Monday, May 22, 2023

The Cake Was Not A Lie
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3640

Yeah, I know the Florida Legislature Dancing And Cake Story broke
nearly 2 weeks ago, but at the time, I was busy finishing the job of
"Finishing The Job".

So, aaaa-aanyway... if the almighty Fact-Checking Industrial Complex
is to be believed, the dancing was not at the end of the session, but
before they settled down to the business of otherizing, criminalizing,
villifying and immiserating a major portion of the whole goddamn state
with a legislative horrorshow.

Luckily for me, though, the part of the story that was true was the
cake part. According to this big, hot steamy bucket of gloat in the DC
Enquirer*, a Florida legislative staffer mocked protesters at the
State Capitol at the time by eating cake at their desks in front of
them.

So, it seems that just this once, the cake is not a lie.

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*CONTENT WARNING: Yet another fascist rag in DC — as if the Examiner
and the Times aren't enough; article cites Andy Ngo tweets, and some
shit-take dropping fascist tool declaring "Make America Florida". They
did, however, get the cake-eating part right.

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"Florida lawmakers danced 'after passing anti-trans legislation':
Mostly False" Politifact 05.04.2023
https://api.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/05/tiktok-posts/were-florida-lawmakers-dancing-after-passing-anti/

"Protestors Arrested In Florida State Capitol Following DeSantis'
Success, Staffer Hilariously Mocks Them By Eating Cake", Connor
Cavanaugh at the DC Enquirer 05.06.2023
https://dcenquirer.com/protestors-arrested-in-florida-state-capitol-as-workers-watch-eating-cake/

"A staff member eats cake at the front desk in Gov. Ron DeSantis'
office in the Florida Capitol while dozens of activists state a sit-in
on Wednesday.", Ana Gofil-Lessan on Twitter, 05.03.2023
https://twitter.com/goni_lessan/status/1653946315573805058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1653946315573805058%7Ctwgr%5Ebc11c3f64e507830399cb57c005a5b8819dc8de2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdcenquirer.com%2Fprotestors-arrested-in-florida-state-capitol-as-workers-watch-eating-cake

"DeSantis' staff literally eat cake while they strip immigrants,
women, LGBTQ people, teachers, unions, and tenants of their rights..."
Breakthrough News on Instagram, 05.03.2023
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cr3vtRiu9nV/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D

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

WaPo on Moana casting

A new actress will play Moana. That's good for representation, the original says.

By Samantha Chery

May 20, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/05/20/moana-live-action-representation/

Friday, May 19, 2023

William Brown back in Ukraine

Here and Then

Now and There

William L Brown

May 19 2023

https://nativecpeaker.substack.com/p/here-and-then

Maryland Teens to Take 500 Girls to See ‘The Little Mermaid'

Maryland Teens to Take 500 Girls to See 'The Little Mermaid'

Aimee Cho

NBC4 (May 18, 2023): https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/maryland-teens-to-take-500-girls-to-see-the-little-mermaid/3351093/

Two high school students in Oxon Hill are raising money to bring 500 Black girls to see the live-action Disney movie in theaters. News4's Aimee Cho reports.

Florida Man loses billion dollar development in his state

Disney nixes big Florida project, a fresh blow amid feud with DeSantis

Citing 'considerable changes' to business conditions, Disney canceled plans for an office complex expected to bring more than 2,000 jobs to Orange County.

By Aaron Gregg

May 18, 2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/18/disney-florida-desantis-lake-nona/

ComicsTN: Some cartoon content in Knoxville's East Tennessee History Museum

an uncredited editorial cartoonist in the Knoxville newspaper in their temporary exhibit on movies

Al Capp;s Little Abner's Kickapoo juice in a section on hillbilly stereotypes

Beverly Hillbillies comic book in a section on stereotypes

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/18/2023

Serious Truck Accident For Diamond Comic Distributors In New York

Diamond Comic Distributors have issued a Special Alert concerning Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing product on-sale on the 24th of May.

17 May 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/serious-truck-accident-for-diamond-comic-distributors-in-new-york/

Cannes: 'Happy Feet' Co-Director Prepping New Family Adventure 'Stripey' (Exclusive)

Warren Coleman co-wrote the Australian live-action feature — about a Kashmiri family who encounters a long-thought-extinct Tasmanian tiger — with Sparky Pictures and Fuel Up Entertainment discussing the project at the festival.

Alex Ritman

May 17, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/warren-coleman-happy-feet-family-adventure-stripey-1235493608/

Book review: Hero Me Not: The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero

Reviewed by Stephanie Burt

International Journal of Comic Art blog May 18, 2023

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/05/book-review-hero-me-not-containment-of.html

Chesya Burke. Hero Me Not: The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero. Rutgers University Press, 2023. 172 pps. https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/hero-me-not/9781978821057

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 566: Interview Time Machine [Maia Kobabe, Thi Bui,Greg Pak, Magdelene Visaggio and Sophie Campbell]

Heidi MacDonald, Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons

05/15/2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1257

Drawing Is Power! Chuck D Launches Book and Imprint at U.S. Book Show

By Eugene Holley, Jr.

May 17, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/92318-drawing-is-power-chuck-d-launches-book-and-imprint-at-u-s-book-show.html

Just Announced: 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid #18'

By Iyana Jones

May 18, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/92345-just-announced-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-18.html

On Tour with Jason Reynolds [Miles Morales Suspended, Spider-Man novel]

May 18, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/92337-on-tour-with-jason-reynolds.html

Disney Drops Plans to Build New Florida Campus

Amid a legal standoff with Gov. Ron DeSantis, company executives cited "new leadership and changing business conditions" as the reasoning.

Caitlin Huston

May 18, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-drops-florida-campus-1235495540/

Disney Pulls Plug on $1 Billion Development in Florida

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on May 19, 2023, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Disney Opts Not to Build In Florida

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/business/disney-ron-desantis-florida.html

Good news, everyone! FUTURAMA returns with new episodes on Hulu this July!

Taimur Dar

05/18/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/futurama-hulu-new-episodes-july-2023/

Maria Scrivan Ends Half Full Syndication

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/18/maria-scrivan-ends-half-full-syndication/

Infidel: The Terror of White Neutrality

Ritesh Babu | May 18, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/infidel-the-terror-of-white-neutrality/

Let's Talk About How the Guardians Attack and Dethrone God… Sort Of

Leah Schnelbach

Tue May 16, 2023

https://www.tor.com/2023/05/16/lets-talk-about-how-the-guardians-attack-and-dethrone-god-sort-of/

Looking Back on The Owl House [animation]

Michele Kirichanskaya

Thu May 11, 2023

https://www.tor.com/2023/05/11/looking-back-on-the-owl-house/

Florida Freaks Out Over Gay Disney Character

The state's Department of Education is reportedly investigating a teacher who showed the cartoon Strange World (2022) to her fifth graders.

Elaine Velie May 17, 2023

https://hyperallergic.com/822596/florida-freaks-out-over-gay-disney-character/

Chip Zdarksy Interview - Add Beards, Do Cocaine Zero Issues

May 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM0fGnMXDYw

Chris Riddell & Neil Gaiman have an illustrated chat celebrating DOUGLAS ADAMS

Andrew Sumner

Forbidden Planet TV

Andrew Sumner May 16, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZA4XLZw3H8

Anthony Snyder talks about the market of original comic art

wordballoon May 16, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_VTjcnbCx4

2023 Eisner Awards Nominations announced; Thorogood, Woodruff and King lead

Heidi MacDonald

05/17/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/2023-eisner-awards-nominations-announced/

Superhero Shows "Had Their Time" as New CW Leaders Outline Plans to Make Network "Bigger and Profitable"

Lesley Goldberg

May 18, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nextar-pitches-cw-reinvention-less-superheroes-older-audience-1235495292/

Man of Steel: Actor Michael Dorn reveals the secrets of Steelworks, his comics-writing debut

By Will Salmon

Newsarama May 12 2023

https://www.gamesradar.com/man-of-steel-actor-michael-dorn-reveals-the-secrets-of-steelworks-his-comics-writing-debut/

The Shelf Care Interview: Paul Gilligan

Booklist's Shelf Care Podcast May 16 2023

Sarah Hunter

https://soundcloud.com/shelfcare/the-shelf-care-interview-paul-gilligan

May 27: Sierra Barnes at Fantom Comics

ZINE WORKSHOP WITH SIERRA BARNES!
SATURDAY, MAY 27th at 2PM!

Jump into a preview the world of zine making with local artist Sierra Barnes next SATURDAY, MAY 27th at 2PM! Get a presentation on her zine collection and learn how to make handmade zines! Materials for the zine making will be provided but folks are free to bring some of their own. DC Zinefest will be providing some zines from their library for browsing as well!

Fantom Comics

2010 P St NW

Washington,District of Columbia,20036

(202) 241-6498

Monday, May 22, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/20-21/2023

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "The Cake Was Not A Lie"

WaPo on Moana casting

A new actress will play Moana. That's good for representation, the original says.

Friday, May 19, 2023

William Brown back in Ukraine

Here and Then

Now and There

Maryland Teens to Take 500 Girls to See ‘The Little Mermaid'

Maryland Teens to Take 500 Girls to See 'The Little Mermaid'

Florida Man loses billion dollar development in his state

Disney nixes big Florida project, a fresh blow amid feud with DeSantis

Citing 'considerable changes' to business conditions, Disney canceled plans for an office complex expected to bring more than 2,000 jobs to Orange County.

ComicsTN: Some cartoon content in Knoxville's East Tennessee History Museum

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/18/2023

May 27: Sierra Barnes at Fantom Comics

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