Sunday, April 30, 2023

WTOP talks to Monte Schulz

Monte Schulz pens new book 'Metropolis,' sets record straight about his 'Peanuts' father, Charles M. Schulz


Monte Schulz
Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley! April 24 2023

Catching up with the Post: Koren obit, DeSantis v Disney, that darn Clay Bennett & Mike Du Jour

Edward Koren, cartoonist who drew his shaggier alter-ego, dies at 87

Mr. Koren's cartoons were an unmistakable fixture in the New Yorker and other magazines for more than 60 years

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/28/2023

IDW LAYS OFF 39% OF STAFF, DELISTS STOCK

CEO Replaced with Largest Stockholder's Son

Posted by Brigid Alverson, Milton Griepp on April 27, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53959/idw-lays-off-39-staff-delists-stock

 

IDW Layoffs In More Detail As New EIC And Co-Publishers Named

Earlier today, I reported IDW laying off two-fifths of its staff. Here's a list of a number of employees who have been let go, and those promoted.

Published Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:14:11 -0500

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Fri, 28 Apr 2023 
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-layoffs-detail-new-eic-co-publishers-named-star-trek-tmnt/

 

April 27, 2023

IDW Media Announces Cost Cutting Measures

Takes significant steps amid cash flow and other challenges
Announces intent to delist from NYSE American and suspend SEC reporting status

https://idwmediaholdings.com/idw-media-announces-cost-cutting-measures/

 

Diamond, Opus Ink Exclusive Distribution Deal
Scoop April 28 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=268106

 

OPUS GOES EXCLUSIVE WITH DIAMOND, Moves to Deluxe Tier in May

 Brigid Alverson on April 27, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53958/opus-goes-exclusive-diamond

 

A Bronx artist hopes to inspire and empower young readers with a debut graphic novel [Stephanie Rodriguez]

Precious Fondren

Gothamist Apr 27, 2023

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/a-bronx-artist-hopes-to-inspire-and-empower-young-readers-with-a-debut-graphic-novel

 

Say Goodbye to Classical Reality – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | April 28, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/say-goodbye-to-classical-reality-this-weeks-links/

 

Boys Over Flowers Earns Guinness World Record for Most Published Shōjo Manga

posted on 2023-04-19 20:47 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda

Over 59 million copies printed, circulated as of November 2022

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-19/boys-over-flowers-earns-guinness-world-record-for-most-published-shojo-manga/.197265

 

INTERVIEW: Jun Mayuzuki, creator of Kowloon Generic Romance

TCAF 2023 guest Jun Mayuzuki, the creator of romcom/sci-fi series Kowloon Generic Romance talks with Deb about her comics career and how nostalgia influences her gorgeous and genre-defying stories.

Deb Aoki

MSX: Mangasplaining Extra

Apr 28, 2023

https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/interview-jun-mayuzuki-creator-of

 

How Director Makoto Shinkai Turned a Real Disaster Into 2023's Most Stunning Sci-Fi

Suzume director Makoto Shinkai reveals how he created the sci-fi adventure out of a real-life disaster.

by Hoai-Tran Bui

April 22, 2023

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/suzume-interview-makoto-shinkai

 

"Out here you're just in the wind": The Liminal World of The Oil Sands in Kate Beaton's Ducks

Kalea Furmanek-Raposo University of Victoria

Vol. 13 (2023): The Albatross 

https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/albatross/article/view/21332

https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/albatross/article/download/21332/9670

 

Using graphic medicine in teaching multicultural nursing: a quasi-experimental study [Poland]

    Małgorzata Lesińska-Sawicka

BMC Medical Education volume 23, Article number: 255 (2023) Published: 17 April 2023

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-023-04223-2

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12909-023-04223-2.pdf

 

Plight and Parody: On Charles Johnson's "All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End"

April 25, 2023  

By Andrew Montiveo

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/plight-and-parody-on-charles-johnsons-all-your-racial-problems-will-soon-end/

 

The Daily Heller: The Poor Get Poor and the Rich Get Ugly [Syd Hoff]

The Daily Heller April 27 2023

By Steven Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-the-poor-get-poor-and-the-rich-get-ugly/

 

The Daily Heller: D is for Depression [ A is for Anarchist, COVID, m. musgrove]

By Steven Heller

The Daily Heller April 26 2023

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-an-underground-abc/

 

INTERVIEW: Ben Wilgus chats about Grace Needs Space!

  Emily Lauer April 25, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/04/interview-ben-wilgus-chats-about-grace-needs-space/

 

From the Desk of WWAC's New Publisher…

  Kate Tanski April 17, 2023

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/04/wwac-new-publisher-2023/

 

The Dog Knight: Jeremy Whitley and Bre Indigo

By Sheena McNeil
April 24, 2023
http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=3770

 

Smash Pages Q&A | 'Boris Karloff's Gold Key Mysteries'

Zane Barrow, Michael Conrad, Craig Hurd-McKenney and Jok discuss their work on the first title from the revived Gold Key Comics.

JK Parkin

April 24, 2023

https://smashpages.net/2023/04/24/smash-pages-qa-boris-karloffs-gold-key-mysteries/

 

X-Men Monday #200 – Giant-Size Anniversary Spectacular

Featuring: 'X-Men Monday 101 with Jordan D. White,' 'Behind the Design with Russell Dauterman,' 'Fall of X with the X-Office,' eXclusive Fall of X preview art, and an original essay by CEREBRO's Connor Goldsmith.

Chris Hassan

April 24, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/04/24/x-men-monday-200-anniversary-spectacular/

 

AIPT Comics Podcast episode 219: Tini Howard and Sweeney Boo discuss bringing 'Harley Quinn' into the Dawn of DC

David Brooke and Nathan Simmons

AIPT Comics podcast April 23, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/04/23/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-219-harley-quinn/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 563: Archie Bongiovanni Interview

Meg Lemke

on 04/24/2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1254

 

'Sunshine' centers on a life-changing summer for author Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Tahneer Oksman

April 21, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1170997615/book-review-jarrett-j-krosoczka-graphic-novel-memoir-sunshine

 

How cartoonists are satirizing the Carlson and Lemon firings

By Michael Cavna

April 26, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/04/26/cartoons-carlson-lemon-firings/

 

When Tintin entered the Cold War

As a spy thriller, 1954's The Calculus Affair was far ahead of its time

By Oli Welsh@oliwelsh Apr 27, 2023,
Polygon  https://www.polygon.com/23697440/tintin-calculus-affair-cold-war

 

Hungary's Habsburg Ambassador to the Pope, With an Offbeat Résumé [Germany animation]

Eduard Habsburg, Viktor Orban's man at the Vatican, took the post after a career as a zombie movie screenwriter, novelist and cartoon producer. "I can get along with anybody," says the descendant of emperors.

By Jason Horowitz

A version of this article appears in print on April 28, 2023, Section A, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: A Scion of Emperors, An Envoy to the Pope And … an Anime Fan?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/world/europe/hungary-habsburg-ambassador-vatican.html

 

'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' First Reactions Revealed

James Gunn's final Marvel film had its premiere and first press screening Thursday.

Aaron Couch

April 27, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-first-reactions-1235404666/ 

 

Storycomic Presents: Marc Hughes: Illustrator and Cartoonist

Barney Smith

StoryComic

Apr 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Qh7ix9I1Q

 

Storycomic Presents: Matta Sorcier, Sacrimony

StoryComic

Apr 19, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ_cFFJ6YH0


 

Kaye, Don. 2023.

The Divisive Wonder Woman TV Pilot That Never Aired Was Actually Ahead of Its Time. The Orville and Agents of SHIELD star Adrianne Palicki played Diana of Themyscira in an unaired Wonder Woman pilot. What happened?

Den of Geek (April 28): https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/wonder-woman-divisive-tv-pilot-ahead-of-its-time/

 

'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' Review: James Gunn's Overstuffed But Satisfying Trilogy Capper

 

Frank Scheck

April 28, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-review-james-gunn-chris-pratt-1235403892/

 

REVIEW: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 delivers the emotional finale we all wanted

I cried and I am not ashamed

Heidi MacDonald

04/28/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/review-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-delivers-the-emotional-finale-we-all-wanted/

 

More details on IDW layoffs and reorganization emerge

Mark Doyle, Jamie Rich and Tara McCrillis will head up the reorganized IDW

Heidi MacDonald

04/28/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/more-details-on-idw-layoffs-and-reorganization-emerge/

 

THE SMURFS enter augmented reality this Free Comic Book Day

Smurfs FCBD offering celebrates 65 years of Peyo's beloved characters

Dean Simons

04/28/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-smurfs-enter-augmented-reality-this-free-comic-book-day/

 

Book Review: Into the Jungle! A Boy's Comic Strip History of World War II by Jimmy and Michael Kugler

reviewed by James Willetts

International Journal of Comic Art blog April 28, 2023

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/04/book-review-into-jungle-boys-comic.html

 

Jimmy Kugler and Michael Kugler, Into The Jungle! A Boy's Comic Strip History of World War II, Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 2023. < https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/I/Into-the-Jungle>

Friday, April 28, 2023

May 6: Juana Medina at Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library

Saturday, May 6 at 10:30 a.m.

Juana Medina

Elena Rides/ Elena Monta en Bici (A Dual Edition) / Ages 4-6

In-person at Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library

In partnership with DCPL. A limited number of free copies will be available.


Beginning readers—and beginning riders—will be drawn to this bright, buoyant story of a determined elephant and her loyal sidekick, from the award-winning creator of Juana & Lucas.

Details

NPR on Krosoczka's 'Sunshine' ; WaPo on Carlson and Lemon firings cartoons

'Sunshine' centers on a life-changing summer for author Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/27/2023

Stateside Podcast: Trailblazing cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft

By Rachel Ishikawa

  April 25, 2023 

https://www.michiganradio.org/podcast/stateside/2023-04-25/stateside-podcast-trailblazing-cartoonist-barbara-brandon-croft

 

A Look Into The Deep Dark Depths Of Stephan Franck's Palomino

Storyboard artist Stephan Franck returns to his passion project Palomino, a neo-noir graphic novel set in the lost culture of Los Angeles' country music clubs.

 26 Apr 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/a-look-into-the-deep-dark-depths-of-stephan-francks-palomino/

 

DC Comics London Restaurant Creates A Coronation Menu

The DC Comics-themed Park Row restaurant has launched a Royalty Menu alongside the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla,

 26 Apr 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-london-restaurant-creates-a-coronation-menu/

 

Justice League Zack Snyder Cut Gets A Menu Option [DC Comics-themed Park Row restaurant]

 , 30 Jan 2021  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/justice-league-zack-snyder-cut-gets-a-menu-option/

 

3 Worlds 3 Moons Opens Emporia Store, Premium Subscribers First

Jonathan Hickman, Mike del Mundo and Mike Huddleston's 3 Worlds 3 Moons 3W3M has launched its own shopping portal, Emporia, for exclusives.

 26 Apr 2023  

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/3-world-3-moons-opens-emporia-store-premium-subscribers-first/

 

Graham archiving the prolific work of Nebraska's Oz Black

by Deann Gayman | University Communication and Marketing

University of Nebraska's Nebraska Today april 24 2023

https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/graham-archiving-the-prolific-work-of-nebraskas-oz-black/

 

Oz Black collection

Richard Graham

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

https://mediacommons.unl.edu/luna/servlet/UNL~146~146

 

Political Comics Collection

Richard Graham

University of Nebraska-Lincoln  

https://mediacommons.unl.edu/luna/servlet/UNL~132~132

 

Educational Comics Collection

Richard Graham

University of Nebraska-Lincoln  

https://mediacommons.unl.edu/luna/servlet/UNL~13~13

 

Government Comics Collection

Richard Graham

University of Nebraska-Lincoln  

https://mediacommons.unl.edu/luna/servlet/UNL~113~113

 

JCB Political Cartoons

University of Nebraska-Lincoln  

https://mediacommons.unl.edu/luna/servlet/JCBMAPS~2~2

A database of graphic political cartoons which includes the complete collection of over 500 political cartoons held by the Library. The subject matter focuses primarily on British responses to political events in the late-eighteenth century Atlantic world.

 

Political Cartoons That Enraged Readers

 By S. Flannagan

Grunge April 15, 2023

https://www.grunge.com/1258248/political-cartoons-enraged-readers/

 

Rachel Pollack, writer of fantasy, tarot and trailblazing comics, dies at 77 [in print as Writer of fantasy, tarot and trailblazing comics]

She drew on her experience as a transgender woman to create the first transgender superheroine for DC Comics

 

By Emily Langer

Washington Post (April 27, 2023): B4

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/04/14/rachel-pollack-tarot-transgender-dead/

 

Frank Hill = Senior Stripper

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/09/10/frank-hill-senior-stripper/

 

Frank Hill – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/04/26/frank-hill-rip/

 

Frank Hill 1929 - 2023

Santa Cruz Sentinel on Apr. 23, 2023.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/name/frank-hill-obituary?n=frank-hill&pid=204352533

 

Manga Freelancers Say, 'Show Me the Money'  [translators]

By Deb Aoki 

Apr 26, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/92077-manga-freelancers-say-show-me-the-money.html

 

Leslie Stein's "Brooklyn's Last Secret": A Road Story about the Band You Wish You Knew

Experience the Ultimate Hangout with Major Threat As They Hit the Road For a Summer Tour

Scott Cederlund

From Cover to Cover Apr 27, 2023

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/brooklyns-last-secret-by-leslie-stein/

 

Sergio [Aragones]

Tegan O'Neil | April 27, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/sergio/

 

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' author Jeff Kinney to unveil statue at his alma mater U. Md.

Jason Fraley

April 27, 2023

https://wtop.com/entertainment/2023/04/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-author-jeff-kinney-unveils-statue-at-his-alma-mater-u-md/

 

Jason Fraley

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'

"Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley."   April 27 2023

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0oULq38yQhkpCwOaWASJFt

 

Disney sues Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleging political retaliation [in print as Disney, alleging political retaliation, sues DeSantis]

By Aaron Gregg and Lori Rozsa

Washington Post (April 27 2023): A1, 22

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/26/desantis-disney-lawsuit/

 

Did DeSantis 'retaliate' against Disney? Here's a look at the evidence.

What the governor and others said — and when — about Disney's political speech and its special tax status

Analysis by Aaron Blake

Staff writer

April 26, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/26/disney-desantis-lawsuit-retaliation/

 

Disney Sues DeSantis Over Control of Its Florida Resort

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on April 27, 2023, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Disney Sues DeSantis, Claiming 'Retaliation'.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/business/disney-desantis-board-florida.html


Man vs. Mouse: Ron DeSantis Finds Taking On Disney Is a Dicey Business

Charles Homans

    A version of this article appears in print on April 27, 2023, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: When DeSantis Took On the Mouse, It Roared.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/us/politics/desantis-disney-republicans.html

 

We all gossip. And that's not always a bad thing.

I've learned that there are ways to engage with it that can be constructive and helpful.

Perspective by Dabin Han

April 23, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/04/23/we-all-gossip-thats-not-always-bad-thing/

 

Work-Life Balance by Aisha Franz review – richly comic takedown of the wellness industry [Germany]

This well-aimed tale of a self-obsessed therapist and her angsty clients nails the neuroticism of the digital age and its snake-oil remedies

Rachel Cooke

 24 Apr 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/24/work-life-balance-by-aisha-franz-review-richly-comic-takedown-of-the-wellness-industry


MARI COSTA for BELLE OF THE BALL — April 2023 Club Selection

Comix Experience

Apr 23, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVlMAIvT0oQ

 

Mike Collins [and] Nick Roche From Dublin Comic  Con

Eoin McAuley

wordballoon Apr 26, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOerxpVfYv4

 

Jerry Ordway talks Batman 89 Joker, and more

 wordballoon Apr 24, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MVYMP69wTE

 

Monte Wolverton Talks About His Work!

Daryl Cagle

Apr 23, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qksd5UIqZT0

 

Pris Genet, April 25th, 2023 [aka  Pris Genet: Organ Bank]

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

361, Apr 25, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUTFZ4qvt9A

 

Storycomic Presents (Episode 263): Ben Hatke, Writer, Artist, Author

Barney Smith

StoryComic

363, Apr 25, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY7reXg20U0

 

Storycomic Presents (Episode 264): Kevin Maher, Comic Creator – Toxic Man

Barney Smith

StoryComic 364, April 27 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkpftX80FZY

 

IDW "goes dark" on the NYSE, lays off 39% of their staff

 Heidi MacDonald

04/27/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/idw-layoffs-goes-dark-on-the-nyse/

 

IDW Cuts Two-Fifths of Employees, Executives, Stock Exchange Listing

New IDW CEO Davidi Jonas, states "today we hit reset" as IDW drops off the stock exchange and fires two-fifths of staff.

by Rich Johnston

 27 Apr 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-cuts-two-fifths-of-employees-executives-stock-exchange-listing/

 

IDW Media Holdings Investors Call for Sale of Company in Open Letter

Published Tue, 05 Mar 2019 07:52:45 -0600

by Jude Terror

Last updated Sat, 05 Dec 2020

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-media-holdings-investors-call-for-sale-of-company-in-open-letter/

 

Jerry Craft | Arlington Reads | April 27, 2023

Peter Petruski

Arlington County Government

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


Ep. 92 - My Love Story!! vol. 1 by Kazune Kawahara and Aruko

The shojo for people who don't like shojo? Nah, that's so last century. It's the Shojo for people who love great manga!

Deb Aoki et. al.

MSX: Mangasplaining Extra

Apr 27, 2023

https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/ep-92-my-love-story-vol-1-by-kazune

 

4 Muslim legislators condemn Star Tribune editorial cartoon; publisher apologizes [Mike Thompson] Lawmakers say cartoon linked Islam to gun violence, contributing to Islamophobia.       

By Rochelle Olson and Briana Bierschbach

Minneapolis Star Tribune April 26, 2023

https://www.startribune.com/four-muslim-legislators-condemn-star-tribune-editorial-cartoon-minnesota-publisher-apologizes/600270406/

 

Cartoonist brings humor, critical thinking to opinion page [Joe Heller]

    Sierra Kingen

    Isanti-Chisago County Star Apr 27, 2023

    https://www.isanti-chisagocountystar.com/news/cartoonist-brings-humor-critical-thinking-to-opinion-page/article_96ddf134-e527-11ed-a5ff-5f521f5850c3.html

Four Questions for Don Brown

By Ingrid Roper 
Apr 27, 2023

83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary by Don Brown. Clarion, $22.99 May 16 ISBN 978-0-06-331156-5

After years of delays and format changes, Sparks Literary Festival returns to St. John's

Authors such as Kate Beaton and Morgan Murray speak about their work

William Ping · CBC News  Apr 24, 2023

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/sparks-literary-festival-2023-1.6819958

Storycomic Presents (Episode 263): Ben Hatke, Writer, Artist, Author

Jerry Craft | Arlington Reads | April 27, 2023


This week's webcomic from the Lily

We all gossip. And that's not always a bad thing.

I've learned that there are ways to engage with it that can be constructive and helpful.

‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ interview WTOP podcast version

Jason Fraley
'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' author Jeff Kinney, who returns to his alma mater of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland this Saturday to unveil a new statue of his iconic wimpy book character. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Kinney returns to UMD this weekend

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' author Jeff Kinney to unveil statue at his alma mater U. Md.

The Disney Empire Strikes Back

Disney sues Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleging political retaliation [in print as Disney, alleging political retaliation, sues DeSantis]