How Many Copies Of Thomas Woodruff's Graphic Opera Have Sold Anyway?
Bleeding Cool reported on some of the fuss around Thomas Woodruff's Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral from Fantagraphics.
25 May 2023
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/how-many-copies-of-thomas-woodruffs-graphic-opera-have-sold-anyway/
Liam Sharp Is No Longer Drawing His Conan Project For Titan/Heroic
"For reasons beyond the control of myself and the publisher I am no longer doing a 48 page 'Savage Sword of Conan' story" - Liam Sharp
25 May 2023
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/liam-sharp-is-no-longer-drawing-his-conan-project-for-titan-heroic/
ICV2 VIDEO INTERVIEW: BUD PLANT, PART 1, Comics in the 1960s, Including Some of the First Comic Stores; PART 2, Phil Seuling, Beginning the Direct Market, the First Comics & Comix; PART 3, Rapid Growth, Selling Out to Diamond, The Meaning of It All
Dan Gearino on May 26, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54209/icv2-video-interview-bud-plant-part-1
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54208/icv2-video-interview-bud-plant-part-2
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54207/icv2-video-interview-bud-plant-part-3
ICV2 INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT: BUD PLANT, PART 1,Comics in the 1960s, Including Some of the First Comic Stores; PART 2,Meeting Phil Seuling, the Beginnings of the Direct Market, the First Comics & Comix; PART 3,Rapid Growth in the 80s, Selling Out to Diamond, and the Meaning of it All
Dan Gearino on May 26, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54206/icv2-interview-transcript-bud-plant-part-1
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54205/icv2-interview-transcript-bud-plant-part-2
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54204/icv2-interview-transcript-bud-plant-part-3
BUD PLANT, A PIONEER OF COMICS RETAIL AND THE DIRECT MARKET, WAS THERE AT THE START AND KEEPS ON GOING
'In 1965, a Teenage Bud Plant Rifled Through a Bin of Comics.'
Dan Gearino on May 26, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54210/bud-plant-pioneer-comics-retail-direct-market-was-there-start-keeps-going
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: DIAMOND BOOK DISTRIBUTORS PROMOTES EMILY BOTICA To VP, Publisher Relations and Marketing
Brigid Alverson on May 25, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54203/people-move-diamond-book-distributors-promotes-emily-botica
Diamond Book Distributors Promotes Emily Botica to VP, Publisher Relations & Marketing
Scoop May 26 2023
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=268587
Disney's Wild Ride into Sleepy Hollow
Scoop May 26 2023
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=268494
ABLAZE Renews Distribution Agreement with Diamond Comic & Diamond Book Distributors
Scoop May 26 2023
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=268560
Marvel Delays 'Thunderbolts' Filming Amid Writers Strike
The feature, starring Sebastian Stan and Florence Pugh, was aiming to shoot next month in Atlanta.
Aaron Couch
May 25, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvel-delays-thunderbolts-filming-amid-writers-strike-1235501482/
Something 4 The Weekend – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | May 26, 2023
https://www.tcj.com/something-4-the-weekend-this-weeks-links/
Iconic Superman Editor Mike Carlin Retires From DC After 37 Years
Brian Cronin
CBR May 22 2023
https://www.cbr.com/superman-editor-mike-carlin-retires-dc-after-37-years/
Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham review – to live and cry in LA
The cartoonist's singular book, 14 years in the making, imbues the tale of a harried 1970s B-movie editor with panoramic scope
Rachel Cooke
23 May 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/23/blood-of-the-virgin-by-sammy-harkham-review-to-live-and-cry-in-la
Greg Pak on building the world of 'City Boy'
The new title, from the We Are Legends imprint, sheds life on heroes and the places they call home.
Chris Coplan
May 23, 2023
https://aiptcomics.com/2023/05/23/greg-pak-city-boy-qa/
The Cartoonist Cooperative is building a brave new world for comics
We spoke with several founders of the intriguing new union/advocacy group.
Chris Coplan
May 25, 2023
https://aiptcomics.com/2023/05/25/cartoonist-cooperative-feature-qa/
X-Men Monday #203 – Al Ewing, Kieron Gillen & Si Spurrier Reflect on Sins of Sinister
Chris Hassan
May 22, 2023
https://aiptcomics.com/2023/05/22/x-men-monday-203-sins-of-sinister-exit/
AIPT Comics Podcast episode 223: A study of contrasts: Guest Jed MacKay on launching a new era of Avengers
Writer Jed MacKay joins the AIPT Comics podcast to discuss newly launched 'Avengers' #1, and so much more!
David Brooke and Nathan Simmons
May 21, 2023
https://aiptcomics.com/2023/05/21/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-223-jed-mackay/
Off Panel #401: The Next Thing with Ram V
David Harper
May 22, 2023
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-401-the-next-thing-with-ram-v
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Ram_V_2023.mp3
Depicting The Spirit of Jazz; Interview with "BLUE GIANT" Story Director NUMBER 8 on His First Novel "Piano Man" and The Background of Its Creation
Text & Interview Ryo Takayama
TOKION 2023-05-20
https://tokion.jp/en/2023/05/20/pianoman-number8/
'American Born Chinese' began as a photocopied comic. For its creator, the journey has been 'surreal'
By Tracy Brown
May 24, 2023
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-05-24/american-born-chinese-gene-luen-yang-disney-adaptation
How 'Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai' reclaims Gizmo's Chinese origin story
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-05-23/gremlins-secrets-of-the-mogwai-gizmo-chinese-mythology
BY TRACY BROWN
MAY 23, 2023
IMAGE COMICS JOINS LUNAR FOR DIRECT MARKET DISTRIBUTION [press release]
05/24/2023
https://imagecomics.com/press-releases/image-comics-joins-lunar-for-direct-market-distribution
PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 567: Graphic Novel Day at the U.S. Book Show
Calvin Reid, Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons
on 05/23/2023
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1258
Ziemendorff, Stefan. (2023). Identification of the mummy that inspired Hergé's character Rascar Capac. Investigaciones Sociales 48. 79-94.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370865347_Identification_of_the_mummy_that_inspired_Herge%27s_character_Rascar_Capac
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefan-Ziemendorff/publication/370865347_Identification_of_the_mummy_that_inspired_Herge%27s_character_Rascar_Capac/links/6466952a70202663165691b8/Identification-of-the-mummy-that-inspired-Herges-character-Rascar-Capac.pdf
Khatai, Shrabanee, & Kumari Ladsaria, Seema . 2023. The Human that Therefore I am: Transculturation of an Ecological Debate in Green Humour for a Greying Planet [Rohan Chakravarty] . Journal of Narrative and Language Studies, 11(21), 144–163. https://doi.org/10.59045/nalans.2023.21
http://nalans.com/index.php/nalans/article/view/752
http://nalans.com/index.php/nalans/article/view/752/256
Murderers' Row: Rick Leonardi
Tegan O'Neil | May 25, 2023
https://www.tcj.com/murderers-row-rick-leonardi/
Holy Grails of Manga Quest 2023 with co-host Bryan Moss!
Ed Piskor
Cartoonist Kayfabe May 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6hDropnTjU
Japan Book Hunter is the Plug for NSFW Outlaw Manga [book dealer in Japan].
Ed Piskor and Bryan Moss
Cartoonist Kayfabe May 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrNKbKeqc0Q
Secret Access to JAPAN BOOK HUNTER'S Hidden Archives of Outlaw Manga! [book dealer in Japan].
Ed Piskor and Bryan Moss
Cartoonist Kayfabe May 25, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNj7vNp4S2g
Rolf Harris, Disgraced British Entertainer, Dies at 93
By Euan Ward
A version of this article appears in print on May 26, 2023, Section A, Page 24 of the New York edition with the headline: Rolf Harris, 93, British Entertainer Who Sexually Abused Young Girls.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/world/europe/rolf-harris-dead.html
Jerry Craft and Barbara Brandon-Croft are cartoonists who broke out of the boxes drawn around them
Khalilah Brown-Dean,
Connecticut Public Radio's Disrupted May 17, 2023
https://www.ctpublic.org/show/disrupted/2023-05-17/jerry-craft-and-barbara-brandon-croft-are-cartoonists
Novelist wins Penn State University sponsored award for 'Our Little Secret' [ Emily Carrington]
Charlotte MacAulay
May 19, 2023
https://www.peicanada.com/eastern_graphic/novelist-wins-penn-state-university-sponsored-award-for-our-little-secret/article_a2f2caf2-f419-11ed-8ea9-d320d5c1dfb4.html
No More Free San Diego Comic-Con For Comic Stores, Must Pay $330
It was one of the (few) perks of being a comic book store owner or employee, that you could qualify for free entry to San Diego Comic-Con.
23 May 2023
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/no-more-free-san-diego-comic-con-for-comic-stores-must-pay-330/
Kickstarter Taps Former Amazon Exec Bryce Gold To Lead Comics Publishing
Rob Salkowitz on May 23, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/54178/kickstarter-taps-former-amazon-exec-bryce-gold-lead-comics-publishing
Halle Bailey: 'The Little Mermaid' Star Connects With Her Inner Ariel
By Kalia Richardson
A version of this article appears in print on May 28, 2023, Section AR, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: Connecting With Her Inner Ariel
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/movies/halle-bailey-little-mermaid.html
'The Little Mermaid' | Anatomy of a Scene
By Mekado Murphy
May 26, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/movies/the-little-mermaid-clip.html
'The Little Mermaid': An Ariel for a new generation [in print as Halle Bailey gives Ariel oceans of charm]
by Ann Hornaday
Washington Post May 26, 2023 : Weekend 24.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/05/24/the-little-mermaid-movie-review/
After 'The Little Mermaid,' a sea change in animated musicals [in print as Sea change in 'The Little Mermaid's' wake]
A live-action remake of the 1989 classic, credited with launching the Disney Princess brand, draws on the film's enduring appeal
By Helena Andrews-Dyer
Washington Post May 26, 2023 : C1-2.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/05/24/disney-little-mermaid-live-action-legacy/
'The Little Mermaid' is the latest of Disney's poor unfortunate remakes
Aisha Harris
May 22, 2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/1177439851/the-little-mermaid-review-remake-disney
'The Little Mermaid' takes the uncanny valley under the sea
Stephen Thompson, Aisha Harris, Marc Rivers
May 26, 2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/08/1174750539/the-little-mermaid-takes-the-uncanny-valley-under-the-sea
https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2023/05/20230526_pchh_90d0308b-2acc-4daf-9379-9d0259be1090.mp3
'American Born Chinese' is a window into what's changed for the community
By Ailsa Chang, Mallory Yu,
All Things Considered May 26, 2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/26/1178496337/american-born-chinese-is-a-window-into-whats-changed-for-the-community
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2023/05/20230526_atc_american_born_chinese_is_a_window_into_whats_changed_for_the_community.mp3
In 'American Born Chinese,' a beloved graphic novel gets Disney-fied
Glen Weldon, Mallory Yu, Walter Chaw
Pop Culture Happy Hour May 24, 2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/16/1176487971/in-american-born-chinese-a-beloved-graphic-novel-gets-disney-fied
https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2023/05/20230524_pchh_a51db18b-02ae-4a4d-a08b-1ac5207a5df5.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1176487971
Aladdin': A CGI World, Neither Whole Nor New
Scott Tobias
May 23, 2019
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/23/725858212/aladdin-a-cgi-world-neither-whole-nor-new
'Dumbo': Elephants Never Forget, But Audiences Will
Chris Klimek
March 28, 2019
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/706884510/dumbo-elephants-never-forget-but-audiences-will
