NYCC '24: Interview: MONDO talks collectibles showing what they had the show floor
Senior creative director Peter Santa-Maria and senior director of creative and product development Hector Arce showed us some upcoming collectibles.
Monday, October 21, 2024
YouNeek's ‘Iyanu’ trailer premiered at NYCC
Cartoon Network & Max Sneak Peeks 'Iyanu' at NYCC
Mercedes Milligan
October 19, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/10/cartoon-network-max-debut-iyanu-trailer-at-nycc/
NYCC '24: IYANU drops captivating first trailer
Hilary Leung on 10/19/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-24-iyanu-drops-captivating-first-trailer-for-2025-release/
Mercedes Milligan
October 19, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/10/cartoon-network-max-debut-iyanu-trailer-at-nycc/
NYCC '24: IYANU drops captivating first trailer
Hilary Leung on 10/19/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-24-iyanu-drops-captivating-first-trailer-for-2025-release/
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/19-20/2024
My Left Hand vs. My Right Hand
I broke my arm and had to rethink everything.
By Liza Donnelly
A version of this article appears in print on July 22, 2018, Section SR, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: My Left Hand vs. My Right Hand.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/21/opinion/sunday/my-left-hand-vs-my-right-hand.html
Fort Knox in Demilitarization Mode
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/10/19/fort-knox-in-demilitarization-mode/
'Fort Knox' comic to end
Oct 18, 2024
Lost at Windy River tells the story of a girl using traditional knowledge to survive in the winter wilderness
Trina Rathgeber discusses her new children's graphic novel with Saskatoon Morning's Stephanie Massicotte
Jeremy Warren · CBC News Sep 30, 2024 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/lost-at-windy-river-graphic-novel-survival-story-1.7334615
Kapow! ANU researcher uses comic books to explain green finance
Who says comics are just for superheroes? ANU anthropologist Caroline Schuster is proving they can also be of great value to researchers [Paraguay]
Luis Perez
30 September 2024
Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship delivers report on graphic novel publishing
25/09/2024
Sophie Splatt. 2024.
'Graphic novels: Can we grow them at home? The editing and publishing of graphic novels in the US'
Australian Publishers Association
At Comic Con, Emergency Tailors Keep Cosplayers in Character
George Gene Gustines
Oct. 18, 2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/arts/new-york-comic-con-costume-cosplay-repairs.html
NYCC '24: Ignition Press makes its formal debut
Samantha Puc
10/19/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-24-ignition-press-makes-its-formal-debut/
Comic Store Chains Create Their Own Super League Just For The Big Boys [ Chain Store Syndicate.]
by Rich Johnston
18 Oct 2024
Bill Jemas
Combining the Ultimate and Traditional Marvel Universes [memo]
Marvel Comics (April 26 2003).
Online at https://tombrevoort.substack.com/p/134-hail-doom
Mort de Simon Fieschi, nouvelle victime de la tuerie de «Charlie Hebdo»
Grièvement blessé dans l'attentat du 7 janvier 2015, le webmaster du journal satirique est mort jeudi 17 octobre.
par Michel Becquembois
publié le 19 octobre 2024
Steve Stark Retires – updated
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/10/21/steve-stark-retires/
Steve Stark – RIP
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/10/18/steve-stark-rip/
Longtime editorial cartoonist, historian Steve Stark dies at 74
October 18, 2024
Alex Bertsch
https://www.kvrr.com/2024/10/18/longtime-editorial-cartoonist-historian-steve-stark-dies-at-74/
Steve Stark retires after more than 30 years of drawing editorial cartoons for The Forum
By Patrick Springer
October 22, 2022
Phantom blather
The Nickels of the Man
October 17, 2024 by Tony de Paul
https://www.tonydepaul.net/phantom-blather/
Here's everything James Gunn said about DC Studios at Comic-Con today
Among other things, the always-effusive Gunn promised that it "won't be too long" before we get a trailer for his 2025 Superman movie.
By William Hughes | October 19, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/james-gunn-dc-studios-nycc-round-up
Local illustrator pens comics on society's downfall [Ben Clarkson, Justice Warriors]
By: Ben Waldman
Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024
Interview : Guy Delisle sur les traces d'Eadweard Muybridge photographe précurseur qui a découpé le temps en images
Jean-Laurent Truc
20 octobre 2024
https://www.ligneclaire.info/pour-une-fraction-de-seconde-297145.html
Zapiro collabs with PnP Clothing to commemorate the anniversary of the Rugby World Cup 2023 win
October 17, 2024
Spinning out [Edith Pritchett letter]
Linda Jacobsen
Washington Post October 19 2024
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/18/whippets-grooming-weddings-zuckerberg-rome/
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Secrets of the Unknown – Alan Class
By John Freeman on October 18, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/crowdfunding-spotlight-secrets-of-the-unknown-alan-class/
The Strange Case of Byron Preiss Visual Publications
Paul Williams. 2021
Journal of American Studies, 55 (1): pp. 102 - 129
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875818001494
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/abs/strange-case-of-byron-preiss-visual-publications/C998EAB81C667CF51B841C6A0775B79A
Sunday, October 20, 2024
That darn Edith Pritchett
Spinning out [Edith Pritchett letter]
Linda Jacobsen, Sterling
Washington Post October 19 2024
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/18/whippets-grooming-weddings-zuckerberg-rome/
Regarding Skip Strobel's Oct. 12 Free for All letter, "Light papers and heavy hearts":
The Post and coffee have been part of our morning routine for decades, along with another paper to give us a different spin on the news. But The Post is flailing, and its struggles are apparent. It is much thinner. There is no Sunday Magazine. In a misguided attempt to appeal to millennials, irrelevant Edith Pritchett cartoons are taking up valuable space on Opinions pages; she belongs in the Style section or the Comics. In too many instances, editorial biases are not held in check but found front page to back. There is no break, no enjoyment left. Politics infuses everything, from food to fashion to comics. The Post has become personality-driven, and there's a mean streak running through it.
Some change is inevitable, and embracing it is necessary, but new isn't always better, and a catchy slogan isn't a substitute for substance.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/18/2024
Rebrands to Signify 'New and Bold Direction'
Johanna Draper Carlson on October 17, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58049/idw-debuts-redesigned-logo
IDW Debuts A Very Stupid New Logo For Their 26th Anniversary, At NYCC
16 Oct 2024 Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-debuts-a-new-unreadable-logo-for-their-26th-anniversary/
Comics Industry Tells IDW To Change Their Stupid New Logo
Consider this an intervention, for IDW Publishing over their new logo, announced yesterday to almost universal disdain.
17 Oct 2024 by Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comics-industry-tells-idw-to-change-their-stupid-new-logo/
Even IDW Logo Designer Nathan Widick Is Now Clowning On His Design
17 Oct 2024 Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/even-idw-logo-designer-nathan-widick-is-now-clowning-on-his-design/
Lectrr wins European Cartoon Award
Alan Gardner
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/10/17/lectrr-wins-european-cartoon-award/
'It's like Trump – how do you satirise something so ridiculous?': Armando Iannucci's hilarious superhero spoof
Foul-mouthed farce The Franchise is deliciously ironic, star-packed TV with more than a hint of Succession. Its stellar team talk about why making Marvel look ludicrous is actually an act of love
Rachel Aroesti
Fri 11 Oct 2024
Creator Profile: Graham Ingels
Scoop October 18 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1016?ArticleID=277953
How Billy Maximoff Became Wiccan
Scoop October 18 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=278069
Many Deaths of Laila Starr to be Adapted as an Opera
Scoop October 18 2024
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=278151
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr: Graphic Novel Gets an Opera Adaptation
The Minnesota Opera will adapt The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, a graphic novel by Ram V. and Filipe Andrade, into an opera production.
17 Oct 2024 by Adi Tantimedh https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-many-deaths-of-laila-starr-graphic-novel-gets-an-opera-adaptation/
New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 176 - Shannon Wheeler & Ken Krimstein
October 16, 2024 • Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius • Season 4 • Episode 176
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1719352/episodes/15940395-episode-176-shannon-wheeler-ken-krimstein
Cutaway Comics Ian Winterton interviewed
John Freeman on October 17, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/cutaway-comics-ian-winterton-interviewed/
How the 'Mighty Monsterwheelies' Showrunners Rolled Classic Ghoulies into an Accessibly Spooky Pre-K Show
Ramin Zahed
October 17, 2024
Back to Black
Jules Feiffer's Noir Trilogy
by Fabrice Leroy
Rutgers University Press 2025
Latinx Comics Studies
Critical and Creative Crossings
Edited by Fernanda Díaz-Basteris and Maite Urcaregui
Rutgers University Press 2025
At Home with the Holocaust
Postmemory, Domestic Space, and Second-Generation Holocaust Narratives [Maus].
by Lucas F. W. Wilson
Rutgers University Press 2025
Supervillains
The Significance of Evil in Superhero Comics
by Nao Tomabechi
Rutgers University Press 2025
Singular Sensations
A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the United States
by Michelle Ann Abate
Rutgers University Press 2024
Smoothing the Jew
"Abie the Agent" and Ethnic Caricature in the Progressive Era
by Jeffrey A. Marx
Rutgers University Press 2024
Christianity and Comics
Stories We Tell about Heaven and Hell
by Blair Davis
Rutgers University Press 2024
Funny Friends: Bob Eckstein
AUTHOR:
Bob Eckstein
October 4, 2024 https://funnytimes.com/eckstein/
White Noiz – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | October 18, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/white-noiz-this-weeks-links/
At Home With Adrian Tomine
Drawn & Quarterly October 16 2024
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBJwUQ2v-hP/
Garth Ennis On New Books and More
wordballoon
Oct 14, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bjvKd_zTzM
Larry Lieber in conversation with Danny Fingeroth, Oct 8, 2024
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium
401; Oct 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQUTghlBhXQ
PHOTOS FROM THE PINOY POWER!: A CELEBRATION OF FILIPINO KOMIKS EXHIBIT
Chris Anthony Diaz | October 18, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/photos-from-the-pinoy-power-a-celebration-of-filipino-komiks-exhibit/
A self-published lucha libre tale put J. Gonzo on Marvel's radar. He almost refused the offer.
By Daniel Eduardo Hernandez
Oct. 15, 2024
Blood on the Tracks Manga Creator Shūzō Oshimi Can't Help But Get Personal
by Reuben Baron, Oct 16th 2024
Off Panel #469: The Undefinable with Michael Allred
October 14 2024
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel469-the-undefinable-with-michael-allred
PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 642: New York Comic Con is Coming
Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons
on 10/11/2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1336
The Daily Heller: They All Came to Look for America [Frances Jetter, Amalgam]
Steven Heller
The Daily Heller October 11 2024
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-they-all-come-to-look-for-america/
Comixology Originals announces five new titles and 17 new projects, Mad Cave deal
Heidi MacDonald
10/18/2024
Japanese Manga Artist Acky Bright: It's All About the Lines
By J. SCOTT ORR October 13, 2024
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/it-s-all-about-lines/6587
Steve Niles talks 'Satan's Swarm' and its B-movie inspirations
David Brooke
October 15, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/10/15/satans-swarm-qa/
X-Men Monday #271 – Gail Simone & Jed MacKay Talk 'Raid on Graymalkin'
Chris Hassan
October 14, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/10/14/x-men-monday-271-raid-on-graymalkin/
INTERVIEW: Comixology's Jeff DiBartolomeo on the Originals program
Heidi MacDonald
10/18/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-comixologys-jeff-dibartolomeo-on-the-originals-program/
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/17/2024
Exclusive Interview: TOMB RAIDER: THE LEGEND OF LARA CROFT actor Earl Baylon on being Jonah
Christian Angeles
10/17/2024
Yukihiro Shibutani, Natsume Yuujinchou and To Your Eternity Art Director, Dies at 63
By Christy Gibbs
CBR October 17 2024
https://www.cbr.com/yukihiro-shibutani-dead/
DC TITLES COME TO GLOBALCOMIX
Over 100 Series Now on App and Website
Johanna Draper Carlson on October 16, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58045/dc-titles-come-globalcomix
ONI CONTINUES TO BUILD OUT THE NACELLEVERSE WITH 'POWER LORDS'
Followup to 'Biker Mice from Mars,' 'RoboForce,' 'Sectaurs'
Brigid Alverson on October 16, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58041/oni-continues-build-out-nacelleverse-power-lords
ONI TO PUBLISH COMICS LINE TYING INTO ANIMATION, TOY PROPERTIES
Partners with Nacelle for 'Biker Mice From Mars,' 'Robo Force,' More
Johanna Draper Carlson on October 11, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55302/oni-publish-comics-line-tying-animation-toy-properties
Exhibition Review: Beautiful Monsters: The Art of Emil Ferris
reviewed by Carli Spina
International Journal of Comic Art blog October 17, 2024 https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/10/exhibition-review-beautiful-monsters.html
Exhibition Review: Hell, Ink & Water: The Art of Mike Mignola
Carli Spina
International Journal of Comic Art blog October 17, 2024 https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/10/exhibition-review-hell-ink-water-art-of.html
Book Review: Batman and the Shadows of Modernity
Felipe Rodolfo Hendriksen
International Journal of Comic Art blog October 17, 2024 https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/10/book-review-batman-and-shadows-of.html
Rafael Carrión-Arias. Batman and the Shadows of Modernity: A Critical Genealogy on Contemporary Hero in the Age of Nihilism. Routledge, 2024. ISBN 1032423145. $180. https://www.routledge.com/Batman-and-the-Shadows-of-Modernity-A-Critical-Genealogy-on-Contemporary-Hero-in-the-Age-of-Nihilism/Carrion-Arias/p/book/9781032423142
Graphic Novel Review: Madame Choi and the Monsters: A True Story
reviewed by Cord A. Scott, UMGC-Okinawa
International Journal of Comic Art blog October 17, 2024 https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/10/graphic-novel-review-madame-choi-and.html
Patrick Spät and Sherce Domingo; translated by Michael Waaler. Madame Choi and the Monsters: A True Story. London: Self-Made Hero Publications, 2024. ISBN 978-1-914224-22-5. $22.99. https://www.selfmadehero.com/books/madame-choi-and-the-monsters-a-true-story
Comics Review: Ground Zero Comics: Move Beyond Nuclear Weapons
reviewed by James Willetts
International Journal of Comic Art blog October 17, 2024 https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/10/comics-review-ground-zero-comics-move.html
Leonard Rifas, et.al. Ground Zero Comics: Move Beyond Nuclear Weapons. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2024. https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/ground-zero-comics-move-beyond-nuclear-weapons
DC Cinematic Universe book delight from DK, DC Heroes & Villains partwork news
John Freeman on October 16, 2024
A New Yorker Cartoonist Reveals Life Beyond Illustration
In his new book, Q&A, Adrian Tomine answers questions about dedicating his life to creating cartoons, illustrations, and comics and what's next.
By Bryan Hood
October 11, 2024
SUNLIGHT MAGGOTS: EROTICISM AND ABSENCE IN MARGOT FERRICK'S HALF GOLD/HALF DUNG
Helen Chazan | October 17, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/sunlight-maggots-eroticism-and-absence-in-margot-ferricks-half-gold-half-dung/
REVIEWS: A GUEST IN THE HOUSE
Sadia Bies | October 8, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/a-guest-in-the-house/
A GUEST IN THE HOUSE
EMILY CARROLL
First Second
REVIEWS: BERNADETTE [WOMEN'S ANTHOLOGY]
Helen Chazan | October 9, 2024
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/bernadette/
REVIEWS: EVIL EYES SEA [TURKEY]
Leonard Pierce | October 15, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/evil-eyes-sea/
EVIL EYES SEA
ÖZGE SAMANCI
Uncivilized Books
NYCC '24: IDW reveals slick new logo
The redesign combines Idea and Design Works's initials into one symbol.
Christopher Chiu-Tabet
10/17/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-24-idw-reveals-slick-new-logo/
NYCC '24: ASTONISHING INFINITY COMICS line launched TODAY on Marvel Unlimited
Samantha Puc
10/17/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-24-astonishing-infinity-comics-line-launched-today-on-marvel-unlimited/
NYCC '24: Atlas Comics are back, believe it or not
Heidi MacDonald
10/17/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-24-atlas-comics-are-back-believe-it-or-not/
'Rick and Morty' Scores Two Season Pickup
The Adult Swim cult comedy from Dan Harmon will now run through season 12.
Lacey Rose
October 17, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rick-and-morty-scores-two-season-pickup-1236034548/
The Boys co-creator Garth Ennis pits two of 2000 AD's greatest heroes against each other in Strontium Dog Vs. Robo-Hunter
Interview | Garth Ennis on uniting Johnny Alpha and Sam Slade
By William Salmon
Newsarama October 15 2024
https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/robo-hunter-vs-strontium-dog-garth-ennis-interview/
"If I'm making Superman for the first time today in 2024, what does he look like?" Jason Aaron on reinventing the Man of Steel
Interview | Absolute Superman writer Jason Aaron reveals more about one of the year's biggest launches
By Will Salmon
Newsarama October 16 2024
https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/dc-comics/absolute-superman-jason-aaron-interview/
Marvel Comics Debuts Premier Collection at NYCC's Retailer Day
By Heidi MacDonald
Oct 17, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/96257-marvel-comics-debuts-premier-collection-at-nycc-s-retailer-day.html
Jeff Kinney's 'Hot Mess' Tour Champions the Freedom to Read
By Shannon Maughan
Oct 17, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/96268-jeff-kinney-s-hot-mess-tour-champions-the-freedom-to-read.html
'I got major doubt from the movie guys': Julie Taymor on turning The Lion King into the most successful musical ever
Holly Williams
October 16 2024
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20241016-julie-taymor-on-turning-the-lion-king-into-the-most-successful-musical-of-all-time
More Powers From Bendis and Oeming
wordballoon
Oct 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BmIY58xKrM
Garth Ennis Punisher Doesn't fit In The MCU
wordballoon
Oct 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNeSa1F5ogs
Words, Images, & Worlds: Scott James Returns!
Jason DeHart
Oct 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWE6gnZSuxY
'Welcome To Derry' Co-Creator Jason Fuchs To Pen Feature Adaptation Of Kazu Kibuishi's 'Amulet' Graphic Novel Series For Netflix, 21 Laps Producing
Justin Kroll
October 17, 2024
https://deadline.com/2024/10/welcome-to-derry-jason-fuchs-kazu-kibuishi-amulet-grahic-novel-netflix-1236118529/
Anime USA: Crafts, Cultures, and Cosplayers Convene in Crystal City [in print as Anime USA: Crafts and Cosplayers Convene in Crystal City]
Mark Dreisonstok
Falls Church News-Press October 17, 2024: 12,
online at https://www.fcnp.com/2024/10/17/anime-usa-crafts-cultures-and-cosplayers-convene-in-crystal-city/
What we talk about when we don't talk about politics
By Sergio Peçanha
Graphics columnist
October 17, 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/election-illustrated-how-to-find-hope/
WaPo graphics columnist Sergio Peçanha heads to the wilds of Winchester
What we talk about when we don't talk about politics
By Sergio Peçanha
Graphics columnist
October 17, 2024
In his newsletter, he wrote,
After months of hibernation, I finally published something new! It’s an election-related project, but guess what? It’s about everything *except* politics.
Last time you heard from me, I was looking for voters willing to share their stories. But then my editors threw me a curveball: They told me to find random people out in the world instead.
At first, I hated the idea. Talking to strangers is an introvert’s worst nightmare. But it turned out to be an amazing experience—everyone had a wonderful story to tell.
Today, I’m sharing the first in this series (more to come next week, stay tuned). This project left me more hopeful for the future of the country. I hope it lifts you up too.
Last time you heard from me, I was looking for voters willing to share their stories. But then my editors threw me a curveball: They told me to find random people out in the world instead.
At first, I hated the idea. Talking to strangers is an introvert’s worst nightmare. But it turned out to be an amazing experience—everyone had a wonderful story to tell.
Today, I’m sharing the first in this series (more to come next week, stay tuned). This project left me more hopeful for the future of the country. I hope it lifts you up too.
Anime USA covered in Falls Church News-Press
Anime USA: Crafts, Cultures, and Cosplayers Convene in Crystal City [in print as Anime USA: Crafts and Cosplayers Convene in Crystal City]
Oct 24: Damian Duffy and John Jennings at Arlington Library
Celebrate Octavia Butler's legacy with the duo behind two award-winning adaptations. |
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Join us for a conversation with authors and illustrators Damian Duffy and John Jennings on their award-winning graphic novel adaptations of Octavia Butler's "Kindred" and "Parable of the Sower"—both testaments to Butler's masterful speculative fiction storytelling and visionary Afrofuturist themes.
Arrive by 6 p.m. for a performance by the DC Bushwick Book Club inspired by "Parable of the Sower" featuring music, spoken word and a short film. |
John Jennings on Octavia Butler's legacy. |
Excerpt from "The Joy (And Fear) Of Making 'Kindred' Into A Graphic Novel" (Code Switch/NPR). |
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"Octavia Butler is one of the greatest American writers to live, period. She was literally a genius. The way that she would use metaphor and allegory and how she tackled some of the most horrific things about human existence through science fiction and fantasy? She was a master storyteller." |
Damian Duffy on the first-time visual adaptation of Butler. |
Excerpt from '"Jennings and Duffy on their Adaptation of 'Kindred'"(Brooklyn Magazine). |
"It was amazing and terrifying, an honor and a huge amount of pressure to get it right. We were very cognizant of the fact that the adaptation needed to do the novel justice, to appeal to hardcore Butler fans, but also [to attract] new readers unfamiliar with the novel. |
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I worried about what her estate would think, what her contemporaries would think. I think I'm still in shock that it's been so well received, just because I spent so long stressing over cutting the prose of such a famous and influential and important literary figure." |
John Jennings on creating through collaboration. |
Excerpt from "John Jennings and Damian Duffy Are Disturbing the Peace" (Publishers Weekly). |
"I love collaborating, because you get more ideas on the board, you learn so much by sharing an experience, and you get to feed off of each other's energy, which lightens the load of creation. |
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Damian Duffy (left) and John Jennings (right) |
You're not just some lone auteur toiling away in a studio—an [existence] that I find laughable, because eventually you have to collaborate with the audience. It's best to get out of the way of your own ego early on." |
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/16/2024
It's Becoming Impossible to Look Away From 'The Penguin'
Sunday night's episode, "Cent'Anni," underlines the strength of the series, particularly in the character work of Cristin Milioti's Sofia Falcone
By Justin Charity Oct 13, 2024, https://www.theringer.com/dc/2024/10/13/24269397/penguin-episode-4-recap-review-centanni-sofia-falcone-oz-cobb
EXCLUSIVE: NEW PUBLISHER SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH DIAMOND, S&S
THE LAB PRESS to Debut in 2025 with 'Essentials'
Posted by Brigid Alverson on October 15, 2024
["We were shocked to hear of the tragic death of the talented comics artist, Revital Bornstein known as "Navy Bird", who was killed in the attack in Jaffa on October 1st."]
Israeli cartoon association
October 2 2024
'I need positive things to come of this': graphic novelist rocked by brother's suicide donates profits to charity. Award-winning Zoe Thorogood hopes the money raised can help halt rising numbers of young men taking own lives [in print as My brother is now eternally 23. I couldn't save him. But maybe I can help save others]
David Barnett
Observer (October 13 2024): 21
Exclusive Interview: Amena Kheshtchin-Kamel on MY YEAR AS EMMA
Kheshtchin-Kamel retells her own satirical story about racial identity in her own words
Christian Angeles
10/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-interview-amena-kheshtchin-kamel-on-my-year-as-emma/
NYCC '24: Funko founder is back with Thrilljoy, a new collectibles company [merchandising]
Heidi MacDonald
10/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/funko-founder-is-back-with-thrilljoy-a-new-collectibles-company/
Joe Casey is launching a newsletter….and here's why
Heidi MacDonald
10/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/joe-casey-is-launching-a-newsletter-and-heres-why/
Joe Casey Writes
https://thejoecasey.substack.com/
The art of politics: 'Poison Pens' exhibit on display at Berkshire School's Warren Family Gallery [presidential political cartoons].
Shaw Israel Izikson
October 11, 2024
Toho to Acquire Indie Distributor GKIDS
The North American studio will continue to operate as a subsidiary of the Japanese media giant under founder/CEO Eric Beckman and president Dave Jesteadt.
Etan Vlessing
October 15, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/japans-toho-gkids-1236032647/
TOHO STUDIOS buys out GKIDS
The legendary Japanese studio bought the North American distributor for an undisclosed sum.
D. Morris
10/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/toho-studios-buys-out-gkids/
Saudi Arabia sentences Mohammed al-Ghamdi to 23 years [pen name Al-Hazza]
Alan Gardner
A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say [Mohammed al-Ghamdi, aka Al-Hazza]
By JON GAMBRELL
October 15, 2024
Neon Nights And Ghostly Fiddlers; Inside Gustav Carlson's Ozark-based graphic novel
by Dustin Staggs
September 28, 2024
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/sep/28/neon-nights-and-ghostly-fiddlers/
Understanding Portland's new voting system is tough. This artist is trying to make it a piece of cake
By Winston Szeto (OPB)
Sept. 29, 2024
Tommy Ly created a Chinese-language comic strip to explain Portland's ranked-choice voting system by comparing it to selecting mooncake flavors. His goal is to make the complex voting process easier to understand for Chinese seniors, who often face language barriers when participating in elections.
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/29/portland-ranked-choice-voting-comic/
Graphic novel shows unconventional routes into science [Becoming a Scientist]
Helen Burchell
BBC News, Cambridgeshire 28 September 2024
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3e957v9pyeo
Heavy Metal Relaunches With Frank Forte, Chris Thompson & Dave Kelly
15 Oct 2024 Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/heavy-metal-relaunches-with-frank-forte-chris-thompson-dave-kelly/
HEAVY METAL back from the dead with new Kickstarter
The venerable magazine will be relaunched next year, two years after its last issue.
Christopher Chiu-Tabet
10/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/heavy-metal-2025/
"I Hope I Made Them Proud:" Bitsie Tulloch Reflects on the End of Superman & Lois
Sam Stone
Oct 15 2024 https://www.cbr.com/superman-lois-bitsie-tulloch-interview/
The Great When by Alan Moore review – a riotous tour of occult London
With bravura brilliance, the Watchmen author conjures up a hyperreal fugitive city, populated by rogues and reprobates
Sukhdev Sandhu
Sat 12 Oct 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/12/the-great-when-by-alan-moore-review-a-riotous-tour-of-occult-london
Heartbreaking Art/Cartoons Created For Israel-Hamas War
By Chirali Sharma -October 7, 2024
https://edtimes.in/heartbreaking-art-cartoons-created-for-israel-hamas-war/
Zack Snyder Introduces the 2024 Superhero Issue
The director of 300, Justice League, and more teams up with Inverse for a special issue all about taking superheroes and comic books seriously.
by Zack Snyder
Oct. 15, 2024
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/zack-snyder-editor-letter-superhero-issue
Frank Miller and Zack Snyder Talk Comics, Mythology, and Breaking Superhero Canon
For Inverse's 2024 Superhero Issue, guest editor Zack Snyder interviews legendary comic book writer and artist Frank Miller about how he created Sin City, 300, The Dark Knight Returns, and more.
Interview by Zack Snyder
Oct. 15, 2024
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/frank-miller-zack-snyder-interview
A History of Superhero Kink
From Wonder Woman to the X-Men, kink has always been a pillar of the superhero business — even if modern tastes seem determined to push it to the sidelines.
Written by Hoai-Tran Bui
Oct. 15, 2024
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/superhero-kink-history-wonder-woman
"Heroes Don't Do That!" Inside the never-ending battle over Batman's love life — from Dick Grayson's matching pajamas to going down on Catwoman.
by Lyvie Scott
Oct. 15, 2024
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/history-batman-sex-life
How "The Man Who Has Everything" Changed Superheroes Forever
One year before Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons took on the most iconic hero of them all.
by Jake Kleinman
Oct. 15, 2024
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/dave-gibbons-for-the-man-who-has-everything-watchmen-interview
Can Superheroes Kill?
The evolving morality of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
by Ryan Britt and Dais Johnston
Oct. 15, 2024
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/can-superheroes-kill-superman-batman-wonder-woman-morality
An Interview with Maggie Umber
I find it frustrating that a thing drawn in a cartoony style or with word balloons is a comic, but a thing with panels that lacks word balloons and a cartoony style is not.
Nora Hickey
Autobiographix
Oct 16, 2024
https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-maggie-umber
Theology and the Marvel Universe
Edited by Gregory Stevenson
Lexington Books / Fortress Academic 2019
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781978706170/Theology-and-the-Marvel-Universe
1 What Did It Cost? Sacrifice and Kenosis in The Infinity Saga
Kristen Leigh Mitchell
2 "I Was Never the Hero that You Wanted Me to Be": The Ethics of Self-Sacrifice and Self-Preservation in Jessica Jones
Taylor J. Ott
3 Mythology, Mimesis, and Apocalypse in Jonathan Hickman's Avengers
Matthew Brake
4 "Because You Exist": Biblical Literature and Violence in the X-Men Comic Books
Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
5 The Gospel According to Thanos: Violence, Utopia, and the Case for a Material Theology
Tim Posada
6 "Those Are the Ancestors You Hear": Marvel's Luke Cage and Franz Rosenzweig's Theology of the Creation
Levi Morrow
7 Spider-Man and the Theology of Weakness
Gregory Stevenson
8 Of Venom & Virtue: Venom as Insight into Issues of Identity, the Human Condition, and Virtue
Jeremy E. Scarbrough
9 Matt Murdock's Ill-fitting Catholic Faith in Netflix's Daredevil
Daniel D. Clark
10 Gods upon Gods: Hierarchies of Divinity in the Marvel Universe
Austin M. Freeman
11 The Thor Movies and the "Available" Myth: Mythic Reinvention in Marvel Movies
Andrew Tobolowsky
12 Thor: Ragnarok, Postcolonial Theology, and Life Together
Kevin Nye
13 Savage Monster or Grieving Mother? Sabra and Marvel's Political Theology of Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine
Amanda Furiasse
14 Modern Re-enchantment and Dr. Strange: Pentecostal Analogies, the Spirit of the Multiverse, and the Play on Time and Eternity
Andrew D. Thrasher
Theology and Spider-Man
Edited by George Tsakiridis
Lexington Books / Fortress Academic 2021
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781978710894/Theology-and-Spider-Man
Introduction: Theologizing the Spider
George Tsakiridis
1 Sin and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man: A Spider-Harmatiology
Jerome Van Kuiken
2 Tyger, Lamb, Spider, Hunter: "Kraven's Last Hunt" and The Web of Theodicy
Peter Admirand
3 Untangling the Web of Sins: The Superior Spider-Man as Secular Hagiography
David K. Goodin
4 Let Him Be to You as a Goblin: Forgiveness as the Defeat of Evil in Spider-Man Comics
Travis B. Hill
5 "Look out, here comes the Spider-Man": An Exploration of the Creedal Theology of Spider-Man
George Tsakiridis
6 Moral Formation in Pedagogies of Violence: Civil War's Peter Parker
John C. McDowell
7 Peter Parker's Progeny: Power, Genetics, and Virtuous Parenting in Spider-Girl
Michael Buttrey and Leah DeJong
8 "Not Gonna Turn Invisible": Into the Spider-Verse and Black Theology
Matthew Vega and Russell P. Johnson
9 A Web of Significations: The Hermeneutics of Theological Anthropology in Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)
Ched Spellman
10 Venom the Liberation Theologian
Josh McDonald
11 Loss, Death, and Afterlife: Thanatology and Theology in Spider-Man Comics
Allan Novaes
12 Spider-Man: An Icon in your Pocket
Joseph E. Gaston
Theology and the DC Universe
EDITED BY GABRIEL MCKEE AND ROSHAN ABRAHAM -
Lexington Books / Fortress Academic 2023
HTTPS://ROWMAN.COM/ISBN/9781978716117/THEOLOGY-AND-THE-DC-UNIVERSE
Introduction – Gabriel Mckee and Roshan Abraham
1. A Plenitude of Creators: Cosmogony in the DC and Christian Canons – Christopher Heard
2. By(e) Rao! Personification or Deception – David A. Skelton
3. Reimagining Gnostic Theo-Mythology through Grant Morrison's JLA: Rock of Ages – Matthew J. Dillon
4. Superman v. The Powers: What Walter Wink's Nonviolent Theology Reveals About the Man of Steel's "No-Killing" Rule – Andrew Kuzma
5. Providentialism and Political Religion: Zack Snyder's Man of Steel – John C. McDowell
6. Wonder Woman and the Labors of Hercules – Janelle Peters
7. Dr. Fate and Meher Baba: The Aesthetics of a Comic Book Cosmology – James Newell
8. The Queer Theology of the Doom Patrol – Michael Barnes Norton and Jana McAuliffe
9. The St. Francis of the DC Universe: How Animal Man Makes the Case for Pluralism in Animal Ethics – Andrew Kuzma
10. The Gospel According to Robin Hood and the Rebirth of Green Arrow – Danielle Terceiro
11. In the Land of No Return: Nergal and Mesopotamian Religion in DC's Hellblazer – Gina Konstantopoulos
12. Lost Souls and Old Sons: Augustinian Theodicy and the Path to Redemption in NBC's Constantine – Darian J. Shump
13. God Will be All in All: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Darkseid as Omega Point in Final Crisis – Matthew Brake
14. Utopia, Rebellion, and the Kingdom of Heaven in the Legion of Super-Heroes – Gabriel Mckee
15. War and Hope: Apocalyptic Theology in Kingdom Come – Gregory Stevenson
Theology and Batman
Examining the Religious World of the Dark Knight
EDITED BY MATTHEW WILLIAM BRAKE AND C. K. ROBERTSON
Lexington Books / Fortress Academic 2022
FOREWORD BY PAUL LEVITZ - AFTERWORD BY MICHAEL USLAN
Introduction: Batman as a Focus of Theological Inquiry
C.K. Robertson, Ph.D., and Matthew Brake
Section One: Theodicy and Evil
1. The Karmic Tragedy of Bruce Wayne: Batman as Anti-Buddha
Wesley D. Cray
2. Suffering and Evil in the Book of Job and Batman: The Killing Joke
Francesco Del Bianco
3. Evil After Christianity: Joker (2019) as Post-Christian Theodicy
Katherine Kelaidis
4. Beginning with Wickedness, or the Long Dark Knight of the Polis' Soul
John C. McDowell
5. Batman Encounters Judaism and the Holocaust
Rafael Medoff
Section Two: Ethics and Morality
6. "Fear of Faith" and Faith over Fear: Scarecrow as Emblem of a Purgatorial Gotham
Christina M. Knopf
7. Pride Goeth Before the Knightfall: Sabbath as Heroic Practice
Drew McIntyre
8. Batman Forever: Morality and Narrative in Grant Morrison's Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne
Andrew Kuzma
9. The Bat-Bodhisattva: A Buddhist reading of our favorite (Anti)Hero
John Thompson
10. Batman's Cardinal Virtues in Dark Knight Returns
Joseph Turner
Section Three: Justice and Vengeance
11. Reflections on Revolutionary Gotham: Sovereignty, Sacrifice, and Theological Fantasy in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy
Ryan Haecker
12. No Saviors in Gotham: Black Liberation and Whiteness in Batman: The Cult
Peter Herman
13. Vengeance, Justice, and Batman's War on Crime
Randall M. Jensen
14. False Messiah and Real Devils: Batman and Girard on the Fate of Gotham Mimesis and the Messianic
Clint Jones
15. Fighting for Righteousness: Batman's Atonement
Joshua Wise
Section Four: Deities and the Divine
16. Morality, Epistemology, and How Batman Can Know That God Exists
Batman: Atheist?
Armond Boudreaux
17. How One Becomes What One Is: The Nietzschean Polytheology of Joker (2019)
Vernon W. Cisney
18. Dark Knight of the Soul: Reading Batman with Apophatic Theology
Stephen Garner
19. The Dark Knight and the Dark Side of God
Michael D. Nichols
20. God-Confusion in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Michael Anthony Novak
NYCC '24: Day 0 – Retailer Day surges despite bathroom breakage
Billy Henehan
10/16/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc24-day-0-retailer-day-surges-despite-bathroom-breakage/
Marvel launches Premier Collection as a jumping on point
Heidi MacDonald
10/16/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-launches-premier-collection-as-a-jumping-on-point/
Prix de la critique ACBD de la BD québécoise 2024 à Je pense que j'en aurai pas
16 octobre 2024
Jean-Laurent Truc
https://www.ligneclaire.info/prix-de-la-critique-acbd-de-la-bd-quebecoise-2024-a-je-pense-que-jen-aurai-pas-297475.html
"I Was A Bit Shocked" – Deku, Bakugo, and All Might Actors on My Hero Academia: You're Next
Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, and Kenta Miyake talk about legacy, heroism, and hubris in My Hero Academia: You're Next.
By Daniel Kurland | October 16, 2024
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/deku-bakugo-all-might-actors-my-hero-academia-youre-next/
Atlas/Seaboard Down Under
A Look At The Publishing History of an American Company in Australia
Daniel Best
Daniel Best - Author Oct 16, 2024
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/atlasseaboard-down-under-0ea
Best New Comics for Adults
New York Public Library October 2024
https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/comics-2024/adults
https://www.nypl.org/sites-drupal/default/files/2024-10/NYPL_Best_Comics_2024_Adults.pdf
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