Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Uru-chan at 2nd and Charles in Chantilly

The Webtoon creator has a big crowd. And a slow line.

1/6: The Graphic Novel interview at the Beat

Regular readers may recall that I interviewed Alan Jenkins over the summer for his comic about insurrection in DC, which I liked a lot. A new interview is online with news that the series is coming back soon.

1/6: The Graphic Novel, Issue #1 – What if the Attack on the U.S. Capitol had Succeeded?

George Carmona 3rd

11/07/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/1-6-the-graphic-novel/


Jenkins: Book Two will be out in about three weeks. Okay. And, then, for us, part three will probably be out around January 6.

Nov 10: "From Teleos to the Beyond" exhibit opens in Silver Spring



Upcoming Comics Exhibition," From TELEOS to the Beyond"
Dithers Humor with the Existential and the Mundane

 

SILVER SPRING, MD— DWIGHTMESS Cartooning & Comic Arts, a new gallery devoted to experimental and cutting-edge independent comics and illustration, is proud to announce its next exhibition, From Telos to the Beyond, a conceptual group show exploring material spirituality and existentialism  through comics, featuring the original comics art of Sam Sharpe, Everett Bass, Bob Kubbers and Peach S. Goodrich.

 

Combining the uncanny and the profane, the arcane and the contemporary, From Telos to Beyond represents a cartoonists' inclination for testing out possible habitable cosmic systems through the particularized and unshared realities of their art. Humanity's inclination to obsessively name its purpose through art is a feature of popular Western cosmogony, and is put into illuminatingly weird action by these artists through the language of sequential storytelling.

 

Sam Sharpe and Peach S. Goodrich are collaborators on Viewotron, an anthology of recurring stories that match comedic riffs with philosophical narrative rhymes that could only happen in comics. Populated with talking animal college students, goal-less explorers, space monsters, debunked deities, and unexamined consciences, the publication's weird humor reminds us that no one is safe from the stresses in our lives that can embolden one to self-sabotage.

 

Combined with Sharpe and Goodrich, the perfect draftsmanship and storytelling of comics artist Bob Lubbers (1922-2017) reveals a mastery of and seamless relationship to the comics medium that would seem, to contemporary eyes, eerie to maintain and distinctive in its compositions. His bold creativity, on display in comic strips such as 'Lil Abner, Tarzan, The Saint, and Secret Agent X9 should have afforded him more recognition. According to comics journalist Paul Gravett, Lubbers is 'not the celebrated cartoonist he should be.' Additionally, in these strange & obscure, possibly unpublished comic strips titled Buck Danes, Everett Bass, an artist surmised to have worked in the 1940's, engages a singular, running commentary about making ends meet through its characters that mirrors the political realism of Harold Gray's renowned and long-running comic strip, Little Orphan Annie. That the comic may well represent a failed attempt to capitalize on Gray's success by featuring familiar working-class themes and a relatable drawing style, it ultimately still succeeds at replicating Gray's comic universe, but for purposes too fascinatingly odd to be understood.

 

Additional Info: Copies of "Viewotron" will be available during the exhibition; Subscribe to our newsletter "The GRAFFO Broadsheet" to follow along as DWIGHTMESS and Sam Sharpe discuss his comic, "That First Summer After College We All Stayed in the City and Founded Religions." A virtual/IRL artist discussion event will take place in early December with Sam Sharpe along with the release of a 'zine of forgotten artist Everett Bass' comic-strips. We hope you'll join us on one of the gallery's first deep dives into the architecture of comics-making and its capabilities for sparking discussion and reflection!

"From Teleos to the Beyond" | November 10 - December 31, 2023

Sam Sharpe | Everette Bass | Bob Lubbers | Peach S Goodrich

DWIGHTMESS Cartooning & Comic Arts

805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 [entrance on Ripley Street]

 

Opening Reception: Friday, Nov. 10, 7-9pm; Light refreshments & beverages served; Sam Sharpe to be present virtually, Peach S Goodrich will attend.

Gallery Hours: By Event & Appointment. Contact  adam@dwightmess.com to schedule a viewing.


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Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/6/2023

Hodgson, Mike. 1969

A Wildly Funny Collection of With Sgt. Mike Cartoons

Essandess

 

Hodgson, Michael T. 1971.

With Sgt Mike In Vietnam.

Army Times Publishing Company.

Online at https://archive.org/details/padp1/

 

With Sgt. Mike

Mike Dobbs Out of the Inkwell blog

APRIL 01, 2012

https://outoftheinkwell.blogspot.com/2012/04/with-sgt.html

 

IDW Publishing Closes Their Offices In San Diego For Good?

Bleeding Cool gets the word that IDW Entertainment/Publishing shut their San Diego offices last week. And that it came as quite a surprise.

 05 Nov 2023  

by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-publishing-closes-their-offices-in-san-diego/

 

Michelle Jing Chan Auctions First Graphic Novel Rights For Six Figures

Michelle Jing Chan's debut graphic novel, Somewhere in the Gray, has sold world rights at auction, in a six-figure publishing deal.

 05 Nov 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/michelle-jing-chan-auctions-rights-first-graphic-novel-six-figures/

 

Naoki Urusawa Talks Pluto, 20th Century Boys & Career at Lucca 2023

Manga creator Naoki Urusawa (Pluto, Monster, 20th Century Boys) discussed his career, adaptations & more at a Lucca 2023 press conference

Adi Tantimedh

05 Nov 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/naoki-urusawa-talks-pluto-20th-century-boys-career-at-lucca-2023/

 

COMICBOOKS FOR TROOPS EVENT TO BE HELD VETERANS DAY WEEKEND

Support from Retailers, Others in Industry Welcomed

 Brigid Alverson on November 3, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55503/comicbooks-troops-event-be-held-veterans-day-weekend

 

GRAPHIC NOVELS, MANGA ON AWARDS CIRCUIT

Dark Horse, Holt, Fantagraphics Titles Recognized

 Johanna Draper Carlson on November 3, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55507/graphic-novels-manga-awards-circuit


Brian K. Vaughn's "DROP" | A live table-read

Jay Szpirs, Brittany Tomes,  Jenn,  Hawk, and Brent

Geeks with Kids 173 ;  Sep 8, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqINY2x8zgc

 

DC Compact Comics Will Reprint Popular Collections in a Smaller Size

By John Maher

Nov 06, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/93638-dc-compact-comics-will-reprint-bestselling-collections-in-a-smaller-size.html

 

INTERVIEW: Ron Cacace on Scam Likely's debut in ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #345.

 Avery Kaplan 11/06/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-ron-cacace-on-scam-likelys-debut-in-archie-jumbo-comics-digest-345/

 

INTERVIEW: David Pepose on the "tightrope" of creating a new PUNISHER

New PUNISHER writer David Pepose talks the origins of Joe Garrison, the character's connection to the larger Marvel Universe, and the politics of The Punisher in 2023.

Joe Grunenwald 11/06/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/punisher-david-pepose-interview-marvel-comics/

 

Comics inspire retiree to pen his own [Frank Krulicki's House of Wonders; Canada]

By Geoff Lee

November 2, 2023

https://www.meridiansource.ca/comics-inspire-retiree-to-pen-his-own/

 

"You Don't Need Permission": An Interview with Lawrence Lindell

Whit Taylor | November 6, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/you-dont-need-permission-an-interview-with-lawrence-lindell/

 

'Garfield Minus Garfield': The Man Who Popularized the Most Famous 'Garfield' Meme Is Still At It

    Brian VanHooker

November 04, 2023

https://www.cracked.com/article_40100_garfield-minus-garfield-the-man-who-popularized-the-most-famous-garfield-meme-is-still-at-it.html

 

'Echo' Trailer Reveals Major Marvel Firsts: TV-MA Rating, Simultaneous Hulu Debut and Native American and Deaf Lead

Laura Clark

Variety Nov 3, 2023

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/echo-trailer-marvel-hulu-rating-release-date-1235778785/

 

Jim Lee, Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics, on Finding a Work-Life Balance: 'I Fell Asleep Twice While I Was Driving'

Davide Abbatescianni

Variety Nov 5, 2023

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/jim-lee-dc-comics-lucca-1235780700/

 

'300,' 'Sin City' Creator Frank Miller on Setting Up His Own Publishing Banner: 'It's Time to Be an Adult'

Davide Abbatescianni

Variety Nov 5, 2023

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/frank-miller-lucca-1235780612/

 

'Preacher,' 'The Boys' Co-Creator Garth Ennis, 'the Quentin Tarantino of Comics,' Talks War, Religion, New Work 'Partisan'

Davide Abbatescianni

Variety Nov 5, 2023

https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/preacher-the-boys-garth-ennis-quentin-tarantino-partisan-1235780551/

 

Lucca Comics & Games 2023 Fest Offers Something for Every Fan, From 'Harry Potter' to 'Hunger Games'

Davide Abbatescianni

Variety October 30 2023

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/lucca-comics-games-festival-harry-potter-hunger-games-1235772865/

 

Taraja Ramsess, 'Black Panther' and 'Avengers: Endgame' Stuntman, Dies at 41

Caroline Brew

    Variety November 5 2023

    https://variety.com/2023/film/news/taraja-ramsess-dead-black-panther-1235780693/

 

In their new book How to Love, comic artist Alex Norris changes hearts and minds

Navigating queer relationships, singlehood and being friends with an ex, Alex Norris' lively characters help answer all the big questions. [webcomics]

    Yaya Azariah Clarke

    2 November 2023

https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/alex-norris-how-to-love-illustration-publication-project-021123

 

Nov 6 2023

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode sixty | Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, part two

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/no-not-that-one

 

Loki season 2: B-15 has been one of Loki's greatest allies all along

By George Marston

Newsarama November 3 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/loki-season-2-agent-b-15-has-been-one-of-lokis-greatest-allies-all-along/

 

Loki season 2 is hinting at the biggest Loki story of the last decade, as best it can

What happens to the God of Lies when he stops lying?

By Susana Polo@NerdGerhl Nov 3, 2023

https://www.polygon.com/23944904/loki-season-2-god-of-stories-time-travel

 

Retired S.I. cop's dream: Bring superhero comic book series to life [ Jason Auerbach's The Villains]

    Toniann DiCostanzo

     Oct. 30, 2023

    https://www.silive.com/news/2023/10/retired-si-cops-dream-bring-superhero-comic-book-series-to-life.html

 

'Times have changed': Homer will no longer strangle Bart on 'The Simpsons'

By Kelly Hayes

  November 6, 2023 

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/homer-no-longer-strangle-bart-the-simpsons

 

[DISPATCH] A Deep Dive with Molly Mahan

The Editrix Maxima swings by for a wide-ranging conversation and shares new art.

3 Worlds / 3 Moons

Nov 6, 2023

https://3w3m.substack.com/p/dispatch-deep-dive-molly-mahan

 

Interview: Serial Killer City Limits with Kill More's Scott Bryan Wilson

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Oct 30, 2023

https://previewsworld.com/Article/271236-Interview-Serial-Killer-City-Limits-with-Kill-Mores-Scott-Bryan-Wilson

 

Bret Blevins Ghosting Art for Mike Manley on The Phantom and Judge Parker

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/11/06/bret-blevins-ghosting-art-for-mike-manley-on-the-phantom-and-judge-parker/

 

Gen V Has Made the X-Men More Relevant Than Ever

 

Gen V effortlessly continues the biting satire of The Boys' superhero celebrity universe, but the X-Men's tales of finding peace amidst enormous oppression are sorely needed right now.

  By Joe George | November 4, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/gen-v-has-made-the-x-men-more-relevant-than-ever/

 

Whether You Like It or Not, the MCU Changed Captain Marvel for the Better

Carol Danvers' Marvel Comics history is both messy and deeply problematic. The MCU version of Carol might not have won everyone over, but it's a massive improvement on the source material.

  By Joe George | November 6, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/whether-you-like-it-or-not-the-mcu-changed-captain-marvel-for-the-better/

 

The Attack on Titan Ending is Perfect

  By Daniel Kurland | November 6, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-attack-on-titan-ending-is-perfect/

 

'Aliens FC': Sefi Carmel's Creation Entertainment Media Plays to Win with Animated Football Feature

By Ramin Zahed

November 3, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/11/aliens-fc-sefi-carmels-creation-entertainment-media-plays-to-win-with-animated-football-feature/

This article was written for the December '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 335)

Monday, November 06, 2023

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Kill More's Scott Bryan Wilson

Interview: Serial Killer City Limits with Kill More's Scott Bryan Wilson

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Adam Griffith's The Graffo Broadsheet

The Graffo Broadsheet is a flux of experimental comic strips, comics research, guest artist features, and project reporting from an arts compound that includes a multimedia cartooning & illustration lab and a comics-centric gallery in Silver Spring, MD USA.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/4-5/2023

Editor & Translator Anne Ishii at Fantom Comics

Jacob Shapiro

Fantom Comics (November 5 2023): https://www.instagram.com/p/CzR3TIYRY5D/

 

Relaunching one hero means grounding another [Spider-Man and Flash Gordon comic strips letter]

Allen Mears

Washington Post November 4 2023

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/03/taylor-swift-jim-jordan-gaza-ukraine/

 

'It would be amazing if this led to something': Anna Readman, winner of our graphic short story prize 2023

Dancing Queen, Readman's meditation on a lost friend, won this year's Observer/Faber graphic short story prize. Now she's glad she gave up the day job…

Rachel Cooke

 5 Nov 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/05/anna-readman-winner-observer-faber-graphic-short-story-prize-2023-dancing-queen

 

Echo to launch new Marvel Studios label with less emphasis on "larger MCU continuity"

It seems like Marvel Studios quietly just announced that it's not super committed to this whole "cinematic universe" thing

Sam Barsanti

AV Club November 4 2023

https://www.avclub.com/echo-disney-plus-marvel-spotlight-1850992981

 

Frank Miller Wins Yellow Kid Master Of Comics Award at Lucca

The awards ceremony for Lucca Comics & Games 2023 was held at the Teatro del Giglio last night, presented by Emanuele Vietina.

 03 Nov 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/frank-miller-wins-yellow-kid-master-of-comics-award-at-lucca/

 

Last laugh: Tim Nimigan retiring Our Town comic series after 20 years [Canada]

Adam Prudhomme

Napanee Beaver November 3, 2023

https://www.napaneebeaver.ca/last-laugh-tim-nimigan-retiring-our-town-comic-series-after-20-years/

 

Bad Idea Giving Away $150-$250 Comics at Their NC Comicon Panel

by Rich Johnston

  03 Nov 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bad-idea-giving-away-150-250-comics-at-their-nc-comicon-panel/

 

The Story of Comic Twart and the Power of Finding Your Community

David Harper

July 9, 2019

https://sktchd.com/longform/the-story-of-comic-twart-and-the-power-of-finding-your-community/

 

Megumi Hayashibara Steps Down as Voice of Hello Kitty After 33 Years

posted on 2023-11-01

by Rafael Antonio Pineda

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-01/megumi-hayashibara-steps-down-as-voice-of-hello-kitty-after-33-years/.204004

 

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Manga Ends on December 1

posted on 2023-11-01 21:47 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-01/cardcaptor-sakura-clear-card-manga-ends-on-december-1/.204036

 

Manga Creator Machiko Satonaka Honored as Person of Cultural Merit

posted on 2023-11-03 16:00 EDT by Alex Mateo

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-03/manga-creator-machiko-satonaka-honored-as-person-of-cultural-merit/.204103

 

A new graphic memoir details illustrator Edel Rodriguez's escape from Cuba in 1980

Scott Simon

  Weekend Edition Saturday  November 4, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/04/1210645237/a-new-graphic-memoir-details-illustrator-edel-rodriguezs-escape-from-cuba-in-198

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2023/11/20231104_wesat_book_worm.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1210645237

 

Skybound relaunches historic Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation

Taimur Dar

11/04/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/skybound-relaunches-historic-spike-mikes-festival-of-animation/

 

The Importance of a website

And the death of social media as we knew it

André Lima Araújo

Castrum Lusitania Nov 4, 2023

https://andrelimaaraujo.substack.com/p/the-importance-of-a-website

 

A perfect Sunday with... Brandon M. Easton

Tocilog, Led Zeppelin and rainy afternoons!

Cavan Scott

the Cavletter Nov 5, 2023

https://cavanscott.substack.com/p/a-perfect-sunday-with-brandon-m-easton

 

Kevin Fagan talks new book Deja Drabble

Tom Ward

Sports Page Weekly

Volume 22, Issue 10, November 3- November 9, 2023: 6.

online at https://www.calameo.com/read/000906743b78a543a6ba5

 

Dr. Gregory D. Grabiak August 2, 1939 — October 29, 2023 [Pluggers contributor]

Clement L. Pantalone Funeral Home (October 31 2023): https://www.pantalone.com/obituaries/gregory-grabiak

 

On Display in the Gallery 9/15/2023-01-13-2024

The Cartoon Art of Sandy Plunkett: A Brush, With History!

Southeast Ohio History Center

https://southeastohiohistory.org/exhibit/the-cartoon-art-of-sandy-plunkett-a-brush-with-history/

Sunday, November 05, 2023

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "#EjectIsrael"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, and unedited as always -

"Eject Israel"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3726

So, late last week, I'm hearing all this bullshit bubbling in the news 
about Genocide Joe calling for a "pause" in the Israel-Palestine 
"conflict" so that the hostages can get out safely — god bless their 
exceptional asses — and maybe also so that any Palestinians remaining 
who are actually able to move can also get out, and probably end up 
being bombed on the highway to the refugee camps, or bombed at the 
camp once they get there, or both; thanks so much, Joe.

And as I was starting to work on this piece the night before the big 
mobilization for Palestinian solidarity here in DC this past Saturday, 
I was seeing a lot of chatter on the Web about how Israel should be 
expelled from the United Nations for this horror — an excellent idea, 
though they'd never get it through because Israel's big, fat, rich 
asshole Uncle has veto power at the Security Council. Still, what an 
awesome thought — drum the bastards outta the UN.

But, aaaanyway, yeah; El Presidente wants a "pause". "Pause", my 
goddamn ass. Time to hit "Stop" and "Eject". Israel is the scuffy, 
overplayed, worn-out, hissy old British post-punk mixtape tangled up 
in the Earth's 1989 cassette/CD combo boombox, and no pencil made can 
save it.

-----

"US President Joe Biden calls for 'pause' in Israel-Gaza conflict", 
BBC 11.02.2023
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67294334

Mike Flugennock fotos of the National Gaza Mobe in Washington DC, 
11.04.2023 on Facebook, 1 of 2:
https://www.facebook.com/flugennock/posts/pfbid02ABDCPv51Y2VwPAcR9m8Ep2bNkGiA4jBwniKudHuseJiZQrgcjswcwvBjuYMW193Ll

Mike Flugennock fotos of the National Gaza Mobe in Washington DC, 
11.04.2023 on Facebook, 2 of 2:
https://www.facebook.com/flugennock/posts/pfbid02mdREQWab3DMHFB73hCDddTrBzBn58D8ScqU4X9kLn7WokQkZosEssv2bjycijUkwl

Mike Flugennock video footage of the National Gaza Mobe in Washington, 
DC, 11.04.2023 on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/flugennock/posts/pfbid02RqqdL7TuZxFx35FJHFVCDwHxDKsvSQ6jFy32q1uZRhAjtgPAuHsinoELAtjXYoUBl
____________________________________
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

NPR talks to Edel Rodriguez about his new graphic novel

A new graphic memoir details illustrator Edel Rodriguez's escape from Cuba in 1980


Illustrator Edel Rodriguez fled Cuba with his family during the Mariel boatlift in 1980, a story he tells in his new graphic memoir, "Worm." He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about it.

"Legendary Craft" from SL Gallant

From an IDW email ad -

"Legendary Craft: Penned by Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz, with artistry from Ben Bishop and SL Gallant."

- I'll buy the regular trade unless Shannon tells me otherwise.

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That darn Spider-Man in the WaPo

Mr. Mears is apparently unaware that, like Dilbert, Spider-Man is no longer being syndicated. In fact Michael Cavna did an article on this before the switchover. I personally would have preferred to see Marvel hire a new writer/artist team for Spider-Man but apparently it's not worth Disney's time.

Relaunching one hero means grounding another [Spider-Man comic strip letter]

Allen Mears, McLean

Washington Post November 4 2023

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/03/taylor-swift-jim-jordan-gaza-ukraine/

So, Post comics are adding "Flash Gordon" and dropping "The Amazing Spider-Man," according to the Oct. 21 Style article "Flash Gordon takes flight again on comics pages." That is a bad move.

"Spider-Man" is so well drawn and has such good plots and characters that it is a favorite of many readers.

Recording of Anne Ishii at Fantom Comics this afternoon

She and Jacob Shapiro had a fascinating chat about Gengorah Tagame


If anyone can figure out how to download it from Instagram, please let me know.

Anne Ishii is speaking at Fantom Comics

She's talking to Jacob Shapiro about her work translating and publishing the manga of gay Japanese cartoonist Gengorah Tagame.

Nov 5: Anne Ishii in conversation on the work of gay manga master Gengoroh Tagame.

I'll be going this afternoon.  Mike


On Sunday, November 5 at 3pm, Fantom Comics will host Asian Arts Initiative executive director Anne Ishii in conversation about her career editing, translating, and agenting the work of gay manga master Gengoroh Tagame. From a comics scene perspective this is one of the most important "gets" we've had at Fantom since I returned to DC earlier this year, so I hope as many of you can come through as possible!

Ishii co-founded MASSIVE GOODS in 2013, through which she introduced an entire generation of queer Japanese artists to the English-speaking world—sometimes publishing their work uncensored for the first time in any language. Her survey omnibus MASSIVE: Gay Erotica Manga and the Men Who Make It helped bring Gengoroh Tagame to U.S. audiences, and we did a launch party with her for it at Fantom in 2015.

Tagame has been a Tom of Finland-esque figure in gay erotic manga for decades—Ishii edited and translated the two-volume The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame collecting his erotica in the U.S. for the first time—but he has also achieved mainstream success with his breakthrough non-erotic work: the Eisner-winning My Brother's Husband, which Ishii also agented, edited, and translated. She did the same for his newest work, Our Colors (published in English by Pantheon last year, and I can't wait to chat with her on November 5 about all of it.

Jacob Shapiro, manager & co-owner
Fantom Comics