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
Sunday, April 30, 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
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]
Gothamist Apr 27, 2023
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
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
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.
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
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
The Daily Heller: The Poor Get Poor and the Rich Get Ugly [Syd Hoff]
The Daily Heller April 27 2023
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]
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!
https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/04/interview-ben-wilgus-chats-about-grace-needs-space/
From the Desk of WWAC's New Publisher…
https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/04/wwac-new-publisher-2023/
The Dog Knight: Jeremy Whitley and Bre Indigo
| By Sheena McNeil |
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.
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.
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/
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
How cartoonists are satirizing the Carlson and Lemon firings
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.
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
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
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
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
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
April 25, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
Oz Black collection
Richard Graham
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
https://mediacommons.unl.edu/luna/servlet/UNL~146~146
Richard Graham
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
https://mediacommons.unl.edu/luna/servlet/UNL~132~132
Richard Graham
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
https://mediacommons.unl.edu/luna/servlet/UNL~13~13
Richard Graham
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
https://mediacommons.unl.edu/luna/servlet/UNL~113~113
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
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/09/10/frank-hill-senior-stripper/
Frank Hill – RIP
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/04/26/frank-hill-rip/
Frank Hill 1929 - 2023
Santa Cruz Sentinel on Apr. 23, 2023.
Manga Freelancers Say, 'Show Me the Money' [translators]
By Deb Aoki
Apr 26, 2023
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
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
'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' author Jeff Kinney to unveil statue at his alma mater U. Md.
April 27, 2023
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
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
24 Apr 2023
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
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
Cartoonist brings humor, critical thinking to opinion page [Joe Heller]
Sierra Kingen
Isanti-Chisago County Star Apr 27, 2023
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
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'
"Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley." April 27 2023
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