Friday, October 27, 2023
NPR reviews Nora Krug's new book
'Diaries of War' traces two personal accounts — one from Ukraine, one from Russia [Nora Krug]
BEN HATKE talking to Brian Hibbs
BEN HATKE for THINGS IN THE BASEMENT
Sandra Boynton coffee labels on WaPo
Moo, Baa, Brew Brew Brew! [ Sandra Boynton coffee labels].
reviews and recommendations from critic Ron Charles. |
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/26/2023
Daniel Clowes sheds cynicism and embraces maturity: In his latest graphic novel, 'Monica,' the comics icon explores the inescapable power that our parents hold over us [in print as drawn to the power that parents hold].
Washington Post (October 26): C1, 8.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/10/16/daniel-clowes-monica-graphic-novel-review/
Tornoe, Rob. 2023.
It's no laughing matter. Austerity, consolidation and platform disparity undermine cartoons and comics.
Editor & Publisher (October 26): https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/its-no-laughing-matter-austerity-consolidation-and-platform-disparity-undermine-cartoons-and,246312
DC Comics head Pam Lifford departs Warner Bros. Discovery
10/26/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-comics-head-pam-lifford-departs-warner-bros-discovery/
INTERVIEW: S. H. Cotugno on their queer, spooky graphic novel THE GLASS SCIENTISTS: VOLUME ONE
The Beat asked all about the Society for Arcane Sciences.
Ways to Survive: PW Talks with Michael Cherkas
By Shaenon Garrity
Oct 20, 2023
A version of this article appeared in the 10/23/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Ways to Survive |
SCHOLASTIC APOLOGIZES, REVERSES BOOK FAIR POLICY - UPDATED
Will Discontinue Separate Case for Potentially Controversial Books
Brigid Alverson on October 25, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55428/scholastic-apologizes-reverses-book-fair-policy-updated
HORROR BEAT: Welcome to the macabre world of Hideshi Hino [manga]
10/26/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-hideshi-hino/
Pamela Lifford Resigns As DC Comics' Big Boss
In 2018, Pamela Lifford topped the Bleeding Cool Top 100 Power List. Five years later, she is stepping down as the big boss of DC Comics.
25 Oct 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/pamela-pam-lifford-resigns-dc-comics-big-boss/
INTERVIEW: Ben Stenbeck shares new original series, OUR BONES DUST
10/26/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-ben-stenbeck-shares-new-original-series-our-bones-dust/
Director Julio Soto Gurpide Spins a Tale of Mystery in 'Inspector Sun'
By Ramin Zahed
October 25, 2023
'Teacups' Wins Spark Animation Top Prize, Plympton Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
October 25, 2023
Culture Re-View: The day the US invented the newspaper comic strip. Maybe
By Anca Ulea
Frontiers of Science
University of Sydney
https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/6391
Barbara Brandon-Croft's One Cartoonist's Journey
The celebrated illustrator reflects on her path to making comics and crossing the color line.
Oct 25, 2023
https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/983
Asterix And The White Iris: The Bleeding Cool Review
Asterix And The White Iris, the 40th Asterix volume, has just been published. And I happen to think that it is very,very good indeed.
25 Oct 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/review-asterix-and-the-white-iris/
Sneak peek of new 'Mononoke Village' at central Japan's Ghibli Park reveals huge characters
Shiho Sakai, Nagoya News Center
October 26, 2023 (Mainichi Japan)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231026/p2a/00m/0na/010000c
In Photos: A look at the new 'Mononoke Village' at Ghibli Park in central Japan
Koji Hyodo
October 26, 2023
https://mainichi.jp/english/graphs/20231026/hpe/00m/0na/001000g/20231026hpe00m0na001000q
More Comic Strip Lettering
Todd Klein
Todd's Blog October 19 2023
https://kleinletters.com/Blog/more-comic-strip-lettering/
SHOP TALK: THREE COMIC SHOPS CLOSE, THREE GAME STORES OPEN
Plus: Milwaukee Store Nabs First Spider-Man Comic; Seattle Store Hit Twice by Burglars
Brigid Alverson on October 25, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55432/shop-talk-three-comic-shops-close-three-game-stores-open
Milwaukee comic shop looking to sell copy of first appearance of Spider-Man, book could go for $35K
A Milwaukee comic book shop is looking to sell a rare copy of the first appearance of Spider-Man
ByThe Associated Press
October 23, 2023
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/milwaukee-comic-shop-sell-copy-appearance-spider-man-104220905
West Seattle comic book store broken into twice in 6 weeks
By Jake Chapman, KIRO 7 NewsOctober 02, 2023
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/west-seattle-comic-book-store-broke-into-twice-6-weeks/LIWCR2I56ZHE5PKN7JFTTZ75TI/
What's the best part of owning a comic book store in Fond du Lac? Talking comics with customers, Kevin Flasch says.
Fond du Lac Reporter (September 25):
Where to Buy Comic Books in Northern New Jersey
Christina Mastroeni October 24, 2023
https://www.themontclairgirl.com/comic-book-shops-new-jersey/
Beloved northeast Fresno comic book store set to close after 30+ years
The store will continue to get new stuff every week up until the closing date. Paperbacks, toys, posters and cards are half off.
Thursday, September 21, 2023
https://abc30.com/heroes-comics-comic-book-store-northeast-fresno-business-closing/13809900/
IC comic book community stays persistent amid national sales lag
Since 1986, the only comic book store in Iowa City Daydreams Comics has been providing a space for new and long-time comic book fans.
Charlie Hickman, Arts Reporter
October 3, 2023
Brainstorm Comics and Gaming temporarily closes, cites financial woes
By Clara Niel cniel@newspost.com
Oct 24, 2023
Houses are too expensive. Apartments are too small. Is this a fix? [cartoon journalism; in print as 'Missing middle' housing could be solution for soaring costs but there's pushback]
By Teo Armus and Yifan Luo (ill.)
Washington Post October 25, 2023: B2.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/20/missing-middle-housing-comic/
Roz Chast — I Must Be Dreaming
Politics and Prose October 25 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLMq4_K_lCc
Is Roz Chast 'Terrible at Decorating'? You Decide.
By Joanne Kaufman
Oct. 24, 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/realestate/roz-chast-home-design.html
https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2023/10/24/realestate/at-home-with-roz-chast.html
VIZ Media 2023/2024 Library Catalog
https://dw9to29mmj727.cloudfront.net/newsletters/20230614/VIZ_LibraryCatalog2023-2024.pdf
Judge Dredd must solve the mystery of Judge Hershey's murder
Interview | Writer Rob Williams talks current Dredd arc Poison
By Will Salmon
CBR October 22 2023
https://www.gamesradar.com/judge-dredd-must-solve-the-mystery-of-judge-hersheys-murder/
Checking In With Mike Oeming Taki Soma
word balloon October 25 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3R7PHWZANk
Pop Culture SquadCast Interview with Danny Fingeroth
Mike and Bob
Pop Culture Squad Oct 26, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qesmVTgf7SM
One Panel- The Actress and the Bishop Throw a Party by Brian Bolland
A look at one of Brian Bolland's best panels.
Scott Cederlund
Oct 26, 2023
https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-actress-and-the-bishop-by-brian-bolland/
Comic Potential: Comics in the Classroom - Sequences in Comics with Sim Leech
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival
Oct 25, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wW7vs-XBm0
Matt Wagner Kelley Jones Together Again for the First Time
wordballoon Oct 24, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onBqPa1KiS4
Keynote Conversation with Raina Telgemeier
Anne Drozd
CXC Festival Oct 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dt7aq9jGS8
NYCC: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Jeff Rowe Celebrates Art from the Film
By Sam Stone
CBR Presents
Oct 20, 2023
https://www.cbr.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-jeff-rowe-interview/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfplVQWOcBg
Talk & Teach: Building Your Subscription Base Using Substack
Jason Chatfield
CXC Festival Oct 23, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n04YyAuZmhc
Spotlight on Marcelo D'Salete [Brazil]
Alonso Nunez and Daniela Gomes
Comics@SDSU Oct 16, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlDwEhND_44
Disney Partners with Kugali for Middle Grade Imprint
By Iyana Jones
Oct 26, 2023
Jeff Kinney Salutes Librarians on 'The No Brainer Show' Tour
By Pamela Brill
Oct 26, 2023
Q & A with Jessixa and Aaron Bagley [Duel]
By Shannon Maughan
Oct 26, 2023
Writer Wednesday: Cavan Scott
Gareth L. Powell
Gareth's Newsletter Oct 25, 2023
https://garethlpowell.substack.com/p/writer-wednesday-cavan-scott
Keith Knight is all over the place
The cartoonist and Hulu star just got back from Germany. Our Zoom sesh goes down between North Carolina and Cali. We used to hang out in SF + LA + Boston
Donnell Alexander
West Coast Sojourn Oct 26, 2023
https://donnellalexander.substack.com/p/keith-knight-is-all-over-the-place
Nov 5: Anne Ishii in conversation on the work of gay manga master Gengoroh Tagame.
Fantom Comics events schedule
>> SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 @ 7pm
> $5 entry, pay at the door!
The time has come 👻 Fantom Halloween party!!, This party is an 18+ event. We'll be giving away FREE BOBA from newly opened local tea shop SPOT OF TEA!! Limited supply, first come first serve!
You'll have the chance to make memories with Mr.Bones, you can even take your memory home if you'd like! (get a polaroid for $5 while supplies last!)
We will be offering coat check!
EVENT ITENERARY -
We'll be having local artist and model Babs New model in two fun costumes from 7:30pm - 8:30pm! Tips for the model are welcome!
The costume contest returns, with prize support from Spot Of Tea! 8pm signup, 9pm voting!
FIRST PLACE gets a $100 Fantom Gift Card onto their account and $25 gift card to Spot of Tea! SECOND PLACE gets a 30% off Fantom Coupon and a $10 gift card to Spot of Tea! THIRD PLACE gets a 20% off Fantom Coupon and a $10 dollar gift card to Spot of Tea!
Group dancing to classics at 9:30pm!
Karaoke later on in the night...
and other surprises!
see you there 🎃
>>> JUNJI ITO BOOK CLUB - FRANKENSTIEN
>> MONDAY, OCTOBER 30th @ 6:30PM!
Join us to discuss the manga adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 🧟 available now at Fantom!
Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monster-and the fouler beast who created him-to life with the brilliantly detailed chiaroscuro he is known for. Also included are six tales of Oshikiri-a high school student who lives in a decaying mansion connected to a haunted parallel world. Uncanny doppelgangers, unfortunately murdered friends, and a whole lot more are in store for him. Bonus: The Ito family dog! Thrill to the adventures of Non-non Ito, an adorable Maltese! For older teen audiences
Buy a copy in-store or on our website: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/frankenstein-hard-cover-junji-ito-story-collection
>>> BOOK BINDING WITH LINDA KUO
>> SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4th @ 3pm
> $10 tickets available online and in-store
Due to popular demand, bookbinding with local artist Linda Kuo is back on! 20 person max 📚 ! Spots are getting snatched up fast!
Get tickets here: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/bookbinding-with-linda-kuo-11-4-23
>>> QUEER BOOK CLUB: OUR COLORS
>> SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5th @ 3pm!
We're pleased to host Asian Arts Initiative executive director Anne Ishii here at Fantom to discuss her work editing & translating the Å“uvre of queer manga master Gengoroh Tagame! Anne is also co-founder of the groundbreaking MASSIVE GOODS, and has brought a generation of gay Japanese artists to the English-speaking world.
Buy a copy of Gengoroh Tagame newest work OUR COLORS, in-store or on our website here: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/our-colors-graphic-novel-mature-
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Wiping Hands On The Flag (after William Allen Rogers, 1917)"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3719
The ongoing, escalating roaring of bloodthirsty racism in support of
Israeli thuggery in Gaza — speaking of mass shootings — put me in mind
of a book of cartoons entitled "America's Black & White Book",
published during World War I by an artist named William Allen Rogers,
in particular one of the "greatest hits" from that book, a ripe little
nugget entitled "Another Case Of Wiping Hands On The American Flag", a
classic rendition of the "Filthy Dirty Huns Kill Children" genre of
the WWI era. Rogers was arguably one of the most raving, drooling,
jingoistic warmongering editorial cartoonists of that era — sort of a
poor man's James Montgomery Flagg — and drew for the New York Herald,
arguably one of the most raving, drooling, warmongering newspapers in
the US of that era.
Their presentation nowadays may be slicker, their media more
sophisticated, their rhetoric a little more refined, their approach a
little classier, but if you strip it to the core it's the same old
shit they've been serving up since the Spanish-American War, at least:
filthy dirty Huns are killing babies, filthy dirty Huns are throwing
babies out of incubators, dirty filthy Huns are beheading babies...
you get the idea.
---------------
"White House walks back Biden's claim he saw children beheaded by
Hamas" Al Jazeera 10.12.2023
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/12/white-house-walks-back-bidens-claim-he-saw-children-beheaded-by-hamas
"Source of dubious 'beheaded babies' claim is Israeli settler leader
who incited riots to 'wipe out' Palestinian village" GrayZone 10.11.2023
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/10/11/beheaded-israeli-babies-settler-wipe-out-palestinian/
"Maine officials say 18 people were killed and 13 injured in Lewiston
mass shooting" Rachel Treisman and Emily Olson at NPR 10.26.2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/26/1208749860/maine-mass-shooting-lewiston-death-toll
"The Health Ministry in Gaza releases the names of more than 7,000
Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, saying 'behind every
number is a story of a person'." Al Jazeera 10.26.2023
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/10/26/israel-hamas-war-live-un-ceasefire-bid-fails-as-gaza-death-toll-soars
James Montgomery Flagg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Montgomery_Flagg
William Allen Rogers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_Rogers
"America's Black & White Book: Why We Are At War" cartoons by William
Allen Rogers, New York Herald 1917
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47484/47484-h/47484-h.htm
William Allen Rogers, "Another Case Of Wiping Hands On The American
Flag", New York Herald, 1917
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47484/47484-h/47484-h.htm#Page_78
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Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2
Oct 28: Spoons Toons & Booze Halloween Special at Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse
'Missing middle' housing cartoon journalism in WaPo
Houses are too expensive. Apartments are too small. Is this a fix? [cartoon journalism; in print as 'Missing middle' housing could be solution for soaring costs but there's pushback]
Frederick's Brainstorm Comics closed
Brainstorm Comics and Gaming temporarily closes, cites financial woes
Roz Chast — I Must Be Dreaming at Politics and Prose video and photos
Roz Chast — I Must Be Dreaming
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/25/2023
GLOBALCOMIX LAUNCHES APP; MANTA SIGNS 'LET'S PLAY' CREATOR, GETS NEW CEO - Digital Comics Round-Up
Brigid Alverson on October 24, 2023
Larry Hama Fixes The GI Joe Dialogue That Marvel Mangled
Next month Image/Skybound will reprint the first issue of GI Joe: A Real American Hero #1 from 1983 restoring Larry Hama's original dialogue
24 Oct 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/larry-hama-fixes-gi-joe-dialogue-marvel-mangled/
Life After "Calvin and Hobbes" Bill Watterson's return to print, after nearly three decades, comes in the form of a fable called "The Mysteries," which shares with his famous comic strip a sense of enchantment.
October 23, 2023
Published in the print edition of the October 30, 2023, issue, with the headline "Life After Calvin."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/30/the-mysteries-bill-watterson-book-review
INTERVIEW: Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann on LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
The Beat caught up with the Eisner Award-nominated duo to learn more about their new graphic novel.
10/25/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-lily-williams-and-karen-schneemann-on-look-on-the-bright-side/
HORROR BEAT: MATT WAGNER and KELLEY JONES want the DRACULA story straight from the Monster's mouth
10/25/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-wagner-kelley-dracula/
INTERVIEW: Mike McMahan on how his engagement photo shoot inspired an episode of STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS Season 4
10/25/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-mike-mcmahan-star-trek-lower-decks-season-4/
Celebrating the manga of TAIYO MATSUMOTO
Celebrate the birthday of the indie manga master Taiyo Matsumoto with a look at his most notable stories
10/25/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/celebrating-the-manga-of-taiyo-matsumoto/
Geoffrey's Comics and Hi De Ho stores to close
Another legendary store closes.
10/25/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/geoffreys-comics-and-hi-de-ho-stores-to-close/
Wednesday Spill: Fave Photo Of The Week…A Gathering To Celebrate New Yorker Artist Extraordinaire, Edward Koren
October 25, 2023 michael Maslin
Reports from the ShortBox Comics Fair
Hagai Palevsky | October 24, 2023
https://www.tcj.com/reports-from-the-shortbox-comics-fair/
The Return of the Master: Hayao Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron'
By Charles Solomon
October 24, 2023
this article was written for the
December '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 335)
Roz Chast draws on eggs with melted wax
The New Yorker cartoonist, whose new book 'I Must Be Dreaming' illustrates her dream world in quirky detail, has been rendering her curiosity about the world in different mediums since childhood
By Megan Rubiner Zinn
Boston Globe October 24, 2023,
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/24/arts/roz-chast-draws-eggs-with-melted-wax/
Roz Chast: Graphic novelist's dream come true
by Gregg Shapiro
Bay Area Reporter October 24, 2023
https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=arts__culture&sc=art&id=329247
In 'I Must Be Dreaming,' Roz Chast succeeds in engaging us with her dreams
October 23, 2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/23/1207477308/book-review-graphic-memoir-i-must-be-dreaming-by-roz-chast
ON BOOKS: New illustrated book takes whimsical view of dreams [Chast]
by Philip Martin | Arkansas Democrat Gazette October 20, 2023
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/oct/20/new-illustrated-book-takes-whimsical-view-of/
Can political cartoons survive in an age of sensitivity?
The career-ending depiction of Netanyahu by my old cartoonist Steve Bell raises many questions: was it antisemitic? Was it simply satirical? And has the right not to be offended trumped the right to offend?
October 20, 2023
Chip Zdarsky Guides Captain America Through a New Marvel Future in Avengers: Twilight (Exclusive)
Timothy Adams - October 20, 2023
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/chip-zdarsky-avengers-twilight-interview/#7
James Tynion IV Explores the Universal Nature of Dracula
By Dave Richards
CBR October 23 2023
https://www.cbr.com/dracula-james-tynion-iv-interview/
NYCC: Scott Snyder and Valeria Favoccia Discuss the Dystopian World of By A Thread
By Jenny C.
CBR October 19 2023
https://www.cbr.com/nycc-scott-snyder-valeria-favoccia-by-a-thread/