Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Robin Givhan on Black Panther trailer
'Black Panther' sequel: A rebuke of misogyny and racism in 2 minutes [in print as 'Panther' teaser serves as a soothing cultural balm]
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/26/22
Solo Leveling Artist Dubu Passes Away Due to Cerebral Hemorrhage
Solo Leveling illustrator Jang-Sung Rak, also known as Dubu, passed away on July 23 after experiencing a brain hemorrhage due to a chronic illness.
By Michael Lacerna
CBR July 25 2022
https://www.cbr.com/solo-leveling-dubu-jang-sung-rak-obituary/
"The American Super-hero Comic Strip:True Descendant of Italian Renaissance Art," Samuel Y. Edgerton Jr., Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Johns Hopkins University Press, Volume 9, Number 1, Spring 1984, pp. 30-33,)
Fantagraphics and Sunday Press are now partners
Two vintage comics giants team up to keep preserving the classics
Dean Simons
07/25/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/fantagraphics-and-sunday-press-are-now-partners/
'It's My Love Letter to Superheroes': An Interview with Villal Pando
The Montréal cartoonist on his debut book The Pursuer, the evolution and influence of comic books, and how a lifelong passion for drawing became a career.
July 21, 2022
By Vikram Nijhawan
https://hazlitt.net/feature/its-my-love-letter-superheroes-interview-villal-pando
Netflix Director of Adult Animation Mike Moon to Exit
The executive led the streamer's animation team and helped build the streaming platform's animation production facility, Vine Studios.
Caitlin Huston
July 25, 2022
'DC League of Super-Pets' Review: Starry Voice Cast Carries Cutesy Animated Romp
Frank Scheck
July 26, 2022
San Diego Comic-Con Returns with Smaller Crowds, Big Smiles
by Heidi MacDonald
Jul 26, 2022
Bunnicula Is Back—As a Graphic Novel
By Brigid Alverson
Jul 26, 2022
'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' trailer: The five biggest takeaways [in print as 'Wakanda Forever' trailer offers a glimpse at the franchise post-Boseman]
By David Betancourt
Washington Post July 26, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/25/black-panther-wakanda-forever-trailer/
Sergio García Sánchez's "Central Park Lark" [Spain]
The artist on art as a family affair and what he hopes to teach young artists.
By Françoise Mouly
July 25, 2022
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2022-08-01
America's Proud Armpit
Ms. Marvel does right by the teenage Muslim experience. But I will never forgive what it does to New Jersey.
By Aymann Ismail
July 23, 2022
https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/ms-marvel-disney-plus-muslim-new-jersey.html
CHIPCLASS 1: Ideas
Jul 26, 2022
Chip Zdarsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFR1jhYkDm4
What We Learned From Marvel's Massive MCU Roadmap
At Comic-Con, Marvel unveiled the future of phases 4 to 6 on both the big and small screens. Here are the highlights and takeaways.
By Daniel Chin Jul 25, 2022
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Betancourt on the fall's Black Panther sequel
'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' trailer: The five biggest takeaways [in print as 'Wakanda Forever' trailer offers a glimpse at the franchise post-Boseman]
By David Betancourt
Washington Post July 26, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/25/black-panther-wakanda-forever-trailer/
Run, possibly the last March book, wins an Eisner
San Diego Comic-Con Returns with Smaller Crowds, Big Smiles
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/25/22
MARVEL TO LAUNCH NEW 'TIGER DIVISION' SERIES
New Team of Korean Superheroes
by Brigid Alverson on July 25, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51712/marvel-launch-new-tiger-division-series
Windsor-Smith's 'Monsters' Wins 2022 Eisner for Best New Graphic Novel
by Calvin Reid
Jul 24, 2022
"I Feel More Free And Brave Now As An Artist": An Interview with Tyrell Cannon
Ian Thomas | July 25, 2022
https://www.tcj.com/i-feel-more-free-and-brave-now-as-an-artist-an-interview-with-tyrell-cannon/
In Queens, a Storied Mural Is Saved From (Not by) Spider-Man
In 2014, Sony Pictures painted over the mural to promote its new Spider-Man movie. Now, artists Eve Biddle and Joshua Frankel have restored its original design.
by Laura van Straaten July 22, 2022
https://hyperallergic.com/749661/in-queens-a-storied-mural-is-saved-from-not-by-spider-man/
Magazine cartoon editor makes history as the youngest and first woman in the role [New Yorker's Emma Allen]
Tony Dokoupi
CBS Mornings Jul 20, 2022
The First Feature Documentary Made Entirely in Virtual Reality
We Met in Virtual Reality raises the bar for VR filmmaking, and has an optimistic vision for the potential of the metaverse.
by Dan Schindel July 24 2022
https://hyperallergic.com/749447/we-met-in-virtual-reality-review/
Comics That Read Top to Bottom Are Bringing in New Readers
The explosion of web comics has been driven by tapping into an audience the industry had long overlooked: young, female readers.
By George Gene Gustines and Matt Stevens
July 23, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/23/arts/digital-comics-new-readers.html
Marvel Studios Unveils 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'
By Livia Albeck-Ripka
Published July 24, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/us/black-panther-trailer-wakanda-forever.html
Sid Jacobson – RIP
D. D. Degg
July 25, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/25/sid-jacobson-rip/
Kathy Battat
["My beautiful father, Sidney Jacobson, passed away yesterday in my arms..."]
July 24 2022
Prominent US Cartoonist Turns Eyes to War in Ukraine [Steve Brodner]
Nina Vishneva and Anna Rice.
July 21, 2022
https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/cartoonist-ukraine/6668516.html
Monday, July 25, 2022
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/24/22
Joe Wos Needs Our Help
by D. D. Degg
July 20, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/20/joe-wos-needs-our-help/
Remembering the great comics of yesteryear [David Kunzle].
By Michael Taube on July 19, 2022
SDCC '22: 2022 Eisner Award winners, top moments, and more!
Eisner judges give Bob Bolling and Don Rico the Finger...
Rebecca Oliver Kaplan
07/23/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-22-2022-eisner-award-winners-top-moments-and-more/
Ep. 70: My Hero Academia v1 by Kohei Horikoshi & Battle Angel Alita v1 by Yukito Kishito
July 21, 2022
SPECIAL GUEST Rodney Barnes on SHOUT OUT WITH SAGE
Sage Stevens
Jul 21, 2022
DI HUBB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCiVVJeo3Dc
SDCC '22: The Toms — Tom King and Tom Taylor – showcase DCEASED and GOTHAM CITY YEAR ONE
The Tom-Tom Adoration Society gets down and dirty with a rundown of their DC projects
Nancy Powell 07/22/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc22-the-toms-king-taylor-in-conversation/
The missed potential of 'Batman/Catwoman'
What can we take from this conclusion to Tom King's Bat-story?
Rory Wilding
July 21, 2022
https://aiptcomics.com/2022/07/21/the-missed-potential-of-batman-catwoman/
FBDM 2022 | Vicoli et ruelles: Les allées de Montréal et de Gênes
Lorena Canottiere, Tania Mignacca, Djibril Morissette-Phan et Pietro Scarnera
Jul 21, 2022
Festival BD de Montréal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRgPr36cdRk
'The Sandman' Creator Neil Gaiman, Stars Discuss Bringing Series to Netflix After Lengthy Path
During the Comic-Con panel that debuted the full trailer, lead actor Tom Sturridge explained why Dream felt personal to him: "I cared so deeply about this piece of literature."
July 23, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-sandman-neil-gaiman-trailer-comic-con-1235185300/
Black Adam: What Hawkman's "Sordid History" Means for the JSA
Exclusive: Aldis Hodge dishes on what Hawkman brings to Black Adam.
By Rosie Knight | July 22, 2022
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/black-adam-hawkman-sordid-history-jsa/
Black Adam: How Cyclone Honors the Legacy of a Classic DC Superhero
Exclusive: Quintessa Swindell reveals Cyclone's secret origin and connection to another DC legacy character.
By Rosie Knight | July 22, 2022
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/black-adam-cyclone-legacy-classic-dc-superhero/
Ram V Is Changing the Face of Comics with Laila Starr, Grafity's Wall, and Batman
Exclusive: The incredibly talented Ram V tells us how he makes comics informed by his Indian upbringing.
By Ritesh Babu | July 22, 2022
https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/ram-v-the-many-deaths-of-laila-starr-interview/
In defense of San Diego Comic-Con co-founder Shel Dorf
Personal POV of the original annoying comic geek
Jay Allen Sanford
July 21, 2022
https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2022/jul/21/defense-san-diego-comic-con-co-founder-shel-dorf/
2022 Souvenir Book
https://www.comic-con.org/cci/2022-souvenir-book
https://comic-con.b-cdn.net/CCI22_SouvenirBook_Web.pdf
Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: R.C. Harvey
Stripper's Guide blog July 22, 2022
http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2022/07/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-rc.html
Kevin Smith Talks MASKERADE from Dark Horse Comics
Jul 20, 2022
PREVIEWSworld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBBEm3Q7EBY
MICHAEL SWEATER & JOSUE CRUZ for PUPPY KNIGHT — July 2022 Kids' Club Pick
Comix Experience July 24 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke6BS0XlOUw
Saturday, July 23, 2022
2 on Tom King
The missed potential of 'Batman/Catwoman'
What can we take from this conclusion to Tom King's Bat-story?
SDCC '22: The Toms — Tom King and Tom Taylor – showcase DCEASED and GOTHAM CITY YEAR ONE
The Tom-Tom Adoration Society gets down and dirty with a rundown of their DC projects
Nancy Powell 07/22/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc22-the-toms-king-taylor-in-conversation/
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/22/22
DARK HORSE TO PUBLISH NEW LINE OF RICHARD CORBEN HARDCOVERS
First Two in 2023
by Milton Griepp on July 22, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51700/dark-horse-publish-new-line-richard-corben-hardcovers
FAMED COMIC BOOK WRITER ALAN GRANT PASSES AWAY AT 73
Known for His Work on Judge Dredd and Batman
by Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez on July 21, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51694/famed-comic-book-writer-alan-grant-passes-away-73
TERAPIN STUDIOS INC. ACQUIRES TOOMICS WEBTOON PLATFORM
For $160 Million
Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez on July 21, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51697/terapin-studios-inc-acquires-toomics-webtoon-platform
Drinker's VIP Lounge - Mark Millar
Jul 20, 2022
Critical Drinker After Hours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueQ05vYY-5s
Another – 30 – JIM IVEY
by Rick Marschall
Yesterday's Paper blog July 21, 2022
http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2022/07/another-30.html
"You Sell Your Soul To The Devil, That's A Done Deal. No Backsies": An Interview with Mike Reger
Floyd Tangeman | July 22, 2022
Sean Kelly – RIP
by D. D. Degg
July 21, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/21/sean-kelly-rip/
Evans, Greg. 2022.
Sean Kelly Dies: National Lampoon Editor, Lyricist For Landmark 'Lemmings' Revue Was 81
July 20, 2022
Sean Kelly, Early National Lampoon Troublemaker, Dies at 81
By Richard Sandomir
July 20, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/business/media/sean-kelly-dead.html
The Death of Andy Lippincott
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau on the comic strip's groundbreaking and controversial AIDS storyline.
By Dan Kois
July 20, 2022
https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/doonesbury-creator-garry-trudeau-aids-andy-lippincott-death.html
What Fictional Death Has Stuck With You, and Why?
The creators behind the greatest fictional deaths of all time on the scenes they can't forget. [Garry Trudeau, Eric Kaplan]
By Dan Kois
July 20, 2022
https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/saddest-death-scenes-movies-books-tv-stephen-king.html
The Death of Seymour the Dog
Futurama writer Eric Kaplan explains the most soul-crushing scene in cartoon history—and learns that the show later undid it.
By Dan Kois
July 20, 2022
https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/futurama-dog-death-seymour-jurassic-bark-interview.html
The Death of Scrappy-Doo
Wakegirl14 reveals the story behind the story that inspired the meme. [Scooby-Doo]
By Marissa Martinelli
July 20, 2022
https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/scrappy-doo-found-dead-miami-scooby-meme-explained.html
Al Williamson: It All Started with Flash Gordon
J.C. Vaughn
Scoop July 22 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263238
Comic-Con Interview: ComicConnect COO Vincent Zurzolo
Scoop June 22 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263177
Comic-Con Interview: ComicLink Founder & CEO Josh Nathanson
Scoop July 22 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263178
Comic-Con Interview: Hake's President Alex Winter
Scoop July 22 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263175
Comic-Con Interview: Pedigree Comics CEO & President Doug Schmell
Scoop July 22 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263176
Comic-Con in Photos: Part I
Scoop July 22 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=263146
Episode 996: A Conversation with Chip Zdarsky
Adam Chapman
Comic Shenanigans
2022-07-22
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-63hqh-127d589
Building and Using a Latin American Comics Archive (LACA)
Felipe Gomez and Angie Bonilla,
Comics Studies Society
July 22 2022
https://comicsstudies.org/building-and-using-a-latin-american-comics-archive-laca/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VihpFFjtDjU
Time for Jumpin' Overboard – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | July 22, 2022
https://www.tcj.com/time-for-jumpin-overboard-this-weeks-links/
Scott Snyder on challenging himself creatively with second wave of ComiXology titles
Scott Snyder unpacks 'Barnstormers,' 'Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine,' and 'Canary.'
David Brooke
July 19, 2022
https://aiptcomics.com/2022/07/19/scott-snyder-comixology-qa/
Dennis Hopeless Putting the Love In Lovecraft with "Heart Eyes"
By Kyle Welch | July 18th, 2022
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/heart_eyes_interview/
The Daily Heller: The Graphic Novel of Mormon [Noah van Sciver]
The Daily Heller
By Steven Heller
July 21 2022
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-the-comic-book-of-mormon/
Smash Pages Q&A | Brian Doherty
Alex Dueben
July 19, 2022
https://smashpages.net/2022/07/19/smash-pages-qa-brian-doherty/
Kevin Smith, Felicia Day, Stan Sakai, and More Reminisce About What Makes Comic-Con Matter
Ahead of San Diego Comic-Con 2022, io9's got a look inside the oral history behind the biggest convention on the nerd calendar.
James Whitbrook
July 18 2022
https://gizmodo.com/comic-con-2022-oral-history-excerpt-fantagraphics-1849190684
E. E. Cummings and Krazy Kat
By Amber Medland
July 20, 2022
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/07/20/e-e-cummings-and-krazy-kat/
Rebuilding Connections at the Montréal Comic Arts Festival
Pietro Scarnera
July 20, 2022
https://solrad.co/rebuilding-connections-at-the-montreal-comic-arts-festival
Alison by Lizzy Stewart review – a tale as old as the hills made new by art
Rachel Cooke
@msrachelcooke
Mon 18 Jul 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/18/alison-by-lizzy-stewart-review
Alison by Lizzy Stewart review – the making of an artist
James Smart
Sat 16 Jul 2022 0
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/16/alison-by-lizzy-stewart-review-the-making-of-an-artist
Chilean Women in Comics
Vivian Lavín - Editor
Francisca Cárcamo - Editor
María Eliana Aguayo - Editor
Antonia Bañados - Visual artist and author
Pía Prado - Illustrator and author
Saturday, May 29, 2021
https://www.fbdm-mcaf.ca/en/comic-arts-festival/activities/activity/449/chilean-women-in-comics/
Ryan Alexander-Tanner Talks about his new Muhammad Ali Comic
Jul 19, 2022
wordballoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enzTHtYOQLY
Ron Marz Talks Aftershock, DC and More
Jul 18, 2022
wordballoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1dLgkD5CZs
Off Panel #358: Twilight City with Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt
David Harper
Jul 18, 2022
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-358-twilight-city-with-jordan-blum-and-patton-oswalt
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Jordan_Blum_and_Patton_Oswalt.mp3
30 years later, DC Comics' first transgender superhero is still the genre's best
Coagula, the Doom Patrol, and pioneering writer Rachel Pollack
By Jessica Crets Jul 20, 2022
Alan Grant 1949-2022
21st July 2022
https://2000ad.com/news/alan-grant-1949-2022/
Manga Piracy: Operator of MangaBank Sentenced By Chinese Authorities
July 14, 2022 by Andy Maxwell
https://torrentfreak.com/manga-piracy-operator-of-mangabank-sentenced-by-chinese-authorities-220714/
Comic-Con issues a mask mandate, not the costume kind, for event in San Diego.
By Livia Albeck-Ripka
Published July 15, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/us/comic-con-masks-san-diego.html
This week's San Diego Comic-Con will require masking and testing
By Kenan Draughorne
July 19, 2022
The World Eisaku Kubonouchi Portrays as a Manga Artist
Published 2022-07-05
Author Senichiro Ozawa
https://tokion.jp/en/2022/07/05/interview-eisaku-kubonouchi/
Celebrated Montreal underground comic book artist Julie Doucet reinvents herself with memoir Time Zone J
Nikky Manfredi · Posted: Jul 18, 2022