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Wednesday, September 06, 2023
Baltimore Comic-Con News You Can Use
Sept 6: Ben Hatke at Politics and Prose
Ben Hatke - Things in the Basement - at Conn Ave in the Children and Teens Department
Chasing his little sister's lost pink sock, Milo delves deeper and deeper into the basement through the layers of history, meeting scary creatures along the way. Milo must lead his new friends against the ultimate danger to save the Things in the Basement and retrieve the lost sock, while his quest teaches him about bravery and friendship in this riveting, suspenseful graphic novel.
About the Author:
Ben Hatke is the author and illustrator of the New York Times–bestselling Zita the Spacegirl trilogy, the picture books Julia's House for Lost Creatures and Nobody Likes a Goblin, and the graphic novels Little Robot and Mighty Jack. He lives and works in the Shenandoah Valley with his wife and their boisterous pack of daughters.
Ages 8-12
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/5/2023
"Lefty Cartoonists Boycott Walkley Awards" [Australia]
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/09/04/lefty-cartoonists-boycott-walkley-awards/
Another American Librarian Fired For Refusing To Remove Gender Queer
Campbell County Public Library director Terri Lesley in Wyoming has been fired after 27 years after she refused to remove Gender Queer.
Published Mon, 04 Sep 2023
Now Ohio Parents Object To Heartstopper in Scholastic Book Fairs
Fox19 reports that a group of parents in, Ohio are complaining about the presence of Heartstopper graphic novels at a Scholastic Book Fair.
04 Sep 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/now-ohio-parents-object-to-heartstopper-in-scholastic-book-fairs/
Bill Griffith on Love, Loss and the Lives of Ernie Bushmiller and Diane Noomin
John Kelly | September 5, 2023
https://www.tcj.com/bill-griffith-on-love-loss-and-the-lives-of-ernie-bushmiller-and-diane-noomin/
Nathan Louis Jackson, 'Luke Cage' Writer and Producer, Dies at 44
The Kansas native also wrote several plays, including the Wendell Pierce-starring 'Broke-ology,' which played at Lincoln Center.
Mike Barnes
September 5, 2023
Recovering the Radical Promise of Superheroes: Un/Making Worlds
by Ellen Kirkpatrick
08/24/2023
https://punctumbooks.com/titles/recovering-the-radical-promise-of-superheroes-un-making-worlds/
Book Review: Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics, edited by Qiana Whitted
Reviewed by Michael Kobre
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG September 5, 2023
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2023/09/book-review-desegregating-comics.html
Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics, edited by Qiana Whitted. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2023. 358 pp. ISBN: 9781978825017. U.S. $34.95. https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/desegregating-comics/9781978825017
Birth Of The Comics Code Authority, And Death Of EC Comics [Seduction Of The Innocent; theater; Fredric Wertham]
wordballoon
Sep 4, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXTiV8m0Ee4
Disenchantment's Ending Shows The Simpsons What It's Missing
Matt Groening's opportunity for closure and finality in Disenchantment opens the door for how The Simpsons may one day end.
By Daniel Kurland | September 2, 2023
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/disenchantments-ending-shows-the-simpsons-what-its-missing/
INTERVIEW: Takehiko Inoue in 2007
Pulled from the archives, a short interview with Takehiko Inoue to compliment this week's episode of Mangasplaining
Christopher Woodrow-Butcher
MSX: Mangasplaining Extra
Sep 5, 2023
https://mangasplaining.substack.com/p/bonus-interview-with-takehiko-inoue
Deadlines and My Relationship With Them
Spoiler Alert: It's a toxic one!
Ray-Anthony Height
Studio SKYE-TIGER Sep 5, 2023
https://www.studioskyetiger.com/p/deadlines-and-my-relationship-with
"Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz" tells the life story of the "Peanuts" creator through his own medium
Ruben Bolling
Aug 31, 2023
Tuesday, September 05, 2023
Sept 21: Arlington Reads: Art Spiegelman
Arlington Reads: Art Spiegelman
An Arlington Reads Signature Author Event.
Join us for a conversation between award-winning author Art Spiegelman, Library Director Diane Kresh, and Director of Human Services Anita Friedman about Art Spiegelman's work "Maus." The presentation will be followed by an audience Q&A. Signed books will be available for purchase courtesy of One More Page Books. Please note: the author will not be available for book signing after the program.
Location: This Arlington Public Library event will take place in Kenmore Middle School's Auditorium (200 S Carlin Springs Rd, Arlington, VA 22204)
RSVP for an event reminder email. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. Attendance is first-come, first-served until seating capacity is reached.
The event will also be livestreamed and available as a recording for 30 days on Arlington County's Youtube channel; please RSVP to receive the online link.
For more information, contact LibraryPrograms@arlingtonva.us
This event supports Arlington Public Library's celebration of Banned Books Week.
- Date:
- Thursday, September 21, 2023
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 8:30pm
- Location:
- Kenmore Middle School, 200 S Carlin Springs Rd, Arlington VA, 22204
- Library:
- *Off-Site
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Events for High Schoolers Events for Middle Schoolers
- Categories:
- Author Talk
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
Sept 7: Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki at DC Public Library's MLK branch
Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki for ROAMING *IN-PERSON*
Join Loyalty Bookstores, DC Public Library, and Small Press Expo for a live, in-person event with Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, in conversation with Melissa Scholes Young, to celebrate the release of Roaming! This event will take place at DCPL's MLK Library location. **This event is free to attend, but registration is encouraged—please register on DCPL's website.** You can purchase the book from Loyalty below or borrow a copy from DCPL, and we will have additional copies for sale at the event. Please email events@loyaltybookstores.com with any questions.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Over the course of a much-anticipated trip to New York, an unexpected fling blossoms between casual acquaintances and throws a long-term friendship off-balance. Emotional tensions vibrate wildly against the resplendently illustrated backdrop of the city, capturing a spontaneous queer romance in all of its fledgling glory. Slick attention to the details of a bustling, intimidating metropolis are softened with a palette of muted pastels, as though seen through the eyes of first-time travelers. The awe, wonder, and occasional stumble along the way all come to life with stunning accuracy in this sumptuous softcover with gorgeous jacket.
Roaming is the third collaboration from the critically acclaimed team behind Skim and Governor General's Literary Award winner This One Summer. Moody, atmospheric, and teeming with life, the magic of this comics duo leaks through the pages with lush and exquisite pen work. The Tamakis' singular, elegant vision of an urban paradise slowly revealing its imperfections to the tune of its visitors' rhythms is a masterpiece–a future classic for generations to come.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Jillian Tamaki is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator raised in Calgary, Alberta. She is the author of the Eisner Award-winning graphic novels SuperMutant Magic Academy and Boundless, and the author-illustrator of two picture books, including most recently Our Little Kitchen. With her cousin Mariko Tamaki, she is the co-creator of the young adult graphic novels SKIM and This One Summer, which won a Governor General's Award and Caldecott Honor. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian writer living in California. She is the co-creator of the graphic novels Skim and This One Summer with Jillian Tamaki, and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me with Rosemary Valero-O'Connell. She writes superhero comics for DC Comics, Darkhorse and Marvel. Mariko was the recipient of the Eisner for Best Writer in 2020. Collectively, her works have received Printz Honors, Eisner, Ignatz, Ringo and Prism awards. She is the curator of the Abrams LGBTQ imprint, Surely Books.
ABOUT THE IN CONVERSATION PARTNER
Melissa Scholes Young is the author of the novels The Hive and Flood, and editor of Grace in Darkness and Furious Gravity, two anthologies of new writing by D.C. women writers. She is a contributing editor at Fiction Writers Review, and her work has appeared in the Atlantic, Washington Post, Poets & Writers, Ploughshares, Literary Hub and elsewhere. She has been the recipient of the Bread Loaf Bakeless Camargo Foundation Residency Fellowship and the Center for Mark Twain Studies' Quarry Farm Fellowship. Born and raised in Hannibal, Missouri, she is currently an associate professor in Literature at American University.
Please note Loyalty has a zero tolerance policy for harassment or intimidation of any kind during virtual or in-person events.
Sept 7: Live! at the Library: Kent State & Recreating History with Comics with Derf Backderf
Live! at the Library: Kent State & Recreating History with Comics with Derf Backderf
Date and Location
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When: Thursday, September 7, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar -
Where: Thomas Jefferson Building - LJ 119
10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540
Part of Live at the Library
The event is free, but tickets are required, and there may be special restrictions. Click the "Get Tickets" link below for more information and to secure your ticket.
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
Award-winning artist and author Derf Backderf will discuss his latest published graphic novel: "Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio." He is most famous for his graphic novels, especially "My Friend Dahmer", the international bestseller which won an Angoulême Prize, and earlier for his comic strip "The City", which appeared in a number of alternative newspapers from 1990 to 2014.
In 2006 Derf won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for cartooning, and has won awards for his other work including" Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio", which received the Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) division of the American Library Association, the 2021 Eisner Award for best reality-based work, and the 2021 Ringo Award in the same category.
This event is free, but timed-entry passes are required to enter the Library of Congress. Click the "Get Tickets" link above and select a timed-entry pass for your preferred entry time.
Sept 10: Ellen Lindner for “Baseball and Bagels”
Ellen Lindner for "Baseball and Bagels"
September 10 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Come to a delicious lecture and Q&A with Ellen Lindner, cartoonist for the comic Lost Diamonds, A History of Gender Rebellion in American Baseball. Enjoy a bagel while listening to her unique perspective. Free to attend. This is an in-person event.
Ellen Lindner is a cartoonist, illustrator, editor, and educator, living in Upper Manhattan. Her comics have been seen on MoMA.org, Medium.com, The Washington Post, and in many anthologies and collections, including The Strumpet and World War III Illustrated. Ellen is the author of two graphic novels, The Black Feather Falls and Undertow, and her love-hate relationship with baseball history has turned into the award-winning series Lost Diamonds, a comics study of people who are not men playing baseball in America.
Website: http://www.littlewhitebird.com
Instagram: @ellenlindna
Sept 8: Meet and Greet with Bill Griffith
Friday, September 8 at 6 p.m. | |
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Meet and Greet with Bill Griffith Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy at Union Market In partnership with Small Press Expo (SPX) meet Bill Griffith, who Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, calls "...the widest-ranging cartoon chronicler of American absurdity in our time." | |
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Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/4/2023
Bro! Heathcliff is 50!
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/09/03/bro-heathcliff-is-50/
Why Are All Those Characters in the Wrong Comic Strips? It Must Be Reubens Week.
D. D. Degg
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode fifty-one | Becky Cloonan, part one
Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan
Sep 4 2023
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/artoo-deetoo-it-is-you-it-is-you
Monday, September 04, 2023
Darko Macan comic collection for free on Amazon
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/2-3/2023
Deep dive and step by step
André Lima Araújo
Castrum Lusitania, Sep 2, 2023
https://andrelimaaraujo.substack.com/p/commission-overview-doctor-strange
The Punisher's Gerry Conway On His Cancer, Induced Coma And Surgery
Gerry Conway, co-creator of The Punisher, Carol Danvers and Jason Todd, has been bringing the internet up to date on his current health issues.
01 Sep 2023
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-punishers-gerry-conway-on-his-cancer-induced-coma-and-surgery/
CHARLES SCHULZ – LETTERER
Todd Klein
Todd's Blog August 24 2023
https://kleinletters.com/Blog/charles-schulz-letterer/
CARL (and Garé) BARKS – Letterers
Todd Klein
Todd's Blog August 22 2023
https://kleinletters.com/Blog/carl-and-gare-barks-letterers/
IRA SCHNAPP – LETTERER
Todd Klein
Todd's Blog August 29 2023
https://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-letterer/
GASPAR SALADINO – Letterer
Todd Klein
Todd's Blog September 1 2023
https://kleinletters.com/Blog/gaspar-saladino-letterer/
'Peanuts,' Charles Schulz, and the state that started it all
Colette Davidson
August 29, 2023
Q&A with Matt Emmons
Rick
Sequential Philly Sep 3, 2023
https://sequentialphilly.substack.com/p/q-and-a-with-matt-emmons
Finding a New Path: The shape of what a career as a direct market comics creator might be changing. Let's look at what that means exactly.
By David Harper
January 11, 2022
https://sktchd.com/longform/finding-a-new-path/
Off Panel #414: Five Hour Energy with Nadia Shammas
David Harper
Aug 28, 2023
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel414-five-hour-energy-with-nadia-shammas
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Nadia_Shammas.mp3
Letting the cat out of the bag [Mark Trail letter]
Melissa Yorks,
Washington Post September 2 2023: A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/01/bomb-morally-grey-world-war-blitz/
Behind the Scenes of Action-Comedy Anime Undead Unluck
by Bamboo Dong, Aug 30th 2023
Sunday, September 03, 2023
That darn Mark Trail
Letting the cat out of the bag [Mark Trail letter]
Melissa Yorks, Gaithersburg
Washington Post September 2 2023: A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/01/bomb-morally-grey-world-war-blitz/
Melissa Yorks, Gaithersburg
Washington Post September 2 2023: A15
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/01/bomb-morally-grey-world-war-blitz/
The Aug. 20 "Mark Trail" comic strip continued the series' descent into awfulness. The scruffy replacement for the original Mark Trail tells us that bobcats and lynx are the same species. They aren't, which a simple internet search will tell you. They are the same genus, which is Lynx, but bobcats are Lynx rufus and lynx are Lynx canadensis.
The lynx's home territory is Canada and the northern United States, while the bobcat lives mainly in the United States with an extension into southern Canada and northern Mexico. There are apparently two other species of Lynx: one that lives in Europe and Asia, and one that lives in Spain and Portugal.
