Bought at the last Civitan flea market in Arlington, these are being donated to the Library of Congress.
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| RCA Radio and TV Tubes 3 F-44 |
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| scan of reverse coming soon |
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| Looking with Luke ink blotter from Yellow Pages |
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| Strange that the horses don't kick! |
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| RCA Tubes 3 F-47 |
Happy Seventy-First Birthday, Alan Moore
Rich Johnston 18 Nov 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/happy-seventieth-birthday-alan-moore/
Diamond And Hachette/Abrams/Yen Press Appear To Resolve Their Issues
18 Nov 2024 by Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-and-hachette-abrams-yen-press-appear-to-resolve-their-issues/
Scout Comics Dropped By Lunar Over New Lateness Policy
by Rich Johnston 18 Nov 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/scout-comics-dropped-by-lunar-over-new-lateness-policy/
James Gunn: "Everything" Not New DCU is "Elseworlds" (Including Us)
18 Nov 2024 by Ray Flook
https://bleedingcool.com/tv/james-gunn-everything-not-new-dcu-is-elseworlds-including-us/
Chapter 1 - Gods and Monsters | DC Studios | DC
James Gunn
DC Jan 31, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY8XcmrIujE
James Gunn Creature Commandos Panel at NYCC 2024 with Cast and Crew Interview DCU
Oct 19, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If-99KCDADo
Interview: Showrunner Dean Lorey teases comic book and musical cameos in CREATURE COMMANDOS
Taimur Dar on 11/19/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-dean-lorey-creature-commandos/
CREATURE COMMANDOS showrunner teases comic book and musical cameos
Taimur Dar
Comics Beat
Nov 19, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9e9yIU81RE
A PATH HOME: Graphic novel on 'Naga Repatriation' released
18th February 2023
Morung Express News
https://morungexpress.com/a-path-home-graphic-novel-on-naga-repatriation-released
A Path Home: A Graphic Novel on Naga Repatriation
Arkotong Longkumer, Meren Imchen (Illustrator)
University of Edinburgh 2023
https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/a-path-home-a-graphic-novel-on-naga-repatriation
https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/files/327873563/LongkumerAImchenM2023APathHome.pdf
"I Could Die Happy" - Gerry Duggan Teases New Directions for Image Comics' Falling in Love on the Path to Hell
Sam Stone
Oct 30, 2024 https://www.cbr.com/falling-in-love-on-the-path-to-hell-gerry-duggan-interview/
"We Need Finality in Our Stories so We Can Fully Enjoy Them": Daniel Warren Johnson and Riley Rossmo Discuss The Moon is Following Us
Brian Cronin
Oct 26, 2024
https://www.cbr.com/daniel-warren-johnson-riley-rossmo-discuss-moon-following-us-interview/
Riley Rossmo Celebrates "Dia De Los Muertos"
TJ Diestch
Nov 20, 2012
https://www.cbr.com/riley-rossmo-celebrates-dia-de-los-muertos/
"I Should Probably Do It." - Daniel Warren Johnson on Skybound's Transformers & His Upcoming Comics
C. M. Ramsburg
Aug 2, 2024
https://www.cbr.com/sdcc-2024-daniel-warren-johnson-interview/
Charles Schulz's Funny Things: An interview with Francesco Matteuzzi and Luca Debus
Valerio Stivé | November 19, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/charles-schulzs-funny-things-an-interview-with-francesco-matteuzzi-and-luca-debus/
Shuntaro Tanikawa, Howl's Moving Castle Song Writer, Dies at 92
Chike Nwaenie
November 18 2024
https://www.cbr.com/shuntaro-tanikawa-dead/
Renowned poet Tanikawa Shuntaro dies at 92 [anime music; Peanuts translator]
November 19 2024
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20241119_04/
In Memoriam: Raymond Wergan, the man behind the early success of "Marvel UK"
By downthetubes
November 18, 2024
Rob Kirby pays tribute to the man who was instrumental in the founding of Marvel UK…
https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-raymond-wergan-the-man-behind-the-early-success-of-marvel-uk/
Animator Spotlight: Fred Moore
By Vincent Alexander | 11/15/2024 https://www.cartoonbrew.com/animator-spotlight/animator-spotlight-fred-moore-243772.html
Epic Storyworlds Adapts 'Guiby the Super Baby' to Animation
Mercedes Milligan
November 18, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/11/epic-storyworlds-adapts-guiby-the-super-baby-to-animation/
'The Brown Dog' Directors Take Us Along the Creative Journey of Their Award-Winning Short
Ramin Zahed
November 18, 2024
Matt Braly, Owen Dennis Speak Up for TAG as Animation Workers Deliver Petition to Warner
Animation Magazine
November 18, 2024
Dennis Draughon & Bai Yi Share EPPY Award
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/18/dennis-draughon-bai-yi-share-eppy-award/
Meet Sarah Firth of Australia - A Post-SPX Interview
by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog (November 19, 2024): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/11/meet-sarah-firth-of-australia-post-spx.html
Flow doesn't need words to craft an engrossing survival fable
Like Homeward Bound through the apocalypse, as majestic and (sometimes) hokey as that sounds. [Latvia]
By Jacob Oller | November 19, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/flow-review
Zander Cannon Talks Sleep: Like Jekyll and Hyde, but Only His Waking Hours
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano
Nov 19 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU_oCLTopI8
Pop Culture SquadCast - Live - Episode #066: With Special Guest Chip Mosher [DSTLRY]
Pop Culture Squad Nov 19 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mc99P9bHVA
ANIME NYC expands event from 3 days to 4 for summer 2025
Justin Guerrero on 11/19/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/anime-nyc-expands-event-from-3-days-to-4-for-summer-2025/
Class action suit against Action Lab Entertainment dismissed by judge
Heidi MacDonald on 11/19/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/class-action-suit-against-action-lab-entertainment-dismissed-by-judge/
A Visit to Planet Koren
A new exhibition celebrates the work of the late cartoonist Edward Koren.
By Paul Karasik
November 19, 2024
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-visit-to-planet-koren
Best Manga 2024 | SLJ Best Books
by Jasmine Amiri, Rachel Forbes, Joe Pascullo, Lisa Rowland, Sara Smith
Nov 19, 2024
https://www.slj.com/story/best-manga-2024-slj-best-books
Book ban proposal sparks heated debate at Sargent Central Schools
Sargent Central Schools debated keeping "Heartstopper" on library shelves, as parents labeled it inappropriate, while students staunchly defended its content.
By Isak Dinesen
WDAY-TV November 13, 2024
https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/book-ban-proposal-sparks-heated-debate-at-sargent-central-schools
Parents push Northern Michigan library to restrict book over 'sexual content' [Heartstopper]
Rose White
mlive.com Nov. 14, 2024, https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2024/11/parents-push-northern-michigan-library-to-restrict-book-over-sexual-content.html
Welcome to this month's CartoonStock caption contest by Tom Toro.
Bob Mankoff, Lawrence Wood, Trevor Hoey, Joel Mishon and Tom Toro
CartoonStock, a Cartoon Collections Co.
Nov 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koTrFY4idjw
"Adam and Eve and the Leaves" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
November 18, 2024 by Lawrence Wood
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/adam-eve-leaves-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/
The Batman Universe Is Called the 'Batman Epic Crime Saga'
After The Penguin, what else?
Wesley Yin-Poole
Updated: Jul 24, 2024
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-batman-universe-is-called-the-batman-epic-crime-saga
The second annual Jewish Comics Experience (JewCE) in NYC
Ruben Bolling Nov 16, 2024
https://boingboing.net/2024/11/16/the-second-annual-jewish-comics-experience-jewce-in-nyc.html
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| For some reason she wanted me in her author photo |
by Mike Rhode
I briefly met Sarah Firth while she was signing her book at the Small Press Expo this fall. She continued on her US tour after selling out of her book that weekend. We reconnected via email after she returned home and here is the interview.
But first, here's info about her and the book, lifted from her press release :
Sarah Firth (she/her) is an artist, writer, cartoonist and graphic recorder based in Wurundjeri Country, Melbourne, Australia. Sarah has received a Talking Difference Fellowship from the Immigration Museum, was a finalist in the Incinerator Gallery Award For Social Change and her comics have appeared in Eisner Award-winning and Ignatz-nominated anthologies.
Her debut graphic novel, Eventually Everything Connects – Eight Essays on Uncertainty was The Age’s Non-Fiction Pick of The Week, shortlisted for The Prime Minister’s Literary Award and listed as ‘One of The Best Graphic Novels Ever’ by Refinery29.
Eventually Everything Connects is Sarah Firth’s debut graphic novel, a collection of interconnected visual essays created over eight years. Sarah invites you into her wild mind as she explores ways to see with fresh eyes, to face the inevitability of change, and to find freedom in sensuality.
With raw honesty and vulnerability, Firth reminds us that the profane and the sacred, the tender and the cruel, the rigorous and the silly, all coexist in dynamic tension. This book is a delicious mix of daily life, science, philosophy and irreverent humour that is comforting, confronting and mind-expanding in equal measure.
What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?
I like to play and make all kinds of things, from comedic and gag comics, to slice of life and memoir pieces, academic comics, non-fiction essays and thought pieces all the way to fiction. I love thinking, exploring and making and my creative practice is very responsive to living.
I also work professionally as a graphic recorder, graphic facilitator, strategic visualiser and educator/trainer at workshops and live events. I utilize a lot of the comics making skill set in this work, but it is done live, fast and in response to or in co-design with the group as a facilitation tool. In real time it is more about listening, but the end product looks a lot like comics - though usually more like a spatial infographic or mind map. I use panels sometimes! It’s very emergent.
How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?
I work across mediums. Ink and watercolour on paper, to digital with Procreate on my iPad.
When (within a decade is fine) and where were you born?
I’m an elder Millennial.
What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
I have always drawn and been creative. I’ve also always written journals. I was classically trained as a sculptor, but a car accident changed that career path, and I turned to comics and animations as a creative outlet when I was injured. It’s a lot cheaper and faster than sculpture! I still don’t feel like much of a writer and have no formal training. I’ve mainly learned how to draw and write comics by reading them and work-shopping with other comics makers, particularly through The Comic Arts Workshop here in Australia. I work-shopped my debut graphic novel Eventually Everything Connects with them. And honestly, I couldn’t have made it without this community of talented, generous peers!
Who are your influences?
I have so many influences! I read very promiscuously. I love science communication writers like Ed Yong and Merlin Sheldrake. I like theory from James Carce such as Finite and Infinite Games, the works of Donna Haraway, Tyson Yunkaporta, Iain McGilchrist and Jack Halberstam. Hybrid works like Big Beautiful Female Theory by Eloise Grills make me feel like my work is possible. Comics-wise I love Lynda Barry, Sam Wallman, Joe Sacco, Lee Lai, Kevin Huizenga, Tara Booth, Rachel Ang, Eleri Mai Harris, Claudia Chinyere Akole and so many more!
What work are you most proud of?
I’m really proud of my debut graphic novel Eventually Everything Connects. It took 8 years of love and struggle. That’s the longest comics project I’ve ever done.
So what is your new book about, beyond the PR blurb quoted above?
These
interconnected graphic essays are one meta work that explores questions
of living, of being in community, of loving and trying to make some
sense of living in our hyper complex world where crises and destruction
keep coming. It is part memoir, non-fiction, autotheory, science
communication and a work of philosophy. Which sounds a bit wanky, but
while the book chews on hard questions it is buoyed along with a lot of
humour and enjoyable silliness too.
So far the responses to
the book have been amazing with lots of readers getting in touch with me
to say that the book has been a real tonic and balm to their
existential dread and weariness. Helping them feel that they are not
alone and that the world is still wild and wonderful in all kinds of
ways. The horrors persist, but it so do I, that sort of thing.
Were these essays commissioned for a publication, or did you do them on your own?
I
wrote and drew all of these from my free will, if it exists. I have
submitted a few excerpts to online and printed journals and writing
prizes. 
How did you find a publisher?
It’s been a
long road - especially given that my book doesn’t fit neatly into a
genre. From 2019 - 2020 I submitted the work directly to publishers and
got rejections. Then I eventually got approached by my Australian agent
Jacinta Di Mase in 2021 and they submitted my book to publishers in
2022. More rejections came. I got to a point where I thought this book
just wasn’t going to find a home.
I was sad and stressed, so
went off to the forest to chop wood and seriously think about letting
the book go. I got to a point of being ready to let it die. I was
chopping wood and burning pages when my agent called to excitedly tell
me that Joan Press of Allen & Unwin wanted to acquire it. What a
turn around!
The Aus/NZ edition came out in 2023. And then I
got a US agent Dan Lazar of Writer’s House and he sold the international
English rights to Graphic Mundi. The US edition came out in 2024.
How did you get to do a tour of America for the book?
I
applied for multiple travel grants and luckily got two. One from
Creative Australia and The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund from
Writers Victoria.
What would you like to do or work on in the future?
I want to keep on playing, collaborating on cool projects, making my own projects, drawing, writing and thinking, and see what emerges.
What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?
I often work on multiple projects at once so I can keep momentum and switch between them if I get stuck.
I also mainly work from home and find doing mundane tasks like washing, cleaning and gardening helpful for processing things unconsciously which can help break through blocks.
Other times I call a friend, journal, hike, walk and type on my phone, dance, move and exercise. Changing my thinking and body movement can really help with problem solving.
What do you think will be the future of your field?
At the moment in Australia, the appetite and recognition of graphic novels in all genres is growing. And more graphic novels are being made. Who knows where this will go, but it’s a very positive signal. 
What cons do you attend besides The Small Press Expo? Any comments about attending them?
As a neurodivergent person I actually find conventions really hard! So I only do them very irregularly. They are so amazing for connecting and community building, but I get overwhelmed by the noise, movement and visual stimulus really quickly.
That said my SPX experience was amazing because I worked in tandem with my publisher Graphic Mundi, who sold my books all day, and I just had two booksigning windows and a panel over the two days. I cope way better when I have shorter time bound activities with a clear goal. And then I can go and rest in the quiet room or touch some grass outside. And then slowly make my way around to other people’s tables and panels.
Do you have a website or blog?
Website: http://www.sarahthefirth.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahthefirth/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SarahTheFirthCreativeServices
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahthefirth
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sarahthefirth
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahthefirth/ 
Oh man, it totally gutted my work at first. As a professional graphic recorder, graphic facilitator, strategic visualiser and educator I mainly work in-person workshops and events. And they all got cancelled. It was panic stations for 6 months. Luckily in Australia we had some meager small business COVID relief grants that helped to keep me going. Eventually things migrated online, so luckily I could find work virtually, especially to help make online events less dull.
Here in Melbourne, Australia we had some of the longest and strictest COVID lockdowns. Luckily I had my partner, my cat and a stable home. We could both work remotely and isolate. Making comics, cartoons and working on my book were actually a key way I managed the stress, fear and isolation of those few years.
A Pomegranate Goes on a Cosmic Journey in Yasmeen Abedifard's New Book
Kristie Song
Sep 18 2024
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13964548/yasmeen-abedifard-when-to-pick-a-pomegranate-silver-sprocket
WHAT MAKES A GREAT FIRST ISSUE? | MAKING COMICS FAQ SERIES | JINXWORLD x VISIBLE WOMEN
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Jinxworld
Nov 18, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCLiTy-tfsQ
Southeast Asian Comic Artists Invade USA
Cheng Tju Lim
2007, SPAFA Journal (Old series 1991-2013) 17 (1): 13-17
online at https://www.academia.edu/125644265/Southeast_Asian_Comic_Artists_Invade_USA
"IT BEGINS WITH A CHILD": INNOCENCE VS. EXPERIENCE IN WATCHMEN: DOOMSDAY CLOCK SERIES
Slađana Stamenković
Српски Језик, Књижевност, Уметност [Serbian Language, Literature, Art] 4: 351-366.
Online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v1eBjTbSjoVE8bqNP1japVj08kXypCvY/view
An interview with Michael Shea-Wright: 'It's about setting yourself on a path'
Brian Nicholson | November 18, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/an-interview-with-michael-shea-wright/
In Memory of Ryan McCardle, 1989–2024 [Fantagraphics book designer]
Eric Reynolds et. al.
Fantagraphics Blog November 15, 2024
https://blog.fantagraphics.com/in-memory-of-ryan-mccardle-1989-2024/
NYC Housing Stories: Felice Kirby and Jenny Dubnau
Meet the artists, activists, and organizers on the front lines of the housing justice movement in New York City. Part three of a series.
Noah Fischer
Hyperallergic Nov 17 2024
https://hyperallergic.com/966885/nyc-housing-stories-felice-kirby-and-jenny-dubnau/
"IT BEGINS WITH A CHILD": INNOCENCE VS. EXPERIENCE IN WATCHMEN: DOOMSDAY CLOCK SERIES
Slađana Stamenković
Српски Језик, Књижевност, Уметност [Serbian Language, Literature, Art] 4: 351-366.
Online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v1eBjTbSjoVE8bqNP1japVj08kXypCvY/view
THE (FE)MALE REPRESENTATION OF VIRTUE IN SUPERHERO COMICS
Tamara N. Janevska
Српски Језик, Књижевност, Уметност [Serbian Language, Literature, Art] 4: 271-282.
Online at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v1eBjTbSjoVE8bqNP1japVj08kXypCvY/view
The '90s TMNT Comic Strip, Explained
Timothy Blake Donohoo
CBR Nov 16 2024
https://www.cbr.com/tmnt-90s-comic-strip-history/
'Curiosa' Director Tessa Moult-Milewska Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Her Acclaimed Short [UK]
Ramin Zahed
November 15, 2024 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/11/curiosa-director-tessa-moult-milewska-takes-us-behind-the-scenes-of-her-acclaimed-short/
Keeping Artistic Hope Alive: An Industry Veteran Speaks to the State of L.A.'s Animation Biz & the Importance of Personal Art
Nic Gregory
This article was written for the
December '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 345).
'The Pink Phink' Turns 60: A Look Back at The Pink Panther's Oscar-Winning Debut
Rich Johnson
November 15, 2024 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/11/the-pink-phink-turns-60-a-look-back-at-the-pink-panthers-oscar-winning-debut/
This article was written for the
December '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 345).
Thought Bubble 2024 in Review: A wonderful weekend
Jared Bird on 11/18/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/thought-bubble-2024-in-review-a-wonderful-weekend/
Wonder Woman was a beacon of hope during a dark political time
From her first big-screen appearance in the DCEU, Wonder Woman was breaking ground. Her solo movie still stands alone.
By Caroline Siede | November 18, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/women-of-action-wonder-woman-gal-gadot-patty-jenkins
Sean Gunn & Zoe Chao Discuss Creature Commandos and Comparisons to The Suicide Squad
C.M. Ramsburg
CBR Presents
Nov 18, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfMZtNVngAQ
Creature Commandos Star Frank Grillo Talks Relating to Rick Flag Sr. & Future DC Projects
C.M. Ramsburg
CBR Presents
Nov 18, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSUI4i-uwCg
Jerome Cabanatan Talks 44 Fundraiser
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano November 18 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGap9KeTRi4
Comic Culture with Patrick McDonnell
terence dollard
Nov 18, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLeXVIJ-b9w
Comic Culture with Rick Parker
terence dollard
Nov 18, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwyKAPe6cng
