Monday, August 08, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/6-722

 

'The Sandman' suggests some comics are better left off-screen [in print as 'The Sandman' misses the mark]

The influential series gets a Netflix adaptation that illustrates the challenges of translating its complexities to television

Review by Inkoo Kang

Washington Post August 6, 2022 : C1-2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/tv/2022/08/05/sandman-netflix-neil-gaiman-review/

 

'Thor: Love and Thunder' Co-Writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Talks Cracking the Ending and the Key Scene Found in Additional Photography

The screenwriter also talks the "summer camp" vibe of working with the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' cast.

Aaron Couch

August 6, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/thor-love-and-thunder-ending-scene-gorr-1235193982/ 

 

David Collier's comic book chronicles our pandemic

Hamilton artist David Collier's new book 'Winter of Our Pandemic' is an endearing look at how COVID affected our day-to-day lives

By Graham Rockingham

Hamilton Spectator July 28, 2022

https://www.thespec.com/entertainment/books/opinion/2022/07/28/david-colliers-comic-book-chronicles-our-pandemic.html

 

Mike Judge's Secret Art of Satire

Judge has created some of the sharpest, most prophetic comedies of the past few decades. Now his first hit, "Beavis and Butt-Head," is back on the air.

By Mike Sacks

August 7, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/mike-judges-secret-art-of-satire

 

Kostja Gatnik Death: What Happened To Kostja Gatnik? [Slovenia]

Maxwell Oware Asante

Vimbuzz August 5 2022

https://vimbuzz.com/kostja-gatnik-death-what-happened-to-kostja-gatnik/

 

Kostja Gatnik Illness: What Helath (sic) Condition Did Kostja Gatnik Have?

Ama Sena

Vimbuzz August 7 2022

https://vimbuzz.com/kostja-gatnik-illness-what-helath-condition-did-kostja-gatnik-have/

 

Gretchen Grauer Vanderhoof – RIP [NEA comic strip colorist]

 D. D. Degg

August 5, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/08/05/gretchen-grauer-vanderhoof-rip/

 

Pete Kesling – RIP [student cartoonist]

  Posted by D. D. Degg

August 6, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/08/06/pete-kesling-rip/

 

Sparky Talks Shop: Charles M. Schulz

July – August 1994 issue of NCS's The Cartoonist.

online at https://i0.wp.com/www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sparky-talks-shop-pg-1-the-cartoonist.jpg and https://i0.wp.com/www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sparky-talks-shop-pg-2-james-gauthier.jpg

 

Literary pick of the week: Comic and independent print festival returns to Minneapolis [Autoptic Festival]

Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities Pioneer Press

MSN August 7 2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/literary-pick-of-the-week-comic-and-independent-print-festival-returns-to-minneapolis/ar-AA10oIlP

 

Home Free with cartoonist Tom Toro

Tom Falco

10 with Tom blog August 3, 2022

https://10withtom.com/2022/08/03/home-free-with-cartoonist-tom-toro/

 

Best cartoonist : Alison Bechdel

Seven Days (August 2022): https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/best-cartoonist/BestOf?oid=36080026

 

Webtoon's vice president of content David Lee shares how creators can monetize their comics

'This industry would not exist without creators.'

Grace Stanley

Posted on Jul 28, 2022   Updated on Jul 29, 2022,

https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/webtoon-david-lee-interview/

 

Joel Pett: Lament, not disrespect, was subject of flooding cartoon.

BY JOEL PETT

AUGUST 02, 2022 https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article264081636.html

 

Letters to the Editor: Eastern Kentuckians react to Joel Pett's cartoon on flooding

Lexington Herald-Leader Readers

August 5, 2022,  https://www.aol.com/news/letters-editor-eastern-kentuckians-react-152329405.html

 

It's unfunny because it's true [Doonesbury letter]

Dave Bort,

Washington Post August 6 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/05/readers-critique-the-post-dont-erase-women/

 

 

Sunday, August 07, 2022

That darn Doonesbury

It's unfunny because it's true [Doonesbury letter]

Dave Bort, Keedysville, Md.

Washington Post August 6 2022

Post critic doesn't like Sandman tv

'The Sandman' suggests some comics are better left off-screen [in print as 'The Sandman' misses the mark]

The influential series gets a Netflix adaptation that illustrates the challenges of translating its complexities to television

Saturday, August 06, 2022

Fluggenock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Fortune Cookie"


"Fortune Cookie"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3499

Y'ever get Chinese carry-out and play that stupid game with the 
fortune cookies where you scribble the phrase "in bed" at the end of 
the banal faux-Confucian "fortune" in a childish effort to make it 
sound "dirty" somehow?

Oh, c'mon; I know y'all have done it. I've done it a bunch — and that 
kind of puerile, low-brow joke seems a fitting analogy to portray the 
arrogance, hubris, hypocrisy, belligerence, recklessness and 
straight-up stupidity of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Provoke 
World War III If It's The Last Goddamn Thing I Ever Do Tour this week. 
It's as if her staff went out of their way to script the most irksome, 
provocative, sabre-rattling batshit takes they could possibly come up 
with for her, as if they just followed her around with an mp3 recorder 
and transcribed everything the old bat queefed out.

The really sad thing about Pelosi, Blinken, Biden and their ilk, 
though, is that they really, honestly think they're the greatest 
goddamn thing on two legs. They really do think people are impressed 
with this horseshit.

Still, as an American, I have to appreciate the Speaker keeping me 
briefed in on who "America" is standing with right now. Between 
standing with Israel, the Uyghurs, the Ukraine, and now Taiwan, it's 
looking like this "American" is booked pretty solid these days.

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"In call with Biden Xi warns against 'playing with fire' over Taiwan", 
Reuters via yournews.com 07.28.2022
https://yournews.com/2022/07/28/2385498/in-call-with-biden-xi-warns-against-playing-with-fire/

"US threatens war on China over Taiwan – with nuclear implications", 
Ben Norton at Multipolarista, 08.02.2022
https://multipolarista.com/2022/08/02/us-war-china-taiwan-nuclear/

"Tense military standoff as US House Speaker Pelosi lands in Taiwan", 
Peter Symonds at the World Socialist Web Site, 08.02.2022
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/08/03/swuo-a03.html

"These are animals, not people": Zelensky frees convicted child 
rapists, torturers to reinforce depleted military", Esha Krishnaswamy 
at The Grayzone, 07.30.2022
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/07/30/zelensky-militants-convicted-child-rape-torture-military/

"China detaining millions of Uyghurs? Serious problems with claims by 
US-backed NGO and far-right researcher 'led by God' against Beijing" 
Ajit Singh at The Grayzone, 12.21.2019
https://thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/china-detaining-millions-uyghurs-problems-claims-us-ngo-researcher/

"Our visit reiterates that America stands with Taiwan: a robust, 
vibrant democracy and our important partner in the Indo-Pacific."
—Nancy Pelosi 08.02.2022
https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1554496902812602370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
 
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/5/22

The Art And Wit Of Tom Fowler

  Aug 3, 2022

wordballoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBN-ln02ZOA

 

BOOK RELEASE DAY

  Jul 26, 2022

Noah Van Sciver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsrFTzt_0Qw

 

At Home with Michael DeForge

  Aug 2, 2022

Drawn & Quarterly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeU0J2MEPp4

 

'Luck' Review: Bad Day at the Fortune Factory

A young woman seeking a lucky penny for a child in foster care finds an entire magical world where luck is manufactured.

By Teo Bugbee

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 5, 2022, Section C, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: Luck.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/movies/luck-review.html

 

'Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Review: More Turtle Power

This continuation of the half-shelled foursome's saga is rendered in snappy and brightly-colored animation.

By Claire Shaffer

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 5, 2022, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/movies/rise-of-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-the-movie-review.html

 

'Claydream' Review: Same Mold Story

In this documentary, Will Vinton, the animation visionary who gave life to the California Raisins and the Noid, gets a tribute.

By Ben Kenigsberg

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 5, 2022, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Claydream.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/movies/claydream-review.html

 

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Millar's New Vampire Series Has the Lowest Cover Price in Modern Comics

By Brandon Schreur

CBR August 4 2022

https://www.cbr.com/mark-millar-new-vampire-series-night-club-lowest-cover-price-modern-comics/

 

Drinker's VIP Lounge - Mark Millar

  Jul 20, 2022

Critical Drinker After Hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueQ05vYY-5s

 

Mark Millar Talks Huge Breaking Comic News And More!

  Aug 4, 2022

Thinking Critical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dPPtCaXuQk

 

Creating Comics with Mark Millar

Perch and Joe Corallo

Jul 22, 2022

Comics by Perch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ8Jinr4lLc

 

'The Sandman' Is Coming to TV. Here's Why That's a Big Deal.

By Maya Phillips

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 5, 2022, Section C, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: At Long Last, Dreams of Sandman Are Fulfilled.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/arts/television/the-sandman-netflix-neil-gaiman.html

 

Bum 'Luck': First film from John Lasseter's new studio lacks charm [in print as An inauspicious beginning for John Lasseter's new animation studio]

Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post August 5, 2022 : Weekend 23

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2022/08/03/luck-movie-review/

 

Exploring a Reckless Vision of Los Angeles, with Ed Brubaker

Alex Segura in conversation with Ed Brubaker about his graphic crime novel series

August 3, 2022 By Alex Segura

https://crimereads.com/exploring-a-reckless-vision-of-los-angeles-with-ed-brubaker/

 

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2022 RECAP IN PHOTOS, PART 5

Saturday and Sunday

Brigid Alverson on August 5, 2022  https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51820/san-diego-comic-con-2022-recap-photos-part-5

 

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2022 RECAP IN PHOTOS, PART 6

The Con in Pictures

Posted by Brigid Alverson on August 5, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51819/san-diego-comic-con-2022-recap-photos-part-6

 

Comic-Con in Photos: Part III

Scoop August 5 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=263440

 

TAPAS CEO CHANG KIM ON THE COMPANY'S LAYOFFS AND ABRUPT PIVOT AWAY FROM ORIGINAL CONTENT

Rob Salkowitz on August 5, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/51821/tapas-ceo-chang-kim-companys-layoffs-abrupt-pivot-away-original-content

 

DC Films' Walter Hamada Was on the Brink of Exit After 'Batgirl' Cancellation

The executive has agreed to remain in his post at least until the Oct. 21 release of the Dwayne Johnson film 'Black Adam.'

Kim Masters

August 5, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dc-films-walter-hamada-exit-batgirl-1235193439/

 

Warner Bros. kills off 'Batgirl' movie, $90 million in

Anastasia Tsioulcas

  All Things Considered August 3, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1115380005/warner-bros-kills-off-batgirl-movie-90-million-in

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2022/08/20220803_atc_warner_bros_kills_off_batgirl_film.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1115380005

 

New studio execs slay 'Batgirl,' but she's been through tougher fights

Mandalit del Barco

August 5, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/05/1115641261/batgirl-origin-story

 

Disney+ Middle East to Align With Local Censorship Rules, 'Lightyear' Won't Appear on Streamer

While the platform in the region won't show kid-focused content with LGBTQ references, it will include films such as 'Doctor Strange and the Multitude of Madness,' which was banned from theatrical release in some Gulf countries.

Alex Ritman

August 5, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/disney-plus-middle-east-lightyear-censor-1235192869/

 

'The Sandman' Review: Netflix's Neil Gaiman Adaptation Plays It Too Safe

Neil Gaiman's classic comic book series gets adapted into a drama series starring Tom Sturridge as the King of Dreams, who finds himself imprisoned in the human world for a century.

Angie Han

August 5, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-sandman-netflix-neil-gaiman-1235192002/

 

For fans and non-fans alike, Netflix's 'The Sandman' is a dream come true

Glen Weldon

NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour August 5, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/05/1114849432/for-fans-and-non-fans-alike-netflixs-the-sandman-is-a-dream-come-true

 

George Grosz, Sharp-Eyed Berlin Observer, Comes Home

A new museum in a converted gas station presents the work of one of the best-known artists of Weimar-era Germany.

By Kimberly Bradley

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 5, 2022, Section C, Page 12 of the New York edition with the headline: A Vigilant Observer Comes Home.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/arts/design/george-grosz-museum-berlin.html

 

Phillip Kennedy Johnson talks storytelling and stakes in 'Superman: Warworld Apocalypse'

The final battle begins between Mongul's Unmade Campions and Superman and The Authority later this month.

Chris Coplan

August 5, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/08/05/phillip-kennedy-johnson-superman-warworld-apocalypse/

 

Wacky sci-fi and romance, too: Jeremy Adams talks 'The Flash 2022 Annual'

David Brooke

August 5, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/08/05/jeremy-adams-flash-annual-2022/

 

InterPop to launch free comics on GlobalComix

The Emergents line of comics will now be available to read on GlobalComix - and some of them are free

Heidi MacDonald

08/05/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interpop-to-launch-free-comics-on-globalcomix/

 

Rumored layoffs and downsizing at Valiant Comics

Heidi MacDonald

08/05/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/rumored-layoffs-and-downsizing-at-valiant-comics/

 

Valiant Entertainment Reportedly Lays Off Employees

By Spencer Perry - August 4, 2022

https://comicbook.com/comics/news/valiant-entertainment-reportedly-lays-off-employees/

 

Marvel celebrates Halloween with five spooky Trick-Or-Read titles

The popular retailer event is back on October 29th!

Taimur Dar

08/05/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-celebrates-halloween-with-five-spooky-trick-or-read-titles/

 

'Little Ellen' Scrapped At HBO Max Ahead Of Season 3 Premiere As Questions Surround Future Of Streamer's Animation Strategy

Peter White

August 3, 2022

https://deadline.com/2022/08/little-ellen-canceled-at-hbo-max-1235084429/

 

Marvel's VFX Artists Are Suffering -- and Starting to Speak Out

A real secret war is taking place behind the scenes with overworked, underpaid and underappreciated visual effects artists.

Jennifer Bisset

Aug. 5, 2022

https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/marvels-vfx-artists-are-suffering-now-theyre-speaking-out/

 

Rankin/Bass Designer Paul Coker Jr. Dead at 93

By Jennifer Zhan

July 29, 2022

https://www.vulture.com/2022/07/paul-coker-jr-rankin-bass-mad-magazine-dead-93.html

 

All Those Oh-So-Nears – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | August 5, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/all-those-oh-so-nears-this-weeks-link

 

Rewiring One's Consciousness: PW Talks with Elizabeth A. Trembley

By Rob Kirby

Jul 29, 2022

A version of this article appeared in the 08/01/2022 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Rewiring One's Consciousness

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/89961-rewiring-one-s-consciousness-pw-talks-with-elizabeth-a-trembley.html

 

Smash Pages Q&A | Taki Soma on 'Sleeping While Standing'

The artist of 'Rapture,' 'The After Realm,' 'Sinergy' and more discusses her deeply personal new graphic novel, her creative process and more.

Alex Dueben

August 4, 2022

https://smashpages.net/2022/08/04/smash-pages-qa-taki-soma-on-sleeping-while-standing/

 

Reviews: The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: The Idiots Abroad and Other Follies

Chris Mautner | August 4, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-the-idiots-abroad-and-other-follies/

 

Lee Bermejo details the very different Batman story in 'Dear Detective'

The non-sequential noir debuts this September.

Chris Coplan

August 4, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/08/04/batman-dear-detectiveqa/

 

Ep. 72: Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama & MARS Vol. 1 by Fuyumi Soryo

Deb Aoki et al.

August 2, 2022

https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-72-witch-hat-atelier-vol-1-by-kamome-shirahama-mars-vol-1-by-fuyumi-soryo/

 

Ep. 71: Moonlight Mile S3 by Yasuo Otagaki and Knights of Sidonia v1 by Tsutomu Nihei

July 29, 2022

https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-71-moonlight-mile-s3-by-yasuo-otagaki-and-knights-of-sidonia-v1-by-tsutomu-nihei/

 

Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki

Manben

49m 00s

Broadcast on July 30, 2022 Available until July 30, 2023

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/5001358/

 

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The Dangers in My Heart Manga Artist Norio Sakurai

by Kim Morrissy, Aug 1st 2022

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2022-08-01/exclusive-the-dangers-in-my-heart-manga-artist-norio-sakurai/.188103

 

Japan's 'One Piece' manga hits over 510 mil. copies in print, boosts own world record

(Japanese original by Hisanori Yashiro, Cultural News Department)

August 4, 2022 (Mainichi Japan)

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220804/p2a/00m/0et/007000c#

 

Hiroyuki Nakano And Yuji Iwasaki From Weekly Shonen Jump Talk About 'One Piece' As It Reaches Its 100th Volume

Ollie Barder

Aug 2, 2022

https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2022/08/02/hiroyuki-nakano-and-yuji-iwasaki-from-weekly-shonen-jump-talk-about-one-piece-as-it-reaches-its-100th-volume/amp/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 528: San Diego Comic-Con is Back

Calvin Reid, Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons

on 07/29/2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1205

 

Ta-Nehisi Coates's Black Panther and Afrodiasporic Archives

Daniel Stein

Amerikastudien / American Studies 67.2 (2022): 127-43

online at https://amst.winter-verlag.de/data/article/11099/pdf/102202005.pdf

 

Guthertz, A., (2022)

"The History of the American Comic Book, Revised - Review of "Comic Books Incorporated: How the Business of Comics Became the Business of Hollywood" by Shawna Kidman, University of California Press, 2019", Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images 2(1): 10. doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/gs.2666

https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/gs/article/id/2666/

 

Upset over LGBTQ books, a Michigan town defunds its library in tax vote ["Gender Queer: A Memoir"]

Bridge Michigan August 3, 2022

Ron French

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/upset-over-lgbtq-books-michigan-town-defunds-its-library-tax-vote

 

Off Panel #360: New Tricks with Declan Shalvey

By David Harper

August 1, 2022

https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-360-new-tricks-with-declan-shalvey/

https://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Declan_Shalvey_2022.mp3

 

Inside the SKTCHD/Off Panel Offices and Processes

By David Harper

August 2, 2022

https://sktchd.com/longform/inside-sktchd/

 

Episode 18 Rodolphe Töpffer, Visionary Graphomaniac and Father of Comics [ David Kunzle]

Claire Hennessy

The Global Novel: a literature podcast 4/15/2022

https://www.theglobalnovel.com/podcast/episode/79c0d43c/episode-18-rodolphe-topffer-visionary-graphomaniac-and-father-of-comics

https://podcasts.usrfiles.com/proxy/10427832-episode-18-rodolphe-topffer-visionary-graphomaniac-and-father-of-comics.mp3

 

Topham, Kate, Julian Chambliss, Justin Wigard, and Nicole Huff. 2022. "The Marmaduke Problem: A Case Study of Comics As Linked Open (Meta)data" [MSU Comic Art Collection]. KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies 6 (3):1-8. https://doi.org/10.18357/kula.225. https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/article/view/225

Friday, August 05, 2022

The Post is down on Luck

Bum 'Luck': First film from John Lasseter's new studio lacks charm [in print as An inauspicious beginning for John Lasseter's new animation studio]

The debut offering from the former Pixar chief's Skydance Animation is a stiff, soulless, busy and confusing affair


(1.5 stars)

NPR on Batgirl

Weldon likes Sandman

For fans and non-fans alike, Netflix's 'The Sandman' is a dream come true

NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour August 5, 2022

Phillip Kennedy Johnson talks Superman

Phillip Kennedy Johnson talks storytelling and stakes in 'Superman: Warworld Apocalypse'

The final battle begins between Mongul's Unmade Campions and Superman and The Authority later this month.