ComicsDC: Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/24/2024

Audiences are falling out of love with dizzying multiverse sagas. Can the concept still be a useful lens on the psychology of regret, or is it dead on arrival?

By Jonathan Russell Clark

Published: Jan 16, 2024

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a46318135/multiverse-end/

Leela Corman Knows Trauma Is Exhausting

The dead speak—and leap into the ring—in Leela Corman's latest graphic novel, set during WWII

By Meg Lemke

Jan 19, 2024

A version of this article appeared in the 01/22/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Wrestling Ghosts

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/94132-leela-corman-knows-trauma-is-exhausting.html

Endnotes: 'Feeding Ghosts' by Tessa Hulls

Our weekly annotated guide to how a book is made

By PW Staff |

Jan 19, 2024

A version of this article appeared in the 01/22/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Endnotes

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/94130-endnotes-feeding-ghosts-by-tessa-hulls.html

DC Is Already Preparing For Its Heroes' Public Domain Era

By the mid- to late 2030s, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman will have entered the public domain—but DC Comics is already preparing to keep a tight hold.

James Whitbrook

January 18, 2024

https://gizmodo.com/dc-comics-public-domain-batman-superman-wonder-woman-wb-1851177451

Jan 17, 2024

When Superman and Batman Copyrights Expire in a Decade, Will It Be Kryptonite for DC?

Tatiana Siegel, Gene Maddaus

https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/superman-batman-copyrights-expire-dc-public-domain-superheroes-wonder-woman-1235875386/

A Boom in Comics Drawn From Fact; One in four books sold in France is a graphic novel. Increasingly, those include nonfiction works by journalists and historians.

By Julia Webster Ayuso

Jan. 24, 2024,

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/books/french-nonfiction-comic-books.html

Family of Discworld illustrator seek wealthy patron to conserve legacy of 'one of the great artists of our time'

Relatives of Josh Kirby, who also produced artwork for Star Wars and many well-known authors, hope to keep the sci-fi and horror artist's collection together for future generations

David Barnett

The Observer 20 Jan 2024

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jan/20/family-of-discworld-illustrator-josh-kirby-seek-wealthy-patron-to-conserve-legacy-of-one-of-the-great-artists-of-our-time

Rare copy of The Amazing Spider-Man No 1 sells for more than £1m

The record price was set by one of only two copies rated near mint/mint in an auction alongside issues of Superman No 1 and All-Star Comics No 8 which featured Wonder Woman's first appearance

Ella Creamer

Wed 17 Jan 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/17/rare-copy-of-the-amazing-spider-man-no-1-sells-for-more-than-1m

Rare copy of Spider-Man's debut comic book on sale in Western Pa. — for $35,000

Joshua Axelrod

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Jan 18, 2024

https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2024/01/17/new-dimension-comics-spider-man-amazing-fantasy-15-marvel/stories/202401180046

There's Something for Everyone at Crooked Run Comic Con

Jan Mercker

Jan 11, 2023 Updated Jan 13, 2023

https://www.loudounnow.com/getoutloudoun/there-s-something-for-everyone-at-crooked-run-comic-con/article_fa404138-91ca-11ed-8145-7bcc008ae011.html

A new start: New Dimension Comics settles into The Waterfront