ComicsDC: Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/5/2023

Firings, Quittings and Valnet Fallout at Comic Book Resources; CBR is in trouble , with owners Valnet imposing greater demands on contributors and seemingly firing those who try and stand up for writers.

4 Jun 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/firings-quittings-and-valnet-fallout-at-comic-book-resources/

DC Comics To Start Using Legacy Numberings On Long Running Comics

Last month, Batman transformed its #135 into #900 for an issue before returning this week to Batman #136. But something at DC has changed,

4 Jun 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-to-start-using-legacy-numberings-on-long-running-comics/

DSTLRY INKS 'FIRST LOOK' FOREIGN RIGHTS DEAL WITH DELCOURT To Bring TPBs to the French Market

Brigid Alverson on June 2, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54266/dstlry-inks-first-look-foreign-rights-deal-delcourt

The 5 best Easter eggs from Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

William Hughes

AV Club June 3 2023

https://www.avclub.com/the-5-best-easter-eggs-from-spider-man-across-the-spid-1850502709

"I Did Things Totally Differently Than I Normally Do": Rina Ayuyang on The Man in the McIntosh Suit

MariNaomi | June 5, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/i-did-things-totall

Comics and Novelization: A Literary History of Bandes Dessinées

ISBN 9781032436647

214 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations

Published May 24, 2023 by Routledge

https://www.routledge.com/Comics-and-Novelization-A-Literary-History-of-Bandes-Dessinees/Glaude/p/book/9781032436647#

Pogany, Benjamin and Elizabeth Chou. 2007.
Alec Longsteth, 24 Hour Comic Survivor.
Daily Crosshatch (April 7):
http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2007/04/07/alec-longstreth-24-hour-comics-survivor/

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20071010234313/http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2007/04/07/alec-longstreth-24-hour-comics-survivor/

Jun 5 2023

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode thirty-eight | Ed Brisson, part two

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/youll-be-malfunctioning-within-a

How the Marvel Cinematic Universe Swallowed Hollywood

Robert Redford, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Rudd, and Angela Bassett now disappear into movies whose plots can come down to "Keep glowy thing away from bad guy."

By Michael Schulman

June 5, 2023

Published in the print edition of the June 12, 2023, issue, with the headline "Comic Effect."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/12/how-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-swallowed-hollywood

The Man Reimagining Disney Classics for Today's World

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on June 5, 2023, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Updating Disney Classics Isn't for the Faint of Heart.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/business/media/disney-sean-bailey-live-action.html

Judge in Disney World Case Steps Aside but Blasts DeSantis's Lawyers

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on June 3, 2023, Section B, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Judge in Disney Case Steps Aside but Blasts DeSantis's Lawyers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/business/disney-desantis-judge-mark-walker.html

"Sienkiewicz And I Were Both Transformed." The Story of Frank Miller Presents

Troy-Jeffrey Allen

PREVIEWSworld May 25, 2023

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

Interview: A 'Thorn' in the Paw of Injustice!

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

May 30, 2023

https://previewsworld.com/Article/268655-Interview-A-Thorn-in-the-Paw-of-Injustice

The 1950s Lord of the Rings Movie That J.R.R. Tolkien Absolutely Hated

Before the animated films and the Peter Jackson trilogy, there was another Lord of the Rings movie in development in the 1950s. Here's why it didn't happen.

By Juliette Harrisson | June 5, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/lord-of-the-rings-1950-movie-you-never-saw/

Box Office: 'The Little Mermaid' Gets Doused in China, South Korea After Racist Backlash

Disney's live-action retelling of the iconic animated film, which is bombing in those countries, stars Halle Bailey in the titular role.

By Pamela McClintock, Patrick Brzeski

June 5, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-the-little-mermaid-gets-doused-in-china-south-korea-after-racist-backlash-1235505682/

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Swings to Huge $120.5M Box Office Opening

Pamela McClintock

June 4, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-box-office-opening-1235506732/

China Box Office: 'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' Opens to So-So $17.2M

The film has received rave reviews in China, but it appears to be playing more like a fan film than a blockbuster there.

Patrick Brzeski

June 4, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/china-box-office-spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-1235507101/

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Has a Really Cheeky Marvel Retcon

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will have you asking "whose universe is this anyway?" on more than one occasion.

By Tom Chapman | June 5, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-has-a-really-cheeky-marvel-retcon/

Hailee Steinfeld just wants to be a part of something [in print as Hailee Steinfeld wants to be a part of something; 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse']

By Thomas Floyd

Washington Post June 3, 2023 : C1-2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/06/01/hailee-steinfeld-across-spider-verse/

The television writers are striking, so we got AI to rewrite Romeo and Juliet

By Edith Pritchett

Editorial cartoonist

Washington Post June 3, 2023

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/edith-pritchett-cartoon-ai-romeo-juliet/

Mickey Gets a Manga Makeover in Disney and Tommy Hilfiger's 100th Anniversary Collection

The centennial collaboration features college prep silhouettes with a Japanese cartoon-inspired spin on Mickey Mouse & Friends.

Danielle Directo-Meston

June 1, 2023