June 27-29: STORYBOX Comics Fair Program Schedule

STORYBOX Comics Fair Brings Local Comics Creators Together for a Third Year

[ 
Dwightmess & Third Hill Brewing Co. in Silver Spring Hosts Mini-Expo for Indie Comics, Beer Lovers ]

SILVER SPRING, MD— DWIGHTMESS Cartooning & Comic Arts, a gallery and arts compound devoted to experimental and cutting-edge independent comics and illustration, is proud to announce the 2025 STORYBOX Comics Fair, now in its third year of convening of capital-area comic creators & beyond. Events will take place on Friday, June 20th, 6-8pm at Mojomala Books, Records & Cool Stuff (free admission), Friday, June 27th, 6-8pm, June 28th, and 29th 12-5pm at Dwightmess compound (Suggested donation $10), and on Sunday, June 29th 125-5pm at Third Hill Brewing Co. (Admission $10).

This year, STORYBOX is partnering with AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center for two events; On Saturday, June 29th at 7:00pm, Halcyon Scene, the 80's vintage boutique located inside Dwightmess compound, will conduct an 80's cosplay contest along with a screening of Donnie Darko and at 9:30pm STORYBOX Comics Fair will co-present an AFI After Hours event featuring The People's Joker, directed by Vera Drew.

Highlights include DC-based autobio comics collective JAM//Index, composed of Max Barnewitz, John Borstel & Athena Naylor, who will open a new exhibition, ULTIMATE JAM! run a workshop and an artist talk. Special Guests Shannon Spence (NYC) and Marta Syrup (Philadelphia, PA) will lead an artist talk on their exhibit currently in our gallery, Trash and Other Filth. Author RM Rhodes will lead a discussion on Heavy Metal Magazine based on his forthcoming book on the storied publication and its sequential art.  

Exhibitor List (Saturday 6/28 at DWIGHTMESS): Emily Ettlinger, Alex Lupp, Fantom Comics, Jacob Warrenfeltz, Pan Gea, Small Press Expo & Will Towles.

The second day of the fair is a comics mini-expo taking place at Third Hill Brewing Co. in downtown Silver Spring. Featuring 11 DMV-region cartoonists, illustrators and makers, with book signings by our special guests and a workshop led by JESS JESS PRESS, a Baltimore-based printing studio devoted to uplifting queer and fem artists and artists of color..

Special Guests: Olivier Ballou, Max Barnewitz, John Borstel, Athena Naylor, Shannon Spence, Marta Syrup.

Exhibitor List (Sunday 6/29): Yuki Clarke, Ban Claassen III, Tom Pescatore, Nami Oshiro.

Schedule of Programming : 



 

Friday June 20th, 6-8pm

Consign 'n Swap Hosted by Olivier Ballou!

@ Mojomala Books, Records & Cool Stuff, 8401 Colesville Rd. #140, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Creators are encouraged to bring their small press publications for consideration to consign by the shop and also a tote bag of their own comix to swap with friends!

Friday, June 27th, 7-9pm

Trashy Trailer Night @ DWIGHTMESS compound - In concert with our current exhibition "Trash & Other Filth," Trash Palace will present a reel of cult and b-movie trailers. Popcorn and light beverages provided. Free!

Saturday, June 28th, 12-5pm 

@ DWIGHTMESS, 805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910 

Trash & Other Filth Exhibition, Main gallery.

JAM//Index Collective Exhibition, ULTIMATE JAM! Common room gallery.

Comics/Artist Exhibitors tabling throughout compound.*

12:30pm Workshop with JAM//Index Collective.

1pm: Archivist, historian and critic RM Rhodes will discuss Heavy Metal Magazine.

2pm: JAM//Index Collective Final Presentation and Exhibition Artist Talk.

 Suggested donation: $10.

*Exhibitors will continue to table at compound on June 29th from 12-5pm.

VICE-OUT!, 7pm

@ AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring 20910

Join Halcyon Scene, the vintage 80's boutique hosted in DWIGHTMESS compound for a screening of Donnie Darko and an 80's cosplay contest! Arrive 20 minutes early in your raddest duds to enter; First Prize is a $100 gift certificate to Halcyon Scene, 2nd Prize is a tchotchke from the shop's collection, & Third Prize is a pair of free tickets to screening at AFI! Try our themed cocktail from the Cafe, "The Sparkle Motion!" General Admission:$13.

AFI After Hours: The People's Joker, 9:30pm

THE PEOPLE'S JOKER is an inventive take on the superhero genre, torching all preconceived notions audiences — and publishers — have about Batman's rogues gallery, reinterpreting it to tell a funny yet poignant queer coming-of-age tale, co-starring alt-comedy legends Maria Bamford, Tim Heidecker, Scott Aukerman and Bob Odenkirk. Directed by Vera Drew. Tickets $8!

Sunday, June 23rd, 12-5pm

@ Third Hill Brewing Co, 8216 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910 

1pm: Make 8-page mini zines and talk about indie publishing with JESS JESS PRESS! Materials provided!

2pm Special Guests Book Signings.

3pm: Artist Talk: Trash & Other Filth with Special Guests Marta Syrup & Shannon Spence.

*$10 Admission.

Event Locations: DWIGHTMESS, 805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910, Third Hill Brewing Co, 8216 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910,  Mojomala Books, Records & Cool Stuff, 8401 Colesville Rd. #140, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Public Transit & Travel: 

1) Silver Spring Metro Station on the Red Line or D60 Bus from Washington DC.

2) Uber / Lyft / Taxi / Carpool! Paid Hourly Parking is available at the Fenton Street Village Garage (8110 Fenton St) or the Bonifant-Dixon Garage (1101 Bonifant St). 

Sponsored by: Third Hill Brewing Co., DWIGHTMESS, People's Book Takoma, Trash Palace, Mojomala Books, Records & Cool Stuff


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Storybox Comics Fair day 2 pictures

 It was a mighty hot day in DC, but you could get a cold beer with your indy comics at Storybox's day 2. I don't drink beer, but I did chat with cartoonists. Unfortunately I hadn't realized that exhibitors on day 1 would not be at day 2, so I missed all of them. 

Pictures below the PR. 

 From the press release:

The second day of the fair is a comics mini-expo taking place at Third Hill Brewing Co. in downtown Silver Spring. Featuring 19 DMV-region cartoonists,illustrators and makers, with book signings by our special guests and workshops led by DC-based autobio-cartoonist Athena Naylor, Washington Post comics editor Hannah Good, and Ray Orr, Former Design and Comics Editor of The Lily for the Washington Post Style Section. Special Guests: Sierra Barnes, Ben Claassen III, Dana Jeri Maier 

Exhibitor List (Sunday 6/23): All the Old Posions, Carolyn Belefski, Kat Brenowitz, Hannah Good, Hobbes Holluck, Art Hondros, Paul Hostetler, Erin Lissette, Alex Lupp, Athena Naylor, Ray Orr, Nami Oshiro, Karly Perez, Perilous Adventure Studios, Dale Rawlings, Christine Skelly, Shannon Spence.   

 Sunday, June 23rd, 12-4pm Third Hill Brewing Co, 8216 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910 (closest to Bonifant-Dixon Garage) 

1pm: Make a Collage Comic w/ Hannah Good and Rachel Orr 

2pm: “Main Character Energy” Workshop with Athena Naylor 

3pm Special Guests Book Signings 

*$10 Admission. 

Dale Rawlings

Art Hondros

The floor

Also the floor

Joe Carabeo of Curls Studio

Alex Lupp

Perilous Adventure Studios

Dana Jeri Maier

Paul Hostetler

Ben Claassen III

Erin Lissette

People's Book table

Kat Brenowitz

Athena Naylor

Karly Perez

Hannah Good

Kat Brenowitz

Shannon Spence

Ray Orr

Hobbes Holluck

Athena Naylor

June 22-23: STORYBOX Comics Fair

STORYBOX Comics Fair Brings Local Comics Creators Together for a Second Year

[ Third Hill Brewing Co. in SIlver Spring Hosts Mini-Expo for Indie Comics, Beer Lovers ]

SILVER SPRING, MD— DWIGHTMESS Cartooning & Comic Arts, a gallery and arts compound devoted to experimental and cutting-edge independent comics and illustration, is proud to announce the 2024 STORYBOX Comics Fair, now in its second year of convening of capital-area comic creators. Events will take place on  Saturday, June 22nd at Dwightmess, and on Sunday, June 23rd at Third Hill Brewing Co. from 12-4pm. Admission to Saturday's event is free. 
Admission to the expo at the brewery on Sunday is $10.

The first day of events will be led by our Special Guests; DC-based artist Sierra Barnes, author of "Hans Vogel is Dead," released by Dark Horse Comics; DC-based Dana Jeri Maier, New Yorker Shouts artist and author of "Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaint About the Creative Process" and Baltimore-based artist Ben Claassen III, former Washington City Paper cartoonist of the long-running comic, "Dirt Farm."

Visitors can expect to encounter a selection of exhibitors showcasing their self-published comics, illustrations and swag, and participate in discussions and workshops surrounding the craft of making comics. Events include a show of Dana Jeri Maier's illustration in our secret tiny gallery, an opening reception & BBQ for SWAMP MESS, the gallery's annual DC-comics creator summer show, featuring artwork by Ben Claassen III, Andrew Cohen, Chris Combs, Liam Crooks, Brandon Geurts, Art Hondros, Marcie-Wolf Hubbard, John Kinhart, and Dale Rawlings, plus an opening reception for Halcyon Scene, our vintage boutique offering sleek 1980's furniture and decor. (IG: @_halcyon_scene_)

Exhibitor List (Saturday 6/22): Mercedes Campos Lopez, JESSJESS PRESS, TC Pescatore, Anna Selheim, Smogfrogg.

The second day of the fair is a comics mini-expo taking place at Third Hill Brewing Co. in downtown Silver Spring. Featuring 19 DMV-region cartoonists,illustrators and makers, with book signings by our special guests and workshops led by DC-based autobio-cartoonist Athena Naylor, Washington Post comics editor Hannah Good, and Ray Orr, Former Design and Comics Editor of The Lily for the Washington Post Style Section.

Special Guests: Sierra Barnes, Ben Claassen III, Dana Jeri Maier

Exhibitor List (Sunday 6/23): All the Old Posions, Carolyn Belefski, Kat Brenowitz, Hannah Good, Hobbes Holluck, Art Hondros, Paul Hostetler, Erin Lissette, Alex Lupp, Athena Naylor, Ray Orr, Nami Oshiro, Karly Perez, Perilous Adventure Studios, Dale Rawlings, Christine Skelly, Shannon Spence.

Schedule of Programming : 



Saturday, June 22nd, 12-4pm 

DWIGHTMESS, 805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910 (closest to Fenton Street Village Garage)

Swampmess Exhibition Opening Reception/BBQ

1pm Workshop with Sierra Barnes

2pm: Comics Process Town Hall with Ben Claassen III

3pm: Book Discussion with Dana Jeri Maier

*All events are free and open to the public.

Sunday, June 23rd, 12-4pm

Third Hill Brewing Co, 8216 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910 (closest to Bonifant-Dixon Garage)

1pm: Make a Collage Comic w/ Hannah Good and Rachel Orr

2pm: "Main Character Energy" Workshop with Athena Naylor

3pm Special Guests Book Signings

*$10 Admission.

Event Locations: DWIGHTMESS, 805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910, Third Hill Brewing Co, 8216 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910

Public Transit Reminder: **Silver Spring Metro Station on the Red Line is currently closed for the summer as well as the Takoma, Wheaton and Glenmont Stations*

Options for getting to STORYBOX:

1) Free shuttle buses will run from Fort Totten and Glenmont Metro Stations (add 30 min to your travel time). 

2) Uber / Lyft / Taxi / Carpool! Paid Hourly Parking is available at the Fenton Street Village Garage (8110 Fenton St) or the Bonifant-Dixon Garage (1101 Bonifant St).

3) For Alternative Bus Routes, visit:

https://www.wmata.com/.../Red-Line-Summer-Construction...

Sponsored by: Third Hill Brewing Co., DWIGHTMESS, DC Conspiracy, and Peoples Book Takoma.



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June 22-23 STORYBOX Comics Fair Schedule

STORYBOX Comics Fair
Special Guests: Dana Jeri Maier, Ben Claassen III, Mystery Guest!

Saturday, June 22, 2024 12-4pm
@ Dwightmess, 805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring MD, 20910
Swampmess Exhibition Opening Reception/BBQ
2pm: Comics Process Town Hall with Ben Claassen III
3pm: Book Discussion with Dana Jeri Maier
*All events are free and open to the public
 
Sunday, June 23, 2024 12-4pm
@ Third Hill Brewing, 8216 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD, 20910
1pm: Make a Collage Comic with Hannah Good and Rachel Orr
2pm: Workshop with Athena Naylor
3pm Special Guests Book Signings
*$10 Admission 

Stay Tuned for the full Exhibitor List!

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/17/2023

Le décès de Bob de Groot père de Léonard et Robin Dubois

Jean-Laurent Truc

17 novembre 2023
https://www.ligneclaire.info/bob-de-groot-mort-284639.html

 

Torunn Grønbekk newsletter

https://gronbekk.substack.com/

 

Featured Artist: Meet Lee Strawberry!

[Adam Dwight Griffiths, as DWIGHTMESS]

The Graffo Broadsheet Sep 15, 2023, Oct 20, 2023 , Oct 27, 2023

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/new-artist-featured-ben-claassen

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/guest-cartoonist-lee-strawberry-arcade

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/final-weekend-for-arcade-of-iniquity

 

Featured Artist: Veronika Rossi

[Adam Dwight Griffiths, as DWIGHTMESS]

The Graffo Broadsheet

Apr 14, 2023, Apr 20, 2023, May 5, 2023

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/featured-artist-veronika-rossi-dc

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/upcoming-sketch-night-artist-residency

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/get-learned-on-creeper-methods-featured

 

OUR FEATURED ARTIST : ATHENA NAYLOR

[Adam Dwight Griffiths as DWIGHTMESS]

The Graffo Broadsheet Mar 10, 2023 , Mar 16, 2023, Mar 24, 2023

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/featured-cartoonist-athena-naylor-191

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/eugene-eyesoak-this-friday-night

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/eugene-eyesoak-continues-upcoming

 

Featured Cartoonist: Dale Rawlings!

Comic strip: "G.O.P. Nuts" with commentary by the artist

[Adam Dwight Griffiths as DWIGHTMESS]

The Graffo Broadsheet Jan 6, 2023; Jan 13, 2023, Jan 20, 2023

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/copy-featured-cartoonist-dale-rawlings

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/inaugural-exhibition-opens-tonight-ea7

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/artist-talk-tonight-final-week-for

 

 

DRAWN & QUARTERLY WORKERS UNIONIZE

Becoming Third Comic Publisher with Employee Union

 Johanna Draper Carlson on November 17, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55629/drawn-quaterly-workers-unionize

 

'Wish' Review: Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine Voice a Disappointing Tale of Two Disneys

Lovia Gyayrke

Disney's latest animated offering — a celebration of the company's centennial anniversary — introduces Asha, a headstrong 17-year-old determined to save her kingdom.

November 17, 2023 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/wish-review-disney-ariana-debose-chris-pine-1235648321/

 

8 things you can do this fall to help ease winter depression

By Richard Sima and Chelsea Conrad

November 11, 2023

(Illustrations by Chelsea Conrad/The Washington Post)

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/11/10/sad-winter-depression-tips/

 

ASMODEE SALES UP, DARK HORSE DOWN In Embracer Q3

 Milton Griepp on November 17, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55630/asmodee-sales-up-dark-horse-down

 

ICV2 INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT: DARK HORSE CEO AND FOUNDER MIKE RICHARDSON 

PART 1 On Starting His First Comic Shop and Launching Dark Horse

PART 2 Bringing Manga to the U.S. and Bringing Comics to Hollywood

 Milton Griepp on November 17, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55634/icv2-interview-transcript-dark-horse-ceo-founder-mike-richardson-part-1

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55633/icv2-interview-transcript-dark-horse-ceo-founder-mike-richardson-part-2

 

ICV2 VIDEO INTERVIEW: DARK HORSE CEO AND FOUNDER MIKE RICHARDSON 

PART 1 On Starting His First Comic Shop and Launching Dark Horse

PART 2 Bringing Manga to the U.S. and Bringing Comics to Hollywood

 by Milton Griepp on November 17, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55632/icv2-video-interview-dark-horse-ceo-founder-mike-richardson-part-1

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55631/icv2-video-interview-dark-horse-ceo-founder-mike-richardson-part-2

 

How 'Morning Joy' Director John Henry Hinkel's Animated Bluebird of Happiness Took Flight

By Ramin Zahed

November 16, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/11/how-morning-joy-director-john-henry-hinkels-animated-bluebird-of-happiness-took-flight/

 

INTERVIEW: GREG PAK goes global with LILO & STITCH

The new Dynamite/Disney series hits in January

Deanna Destito

11/17/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-greg-pak-goes-global-with-lilo-stitch/

 

Angoulême FIBD 2024 announces astonishing exhibition lineup

Moto Hagio, Lorenzo Mattotti, Hiroaki Samura, Riad Sattouf, and so much more!

Dean Simons

11/17/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/angouleme-fibd-2024-announces-astonishing-exhibition-lineup/

 

Changes ahead for comics and weather in The Plain Dealer: Letter from the Editor

Chris Quinn, Editor, cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer

Published: Nov. 11, 2023,  

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/11/changes-ahead-for-comics-and-weather-in-the-plain-dealer-letter-from-the-editor.html

 

The Lockhorns Moving to Andrews McMeel

D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/11/16/the-lockhorns-moving-to-andrews-mcmeel/

 

No More Real Life Adventures – Update

D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/11/17/no-more-real-life-adventures/ 

 

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off review: Much, much weirder than a mere nostalgia trip

Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and the rest of the cast from the 2010 film, Netflix's Scott Pilgrim anime is very odd indeed

William Hughes

AV Club November 17 2023

https://www.avclub.com/scott-pilgrim-takes-off-review-netflix-tv-anime-1851023462

 

'Scott Pilgrim Takes Off' Review: Netflix's Animated Adaptation Charms Despite Flaws

Bryan Lee O'Malley and BenDavid Grabinski offer a new, and different, retelling of O'Malley's beloved graphic novel in the eight-episode series.

Daniel Feinberg

November 17, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/scott-pilgrim-takes-off-review-netflix-1235652050/

 

'Trolls Band Together' Review: This Must Be Pop

By Brandon Yu

A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 17, 2023, Section C, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Trolls Band Together.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/movies/trolls-band-together-review.html

 

The MCU isn't dead, but it's hurting. Help is on the way. [in print Marvel's universe hurting, still alive]

David Betancourt

Washington Post November 17, 2023 : C1, 3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/11/16/marvels-box-office-mcu/

 

Ben Hennessy: Ep 2 of The Vault Cast!

Daniel Crary and  Kyle Faucher

Vault Comics

 Nov 14, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDbhpAq8k8s

 

THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE WITH BILLY TUCCI & SPECIAL GUEST JEFF SMITH!

POPXP! Network! November 16 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdtsOQv2q88

 

Kyle Bravo

Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

November 16, 2023  Season 3 Episode 133

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1719352/13986211

 

I Went Down to Buy a Turkey Tree – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | November 17, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/i-went-down-to-buy-a-turkey-tree-this-weeks-links/

 

Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann Talk "Look on the Bright Side"

By Chris Cole | November 15th, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/williams-schneemann-bright-side/

 

Aaron Lange Conversation

Noah Van Sciver

 Nov 15, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwhB3UB7wc4

 

Ep. 108: Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard!? By You Toyota

Deb Aoki et. al.

  Mangasplaining, November 16, 2023

https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-108-cherry-magic-thirty-years-of-virginity-can-make-you-a-wizard-by-you-toyota/

 

Daniel Clowes

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

November 14, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1197954609/bullseye-with-jesse-thorn-daniel-clowes

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510309/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR7591427723.mp3

 

"The Sort of Events Depicted in this Book Now Seem Far Less Remote" – Chris Oliveros Brings a Lesser-Known Part of Montreal's History to Life With 'Are You Willing to Die for the Cause?' from D+Q

by Lindsay Pereira

November 14, 2023

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/oliveros-are-you-willing-to-die-for-the-cause/

 

Telling an Honest Story: A Conversation with Sammy Harkham

November 14, 2023   •   By Kevin Koczwara

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/telling-an-honest-story-a-conversation-with-sammy-harkham/

 

Reviews: Still Alive: Graphic Reportage from Australia's Immigration Detention System [Safdar Ahmed]

Nicholas Burman | November 15, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/still-alive-graphic-reportage-from-australias-immigration-detention-system/

 

Still Alive: Graphic Reportage from Australia's Immigration Detention System

Safdar Ahmed

Fantagraphics

 

Authorizing Superhero Comics: On the Evolution of a Popular Serial Genre by Alex Beringer (review)

Alex Beringer

American Periodicals: A Journal of History & Criticism

Volume 33, Number 2, 2023

pp. 211-214

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/911658

Authorizing Superhero Comics: On the Evolution of a Popular Serial Genre. By Daniel Stein. The Ohio State University Press, 2021. 306 pp. $99.95 (hardcover), $34.95 (paperback), $34.95 (ebook).

 

Larry Hama and Chris Mooneyham reflect on 'G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero' #301

David Brooke

November 14, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/11/14/g-i-joe-issue-301-qa/

 

Ram V travels to the heart of 'The Vigil'

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Chris Coplan

November 14, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/11/14/the-vigil-finale-interview/

 

Tom Peyer, Stuart Moore celebrate five years of AHOY Comics

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Chris Coplan

November 14, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/11/14/ahoy-comics-b-day-qa/

 

Garth Ennis on tackling James Bond for a darker era

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Chris Coplan

November 16, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/11/16/garth-ennis-james-bond-qa/

 

 

A Ramayana for Our Times: Superheroes, Science Fiction and Myth

Roma Chatterji roma.chatterji0@gmail.com

Society and Culture in South Asia November 9, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1177/23938617231196641

 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/23938617231196641?journalCode=scsa

 

Classical Monsters and Hero(ines) in InSEXts, Eros/Psyche and Porcelain

Authors

Amanda Potter Open University and University of Liverpool

thersites Vol. 17 (2023): Classics and the Supernatural (eds. A. Potter & Hunter Gardner) /

https://thersites-journal.de/index.php/thr/article/view/247

https://thersites-journal.de/index.php/thr/article/view/247/407

 https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.247

 

"There's always that hope": an interview with Terri Libenson

Vera J. Camden and Valentino L. Zullo

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics   08 Nov 2023

  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2023.2276691

    https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2023.2276691

 

Book review: Washington's Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben.

reviewed by Cord Scott

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG November 17, 2023 https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/11/book-review-washingtons-gay-general.html

 

Book review: J. Andrew Deman – The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men - a review by James Willetts

reviewed by  James Willetts

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG November 17, 2023 https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/11/book-review-j-andrew-deman-claremont.html

 

J. Andrew Deman, The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men, Austin: University of Texas Press, 2023. https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477325452/

 

Catching up with Adam Griffiths' interviews at The Graffo Broadsheet

Featured Artist: Meet Lee Strawberry!

[Adam Dwight Griffiths, as DWIGHTMESS]

The Graffo Broadsheet Sep 15, 2023, Oct 20, 2023 , Oct 27, 2023

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/new-artist-featured-ben-claassen

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/guest-cartoonist-lee-strawberry-arcade

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/final-weekend-for-arcade-of-iniquity

 

Featured Artist: Veronika Rossi

[Adam Dwight Griffiths, as DWIGHTMESS]

The Graffo Broadsheet

Apr 14, 2023, Apr 20, 2023, May 5, 2023

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/featured-artist-veronika-rossi-dc

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/upcoming-sketch-night-artist-residency

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/get-learned-on-creeper-methods-featured

 

OUR FEATURED ARTIST : ATHENA NAYLOR

[Adam Dwight Griffiths as DWIGHTMESS]

The Graffo Broadsheet Mar 10, 2023 , Mar 16, 2023, Mar 24, 2023

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/featured-cartoonist-athena-naylor-191

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/eugene-eyesoak-this-friday-night

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/eugene-eyesoak-continues-upcoming

 

Featured Cartoonist: Dale Rawlings!

Comic strip: "G.O.P. Nuts" with commentary by the artist

[Adam Dwight Griffiths as DWIGHTMESS]

The Graffo Broadsheet Jan 6, 2023; Jan 13, 2023, Jan 20, 2023

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/copy-featured-cartoonist-dale-rawlings

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/inaugural-exhibition-opens-tonight-ea7

https://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com/p/artist-talk-tonight-final-week-for

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/28/2023

James Gunn Confirms 3 Stars Who Will Continue Their Roles in the New DC Universe

With the writers strike now resolved, the co-head of DC Studios addressed fan questions about which performers will reprise their characters moving forward.

Ryan Gajewski

September 27, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/james-gunn-dc-universe-xolo-mariduena-viola-davis-john-cena-1235602498/

 

'Gen V' Review: Amazon's 'The Boys' Spinoff Refreshes the Snark-and-Gore Formula

The team behind the hit vigilante series shifts its focus from the corporate world to the campus, tracking the subversive, frequently gross adventures of new potential heroes at a superpowered university.

Daniel Fienberg

September 27, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/gen-v-review-amazon-the-boys-spinoff-1235601242/

 

INTERVIEW: Return to Ooo with Showrunner Adam Muto on ADVENTURE TIME: FIONNA AND CAKE

Avery Kaplan

09/28/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/muto-fionna-and-cake/

 

AETHON BOOKS & LAUREL PURSUIT join forces for webcomics

We have a list of the adaptations to look for

Deanna Destito

09/28/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/aethon-books-laurel-pursuit-join-forces-for-webcomics/

 

Oscar-Nominated 'Moana' Producer Osnat Shurer Joins Baobab as co-CCO

By Ramin Zahed

September 27, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/09/oscar-nominated-moana-producer-osnat-shurer-joins-baobab-as-co-cco/

 

NLRB Rules that Disney Animation Production Employees Can Vote to Unionize

By Animation Magazine

September 27, 2023

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/09/nlrb-rules-that-disney-animation-production-employees-can-vote-to-unionize/

 

When Frank Miller & Klaus Janson Put Daredevil in Dark Knight Returns

Comic book creator Phil Hester posted two original artwork pages from The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson...

  27 Sep 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/when-frank-miller-klaus-janson-put-daredevil-in-dark-knight-returns/

 

Interview : Jean-David Morvan avec Madeleine Riffaud, résistante, pour une vie de combats

Jean-Laurent TRUC.

28 septembre 2023

https://www.ligneclaire.info/morvan-riffaud-2023-282107.html

 

Wilson Building display of political cartoonist's work shows long history of voting rights struggle [Clifford Berryman].

By Athena Naylor on Dec 6, 2018 Last updated Dec 12, 2018

https://thedcline.org/2018/12/06/wilson-building-display-of-political-cartoonists-work-shows-long-history-of-voting-rights-struggle/

 

SKTCHDxTINYONION: Finding The Right Creative Partners

David Harper and James Tynion IV

The Empire of the Tiny Onion Sep 28, 2023

https://jamestynioniv.substack.com/p/sktchdxtinyonion-finding-the-right

 

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Athena Naylor

 by Mike Rhode

September 28, 2023

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2023/09/Athena-Naylor.html

Married to Comics: A Powerful Film About the Lives of Justin Green and Carol Tyler

John Kelly | September 28, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/married-to-comics-a-powerful-film-about-the-lives-of-justin-green-and-carol-tyler/

 

James Gunn reminds fans no current DC Films movie is "canon" for his upcoming DC Universe

That includes Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom, which won't be out until December

William Hughes

AV Club September 27 2023

https://www.avclub.com/james-gunn-reminds-fans-no-current-dc-films-movie-is-c-1850881069

 

[PROCESS] THE VALLARS Colors with Frank Martin

The colorist of THE VALLARS talks about working with Jason Howard and his desire to remain stealthy.

3 Worlds / 3 Moons

Sep 28, 2023

https://3w3m.substack.com/p/process-the-vallars-colors-with-frank-martin

 

The Flash #1 is a fresh start for DC's speedster - and the cosmic horror comic you didn't see coming

Interview | Si Spurrier explains why he's taking Wally West into uncharted territory

By Will Salmon

Newsarama September 22 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/the-flash-1-is-a-fresh-start-for-dcs-speedster-and-the-cosmic-horror-comic-you-didnt-see-coming/

 

Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers is a thrilling fresh start for the robots in disguise

Interview | The writer/artist tells us about joining the new Energon universe

By Will Salmon

Newsarama September 26 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/daniel-warren-johnsons-transformers-is-a-thrilling-fresh-start-for-the-robots-in-disguise/

 

Kevin Huizenga, September 26th, 2023 [aka Kevin Huizenga: Recent Work]

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

368;  Sep 28, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyB6Yp5KVoM

 

Jorge Medina: The Man Behind RUSS 5377 and the Guru of Comic Community Building

Barney Smith

StoryComic Sep 23, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTyE0rQJrAU

 

Hanging out at America's largest comic book studio

Leila del Duca

Helioscope PDX

  Sep 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqRpnB9lr1o

 

 

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