Friday, August 05, 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.

Chris Coplan

August 5, 2022

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

Thursday, August 04, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/4/22

Batgirl directors "can't believe" their film's cancellation, either

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Falla said they were "saddened and shocked" in their first statement since news broke

Mary Kate Carr

AV Club August 3 2022

https://www.avclub.com/batgirl-directors-can-t-believe-cancellation-either-1849366979

Warner Bros. Scraps 'Batgirl' and Other Films Amid Broader Cost-Cutting Effort

New management at Warner Bros. Discovery plans to overhaul the company's distribution strategy for movies

By Robbie Whelan

Aug. 3, 2022

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hbo-max-boss-script-for-a-new-hollywood-11621008116

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Defends Axing 'Batgirl': 'We're Not Going to Put a Movie Out Unless We Believe in It'

Adam B. Vary

Variety

Aug 4, 2022

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/batgirl-david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery-1235333681/

'Batgirl' Debacle Pushes DC Back Once Again

Warner Bros. wants to reach the heights of Marvel Studios, but it lacks the patience and understanding of its characters to ever get there, writes The Hollywood Reporter contributor Richard Newby.

August 4, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/batgirl-cancellation-dc-movies-1235192230/

Warner Bros. CEO tries to explain why The Flash is great but Batgirl had to die

David Zaslav is "excited" for Ezra Miller's superhero movie, despite every other Google result you'll get for "Ezra Miller" right now

William Hughes

AV Club August 4 2022

https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-ceo-tries-to-explain-why-the-flash-is-grea-1849374742

The DCEU is fine, if by fine you mean a flaming dumpster fire perched on the edge of a volcano full of poison sharks

Heidi MacDonald

08/04/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-dceu-is-fine-if-by-fine-you-mean-a-flaming-dumpster-fire-perched-on-the-edge-of-a-volcano-full-of-poison-sharks/

DC Will Have 10-Year Plan Akin to Marvel's Playbook, Says David Zaslav

The Warner Bros. Discovery executive also addressed scrapping 'Batgirl': "Our job is to protect the DC brand."

By Aaron Couch, Pamela McClintock

August 4, 2022 2

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dc-movies-follow-marvel-playbook-1235193077/

Paul Dini, writer of canned Scoob!: Holiday Haunt, says test audiences "dug" it

Big "ruh-roh" on this one for Warner Bros. Discovery

Sam Barsanti

AV Club August 4 2022

https://www.avclub.com/scoob-holiday-haunt-writer-says-audiences-dug-it-1849373192

James Gunn confirms Peacemaker season 2 still coming despite those HBO Max troubles

William Hughes

AV Club August 3 2022

https://www.avclub.com/james-gunn-confirms-peacemaker-season-2-despite-those-h-1849369327

'THREE WORLDS/THREE MOONS' HEADED TO PRINT

Hickman and Collaborators Looking for Publisher for Substack Project

Posted by Brigid Alverson on August 3, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51811/three-worlds-three-moons-headed-print

Graphix Announces New 'Dog Man' Book, Launch of Dav Pilkey's Epic Comic Club

By Brigid Alverson

Aug 04, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/90011-graphix-announces-new-dog-man-book-launch-of-dav-pilkey-s-epic-comic-club.html

Randy Farb – RIP [co-author Jewish comic strip "4 Corners"]

by D. D. Degg

August 3, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/08/03/randy-farb-rip/

Randy Hugh Farb, 61, July 24, 2022~25 Tammuz 5782

Herman Meyer & Son, Inc

https://meyerfuneral.com/randy-hugh-farb-61/

"I'd rather be a pig than a fascist." Revisiting Ghibli's Porco Rosso 30 Years Later

Leah Schnelbach

Wed Jul 27, 2022

https://www.tor.com/2022/07/27/porco-rosso-hayao-miyazaki-classic-30th-anniversary/

The Sandman: How Neil Gaiman and Allan Heinberg Adapted a Classic

Neil Gaiman explains why Netflix's adaptation of The Sandman was the right version to receive his blessing and involvement.

By Aaron Sagers | August 3, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-sandman-how-neil-gaiman-allan-heinberg-adapted-classic/

How The Sandman Found Its Death

Kirby Howell-Baptiste reveals the challenges (and joys) of becoming Death on Netflix's The Sandman.

By Alana Joli Abbott | August 1, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-sandman-death-kirby-howell-baptiste/

The Sandman: What Becoming the Lord of Dreams Was Like for Tom Sturridge

Tom Sturridge becomes Morpheus, Lord of the Dreaming, in Netflix's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.

By Ed Gross | August 3, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-sandman-dream-tom-sturridge/

The Sandman: How Gwendoline Christie Embraced Evil with Lucifer Morningstar

After saving one realm in Game of Thrones, Gwendoline Christie is set to rule another as Lucifer in Netflix's The Sandman.

By Alana Joli Abbott | August 3, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-sandman-gwendoline-christie-lucifer-morningstar/

'She-Hulk' Producers Respond to CGI Criticisms

Writer Jessica Gao, director Kat Coiro and star Tatiana Maslany reacted to the Disney+ series' visual effects controversies at the show's Television Critics Association press tour panel: "It's very hard to win when you make women's bodies."

James Hibberd

August 3, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/she-hulk-producers-respond-cgi-criticisms-1235191972/

Nick Drnaso on Escaping From Isolation

"In my work there's a recurring theme of being out of step with the modern world."

By Oliver Munday

July 29, 2022

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/07/nick-drnaso-acting-class-short-story-interivew/670973/

'Third Person' captures what it's like to be a trans person with dissociative identity disorder

In her debut memoir, graphic novelist Emma Grove chronicles her experience navigating the mental healthcare system while trans

By Cassandra Kislenko • July 21, 2022

https://xtramagazine.com/culture/books/third-person-emma-grove-227245

Comic-Con 2022: 'Love and Rockets' creators Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez celebrate 40 years of comics

By Peter Larsen | plarsen@scng.com | Orange County Register

July 23, 2022

https://www.ocregister.com/2022/07/23/comic-con-2022-love-and-rockets-creators-gilbert-and-jaime-hernandez-celebrate-40-years-of-comics/

Perfectly Realized: On Tove Jansson's 'The Summer Book' at 50

Timothy Walsh July 29, 2022

https://themillions.com/2022/07/perfectly-realized-on-tove-janssons-the-summer-book-at-50.html

Bugs Bunny Scholarship Is a Wascally Wesearch Wabbit Hole

In this edition of Research Rabbit Hole, we dig up scholarship about what one academic calls "the signifying rabbit."

By: The Editors

JSTOR Daily, July 27, 2022

https://daily.jstor.org/bugs-bunny-scholarship-is-a-wascally-wesearch-wabbit-hole/

Yosemite Sam Never Settles Down [Bugs Bunny]

Bruce McKenna

California History

Vol. 79, No. 1, Literature and the Arts in California and the Pacific Northwest (Spring, 2000), pp. 42-49 (8 pages)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25591576?mag=bugs-bunny-scholarship-is-a-wascally-wesearch-wabbit-hole#metadata_info_tab_contents

The Tweety Bird Test: How a classic Tweety Bird cartoon became a mainstay in linguistics research. [1950 Merrie Melodies animated short Canary Row]

Greg Uyeno

October 9, 2019

https://daily.jstor.org/the-tweety-bird-test/

Southern Fried Foster: Representing Race and Place through Music in Looney Tunes Cartoons

Joanna R. Smolko

American Music

Vol. 30, No. 3 (Fall 2012), pp. 344-372 (29 pages)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/americanmusic.30.3.0344?mag=bugs-bunny-scholarship-is-a-wascally-wesearch-wabbit-hole#metadata_info_tab_contents

BONUS: Micro-Face: The Musical

Kenny Malone and Amanda Aronczyk

NPR's Planet Money August 1, 2022

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/08/01/1113461350/bonus-micro-face-the-musical

https://edge2.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pmoney/2022/08/20220801_pmoney_a22a458f-3d3e-4fdd-993a-dafe3073f0d1.mp3

PR: The Third Eye Throwdown Tent Sale Returns to Third Eye Annapolis Next Saturday!

Heya Third Eye Faithful!

We're almost one week away from our biggest, craziest sale of the year... the THIRD EYE THROWDOWN TENT SALE!

This one is extra special as it's our 1st time hosting the event since 2019, and we've got a TON of stuff from our warehouses that will be filling the giant tent in the rear lot of Third Eye Annapolis on SATURDAY 8/13/22!

Some of the fun you can expect:

HUNDREDS OF GRAPHIC NOVELS & MANGA AT 50% OFF OR HIGHER
HUNDREDS OF TOYS, T-SHIRTS, STATUES & MORE AT 50% OFF OR HIGHER
TONS OF TABLETOP GAMES & OTHER TABLETOP GAMING ITEMS AT 50% OFF
$1.00 BACK ISSUE BINS - THOUSANDS OF BACK ISSUES -- ALL JUST $1.00!
FILL A SHORT DIAMOND BOX OR COMIC SHORT BOX (both hold about 110-200 comics depending on how tight you pack!) for just $50!
THE DEBUT OF THIRD EYE MYSTER PACKS!
THE DEBUT OF THIRD EYE FULL STORY SET PACKS! Iconic runs bundled up together for great prices!
SHOW UP IN PRO-WRESTLING GEAR (not just a wrestling shirt, folks -we're talking tights, masks, shoulder pas, etc) OR POST-APOCALYPTIC GEAR (think MAD MAX!) -- and get a FREE Third Eye tote to take your stuff home in!

NEVER BEEN TO ONE OF OUR THIRD EYE THROWDOWN TENT SALES?

The THROWDOWN is pretty unique; it's a very THUNDERDOME-style event, where you'll get some incredible deals and have a blast!

However, due to the nature & scale of the THROWDOWN, there's a few things we like to give first-timers a heads up on! :)

Parking can get a bit crazy b/c we are taking up a good chunk of the rear lot with the giant tent -- so, please keep an eye out for the Third Eye Event Parking signs for extra parking. Can't find parking? All our lots are full? There's a ton of street parking up and down the blocks near our store!
It can get HOT! We do have some pretty heavy-duty fans running in the tent to keep the airflow going, but there's no way around it: it can be hot in there! So, just be aware!
It can get CROWDED! Part of the fun of the tent sale is the anything goes nature of it, so while we'll have plenty of Third Eye team members running multiple registers to get folks rung up as quickly as possible, it can still get crowded in the tent, so just be aware of that!
PORTAPOTTY! - We know some of you like to line up before things kick into high gear -- and we've got a portapotty in the lot for you!
LINING UP EARLY? If you do line up early, please do not go in the tent until Team Third Eye officially begins letting folks in!
We start cleaning up the tent between 6-7PM EST, so if you show up after 7PM, you may see some stuff getting packed up, and usually by 8PM, while there's still a few items, a lot of items may have gotten packed up.
Belly Reward Points! The scanners for our rewards cards don't work in the tent, so please make sure to hang onto your paper receipt & bring it back on your next visit to Third Eye to get your points! :)
All items in the tent are sold as is - there's a ton of stuff in our warehouses, and just like there's going to be some real treasures that may surprise you, there may also be items that we may have missed a defect on. We do try our best to make sure to mark anything that may have a major issue (or weed it out before it hits the tent aka a statue that may be broken, etc), but sometimes we do miss something! Of course, you know us, Third Eye Faithful: if you have a major issue with an item, just visit us in-store anytime & our team will help you out!
Be Kind To Your Fellow Third Eye Faithful! We know it's exciting to dig through the boxes & find all the fun stuff we've put in there -- but, pls make sure to be cool to one another!
ROAD TRIPPING FOR THE TENT SALE? Tag us on INSTAGRAM & share your journey @ thirdeyecomics
WHAT'S ON SALE? If it's in the tent -- it's on sale! Everything in the tent is on sale this day!

With all that being said, this is going to be an epic tent sale! We haven't done one in 3 years, and that means we've got 3 years worth of all kinds of goodies going in the tent!

We're very excited to see you all, and are thankful to have such an awesome community with you Third Eye Faithful, so doing an event like this is one of the things we look forward to most all year!

If you have any other questions about the tent sale, please give us a ring at the shop MON-SAT 11AM-9PM, SUN 11AM-6PM at 410-897-0322, and our team will help you out!