QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 01-30-08
By John Judy
ACTION COMICS #861 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. Superman goes to the computer world of Colu and gets hacked by Brainiacs! Fortunately their ISP is Time-Warner Cable and Supes gets away during one of their daily outages.
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #9 by Dan Slott and Stefano Caselli. MVP was KIA and now it appears he’s PO’d. The body-count begins here. Recommended.
BATMAN #673 by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel. A flash-back issue in which we finally learn what happened during that purification ritual in the cave last year. Cool.
BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS HC by Ed Brubaker and Associates. Batman’s first encounter with the Joker as told by my new favorite scribe Ed Brubaker. Also collects DETECTIVE COMICS #784-786, guest-starring the Golden-Age Green Lantern, Alan Scott. Recommended.
BLACK ADAM: THE DARK AGE #6 of 6 by Peter Tomasi and Doug Mahnke. The final fate of Isis. One gets the feeling it ain’t gonna be good. The end of a powerful series that is probably too violent for younger fans of Captain Marvel and the Fawcett heroes.
BLACK SUMMER #5 of 7 by Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp. More shootin’s and ‘splosions from the remaining Seven Guns in honor of the month issue #7 was supposed to ship, but didn’t. “Oh, Avatar….” Still recommended. Still not for kids.
CAPTAIN AMERICA #34 by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting. A great week for Brubaker fans as Bucky does his first night out as The New Captain America! Only Brubaker could make this sort of thing cool.
DAREDEVIL #104 by Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark. More of the Bru-Meister as DD gets twisted tighter and tighter in his pursuit of Mister Fear. Guest-starring a significant Big Bad in the Marvel U.
FANTASTIC FOUR #553 by Dwayne McDuffie and Paul Pelletier. While I’m generally a fan of McDuffie’s writing this issue has two strikes against it: Time-travel and a lot of “Which one of us is lying?” dialogue. Still, in all a decent issue and a set-up for future story-lines.
GREEN LANTERN #27 by Geoff Johns and Mike McKone. “The Alpha Lanterns” continues as Johns explores how an unprecedented act of terror transforms an entity once renowned for its commitment to justice and higher ideals. Wonder what inspired him… Gutsy, imaginative stuff. Recommended.
MIGHTY AVENGERS #8 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. A Big Fight with Venomy symbiote things.
NARCOPOLIS #1 of 4 by Jamie Delano and Jeremy Rock. Guy in Utopia discovers that maybe all is not hunky-dory. From one of Vertigo’s Founding Fathers.
NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL by Brian Michael Bendis and Carlo Pagulayan. More Big Fights. Double-Sized!
PREVIEWS from Diamond Comics and Marvel. “The Future of Comics is in your hands!”
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #0 by Jim Kruger, Alex Ross, and Stephen Sadowski. Best line of the week comes from artist Chris Weston: “Wow. The return of a team of long lost, Nazi-smashing golden age heroes... Why can't I get to draw something like that? Uh… Waitaminnit!” Okay, the deal appears to be that a bunch of Golden-Age heroes have entered the public domain. That means anyone can legally use them. The team from EARTH X and PARADISE X said “Why not us?” There is a preview up on Dynamite Entertainment’s website and it appears a sincere effort is going into making this comic something special. I didn’t care for this team’s earlier joint efforts, but I’m hooked on Golden-Age characters so this one’s a “Gotta Look!”
SPIDER-MAN WITH GREAT POWER #1 of 5 by David Lapham and Tony Harris. An untold slice of early Spider-Mania from a couple of super-cool creators. If you like STRAY BULLETS or EX MACHINA you need to read this comic!
SPIRIT #13 by Lotsa People. Special “Femmes Fatales” issue! You want this! Recommended!
Y THE LAST MAN #60 of 60 by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. Final issue. End of story. Forty-eight pages. If you haven’t read this series go pick up the first trade collection and start. Thanks to Vaughan and his collaborators for one hell of a ride. Highly recommended.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
New Thought Balloonists blog born at Politics and Prose
My friends Craig Fischer and Charles Hatfield, two of the best academic writers on comics, have started a new blog, Thought Ballonists. So far they've taken indepth looks at Shaun Tan, Carol Tyler, Fraction's Iron Fist and Chester Brown. I hadn't paid any attention to the Iron Fist relaunch, even though Craig was pushing it at ICAF. Charles emailed me today, "The idea of TB was born while waiting in line at P&P to get Oliphant's signature, and Craig mentioned Iron Fist to me then as well!" So I just ordered it from Big Planet.
Anyway, check out the blog twice-weekly.
Anyway, check out the blog twice-weekly.
And in Sunday's WaPost
Frazz references a classic comic - Charles Addams this time - much as Lio did last week.
Emily Flake makes what might be her first appearance, illustrating the Jobs section (note the article next to it on archivist Connie Potter with whom I used to work).
The Book World gives a brief mention to McSweeny's latest project, THE BOOK OF OTHER PEOPLE edited by Zadie Smith, a book which includes Clowes, Posy Simmonds and Charles Burns.
Sometimes comic book writer Paul di Filippo reviews science fiction books.
Jerry Beck's new history of Nickelodeon gets reviewed on the kid's page -
"Nick's History Is as Good as Goo; Text and interviews by Jerry Beck," by Scott Moore, Washington Post Sunday, January 27, 2008; Page M16
Emily Flake makes what might be her first appearance, illustrating the Jobs section (note the article next to it on archivist Connie Potter with whom I used to work).
The Book World gives a brief mention to McSweeny's latest project, THE BOOK OF OTHER PEOPLE edited by Zadie Smith, a book which includes Clowes, Posy Simmonds and Charles Burns.
Sometimes comic book writer Paul di Filippo reviews science fiction books.
Jerry Beck's new history of Nickelodeon gets reviewed on the kid's page -
"Nick's History Is as Good as Goo; Text and interviews by Jerry Beck," by Scott Moore, Washington Post Sunday, January 27, 2008; Page M16
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Zadzooks comic book reviews
In "Hulk is back on Earth and spoiling for a fight," By Joseph Szadkowski, Washington Times January 26, 2008, Zadzooks also reviews the Don Martin collection and The Wind in The Willows by Plessix. As I refuse to read most superhero comics today, I had no idea that the Hulk, when exiled to a foreign planet, reused the storyline of meeting and marrying a barbarian girl as had been done thirty years ago with Jarella and his sub-atomic kingdom. I can't imagine the story's better now either.
Film & TV Adaptations book continues to be available
Film & TV Adaptations of Comics - 2007 edition by Rhode and Vogel is available for order.149 pages long, it's a listing of the thousands of adaptations to film and television of hundreds of comic strips and books. Worldwide, it includes the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, Senegal, India, Turkey, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia among others. Cross-referenced by cartoonist and translated titles, it includes a bibliography and index.
You can buy it via Lulu.com for $12.99 (plus shipping) or $3.00 for a pdf download at http://www.lulu.com/content/1677433.
This is a reference book, and one that might spark a bit of curiosity. Lulu will let you see a preview, and here's a sample section of late additions from the Errata page:
Titles of strips samples:
Suramu Danku [Slam Dunk] (Takehiko Inoue)
Suramu Danku (Japan: Toei Animation, 1993-1996; 101-episode anime tv series)
4 DTV anime movies (Japan: Toei Animation, 1994-1995)
Oldboy (Nobuaki Minegishi)
Oldboy (South Korea 2003)
Scary Godmother (Jill Thompson)
The Scary Godmother, Vol. 2: The Revenge of Jimmy (USA 2005; animated DTV movie)
Wulffmorgenthaler (Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler)
Wulffmorgenthaler? (Denmark 200?; tv series)
Cartoonists cross-reference sample:
Eliot, Jan (Stone Soup cartoonist)
Oregon Art Beat Episode# 915 - Illustrator Jan Eliot (Oregon Public Broadcasting, 2008; segment on January 10, 2008 tv show)
Bibliography samples:
• Ehrenreich, Ben. 2007. “Comic Genius? Before there was even a comic book to adapt, 'Cowboys and Aliens' had a movie deal [Platinum Comics],” New York Times Magazine (November 11).
• Kohanik, Eric / CanWest News Service. 2008. “Painkiller Jane comic-book heroine,” Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (January 5).
• Takahashi, Rumiko and Stephen Ayres (trans.). 2005. The Art of InuYasha (2nd Edition), San Francisco: Viz Media.
• Unknown. 2008. “New cartoon series in ‘Wiener Zeitung’: Danish duo ‘Wulffmorgenthaler’ to feature daily on the new English page,” Wiener Zeitung (January 4).
Friday, January 25, 2008
Persepolis finally opens in DC; newspapers take note
The Express ran an LATimes review, although they did publish this picture yesterday. The print version of the Onion has a review too.
The other local freebie, a paper that used to run comics, had "Oscar-nominated ‘Persepolis’ is beautiful to behold," by Sally Kline, The Washington Examiner Jan 25, 2008.
and another positive review is from another paper that used to run comics - "Menace, Anyone? Politics are a threat in Persepolis, but the danger's even more monstrous in Cloverfield," By Tricia Olszewski, Washington City Paper January 25, 2008: 42,
And in a paper that still runs comics, we find a bit harsher "Beautiful 'Persepolis' needs soul," By Kelly Jane Torrance, Washington Times January 25, 2008.
But we wrap up positively - "'Persepolis': A Stranger in Her Own Land: Film Deftly Animates Cultural Conflict in Iran," By Stephen Hunter, Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 25, 2008; Page C05.
The other local freebie, a paper that used to run comics, had "Oscar-nominated ‘Persepolis’ is beautiful to behold," by Sally Kline, The Washington Examiner Jan 25, 2008.
and another positive review is from another paper that used to run comics - "Menace, Anyone? Politics are a threat in Persepolis, but the danger's even more monstrous in Cloverfield," By Tricia Olszewski, Washington City Paper January 25, 2008: 42,
And in a paper that still runs comics, we find a bit harsher "Beautiful 'Persepolis' needs soul," By Kelly Jane Torrance, Washington Times January 25, 2008.
But we wrap up positively - "'Persepolis': A Stranger in Her Own Land: Film Deftly Animates Cultural Conflict in Iran," By Stephen Hunter, Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 25, 2008; Page C05.
Cartoonist Drew Litton likes Cul de Sac
Sports and editorial cartoonist Drew Litton of the Rocky Mountain News on his blog post "Dan O'Dowd Takes Aim," from Thursday, January 24, 2008, says,
I recently discovered the work of Richard Thompson, who just launched a new strip called Cul De Sac. You can see it in the News everyday. I love seeing the work of cartoonists I'm unfamiliar with. I did a search in Amazon and found this treasure trove [Richard's Poor Almanac] of cartoons from the feature that Thompson draws for the Washington Post. Absolutely fantastic work.
I recently discovered the work of Richard Thompson, who just launched a new strip called Cul De Sac. You can see it in the News everyday. I love seeing the work of cartoonists I'm unfamiliar with. I did a search in Amazon and found this treasure trove [Richard's Poor Almanac] of cartoons from the feature that Thompson draws for the Washington Post. Absolutely fantastic work.
Feb 1: Jef Thompson painting exhibit opens
Odd Men and Industrials opens on February 1, from 6-9 pm in Baltimore at the Ottobar, 2549 North Howard St which Jef says is "close to the BMA. About 6 blocks south. 8 blocks north of Penn Station." Jef's worked at Big Planet Comics Bethesda for years, and has illustrated children's books, of which I have almost a complete set. You should all go and buy a painting. I'd be up for a car pool if anyone's interested.
Jan 31: Shooting War author at Library of Congress
Martha Kennedy reports:
The LCPA Veteran's Forum will host Anthony Lappe, author of the graphic novel "Shooting War," on Thursday, January 31, noon-1:00, Dining Room A, Madison Building, Library of Congress.
"Shooting War" began as an Eisner-nominated serialized web comic in May 2006. The book was expanded into a 192-page hardcover graphic novel, with new plot twists and "more Dan Rather than you can shake a dead armadillo at."
The novel takes place in Iraq in the year 2011. The protagonist, Jimmy Burns, dreams of becoming a war correspondent and soon finds himself in Baghdad.
Anthony Lappe served as an embedded correspondent in Iraq. He subsequently produced the award-winning Showtime documentary "Battleground: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge." He is the Executive Editor of GNN TV as well as a producer for MTV News and Fuse.
Anthony will show a short film as well as slides of illustrations from the book. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
Further information contact David Moore 202-707-5034.
The LCPA Veteran's Forum will host Anthony Lappe, author of the graphic novel "Shooting War," on Thursday, January 31, noon-1:00, Dining Room A, Madison Building, Library of Congress.
"Shooting War" began as an Eisner-nominated serialized web comic in May 2006. The book was expanded into a 192-page hardcover graphic novel, with new plot twists and "more Dan Rather than you can shake a dead armadillo at."
The novel takes place in Iraq in the year 2011. The protagonist, Jimmy Burns, dreams of becoming a war correspondent and soon finds himself in Baghdad.
Anthony Lappe served as an embedded correspondent in Iraq. He subsequently produced the award-winning Showtime documentary "Battleground: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge." He is the Executive Editor of GNN TV as well as a producer for MTV News and Fuse.
Anthony will show a short film as well as slides of illustrations from the book. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
Further information contact David Moore 202-707-5034.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
And a UK mention of this blog
European collector Wim Lockefeer, who does the excellent Ephemerist blog devoted to passing bits of cartoon art (to which I'll infrequently send a piece) mentioned ComicsDC today on his Forbidden Planet blog. Thanks, Wim!
OT: My buddy Darko Macan's 24-hour comic
Darko's in Croatia, which is about as far from DC as we've ranged so far, and he has posted a 24-Hour comic. It's wordless, essentially, and a 'funny animal' if attempted murder can be termed that. American comic readers might recall his works in American comics, especially Star Wars, Tarzan and Cable.
Bits from the papers
Today's Express had a review of Persepolis which wasn't online and one of the Swamp Thing TV series dvd - Stephen M Deusnef's "Swamp Thing: Up From the Muck," [Washington Post] Express (January 24 2008): E13 - which is.
The City Paper had a Big-Daddy-Roth-channeling cover by Pekar-collaborating Ed Piskor (who has a self-published book out now too) and another review of Persepolis - "Menace, Anyone? Politics are a threat in Persepolis, but the danger's even more monstrous in Cloverfield," by Tricia Olszewski, Washington City Paper January 25, 2008: 42.
The City Paper had a Big-Daddy-Roth-channeling cover by Pekar-collaborating Ed Piskor (who has a self-published book out now too) and another review of Persepolis - "Menace, Anyone? Politics are a threat in Persepolis, but the danger's even more monstrous in Cloverfield," by Tricia Olszewski, Washington City Paper January 25, 2008: 42.
Comics Research Bibliography update January 25, 2008 citations
Fingeroth, Danny. 2004. Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society. Continuum-International
Fingeroth, Danny. 2007. Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero. Continuum-International
Deusnef, Stephen M. 2008.
Swamp Thing: Up From the Muck.
[Washington Post] Express (January 24): E13.
Online at http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2008/01/swamp_thing_up_from_the_muck.php
Rickman, Johnathan (sic). 2008.
Rich Memory in 2-D: Marjane Satrapi's bio-comic segues to the silver screen.
[Washington Post] Express (January 24): E9
Green, Penelope. 2006.
At Home With Roz Chast: For a Professional Phobic, the Scariest Night of All.
New York Times (October 26)
Walker, Benjamen. 2006.
Comix books [Mark Siegel, editorial director of First Second].
Theory of Everything (May 30): http://www.toeradio.org/archives/2006/05/toe_53006_comix.html
Ashbrook, Tom. 2003.
A Right to Be Hostile [McGruder and Boondocks].
National Public Radio and WBUR's On Point (October 7).
Online at http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2003/10/20031007_b_main.asp
Ashbrook, Tom. 2003.
Art Spiegelman's Art.
National Public Radio and WBUR's On Point (October 23).
Online at http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2003/10/20031023_b_main.asp
Delaney, Bill. 2003.
X2: X-Men United.
Public Radio International and WBUR's Here and Now (May 9).
Online at http://www.here-now.org/shows/2003/05/20030509_17.asp
Gordon, Dick. 2001.
Toon Tunes [Carl Stalling Warner Brothers music].
National Public Radio and WBUR's Dick Gordon Show (August 23).
Online at http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2001/08/20010823_b_main.asp
Gordon, Dick. 2003.
Drawing the News [editorial cartoonists Horsey, Bell and Ariail].
National Public Radio and WBUR's Dick Gordon Show (April 4).
Online at http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2003/04/20030404_b_main.asp
Gordon, Dick. 2004.
Persepolis 2.
National Public Radio and WBUR's Dick Gordon Show (September 9).
Online at http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2004/09/20040909_b_main.asp
Gordon, Dick. 2004.
Slow Death of a Dangerous Art [editorial illustrators Ilic, Grossman, Heller and Kunz].
National Public Radio and WBUR's Dick Gordon Show (May 27).
Online at http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2004/05/20040527_b_main.asp
Gross, Terry. 2006.
Jimmy Olsen Grows Up [Superman television show]..
National Public Radio and WHYY's Fresh Air (June 3).
Online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5524564
Guillermo, Emil. 2004.
Shrek and Race Relations in America.
National Public Radio and WBUR's On Point (June 8).
Online at http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2004/06/20040608_b_main.asp
Horwich, Jeff. 2006.
Cartoonist watches the million-dollar success of an idea similar to her own [Moira Manion on Over the Hedge].
Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered (June 8).
online at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/06/06/cartoonist/
Kerr, Euan. 2008.
Why it's difficult to make a movie from a comic book [Satrapi on Persepolis].
Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Edition (January 18).
online at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/17/satrapi/
Kerr, Euan. 2007.
Joe Sacco goes to war to write a comic book.
Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered (November 13).
online at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/11/13/sacco/
Silverblatt, Michael. 2005.
Umberto Eco [The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana].
National Public Radio and KCRW's Bookworm (August 25).
Online at http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw050825umberto_eco
Silverblatt, Michael. 2005.
Jewish Identity in Writing (Part 5 of 10): Art Spiegelman, Cynthia Ozick and Jonathan Rosen.
National Public Radio and KCRW's Bookworm (June 30).
Online at http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw050630jewish_identity_in_w
Silverblatt, Michael. 2005.
Peter Maresca and Art Spiegelman [on McCay and Little Nemo].
National Public Radio and KCRW's Bookworm (December 1).
Online at http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw051201peter_maresca_and_ar
Young, Robin. 2003.
Controversial 'Boondocks' Strip Pulled.
Public Radio International and WBUR's Here and Now (April 2).
Online at http://www.here-now.org/shows/2003/04/20030402_13.asp
Young, Robin. 2004.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood.
Public Radio International and WBUR's Here and Now (September 29).
Online at http://www.here-now.org/shows/2004/09/20040929_18.asp
Young, Robin and Gail Harris. 2003.
War Comics [Doonesbury and David Horsey].
Public Radio International and WBUR's Here and Now (August 1).
Online at http://www.here-now.org/shows/2003/08/20030801.asp
Young, Robin. 2005.
Education Secretary Blasts PBS Cartoon [Postcards from Buster].
Public Radio International and WBUR's Here and Now (January 28).
Online at http://www.here-now.org/shows/2005/01/20050128_12.asp
Wallington, Aury. 2008.
Heroes: Saving Charlie, A Novel.
New York: Del Rey
Wallington, Aury. 2008.
Author Q & A: Interview with Aury Wallington author of Saving Charlie [Heroes tv show novel].
Del Rey website (January): http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345503220&view=qa&ref=news&name=drin1208
Van Gelder, Lawrence. 2008.
A Chinese makeover for Mickey and Minnie [Hong Kong Disneyland].
New York Times (January 22)
Yu, Vincent / Associated Press. 2008.
Hong Kong: Mickey Mouse style [photograph at Hong Kong Disneyland].
[Washington Post] Express (January 22)
Ansen, David. 2006.
Surviving the cure; Nothing comes between the X-Men and their genes [X-Men: The Last Stand movie].
Newsweek (June 5)
Astor, Dave. 2007.
Mort Walker to Receive National Cartoonists Society's Gold Key Award.
E and P Online (March 23): http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003562119
Astor, Dave et al. 2006.
Authors Seek Stories About the Impact of 'Peanuts'.
E and P Online (August 9)
Astor, Dave et al. 2006.
'Girls' Cartoon Exhibit Moves to Ohio State.
E and P Online (September 21)
Astor, Dave et al. 2006.
Blog Focuses on Comics That Mention Golf.
E and P Online (September 21)
Astor, Dave et al. 2006.
Cartoonist Lester Co-Creates Another Kids' Book.
E and P Online (September 21)
Astor, Dave et al. 2006.
PBS Show to Focus on Editorial Cartoonist Paul Conrad.
E and P Online (September 20)
Barry, Dave and Richard Thompson (ill). 2008.
An inconvenient year.
Washington Post Magazine (December 30)
Brodner, Steve. 2008.
Sketchbook: "We take our text from the Book of Iowa, 20:08…" [caricature].
New Yorker (January 14): 53
Crist, Judith. 1948.
Horror in the nursery [Wertham].
Collier's (March 27)
Daly, Steve. 2008.
Fish out of water. Poor unfortunate show: Disney's aquatic adventure flounders in its screen-to-stage transfer [Little Mermaid].
Entertainment Weekly (January 25): 76
Dixon, Glenn. 2008.
Playing and dress-up: Cosplayers act the parts from manga to anime to video games.
[Washington Post] Express (January 17)
Faber, Michael. 2008.
Released at last: Alan Moore's Lost Girls opens Michael Faber's eyes to Wendy, Alice and Dorothy as they have never been seen before.
Guardian (January 5).
Online at http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/artsandentertainment/story/0,,2235471,00.html
Garrett, Stephen. 2007.
QandA: Frank Miller. The cartoonist-turned-director reveals what's so graphic about his new film, 300.
Esquire.com (March 23): http://www.esquire.com/features/qa/ESQ0407-APR_SCREEN_MILLER
Unknown. 2008.
Mark Millar, comic-book hero.
First Post (January 7): http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=11341
Gilligan, Paul. 2008.
Bark to Work Legislation [Pooch Cafe collection of unpublished strips].
Kansas City: Universal Press Syndicate / Lulu.com
Lakshmi, Rama. 2008.
In India, Gods Rule The 'Toon' Universe: Hindu Myth a Fount of Superheroes [animation].
Washington Post (January 9): A11.
Online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/08/AR2008010804004.html
Lehrer, Brian. 2008.
Reading with Pictures [Bitz, Mouly, education].
National Public Radio and WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (January 14).
online at http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2008/01/14
Licata, Elizabeth. 2008.
Trespass juice: A talk with the maker of Original Sin cider [R. Black's cartoon advertisements].
Onion [Washington DC edition] (January 17): 23
Olson, Kevin Noel. 2006. Mark Texeira Speaks on Ghost Rider Hauntings. Silver Bullet Comic Books (January 26): http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/113828619149410.htm
Scher, Steve. 2008.
The Sandbox: Dispatches from Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan [Doonesbury].
National Public Radio and KUOW's Weekday (January 8).
online at http://www.kuow.org/defaultProgram.asp?ID=14097
Shannon, Jeff. 2008. "Honey and Clover," a sensitive, understated drama. Seattle Times (January 11). Online at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2004118749_honey11.html
Snierson, Dan. 2008.
Why we're endorsing the grand old potty [Simpsons].
Entertainment Weekly (January 18): 14
Jensen, Jeff, Ken Tucker, and Nisha Gopalan. 2008.
What's new in …comics: Drawn from life.
Entertainment Weekly (January 18)
Schwarzbaum, Lisa. 2008.
Drawing acclaim: A stunning animated film offers a portrait of an unfamiliar culture - and of a fascinating woman [Persepolis].
Entertainment Weekly (January 18): 56
Setoodeh, Ramin. 2007.
Black and white and read all over [Persepolis].
Newsweek (December 17): 72
Nelson, Rob. 2008.
Iranian chick: Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel on film.
The Phoenix (January 8): http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid54066.aspx
Graham Crackers Comics. 2007.
Graham Crackers Comics' Best-Sellers.
Entertainment Weekly (December 7): 81
Rogers, Vaneta. 2008.
Talking Flash With Tom Peyer.
Newsarama (January 3): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=141769
Rogers, Vaneta. 2008.
Flashing Back & Forward: Waid On Leaving Flash, The B&B To Come, And Boom!
Newsarama (January 4): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=141897
Rogers, Vaneta. 2007.
Tony Bedard On Supergirl And The Legion Of Super-Heroes.
Newsrama (March 19): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=105686
Rogers, Vaneta. 2007.
Inside World War III With Champage And Ostrander.
Newsarama (March 30): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=106993
Rogers, Vaneta. 2007.
The Spider Meets The Four - Talking To Jeff Parker.
Newsarama (March 28): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=106794
Setoodeh, Ramin and Jennie Yabroff. 2007.
Princess power [Disney].
Newsweek (November 26): 66-67
Soller, Kurt. 2007.
Brown's the new black [Peanuts fashion show].
Newsweek (September 10): 15
Suintres, John. 2007.
Drew Friedman and the Original Kings Of Comedy.
Word Balloon (March 28):
http://wordballoon.blogspot.com/2007/03/drew-freidman-and-original-kings-of.html
Thill, Scott. 2008.
Joe Sacco on Comics, the Arabs and the Jews; Make it mandatory.
LA Weekly ( January 16).
Online at http://www.laweekly.com/art+books/books/joe-sacco-on-comics-the-arabs-and-the-jews/18138/
Ajayi, Angela. 2007.
Drawing on the Universal in Africa: An Interview with Marguerite Abouet.
Wild River Review 4 (4; May 11).
Online at http://www.wildriverreview.com/worldvoices-margueriteabouet.php
Lumenick, Lou. 2007.
Bliss, Family Robinson [Meet the Robinsons].
New York Post (March 30).
Online at http://www.nypost.com/seven/03302007/entertainment/movies/bliss__family_robinson_movies_lou_lumenick.htm
Parkin, J.K. 2007.
Blog@ QandA: Ryan Claytor.
Newsarama (May 22): http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/05/22/blog-qa-ryan-claytor/
Schneider, Rob. 2007.
Collector opens Super Heroes Museum.
Indianapolis Star (March 31).
Online at http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070331/LOCAL/703310495
Schneider, Rob. 2007.
Superhero museum readies for opening.
Indianapolis Star (March 29).
Online at http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070329/BUSINESS/70329030
Unknown. 2008.
Indianapolis Super Heroes Museum closes.
Associated Press January 8): http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=7592960
Unknown. 2008.
Climate change cartoons displayed; A series of cartoons, with the theme of climate change, have gone on display in Ellesmere, Shropshire.
BBC News (January 8): http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/7177595.stm
Kelly. 2007.
Friday Fifteen: Brian Biggs.
Tiny Treasury (March 2): http://www.tinytreasury.com/friday-fifteen-2/
Unknown. 2007.
Interview with Eric Powell.
Dark Horse.com (December 18): http://www.darkhorse.com/news/interviews.php?id=1512
VanderMeer, Jeff. 2008.
Understanding Manga: An Interview with Robin Brenner.
Bookslut (January): http://www.bookslut.com/features/2008_01_012167.php
VanderMeer, Jeff and Robin Brenner. 2008.
The Best Manga of All Time.
Bookslut (January): http://www.bookslut.com/comicbookslut/2008_01_012166.php
Warren, Mitchell. 2008.
Mmm... Steamy [Steamboy anime].
Miami Poetry Review (January 8): http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/01/mmmsteamy.html
Unknown. 2007.
Marshall Rogers, Batman comic book artist, dies at 57.
Associated Press (March 28): http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/28/state/n165251D53.DTLandhw=marshallandsn=003andsc=900
Zurzolo, Vincent. 2007.
Marshall Rogers Memorial.
World Talk Radio's The Comic Zone (March 28)
Various. 2007.
In Memory Of A Great Talent: Marshall Rogers 1950-2007.
Pop Thought (March): http://www.popthought.com/display_column.asp?DAID=1340
Unknown. 2007.
Artist Marshall Rogers Dies At Age 57.
DC Comics Direct Channel (#824; March 27)
Reed, Travis. 2007.
Disney could unlock `Song of the South'.
Associated Press (March 27): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_en_mo/film_song_of_the_south
Gross, Daniel. 2007.
Mickey's Management Mojo [Disney World theme park].
Newsweek (November 19): 18
Bennett, Jessica. 2007.
Coloring outside the lines [religion, child abuse education].
Newsweek (December 10): 16
Jones, Malcolm. 2007.
Paintball Rembrandt [Steadman].
Newsweek (December 10)
Gurdon, Meghan Cox. 2008.
Chilling climate for journalists in our neighbor to the north [Danish Islam cartoons in Canada].
Washington Examiner (January 17): 15.
Online at http://www.examiner.com/a-1163305~Meghan_Cox_Gurdon__Chilling_climate_for_journalists_in_our_neighbor_to_the_north.html
Hunnell, Carl. 2008.
News Journal editorial cartoon struck a nerve with some.
News Journal (January 6).
Online at http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080106/OPINION02/801060315
Herold, Charles. 2008.
In Mimicking Adult Swim Cartoon Series, Designers May Have Gone Too Far [video game Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law].
New York Times (January 17).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/technology/personaltech/17games.html?ex=1358312400&en=b63eff4049ad8fe9&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Shindler, Dorman T. 2006.
Alan Moore leaves behind his Extraordinary Gentlemen to dally with Lost Girls.
SciFi Weekly (August 7): http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw13282.html
Phegley, Kiel. 2007.
Whatever Happened To Miracleman? In the hands of Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman, this Captain Marvel knockoff revitalized the comic book superhero-only for vicious legal battles to make it the medium's greatest lost masterpiece.
Wizard Universe.com (February 21): http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/003576727.cfm
Brady, Matt. 2007.
Johns, Katz, And Jurgens Talk Booster Gold.
Newsrama (March): http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Booster/booster.html
Irving, Christopher. 2007.
TwoMorrows Tune-In #3: George Perez and Mike Mignola.
TwoMorrows.com (February 26): http://twomorrows.com/blog/tune-in/twomorrows-tune-in-3-george-perez-and-mike-mignola/
Jenkins, Henry. 2007.
Millennial Monsters: An Interview with Anne Allison [on manga and anime].
Confessions of an ACA/Fan (February 21-22): http://www.henryjenkins.org/2007/02/lets_start_where_your_book.html and http://www.henryjenkins.org/2007/02/in_the_book_you_draw.html
Unknown. 2008.
New comic strip appears today [Retro Geek].
Olympian (January 7).
Online at http://www.theolympian.com/living/story/319662.html
Vera, Kukla. 2008.
No Laughing Matter: Diabetes Education in Comic Book Form Targets the Latino Community.
Los Angeles Downtown News (January 7).
Online at http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/01/07/health2/health03.txt
Wolff, Henry Jr. 2007.
'Terry and the Pirates' once graced Foster Field club.
Victoria Advocate (March 28).
Online at http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/631/story/30391.html
Bell, Blake. 2007.
Terry and Annie Reissues: An Interview with Dean Mullaney.
Best of Most of blog (March 29): http://www.bestofmostof.com/07mar/index070328.htm
Griepp, Milton and Tom Flinn (eds). 2008. Bat Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan; Due From Pantheon in September. ICv2 (January 16): http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/11921.html
Griepp, Milton and Tom Flinn (eds). 2008. New 'Turok' DVD Has Stones; Due Out on February 5th. ICv2 (January 21): http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/11950.html
Griepp, Milton and Tom Flinn (eds). 2008.
Interview with Dave Sim, 'Glamourpuss'.
ICv2 (January 10): http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/11882.html
Griepp, Milton and Tom Flinn (eds). 2008.
Aardvark Vanaheim to Publish 'Glamourpuss'; New Series from Dave Sim.
ICv2 (January 10): http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/11883.html
Jewell, Stephen. 2008.
Man of many genres [Michael Chabon].
New Zealand Herald (January 22)
Online at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10487978
Wilding, Patrice. 2008.
'Family Tree' takes root on comics pages [Signe Wilkinson].
Times-Tribune (January 7).
Online at http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19170233&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=450444&rfi=6
Goodwin, Christopher. 2007.
300 reasons to stop eating the popcorn; Christopher Goodwin in Los Angeles joins the boys in the blood-curdling theatre of war.
First Post (March 12): http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=5229
Bouchard, Gilbert A. 2008.
The art of war: An exclusive /ed magazine interview with comic-book legend Joe Sacco.
Edmonton Journal (January 6): http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/ed/story.html?id=16856914-b6d4-4984-8995-9c6c801f9258&k=95045
Bouchard, Gilbert A. 2008.
A short history of non-fiction and war comics.
edmontonjournal.com (January 6): http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/ed/story.html?id=01ff50e2-5753-4b24-bd8e-809eb02ff936
Purcell, Charles. 2008.
Just plain batty: Two lives, a dark past - Batman may need help, writes Charles Purcell.
Sydney Morning Herald (January 7).
Online at http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/just-plain-batty/2008/01/06/1199554487088.html
Unknown. 2008.
5 Web Comics That Will Make You Ditch Your Newspaper; Don't suffer through one more installment of 'Ziggy' or 'Marmaduke'! Hilarity is just a click away with these online strips.
PC World (January 4): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/04/AR2008010400267.html
Gardner, Jan. 2008.
Short and drawn out [Jay Hosler and comic books in the classroom].
Boston Globe (January 6).
Online at http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/01/06/short_and_drawn_out/
Hatrash, Hasan. 2008.
Saudi Comic Artists Invited to Take Part in Manga Contest.
Arab News (January 8): http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=105426&d=8&m=1&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Unknown. 2008.
'Ollie and Quentin' replaces 'Lio' in Q-C Times comics.
Quad-City Times (January 7): http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/01/07/news/local/doc4781bae355649077734628.txt
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With Larry Young.
Comics Reporter (July 3): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/2256/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview: John Romita (2002).
Comics Reporter (March 22): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1178/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview with Publisher Nadia Katz-Wise of Typocrat Press.
Comics Reporter (March 24):
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1196/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview with Cartoonist Johnny Ryan.
Comics Reporter (March 24): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1211/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With Ted Slampyak.
Comics Reporter (June 5): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1785/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview with Douglas Fraser.
Comics Reporter (June 18): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1924/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With Jeet Heer and Kent Worcester.
Comics Reporter (June 26): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/2032/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview: Jeff Smith (1999).
Comics Reporter (March 21): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1179/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Short Chat With Cartoonist Alex Robinson.
Comics Reporter (March 21): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1213/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview With Cartoonist Peter Bagge.
Comics Reporter (March 21): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1210/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview With Cartoonist Scott Mills.
Comics Reporter (March 22): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1197/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview With James Kimball of Pantheon Books.
Comics Reporter (March 22): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1177/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With Michael Kupperman.
Comics Reporter (August 7): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/2481/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With Jim Ottaviani.
Comics Reporter (June 12): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/2253/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With James Kochalka.
Comics Reporter (July 17): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/2292/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Spiegelman Looking Forward To Lafayette Despite Controversy.
Comicon's The Pulse (February 21): http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=003482
Spurgeon, Tom. 2008.
CR Holiday Interview #10: Frank Santoro.
Comics Reporter (January 5):
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_8_frank_santoro/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2008.
CR Holiday Interview #11: Vito Delsante [comics writer and Jim Hanley's Universe store].
Comics Reporter (January 5):
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_9_vito_delsante/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2008.
CR Holiday Interview #12: Karen Berger.
Comics Reporter (January 6): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_13/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2008.
CR Holiday Interview #13: Francoise Mouly.
Comics Reporter (January 6): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_7/
Brady, Matt. 2007.
Checking Out 'Checkout' With Rucka And Winick - Updated [Checkmate comic book].
Newsarama (March 27): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=106660
Hunter, Stephen. 2006.
Quite The Bomb: 'V for Vendetta' Can Blow Away Parliament, But Not Its Audience.
Washington Post (March 17): C1
Stevenson, James. 2006.
Lost and Found New York: Richard Croker [comics journalism].
New York Times (February 25)
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/02/24/opinion/25opart.gif
Sheneman, Drew. 2006.
'Fantastic Four: First Family No. 1'.
Newark Star-Ledger (March 5).
Online at http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/114153950028060.xmlandcoll=1
Clark, Colin. 2006.
Neil Gaiman Interview [his and Dave McKean's project The Wolves in the Walls].
National Theatre of Scotland (February): http://www.lyric.co.uk/images/event/NeilGaim.pdf
Denby, David. 2007.
Men Gone Wild: "Shooter" and "300".
New Yorker (April 2): 88-89
Denby, David. 2007.
Not Kid's Stuff: "Shrek the Third" and "Paprika".
New Yorker (May 28): 86-87
Kane, Tim / Albany Times Union. 2007.
Eisner's 'Contract With God' has proved lucrative.
San Francisco Chronicle (December 21): E10
Jozic, Mike. 2004.
Jill Thompson - Sooktacular Spooktacular!!!
Mike Jozic.com (October 30): http://www.mikejozic.com/thompsoninterview.html
Unknown. 2004.
Zagreb Animation Week to liven up Tehran.
IranMania.com (October 30): http://www.iranmania.com/news/articleview/default.asp?NewsCode=26538&NewsKind=Culture
Unknown. 2004.
Marvel Profit Falls, But Revenue Up Sharply.
Reuters (October 28)
Unknown. 2004.
Bill Liebowitz, founder of LA comic book store, dead at 63.
Associated Press (October 29): http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/10049387.htm
Peters, Mike. 2004.
Dilbert's house? It's 'wife bait'.
Dallas Morning News (October 30).
Online at http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/texasliving/columnists/mpeters/stories/103104dnlivcomics.7f712.html
Kapko, Matt. 2008.
Executive Interview: Ross Cox [Cartoon Network New Media].
RCR Wireless News (January 7): http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080107/SUB/414798038/1012/allnews
Unknown. 2004.
Since We Asked: 'Doonesbury' goes missing and readers are curious. Several readers contacted the Mail Tribune's newsroom Saturday, all with the same question: 'What happened to `Doonesbury' in today's paper?'.
Mail Tribune (October 31).
Online at http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2004/1031/local/stories/18local.htm
Marlowe, Chris. 2004.
Scribe Develops Mobile Greeting Cards [animator and screenwriter Michael Dougherty].
Hollywood Reporter (October 29)
Wagner, Vit. 2007.
Cartoonist of the macabre [Gahan Wilson].
Toronto Star (March 25).
Online at http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/195747
Pinkerton, Nick. 2008.
Persepolis: Abba Versus the Mullahs!
Seattle Weekly (January 23).
Online at http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-01-23/film/persepolis-abba-versus-the-mullahs.php
Salamon, Jeff. 2008.
The somewhat amazing adventures of 'The Escapist'.
Austin American-Statesman (January 6).
Online at http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/books/01/06/0106quick.html
Unknown. 2005.
Inside With: Neil Swaab, Creator of Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles.
The Apiary (October 11): http://www.theapiary.org/archives/2005/10/inside_with_nei.html
Unknown. 2005.
Look … Up in the Museum: UVSC's new exhibit takes comic books seriously as an art form [Will Eisner; Utah Valley State College's Woodbury Art Museum; The Art of Comics].
Salt Lake City Weekly (October 13).
Online at http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2005/ae_1_2005-10-13.cfm
Unknown. 2005.
Local couple publishes 1st comic book [Dragon Firefly Island].
Florence Reminder (October 13).
Online at http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15382957&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=222076&rfi=6
Stratton, Ted S. 2005.
Not quite quitting time for local working-class muse [The Quitter by Pekar and Haspiel].
Cleveland Jewish News (October 13).
Online at http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2005/10/13/features/arts/carts1015.txt
Pekar, Harvey. 2005.
12 of the Best by Harvey Pekar.
Emusic.com: http://www.emusic.com/lists/showlist.html?lid=224579
Schwartz, Jay. 2005.
Eisner's 'A Contract With God' an epic on Bronx existence.
Jewish News Weekly (October 14).
Online at http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27317/format/html/displaystory.html
Schwartz, Jay. 2005.
Comic about 'Protocols' the final work of a master [Eisner].
Jewish News Weekly (October 14).
Online at http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27316/format/html/displaystory.html
Eisner, Will. 2005.
The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company
Lackner, Michael. 2004.
Hate America "Superhero"? [Punisher and Garth Ennis editorial].
FrontPageMagazine.com (May 12): http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13334
Miller, Brian and I. Steve Wiecking et al. 2004.
TV on DVD [Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season; Smallville: The Complete Second Season].
Seattle Weekly (May 12).
Online at
http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0419/040512_film_tvdvds.php
Swartz, Jon. 2004.
Stan Lee rises from dot-com rubble.
USA Today (May 12).
Online at http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2004-05-12-stan-lee_x.htm
Sutel, Seth. 2004.
Rall receives death threats over Tillman cartoon.
Associated Press (May 5)
O'Reilly, Bill. 2004.
Did a Political Cartoon Disrespect an American Hero? [Ted Rall].
O'Reilly Factor (May 4)
transcript online at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119096,00.html
Sangiacomo, Michael. 2005.
Mad editors are just mad about praise.
Cleveland Plain Dealer (July 2)
Fingeroth, Danny. 2007. Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero. Continuum-International
Deusnef, Stephen M. 2008.
Swamp Thing: Up From the Muck.
[Washington Post] Express (January 24): E13.
Online at http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2008/01/swamp_thing_up_from_the_muck.php
Rickman, Johnathan (sic). 2008.
Rich Memory in 2-D: Marjane Satrapi's bio-comic segues to the silver screen.
[Washington Post] Express (January 24): E9
Green, Penelope. 2006.
At Home With Roz Chast: For a Professional Phobic, the Scariest Night of All.
New York Times (October 26)
Walker, Benjamen. 2006.
Comix books [Mark Siegel, editorial director of First Second].
Theory of Everything (May 30): http://www.toeradio.org/archives/2006/05/toe_53006_comix.html
Ashbrook, Tom. 2003.
A Right to Be Hostile [McGruder and Boondocks].
National Public Radio and WBUR's On Point (October 7).
Online at http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2003/10/20031007_b_main.asp
Ashbrook, Tom. 2003.
Art Spiegelman's Art.
National Public Radio and WBUR's On Point (October 23).
Online at http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2003/10/20031023_b_main.asp
Delaney, Bill. 2003.
X2: X-Men United.
Public Radio International and WBUR's Here and Now (May 9).
Online at http://www.here-now.org/shows/2003/05/20030509_17.asp
Gordon, Dick. 2001.
Toon Tunes [Carl Stalling Warner Brothers music].
National Public Radio and WBUR's Dick Gordon Show (August 23).
Online at http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2001/08/20010823_b_main.asp
Gordon, Dick. 2003.
Drawing the News [editorial cartoonists Horsey, Bell and Ariail].
National Public Radio and WBUR's Dick Gordon Show (April 4).
Online at http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2003/04/20030404_b_main.asp
Gordon, Dick. 2004.
Persepolis 2.
National Public Radio and WBUR's Dick Gordon Show (September 9).
Online at http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2004/09/20040909_b_main.asp
Gordon, Dick. 2004.
Slow Death of a Dangerous Art [editorial illustrators Ilic, Grossman, Heller and Kunz].
National Public Radio and WBUR's Dick Gordon Show (May 27).
Online at http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2004/05/20040527_b_main.asp
Gross, Terry. 2006.
Jimmy Olsen Grows Up [Superman television show]..
National Public Radio and WHYY's Fresh Air (June 3).
Online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5524564
Guillermo, Emil. 2004.
Shrek and Race Relations in America.
National Public Radio and WBUR's On Point (June 8).
Online at http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2004/06/20040608_b_main.asp
Horwich, Jeff. 2006.
Cartoonist watches the million-dollar success of an idea similar to her own [Moira Manion on Over the Hedge].
Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered (June 8).
online at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/06/06/cartoonist/
Kerr, Euan. 2008.
Why it's difficult to make a movie from a comic book [Satrapi on Persepolis].
Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Edition (January 18).
online at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/17/satrapi/
Kerr, Euan. 2007.
Joe Sacco goes to war to write a comic book.
Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered (November 13).
online at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/11/13/sacco/
Silverblatt, Michael. 2005.
Umberto Eco [The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana].
National Public Radio and KCRW's Bookworm (August 25).
Online at http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw050825umberto_eco
Silverblatt, Michael. 2005.
Jewish Identity in Writing (Part 5 of 10): Art Spiegelman, Cynthia Ozick and Jonathan Rosen.
National Public Radio and KCRW's Bookworm (June 30).
Online at http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw050630jewish_identity_in_w
Silverblatt, Michael. 2005.
Peter Maresca and Art Spiegelman [on McCay and Little Nemo].
National Public Radio and KCRW's Bookworm (December 1).
Online at http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw051201peter_maresca_and_ar
Young, Robin. 2003.
Controversial 'Boondocks' Strip Pulled.
Public Radio International and WBUR's Here and Now (April 2).
Online at http://www.here-now.org/shows/2003/04/20030402_13.asp
Young, Robin. 2004.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood.
Public Radio International and WBUR's Here and Now (September 29).
Online at http://www.here-now.org/shows/2004/09/20040929_18.asp
Young, Robin and Gail Harris. 2003.
War Comics [Doonesbury and David Horsey].
Public Radio International and WBUR's Here and Now (August 1).
Online at http://www.here-now.org/shows/2003/08/20030801.asp
Young, Robin. 2005.
Education Secretary Blasts PBS Cartoon [Postcards from Buster].
Public Radio International and WBUR's Here and Now (January 28).
Online at http://www.here-now.org/shows/2005/01/20050128_12.asp
Wallington, Aury. 2008.
Heroes: Saving Charlie, A Novel.
New York: Del Rey
Wallington, Aury. 2008.
Author Q & A: Interview with Aury Wallington author of Saving Charlie [Heroes tv show novel].
Del Rey website (January): http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345503220&view=qa&ref=news&name=drin1208
Van Gelder, Lawrence. 2008.
A Chinese makeover for Mickey and Minnie [Hong Kong Disneyland].
New York Times (January 22)
Yu, Vincent / Associated Press. 2008.
Hong Kong: Mickey Mouse style [photograph at Hong Kong Disneyland].
[Washington Post] Express (January 22)
Ansen, David. 2006.
Surviving the cure; Nothing comes between the X-Men and their genes [X-Men: The Last Stand movie].
Newsweek (June 5)
Astor, Dave. 2007.
Mort Walker to Receive National Cartoonists Society's Gold Key Award.
E and P Online (March 23): http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003562119
Astor, Dave et al. 2006.
Authors Seek Stories About the Impact of 'Peanuts'.
E and P Online (August 9)
Astor, Dave et al. 2006.
'Girls' Cartoon Exhibit Moves to Ohio State.
E and P Online (September 21)
Astor, Dave et al. 2006.
Blog Focuses on Comics That Mention Golf.
E and P Online (September 21)
Astor, Dave et al. 2006.
Cartoonist Lester Co-Creates Another Kids' Book.
E and P Online (September 21)
Astor, Dave et al. 2006.
PBS Show to Focus on Editorial Cartoonist Paul Conrad.
E and P Online (September 20)
Barry, Dave and Richard Thompson (ill). 2008.
An inconvenient year.
Washington Post Magazine (December 30)
Brodner, Steve. 2008.
Sketchbook: "We take our text from the Book of Iowa, 20:08…" [caricature].
New Yorker (January 14): 53
Crist, Judith. 1948.
Horror in the nursery [Wertham].
Collier's (March 27)
Daly, Steve. 2008.
Fish out of water. Poor unfortunate show: Disney's aquatic adventure flounders in its screen-to-stage transfer [Little Mermaid].
Entertainment Weekly (January 25): 76
Dixon, Glenn. 2008.
Playing and dress-up: Cosplayers act the parts from manga to anime to video games.
[Washington Post] Express (January 17)
Faber, Michael. 2008.
Released at last: Alan Moore's Lost Girls opens Michael Faber's eyes to Wendy, Alice and Dorothy as they have never been seen before.
Guardian (January 5).
Online at http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/artsandentertainment/story/0,,2235471,00.html
Garrett, Stephen. 2007.
QandA: Frank Miller. The cartoonist-turned-director reveals what's so graphic about his new film, 300.
Esquire.com (March 23): http://www.esquire.com/features/qa/ESQ0407-APR_SCREEN_MILLER
Unknown. 2008.
Mark Millar, comic-book hero.
First Post (January 7): http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=11341
Gilligan, Paul. 2008.
Bark to Work Legislation [Pooch Cafe collection of unpublished strips].
Kansas City: Universal Press Syndicate / Lulu.com
Lakshmi, Rama. 2008.
In India, Gods Rule The 'Toon' Universe: Hindu Myth a Fount of Superheroes [animation].
Washington Post (January 9): A11.
Online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/08/AR2008010804004.html
Lehrer, Brian. 2008.
Reading with Pictures [Bitz, Mouly, education].
National Public Radio and WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (January 14).
online at http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2008/01/14
Licata, Elizabeth. 2008.
Trespass juice: A talk with the maker of Original Sin cider [R. Black's cartoon advertisements].
Onion [Washington DC edition] (January 17): 23
Olson, Kevin Noel. 2006. Mark Texeira Speaks on Ghost Rider Hauntings. Silver Bullet Comic Books (January 26): http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/113828619149410.htm
Scher, Steve. 2008.
The Sandbox: Dispatches from Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan [Doonesbury].
National Public Radio and KUOW's Weekday (January 8).
online at http://www.kuow.org/defaultProgram.asp?ID=14097
Shannon, Jeff. 2008. "Honey and Clover," a sensitive, understated drama. Seattle Times (January 11). Online at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2004118749_honey11.html
Snierson, Dan. 2008.
Why we're endorsing the grand old potty [Simpsons].
Entertainment Weekly (January 18): 14
Jensen, Jeff, Ken Tucker, and Nisha Gopalan. 2008.
What's new in …comics: Drawn from life.
Entertainment Weekly (January 18)
Schwarzbaum, Lisa. 2008.
Drawing acclaim: A stunning animated film offers a portrait of an unfamiliar culture - and of a fascinating woman [Persepolis].
Entertainment Weekly (January 18): 56
Setoodeh, Ramin. 2007.
Black and white and read all over [Persepolis].
Newsweek (December 17): 72
Nelson, Rob. 2008.
Iranian chick: Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel on film.
The Phoenix (January 8): http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid54066.aspx
Graham Crackers Comics. 2007.
Graham Crackers Comics' Best-Sellers.
Entertainment Weekly (December 7): 81
Rogers, Vaneta. 2008.
Talking Flash With Tom Peyer.
Newsarama (January 3): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=141769
Rogers, Vaneta. 2008.
Flashing Back & Forward: Waid On Leaving Flash, The B&B To Come, And Boom!
Newsarama (January 4): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=141897
Rogers, Vaneta. 2007.
Tony Bedard On Supergirl And The Legion Of Super-Heroes.
Newsrama (March 19): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=105686
Rogers, Vaneta. 2007.
Inside World War III With Champage And Ostrander.
Newsarama (March 30): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=106993
Rogers, Vaneta. 2007.
The Spider Meets The Four - Talking To Jeff Parker.
Newsarama (March 28): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=106794
Setoodeh, Ramin and Jennie Yabroff. 2007.
Princess power [Disney].
Newsweek (November 26): 66-67
Soller, Kurt. 2007.
Brown's the new black [Peanuts fashion show].
Newsweek (September 10): 15
Suintres, John. 2007.
Drew Friedman and the Original Kings Of Comedy.
Word Balloon (March 28):
http://wordballoon.blogspot.com/2007/03/drew-freidman-and-original-kings-of.html
Thill, Scott. 2008.
Joe Sacco on Comics, the Arabs and the Jews; Make it mandatory.
LA Weekly ( January 16).
Online at http://www.laweekly.com/art+books/books/joe-sacco-on-comics-the-arabs-and-the-jews/18138/
Ajayi, Angela. 2007.
Drawing on the Universal in Africa: An Interview with Marguerite Abouet.
Wild River Review 4 (4; May 11).
Online at http://www.wildriverreview.com/worldvoices-margueriteabouet.php
Lumenick, Lou. 2007.
Bliss, Family Robinson [Meet the Robinsons].
New York Post (March 30).
Online at http://www.nypost.com/seven/03302007/entertainment/movies/bliss__family_robinson_movies_lou_lumenick.htm
Parkin, J.K. 2007.
Blog@ QandA: Ryan Claytor.
Newsarama (May 22): http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/05/22/blog-qa-ryan-claytor/
Schneider, Rob. 2007.
Collector opens Super Heroes Museum.
Indianapolis Star (March 31).
Online at http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070331/LOCAL/703310495
Schneider, Rob. 2007.
Superhero museum readies for opening.
Indianapolis Star (March 29).
Online at http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070329/BUSINESS/70329030
Unknown. 2008.
Indianapolis Super Heroes Museum closes.
Associated Press January 8): http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=7592960
Unknown. 2008.
Climate change cartoons displayed; A series of cartoons, with the theme of climate change, have gone on display in Ellesmere, Shropshire.
BBC News (January 8): http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/7177595.stm
Kelly. 2007.
Friday Fifteen: Brian Biggs.
Tiny Treasury (March 2): http://www.tinytreasury.com/friday-fifteen-2/
Unknown. 2007.
Interview with Eric Powell.
Dark Horse.com (December 18): http://www.darkhorse.com/news/interviews.php?id=1512
VanderMeer, Jeff. 2008.
Understanding Manga: An Interview with Robin Brenner.
Bookslut (January): http://www.bookslut.com/features/2008_01_012167.php
VanderMeer, Jeff and Robin Brenner. 2008.
The Best Manga of All Time.
Bookslut (January): http://www.bookslut.com/comicbookslut/2008_01_012166.php
Warren, Mitchell. 2008.
Mmm... Steamy [Steamboy anime].
Miami Poetry Review (January 8): http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/01/mmmsteamy.html
Unknown. 2007.
Marshall Rogers, Batman comic book artist, dies at 57.
Associated Press (March 28): http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/28/state/n165251D53.DTLandhw=marshallandsn=003andsc=900
Zurzolo, Vincent. 2007.
Marshall Rogers Memorial.
World Talk Radio's The Comic Zone (March 28)
Various. 2007.
In Memory Of A Great Talent: Marshall Rogers 1950-2007.
Pop Thought (March): http://www.popthought.com/display_column.asp?DAID=1340
Unknown. 2007.
Artist Marshall Rogers Dies At Age 57.
DC Comics Direct Channel (#824; March 27)
Reed, Travis. 2007.
Disney could unlock `Song of the South'.
Associated Press (March 27): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_en_mo/film_song_of_the_south
Gross, Daniel. 2007.
Mickey's Management Mojo [Disney World theme park].
Newsweek (November 19): 18
Bennett, Jessica. 2007.
Coloring outside the lines [religion, child abuse education].
Newsweek (December 10): 16
Jones, Malcolm. 2007.
Paintball Rembrandt [Steadman].
Newsweek (December 10)
Gurdon, Meghan Cox. 2008.
Chilling climate for journalists in our neighbor to the north [Danish Islam cartoons in Canada].
Washington Examiner (January 17): 15.
Online at http://www.examiner.com/a-1163305~Meghan_Cox_Gurdon__Chilling_climate_for_journalists_in_our_neighbor_to_the_north.html
Hunnell, Carl. 2008.
News Journal editorial cartoon struck a nerve with some.
News Journal (January 6).
Online at http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080106/OPINION02/801060315
Herold, Charles. 2008.
In Mimicking Adult Swim Cartoon Series, Designers May Have Gone Too Far [video game Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law].
New York Times (January 17).
Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/technology/personaltech/17games.html?ex=1358312400&en=b63eff4049ad8fe9&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Shindler, Dorman T. 2006.
Alan Moore leaves behind his Extraordinary Gentlemen to dally with Lost Girls.
SciFi Weekly (August 7): http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw13282.html
Phegley, Kiel. 2007.
Whatever Happened To Miracleman? In the hands of Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman, this Captain Marvel knockoff revitalized the comic book superhero-only for vicious legal battles to make it the medium's greatest lost masterpiece.
Wizard Universe.com (February 21): http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/003576727.cfm
Brady, Matt. 2007.
Johns, Katz, And Jurgens Talk Booster Gold.
Newsrama (March): http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Booster/booster.html
Irving, Christopher. 2007.
TwoMorrows Tune-In #3: George Perez and Mike Mignola.
TwoMorrows.com (February 26): http://twomorrows.com/blog/tune-in/twomorrows-tune-in-3-george-perez-and-mike-mignola/
Jenkins, Henry. 2007.
Millennial Monsters: An Interview with Anne Allison [on manga and anime].
Confessions of an ACA/Fan (February 21-22): http://www.henryjenkins.org/2007/02/lets_start_where_your_book.html and http://www.henryjenkins.org/2007/02/in_the_book_you_draw.html
Unknown. 2008.
New comic strip appears today [Retro Geek].
Olympian (January 7).
Online at http://www.theolympian.com/living/story/319662.html
Vera, Kukla. 2008.
No Laughing Matter: Diabetes Education in Comic Book Form Targets the Latino Community.
Los Angeles Downtown News (January 7).
Online at http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/01/07/health2/health03.txt
Wolff, Henry Jr. 2007.
'Terry and the Pirates' once graced Foster Field club.
Victoria Advocate (March 28).
Online at http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/631/story/30391.html
Bell, Blake. 2007.
Terry and Annie Reissues: An Interview with Dean Mullaney.
Best of Most of blog (March 29): http://www.bestofmostof.com/07mar/index070328.htm
Griepp, Milton and Tom Flinn (eds). 2008. Bat Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan; Due From Pantheon in September. ICv2 (January 16): http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/11921.html
Griepp, Milton and Tom Flinn (eds). 2008. New 'Turok' DVD Has Stones; Due Out on February 5th. ICv2 (January 21): http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/11950.html
Griepp, Milton and Tom Flinn (eds). 2008.
Interview with Dave Sim, 'Glamourpuss'.
ICv2 (January 10): http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/11882.html
Griepp, Milton and Tom Flinn (eds). 2008.
Aardvark Vanaheim to Publish 'Glamourpuss'; New Series from Dave Sim.
ICv2 (January 10): http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/11883.html
Jewell, Stephen. 2008.
Man of many genres [Michael Chabon].
New Zealand Herald (January 22)
Online at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10487978
Wilding, Patrice. 2008.
'Family Tree' takes root on comics pages [Signe Wilkinson].
Times-Tribune (January 7).
Online at http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19170233&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=450444&rfi=6
Goodwin, Christopher. 2007.
300 reasons to stop eating the popcorn; Christopher Goodwin in Los Angeles joins the boys in the blood-curdling theatre of war.
First Post (March 12): http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=5229
Bouchard, Gilbert A. 2008.
The art of war: An exclusive /ed magazine interview with comic-book legend Joe Sacco.
Edmonton Journal (January 6): http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/ed/story.html?id=16856914-b6d4-4984-8995-9c6c801f9258&k=95045
Bouchard, Gilbert A. 2008.
A short history of non-fiction and war comics.
edmontonjournal.com (January 6): http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/ed/story.html?id=01ff50e2-5753-4b24-bd8e-809eb02ff936
Purcell, Charles. 2008.
Just plain batty: Two lives, a dark past - Batman may need help, writes Charles Purcell.
Sydney Morning Herald (January 7).
Online at http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/just-plain-batty/2008/01/06/1199554487088.html
Unknown. 2008.
5 Web Comics That Will Make You Ditch Your Newspaper; Don't suffer through one more installment of 'Ziggy' or 'Marmaduke'! Hilarity is just a click away with these online strips.
PC World (January 4): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/04/AR2008010400267.html
Gardner, Jan. 2008.
Short and drawn out [Jay Hosler and comic books in the classroom].
Boston Globe (January 6).
Online at http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/01/06/short_and_drawn_out/
Hatrash, Hasan. 2008.
Saudi Comic Artists Invited to Take Part in Manga Contest.
Arab News (January 8): http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=105426&d=8&m=1&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Unknown. 2008.
'Ollie and Quentin' replaces 'Lio' in Q-C Times comics.
Quad-City Times (January 7): http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/01/07/news/local/doc4781bae355649077734628.txt
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With Larry Young.
Comics Reporter (July 3): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/2256/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview: John Romita (2002).
Comics Reporter (March 22): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1178/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview with Publisher Nadia Katz-Wise of Typocrat Press.
Comics Reporter (March 24):
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1196/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview with Cartoonist Johnny Ryan.
Comics Reporter (March 24): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1211/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With Ted Slampyak.
Comics Reporter (June 5): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1785/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview with Douglas Fraser.
Comics Reporter (June 18): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1924/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With Jeet Heer and Kent Worcester.
Comics Reporter (June 26): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/2032/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview: Jeff Smith (1999).
Comics Reporter (March 21): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1179/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Short Chat With Cartoonist Alex Robinson.
Comics Reporter (March 21): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1213/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview With Cartoonist Peter Bagge.
Comics Reporter (March 21): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1210/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview With Cartoonist Scott Mills.
Comics Reporter (March 22): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1197/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Interview With James Kimball of Pantheon Books.
Comics Reporter (March 22): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/1177/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With Michael Kupperman.
Comics Reporter (August 7): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/2481/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With Jim Ottaviani.
Comics Reporter (June 12): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/2253/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
A Short Interview With James Kochalka.
Comics Reporter (July 17): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/2292/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2005.
Spiegelman Looking Forward To Lafayette Despite Controversy.
Comicon's The Pulse (February 21): http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=003482
Spurgeon, Tom. 2008.
CR Holiday Interview #10: Frank Santoro.
Comics Reporter (January 5):
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_8_frank_santoro/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2008.
CR Holiday Interview #11: Vito Delsante [comics writer and Jim Hanley's Universe store].
Comics Reporter (January 5):
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_9_vito_delsante/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2008.
CR Holiday Interview #12: Karen Berger.
Comics Reporter (January 6): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_13/
Spurgeon, Tom. 2008.
CR Holiday Interview #13: Francoise Mouly.
Comics Reporter (January 6): http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_7/
Brady, Matt. 2007.
Checking Out 'Checkout' With Rucka And Winick - Updated [Checkmate comic book].
Newsarama (March 27): http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=106660
Hunter, Stephen. 2006.
Quite The Bomb: 'V for Vendetta' Can Blow Away Parliament, But Not Its Audience.
Washington Post (March 17): C1
Stevenson, James. 2006.
Lost and Found New York: Richard Croker [comics journalism].
New York Times (February 25)
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/02/24/opinion/25opart.gif
Sheneman, Drew. 2006.
'Fantastic Four: First Family No. 1'.
Newark Star-Ledger (March 5).
Online at http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/114153950028060.xmlandcoll=1
Clark, Colin. 2006.
Neil Gaiman Interview [his and Dave McKean's project The Wolves in the Walls].
National Theatre of Scotland (February): http://www.lyric.co.uk/images/event/NeilGaim.pdf
Denby, David. 2007.
Men Gone Wild: "Shooter" and "300".
New Yorker (April 2): 88-89
Denby, David. 2007.
Not Kid's Stuff: "Shrek the Third" and "Paprika".
New Yorker (May 28): 86-87
Kane, Tim / Albany Times Union. 2007.
Eisner's 'Contract With God' has proved lucrative.
San Francisco Chronicle (December 21): E10
Jozic, Mike. 2004.
Jill Thompson - Sooktacular Spooktacular!!!
Mike Jozic.com (October 30): http://www.mikejozic.com/thompsoninterview.html
Unknown. 2004.
Zagreb Animation Week to liven up Tehran.
IranMania.com (October 30): http://www.iranmania.com/news/articleview/default.asp?NewsCode=26538&NewsKind=Culture
Unknown. 2004.
Marvel Profit Falls, But Revenue Up Sharply.
Reuters (October 28)
Unknown. 2004.
Bill Liebowitz, founder of LA comic book store, dead at 63.
Associated Press (October 29): http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/10049387.htm
Peters, Mike. 2004.
Dilbert's house? It's 'wife bait'.
Dallas Morning News (October 30).
Online at http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/texasliving/columnists/mpeters/stories/103104dnlivcomics.7f712.html
Kapko, Matt. 2008.
Executive Interview: Ross Cox [Cartoon Network New Media].
RCR Wireless News (January 7): http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080107/SUB/414798038/1012/allnews
Unknown. 2004.
Since We Asked: 'Doonesbury' goes missing and readers are curious. Several readers contacted the Mail Tribune's newsroom Saturday, all with the same question: 'What happened to `Doonesbury' in today's paper?'.
Mail Tribune (October 31).
Online at http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2004/1031/local/stories/18local.htm
Marlowe, Chris. 2004.
Scribe Develops Mobile Greeting Cards [animator and screenwriter Michael Dougherty].
Hollywood Reporter (October 29)
Wagner, Vit. 2007.
Cartoonist of the macabre [Gahan Wilson].
Toronto Star (March 25).
Online at http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/195747
Pinkerton, Nick. 2008.
Persepolis: Abba Versus the Mullahs!
Seattle Weekly (January 23).
Online at http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-01-23/film/persepolis-abba-versus-the-mullahs.php
Salamon, Jeff. 2008.
The somewhat amazing adventures of 'The Escapist'.
Austin American-Statesman (January 6).
Online at http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/books/01/06/0106quick.html
Unknown. 2005.
Inside With: Neil Swaab, Creator of Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles.
The Apiary (October 11): http://www.theapiary.org/archives/2005/10/inside_with_nei.html
Unknown. 2005.
Look … Up in the Museum: UVSC's new exhibit takes comic books seriously as an art form [Will Eisner; Utah Valley State College's Woodbury Art Museum; The Art of Comics].
Salt Lake City Weekly (October 13).
Online at http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2005/ae_1_2005-10-13.cfm
Unknown. 2005.
Local couple publishes 1st comic book [Dragon Firefly Island].
Florence Reminder (October 13).
Online at http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15382957&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=222076&rfi=6
Stratton, Ted S. 2005.
Not quite quitting time for local working-class muse [The Quitter by Pekar and Haspiel].
Cleveland Jewish News (October 13).
Online at http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2005/10/13/features/arts/carts1015.txt
Pekar, Harvey. 2005.
12 of the Best by Harvey Pekar.
Emusic.com: http://www.emusic.com/lists/showlist.html?lid=224579
Schwartz, Jay. 2005.
Eisner's 'A Contract With God' an epic on Bronx existence.
Jewish News Weekly (October 14).
Online at http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27317/format/html/displaystory.html
Schwartz, Jay. 2005.
Comic about 'Protocols' the final work of a master [Eisner].
Jewish News Weekly (October 14).
Online at http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27316/format/html/displaystory.html
Eisner, Will. 2005.
The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company
Lackner, Michael. 2004.
Hate America "Superhero"? [Punisher and Garth Ennis editorial].
FrontPageMagazine.com (May 12): http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13334
Miller, Brian and I. Steve Wiecking et al. 2004.
TV on DVD [Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season; Smallville: The Complete Second Season].
Seattle Weekly (May 12).
Online at
http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0419/040512_film_tvdvds.php
Swartz, Jon. 2004.
Stan Lee rises from dot-com rubble.
USA Today (May 12).
Online at http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2004-05-12-stan-lee_x.htm
Sutel, Seth. 2004.
Rall receives death threats over Tillman cartoon.
Associated Press (May 5)
O'Reilly, Bill. 2004.
Did a Political Cartoon Disrespect an American Hero? [Ted Rall].
O'Reilly Factor (May 4)
transcript online at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119096,00.html
Sangiacomo, Michael. 2005.
Mad editors are just mad about praise.
Cleveland Plain Dealer (July 2)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The City Paper and Ullman - The Final Chapter
Well, sort of. See "Savage Outcry," by editor Andrew Beaujon, posted on Jan. 16, 2008 for his take on the whole "laying off illustrators" then followed unfortunately by "laying off staff." I really am not sure what the new owners are doing, but I feel sorry for Mr. Beaujon who was very nice on the phone when confirming that I actually did write a letter, and who has been stuck doing a really crummy job at someone else's behest. Read the blog post for his side of the story - a man who says, "The cause was taken up by ComicsDC" as though that means something. I'm just glad I didn't pull out Rob's new baby as a tearjerker guilt-trip (whoops, just did). But note Rob's response to the editor's post slightly further down the page too.
And then there's one last letter in this past week's paper -
Illo Talk
I am writing to express my sadness over the recent dismissal of Robert Ullman from your Savage Love illustrating lineup. I have been a fan of Robert’s illustrations for years, and it is apparent that he can bring wit, life, and interest to just about any topic. In many cases, his illustrations are what draw me to look at and read the columns.
I had seen Robert’s illustrations before he found work at the City Paper and knew that he was headed for great things with his talent. Likewise, when I moved to the D.C. area and found out his talent was being utilized by the City Paper, I was thrilled! I have seen many illustrators’ work and can tell you that it would be plain foolish to let him get away because you won’t find another quite like him. Please reconsider this decision and get Robert back.
Erin Antognoli
Germantown, Md.
Editor’s note: Thanks to all the fans of Robert Ullman’s illustrations who’ve written in. Our budget cuts don’t allow us to continue commisioning weekly illustrations for Savage Love, but we were able to hire Ullman to do a permanent illustration for the column; it debuted last week. We’re going to keep hiring him when possible; he illustrated last week’s Young & Hungry column, for example.
Shawn Belschwender and his News of the Weird illos didn't get as much attention here - probably because Rob draws prettier girls and is still localish (Richmond), but Shawn was doing a strip for the George Washington U's Hatchet in the mid-80s when I was in school there.
I really miss the comic strips too, especially Derf. Sigh. I just picked up the Baltimore CP (different owners fortunately) and they've got Lulu Eightball still AND When Will The Pain Stop by Tim Kreider. AND Perry Bible Fellowship!
And the 'no bluegrass' thing sucks too.
And then there's one last letter in this past week's paper -
Illo Talk
I am writing to express my sadness over the recent dismissal of Robert Ullman from your Savage Love illustrating lineup. I have been a fan of Robert’s illustrations for years, and it is apparent that he can bring wit, life, and interest to just about any topic. In many cases, his illustrations are what draw me to look at and read the columns.
I had seen Robert’s illustrations before he found work at the City Paper and knew that he was headed for great things with his talent. Likewise, when I moved to the D.C. area and found out his talent was being utilized by the City Paper, I was thrilled! I have seen many illustrators’ work and can tell you that it would be plain foolish to let him get away because you won’t find another quite like him. Please reconsider this decision and get Robert back.
Erin Antognoli
Germantown, Md.
Editor’s note: Thanks to all the fans of Robert Ullman’s illustrations who’ve written in. Our budget cuts don’t allow us to continue commisioning weekly illustrations for Savage Love, but we were able to hire Ullman to do a permanent illustration for the column; it debuted last week. We’re going to keep hiring him when possible; he illustrated last week’s Young & Hungry column, for example.
Shawn Belschwender and his News of the Weird illos didn't get as much attention here - probably because Rob draws prettier girls and is still localish (Richmond), but Shawn was doing a strip for the George Washington U's Hatchet in the mid-80s when I was in school there.
I really miss the comic strips too, especially Derf. Sigh. I just picked up the Baltimore CP (different owners fortunately) and they've got Lulu Eightball still AND When Will The Pain Stop by Tim Kreider. AND Perry Bible Fellowship!
And the 'no bluegrass' thing sucks too.
Manga and comics at Barnes and Noble
I've been taking a few shots of comics and manga displays lately, since they've changed and expanded so much. Here's some shots from the Barnes & Noble on Route 50 in Northern Virginia. Larger versions of the pictures can be seen and downloaded on my flickr site.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Geppi's Entertainment Museum photos from 'Scrooged' exhibit and more
I, along with some friends, got a tour of the new exhibit at Geppi's Entertainment Museum which opens at the end of January. Curator Arnold and Registrar Andy kindly took us through the whole museum. I'll post more thoughts later, but here's the pictures. As I've said before, it's a cool museum, and there's a lot of Barks originals here that none of us would see any place else. And for fun, a Happy Hooligan toy where the cops beat on him as it rolls and an ad by Winsor McCay in a section not open to the public. The Museum's closed on Monday's during the winter, so watch out for that, but it's well worth seeing. Steve Geppi's got a collection to envy.
Larger versions of the pictures can be seen and downloaded on my flickr site.
A couple of duck oil paintings.
Part of the complete North to the Yukon story that's on display.
The atypical section with non-Disney Duck watercolors, and some other oddities including a landscape.
A Faberge egg offered by Another Rainbow.
Pirate's Gold oil painting.
Duck family statue from Another Rainbow. That's an oil of Donald lying next to it.
Ah, McCay... This was opposite an original Krazy Kat, but this is all I had eyes for.
Happy Hooligan gets bopped by the cops when you roll this toy.
Look at that lovely Winsor McCay ad.
Larger versions of the pictures can be seen and downloaded on my flickr site.
A couple of duck oil paintings.
Part of the complete North to the Yukon story that's on display.
The atypical section with non-Disney Duck watercolors, and some other oddities including a landscape.
A Faberge egg offered by Another Rainbow.
Pirate's Gold oil painting.
Duck family statue from Another Rainbow. That's an oil of Donald lying next to it.
Ah, McCay... This was opposite an original Krazy Kat, but this is all I had eyes for.
Happy Hooligan gets bopped by the cops when you roll this toy.
Look at that lovely Winsor McCay ad.
DC area cartoonist does web strip for USA Weekend
Casey Shaw sent me an email with the press release below - let's wish him luck with his new webcomic. Casey, feel free to send in some reminders off and on. I assume the bear's named in honor of James Thurber?FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2008
MCLEAN, VA -- USA WEEKEND Magazine's website is carrying its first online comic strip. In recent years, the print magazine published panel cartoons which were also archived on usaweekend.com, but this will be the first cartoons, and first comic strip, to be created specifically for USA WEEKEND's website independent of the print magazine. The strip, Thurbear, is created by USA WEEKEND's Creative Manager, Casey Shaw, and will update weekly.
"While I've contributed more than 200 individual panel cartoons to the print version of the magazine in the past," says Shaw, "I'm really excited about this opportunity. I really love the comic strip format and having a continuing feature will allow me to play much more with developing a recurring cast of characters."
To view the comic strip, which will also include blog-style postings by Shaw with links to other web comics in addition to the Thurbear cartoon, go to usaweekend.com and click on "Cartoon."
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About USA WEEKEND:
USA WEEKEND Magazine is a national weekly magazine distributed through more than 600 newspapers in the United States. Awarded for its journalism and design, USA WEEKEND focuses on social issues, entertainment, health, food and travel. The magazine provides Newspaper in Education classroom guides to partner newspapers. usaweekend.com provides enhanced content and interactive magazine features. USA WEEKEND is a Gannett Co., Inc. publication.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 01-23-08
QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 01-23-08
By John Judy
(Support Striking Writers for Having More Stones Than the Directors!)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #548 by Dan Slott and Steve McNiven. Love it or hate it, it’s coming out three times a month! That’s almost as much as a GOP Congressman! The aftermath of the most controversial Marvel decision since the “death” of Captain America continues here!
ASTONISHING X-MEN #24 by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. This is it! Will “Breakworld” finally live up to its name and break already? Rumors abound that someone won’t be coming back from this one. Hopefully they’re a Skrull.
COMPLETE TERRY AND THE PIRATES VOL. 2 HC written and illustrated by Milton Caniff. Volume two of IDW’s six-volume reprinting of the entire run of Caniff’s iconic strip. Dailies and Sunday color strips. Recommended.
CRIME BIBLE: FIVE LESSONS OF BLOOD #4 of 5 by Greg Rucka and Diego Olmos. “Deceit?” Check. “Lust?” Check. “Greed?” Check. “Murder…?” The latest of the lessons gets taught in Hub City. Recommended. (Thank-you, Professor Rucka.)
DAN DARE #3 of 7 by Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine. Space opera, zap-gun fights, a war comic in sci-fi clothing. All done up Ennis style. Dive in.
HELLBLAZER #240 by Andy Diggle and Leonardo Manco. Okay, if last issue didn’t get you anxious about Constantine’s latest foe, try this one. “The Laughing Magician” versus an African War Mage in the middle of London! NOT for kids.
HULK VISIONARIES: PETER DAVID VOL. 5 by PAD and Friends. Collecting INCREDIBLE #364-372 and ANNUAL #16 of a truly legendary run. Hopefully Marvel will end up collecting and publishing the whole magilla.
MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #4 of 5 by Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips. The Zombie Civil War continues with Colonel America back from the un-dead and a cover that could kill the Iron Man movie. Not for kids but great fun for the rest of us freaks.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN-AGE DARING MYSTERY, VOL.1 HC by Nobody Seems to Know. A collection of adventures from this forties anthology title featuring every Marvel/Timely character you’ve never heard of, at least until Straczynski revived them for THE TWELVE. This week’s “Gotta Have It” based on sheer weirdness alone.
PUNISHER #54 by Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov. Every issue of Punisher vs. Barracuda gets bloodier and more gut-wrenching than the last. Supposedly “This Is It!” but Ennis seems to really love The Cuda. Can he bring himself to finally pull the pin? Absolutely 100% not for kids under any circumstance, but highly recommended anyway.
SHE HULK #25 by Peter David and Shawn Moll. Double-sized anniversary ish in which we learn why Shulk left the lawyering biz, plus two back-up stories and an alien fight.
SHOWCASE PRESENTS AQUAMAN VOL. 2 SC by Jack Miller, Bob Haney, Ramona Fradon, Nick Cardy and Friends. Sixties Aqua-Fun, appropriate for all ages!
STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY GN by Harvey Pekar, Gary Dumm, and historian Paul Buhle. A non-fiction account of the rise and fall of one of the most ambitious and controversial activist groups of the 1960s. This week. Honest. Recommended.
ULTIMATE FF, IRON MAN II, VISION SC, and ULTIMATES 3 #2 by Lotsa People. It’s a big week for ULTIMATE titles, is all I’m saying. There’s fights. Big ones.
WONDER WOMAN #16 by Gail Simone and Terry & Rachel Dodson. This title is back to looking and reading great! Give it a whirl! Recommended.
X-MEN #207 by Mike Carey and Chris Bachalo. “Messiah Complex: the 13th and Final Chapter for the love of merciful, muppety Odin!” They promise! No mas! It’s done! At least until the phone-book sized Premiere hardcover with the lasers…
YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #1 of 6 by Ed Brubaker and Paco Medina. Okay, watch this title carefully because every issue is going to have a new “top” creative team. This issue is Brubaker/Medina doing a Patriot/Winter Bucky team-up so we kind of need to look. Next issue….?
www.johnjudy.net
By John Judy
(Support Striking Writers for Having More Stones Than the Directors!)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #548 by Dan Slott and Steve McNiven. Love it or hate it, it’s coming out three times a month! That’s almost as much as a GOP Congressman! The aftermath of the most controversial Marvel decision since the “death” of Captain America continues here!
ASTONISHING X-MEN #24 by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. This is it! Will “Breakworld” finally live up to its name and break already? Rumors abound that someone won’t be coming back from this one. Hopefully they’re a Skrull.
COMPLETE TERRY AND THE PIRATES VOL. 2 HC written and illustrated by Milton Caniff. Volume two of IDW’s six-volume reprinting of the entire run of Caniff’s iconic strip. Dailies and Sunday color strips. Recommended.
CRIME BIBLE: FIVE LESSONS OF BLOOD #4 of 5 by Greg Rucka and Diego Olmos. “Deceit?” Check. “Lust?” Check. “Greed?” Check. “Murder…?” The latest of the lessons gets taught in Hub City. Recommended. (Thank-you, Professor Rucka.)
DAN DARE #3 of 7 by Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine. Space opera, zap-gun fights, a war comic in sci-fi clothing. All done up Ennis style. Dive in.
HELLBLAZER #240 by Andy Diggle and Leonardo Manco. Okay, if last issue didn’t get you anxious about Constantine’s latest foe, try this one. “The Laughing Magician” versus an African War Mage in the middle of London! NOT for kids.
HULK VISIONARIES: PETER DAVID VOL. 5 by PAD and Friends. Collecting INCREDIBLE #364-372 and ANNUAL #16 of a truly legendary run. Hopefully Marvel will end up collecting and publishing the whole magilla.
MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #4 of 5 by Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips. The Zombie Civil War continues with Colonel America back from the un-dead and a cover that could kill the Iron Man movie. Not for kids but great fun for the rest of us freaks.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN-AGE DARING MYSTERY, VOL.1 HC by Nobody Seems to Know. A collection of adventures from this forties anthology title featuring every Marvel/Timely character you’ve never heard of, at least until Straczynski revived them for THE TWELVE. This week’s “Gotta Have It” based on sheer weirdness alone.
PUNISHER #54 by Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov. Every issue of Punisher vs. Barracuda gets bloodier and more gut-wrenching than the last. Supposedly “This Is It!” but Ennis seems to really love The Cuda. Can he bring himself to finally pull the pin? Absolutely 100% not for kids under any circumstance, but highly recommended anyway.
SHE HULK #25 by Peter David and Shawn Moll. Double-sized anniversary ish in which we learn why Shulk left the lawyering biz, plus two back-up stories and an alien fight.
SHOWCASE PRESENTS AQUAMAN VOL. 2 SC by Jack Miller, Bob Haney, Ramona Fradon, Nick Cardy and Friends. Sixties Aqua-Fun, appropriate for all ages!
STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY GN by Harvey Pekar, Gary Dumm, and historian Paul Buhle. A non-fiction account of the rise and fall of one of the most ambitious and controversial activist groups of the 1960s. This week. Honest. Recommended.
ULTIMATE FF, IRON MAN II, VISION SC, and ULTIMATES 3 #2 by Lotsa People. It’s a big week for ULTIMATE titles, is all I’m saying. There’s fights. Big ones.
WONDER WOMAN #16 by Gail Simone and Terry & Rachel Dodson. This title is back to looking and reading great! Give it a whirl! Recommended.
X-MEN #207 by Mike Carey and Chris Bachalo. “Messiah Complex: the 13th and Final Chapter for the love of merciful, muppety Odin!” They promise! No mas! It’s done! At least until the phone-book sized Premiere hardcover with the lasers…
YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #1 of 6 by Ed Brubaker and Paco Medina. Okay, watch this title carefully because every issue is going to have a new “top” creative team. This issue is Brubaker/Medina doing a Patriot/Winter Bucky team-up so we kind of need to look. Next issue….?
www.johnjudy.net
Our man Thompson interviewed at Comics Reporter
This is going to be good. Tom Spurgeon's one of the best writers and interviewers about comics, talents honed as the editor of the Comics Journal.
Persepolis opens in DC
Apparently it opens on Friday, January 25th at the Landmark in Georgetown. Anyone want to go see it on Saturday or Sunday?
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Quick bits from weekend's Post UPDATED
In Saturday's paper, our man Thompson's got a Romney finger puppet (but not at this link!), this week's Style Invitational contest (note the Bob Staake Opus) is in response to Berkeley Breathed using old ones in Opus, and there's a letter complaining about inaccuracies in Flashbacks.
Sunday's paper recommends Trondheim's Little Nothings in the Source section which is not online. In the comics, Lio shows what really happened to Calvin and Hobbes, and there's a major Satrapi and Persepolis article in Style. Finally, there's a wire service obit for the founder of the East Village Other Newspaper which provided jobs for many early underground cartoonists which is not online, so here's a link to the LA Times article.
Sunday's paper recommends Trondheim's Little Nothings in the Source section which is not online. In the comics, Lio shows what really happened to Calvin and Hobbes, and there's a major Satrapi and Persepolis article in Style. Finally, there's a wire service obit for the founder of the East Village Other Newspaper which provided jobs for many early underground cartoonists which is not online, so here's a link to the LA Times article.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Jan 19: DC Conspiracy at Dr. Dremo's CORRECTED
DC Conspiracy members will be present at Dr. Dremo's tomorrow at the Counter Culture Festival with comics for sale beginning at 4 pm. I'm going to try to make this one.
Risko covers Post's Weekend
Noted caricaturist Robert Risko did the cover caricature of Woody Allen for Friday's Weekend section. Risko's usually seen more often in the New Yorker -- perhaps his illustrations is where the whole year's budge for Tom the Dancing Bug went. Apparently they didn't pay him for web rights though.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Bits from today's papers UPDATED
For a bit on the Danish Islam cartoons and fallout in Canada, see Meghan Cox Gurdon on "Chilling climate for journalists in our neighbor to the north," Washington Examiner (January 17, 2008): 15. Editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler's in their most days too and remains the chief reason to pick up the paper.
And then not online is a story about an upcoming event with the DC Anime Club at the Japanese Information and Culture Center - Dixon, Glenn. 2008. Playing and dress-up: Cosplayes act the parts from manga to anime to video games. [Washington Post] Express (January 17). Apparently there will be a cosplay get-together there tomorrow night.
The Express is still running 5 strips or panels, including Bizarro.
The Post has a big strip by Mark Zingarelli on the front of the Home section - my copy will go to Michigan State U's comic art collection.
The Onion has an article about Original Sin cider's ad campaign by cartoonist R. Black. Can't find it online yet, but it's page 32 of the DC edition.
And then not online is a story about an upcoming event with the DC Anime Club at the Japanese Information and Culture Center - Dixon, Glenn. 2008. Playing and dress-up: Cosplayes act the parts from manga to anime to video games. [Washington Post] Express (January 17). Apparently there will be a cosplay get-together there tomorrow night.
The Express is still running 5 strips or panels, including Bizarro.
The Post has a big strip by Mark Zingarelli on the front of the Home section - my copy will go to Michigan State U's comic art collection.
The Onion has an article about Original Sin cider's ad campaign by cartoonist R. Black. Can't find it online yet, but it's page 32 of the DC edition.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Telnaes animation continues on Post website
The Democratic Love-In starring the leading lights of the party.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Film & TV Adaptations book continues to be available
In spite of election mania driving paper prices sky high, Film & TV Adaptations of Comics - 2007 edition by Rhode and Vogel is available for order.149 pages long, it's a listing of the thousands of adaptations to film and television of hundreds of comic strips and books. Worldwide, it includes the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, Senegal, India, Turkey, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia among others. Cross-referenced by cartoonist and translated titles, it includes a bibliography and index.
You can buy it via Lulu.com for $12.99 (plus shipping) or $3.00 for a pdf download at http://www.lulu.com/content/1677433.
This is not a book that you can sit and read - it's a reference book, and one that might spark a bit of curiosity. Lulu will let you see a preview, and here's a sample section of late additions from the Errata page:
Titles of strips samples:
Suramu Danku [Slam Dunk] (Takehiko Inoue)
Suramu Danku (Japan: Toei Animation, 1993-1996; 101-episode anime tv series)
4 DTV anime movies (Japan: Toei Animation, 1994-1995)
Oldboy (Nobuaki Minegishi)
Oldboy (South Korea 2003)
Scary Godmother (Jill Thompson)
The Scary Godmother, Vol. 2: The Revenge of Jimmy (USA 2005; animated DTV movie)
Wulffmorgenthaler (Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler)
Wulffmorgenthaler? (Denmark 200?; tv series)
Cartoonists cross-reference sample:
Eliot, Jan (Stone Soup cartoonist)
Oregon Art Beat Episode# 915 - Illustrator Jan Eliot (Oregon Public Broadcasting, 2008; segment on January 10, 2008 tv show)
Bibliography samples:
• Ehrenreich, Ben. 2007. “Comic Genius? Before there was even a comic book to adapt, 'Cowboys and Aliens' had a movie deal [Platinum Comics],” New York Times Magazine (November 11).
• Kohanik, Eric / CanWest News Service. 2008. “Painkiller Jane comic-book heroine,” Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (January 5).
• Takahashi, Rumiko and Stephen Ayres (trans.). 2005. The Art of InuYasha (2nd Edition), San Francisco: Viz Media.
• Unknown. 2008. “New cartoon series in ‘Wiener Zeitung’: Danish duo ‘Wulffmorgenthaler’ to feature daily on the new English page,” Wiener Zeitung (January 4).
Feb 15: Swann Fellowship in Caricature and Cartoon
Applications for the Swann Fellowship in Caricature and Cartoon are due next month, Feb. 15, 2008. Guidelines and application for this annual award of $15,000 can be accessed at:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swann-fellow.html
Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited M.A. or Ph.D program in a university in the U.S., Canada or Mexico. Contact Martha Kennedy with questions at 202/707-9115 or email swann@loc.gov
Martha H. Kennedy
Assistant Curator, Popular and Applied Graphic Art
Prints and Photographs Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20540-4730
tel.: 202/707-9115; fax: 202/707-6647
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swann-fellow.html
Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited M.A. or Ph.D program in a university in the U.S., Canada or Mexico. Contact Martha Kennedy with questions at 202/707-9115 or email swann@loc.gov
Martha H. Kennedy
Assistant Curator, Popular and Applied Graphic Art
Prints and Photographs Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20540-4730
tel.: 202/707-9115; fax: 202/707-6647
Our man Thompson interviewed in four-way faceoff
Richard's got a short interview, including dissing a local diner, in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Cul de Sac is competing against 3 other strips for a permanent place in the paper.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 01-16-08
QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 01-16-08
By John Judy
(Support Striking WGA Writers! Buy their comic books!)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #547 by Dan Slott and Steve McNiven. Nevermind the plot, I just want to see if they can really get this thing out three weeks a month. Betting pool? BTW, Dan Slott rocks and it looks like Spidey’s fighting ninjas or Yakuza or possibly those poor, metal-faced Persians from “300.”
ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL #3 by Joss Whedon, Brian Lynch, and Franco Urru. Illyria’s back. Hijinks ensue. Recommended.
BONE COLOR EDITION VOL.7: GHOST CIRCLES HC & SC written and illustrated by Jeff Smith. The Bone Epic continues and (despite the name) is appropriate for all ages. Your bookshelf awaits.
BOOSTER GOLD #6 by Geoff Johns and Dan Jurgens. The one we’ve been waiting for. Can Booster save Blue Beetle? Fingers crossed.
DISNEY’S DUCKTAILS BY MARV WOLFMAN: SCROOGE’S QUEST SC by MW and Various Artists. Gemstone Publishing has brought this back into print for the first time since 1990. It’s Scrooge McDuck by the guy who re-invented the Teen Titans, among other things. Gotta look.
DMZ #27 by Brian Wood and Nathan Fox. So what do people do for night-time fun in post-apocalypse New York? Pretty much what they do now except with even more gunplay, if such a thing is possible. Not for kids, recommended.
DOOM PATROL VOL. 6: PLANET LOVE SC by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, and Friends. The final volume of Morrison’s legendary run on the junkyard dogs of DC’s super-teams. Collecting DP #58-63 and DOOM FORCE SPECIAL #1. Recommended.
EC ARCHIVES: CRIME SUSPENSTORIES, VOL. 1 HC by Feldstein, Wood, Craig, Ingels, Kurtzman, Kamen, David, and Roussos. The EC Gods of 1950-51 have willed us these 24 twisted masterpieces. The first six issues of this series are all here. You must have this book.
FELL #9 by Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith. “Detective Richard Fell: Hostage Negotiator.” Do you really need to know more? Highly recommended.
GRENDEL: BEHOLD THE DEVIL #3 of 8 written and illustrated by Matt Wagner. The story is good but the art is A Gift from On High. The world is better for the presence of Matt Wagner and his drafting table. Recommended.
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #12 by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and David Aja. Okay, it’s taken a year but now some of the intrigue is starting to clear up and it looks like a great fight is in the works. Putting the “Capital!” back in “Seven Capital Cities of Heaven!” Recommended.
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #113 by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, and Khoi Pham. While the Red Hulk is off doing his thing, Herc’s keeping this series going with a little help from the Smart Asian Kid who IS NOT a surrogate for any comic writer we know of so put that idea right out of your mind, Mister-Man! This issue touches upon some of Herc’s classical Greek back-story so that’s kind of cool. Also, a family reunion with Ares occurs.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #17 by Several People. Two stories, no waiting! Big fight up front, mystery in the back. Something for everyone!
THUNDERBOLTS VOL. 1: FAITH IN MONSTERS SC by Warren Ellis, Mike Deodato, and Others. Collecting T-Bolts #110-115 and a couple of miscellaneous
Stories showing how Ellis transformed this team into The Dirty Dozen on crack. Recommended, but too violent for younger kids.
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #21 by Daniel Way and Steve Dillon. Deadpool guest-stars as this title explores what may be its proper place in the universe: As an “Itchy and Scratchy” cartoon.
ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS VS AMAZONS #2 of 3 by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood. Exactly what it says, kids. Not for kids.
www.johnjudy.net
By John Judy
(Support Striking WGA Writers! Buy their comic books!)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #547 by Dan Slott and Steve McNiven. Nevermind the plot, I just want to see if they can really get this thing out three weeks a month. Betting pool? BTW, Dan Slott rocks and it looks like Spidey’s fighting ninjas or Yakuza or possibly those poor, metal-faced Persians from “300.”
ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL #3 by Joss Whedon, Brian Lynch, and Franco Urru. Illyria’s back. Hijinks ensue. Recommended.
BONE COLOR EDITION VOL.7: GHOST CIRCLES HC & SC written and illustrated by Jeff Smith. The Bone Epic continues and (despite the name) is appropriate for all ages. Your bookshelf awaits.
BOOSTER GOLD #6 by Geoff Johns and Dan Jurgens. The one we’ve been waiting for. Can Booster save Blue Beetle? Fingers crossed.
DISNEY’S DUCKTAILS BY MARV WOLFMAN: SCROOGE’S QUEST SC by MW and Various Artists. Gemstone Publishing has brought this back into print for the first time since 1990. It’s Scrooge McDuck by the guy who re-invented the Teen Titans, among other things. Gotta look.
DMZ #27 by Brian Wood and Nathan Fox. So what do people do for night-time fun in post-apocalypse New York? Pretty much what they do now except with even more gunplay, if such a thing is possible. Not for kids, recommended.
DOOM PATROL VOL. 6: PLANET LOVE SC by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, and Friends. The final volume of Morrison’s legendary run on the junkyard dogs of DC’s super-teams. Collecting DP #58-63 and DOOM FORCE SPECIAL #1. Recommended.
EC ARCHIVES: CRIME SUSPENSTORIES, VOL. 1 HC by Feldstein, Wood, Craig, Ingels, Kurtzman, Kamen, David, and Roussos. The EC Gods of 1950-51 have willed us these 24 twisted masterpieces. The first six issues of this series are all here. You must have this book.
FELL #9 by Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith. “Detective Richard Fell: Hostage Negotiator.” Do you really need to know more? Highly recommended.
GRENDEL: BEHOLD THE DEVIL #3 of 8 written and illustrated by Matt Wagner. The story is good but the art is A Gift from On High. The world is better for the presence of Matt Wagner and his drafting table. Recommended.
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #12 by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and David Aja. Okay, it’s taken a year but now some of the intrigue is starting to clear up and it looks like a great fight is in the works. Putting the “Capital!” back in “Seven Capital Cities of Heaven!” Recommended.
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #113 by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, and Khoi Pham. While the Red Hulk is off doing his thing, Herc’s keeping this series going with a little help from the Smart Asian Kid who IS NOT a surrogate for any comic writer we know of so put that idea right out of your mind, Mister-Man! This issue touches upon some of Herc’s classical Greek back-story so that’s kind of cool. Also, a family reunion with Ares occurs.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #17 by Several People. Two stories, no waiting! Big fight up front, mystery in the back. Something for everyone!
THUNDERBOLTS VOL. 1: FAITH IN MONSTERS SC by Warren Ellis, Mike Deodato, and Others. Collecting T-Bolts #110-115 and a couple of miscellaneous
Stories showing how Ellis transformed this team into The Dirty Dozen on crack. Recommended, but too violent for younger kids.
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #21 by Daniel Way and Steve Dillon. Deadpool guest-stars as this title explores what may be its proper place in the universe: As an “Itchy and Scratchy” cartoon.
ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS VS AMAZONS #2 of 3 by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood. Exactly what it says, kids. Not for kids.
www.johnjudy.net
Dirda schooled on Mad love
See "SINS OF OMISSION," Washington Post Book World Sunday, January 13, 2008; Page BW14 to read a letter from a girl (!) who liked (!) Mad!
Zadzooks on George Perez and Swamp Thing dvds
Joseph Szadkowski reviews both a Perez documentary and the tv version of the Swamp Thing in in "'Creator' disc disappoints; Swamp Thing's star turn," Washington Times January 12, 2008.
Feb 7-17: Anime and manga at Kennedy Center
From their website:
Manga & Anime
Manga is a sequential narrative Japanese comic. Anime is a unique animation style developed in Japan. Both are now internationally recognized forms of literary and visual art. Manga is one of the fastest growing segments of U.S. books—and anime films have gained a rapidly expanding fan base across the nation.
Manga Café and Reading Lounge
Enjoy a bite to eat while reading VIZ Media mangas, watching anime trailers, and viewing vintage robot toys. Manga author Robin Nishi will capture festival happenings in a daily drawing and conduct a free workshop.
* Feb 7 - 17, 2008
* South Gallery
Genius Party Premieres
Don't miss this unprecedented series of original films by Japan's top anime talents, who were each selected by Director and Genius Party Executive Producer Eiko Tanaka to create their dream projects.
* Feb 15 - 16, 2008
* Family Theater
* $25.00
Marathon of Anime Premieres
Don't miss this screening marathon featuring three new anime features: 5 Centimeters Per Second, The Piano Forest, and Appleseed: Ex Machina.
* Feb 17, 2008
* Family Theater
* $15.00
Manga & Anime
Manga is a sequential narrative Japanese comic. Anime is a unique animation style developed in Japan. Both are now internationally recognized forms of literary and visual art. Manga is one of the fastest growing segments of U.S. books—and anime films have gained a rapidly expanding fan base across the nation.
Manga Café and Reading Lounge
Enjoy a bite to eat while reading VIZ Media mangas, watching anime trailers, and viewing vintage robot toys. Manga author Robin Nishi will capture festival happenings in a daily drawing and conduct a free workshop.
* Feb 7 - 17, 2008
* South Gallery
Genius Party Premieres
Don't miss this unprecedented series of original films by Japan's top anime talents, who were each selected by Director and Genius Party Executive Producer Eiko Tanaka to create their dream projects.
* Feb 15 - 16, 2008
* Family Theater
* $25.00
Marathon of Anime Premieres
Don't miss this screening marathon featuring three new anime features: 5 Centimeters Per Second, The Piano Forest, and Appleseed: Ex Machina.
* Feb 17, 2008
* Family Theater
* $15.00
OT: new poetry book by Terri Witek
My friend Terri Witek has a new poetry book out, The Shipwreck Dress, from her publisher in Alexandria. Her previous book Fools and Crows is still available too. Here's the blurbs from the publisher's website (you can order from there, via mail):
FOOLS AND CROWS
TERRI WITEK
$14.95, 79 pages
ISBN 0-914061-94-1
Terri Witek's Fools and Crows takes the ancient discipline of ekphrasis—a poet's description of a work of art-to a new level of intensity. In her explorations of Renaissance paintings, of Roman Catholic holy cards, of the Vision of Our Lady of Fatima, the poet locates the matter and spirit of the human condition, our desires to connect, to worship, to elude death. These lyric unveilings and expositions recall the beautiful exactitudes of Marianne Moore's poetry. They are the elucidations of a luminous intelligence, shadowed by grief and joy. —Mark Jarman
THE SHIPWRECK DRESS
TERRI WITEK
paperback, $14.95, 96 pages
ISBN 1-932535-17-4
About Terri Witek’s third volume of poetry Molly Peacock said, “With the brilliant certainty of her intuition, Terri Witek spins the silken sculptures of her new collection, The Shipwreck Dress. I never thought of the soul as needing something to wear, but Witek has created a kind of soul-clothing in these miraculous poems. Internal, instinctive, and yet knowingly crafted, every poem renews another aspect of her idea that the outer wrappings we know as clothing are really inner structures. As Witek sensuously explores the most ancient connections between text and textile, she turns her poems into stunning, subtle word-kimonos. Vivid with color, deeply sensuous, and sharply intelligent, The Shipwreck Dress shows Terri Witek at the height of her powers.” The cover features art by Cyriaco Lopes.
The book's also available from Amazon.
FOOLS AND CROWS
TERRI WITEK
$14.95, 79 pages
ISBN 0-914061-94-1
Terri Witek's Fools and Crows takes the ancient discipline of ekphrasis—a poet's description of a work of art-to a new level of intensity. In her explorations of Renaissance paintings, of Roman Catholic holy cards, of the Vision of Our Lady of Fatima, the poet locates the matter and spirit of the human condition, our desires to connect, to worship, to elude death. These lyric unveilings and expositions recall the beautiful exactitudes of Marianne Moore's poetry. They are the elucidations of a luminous intelligence, shadowed by grief and joy. —Mark Jarman
THE SHIPWRECK DRESS
TERRI WITEK
paperback, $14.95, 96 pages
ISBN 1-932535-17-4
About Terri Witek’s third volume of poetry Molly Peacock said, “With the brilliant certainty of her intuition, Terri Witek spins the silken sculptures of her new collection, The Shipwreck Dress. I never thought of the soul as needing something to wear, but Witek has created a kind of soul-clothing in these miraculous poems. Internal, instinctive, and yet knowingly crafted, every poem renews another aspect of her idea that the outer wrappings we know as clothing are really inner structures. As Witek sensuously explores the most ancient connections between text and textile, she turns her poems into stunning, subtle word-kimonos. Vivid with color, deeply sensuous, and sharply intelligent, The Shipwreck Dress shows Terri Witek at the height of her powers.” The cover features art by Cyriaco Lopes.
The book's also available from Amazon.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Comic strip collections reviewed in Sunday's Post
See "Extra, Extra: Vintage Strips Rise Again," Reviewed by Dougas Wolk, Washington Post Book World Sunday, January 13, 2008; BW08.
Unfortunately, no Faustian bargain at City Paper
From the paper's letters page:
Washington City Paper (January 11, 2008): 9
Missing in Action
Where is “Lulu Eightball”? I LOVE “Lulu Eightball”!! Where’s “The City” by Derf? Where the hell is the LETTERS SECTION?!?!?! You guys have removed every reason I read the City Paper. What the f-ck are you DOING?!?!?
Jim Collins
Bethesda, Md.
Editor’s Note: Due to budget cuts, Washington City Paper has dropped most of its comics, and a new accelerated deadline schedule makes it difficult for some theaters to report in time for the print edition. Up-to-the-minute showtimes are always available on our Web site at washingtoncitypaper.com/showtimes.
So to recap - the paper is bought by new owners. The immediately trim the physical size of the paper. Then they cut out so much money that long-standing illustrators are laid off. Then they cut out the comics and the movie listings. Why exactly did they buy the paper? To make it fail?
Washington City Paper (January 11, 2008): 9
Missing in Action
Where is “Lulu Eightball”? I LOVE “Lulu Eightball”!! Where’s “The City” by Derf? Where the hell is the LETTERS SECTION?!?!?! You guys have removed every reason I read the City Paper. What the f-ck are you DOING?!?!?
Jim Collins
Bethesda, Md.
Editor’s Note: Due to budget cuts, Washington City Paper has dropped most of its comics, and a new accelerated deadline schedule makes it difficult for some theaters to report in time for the print edition. Up-to-the-minute showtimes are always available on our Web site at washingtoncitypaper.com/showtimes.
So to recap - the paper is bought by new owners. The immediately trim the physical size of the paper. Then they cut out so much money that long-standing illustrators are laid off. Then they cut out the comics and the movie listings. Why exactly did they buy the paper? To make it fail?
Friday, January 11, 2008
Still pointing out things in the Post
Richard "Cul de Sac Cartoonist" Thompson points out that Tom the Dancing Bug is missing from the Weekend section. Bah.
But Ann Telnaes has another animated editorial cartoon, The Legacy Tour, on the website.
But Ann Telnaes has another animated editorial cartoon, The Legacy Tour, on the website.
2007 COMICS IN THE REAR-VIEW by John Judy
2007 COMICS IN THE REAR-VIEW
or “What Stood Out to One Guy in Santa Monica”
by John Judy, a.k.a. One Guy
For all the X-overs, weekly let-downs, and assorted temptations to kick this three-dollar a hit habit there was some amazingly good stuff out last year. I’m sure I’ll miss a few but here’s what I remember with gratitude and awe:
1. SCALPED by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera. This was the Discovery of 2007 for me. A hard-boiled, crime-noir graphic novel set in the squalor of a fictional Indian reservation, SCALPED follows the story of Special Agent Dash Bad Horse as he returns to the home he’s spent his life trying to escape. Uncomfortable reunions ensue. The first trade collection, INDIAN COUNTRY, came out in August and the next one, CASINO BOOGIE, is in the pipe for February. Absolutely not for kids, but recommended reading for everyone else.
2. ALL-STAR SUPERMAN by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. A shamelessly out-of-continuity title that got the magic of Krypton’s last son and rendered it in style. The ALL-STAR titles both take forever to come out but this one was always worth the wait.
3. WARREN ELLIS, the guy whose words makes Comet Cleanser feel like aloe lotion. He was all over the map but managed to land spot-on with titles as diverse as NEWUNIVERSAL, BLACK GAS, WOLFSKIN, BLACK SUMMER, DOKTOR SLEEPLESS, THUNDERBOLTS, FELL, CRECY, and the much lamented NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E. Oh, and he wrote a little novel, too: “Crooked Little Vein.” He’s mentioned it once or twice on that internet thingy the kids keep talking about.
4. JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA by Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham. Ever since James Robinson revived Starman a few years back, DC Comics has done pretty well by their golden-age characters. Not as well as they could, but certainly a lot better than they’ve done for the guys who created these characters. But that’s another article.
5. GARTH ENNIS, who can still chill your blood and make you laugh in the same panel. Ennis turned out CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD, 303, PUNISHER, BARRACUDA MAX, DAN DARE, and, after some trouble with original publisher DC, the darker than dark BOYS series for Dynamite Entertainment.
6. WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY by Gail Simone and Neil Googe. Imagine a Mayberry or Bedford Falls full of super-heroes. Or maybe even Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” with capes. Clever, well-drawn stuff.
7. DARWYN COOKE, the brilliant writer-artist who gave us DC NEW FRONTIER also took up the reins of DC’s re-launch of THE SPIRIT. Sadly, he’s moving on from that title. Happily, it’s being taken over by Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier.
8. CRIMINAL by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Lovers of noir haven’t had it this good at the candy store since the Fat Man was thin. With two story-arcs under their belts and the promise of more to come this one is appointment reading every issue.
9. JOSS WHEDON, who brought back BUFFY and ANGEL for extra seasons in comic book form. This on top of scripting ASTONISHING X-MEN and RUNAWAYS. He also does some kind of work involving pictures that move, but who cares about such lesser mediums?
10. REGINALD HUDLIN, who takes time from being President of Entertainment for BET to write some of the best Black Panther stories ever. He even got T’Challa married to the X-Men’s Storm. This is the Panther who belongs on the big screen.
11. IMMORTAL IRON FIST by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and David Aja. A martial arts comic that doesn’t suck and looks great! Truly we owe them our gratitude!
12. ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson. Another one worth the long waits between issues, ASTRO CITY is a universe all its own, pretending to be a superhero comic while leaving us pondering its meaning long after we’ve turned the last colorful page. It’s not surprising that “Dark Age” is the arc coming out during the last years of the Bush regime.
13. DARK TOWER THE GUNSLINGER BORN by Peter David and Jae Lee. If you’d told me in 2006 that one of next year’s biggest sellers would be an adaptation of one Stephen King’s most intricate, long-running serial epics… Goes to show you how much I know. Sequel due in 08!
14. SHAZAM: MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL written and drawn by Jeff Smith. The creator of “Bone” knocked one out of the park in another out-of-continuity delight. My three-year old made me read at least one issue per night to him for most of 2007. I didn’t mind a bit.
15. THE EC ARCHIVES hardcover series including TALES FROM THE CRYPT, TWO-FISTED TALES, WEIRD SCIENCE, SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES, and VAULT OF HORROR. They’re up to two volumes on some of these and I search the sofa cushions with a renewed sense of Mission every time. Not cheap. Worth every penny.
16. Y THE LAST MAN by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. Coming to an end too soon! This must be a movie. Better yet, an HBO series. One more reason for the producers to settle the strike and pay up already!
17. THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD by Mark Waid and George Perez. Two great creators who love the Silver-Age heroes and know how to do them right.
18. DAN SLOTT the writer behind some of the smartest, funniest super-hero comics in a long time. Following Peter David’s lead of taking heroes who have fallen into Second-String Country, Slott took SHE-HULK to a creative pinnacle while simultaneously giving us new takes on the GREAT LAKES AVENGERS and the various members of the AVENGERS INITIATIVE. Slott is a writer whose name always warrants a look.
19. ACTION PHILOSOPHERS by Ryan Dunlavey and Fred Van Lente. A great series of strips that should have the makers of college Cliffs Notes looking over their shoulders. Sadly AP is no longer an on-going title, but it’s being replaced in 08 by ACTION PRESIDENTS! If you liked the Philosophy you’ll love the History!
20. Did I mention BRIAN K. VAUGHAN already? The creator of RUNAWAYS, EX MACHINA, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, and Y THE LAST MAN continued out-doing himself with each of his titles being distinct from each other in focus and tone. Their unifying quality was excellence.
21. Writer/Artist KYLE BAKER for the historical drama NAT TURNER and the current dark satire SPECIAL FORCES.
22. FRANK MILLER for reminding us that nobody’s perfect.
23. BOOKS WITH PICTURES by a spunky young talent named Sina Grace. Okay, seriously, I know Sina and he’s written and drawn an admirable first effort set in an environment most of us know well: a comic book store full of quirky employees. It’s about more than that and if “BwP” is an indicator young Mr. Grace will have much more to say in his career to come.
24. ROBERT KIRKMAN, who writes the best zombie comics around. From the morbidly hilarious MARVEL ZOMBIES 1&2 to his own WALKING DEAD series, Kirkman takes characterization seriously and keeps the surprises coming. He’s also doing some fine non-zombie work on his latest creation THE ASTONISHING WOLF-MAN over at Image.
25. MATT WAGNER and his return to his signature character, the amoral crime-boss/novelist GRENDEL in the new mini BEHOLD THE DEVIL.
26. GEOFF JOHNS, who in addition to the latest JSA book is also turning in amazing work on a re-vitalized BOOSTER GOLD and GREEN LANTERN. GL is turning into a great space opera/police procedural mix and BOOSTER has redeemed the time-travel motif in comics. Who’d have thunk it?
27. Believe it or not, a couple of WOLVERINE stories proved it was still possible to write the character well. WOLVERINE #56 was a fill-in by Jason “Scalped” Aaron and Howard Chaykin and ANNUAL #1 was an ambitious setting of a Logan story to the tune of T.S. Eliot’s “Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” written by Greg Hurwitz and illustrated by Marcelo Frusin. Just goes to show you that occasionally there are diamonds hidden in the coal.
28. HARVEY CLASSICS, a couple of trade collections of the iconic Harvey characters CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST and RICHIE RICH. Great for all ages and very fun.
29. THE QUESTION by Dennis O’Neil and Denys Cowan being collected in trade. This thoughtful, noir, martial arts adventure series had almost nothing in common with Steve Ditko’s original concept but some names and the “power” of having a faceless mask, but it was great reading back in the eighties and still holds up today.
30. GREG RUCKA for writing, among other things, THE CRIME BIBLE: THE FIVE LESSONS OF BLOOD, certainly one of the best names ever for a comic book. The fact that the book lives up to the title is just that much more pleasing on every level. It wouldn’t surprise me if a few crazies out there have already started worshiping Rucka as a Prophet of a Criminal God. You heard it here first.
31. ALAN MOORE for not compromising his madness in the latest “LEAGUE OF EXTRODINARY GENTLEMEN: THE BLACK DOSSIER.” Moore falls into the same category as his fellow eighties icon Frank Miller in that his genius requires you to examine even the work that you find lacking the power of his earlier milestones. (I still wish he’d get his dosages right, though.)
32. NORTHLANDERS by Brian Wood and Davis Gianfelice. The epic of Prince Sven, the prodigal Viking returned to claim his inheritance in the 10th century. This is shaping up to be the next great Vertigo series from the creator of DMZ.
33. FANTAGRAPHICS for their high-quality hardcover reprints of classic strips like PEANUTS and POPEYE as well as their collections of IVAN BRUNETTI, JACK COLE, ROBERT CRUMB, and many others.
34. JAMES STURM for his spare but moving stories set in America’s ever-present past. 2007 saw the publication of JAMES STURM’S AMERICA: GOD, GOLD, AND GOLEMS and SATCHEL PAIGE: STRIKING OUT JIM CROW.
2008 has a tough act to follow.
www.johnjudy.net
or “What Stood Out to One Guy in Santa Monica”
by John Judy, a.k.a. One Guy
For all the X-overs, weekly let-downs, and assorted temptations to kick this three-dollar a hit habit there was some amazingly good stuff out last year. I’m sure I’ll miss a few but here’s what I remember with gratitude and awe:
1. SCALPED by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera. This was the Discovery of 2007 for me. A hard-boiled, crime-noir graphic novel set in the squalor of a fictional Indian reservation, SCALPED follows the story of Special Agent Dash Bad Horse as he returns to the home he’s spent his life trying to escape. Uncomfortable reunions ensue. The first trade collection, INDIAN COUNTRY, came out in August and the next one, CASINO BOOGIE, is in the pipe for February. Absolutely not for kids, but recommended reading for everyone else.
2. ALL-STAR SUPERMAN by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. A shamelessly out-of-continuity title that got the magic of Krypton’s last son and rendered it in style. The ALL-STAR titles both take forever to come out but this one was always worth the wait.
3. WARREN ELLIS, the guy whose words makes Comet Cleanser feel like aloe lotion. He was all over the map but managed to land spot-on with titles as diverse as NEWUNIVERSAL, BLACK GAS, WOLFSKIN, BLACK SUMMER, DOKTOR SLEEPLESS, THUNDERBOLTS, FELL, CRECY, and the much lamented NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E. Oh, and he wrote a little novel, too: “Crooked Little Vein.” He’s mentioned it once or twice on that internet thingy the kids keep talking about.
4. JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA by Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham. Ever since James Robinson revived Starman a few years back, DC Comics has done pretty well by their golden-age characters. Not as well as they could, but certainly a lot better than they’ve done for the guys who created these characters. But that’s another article.
5. GARTH ENNIS, who can still chill your blood and make you laugh in the same panel. Ennis turned out CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD, 303, PUNISHER, BARRACUDA MAX, DAN DARE, and, after some trouble with original publisher DC, the darker than dark BOYS series for Dynamite Entertainment.
6. WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY by Gail Simone and Neil Googe. Imagine a Mayberry or Bedford Falls full of super-heroes. Or maybe even Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” with capes. Clever, well-drawn stuff.
7. DARWYN COOKE, the brilliant writer-artist who gave us DC NEW FRONTIER also took up the reins of DC’s re-launch of THE SPIRIT. Sadly, he’s moving on from that title. Happily, it’s being taken over by Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier.
8. CRIMINAL by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Lovers of noir haven’t had it this good at the candy store since the Fat Man was thin. With two story-arcs under their belts and the promise of more to come this one is appointment reading every issue.
9. JOSS WHEDON, who brought back BUFFY and ANGEL for extra seasons in comic book form. This on top of scripting ASTONISHING X-MEN and RUNAWAYS. He also does some kind of work involving pictures that move, but who cares about such lesser mediums?
10. REGINALD HUDLIN, who takes time from being President of Entertainment for BET to write some of the best Black Panther stories ever. He even got T’Challa married to the X-Men’s Storm. This is the Panther who belongs on the big screen.
11. IMMORTAL IRON FIST by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and David Aja. A martial arts comic that doesn’t suck and looks great! Truly we owe them our gratitude!
12. ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson. Another one worth the long waits between issues, ASTRO CITY is a universe all its own, pretending to be a superhero comic while leaving us pondering its meaning long after we’ve turned the last colorful page. It’s not surprising that “Dark Age” is the arc coming out during the last years of the Bush regime.
13. DARK TOWER THE GUNSLINGER BORN by Peter David and Jae Lee. If you’d told me in 2006 that one of next year’s biggest sellers would be an adaptation of one Stephen King’s most intricate, long-running serial epics… Goes to show you how much I know. Sequel due in 08!
14. SHAZAM: MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL written and drawn by Jeff Smith. The creator of “Bone” knocked one out of the park in another out-of-continuity delight. My three-year old made me read at least one issue per night to him for most of 2007. I didn’t mind a bit.
15. THE EC ARCHIVES hardcover series including TALES FROM THE CRYPT, TWO-FISTED TALES, WEIRD SCIENCE, SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES, and VAULT OF HORROR. They’re up to two volumes on some of these and I search the sofa cushions with a renewed sense of Mission every time. Not cheap. Worth every penny.
16. Y THE LAST MAN by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. Coming to an end too soon! This must be a movie. Better yet, an HBO series. One more reason for the producers to settle the strike and pay up already!
17. THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD by Mark Waid and George Perez. Two great creators who love the Silver-Age heroes and know how to do them right.
18. DAN SLOTT the writer behind some of the smartest, funniest super-hero comics in a long time. Following Peter David’s lead of taking heroes who have fallen into Second-String Country, Slott took SHE-HULK to a creative pinnacle while simultaneously giving us new takes on the GREAT LAKES AVENGERS and the various members of the AVENGERS INITIATIVE. Slott is a writer whose name always warrants a look.
19. ACTION PHILOSOPHERS by Ryan Dunlavey and Fred Van Lente. A great series of strips that should have the makers of college Cliffs Notes looking over their shoulders. Sadly AP is no longer an on-going title, but it’s being replaced in 08 by ACTION PRESIDENTS! If you liked the Philosophy you’ll love the History!
20. Did I mention BRIAN K. VAUGHAN already? The creator of RUNAWAYS, EX MACHINA, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, and Y THE LAST MAN continued out-doing himself with each of his titles being distinct from each other in focus and tone. Their unifying quality was excellence.
21. Writer/Artist KYLE BAKER for the historical drama NAT TURNER and the current dark satire SPECIAL FORCES.
22. FRANK MILLER for reminding us that nobody’s perfect.
23. BOOKS WITH PICTURES by a spunky young talent named Sina Grace. Okay, seriously, I know Sina and he’s written and drawn an admirable first effort set in an environment most of us know well: a comic book store full of quirky employees. It’s about more than that and if “BwP” is an indicator young Mr. Grace will have much more to say in his career to come.
24. ROBERT KIRKMAN, who writes the best zombie comics around. From the morbidly hilarious MARVEL ZOMBIES 1&2 to his own WALKING DEAD series, Kirkman takes characterization seriously and keeps the surprises coming. He’s also doing some fine non-zombie work on his latest creation THE ASTONISHING WOLF-MAN over at Image.
25. MATT WAGNER and his return to his signature character, the amoral crime-boss/novelist GRENDEL in the new mini BEHOLD THE DEVIL.
26. GEOFF JOHNS, who in addition to the latest JSA book is also turning in amazing work on a re-vitalized BOOSTER GOLD and GREEN LANTERN. GL is turning into a great space opera/police procedural mix and BOOSTER has redeemed the time-travel motif in comics. Who’d have thunk it?
27. Believe it or not, a couple of WOLVERINE stories proved it was still possible to write the character well. WOLVERINE #56 was a fill-in by Jason “Scalped” Aaron and Howard Chaykin and ANNUAL #1 was an ambitious setting of a Logan story to the tune of T.S. Eliot’s “Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” written by Greg Hurwitz and illustrated by Marcelo Frusin. Just goes to show you that occasionally there are diamonds hidden in the coal.
28. HARVEY CLASSICS, a couple of trade collections of the iconic Harvey characters CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST and RICHIE RICH. Great for all ages and very fun.
29. THE QUESTION by Dennis O’Neil and Denys Cowan being collected in trade. This thoughtful, noir, martial arts adventure series had almost nothing in common with Steve Ditko’s original concept but some names and the “power” of having a faceless mask, but it was great reading back in the eighties and still holds up today.
30. GREG RUCKA for writing, among other things, THE CRIME BIBLE: THE FIVE LESSONS OF BLOOD, certainly one of the best names ever for a comic book. The fact that the book lives up to the title is just that much more pleasing on every level. It wouldn’t surprise me if a few crazies out there have already started worshiping Rucka as a Prophet of a Criminal God. You heard it here first.
31. ALAN MOORE for not compromising his madness in the latest “LEAGUE OF EXTRODINARY GENTLEMEN: THE BLACK DOSSIER.” Moore falls into the same category as his fellow eighties icon Frank Miller in that his genius requires you to examine even the work that you find lacking the power of his earlier milestones. (I still wish he’d get his dosages right, though.)
32. NORTHLANDERS by Brian Wood and Davis Gianfelice. The epic of Prince Sven, the prodigal Viking returned to claim his inheritance in the 10th century. This is shaping up to be the next great Vertigo series from the creator of DMZ.
33. FANTAGRAPHICS for their high-quality hardcover reprints of classic strips like PEANUTS and POPEYE as well as their collections of IVAN BRUNETTI, JACK COLE, ROBERT CRUMB, and many others.
34. JAMES STURM for his spare but moving stories set in America’s ever-present past. 2007 saw the publication of JAMES STURM’S AMERICA: GOD, GOLD, AND GOLEMS and SATCHEL PAIGE: STRIKING OUT JIM CROW.
2008 has a tough act to follow.
www.johnjudy.net
I read the Post and point things out to you
While not up to the NY Times Arts section today (5 comic art bits), the Post had reviews of an animated movie, a theatrical play based on animation, and an animated tv show's DVD.
See "VeggieTales Crew Sails In Tasteful Pirate Story," by John Anderson, Washington Post, Friday, January 11, 2008; C06. To be honest, I'm partial to Veggie Tales although you'd be hard pressed to find someone less receptive to the 'faith' message of the earlier cartoons. They have a redeeming feature though. They're funny.
Then, along with everyone else, Disney's latest attempt to keep Times Square cleaned up is slapped around in "'Little Mermaid': On Broadway, Just A Fish Out of Water," by Peter Marks, Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 11, 2008; C01.
Finally Curt Fields has a review of a cartoon that I don't care for,
"Family Guy: A Big Tremor in the Force," Washington Post Friday, January 11, 2008; Page WE32.
See "VeggieTales Crew Sails In Tasteful Pirate Story," by John Anderson, Washington Post, Friday, January 11, 2008; C06. To be honest, I'm partial to Veggie Tales although you'd be hard pressed to find someone less receptive to the 'faith' message of the earlier cartoons. They have a redeeming feature though. They're funny.
Then, along with everyone else, Disney's latest attempt to keep Times Square cleaned up is slapped around in "'Little Mermaid': On Broadway, Just A Fish Out of Water," by Peter Marks, Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 11, 2008; C01.
Finally Curt Fields has a review of a cartoon that I don't care for,
"Family Guy: A Big Tremor in the Force," Washington Post Friday, January 11, 2008; Page WE32.
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