribute to the velocity of childhood.   From the moment "The Blur" is born she demonstrates tongue-in-cheek superpowers – a supersonic voice, elastic limbs and ultra-magnetic abilities.  One day she takes her first step and from that day forward she is constantly on the move.  The years speed by and before her parents know it, she appears in a cap and gown. Parents will relate to the poignant story while children will enjoy the superhero jokes and bright, animated illustrations. 

Minh Lê is a national early childhood policy expert and the author of the picture books Drawn Together and Let Me Finish!  He has written for the New York Times, the Horn Book, and the Huffington PostGreen Lantern Legacy is his first graphic novel. A first-generation Vietnamese American, he went to Dartmouth College and has a master's in education from Harvard University. Outside of spending time with his beautiful wife and sons in their San Diego (CA) home, Minh's favorite place to be is in the middle of a good book. 

Ages 3-8 (And their parents!)


June 26: Maia Kobabe — Gender Queer — at Conn Ave Politics and Prose

Maia Kobabe — Gender Queer — at Conn Ave

Sunday, June 26, 5:00 pm
Gender Queer: A Memoir Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781549304002
Availability: In Stock—Click for Locations
Published: Oni Press - May 28th, 2019

Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9781637150726
Availability: Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now
Published: Oni Press - July 5th, 2022

Please see in-store for mask requirements.

This event is not ticketed. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears.

Maia Kobabe is a nonbinary, queer author and illustrator from the Bay Area, California. Eir first full length book, GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR, was published in May 2019. Maia's short comics have been published by The Nib and in many anthologies including THE SECRET LOVES OF GEEKS, FASTER THAN LIGHT Y'ALL, GOTHIC TALES OF HAUNTED LOVE, SHOUT OUT, ADVANCED DEATH SAVES and BE GAY, DO COMICS. Before setting out to work freelance full-time, e worked for over ten years in libraries. Eir work is heavily influenced by fairy tales, homesickness, and the search for identity.

5015 Connecticut Ave NW
WashingtonDC 20008

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/26/22

INTERVIEW: Cyborg voice actor Khary Payton teases more animation writing projects

Could we see a Teen Titans Go! episode written by Khary Payton in the near future?

Taimur Dar

05/26/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-khary-payton-cyborg-teen-titans-go-dc-super-hero-girls-mayhem-in-the-multiverse/

 

INTERVIEW: BEWARE THE EYE OF ODIN creators Doug Wagner & Tim Odland discuss their take on Norse Mythology

The new four-issue series from Image Comics arrives in June.

Joe Grunenwald

05/26/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/doug-wagner-tim-odland-beware-the-eye-of-odin-interview/

 

FanX co-founder Bryan Brandenburg arrested for bomb threats

At least one building was evacuated because of the threats.

Heidi MacDonald

05/26/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/fanx-co-founder-bryan-brandenburg-arrested-for-bomb-threats/

 

Liana Finck's Skeptical Mythologizing

Andrew Field | May 26, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/liana-fincks-skeptical-mythologizing/

 

Abuse survivor shares awareness and healing through graphic novel

Former eastern PEI resident released 'Our Little Secret' this year [ Emily Carrington]

    Charlotte MacAulay

    May 20, 2022

    https://www.peicanada.com/eastern_graphic/abuse-survivor-shares-awareness-and-healing-through-graphic-novel/article_be34407c-d604-11ec-a9bc-a778e67af784.html

 

SG Cartoon Resource Hub   May 20, 2022

Interview: Jaina Teo

https://sgcartoonhub.com/interview-jaina-teo/

 

SG Cartoon Resource Hub   May 27, 2022

The Geungsi Slayer (Part 2) [ Sean Lam]

https://sgcartoonhub.com/the-geungsi-slayer-part-2/

 

May 27, 2022

Interview: Ye Zhen

https://sgcartoonhub.com/interview-ye-zhen/


PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: DARK HORSE PROMOTES CARA O'NEIL TO SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

Also: Mad Cave Hires Two, BOOM! Studios Promotes Three

 by Brigid Alverson on May 25, 2022 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51267/people-move-dark-horse-promotes-cara-oneil-senior-director-marketing

 

Stan Gomberg – RIP

 by D. D. Degg
May 26, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/05/26/stan-gomberg-rip/

 

Stan Gomberg

1927 - 2022

https://southcarolinacremation.com/tribute/details/1452/Stan-Gomberg/obituary.html

Obituary of Stan Gomberg

 

Q&A: Legendary Cartoonist Jules Feiffer On His Life's Work And The Frustrations Of 'Popeye'

Julia Heming

27 East May 25, 2022

https://www.27east.com/southampton-press/qa-legendary-cartoonist-jules-feiffer-on-his-lifes-work-and-the-frustrations-of-popeye-1967715/

 

The Ink Spill Interview: Edward Koren

May 26, 2022 michael Maslin

https://michaelmaslin.com/the-ink-spill-interview-edward-koren/

  

'The Bob's Burgers Movie' Is Coming. Here Are 10 Great Episodes.

Need a primer or refresher before the movie debuts? These are the essential "Bob's Burgers" episodes to watch.

By Brian Tallerico

Published May 25, 2022Updated May 26, 2022,

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/arts/television/bobs-burgers-movie-episodes.html

 

Tilting at Windmills #290: The Era Changes Part IV – the devil is in the discounts

Shipping costs and discount levels are making selling comics periodicals unprofitable

05/25/2022

By Brian Hibbs

https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-diamond-comics-sales-discounts-shipping-costs/

 

 

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/25/22

 

Finding Format [printing webcomics]

Aidan Lee | May 25, 202

https://www.tcj.com/finding-format/

 

Clay Jones wins Robert F Kennedy Human Rights cartoonist award

by Free Press Staff

May 25, 2022

https://columbusfreepress.com/article/clay-jones-wins-robert-f-kennedy-human-rights-cartoonist-award

 

Clay Jones Wins 2022 RFK Cartoon Award

 by D. D. Degg

May 24, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/05/24/clay-jones-wins-2022-rfk-cartoon-award/

 

Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher Talks Cartooning With Fellow OPC Best Cartoon Winners (Whole Program)

May 19, 2022

OPC America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-qNdnD2RPs

 

Cartoonist, 'Woke' creator Keith Knight returns to Salem State

Yawu Miller

May 12th, 2022

https://www.baystatebanner.com/2022/05/12/cartoonist-woke-creator-keith-knight-returns-to-salem-state/

 

Get 'Woke' with cartoonist Keith Knight at a screening of his Hulu show at Salem State

Knight, a Salem State alum, will also be getting an honorary degree from the school.

By Peter Chianca

May 12, 2022

https://www.boston.com/things-to-do/entertainment/get-woke-with-cartoonist-keith-knight-at-salem-state/

 

Knight becomes double-Viking as SSU graduates 1,882 [Keith Knight]

By Dustin Luca

Salem News May 22, 2022

https://www.salemnews.com/news/knight-becomes-double-viking-as-ssu-graduates-1-882/article_995d5658-d91f-11ec-ad53-8f92701b4877.html

 

INTERVIEW: Will Friedle plays both sides as Lex Luthor and Aquaman in MAYHEM IN THE MULTIVERSE

Taimur Dar

05/25/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-will-friedle-lex-luthor-aquaman-teen-titans-go-dc-super-hero-girls-mayhem-in-the-multiverse/

 

Keynote Author Interview: Oscar Isaac [Head Wounds: Sparrow]

Heidi MacDonald

 May 24, 2022 publisherswkly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=j6-bbOJkUkE

 

Why Is 'Bob's Burgers' So Freakishly Lovable? This Guy.

Loren Bouchard's accidental career as a comedy mogul has now brought his TV family to the big screen.

By Carina Chocano

    May 25, 2022

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/magazine/bobs-burgers-movie-loren-bouchard.html

 

'Speed Racer' Live-Action TV Series From J.J. Abrams in the Works at Apple

Lesley Goldberg

May 25, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/speed-racer-live-action-tv-series-j-j-abrams-apple-1235154012/

 

Why the 'Pinecone & Pony' Team Made Body Diversity a Pillar of the Animated Show's Inclusive Storytelling

Showrunner Stephanie Kaliner, story editor Taneka Stotts and 'The Princess and the Pony' author Kate Beaton also explain how they approached featuring different character body types in a subtle but clear way within the Apple TV+ series.

Abbey White

May 23, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/apple-tv-pinecone-and-pony-body-diversity-1235151459/

 

Ep. 63: All My Darling Daughters, by Fumi Yoshinaga

May 25, 2022

https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-63-all-my-darling-daughters-by-fumi-yoshinaga/

 

The New Chip on Batman's Shoulder

By Alex Jaffe Thursday, May 12th, 2022

Strap in for seven questions and zero answers with new Batman writer Chip Zdarsky!

https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2022/05/12/the-new-chip-on-batmans-shoulder

 

'Hindenburg: The Cartoon Titan of the Weimar Republic, 1918-1934'

Richard Scully

GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW, Volume 35, Number 3, October 2012, pp.541-565.

https://www.academia.edu/1164614/Hindenburg_The_Cartoon_Titan_of_the_Weimar_Republic_1918_1934

 

Our Flag Means Union

By Graeme McMillan Comics, FYI #40  May 25 2022

The United Workers of Seven Seas is preparing to be the first union in the western manga industry. (And a brief update on what's going on with the CBWU, too.)

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/our-flag-means-union-1188378

 

Barbarian Comics

May 24 2022

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1737843223225033&id=350685555274147

[We are saddened to receive the news that Ray passed away yesterday.]

 

Raymond A. Rose

 The Washington Post from May 24 to May 25, 2022.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/raymond-rose-obituary?id=34908098

 

 

Ray Rose of Barbarian Comics (formerly Books) has died (UPDATED)

May 25, 2022

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2022/05/ray-rose-of-barbarian-comics-formerly.html

 

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Ray Rose of Barbarian Comics (formerly Books) has died (UPDATED)

 
We are saddened to receive the news that Ray passed away yesterday. Numerous folks have known Ray throughout the many years he was at the shop. He was always kind, helpful, and in good spirit to everyone he met. He will be missed greatly.
Some additional information here:
 
Joel Pollack of Big Planet Comics Bethesda told me about this, noting, "Ray was Carl's very capable assistant. His knowledge of older comics was nearly equal to Carl's, and his knowledge of newer comics far surpassed Carl's. He was always fun to converse with."

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Raymond A. Rose

UPCOMING SERVICE
Shiva
May, 26 2022
7:00p.m.
at the home of Sharon Cohen
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ROSE

RAYMOND A. ROSE

Raymond Rose, formerly of Silver Spring, residing in Columbia passed away on May 23, 2022. He is survived by his sister Sharon, brother in-law Jeff; his beloved niece, Mallery, nephews, Corey and Kyle; Great nieces, Arianna and Lyric, and great nephews Isaiah, Jude and Blaze. Also very loyal cousins and friends. Enjoyed his comic books and hero movies as well as his varied feline pets through the years. Grave side service will be held at King David Memorial, VA on Wednesday, May 25 at 3 p.m. Shiva will follow at the home of Sharon Cohen at 7 p.m. on May 25 and May 26, 2022. Donations please send to Childrens Hospital Washington, DC or your favorite animal rescue.


KAL talks cartooning via Overseas Press Club

Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher Talks Cartooning With Fellow OPC Best Cartoon Winners (Whole Program)

May 19, 2022

On May 19, 2022, the OPC hosted an installment of the "How I Did It" series with Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher, who has won many of the OPC's Best Cartoon Awards over the years, discussing his work and craft with past winners Rob Rogers and Patrick Chappatte. Kallaugher most recently won the OPC's Best Cartoon award for his work in 2020, in which judges said he "seems like a cartoonist transported from a bygone era, while still creating compelling work that resonates with today's audience." Rogers won the 2012 Best Cartoon Award for his work in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and before that won the award for work in 1999. Chappatte won the award for his work in The New York Times in 2018 and 2015, and won the 2011 award for cartoons in the International Herald Tribune.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/24/22

 

DC Films Chief Denies Amber Heard's 'Aquaman 2' Claims

Walter Hamada testified that Heard was almost booted from the sequel, but that Johnny Depp's abuse allegations were not the reason.

James Hibberd

May 24, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/warner-bros-amber-heard-aquaman-2-1235153070/

 

Seven Seas Staff Launches Effort to Form Union

By Calvin Reid

May 24, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/89415-seven-seas-staff-launches-effort-to-form-union.html

 

Unionizing efforts continue with Seven Seas and Raven Software

Workers at Seven Seas Entertainment have announced they are forming a union

Heidi MacDonald

05/24/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/unionizing-efforts-continue-with-seven-seas-and-raven-software/

 

The Best Cartoon Award 2020

Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher

Oct 22, 2021

OPC America

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

 

Values and violence: Thoughts on Charlie Hebdo

Amesbury, Richard et al.

The Immanent Frame blog February 24 2015

scans online at https://www.academia.edu/11743312/The_Immanent_Frame_off_the_cuff_Values_and_violence_Thoughts_on_Charlie_Hebdo

 

Jim Morin: Drawing and Painting

A new show at the Ogunquit Museum of Art spotlights the celebrated cartoonist's environmentally focused works.

May, 2022 | By: Rachel Hurn

https://mainehomedesign.com/showcase/jim-morin-drawing-and-painting/

 

INTERVIEW: Grey DeLisle plays up the comedy as the voice of Wonder Woman in MAYHEM IN THE MULTIVERSE

Taimur Dar

05/24/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-grey-delisle-wonder-woman-teen-titans-go-dc-super-hero-girls-mayhem-in-the-multiverse/

 

Banned Books—'Gender Queer,' 'Maus,' 'Antiracist Baby'—See Jump in Sales

by Kathy Ishizuka

May 23, 2022

https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/banned-books-gender-queer-maus-antiracist-baby-see-jump-in-sales

 

Alexandra Bowman Animates American Politics

–by Hayden Frye (C'17)

Georgetown College News May 18, 2022

https://college.georgetown.edu/news-story/bowman-cartoonist-profile/#

 

Comic Culture with Jim Keefe

May 18, 2022

terence dollard

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l9EYHyzSiI

 

A young woman is overcome with fear as a deadly virus spreads around her. | Demi's Panic

Bill Plympton and Danny Leonard

May 23, 2022

Omeleto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt2gDo1rLtQ