CFP Libraries/Archives/Librarians in comics

Friend of the blog, librarian Rob Weiner, is working on a new book.

Call for Essays: 

Libraries, Archives, and Librarians in Graphic Novels, Comic Strips and Sequential Art edited by Carrye Syma, Donell Callender, and Robert G. Weiner. 

 

The editors of a new collection of articles/essays are seeking essays about the portrayal of libraries, archives and librarians in graphic novels, comic strips, and sequential art/comics. The librarian and the library have a long and varied history in sequential art. Steven M. Bergson's popular website LIBRARIANS IN COMICS (http://www.ibiblio.org/librariesfaq/comstrp/comstrp.htm; http://www.ibiblio.org/librariesfaq/combks/combks.htm) is a useful reference source and a place to start as is the essay Let's Talk Comics: Librarians by Megan Halsband (https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/07/lets-talk-comics-librarians/). There are also other websites which discuss librarians in comics and provide a place for scholars to start. 

            Going as far back as the Atlantean age the librarian is seen as a seeker of knowledge for its own sake. For example, in Kull # 6 (1972) the librarian is trying to convince King Kull that of importance of gaining more knowledge for the journey they about to undertake. Kull is unconvinced, however. In the graphic novel Avengers No Road Home (2019), Hercules utters "Save the Librarian" which indicates just how important librarians are as gatekeepers of knowledge even for Greek Gods. These are just a few examples scholars can find in sequential art that illustrate librarians as characters who take their roles as preservers of knowledge seriously. We will accept essays related to sequential art television shows and movies e.g., Batgirl in the third season of Batman (1966); Stan Lee being a librarian in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) movie. 

Some possible topics include: 

Libraries and librarians in the comic strip Unshelved. 

Oracle/Batgirl as an information engineer in the DC Universe.  

Libraries and Librarians in the Marvel Universe 

Archives in the Star Wars Comics 

Archives/Librarians in the X-Men series  

The Librarian in Neil Gaiman's Sandman series  

The librarian in the Buffy Comics 

Libraries and Librarians in early and contemporary comic strips 

Libraries and Librarians during the Golden Age (1940s/1950s) comics.  

How is information seeking portrayed in graphic novels? 

Librarians/Libraries in independent comics and graphic novels.  

The use of graphic novels such as Matt Upson, C. Michael Hall, and Kevin Cannon's Information Now. 

Webcomics and Libraries and Librarians 

In what other ways is the traditional role of librarian portrayed in other types of characters in comics? (oracle, seer, three witches, etc.)

            These are just a few suggested topics. Any topic related to librarians/archives/librarians in comics and sequential art will be considered. 

We are seeking essays of 2,500-5,000 words (no longer) not including notes in APA style for this exciting new volume. 

Please send a 300-500-word abstract by November 15^th to  

 

Carrye Syma Carrye.Syma@ttu.edu  

Assistant Academic Dean and Associate Librarian 

Texas Tech University Libraries 

 

 

The Lily's lastest comic

I'm unemployed. Searching for a job during the pandemic has been brutal.

I've found myself with no work, and no offers, for the first time in years

Tsvetomila Thomsen

August 23 2020

https://www.thelily.com/im-unemployed-searching-for-a-job-during-the-pandemic-has-been-brutal/

Latest issue of Josh Kramer's 2120 newsletter out now

Here - https://mailchi.mp/730dc/takecareofyourself-734900?e=333e547b87

Ted White writes afterword to Steve Stiles collection

A FINAL, POSTHUMOUS COLLECTION OF STEVE STILES WORK

'The Return of Hyper Comics'

by Milton Griepp on August 27, 2020

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46419/a-final-posthumous-collection-steve-stiles-work

Politics and Prose offers class on Satrapi's Persepolis

ONLINE CLASS: Childhood Memoirs: Marjane Satrapi and Trevor Noah (2093)

Two Wednesdays: September 23 and 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

https://www.politics-prose.com/class/online-class-childhood-memoirs-marjane-satrapi-and-trevor-noah-2093

Price: 

$70 (10% off for members)

This class brings together two must-read memoirs about politics, nation, childhood, and belonging: Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis and Trevor Noah's Born a Crime. Persepolis, a graphic novel, is a witty yet haunting childhood memoir of growing up in revolutionary Iran and being sent to Europe to escape a country fractured by war, fundamentalism, and the morality police. Born a Crime is The Daily Show host Trevor Noah's fast-paced, touching, and humorous memoir about his boyhood days in South Africa. These coming of age stories are brimming with joy, humor, and sadness, depicting worlds where children are forced to grow up all too quickly. Two Wednesdays: September 23 and 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Online Class.

Reading Schedule:

9/23: Persepolis

9/30: Born a Crime

Books

Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Trevor Noah, Born a Crime

Supriya Goswami teaches courses in literature (with special focus on Africa and South Asia), culture, and politics at Georgetown University. She has previously taught at California State University, Sacramento and at George Washington University. She is the author of Colonial India in Children's Literature (Routledge, 2012), which is the first book-length study to explore the intersections of British, Anglo-Indian, and Bengali children's literature and defining historical moments in colonial India. She is currently working on her second book, Colonial Wars in Children's Literature. She has also published in such scholarly journals as the Children's Literature Association Quarterly, South Asian Review, and Wasafiri.

REFUND POLICY: Please note that we can issue class

Erik Dussere reads the Post's Sunday comics

It's Funny, Reading the "Funnies" in a Newspaper in 2020

Erik Dussere

25 Aug 2020

https://www.popmatters.com/newspaper-comic-strips-in-2020-2647084900.html

thanks to the Daily Cartoonist for the tip

Comic Strip of the Day takes issue with Al Goodwyn cartoon

CSotD Valu-Pak

by Mike Peterson
August 26, 2020

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/08/26/csotd-valu-pak/

It's a minor bit.

Ringo Awards ballot announced

Two local creators, Emily Whitten and Steve Conley (well, he's formerly local) are on it.

Announcing the 2020 Ringo Awards Final Ballot BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - August 26, 2020 - The 2020 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards are to be presented on the evening of Saturday, October 24, 2020. While normally a part of the fan- and pro-favorite convention, The Baltimore Comic-Con, the 2020 Ringo Awards will be presented virtually, via Facebook and YouTube video. The Ringo Awards has completed the 2020 nomination process, which was inclusive of fans and comic book professionals alike, and both communities continued to show strong support, both in promoting the nomination process on their websites, blogs, and social media feeds, and by submitting their nominations.

Voting on the 2020 Final Ballot is restricted to comic book industry creative community -- anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. We now present the 2020 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot. "Year over year, we are seeing more and more excitement about and participation in the Ringos," said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. "Nominee numbers were up yet again in 2020, with a lot of new voices taking part. Now, the creators in the comic book industry get to vote for the 2020 awards. If you are a comics industry creative professional, please click on the 'VOTE' link and cast your ballot!" FOLLOWING US YET? About Mike Wieringo Michael Lance "Mike" Wieringo was known to fans and friends as "Ringo", which is how he signed his artwork. His comics art graced the pages of DC Comics' The Flash, Adventures of Superman, Batman, and Robin, Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Sensational Spider-Man, and Rogue, and his co-creation Tellos. He passed away on August 12, 2007 at the young age of 44 from an apparent heart attack. About the Ringo Awards The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards is an annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics. The Ringo Awards recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories, and are the only industry awards nominated by fans and pros alike, with final voting by the comic professional community. Launched in 2017, the awards ceremony is held annually at the Baltimore Comic-Con. Further details are available at www.ringoawards.com. About the Baltimore Comic-Con The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 21st year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com

Donna Lewis' Reply All and RA Lite no longer online at GoComics?

DD Degg believes that to be the case:

Thinning The Herd at GoComics

by D. D. Degg
August 24, 2020

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/08/24/thinning-the-herd-at-gocomics/

Mike Peterson holds Richard Thompson up as Wallace the Brave influence

CSotD: Looking behind the curtains

 by Mike Peterson
August 23, 2020

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/08/23/csotd-looking-behind-the-curtains/

Live NOW: National Parks Service artist panel for VOTES FOR WOMEN, the comics anthology!

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

National Parks Service artist panel for VOTES FOR WOMEN, the comics anthology!

Hosted by the Women's Rights National Historical Park, it includes Ally Shwed (editor of the book and frequent contributor to The Nib), myself, and other artist/writers :)

Tune in to this LIVE PANEL to hear us discuss our artmaking process, stories, history, and inspiration, as well as . . . women's rights!

Link to YouTube below, or go to the Women's Rights National Historical Park Facebook page! 

 

One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It officially established that the right of citizens to vote "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." But the road to voting equality was long and brutal; and even after the amendment was enacted, many still struggled for access to the ballot. The latest comics anthology from Little Red Bird explores the history of woman suffrage and examines the many complex narratives that built the movement.

Through 200+ pages of comics and illustrations created by 32 womxn artists, Votes for Women: The Battle for the 19th Amendment reflects on the fight for female suffrage. The publisher states "we celebrate the hard-won victories; we acknowledge the harsh realities; and we continue to fight the battle for gender equality still being waged."

During our Equality Weekend event, a panel of artists will discuss this amazing project and the history it explores, and what it is like to be a womxn comic artist in a male-dominated field.

PCHH - In 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Jokes Are The Final Frontier

In 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Jokes Are The Final Frontier

Stephen Thompson; Glen Weldon; Petra Mayer ; Chris Klimek

• Pop Culture Happy Hour

August 19, 2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/903329391/in-star-trek-lower-decks-jokes-are-the-final-frontier

https://play.podtrac.com/510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/npr/pchh/2020/08/20200819_pchh_pchh_200819_star_trek_lower_decks_final_bnc-20895aaa-f213-4c34-8b32-f087432aed7b.mp3

Ensign Sam Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), Ensign D'Vana Tendi (Noel Wells), Ensign Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), and Ensign Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) in the new CBS All Access animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks.

CBS All Access

The mega-franchise Star Trek has produced a slew of movies and ten different TV series — the latest of which is a brand-new animated comedy called Star Trek: Lower Decks. The show was created by Mike McMahan, who worked on Rick And Morty, and it tells the story of some of the least powerful officers on Starfleet's least important starship, the U.S.S. Cerritos. In Star Trek: Lower Decks, we get a group of young oddballs and hotshot senior officers, with a cast that includes Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noel Wells, Eugene Cordero, Dawnn Lewis, and Jerry O'Connell. And, because it's animated, we also get epic battles, space zombies, and spectacular mass destruction.

Show Notes:

• Read Glen's review of Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Read Chris' reviews of Star Trek: Beyond and Star Trek Into Darkness

Note: We will be covering Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra in two separate upcoming episodes — and we want your questions about each series! If you have a question, email us a voice memo at pchh@npr.org.

The audio was produced and edited by Mike Katzif and Jessica Reedy.

Weldon reviews Hanawalt, Lehoczky reviews 'The Daughters Of Ys'

In Hanawalt's 'I Want You,' Youthful Yearnings And Anthropomorphic Anxieties

Glen Weldon

Pop Culture Happy Hour August 19, 2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/19/903240081/in-hanawalts-i-want-you-youthful-yearnings-and-anthropomorphic-anxieties

Feeling Deluged By News? Let 'The Daughters Of Ys' Wash Over You

Etelka Lehoczky

August 16, 2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/16/902632771/feeling-deluged-by-news-let-the-daughters-of-ys-wash-over-you

PR: Announcing our next Third Eye variant: Phantom Starkiller

Pre-Order The Hottest Indie of 2020 Now!

Click here to read all about Phantom Starkiller & to Pre-Order Now! STAY CONNECTED   ‌ ‌ ‌

The Lily's latest comic

I had a virtual wedding. It was better than I could've ever imagined.

Coronavirus initially made us cancel, but our officiants had other plans

Lauren Barnett

August 16 2020

https://www.thelily.com/i-had-a-virtual-wedding-it-was-better-than-i-couldve-ever-imagined/

Catching up - A Conversation with Rob Rogers - July 19, 2018

A Conversation with Rob Rogers - July 19, 2018

Ann Telnaes

•Sep 11, 2018

National Press Club Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5d_wIxDrrw

 

The National Press Club Journalism Institute hosted a July 19, 2018 conversation with former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist Rob Rogers about the work that was too hot for his publisher to handle. Ann Telnaes, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at the Washington Post, moderated the discussion.

Josh Kramer's latest Dispatch from 2120 online

https://mailchi.mp/730dc/takecareofyourself-734876

Al Goodwyn's latest cartoon newsletter

Goodwyn Cartoons 8/19/20

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Virtual Delegate"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -

"Virtual Delegate"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3052

At a shoddy-ass online shindig called the Democratic Convention, where they're shitting all over the Left by publicly rehabilitating Colin Powell and all other manner of neocon crazies and war criminals, they add the extra kick in the nuts of presenting a rank butchery of one of the most iconic protest songs of all time — with the able assistance of its composer himself. This clumsily performative shit sandwich breaks the Cringe-O-Meter handily, and will be the William Shatner 
Doing "Rocket Man" Footage of this era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nTxOMtbEI

PR: Get Ready for a New Graphic Novel Superhero with Cat-itude!

John Gallagher's Max Meow has moved from minicomic to the latest children's graphic novel series.

Fantom Comics newsletter selections

- ANOTHER FREE COMIC BOOK SUMMER SATURDAY COMES AUGUST 22ND AT FANTOM:
FCBS Books Available This Saturday, August 22nd:

Macmillan/First Second Books- Investigators: Take the Plunge Sneak Peek
Fantagraphics Books- Disney Masters: Donald Duck
Papercutz- The Loud House FCBD 2020 Special
UDON Entertainment- Street Fighter #100: Ryu Vs. Chun Li
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund- CBLDF & BOOM! Defend Comics
Gemstone Publishing- The Overstreet Guide To Collecting - FCBD 2020

**We also have ALL previously released FCBS titles in stock - check out freecomicbookday.com to view them and all can be picked up in store (open for Phase Two) or via fantomcomics.com!**

For further details on FCBSummer: https://www.facebook.com/events/306700033813025?active_tab=about

This year has caused a great deal of hardship, so we're suggesting that anyone who'd like to grab some free books to donate to DC non-profits like Bread For The City (breadforthecity.org), Casa Ruby (casaruby.org), So Others Might Eat (https://www.some.org/), Capital Area Food Bank (https://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/), or HIPS (https://www.hips.org). You can donate in store at checkout or through www.fantomcomics.com by searching "FCBS" at the top of the page, with minimum starting at $5 and no max threshold.


- EVENTS:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd @ 4PM VIA FACEBOOK LIVE: BLACK EXCELLENCE BOOK CLUB: FIRE!! THE ZORA NEALE HURSTON STORY WRITTEN & DRAWN BY PETER BAGGE:
Hurston challenged the norms of what was expected of an African American woman in early 20th century society. The fifth of eight kids from a Baptist family in Alabama, Hurston's writing prowess blossomed at Howard University, and then Barnard College, where she was the sole black student. She arrived in NYC at the height of the Harlem Renaissance and quickly found herself surrounded by peers such as Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman.

If you would like to pre-order the book to have in time for the event, please reach out to us via email (fantomhq@fantomcomics.com), phone (202-241-6498) or coming into the store since we're open for Phase 2 and reserve your copy today!

For further details, check out the events page: https://www.facebook.com/events/214589706340688/?active_tab=about

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23RD @ 3PM VIA ZOOM: DRAW AT HOME WITH FANTOM COMICS:
Another chance for some community fun led by Sarahti, continuing to show you fun tricks of the trade, sharing artwork and making new friends during this isolated time!

For sign up and further details: bit.ly/DrawAtHomeAugust

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH @ 6PM VIA FACEBOOK LIVE: QUARANTINE Q&A WITH JAMIE NOGUCHI & JEREMY WHITLEY:
'School for Extraterrestrial Girls' comes out this month and it's been made by some of our good friends, Jeremy Whitley and Jamie Noguchi! They've been friends of the store for a long time and Leah will be leading the discussion with Jeremy and Jamie talking about working together, making comics for kids (and adults), being dads, and just catching up!

For further details: https://www.facebook.com/events/2733690766876075?active_tab=about

Aug 22: Votes for Women comics anthology panel online

From anthology editor, Ally Shwed: "I also want to remind you that we'll be joining the National Park Service for Equality Weekend, a centennial celebration sponsored by the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, NY. Join me this Saturday, August 22 at 1pm EST, for a live panel and Q&A with Teresa Roberts Logan, Nomi Kane, Grace Desmarais, and Lauren Sparks from the anthology, where we'll be discussing our artistic processes as well as the issues and ideas that motivated our creation of the book. The virtual event will be live-streamed on the Park's Facebook and YouTube pages."

Tonight: Discussion of Graphic Memoirs with Malaka Gharib & Robin Ha

Discussion of Graphic Memoirs with Malaka Gharib & Robin Ha TONIGHT, August 18, 7pm ET This is going to be a great discussion! Malaka Gharib (I WAS THEIR AMERICAN DREAM) & Robin Ha (ALMOST AMERICAN GIRL) will chat about their graphic memoirs which chronicle their experience as young immigrants in the U.S. Learn more, register and purchase their books!

20th-Century Political Cartoons at the Library of Congress video online

20th-Century Political Cartoons at the Library of Congress Sara Duke June 16 2020 https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9259/ Join curator Sara W. Duke of the Prints & Photographs Division, to learn how to access the Library's online collection of 20th-century political cartoons. She will also discuss strategies for exploring the work of Herbert L. Block, the editorial cartoonist known as a Herblock, who, during the course of his 72-year career, drew his opinion on events such as the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, gun control, and global warming. Watch the Recording Session Materials

Greek epic poetry cartoon satire in the Post

If Odysseus had Instagram

Erica Lies and Elly Lonon

Washington Post August 16, 2020, p. B2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/outlook/2020/08/12/if-odysseus-had-instagram/

Nina Allender's cartoons featured in the NY Times

Allender's cartoons are featured in a historical site on Capitol Hill.

Fighting for the Vote With Cartoons

By Anna Diamond

• A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 16, 2020, Section TW, Page 30 of the New York edition with the headline: Adding a Pen To the Might Of the Sword.
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/us/suffrage-cartoons.html

Wash Post reviews Umbrella Academy

Netflix's 'Umbrella Academy' takes on the 1960s— and becomes unexpectedly relevant to 2020 [in print as 'Umbrella Academy' The 1960s, with shades of today].

David Betancourt

August 15 2020, p. C1, 3

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/07/31/umbrella-academy-netflix-season-two/

That darn Big Nate and Tom Toles

A tasteless cheap shot [Big Nate letter]

Richard K. Pyle Sr.

Washington Post August 15 2020

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/readers-critique-the-post-what-happened-at-the-warsaw-ghetto/2020/08/14/81c60432-de2a-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html

Unsightly disablism [Tom Toles letter].

Sara Deutch Schotland

Washington Post August 15 2020

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/readers-critique-the-post-what-happened-at-the-warsaw-ghetto/2020/08/14/81c60432-de2a-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html

Aug 22: Votes for Women comics anthology panel

The Post reviews Project Power movie

Designer drugs give people temporary superpowers in gritty 'Project Power' [in print as Thriller proves to be a hell of a drug].

Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post August 14, 2020 , p. Weekend 13

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/project-power-movie-review/2020/08/12/3119523e-d9aa-11ea-aff6-220dd3a14741_story.html