April 7: GODFELL LAUNCH PARTY w/ RAVEN! at Fantom Comics

GODFELL LAUNCH PARTY w/ RAVEN!

>> Sunday, April 7th @ 3pm

Fantom Comics

We're hosting Fantom's own Raven Smith to discuss her work editing the fantasy series GODFELL. Come one, come all!

God is dead. Who's next? One sunny day in the land of Kerethim, God falls dead from the sky. The impact sends out shockwaves that draw in royal families at war, shadowy creatures of the dark, and armies of the dispossessed, all coming to lay claim to parts of God's body. Into this power struggle wanders Zanzi Vuiline, a soldier and berserker trying to get home from a years-long war. Forced to fight her way through the strange landscapes in and on God's corpse, from the soles of its feet through the top of its head, Zanzi will acquire a mysterious traveling companion named Neth who's on her own pilgrimage. Written by Eisner Award-nominated author Chris Sebela and illustrations by rising star artist Ben Hennessy.

Buy a copy of the book in-person or online: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/godfell-graphic-novel-complete-series

old news: That's Not Funny! Cartooning in a Charlie Hebdo World

• That's Not Funny! Cartooning in a Charlie Hebdo World
• Signe Wilkinson and Ann Telnaes
• Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-04-30.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689742/
• https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/:service:gdc:gdcwebcasts:15:04:30:pn:p1:20:0:150430pnp1200:150430pnp1200_960x720_1600/full/full/0/full/default.txt

Summary

• Cartoonists Signe Wilkinson and Ann Telnaes share their perspectives on the art of political cartooning and show examples of their own work.

Names

• Library of Congress
• Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

• Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-04-30.

Headings

• -  Biography, History
• -  Culture, Performing Arts
• -  Government, World Affairs
• -  cartooning, political cartooning, Signe Wilkinson, Ann Telnaes, Charlie Hebdo

Notes

• -  Classification: Fine Arts.
• -  Classification: History: America.
• -  Classification: Political Science.
• -  Signe Wilkinson, Ann Telnaes.
• -  Recorded on 2015-04-30.
• -  Kids, Families.
• -  Publishers.
• -  Researchers.
• -  Teachers.

Medium

• 1 online resource

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcwebcasts.150430pnp1200

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021689742

Online Format

• video
• image
• online text

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021689742

old news: The Comics of Anke Feuchtenberger & Their Many Expressionisms

The Comics of Anke Feuchtenberger & Their Many Expressionisms

Elizabeth Nijdam

Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division (April 28 2017): 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690507/

https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/:service:gdc:gdcwebcasts:17:04:28:pn:p1:20:0:170428pnp1200:170428pnp1200_1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

Summary

• Elizabeth Nijdam discussed the comic art of the East German-born artist Anke Feuchtenberger in the context of her artistic training and the political climate in which she developed.

Names

• Library of Congress
• Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

• Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2017-04-28.

Headings

• -  Biography, History
• -  Culture, Performing Arts
• -  Government, World Affairs
• -  comic, art , East Germany, expressionism

Notes

• -  Classification: Fine Arts.
• -  Classification: Political Science.
• -  Classification: Social Sciences.
• -  Elizabeth Nijdam.
• -  Recorded on 2017-04-28.
• -  Librarians, Archivists.
• -  Researchers.

Medium

• 1 online resource

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcwebcasts.170428pnp1200

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021690507

Online Format

• video
• image
• online text

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021690507

LOC Swann Lecture : Were They So Torturous? Reevaluating Modern Surgery's Underdog Story

Were They So Torturous? Reevaluating Modern Surgery's Underdog Story

Zoe Copeman

Library of Congress Swann Fellow Lecture March 12, 2024

https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11275/

https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/media:webcasts:2024:240312pnp1200:240312pnp1200-1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

Summary

• The Swann Fellow Lecture focuses on caricature and cartoon. Zoe Copeman, Ph.D. candidate in art history and archaeology at the University of Maryland, argues the history of surgery often discusses the field's rise from barbaric vocation to distinguished discipline, playing up the "torturous tools" early modern surgeons used to illustrate how far modern surgery has come. Drawing from the Library of Congress's 18th- and 19th-century caricatures, this research traces changes in the public perception of surgery and how visual media across disciplines would transform the surgeon (and his tools) into a powerful metaphor of European and American modernity.

Event Date

• March 12, 2024

Running Time

• 48 minutes 14 seconds

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/27/2024

Vrouwelijke stripheld 'Franka' bestaat 50 jaar

Jurgen van den Berg

Villa VdB 26 maart 2024

https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/villa-vdb/74350c37-1a46-4c46-9754-680d357ef3bd/2024-03-26-vrouwelijke-stripheld-franka-bestaat-50-jaar

 

Lydia Steier

" We are reeling after the death of our vibrant, brilliant Mother, Elena Steier, early this morning"

March 1 2024

https://www.facebook.com/lydia.steier/posts/pfbid02gPMDy639FUx5MwxUiYrpdAk2ZjNCMVv6ZLaZSJnhe2J2ZkfcdsQRkUT9hq3njvSXl

 

Elena Vira Steier February 14, 1958 - March 1, 2024 (66 years old)

https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ct/west-hartford/elena-vira-steier-17768696 

 

Take a Look, It's In a Book: Classics Illustrated at First Comics

Tom Shapira | March 27, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/take-a-look-its-in-a-book-classics-illustrated-at-first-comics/

 

X-Men '97: Why the series' blend of nostalgia and originality is just what Marvel needs right now

By Francis Agustin,Features correspondent

BBC News March 26 2024

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240326-why-x-men-97-is-a-win-for-marvel

 

Cavan Scott says [REDACTED] is ALIVE! (Interview ft. George Mann) [Star Wars comic].

Youtini March 21 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfCmkKqUw2w

 

BINC ANNOUNCES SUSAN KAMIL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EMERGING PROSE AND COMICS WRITERS Who Work in Bookstores and Comic Shops

Posted by Brigid Alverson on March 26, 2024 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56572/binc-announces-susan-kamil-memorial-scholarships-emerging-prose-comics-writers

 

As the Disney Board Showdown looms, an Iger vs Peltz timeline

Heidi MacDonald

 03/27/2024 
https://www.comicsbeat.com/as-the-disney-board-showdown-looms-an-iger-vs-peltz-timeline/

 

2000 AD launches new reader initiative starting with this week's Prog #2375

The first of four special issues to draw more readers to the Galaxy's Greatest Comic

Dean Simons

03/27/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/2000-ad-launches-new-reader-initiative-starting-with-this-weeks-prog-2375/

 

Disney, Florida Settle Legal Claims As DeSantis-Iger Fight Over Special District Winds Down

The lawsuit was filed by the Central Florida Tourism Oversight, whose members were handpicked by Gov. Ron DeSantis, and related to development powers.

Winston Cho

March 27, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-florida-reach-settlement-in-legal-fight-over-special-tax-district-1235861172/ 

 

March 26, 2024 by Gil Roth

Episode 582 – Keith Mayerson

Virtual Memories Show 582:

Keith Mayerson

https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-582-keith-mayerson

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_582_-_Keith_Mayerson.mp3

Nguyen, Gavin. 2024.

Asian Comics

Chapman News LIVE 3/12/2024

https://www.youtube.com/live/3_8axREL0Fw?feature=shared&t=1608

 

A Visit From (And Conversation With) Jordan Mechner

by Jason Scott

Internet Archive Blogs  March 26, 2024

https://blog.archive.org/2024/03/26/a-visit-from-and-conversation-with-jordan-mechner/

 

Rhode, Mike. 2024.

Elena Steier, friend of ComicsDC, has passed away.

ComicsDC (March 27): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/03/elena-steier-friend-of-comicsdc-has.html

 

Steier, Elena (ed). 2002.

Slapped Together Comics Vol. One [anthology inc. John Kovaleski, Frank Mariani, Jay Scruggs and John Reynolds].

West Hartford, CT: Crazy Mama Productions    

 

Steier, Elena. 2007.

Endless Halloween: A Goth Scout Cartoon Collection.

West Hartford, CT: Elena Steier

 

Steier, Elena. 2007.

The Living Dawn of the Night of the Goth Scouts.

West Hartford, CT: Elena Steier

 

Steier, Elena. 2011.

The Queen of the Cosmos Volume 1: The Rise of the Bankers - Political cartoons 2009-2010.

West Hartford, CT: Elena Steier.

Online at https://www.lulu.com/shop/elena-steier/the-queen-of-the-cosmos-volume-1-the-rise-of-the-bankers/ebook/product-18npmjyk.html

 

Steier, Elena. 2012.

Thicker than Blood [Vampire Bed and Breakfast].

West Hartford, CT: Elena Steier

 

How a Local Cartoonist Found Her True Calling

Popular West Hartford Art League teacher Elena Steier tells her story.

By Ronni Newton | December 10, 2010

http://westhartford .patch.com/ articles/ how-a-local- cartoonist- found-her- true-calling

Archived at https://archive.org/details/steier-elena-how-a-local-cartoonist-found-her-true-calling

 

Words, Images, & Worlds: From the Cabinet with Jordan Hart & David Ebeltoft

Jason DeHart

Mar 24 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjZwyy9HWRM

 

Legendary Comic Book Creator Grant Morrison Breaks Down Their Writing Process

By Nathan Cabaniss

Screen Rant Mar 16, 2024

https://screenrant.com/grant-morrison-invisibles-x-men-superman-writing-process/

 

"The Superhero Dream Is Essentially Romantic": Star X-Men & Superman Writer Grant Morrison Calls Out "Superheroes Are Fascist" Theory

By Nathan Cabaniss

Screen Rant Oct 25, 2023

https://screenrant.com/grant-morrison-responds-to-alan-moore/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 611: Jonah Newman, plus MoCCA interviews [Avi Ehrlichman of Silver Sprocket, and Evan Dahm]

Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald and Meg Lemke

on 03/25/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?podcast=1303

 

'Didn't Surprise Me at All': X-Men '97 Star Responds to Backlash Over Non-Binary Morph

By Jeremy Dick

March 22 2024

https://www.cbr.com/morph-voice-actor-backlash-xmen-97/

 

X-Men '97 Actor J.P. Karliak Puts a New Twist on the Ever-Changing Morph

By Sam Stone

March 21 2024

https://www.cbr.com/x-men-97-jp-karliak-interview/

 

X-Men '97: How Konami and Pizza Hut Inspired the Animated Reboot

Exclusive: X-Men '97 supervising producer Jake Castorena reveals how two obscure '90s artifacts influenced the Disney+ series.

  By Michael Winn Johnson | March 27, 2024

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/x-men-97-how-konami-and-pizza-hut-inspired-the-animated-reboot/

 

DC Is Honoring the Creator of Their First Trans Superhero With a Special Pride Issue

The collection includes two of Rachel Pollack's most beloved stories, one reprinted for the first time.

By Samantha Riedel

March 13, 2024

https://www.them.us/story/dc-price-tribute-issue-rachel-pollack-trans-comic-creator

 

How Rachel Pollack Created DC Comics' First Trans Superhero

All the way back in the '90s, a pioneering Doom Patrol character showed us that being trans is a superpower.

By Samantha Riedel

March 23, 2022

https://www.them.us/story/rachel-pollack-comic-book-writer-tarot-expert-profile

 

Miles Morales does battle with a common enemy in new Spider-Verse short

The Spider Within takes place some time between the events of Into The Spider-Verse and Across The Spider-Verse

Emma Keates

March 27 2024

https://www.avclub.com/the-spider-within-spider-verse-short-miles-morales-sony-1851369654

 

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story | Official Short Film (Full)

Sony Pictures Animation March 27 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcGPpwFdE1Y

 

"The Hero Within" Lesson

https://kevinlovefund.org/spider-man-lesson/

 

THE SPIDER WITHIN: A SPIDER-VERSE STORY | Jarelle Dampier and Kevin Love Interview

Sony Pictures Animation

Mar 21 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZjTTtFsY78

 

Lambda Literary nominates 5 LGBTQ graphic novels for 2024 awards

Samantha Puc

03/27/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/lambda-literary-nominates-5-lgbtq-graphic-novels-for-2024-awards/

 

The Other Boy and the Heron

John Maher March 27, 2024

https://themillions.com/2024/03/the-other-boy-and-the-heron.html

 

DeSantis tourism board, Disney reach settlement to end legal feud

By Lori Rozsa and Aaron Gregg

Washington Post March 27, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/27/desantis-disney-lawsuit-settlement-tourism/

"...the white flag of surrender has been raised over Cinderella’s castle.”

DeSantis tourism board, Disney reach settlement to end legal feud

By Lori Rozsa and Aaron Gregg

Washington Post March 27, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/27/desantis-disney-lawsuit-settlement-tourism/

Get 'Em While They're Hot! by Daniel Boris

Elena Steier, friend of ComicsDC, has passed away

by Mike Rhode

This has only a peripheral ComicsDC relationship, but Elena kindly brought me into the editorial cartooning auction fold years ago. There used to be an annual event selling cartoons to benefit Young DC, Cartoons & Cocktails, and Elena brought me at least once, and maybe twice as her plus one. It was held at the National Press Club and was a moderately glitzy event for cartoonists. At the time, she was working on her strip,Vampire Bed and Breakfast. Since that event ended,  I had lost track of her, and I'm sorry about that. It looks like she stopped cartooning around 2017, based on her Facebook page.

Anyway, here's an official obituary.  I've followed it up with an article from 2010 that's vanished from the Internet, but which I've now archived. Also, one of the books mentioned in it as being for sale is still available at Lulu along with three others, so I've just bought a set in honor of Elena. "Slapped Together Comics Vol. One" (2002) an anthology that she edited, doesn't seem to be available anymore, but I own a copy of that somewhere.

 

How a Local Cartoonist Found Her True Calling
Popular West Hartford Art League teacher Elena Steier tells her story.
By Ronni Newton | December 10, 2010
http://westhartford .patch.com/ articles/ how-a-local- cartoonist- found-her- true-calling

"Oh my goodness – for at least 20 years!" said Elena Steier when asked how long she had been a cartoonist. "I was a late starter."

She was very young when she married husband Rod Steier, and she earned her bachelor's degree at age 28 while pregnant with her fourth child. Still uncertain of her long-term career aspirations, she took a few art classes, focusing on illustration. Eventually she started creating cartoons, which ran every week in the West Hartford News.

"Then I decided to become a teacher," said Steier, who entered the Alternate Route to Teacher Certification (ARC) program. Steier did fine in her coursework, earning her certification to teach high school English, "but I originally flunked the student teaching part of the program," she said. That unfortunate experience, and a suggestion from one of her students, became the catalyst that turned Steier's career path toward cartooning.

"I thought to myself, if I could make almost as much money as a cartoonist as I could teaching, I could make it work," laughed Steier. She knew her strength in teaching was explaining how to dissect stories, and she soon was hired to create storyboards. She did backgrounds for the "Nancy" cartoon and also worked with Mike Peters, creator of the "Mother Goose & Grimm" strip. She created a few of her own strips and political cartoons, which were distributed through weekly syndications, and also did some work for ESPN and Nickelodeon.

"Now I concentrate on cartooning," said Steier, who has seven different blogs where she can upload cartoons on a daily basis. She has her own unique and personal style, which she calls very much unschooled, and labeled it as: "Elena's version of the old-style 'Mad' cartoons." Studying the work of cartoonists Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood also influenced the development of her style.

She uses a program called "stripShow" which allows comics to easily be uploaded to her blogs. Her popular "Goth Scouts" comic can be viewed on the site www.gothscout. com. Her other work, including current and archived editorial and political cartoons, can be found at www.greatstufforama .com, www.americanblogres s.com, and www.queenofthecosmo s.com.

"Now I also teach," said Steier. "I love the kids, and I have figured out my own technique to get them to draw a lot. The more they draw, the better they get, and the more they want to draw."

She teaches cartooning classes on Saturday mornings through the West Hartford Art League, and some of her students' work can even be viewed at www.whaltoons. com. She encourages her students, many of whom are just 8 or 9 years old, to tell stories through their pictures. "When they're that young, they don't need to worry about style yet," she said.

Steier has also published several books, including "The Living Dawn of the Night of the Goth Scouts." That book is available at Lulu.com, as is "Fringe: A Cartoon History of the George Dubya Bush Years."

"It's really a good chronicle of those years and gets into stuff a lot of others wouldn't touch," said Steier, whose sarcastic creativity can't help but make you laugh, even if you don't agree with her.

When asked whose work she most enjoys reading these days, Steier said, "I really enjoy the new guys who are working on web comics." Some of her favorites are "Hanna is Not a Boy's Name" by Tessa Stone and "Kiskaloo" by Chris Sanders. She also likes W.I.T.C.H., an Italian/French superhero comic series by Elisabetta Gnone, "Bone" by Jeff Smith, and "Goon" by Eric Powell – which is being made into an animated movie.

Any career changes in the future? Not likely for Steier, who said, "This is good." 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/19/2024

[these were sent to the wrong place originally. Sorry for the delay]

Pastoral Care Services: Love and the Lockhorns

By CDR John W. Maurice, CHC, USN

The Courier January February 2005 : 14.

Online at https://archive.org/details/the-courier-january-february-2005

 

How to be a terrible cherry blossom tourist

Perspective by Ellen McCarthy and Hannah Good

March 16, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/16/dc-cherry-blossom-comic/

 

Chinese State Broadcaster Airs Country's First AI-Developed Animated Series

By Jamie Lang

March 17 2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/series/chinas-cmg-airs-ai-created-animated-series-qianqiu-shisong-239099.html

 

Brett Foxwell's 'LeafPresser' Is A Stunning Example Of Replacement Animation That Shows Off The Beauty And Diversity Of The Natural World

By Jamie Lang | 03/15/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-pick/brett-foxwell-leafpresser-short-replacement-animation-239078.html

 

Dreamworks Animation To Significantly Cut Staff In Coming Months (Exclusive)

By Amid Amidi | 03/15/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/dreamworks-animation-to-significantly-cut-staff-in-coming-months-exclusive-239058.html

 

Klaas Verplancke's "On the Grid"

The artist blends the preferred pastimes and stylish attire of New York's commuters.

By Françoise Mouly

March 18, 2024

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2024-03-25

 

Official Obituary of Robert David (Chance) Browne

June 17, 1948 ~ March 1, 2024 (age 75)

  https://www.jowdykanefuneralhome.com/obituary/Robert-Browne

 

Exclusive: Katie Cook talks NOTHING SPECIAL VOL. 2, debuting in October [Webtoon]

Samantha Puc

03/19/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/katie-cook-nothing-special-vol-2-debuting-in-october/

 

COMICS' TWO LEAST FAVORITE TECHNOLOGIES ARE BACK IN THE NEWS

 Rob Salkowitz on March 18, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/56510/comics-two-least-favorite-technologies-are-back-news

 

Helen of Wyndhorn #1 sells out and is getting a second printing

Heidi MacDonald

03/19/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/helen-of-wyndhorn-1-sells-out-and-is-getting-a-second-printing/

 

Interview: Royce Adkins on his brand-new project, OUTCASTS

The filmmaker and comic author returns to Zoop with manga-inspired, sci-fi action adventure.

Diego Higuera

03/19/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-royce-adkins-on-his-brand-new-project-outcasts/

 

'X-Men '97' EP Brad Winderbaum on Kevin Feige's Mandate and How 'Daredevil: Born Again' Updated MCU Canon

The beloved animated series has a theme song that still resonates 30 years later, prompting Feige to say, "If we can get the cast and we can get the song, let's do it."

Brian Davids

March 18, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/x-men-97-kevin-feige-1235855253/

 

Original 'The Crow' Director Disavows Reboot Over Concern for Brandon Lee's Legacy

Alex Proyas wrote of his late leading man and the 1994 film, "It is his legacy. That's how it should remain."

Aaron Couch

March 18, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/original-the-crow-director-disavows-reboot-1235855222/

 

Reviews: Feeding Ghosts

Mardou | March 19, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/feeding-ghosts/

 

An unofficial subway magazine is baffling the MTA — and delighting commuters

Hannah Frishberg

Published March 13, 2024,

https://nypost.com/2024/03/13/us-news/youll-have-to-go-underground-to-find-the-mtas-unofficial-zine/

 

Comic art depicts life and work of Ursuline Sisters

by Ruby Thomas

Archdiocese of Louisville's Record March 14, 2024

https://therecordnewspaper.org/comic-art-depicts-life-and-work-of-ursuline-sisters/

Holbrook On The Fastrack For 40 Years

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/03/19/holbrook-on-the-fastrack-for-40-years/

 

EPISODE 221 - RICO RENZI

Color Enthusiast, Designer, and Serial Collaborator [colorist]

J Alex Morrissey

Tradecraft Mar 19, 2024

https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-221-rico-renzi

 

Tall Tales by Noah Van Sciver and Marlena Myles

An interview in comic form by the co-creators of Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend.

March/April 2024 Horn Book Magazine

 

In These Graphic Novels, Something Is Horribly Amiss [in print as Graphic Novels: Circus tigers, giant spiders, shifting borders and motherhood all threaten to end life as we know it in comics this month].

By Sam Thielman

A version of this article appears in print on March 17, 2024, Page 26 of the Sunday Book Review.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/books/review/new-graphic-novels-march-review.html

 

GKIDS Acquires Anime Maestro Mamoru Hosoda's Film Catalog

By Mercedes Milligan

March 18, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/03/gkids-acquires-anime-maestro-mamoru-hosodas-film-catalog/

 

"Mirai" Director Mamoru Hosoda on the Future of Animation [Out on Blu-Ray, DVD & Digital on April 9]

 

2018 Nov 30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIMNRajC6SM

 

CHILDREN OF VAMFIELD BY DARK MOON marks ENHYPEN's webtoon return; K-Pop sensation ENHYPEN are making a comeback to the webtoon world. 

Hilary Leung 03/19/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/children-of-vamfield-by-dark-moon-marks-enhypens-webtoon-return/

Week 2 Update -- and an interview with Alissa Sallah!

Leila del Duca

Sleepless: The Complete Collection March 13, 2024

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/afarbook2/sleepless-the-complete-collection/posts/4050252

 

8 days left, onward to the stretch goals! -- and an interview with AndWorld Design!

Leila del Duca

Sleepless: The Complete Collection March 19, 2024

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/afarbook2/sleepless-the-complete-collection/posts/4055239

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/26/2024

'OH NO!' SUIT SENDS 'WEBCOMIC NAME' CREATOR ALEX NORRIS BACK TO GOFUNDME To Fund More Litigation Expenses

Posted by Milton Griepp on March 26, 2024 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56568/oh-no-suit-sends-webcomic-name-creator-alex-norris-back-gofundme

 

Massive Select's Rare, Tiered & Con Exclusive Covers Direct To Stores

Massive Publishing's new line Massive Select will offer rare, tiered & comic convention exclusive covers directly to comic book stores

 25 Mar 2024  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/massive-selects-rare-tiered-con-exclusive-covers-direct-to-stores/

 

Tom Brevoort Says Bill Jemas Renamed Xbooks To Stop Paying Rob Liefeld

Tom Brevoort recalls "Bill Jemas had decided to relaunch and rebrand the three ongoing series that Rob had creator participation in."

by Rich Johnston

 25 Mar 2024 
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-brevoort-says-bill-jemas-renamed-xbooks-to-stop-paying-rob-liefeld/

 

Raina Telgemeier Receives 2024 Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature

Laura Raphael, MA, MLIS, Children's Services Coordinator, Tulsa City-County Library

Tulsa Kids March 25 2024

https://www.tulsakids.com/raina-telgemeier-receives-2024-zarrow-award-for-young-readers-literature/

 

Netflix Previews Packed Lineup of Brand-New & Franchise Titles at AnimeJapan

Mercedes Milligan

March 25, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/03/netflix-previews-packed-lineup-of-brand-new-franchise-titles-at-animejapan/

 

Warner Bros. Japan Will Increase Its Anime Output To More Than 10 Productions Per Year

By Jamie Lang | 03/22/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/warner-bros-japan-will-increase-its-anime-output-to-more-than-10-productions-per-year-239257.html

 

'Kung Fu Panda 4' Pushes Franchise Past $2 Billion With Impressive Third Weekend

By Jamie Lang | 03/25/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-report/kung-fu-panda-4-pushes-franchise-past-2-billion-with-impressive-third-weekend-239293.html

 

'SpongeBob SquarePants' Restaurant to Open in Sao Paolo, Brazil

The Nickelodeon hit franchise's first standalone restaurant, Bob Esponja - Burguer & Restaurante, will offer fast food, fine dining, kids' areas, and a store from April.

Georg Szalai

March 25, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/spongebob-squarepants-restaurant-sao-paolo-brazil-bob-esponja-burguer-restaurante-unveiled-1235859503/

 

Support Your Local (or Distant) Cartoonist

Mike Peterson

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/03/25/support-your-local-or-distant-cartoonist/

 

Nelson Peltz Criticizes Disney's "Woke" Film Strategy With 'Black Panther,' 'Marvels' [MCU]

Caitlin Huston

March 25, 2024
 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/nelson-peltz-disney-woke-black-panther-marvels-1235859565/

 

Exclusive: Dark Horse to print three additional Comixology Originals titles

Samantha Puc

03/26/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dark-horse-print-comixology-originals-ask-for-mercy-2-black-sight-all-nighter-3/

 

Book Review: Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration by Ytasha L. Womack

 reviewed by Charles W. Henebry, Boston University

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG March 26, 2024

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-review-black-panther-cultural.html

 

Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration by Ytasha L. Womack. New York: Epic Ink, 2023. 176pp. https://www.quarto.com/books/9780760375617/black-panther

 

Interview With The Dracula Ep. 11 - Chip Zdarsky

Actual Dracula March 29 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmqn45sCIr4

 

Sex Criminals: The Comics That Define Us

By Anthony Bergamini

Comic Watch March 25, 2024

https://comic-watch.com/comic-book-reviews/image-comics/sex-criminals-the-comics-that-define-us

 

Classic 2000 AD Covers #2

More Vintage Production Art for your delectation

Steve Cook

Secret Oranges Mar 26, 2024

https://secretoranges.substack.com/p/classic-2000-ad-covers-2

 

Making a Poetry Comic: Ideas, Imagery, and Insight

Grant Snider

Incidental Comics  Mar 26, 2024

https://incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/making-a-poetry-comic

 

Disney says X-Men '97 is a big hit

Four million people have apparently watched the show's first episode, which Disney says is a lot

Sam Barsanti

AV Club March 25 2024

https://www.avclub.com/disney-says-x-men-97-is-a-big-hit-1851365170

 

Cartoonist for conservation

Rohan Chakravarty, cartoonist, illustrator, author and the creator of the Green Humour series, on his journey to becoming an advocate for wildlife conservation.

March 23, 2024

https://www.thehindu.com/education/cartoonist-for-conservation/article67975172.ece

 

A Preview Of Ithacon 24 With Ed Catto

Word Balloon March 25 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILT1WJOdFRw

 

From Demons to Time Loops: The World of 'Death Reign [An Interview with John Holland]

Barney Smith

StoryComic Presents March 23 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukq97rC4XwM

 

Comix Asylum Podcast: Ep22 - Jeff McComsey Dishes on Little Black Book and Neo-Noir Comic Books

Mar 19 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0l48DOosH4

 

EPISODE 222 - BRIAN LEVEL

Comic Book Artist, Writer, & Tattoo Artist

J Alex Morrissey and Brian Level

Tradecraft Mar 26, 2024

https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-222-brian-level

 

Ringo Awards '24 judges announced

Gill, Greenberger, Igle, Maggs and Wu will oversee your nominations

Dean Simons

03/26/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/ringo-awards-24-judges-announced/

 

Interview: Paul Cornell talks WHO KILLED NESSIE?

The famed writer opens up about the new graphic novel he's creating with award-winning artist Rachael Smith.

Diego Higuera

03/26/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-paul-cornell-talks-who-killed-nessie/

 

Words, Images, & Worlds with Alex Schumacher

Jason DeHart

Mar 23 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcRoaFtDH-c

 

'Not a parable about death': Raymond Briggs's notes set record straight for The Snowman

Remarks scribbled in a Finnish copy of the much-loved book, to be featured in an exhibition on the author, reveal how the story was misunderstood

Richard Brooks

Sat 23 Mar 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/23/not-a-parable-about-death-raymond-briggs-notes-set-record-straight-for-the-snowman

 

Obituary: Laurent de Brunhoff [Babar]

By Shannon Maughan

Mar 26, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/94677-obituary-laurent-de-brunhoff.html

 

Lee Marrs: Career-Hopping for Survival, March 19, 2024

The 387th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium held on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 7 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOjt-LV8EQQ

 

NGOZI UKAZU & MAD RUPERT for BUNT!

Comix Experience March 24 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EFcG7iSaso

 

Garth Ennis Breaks Down Kickstarter Exclusives for Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal Expanded Director's Cut (Exclusive)

By Spencer Perry - March 21, 2024

https://comicbook.com/comics/news/garth-ennis-kickstarter-exclusives-marjorie-finnegan-temporal-criminal/

 

Poetry, But Make It Comics: An Interview with Grant Snider

March 25, 2024 by Travis Jonker

https://100scopenotes.com/2024/03/25/poetry-but-make-it-comics-an-interview-with-grant-snider/

 

INTERVIEW: Charlie Stickney talks new WHITE ASH imprint on Kickstarter

Stickney has some new plans for expansion after raising $500K on the platform over the past 7 years.

Zack Quaintance

03/26/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-charlie-stickney-talks-new-white-ash-imprint-on-kickstarter/

 

Mignola on Mazzucchelli | David Mazzucchelli's Batman Year One Artist's Edition Trailer

IDW Publishing March 25 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUXDAFqroi4

 

Writer Tini Howard Gives Voice to Gotham's Most Complex Women

BY: Jules Chin Greene

March 21st, 2024

https://www.dc.com/blog/2024/03/21/writer-tini-howard-gives-voice-to-gothams-most-complex-women

 

Season 4 Episode 2: Talking Red Light with Writer Sarah H. Cho

by Theodis Wright

Comic Bin Comic Book Podcast March 12, 2024

https://thecomicbookspot.com/comic-bin-podcast-season-4-episode-2/

https://media.blubrry.com/comic_bin_cast/content.blubrry.com/comic_bin_cast/CBCP_S4E02.mp3

 

The new Princess Peach game is high femme, low tech and good fun [in print as New Nintendo Switch game is, well, just peachy]

Review by Gene Park

Washington Post March 25, 2024: C8

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2024/03/21/princess-peach-showtime-review/

 

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live - Episode 035: With Special Guest Tim Seeley

Bob Harrison and Mike Gold

March 26 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR-NRazBH2o

Deandra Tan, aka Nika, at Fantom Comics, March 23, 2024

Deandra Tan; Jacob Shapiro

Fantom Comics (March 23, 2024): https://archive.org/details/deandra-tan-aka-nika-at-fantom-comics-240323