Monday, May 15, 2023

With a nine-figure valuation and investors including billionaire Ron Burkle and the company behind BTS, Mythos Studios is working on bringing a new universe, Ekos, to life inspired by the late artist Michael Turner's creations.

Aaron Couch

May 12, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ekos-universe-launches-marvel-founder-1235485931/

Searching for Superman: Inside the Quest to Cast DC's New Top Hero (Exclusive)

By Borys Kit, Mia Galuppo

May 13, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/superman-legacy-cast-james-gunn-1235486603/

We'll hold on to this toon for 2028 [de Adder, letter]

Steve Earle,

Washington Post May 13 2023 : A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/12/reader-critiques-kim-keon-hee-fashion-insult/

"I'm Still Trying to Get Better": Mike Del Mundo on Ten Plus Years of Creating Iconic Covers

By David Harper

July 20, 2021

https://sktchd.com/art-feature/mike-del-mundo-art-feature/

Sam Gross, cartoonist of 'radical honesty,' dies at 89 [in print as Cartoonist whose visual gags were outrageous and sometimes shocking]

By Michael S. Rosenwald

Washington Post May 14, 2023 : C7

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/09/sam-gross-new-yorker-national-lampoon-cartoonist-dies/

When the House of Ideas Really Was: Talking with Author Eliot Borenstein [Marvel Comics in the 1970s]

Tom Heintjes

https://www.hoganmag.com/blog/2023/5/12/when-the-house-of-ideas-really-was-talking-with-author-eliot-borenstein

'Iron Man' rescued superhero movies. Ultimately, it wrecked them.

Marvel Studios' debut film reimagined the comic book movie and eventually ate Hollywood [in print as What 'Iron Man' wrought].

Ann Hornaday

Washington Post May 14, 2023 : E1, 12

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/05/11/iron-man-anniversary-mcu/

What Mamoru Oshii Wants to Tell the Next Generation of Anime and Film Creators

by Kim Morrissy, May 12th 2023

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2023-05-12/what-mamoru-oshii-wants-to-tell-the-next-generation-of-anime-and-film-creators/.197971

How Accurate Is 【Oshi No Ko】 About the Japanese Entertainment Industry? An Interview With Aka Akasaka

by Kim Morrissy, May 10th 2023

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2023-05-10/how-accurate-is-oshi-no-ko-about-the-japanese-entertainment-industry-an-interview-with-aka-akasaka/.197795

Gundam Franchise Grosses Record High 131 Billion Yen in 2023 Fiscal Year

posted on 2023-05-12 11:45 EDT by Kim Morrissy

Gundam: The Witch From Mercury cited for acquiring new fans among young people, women

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-05-12/gundam-franchise-grosses-record-high-131-billion-yen-in-2023-fiscal-year/.198003

Kyoto Animation Arsonist Case Begins Main Trial on September 5 With Verdict Scheduled for January 25

2023-05-12

Crystalyn Hodgkins

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-12/kyoto-animation-arsonist-case-begins-main-trial-on-september-5-with-verdict-scheduled-for-january-25/.198025

On my radar: Ari Aster's cultural highlights

The Hereditary and Midsommar film-maker on the genius of Daniel Clowes's Eightball, a haunting Iranian drama and the revelatory writing of Édouard Levé

Killian Fox

Sat 13 May 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/may/13/on-my-radar-ari-aster-cultural-highlights

My resolutions, Buster Brown

Outcault, Richard Felton. 1910

Chicago : R.F. Outcault

https://archive.org/details/myresolutionsbus00outc

Buster Brown, his dog Tige and their troubles

Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928

1904

New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company

https://archive.org/details/BusterBrownhisd00Outc

Tige--his story [Buster Brown]

Outcault, Richard Felton,1905

New York, F. A. Stokes company

https://archive.org/details/tigehisstory00outc

Stock Exchange in Caricature, The

Greene, Clay M.

1904

New York : Abram Stone publisher

https://archive.org/details/stockexchangeinc01gree

Sunday, May 14, 2023

WaPo's Hornaday on too many superhero movies

'Iron Man' rescued superhero movies. Ultimately, it wrecked them.

Marvel Studios' debut film reimagined the comic book movie and eventually ate Hollywood [in print as What 'Iron Man' wrought].

Perspective by Ann Hornaday

Chief film critic

Washington Post May 14, 2023 : E1, 12

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/05/11/iron-man-anniversary-mcu/

That darn Michael de Adder!

We'll hold on to this toon for 2028 [de Adder, letter]

Steve Earle, Front Royal, Va.
Washington Post May 13 2023 : A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/12/reader-critiques-kim-keon-hee-fashion-insult/

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Finishing The Job"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist -

"Finishing The Job"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3635

It is with anxiety, chagrin and dread that I present this, my first cartoon of the 2024 Presidential "election" slog...

...and despite the massive disappointment and lack of enthusiasm of huge swaths of Democratic voters, Gropin' Joe announced his re-election campaign kickoff with a promise to "finish the job"... at which point yours truly, like millions of others, is cringing and asking themselves: what job would THAT be — immiserating the poor and the working class? Terrorizing immigrants and bullying our next-door neighbors? Fattening up the war profiteers and Wall Street? Beating down anti-war dissent in public media? Dragging us into World War III?

Lotta big jobs to finish there, Joester; guess you're going to need four more years to thoroughly fuck shit up, huh?

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"'It's Time to Finish the Job,' Biden Tells Union Workers as He Starts '24 Race", New York Times, 04.25.2023
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/20/us/biden-2024-president-election-news

"Biden seeks reelection amid war, COVID and inflation", Patrick Martin at the World Socialist Web Site, 04.25.2023
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/26/ckws-a26.html

"US jobs massacre accelerates, as ruling class confronts growing upsurge of class struggle", Marcus Day at the World Socialist Web Site, 04.28.2023
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/29/jobs-a29.html

"Biden sending 1,500 active-duty troops to Mexican border", Kevin Reed at the World Socialist Web Site, 05.02.2023
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/05/03/ynmm-m03.html

"American imperialism demands new bloodbath in Ukraine", Andre Damon
at the World Socialist Web Site, 05.08.2023
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/05/08/pers-m08.html

"US makes up c 40% of global military spending, 10x Russia, 3x China",
Ben Norton at the Geopolitical Economy Report, 05.02.2023
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/02/us-military-spending-russia-china

"Biden approval slips to new low in wake of 2024 campaign launch:
survey", Julia Mueller at The Hill, 05.07.2023
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3992413-biden-approval-slips-to-new-low-in-wake-of-2024-campaign-launch-survey/

"'Independent' Ukrainian 'Kill List' Actually Run By Kiev, Backed By
Washington", David Miller at MintPress News, 05.12.2023
https://www.mintpressnews.com/independent-ukraine-kill-list-actually-run-by-kiev-backed-by-washington/284639/

Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Barney & Clyde moves to Counterpoint

Barney & Clyde and Counterpoint

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/13/barney-clyde-and-counterpoint/

Reply All by Donna Lewis is still w/ the Post's dying syndicate

2023 Herb Block Prize Winner — Ann Telnaes video with Rep. Raskin's too

2023 Herb Block Prize Winner — Ann Telnaes

herblockvideo

May 11, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHlNVB4DLHk

To commemorate Herb Block's legacy, the Foundation awards the annual Herblock Prize for excellence in editorial cartooning. The Foundation created the Herblock Prize in 2004 to encourage editorial cartooning as an essential tool for preserving the rights of the American people through freedom of speech and the right of expression. Presented each spring at the Library of Congress, the prize is awarded by The Herb Block Foundation for distinguished examples of editorial cartooning that exemplify the courageous standard set by Herblock and is judged by a panel of outside experts.

and here's the other speech

Herb Block Lecture – Congressman Jamie Raskin

herblockvideo

May 11, 2023

The Herb Block Foundation brings notable speakers to lecture at the annual Herblock Prize & Lecture Awards ceremony. Guest speakers discuss social issues of the day in the spirit of Herb Block. Congressman Jamie Raskin is from Maryland's 8th Congressional District.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/12/2023

Sam Gross, 89, Dies; Prolific Purveyor of Cartoons, Tasteful and Otherwise

By Daniel E. Slotnik

A version of this article appears in print on May 12, 2023, Section B, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: Sam Gross, Cartoonist Who Stayed True to Himself, Is Dead at 89

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/arts/sam-gross-dead.html

DSTLRY Inks Distribution Deal with Diamond Book Distributors

Scoop May 12 2023

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=268355

DSTLRY ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH DIAMOND With Exclusive Distro to Book Channel by DBD

Brigid Alverson on May 11, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54083/dstlry-announces-distribution-deal-diamond

IDW CEO DAVIDI JONAS INTERVIEW PART 3 – IDW'S MEDIA PLANS, AND A BIGGER ROLE FOR CHRIS STAROS

Rob Salkowitz

May 12, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/54090/idw-ceo-davidi-jonas-interview-part-3-idws-media-plans-bigger-role-chris-staros

'Our strip for our town': Comic with local roots finds permanent place in Daily Sun [Archie]

By CATHERINE MCLAUGHLIN, THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

May 10, 2023

https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/local/our-strip-for-our-town-comic-with-local-roots-finds-permanent-place-in-daily-sun/article_ae792aea-ef61-11ed-9cf7-6bbde2eccfa6.html

Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Vault & Whatnot Fundraise Trans Lifeline

Vault Comics is announcing their second annual Pride Charity Auction on Whatnot where 100% of money raised will be donated to Trans Lifeline.

by Rich Johnston

11 May 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/patton-oswalt-jordan-blum-vault-whatnot-fundraise-trans-lifeline/

All 15 Free Comic Book Day 2023 Titles Also Released Digitally So Far

Last week saw Free Comic Book Day hit comic book stores around the world, with around 50 titles up for grabs. But did you read these 16?

by Rich Johnston

11 May 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/all-15-free-comic-book-day-2023-titles-also-released-digitally-so-far/

The good, the bad, the bland: My list of the best comics | Mann Overboard

May 10, 2023

Bill Mann

https://www.ptleader.com/stories/the-good-the-bad-the-bland-my-list-of-the-best-comics-mann-overboard,118650

10 Best Comic Strips Still Running Today

By Chloe Gabrielle

CBR May 8 2023

https://www.cbr.com/best-newspaper-comics-current/

Hampton officer's heroic actions featured in Dick Tracy comic: 'This is impressive'

Angeljean Chiaramida

news@seacoastonline.com

May 10 2023

https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/hampton-nh-officer-haley-magee-heroic-actions-get-shout-out-in-dick-tracy-comic/70197600007/

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Garfield is a bad influence

By Marte Jones, Las Vegas

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Las Vega Sun

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2023/may/06/garfield-is-a-bad-influence/

Hong Kong security chief hits back at journalists' group over suspension of newspaper comic strip

Zunzi's 40-year-old comic strip, axed by Ming Pao, was openly criticised by government officials six times since last October. The city's journalist group said "Hong Kong cannot tolerate critical voices," whilst the security chief said the government must "speak up, clarify and condemn."

by Kelly Ho
Hong Kong Free Press 11 May 2023
https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/11/hong-kong-security-chief-hits-back-at-press-group-over-suspension-of-newspaper-comic-strip/

Your Cousin, Marvin Berry – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | May 12, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/your-cousin-marvin-berry-this-weeks-links/

X-Men Monday #202 – Ann Nocenti Talks 'Storm'

Chris Hassan

May 8, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/05/08/x-men-monday-202-ann-nocenti-talks-storm/

Jason Copland goes 'Full Tilt' with bloody new revenge tale

The sci-fi/gangster hybrid is a powerful exploration of vengeance and honor alike.

Chris Coplan

May 9, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/05/09/full-tilt-jason-copland-qa/

Shakeups in Sector 2814: Jeremy Adams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson talk new 'Green Lantern' series

The two creators have big plans for Hal Jordan and John Stewart.

Chris Coplan

May 9, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/05/09/green-lantern-2023-interview/

AIPT Comics Podcast episode 221: Kenny Porter talks writing 'The Flash' prequel comic as a primer to Flash, and the new movie

Don't miss our in-depth interview with Kenny Porter about 'The Flash' prequel comic 'The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive' out May 16th.

David Brooke

May 7, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/05/07/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-221-kenny-porter-the-flash/

Comics of the New Europe: Reflections and Intersections

Kuhlman, Martha (editor)

Alaniz, José (editor)

Leuven University Press 2023

https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62880

https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/62880/9789461665270.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Contents

General Introduction: Comics of the 'New' Europe 7

Martha Kuhlman, José Alaniz

Part 1: The Former Yugoslav States 25

Un-Drawn Experience: Visualizing Trauma in Aleksandar Zograf's 31

Regards from Serbia

Max Bledstein

Filial Estrangement and Figurative Mourning in the Work of Nina Bunjevac 47

Dragana Obradović

Reality Check Through the Historical Avant-garde: Danilo Milošev Wostok 67

Aleksandra Sekulić

Part 2: Czechoslovakia/the Czech Republic 83

Facets of Nostalgia: Text-centric Longing in Comics and Graphic Novels 89

by Pavel Čech

Pavel Kořínek

The Avant-Garde Aesthetic of Vojtěch Mašek 105

Martha Kuhlman

Regardless of Context: Graphic Novels with the Faceless (and Homelandless) 121

Hero of Branko Jelinek

Martin Foret

Part 3: Germany 137

Co-Opting Childhood and Obscuring Ideology in Mosaik von Hannes Hegen, 143

1959-1974

Sean Eedy

Images of Spies and Counter Spies in East German Comics 159

Michael F. Scholz

Towards a Graphic Historicity: Authenticity and Photography in the 177

German Graphic Novel

Elizabeth "Biz" Nijdam

Part 4: Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary 199

Women, Feminism and Polish Comic Books: Frąś/Hagedorn's 201

Totalnie nie nostalgia

Ewa Stańczyk

Igor Baranko and National Precarity in Post-Soviet Ukrainian Comics 215

José Alaniz

The Autobiographical Mode in Post-Communist Romanian Comics: 239

Everyday Life in Brynjar Åbel Bandlien's Strîmb Living and Andreea

Chirică's The Year of the Pioneer

Mihaela Precup

Avatars and Iteration in Contemporary Hungarian Autobiographical Comics 261

Eszter Szép

Bringing the Past To Life: Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein at 40

May 9, 2023

by Lillie Hochwender

https://www.thegutterreview.com/bringing-the-past-to-life-bernie-wrightsons-frankenstein-at-40/

Paint, Punk, and Pints: An Interview with Glenn Fabry

May 5, 2023

by Chloe Maveal

https://www.thegutterreview.com/paint-punk-and-pints-an-interview-with-glenn-fabry/

They were once inseparable: A defiantly odd graphic memoir seeks a lost best friend [MariNaomi's memoir, "I Thought You Loved Me"]

By Noah Berlatsky

May 5, 2023

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-05-05/they-were-once-inseparable-a-defiantly-odd-graphic-memoir-seeks-a-lost-best-friend

The UK Indie Comics Scene Loses the Great Chris Reynolds, Creator of 'Mauretania Comics'

by Andy Oliver

May 8, 2023

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/chris-reynolds/

Cult webcomic Achewood is back, and bringing AI with it

Creator Chris Onstad tells us about his decision to bring Achewood back and turn Ray Smuckles into an AI

By Joshua Rivera May 9, 2023, https://www.polygon.com/entertainment/23712969/achewood-2023-ai-chris-onstad

Achewood is back, and it's weirder than ever

The cult hit web comic sprawled in literary scope, pushing author Chris Onstad to burnout. Now, he thinks an AI might help him manage it.

By Elizabeth Lopatto,

The Verge May 8, 2023, https://www.theverge.com/23713940/achewood-chris-onstad-return-patreon-ai-raybot

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 565: Stargazing Biography Comics Special

Meg Lemke and Calvin Reid

on 05/08/2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1256

Off Panel #399: Gucci Naruto Bag with Heidi MacDonald

David Harper

May 8, 2023

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-399-gucci-naruto-bag-with-heidi-macdonald

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Heidi_MacDonald_2023.mp3

From Comic-Con to Amazon: Fan conventions and digital platforms [COVID-19].

Melanie ES Kohnen, Felan Parker, and Benjamin Woo

New Media & Society May 6, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231165289

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14614448231165289

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/reader/10.1177/14614448231165289

First look at Marvel Universe exhibit in Charlotte museum offers comics, culture, costumes

By Mark Washburn

May 11, 2023

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article274690466.html

Prints of a New Kind: Political Caricature in the United States, 1789–1828

Allison M. Stagg

2023

https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09332-1.html

Wonder Woman #800 Will Introduce Diana's Daughter, Trinity

Move over, Super Sons. Trinity is here to save the world.

By Jesse Schedeen

May 12, 2023

https://www.ign.com/articles/wonder-woman-800-will-introduce-dianas-daughter-trinity

02 May 2023

Bringing fictional characters to life: reflections on co-creating a comic book with members of the public [graphic medicine]

Joanne Marie Cairns, Helen Roberts, Geraldine Al-Khafaji & Maria Kwater

Research Involvement and Engagement volume 9, Article number: 28 (2023)

https://researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40900-023-00437-2

https://researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s40900-023-00437-2.pdf

Beneway, Mara (2023) "Why Poetry Comics? An overview of the form's origins, creative potential, and pedagogical benefits," Journal of Creative Writing Studies: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 11.
Available at: https://scholarworks.rit.edu/jcws/vol8/iss1/11

James Gunn Always Knew How 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' Would End

By Kyle Buchanan

May 12, 2023,

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/movies/james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3.html

Book Review: Drawling Liberalism: Herblock's Political Cartoons in Postwar America

Reviewed by Christina M. Knopf

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG May 12 2023

http://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/05/book-review-drawling-liberalism.html

Simon Appleford. Drawling Liberalism: Herblock's Political Cartoons in Postwar America. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023. https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5814/

INTERVIEW: A Liang Chan discusses self-imposed seclusion as inspiration for FAR DISTANT

Rebecca Oliver Kaplan

05/12/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-a-liang-chan-discusses-self-imposed-seclusion-as-inspiration-for-far-distant/

Friday, May 12, 2023

Ben Hatke at Scrawl Books for Reynard's Tale

Disney's Robin Hood started as a Reynard story but he was too cute so they made him Robin instead.

May 18: Animation workshop

Are you looking to break into the exciting field of animation?

Thurs, May 18 - Minding Your Movie Business: Animation - Animation is hot--and so are job prospects! Do you know what it takes to join the industry? In the third & final installment of our FREE virtual workshop series, we are hosting a panel of animation professionals who will share valuable insights on how to get your career started in the animation industry! Featured industry professionals will include 3D Technical Artist Robert Blake, My Father's Dragon Producers Bonnie Curtis & Julie Lynn, and Cartoon Saloon Creative Directors Nora Twomey & Paul Young. This workshop will have a special focus on helping creators of color break into and navigate the animation field. The event will be moderated by Entertainment & Media Lawyer, Craig Emanuel, with live on-screen ASL interpretation in partnership with Interpret This.

Advance RSVP required. Register now to secure your spot for this opportunity to learn from top animation experts!

Phillip Kennedy Johnson interviewed about ‘Green Lantern’

Shakeups in Sector 2814: Jeremy Adams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson talk new 'Green Lantern' series

The two creators have big plans for Hal Jordan and John Stewart.

Chris Coplan

May 9, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/05/09/green-lantern-2023-interview/

May 20: Creator Signing - Meet Scott Braden in Frederick

MAY 20, 2023 AT 11 AM – 4 PM

Creator Signing - Meet Scott Braden

https://www.facebook.com/events/933149741269304

Beyond Comics

5632 Buckeystown Pike
Frederick, MD 21704

Duration: 5 hr

Come meet local creator Scott Braden, author and creator of Kent Menace!

Kent Menace is a mysterious mariner, as well as a weird hero who radiates - and attracts - excitement, danger, and even a little bit of humor. Find out why Diamond Comics's Steve Geppi said Kent Menace "crackles with energy and overflows with possibility" and Valiant Comics's senior editor Lysa Hawkins said "...a little dash of pulp, a sprinkle of camp, Kent Menace is what happens if Doc Savage, Namor, and the Tick fused into one!"

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/11/2023

2023 National Headliner Award Winner is Clay Bennett

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/10/2023-national-headliner-award-winner-is-clay-bennett/

Chattanooga Times Free Press cartoonist Clay Bennett wins National Headliner Award

Chattanooga Times Free Press May 10, 2023

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/may/10/chattanooga-times-free-press-cartoonist-clay-bennett-wins-national-headliner-award/

Apple Launches Webtoon Comics Publisher For Apple Books App

Apple has signed a three-year deal with South Korean startup Kenaz to publish webtoons on its Apple Books app.

10 May 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/apple-launches-webtoon-comics-publisher-for-apple-books-app/

Apple turns to South Korea's 'webtoons'—short, vertically read, and made for small screens—to revive its Books app

Min Jeong Lee, Youkyung Lee and Bloomberg

May 6, 2023

https://fortune.com/2023/05/06/apple-books-app-webtoons-south-korea-kenaz-entertainment/

The Male Gaze of J.C. Leyendecker

— EVE M. KAHN

New York Times May 7 2023: F2

online at https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/arts/design/products-events-people.html

'Afrofuturism' navigates past, present and future of Black experience

Exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture examines history through the lens of the imagination

DeNeen L. Brown

May 10, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/10/national-museum-african-american-history-culture-afrofuturism-history-black-futures/

Go ahead, take your kid to an art museum [in print as Taking children to art museums can be stressful - but it's worth it]

Diana Schoenbrun

Washington Post May 9, 2023 : F6

online (March 5) at https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/kids-tips-art-museums/

Is solo travel thrilling or anxiety inducing? For me, it's both.

A trip by yourself can be daunting. One comic illustrates the highs and lows of her experiences.

Diana Schoenbrun

October 4, 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2019/10/04/is-solo-travel-thrilling-or-anxiety-inducing-me-its-both/

Disney Earnings: Streaming Losses Shrink and ARPU Rises, Disney+ Subscribers Fall to 157.8M

Alex Weprin

Higher prices did not seem to materially impact the Disney+ domestic subscriber base even as the service lost subs due to international arm Disney+ Hotstar.

May 10, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-q1-earnings-streaming-losses-fall-arpu-rises-1235484314

Disney's Losses From Streaming Narrowed in the Last Quarter

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on May 11, 2023, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Disney Cuts Streaming Loss As Revenue From TV Tanks.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/business/media/walt-disney-company-earnings.html

Perri Hart – RIP [John Hart Studio]

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/10/perri-hart-rip/

Perri Hart [John Hart Studio]

Press & Sun-Bulletin April 12, 2023

https://www.pressconnects.com/obituaries/bps138944

British Spies, Japanese Teens and a German Cop's Wild Ride ['Skip and Loafer' anime]

by Mike Hale

A version of this article appears in print on May 11, 2023, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: International Flair In Every Corner.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/arts/television/a-spy-among-friends.html

Mo Willems Forms Hidden Pigeon Company to Expand IP Library

By Karen Raugust

May 11, 2023 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/92251-mo-willems-forms-hidden-pigeon-company-to-expand-ip-library.html

Japanese Thriller Perfect Blue Relishes Early Internet Fears

Like many great late '90s films, Satoshi Kon's animated thriller from 1997 grapples with the duality of the fledgling internet, but shockingly predicts future fallouts.

by Noah Gittell
Washington City Paper May 10th, 2023

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/604211/japanese-thriller-perfect-blue-relishes-early-internet-fears/

KODANSHA DIGITAL MANGA APP LAUNCHES IN U.S. WITH 400 TITLES

Including 60 Published Simultaneously with Japan

Brigid Alverson on May 10, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54071/kodansha-digital-manga-app-launches-u-s-400-titles

Acclaimed Artist and Graphic Designer Frank Kozik Dies at 61

By Brandon Schreur

CBR May 10 2023
https://www.cbr.com/frank-kozik-artist-graphic-designer-obituatry/

Frank Kozik, Iconic Graphic Artist Behind Album Covers Including the Offpsring's 'Americana,' Dies at 61

K.J. Yossman

Variety May 10 2023

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/frank-kozik-dead-kidrobot-1235608364/

DSTLRY ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH DIAMOND

With Exclusive Distro to Book Channel by DBD

Brigid Alverson on May 11, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54083/dstlry-announces-distribution-deal-diamond

DAVIDI JONAS ON WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE NEW IDW: PART 2 – WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY

Rob Salkowitz

ICv2 May 11, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/54078/davidi-jonas-what-expect-new-idw-part-2-what-happened-why

Sam Gross: Sex, Race, and Frogs

Richard Gehr | March 6, 2011

https://www.tcj.com/sam-gross/

Shahaf @shahaf ·

[ The incredible Kelly Thompson graciously agreed to do an AMA (Ask me anything) on the league! ]

May 3 2023

https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/community/thread/16985723

From an ocean away, I'm cherishing every moment I have left with my parents

My long-distance relationship with my parents started when I was a teenager, and we stayed in touch via landline, letters, and later, video chat

Perspective by Haruka Aoki

May 7, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/07/an-ocean-away-im-cherishing-every-moment-i-have-left-with-my-parents/

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 is Messy and Overstuffed, and It'll Probably Make You Cry

Leah Schnelbach

Tor.com May 8, 2023

https://www.tor.com/2023/05/08/guardians-of-the-galaxy-volume-3-movie-review/

Horror homecoming: Steve Niles reveals the secrets of Brynmore #1

By Will Salmon

Newsarama May 8 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/horror-homecoming-steve-niles-reveals-the-secrets-of-brynmore-1/

The man-machine: writer Morgan Hampton on finding the human in Cyborg

By Sam Stone

10 May 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/the-man-machine-writer-morgan-hampton-on-finding-the-human-in-cyborg/

Late Judge Dredd co-creator Carlos Ezquerra to have Spanish street named in his honor

The street of Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra will be in a new development of his hometown of Zaragoza, Spain

Dean Simons

05/11/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/late-judge-dredd-co-creator-carlos-ezquerra-to-have-spanish-street-named-in-his-honor/

The Lily's latest webcomic from WaPo

From an ocean away, I'm cherishing every moment I have left with my parents

My long-distance relationship with my parents started when I was a teenager, and we stayed in touch via landline, letters, and later, video chat

Perspective by Haruka Aoki

May 7, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/07/an-ocean-away-im-cherishing-every-moment-i-have-left-with-my-parents/

May 12: Ben Hatke at Scrawl Books

I'll be there tomorrow - I'm a big fan of his work. Anyone else going?

Meet Ben Hatke!

https://www.scrawlbooks.com/event/meet-ben-hatke

Fairy tale fans and graphic novel readers: This one's for you! Join us at Scrawl Books on Friday, May 12 at 6PM as we welcome Ben Hatke! We'll be celebrating the release of Reynard's Tale, Ben's all-new graphic novel for adults! This book is a departure from Ben's usual middle grade fare, but attendees of all ages are welcome at this event.

Event date:

Friday, May 12, 2023 - 6:00pm

Event address:

11911 Freedom Drive

Reston, VA 20190

Reynard's Tale: A Story of Love and Mischief (Hardcover)

By Ben Hatke

$22.99

ISBN: 9781250857910

Availability: Coming Soon - Pre-Order Now

Published: First Second - April 18th, 2023

Monday, May 15, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/13-14/2023

Sunday, May 14, 2023

WaPo's Hornaday on too many superhero movies

'Iron Man' rescued superhero movies. Ultimately, it wrecked them.

Marvel Studios' debut film reimagined the comic book movie and eventually ate Hollywood [in print as What 'Iron Man' wrought].

That darn Michael de Adder!

We'll hold on to this toon for 2028 [de Adder, letter]

Steve Earle, Front Royal, Va.
Washington Post May 13 2023 : A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/12/reader-critiques-kim-keon-hee-fashion-insult/

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Finishing The Job"

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Barney & Clyde moves to Counterpoint

Barney & Clyde and Counterpoint

2023 Herb Block Prize Winner — Ann Telnaes video with Rep. Raskin's too

2023 Herb Block Prize Winner — Ann Telnaes

Herb Block Lecture – Congressman Jamie Raskin

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/12/2023

Friday, May 12, 2023

Ben Hatke at Scrawl Books for Reynard's Tale

May 18: Animation workshop

Phillip Kennedy Johnson interviewed about ‘Green Lantern’

May 20: Creator Signing - Meet Scott Braden in Frederick

Creator Signing - Meet Scott Braden

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/11/2023

The Lily's latest webcomic from WaPo

From an ocean away, I'm cherishing every moment I have left with my parents

My long-distance relationship with my parents started when I was a teenager, and we stayed in touch via landline, letters, and later, video chat

May 12: Ben Hatke at Scrawl Books

Meet Ben Hatke!

Reynard's Tale: A Story of Love and Mischief (Hardcover)

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Sunday, May 14, 2023

'Iron Man' rescued superhero movies. Ultimately, it wrecked them.

Marvel Studios' debut film reimagined the comic book movie and eventually ate Hollywood [in print as What 'Iron Man' wrought].

We'll hold on to this toon for 2028 [de Adder, letter] Steve Earle, Front Royal, Va.Washington Post May 13 2023 : A15online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/12/reader-critiques-kim-keon-hee-fashion-insult/

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Barney & Clyde and Counterpoint

2023 Herb Block Prize Winner — Ann Telnaes

Herb Block Lecture – Congressman Jamie Raskin

Friday, May 12, 2023

Creator Signing - Meet Scott Braden

Thursday, May 11, 2023

From an ocean away, I'm cherishing every moment I have left with my parents

My long-distance relationship with my parents started when I was a teenager, and we stayed in touch via landline, letters, and later, video chat

Meet Ben Hatke!

We'll hold on to this toon for 2028 [de Adder, letter]

Steve Earle, Front Royal, Va.
Washington Post May 13 2023 : A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/12/reader-critiques-kim-keon-hee-fashion-insult/