ComicsDC: Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/15/2023

A version of this article appears in print on June 15, 2023, Section A, Page 20 of the New York edition with the headline: John Romita Sr., 93; Defined or Refined Marvel Comics' Heroes and Villains.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/arts/john-romita-sr-dead.html

Dawn of the Snyderverse: Man Of Steel 10 years later

Our roundtable looks back (with regrets) at Zack Snyder's first DCEU film, and what it told us about everything that came after

Cindy White, Sam Barsanti, Jen Lennon, Matt Schimkowitz, and William Hughes

AV Club June 14 2023

https://www.avclub.com/dawn-of-the-snyderverse-man-of-steel-10-years-later-1850529898

Guillermo del Toro says he's almost done with live-action movies and will go all-in on animation

Mary Kate Carr

AV Club June 14 2023

https://www.avclub.com/guillermo-del-toro-is-going-all-in-on-animation-1850539253

Klein, Todd. 2023.

Walt Kelly, George Ward, Henry Shikuma and POGO [lettering].

Todd's Blog June 6 2023

https://kleinletters.com/Blog/walt-kelly-george-ward-henry-shikuma-and-pogo/

As a mom of two, I can't always be everything to everyone. And that's okay

When I gave birth the second time, I suddenly had two top priorities in my life, and their needs often conflicted with each other

Perspective by Aubrey Hirsch

June 12, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/06/12/mom-two-i-cant-always-be-everything-everyone-thats-okay/

Hong Kong newspaper suspends satirical comic strip after 40 years, following gov't complaints

Cartoonist Wong Kei-kwan, who uses the nom de plume "Zunzi", has been publishing his satirical takes on current affairs and public policies in the city since 1983 in Ming Pao, a mainstream Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong.

by AFP07:00, 11 May 2023

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/11/prominent-hong-kong-political-cartoon-by-zunzi-suspended-after-government-complaints/

Influential Marvel Artist Who Drew Spider-Man, Wolverine Dies

John Romita Sr. was art director at Marvel Comics for more than two decades

By Joseph De Avila

June 14, 2023

https://www.wsj.com/articles/influential-marvel-artist-who-drew-spider-man-wolverine-dies-63c146ff

Art Spiegelman on Banning 'Maus'

Spiegelman reflects on fascism as third Missouri school district debates banning his Holocaust memoir

By Lisa Tolin

PEN America (June 2023)

https://pen.org/art-spiegelman-on-banning-maus/

As more schools target 'Maus,' Art Spiegelman's fears are deepening

By Greg Sargent

Washington Post June 15, 2023 : A17

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/14/art-spiegelman-maus-book-bans/

'Elemental': A cute but problematic cartoon rom-com

A Fire gal embarks on a romance with a Water guy in Pixar's ambitious and (literally) steamy immigrant love story

Review by Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post June 14, 2023 : https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/06/14/elemental-movie-review/

Betancourt, David. 2023.

The Best Superhero Performances of All Time.

Washington Post (June 15): https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/entertainment/the-best-superhero-performances-of-all-time/2023/06/15/c959e75e-affa-4669-8e53-06351cf77a04_video.html

How do you solve a problem like Ezra Miller? For 'The Flash' PR, silently. [in print as Fleeting glimpses of Mille in 'The Flash' promotion]

The actor's disturbing off-set behavior has created a unique PR problem for Warner/DC, which is banking on 'The Flash' to revive its universe of superhero projects

By Anne Branigin and Michael Cavna

Washington Post June 14, 2023 : C1, 3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/06/14/ezra-miller-flash-allegations-controversies/

Retroverse, Blood Oath, New America all coming to print from Dark Horse next year

The trio of Comixology Originals titles will come to print from Dark Horse in February and March 2024.

Beat Staff

06/15/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/retroverse-blood-oath-new-america-all-coming-to-print-from-dark-horse-next-year/

'The Flash' Director Andy Muschietti Tackling New Batman Movie 'The Brave and the Bold'

The feature will introduce a new Dark Knight, as well as his son, Damian Wayne.

By Borys Kit, Aaron Couch

June 15, 2023