We try to untangle 'Madame Web'
Glen Weldon, Jordan Crucchiola, and Jordan Morris
Glen Weldon, Jordan Crucchiola, and Jordan Morris
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Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of four children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970s in a blue-collar suburb of Toronto. Despite their working-class milieu, the Vellekoops are devoted to art, music, and film, and they instill a deep reverence for the arts in young Maurice--except for literature. He'd much rather watch Cher and Carol Burnett on TV than read a book. He also loves playing with his girlfriends' Barbie dolls and helping his Mum in her hair salon, which she runs out of the basement of their house. In short, he is really, really gay. Which is a huge problem, because the family is part of the Christian Reformed Church, a strict Calvinist sect. They go to church twice on Sunday, and they send their kids to a private Christian school, catechism classes, and the Calvinist Cadet Corps. Needless to say, the church is intolerant of homosexuality. Though she loves her son deeply, Maurice's mother, Ann, cannot accept him, setting the course for a long estrangement.
Vellekoop struggles through all of this until he graduates from high school and is accepted into the Ontario College of Art in the early 1980s. Here he finds a welcoming community of bohemians, including a brilliant, flamboyantly gay professor who encourages him to come out. But just as he's dipping his toes into the waters of gay sex and love, a series of romantic disasters, followed by a violent attack, sets him back severely. And then the shadow of the AIDS era descends. Maurice reacts by retreating to the safety of childhood obsessions, and seeks to satisfy his emotional needs with film- and theatre-going, music, boozy self-medication, and prolific art-making. When these tactics inevitably fail, Vellekoop at last embarks on a journey towards his heart's true desire. In psychotherapy, the spiderweb of family, faith, guilt, sexuality, mental health, the intergenerational fallout of World War II, King Ludwig II of Bavaria, French Formula Hairspray, and much more at last begins to untangle. But it's going to be a long, messy, and occasionally hilarious process.
I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together is an enthralling portrait of what it means to be true to yourself, to learn to forgive, and to be an artist.
Maurice Vellekoop was born in 1964 in a suburb of Toronto. A prolific artist and illustrator, he has worked non-stop for the last three decades. In addition to publications, his corporate clients include Swissair, Abercrombie & Fitch, Air Canada, Smart Car, LVMH, and Bush Irish Whiskey. He lives on Toronto Island with his partner Gordon Bowness.
Vellekoop will be in conversation with Chip Kidd, a writer and graphic designer in New York City. As Editor-At-Large for graphic novels at Pantheon books, he has published some of the world's best cartoonists, including Chris Ware, Charles Burns, David Mazzucchelli, Gengoroh Tagame, Michael Cho, Anita Kunz and Anders Nilsen. He has authored over a dozen books of his own, including the novels The Cheese Monkeys and The Learners, and a Batman graphic novel called Death By Design. He is currently writing a graphic novel for Marvel.
This event is in-person at the Shaw Neighborhood Library
Politics and Prose is happy to partner with DC Public Library and the DC Public Library Foundation with author Robin Ha to discuss her new book, The Fox Maidens.
A limited number of complimentary copies of The Fox Maidens will be available for families to add to their home library courtesy of the DC Public Library Foundation. Copies will be available first come, first serve at the event only, books will not be available for pick up before or after the event on March 14th.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Set in the Joseon Dynasty, where women are bounded to strict expectations of behavior, Kai is a force to be reckoned with. Surpassing her father, a prominent general in martial arts, she is focused more on her fighting abilities than pursuit of a husband. However, a strange transformation reignites the demons of her parents' past, compelling Kai to reconcile her identity or else face a future condemned to isolation. This queer, feminist reimagining of the classic Korean folktale of the nine-tailed fox is brought to life in a powerfully illustrated graphic format that highlight the turmoil of a young girl fighting to defy her fate.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Robin Ha is an award-winning author, illustrator and comic artist. Her graphic novel memoir Almost American Girl was a Harvey Award nominee. Her comics and illustrations have appeared in various publications, including the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. She is also the author of the best-selling comic recipe book Cook Korean: A Comic Book with Recipes.
Alternate Universe keeps comic books super in New Haven
The store, which has two locations in Connecticut, is supported by a loyal customer base.
Christina Lee 11:37 pm, Feb 21, 2024
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/02/21/alternate-universe-keeps-comic-books-super-in-new-haven/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rhAziDRsgs
Azuki announces LOST YOUTH, CASES AND THEN SOME, and two more MediBang! titles [digital manga subscription service]
Manta Expands into French-Language Digital Comics Market [South Korean digital comics platform]
Feb 21, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4519
Joel and Andrew, Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson
C.O.P.S.
The Cartoon Dumpster Dive Podcast Episode 10 , Feb 21st 2024
https://www.cartoondumpsterdive.com/#
Graphic novel about King Tut is latest book to be challenged in SC school district
By Bristow Marchant
February 20, 2024
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/education/article285687286.html
To Live and Die in L.A.: PW Talks with Peter and Maria Hoey
By Shaenon Garrity
Feb 16, 2024
A version of this article appeared in the 02/19/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: To Live and Die in L.A.
New graphic novel illuminates AAPI history [ Fighting to Belong! a History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Vol. 1]
By Alexandra Nguyen
February 22, 2024
TAAF and Third State Books Release AANHPI History Graphic Novel Fighting to Belong!
The Asian American Foundation 6 Feb, 2024,
Found diary helps retell tragedy of SS St. Louis victims in new graphic novel ["Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America"]
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
February 21, 2024
SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP Reach Tentative TV Animation Agreement
February 21, 2024
Robert Morgan Discusses the Inspirations and Challenges of His Hand-Crafted Horror Movie 'Stopmotion'
By Ramin Zahed
February 21, 2024
'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Review: Netflix's Live-Action Remake Is a Major Letdown
Angie Han
February 22, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/avatar-the-last-airbender-review-netflix-1235829956/
Avatar: The Last Airbender' Cast Weigh in on M. Night Shyamalan's Original Live-Action Adaptation: "A Good Way to See What We Don't Want to Do"
Ryan Fish
February 16, 2024
PRO: TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS - FULL YEAR 2023
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
ICv2 February 21, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/icv2-pro/view/56297/top-100-graphic-novels-full-year-2023
LUNAR DISTRIBUTION GETS MAGMA COMIX; Publisher Using Multiple Distributors
Johanna Draper Carlson on February 21, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56294/lunar-distribution-gets-magma-comix
Your Go-To Guide for How and Where to Read Manga
Patricia Thang Feb 22, 2024
https://bookriot.com/how-and-where-to-read-manga/
A Look Back: Jules Feiffer Creates Celebratory Cover | SLJ at 70
— Mark Tuchman
https://www.slj.com/story/Look-Back-Jules-Feiffer-Creates-Celebratory-Cover-SLJ-at-70
New 'Superman: Legacy' details emerge. When Ohio filming is expected to start
Cincinnati Enquirer
2000 AD Production Art: Classic 2000 AD Covers and pages
Secret Oranges Feb 22, 2024
https://secretoranges.substack.com/p/2000-ad-production-art
Why Megan Ellison Saved 'Nimona': "I Needed This Movie"
The Annapurna Pictures founder picked up the animated feature after Disney balked at its LGBTQ themes and closed its studio, Blue Sky Animation, in 2021. Now the Netflix movie is an Oscar nominee.
Rebecca Keegan
February 22, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/megan-ellison-saved-nimona-1235832043/
Exclusive: Creators share 3 things you didn't know about THE ENFIELD GANG MASSACRE
02/22/2024
Oni Press Grabs Adventure Time Comics License From Boom Studios
Oni Press has the license to Adventure Time, formerly published by Boom, with Warner Bros. Discovery Global and Cartoon Network
21 Feb 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/oni-press-grabs-adventure-time-comics-license-from-boom-studios/
Alfredo Castelli, 1947-2024
Valerio Stivè & Alberto Brambilla | February 22, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/alfredo-castelli-1947-2024/
Political Cartoons by Chester Gould
Paul Berge
Berge's Cartoon Blog July 25, 2020
https://bergetoons.blogspot.com/2020/07/political-cartoons-by-chet-gould.html
Only in Oklahoma: From small-town Sooner, a big-city crimebuster [Chester Gould]
From the Only in Oklahoma series from the Tulsa World Archive series
GENE CURTIS Tulsa World Archive
Feb 19, 2024
Neary, Paul. ?
'Inside Comics': Paul Neary interviews Al Williamson and Archie Goodwin [Star Wars comic strip].
Online at https://twitter.com/PeteDoree/status/1385888294861524994
For Better or For Worse cartoonist Lynn Johnston embraces the life robotic in Alottabotz
Interview with cartoonist Lynn Johnston.
Feb 21, 2024
Oscar-nominated 'Nimona' an essential gem for queer fans; Rescued from oblivion of studio politics, film rings palpably authentic'.
Washington Blade (February 16): 28.
online at https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/02/15/nimona-movie-review/
10 Best Anime Every Studio Ghibli Fan Needs to Watch At Least Once
By Jonathon Greenall
CBR Feb 14, 2024
https://www.cbr.com/best-anime-recommendations-for-ghibli-fans/
Kent Melton blog 2010-2017 - https://web.archive.org/web/20191218092749/http://kentmelton.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/jkentmelton
Barnes, Mike. 2024. Kent Melton, Character Sculptor for 'Aladdin,' 'The Lion King' and 'Coraline,' Dies at 68; He helped fuel Disney's animation renaissance in the 1990s, then worked on stop-motion films for Laika Studios. Hollywood Reporter (February 22): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kent-melton-dead-aladdin-coraline-character-sculptor-1235833267/
Marthis, Rose and Kevin O'Riley (photos). 2015.
Getting to Know Kent Melton: Skill and serendipity led this lifelong artist from small-town schools with no art education to a job creating character sculptures for Disney and Pixar.
417 Magazine (January). Online at https://www.417mag.com/issues/january-2015/getting-to-know-kent-melton/
Melton, Martha. 2024. [James Kent Melton passed peacefully in his sleep this morning].
Kent Melton (February 22): https://www.facebook.com/jkentmelton/posts/pfbid0hKHFxX8gK52pjuVEPJcErXNYV6ocbBwr2g6XXWG98RnX3pipfA8aZxNNT7aEwN5kl
Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender Controversy Explained. What was behind the controversy that led fans to question many aspects of the Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender?
Shamus Kelley
Den of Geek February 22, 2024
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/netflixs-avatar-the-last-airbender-controversy-explained/
Marvel wants you to take a big bite out of Blood Hunt with a whopping 59 issues including 8 full limited series and 6 one-shots
By George Marston
Newsarama February 20 2024
Words, Images, & Worlds with Stefano Gaudiano, Part I
Jason DeHart
Feb 21, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04IjWz_QIk0
Words, Images, & Worlds with Skylar Patridge
Jason DeHart
Feb 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFh3SpyvhnM
Comic Culture at HeroesCon, pt 4 [Howard Mackie, Kayla E., Nic Canetti, Levi Erickson, and Fend Hamilton].
terence dollard
Feb 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__4DAih4iF4
Who are all these people in James Gunn's Superman: Legacy cast photo?
You know Superman and Lois, but who are Eve, Metamorpho, and The Engineer? And is that Skyler Gisondo?
Sam Barsanti
AV Club February 22 2024
https://www.avclub.com/superman-legacy-cast-photo-who-rachel-brosnahan-1851280155
A brand new anthology series of comics & illustrations encompassing our collective weird-kid nostalgia, by Lucky Pocket Press!
Featuring work from:
♬ Amanda Castillo ♬ Sunmi ♬ Theo Stultz ♬ Reetz ♬ Inder ♬ Pa Luis ♬ Nichole Shinn ♬ Mogumu ♬ Kelly Ficarra ♬ Janet Sung ♬ Gica Tam ♬ BOXERBUN ♬ Em Allen ♬ Diansakhu Banton-Perry ♬ Chelsea Akpan ♬ Billie Snippet ♬ Angie Hewitt ♬ Ally Gonzalez ♬ Lyle Lynde ♬
Knapsack Magazine is a comics anthology that is a love letter to our collective weird kid nostalgia. Comics have been ever present through our lives, and with Knapsack Magazine we wanted to emulate our love for serialized manga publications like Shojo Beat and Shonen Jump, popularized in North America during the 90's and early 2000's. Knapsack is meant to fit snugly in your Jansport backpack, holding precious things, ready to be a friend on your way back from school. With this anthology, we hope to evoke the nostalgia and excitement of picking up a new manga after school and being swept away into an entirely new world.
Knapsack will be offset printed at 210mm x 270mm on newsprint-like paper, to evoke the style of manga printing, in dark pink and aqua blue inks. Each comic is printed in one color, alternating throughout the volume. Illustrations and articles are two colors, with a style emulating risograph color layering.
Knapsack Magazine is intended to be a serialized magazine with several of our stories continuing over the course of several volumes, each with a different theme derived from each volume's title word!
Rescued from oblivion of studio politics, film rings palpably authentic
How Marvel Is Quietly Retooling Amid Superhero Fatigue
The studio's golden box office aura has been dented, but chief architect Kevin Feige isn't scrapping his years-long cinematic universe plan, just refining it: "They're not going to give up," says an insider.
By Borys Kit, Aaron Couch
February 21, 2024
Feb. 21 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine
Book Résumés
Book Résumés help teachers, librarians, parents, and community members defend books from censorship. They detail each title's significance and educational value and are easy to share with administrators, book review committees, elected officials, and board members.
Bookmark this page! Thousands of library books face censorship, so new book résumés are added on a regular basis.
https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/
American Born Chinese - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/american-born-chinese-by-gene-luen-yang-fiction-young-adult/
Drama - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/drama/
Flamer- https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/flamer/
Gender Queer: A Memoir
- https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/gender-queer-a-memoir/
Go With The Flow - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/go-with-the-flow/
Heartstopper - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/heartstopper/
Hey Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, And Dealt With Family Addiction - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/hey-kiddo-how-i-lost-my-mother-found-my-father-and-dealt-with-family-addiction-by-jarrett-krosoczka-non-fiction-children/
Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide To Sex, Relationships, And Being A Human - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/lets-talk-about-it-the-teens-guide-to-sex-relationships-and-being-a-human-2/
Losing The Girl - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/losing-the-girl-mari-naomi/
Maus: A Survivor's Tale - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/maus-a-survivors-tale-by-art-spiegelman-non-fiction-children/
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/maus-ii-a-survivors-tale-and-here-my-troubles-began-by-art-spiegelman-non-fiction-young-adult/
The Magic Fish - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/the-magic-fish/
New Kid - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/new-kid-by-jerry-craft-fiction-children/
Persepolis - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/persepolis-by-marjane-satrapi-non-fiction/
The Prince And The Dressmaker - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker/
Snapdragon - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/snapdragon/
This One Summer - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/this-one-summer/
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/tomboy-a-graphic-memoir/
The Witch Boy - https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/the-witch-boy/
Sundays In The Funnies With Bud [Bud Blake, Tiger comic strip]
Rob Stoltzer
Inkslingers blog February 21, 2024
https://inkslingers.ink/2024/02/21/sundays-in-the-funnies-with-bud/
Sneak Peek: French Producer Marc du Pontavice Gives Us the Scoop on His New Movie 'Lucy Lost'
By Ramin Zahed
February 20, 2024
Top 50 Comics - Full Year 2023, Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
ICv2 February 20, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/56290/top-50-comics-full-year-2023
Top 20 Graphic Novels - Full Year 2023, Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
ICv2 February 21, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/56298/top-20-graphic-novels-full-year-2023
Comic Publishers Killing Momentum, Quality Complaints, The Missing Young Adult Market
ICv2 Talks to Comic Retailers about the Numbers
Milton Griepp on February 21, 2024
Pro: In-Depth: Comic Publishers Killing Momentum, Quality Complaints, The Missing Young Adult Market; ICv2 Talks to Comic Retailers about Sales Trends
Milton Griepp on February 21, 2024
Comics And Graphic Novel Sales In Comic Stores Down 8% In 2023; Graphic Novels Down More than Periodicals
Milton Griepp on February 21, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/56301/comics-graphic-novel-sales-comic-stores-down-8-2023
Andrews McMeel Leadership Changes
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/21/andrews-mcmeel-leadership-changes/
Andrews McMeel Universal Names Kirsty Melville Chief Executive Officer
Kathy Hilliard
Andrews McMeel Universal
Brent Bartram Named Andrews McMeel Syndication President
https://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/brent-bartram-named-andrews-mcmeel-syndication-president/
Kathy Hilliard
Andrews McMeel Universal
Comics take action for Palestine: Silver Sprocket, Fantagraphics, and the Cartoonist Cooperative stand with the people.
Arpad Okay
02/21/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-take-action-for-palestine/
The Aesthetics of Brutes [Fabrice Neaud]
Andrew White | February 21, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/the-aesthetics-of-brutes/
Drawing (in) the Feminine: Bande Dessinée and Women
Edited by Margaret C. Flinn
EXPECTED Pub Date: February, 2024
https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814215142.html
Introduction
Margaret C. Flinn
Part 1 Industry, Audience, and Platforms
Chapter 1 Women Cartoonists: A New Avenue for Understanding a Little-Known Profession?
Jessica Kohn
Chapter 2 Women in Color: Comics Artists and the Ninth Art in France
Sylvain Lesage
Chapter 3 Between Ah! Nana and Okapi: Nicole Claveloux at the Crossroads
Benoît Crucifix
Chapter 4 Gender Equality? Hshouma! Women, Sexuality, and Comics Activism in Morocco
Jennifer Howell
Part 2 Geographies of Identity
Chapter 5 Graphic Entanglements: Images of Women, Nature, and Brittany in Contemporary Comics
Armelle Blin-Rolland
Chapter 6 The Feminine Plural in Africa and the Diaspora: Quartets of Women in Aya de Yopougon and La vie d'Ebène Duta
Michelle Bumatay
Chapter 7 Revolutionary Comics: Samandal's Feminist Topography of Resistance
Alexandra Gueydan-Turek
Chapter 8 Unveiling IVG: Representations of Women's Experiences of Abortion in the Bande Dessinée
Catriona MacLeod
Part 3 Representations and History (Herstories)
Chapter 9 The Face of Women in Early Bandes Dessinées: Töpffer, Cham, Musset, Gustave Doré
Jacques Dürrenmatt
Chapter 10 The Amazons of Dahomey in French and African Comics
Mark McKinney
Chapter 11 Catel: Portrait of the Twenty-First-Century Feminist Artist and Author of Drawn Biography
Isabelle Delorme
Chapter 12 The Women behind the Woman behind the Man: Women Drawing Plural Collective Voices onto the Page in Emilie Plateau's Noire
Véronique Bragard
INTERVIEW: Madame Web's Dakota Johnson on Transforming Into a Superhero
By Hannah Rose
CBR February 15 2024
https://www.cbr.com/madame-web-dakota-johnson-interview/
Mary McLeod Bethune: Newspapers and Comic Books
Joanna Colclough
Headlines & Heroes blog February 21, 2024
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/02/mary-mcleod-bethune/
Harvard condemns 'flagrantly antisemitic' cartoon posted by student groups
By Annabelle Timsit
February 21, 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/02/21/harvard-antisemitic-cartoon-controversy/
Wheeler, John N. 1916. Mutt and Jeff Makes $5 a Minute. Evansville [IN] Courier (April 19): 4. Online at https://archive.org/details/mutt-and-jeff-makes-5-a-minute.-evansville-courier-and-press-1916-04-19-4
Unknown. 1916. Cartoons Maga'ine for May. Odgen Standard (April 20): 6. Online at https://archive.org/details/cartoons-magaine-for-may.-evening-standard-1916-04-20-7-1
Lewis, Reuben A. 1916. War Put Funny Notions in the Head of Jack King, but Success Followed [Mutt and Jeff animator, Eddie and the Younger Set comic strip]. Birmingham Age-Herald (December 10): A8. Online at https://archive.org/details/war-put-funny-notions-in-the-head-of-jack-king-but-success-followed.-birmingham-
Unknown. 1917. Sketch on Box Starts Art Career of Duff Originator. [W. R. Allman; Doings of the Duffs]. Muskegon [MI] Chronicle (September 8): 4. Online at https://archive.org/details/sketch-on-box-starts-art-career-of-duff-originator.-muskegon-chronicle-1917-09-08-4
Unknown. 1917. Jerry Still on the Job [Walter Hoban, World War I, Jerry on the Job]. [Washington, DC] Evening Star (October 8): 2. Online at https://archive.org/details/jerry-still-on-the-job.-evening-star-1917-10-08-3
Unknown. 1917. About Jiggs and Jeff: Albert T. Reid in Interesting Cartoon Talk at Current Topic Club. Topeka State Journal (November 20): 3. Online at https://archive.org/details/about-jiggs-and-jeff.-topeka-state-journal-1917-11-20-4
Unknown. 1917. Reid Explains All: Artist Tells of Cartooning and Illustrating Before Saturday Night Club [Albert T. Reid, collecting, George McManus]. Topeka State Journal (December 17): 6. Online at https://archive.org/details/reid-explains-all.-topeka-state-journal-1917-12-17-6
Unknown. 1917. Will Draw at Show [Wallace McDougal], World War I. San Antonio Light (December 16): 16. Online at https://archive.org/details/will-draw-at-show-wallace-mc-dougal-world-war-i.-san-antonio-light-1917-12-16-16
Unknown. 1917. ["The editor of a big city newspaper said two years ago, when considering the Fox cartoons..." (Fontaine Fox)]. Pueblo Chieftain (December 17): 4. Online at https://archive.org/details/the-editor-of-a-big-city-newspaper-said-two-years-ago.-fontaine-fox-pueblo-chief