PR: Announcing Debut Books at SPX 2024

Check out the books debuting at SPX 2024

For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard Email: exhibitor-inquiries@smallpressexpo.com   Debut Books at Small Press Expo 2024   Bethesda, Maryland - August 22, 2024   Media Release - Small Press Expo is thrilled to announce that over 110 books and comics will debut at SPX 2024. The festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 14-15, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center and will have over 500 creators, 280 exhibitor tables, 500 creators & publishers, 22 programming panels and 18 hands-on workshops to introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics. A complete list of of the over 160 books debuting at the show, including cover images and publishing information, can be found on the SPX web site.   SPX 2024 is proud to list a highlighted selection of books debuting this year: Tender - Fantagraphics Not only an SPX debut, but also the graphic novel debut of Beth Hetland! Carolanne wanted a perfect wedding, a perfect husband, a perfect family. She carefully performs her own roles (gal pal, bestie, girlfriend, wife, and expectant mother) and in trying to enact agency over her life, sacrifices it completely. Her desire to control the uncontrollable ultimately becomes her undoing. Find Tender and Beth Heltand at table 10B! Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It - D&Q Ignatz award-winning cartoonish Tara Booth debuts her new graphic novel, Processing! Known for her buzzing colors, delightful patterns, sharp humor, and unflinching vulnerability, Tara Booth does not miss any mark in this exquisitely woven collection of pure and nasty magic. Part advice column and exhibit, exploration of psychic pollution and tranquility, Processing is—quite simply—intrepid: in its honesty; its unapologetic grossness; its unrivaled and frank portrayal of life with a body that bleeds. You can find Processing at Drawn & Quarterly's tables, W80-W83! Boy Island - Silver Sprocket Leo Fox, a 2024 Ignatz Award nominee, debuts the new graphic novel, Boy Island! Your name is Lucille. You live on Girl Island, one of two islands created when the world was cleft in twain by an entity bigger and more powerful than you. But you have a secret. Your secret is that despite living on Girl Island, you are a boy. You fear deep down in your insides, that you may have been a boy for a very long time. And so you leave your home and your mother and begin the journey to Boy Island. Although it may be treacherous, it is the only way forward. Find Boy Island at tables W68-W71!   The Scrapbook of Life and Death - Avery Hill Publishing In The Scrapbook of Life and Death, J. Webster Sharp adapts some of the most bizarre stories from the archives of George Ives's newspaper clippings. Collected from 1892 through 1949, these cover topics such murder and theories of crime to cricket scores. With often shocking, visceral black and white artwork, the strangeness and eccentricity of the Edwardian era provides a backdrop for Sharp's own struggles with mental health. Find The Scrapbook of Life and Death at the Fantagraphics table, W51-W55 Space Junk - Top Shelf Faith has a metallic mystery bolted to her head. Hoshi keeps his rage in check with an emotional support chicken. On a dying world where most adults have already left and the remaining kids are training for their turn, these two are starting to wonder: what's the point? Gradually, a cluster of lonely souls who've spent their lives emotionally adrift are pulled into each other's orbit as they try stay in place in a universe that is moving all too quickly. With Space Junk, the startling imagination of award-winning graphic novelist Julian Hanshaw explores profound questions of past and future, trauma and recovery, staying grounded and taking flight. Find Space Junk at Top Shelf's tables, W56-W59!     A Night Ride to the Day - Bulgilhan Press Breeze Hu debuts their first graphic novel, A Night Ride to the Day! A tired salesman and a grieving girl meet by chance in a desert, each of them lost and alone in their waking dreams. Fate - or something like it - brings them together to navigate the maze-like city of Lynbo and unravel the truth of the past that's haunting them. Find A Night Ride to the Day at Bulgilhan Press's table, H1! Punk Lab Girl: Burn it Down! - Self-Published Shannon Spence debuts a new volume in their series, Punk Lab Girl with Punk Lab Girl: Burn It Down! In a near-future world where bizarre diseases run rampant, desperation lands punk rocker Shelly in an unexpected spot: working as a medical technologist at Care 4 U Labs. Little does she know that this seemingly caring institution harbors secrets darker than Theranos. Find Punk Labl Girl: Burn It Down! at table D12! Real Tiny Fairies: The Fairies Go To the Library Up-and-coming creator Robert Jackson debuts his new minicomic, Real Tiny Fairies: The Fairies Go To the Library! Rachel and Rebecca are fairies and they are 1/2 an inch tall but magic doesn't exist. Despite that, crazy stuff happens anyway. In this adventure, the duo go to the library and find out that Sheila the shady librarian keeps breaking into the houses of fairies that borrowed books, hiding the books they borrow, and putting the books where the fairies could find the books at a later date. Find out more at Robert's table, F6B! Visit the SPX 2024 Website for More Info About This Years Show Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 500 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests. The Ignatz Awards are held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com. Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824 www.smallpressexpo.com Email: press@smallpressexpo.com STAY CONNECTED

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Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "I'M speaking!"

From Mike Flugennock:

"I'M speaking!"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3929

That kind of lean-in feminist schtick might go over well on a clod 
like Mike Pence, but when you pull it on a bunch of citizens who your 
party has gone out of its way to try to silence and who are calling 
you out on your involvement in an ongoing genocide in Palestine, it 
just shows the whole goddamn country who you really are.

You came right out of the gate spitting in the faces of moral people 
who are speaking up about US/Israeli crimes in Palestine, telling us 
to shut up and sit down until it's time to turn out at the polls to 
vote for rich American women's abortion rights or some shit, and now 
you drop your sweetie-pie girl boss bullshit on us.

Not only will we not be voting for genocide, but many of us will not 
be voting at all, as the events of the past year have shown us what 
American "democracy" really is.

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"Harris responds to Michigan rally protesters: 'I'm speaking'", Toluse 
Olorunnipa, Kelsey Ables and Yasmeen Abutaleb in the Washington Post, 
08.07.2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/07/kamala-harris-rally-protesters-palestinian/

"In speech at Democratic National Convention, Biden warns of second 
Trump coup" Joseph Kishore at WSWS, 08.20.2024 
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/08/21/kffw-a21.html

"Israeli attack on Gaza shelter kills 15 members of one Palestinian 
family", Al Jazeera 08.17.2024 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/17/israeli-attack-on-gaza-shelter-kills-15-members-of-one-palestinian-family

"Israel's Tabeen school massacre and the normalisation of war crimes", 
Peter Symonds at the WSWS 08.12.2024 
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/08/12/yocd-a12.html

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

LoC blog interviews “Curveball”'s Pablo Cartaya

Catching a "Curveball" with Pablo Cartaya

April Slayton

Timeless blog August 22, 2024

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/08/catching-a-curveball-with-pablo-cartaya/

Aug 25: IN WAVES BOOK CLUB W/ CREATOR AJ DUNGO via Zoom at Fantom Comics

>>> IN WAVES BOOK CLUB W/ CREATOR AJ DUNGO
>> SUNDAY, August 25th @ 3pm

We're hosting a book club for IN WAVES—half history of surfing in Hawaii & California, half memoir about loving & grieving through surfing 🌊 Artist AJ DUNGO will join our in-person book club via Zoom to chat about it!
In this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner, her battle with cancer, and their shared love of surfing that brought them strength throughout their time together. With his passion for surfing uniting many narratives, he intertwines his own story with those of some of the great heroes of surf in a rare work of nonfiction that is as moving as it is fascinating.

Buy a copy in-store or on our website: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/in-waves_0

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/21/2024

'SCOTT PILGRIM' PRODUCER LAUNCHES COMICS PUBLISHER WITH SABLIK, RICH, AND HAUN

Plus: Mad Cave Announces Manga Imprint

Posted by Brigid Alverson on August 20, 2024 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57622/scott-pilgrim-producer-launches-comics-publisher-sablik-rich-haun

 

IDW, Boom! Veterans Head to Comics Publishing Startup

By Jim Milliot | Aug 21, 2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/95782-idw-boom-veterans-head-to-comics-publishing-startup.html

 

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2024 PHOTOS, PART 4

The Comic and Game Zone on Friday

Posted by Milton Griepp on August 21, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57624/san-diego-comic-con-2024-photos-part-4

 

Rhea Ripley of the WWE and of Gil Thorp

D. D. Degg          

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/20/rhea-ripley-of-the-wwe-and-of-gil-thorp/

 

British man arrested for encouraging 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack

Alan Gardner

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/20/british-man-arrested-for-encouraging-2015-charlie-hebdo-attack/

 

Man charged with encouraging terrorism appears in court [Charlie Hebdo attack]

Matt Taylor & PA Media

BBC News, Leicester

August 16 2024

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ewyr3l40o

 

Wilder, Paul. 1949.

In Our Town: Comic Frankenstein [Harry Wildenberg]

Tampa Tribune (April 26): 9

 

'I LOVE THE IDEA ABOUT THIS NATURALIZATION OF MAGIC AROUND US': AN INTERVIEW WITH SOLE OTERO [SPAIN]

Conrad Groth | August 21, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/i-love-the-idea-about-this-naturalization-of-magic-around-us-an-interview-with-sole-otero/

Whoopi Goldberg turns menopause into the hero in new comic book 'The Change'
Twenty-five years after her own menopause journey inspired her to write it, Whoopi Goldberg has released "The Change."
Kay Wicker
Jul 10, 2024 https://thegrio.com/2024/07/10/whoopi-goldberg-turns-menopause-into-the-hero-in-new-comic-book-the-change/

Whoopi Goldberg Releases Comic Book She Wrote '25 Years Ago' About Hero Who 'Embraces' Powers of Menopause
'The Change' was co-written by Goldberg and screenwriter Jaime Paglia and illustrated by Sunkanmi Akinboye
Bailey Richards
July 9, 2024
https://people.com/the-change-whoopi-goldberg-releases-comic-book-8675430

Whoopi Goldberg publishes comic book featuring a hero who embraces menopausal powers
"I've always loved comic books since I was a little kid," shared Whoppi Goldberg.
July 10, 2024
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2478448/whoopi-goldberg-publishes-comic-book-featuring-a-hero-who-embraces-menopausal-powers

Interview- Talking Time Travel, Family Drama, and the Batman with Chip Zdarksy
Dave Richards Writes Awesome Stuff  August 20 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/110392509

Jennifer Lawrence to Star in Graphic Novel Adaptation 'Why Don't You Love Me?'
Ashlyn Robinette
July 9, 2024 https://www.aol.com/jennifer-lawrence-star-graphic-novel-204816204.html

Jennifer Lawrence Will Produce And Star In A24 Graphic Novel Adaptation Why Don't You Love Me?
by Jordan King
July 9 2024
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/jennifer-lawrence-will-produce-and-star-in-a24-graphic-novel-adaptation-why-dont-you-love-me/

Jennifer Lawrence to Star in Graphic Novel Adaptation 'Why Don't You Love Me?'
Jennifer Lawrence will produce and star in A24's 'Why Don't You Love Me?,' adapted from Paul B. Rainey's darkly comedic graphic novel.
Ashlyn Robinette
July 9, 2024
https://www.etonline.com/jennifer-lawrence-to-star-in-graphic-novel-adaptation-why-dont-you-love-me-228786

Crossed Comics Blow Up On eBay After Movie Announcement
by Rich Johnston
20 Aug 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/crossed-comics-blow-up-on-ebay-after-movie-announcement/

Interview: History repeats itself for the WATCHMEN animated adaptation cast & crew
We chat with producer/director Brandon Vietti and actors Katee Sackhoff and Titus Welliver about bringing the seminal comic to animation
Taimur Dar
08/21/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-cast-crew-watchmen-animated-movie-chapter-1/

Marvel for Dummies series hopes to explain it all
Six books are planned for 2025
Heidi MacDonald
08/21/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-for-dummies-series-hopes-to-explain-it-all/

A Year that Changed Everything
By Jaime Herndon
An excerpt from the new graphic narrative from Ken Krimstein, Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe.
September-October 2024
Volume 112, Number 5
Page 312
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/a-year-that-changed-everything
https://doi.org/10.1511/2024.112.5.312

Ken Krimstein, EINSTEIN IN KAFKALAND & Harry Abrams, LET'S DO LAUNCH
Francesca Rheannon
Writers Voice August 14 2024
https://www.writersvoice.net/2024/08/ken-krimstein-einstein-in-kafkaland-harry-abrams-lets-do-launch/
https://www.writersvoice.net/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/WV-2024-08-14_KenKrimsteinHarryAbrams.mp3
https://www.writersvoice.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Transcript_KenKrimstein-HarryAbrams.html

Ken Krimstein, THE THREE ESCAPES OF HANNAH ARENDT & Kate Evans, RED ROSA
Francesca Rheannon
Writers Voice December 13, 2018
https://www.writersvoice.net/2018/12/ken-krimstein-the-three-escapes-of-hannah-arendt-kate-evans-red-rosa/
https://www.writersvoice.net/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/WV-2018-12-12.mp3

Graphic Biographies: Ted Rall, SNOWDEN & Kate Evans, RED ROSA
Francesca Rheannon
WritersVoice December 17, 2015
https://www.writersvoice.net/2015/12/ted-rall-kate-evans/
https://www.writersvoice.net/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/WV-2015-12-16.mp3

 August 20, 2024 by Gil Roth
Jess Ruliffson [ INVISIBLE WOUNDS, comics journalism]
Virtual Memories Show 601:
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-601-jess-ruliffson
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_601_-_Jess_Ruliffson.mp3

Huda F Approved This Interview: A Talk with Producer Iris McElroy and Huda Fahmy About Creating Audiobooks from Comics!
August 15, 2024 by Betsy Bird
https://afuse8production.slj.com/2024/08/15/huda-f-approved-this-interview-a-talk-with-producer-iris-mcelroy-and-huda-fahmy-about-creating-audiobooks-from-comics/

Marvel Comics' stands already feel emptier without Rainbow Rowell's She-Hulk
Rowell breathed new life into She-Hulk with a funny, romantic, character-focused story of personal growth
By Anna Govert  |  August 21, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/she-hulk-rainbow-rowell-reflection-review

'Blade': THR's 1998 Review
August 21, 2019
— David Hunter, originally published Aug. 20, 1998.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blade-review-movie-1998-1233528/

Making Comics Rescued These Creators During COVID-19
Rescue Party, a selection of comics from around the world, feels like both a celebration and a memorial: We made it.
  Sarah Hromack August 20, 2024
https://hyperallergic.com/937569/making-comics-rescued-these-creators-during-covid-19/

SPX 2024 updates: badges, hotel rooms etc.
Heidi MacDonald
08/21/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/spx-2024-updates-badges-hotel-rooms-etc/

United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. 83rd Congress
S. 190. Investigation of juvenile delinquency in the United States. April 21, 22, and June 4, 1954
Online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32437121555557&view=2up&seq=6

The Beat on SPX news

SPX 2024 updates: badges, hotel rooms etc.

Heidi MacDonald

08/21/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/spx-2024-updates-badges-hotel-rooms-etc/

Wicked Witch of the Orange by Daniel Boris

Aug 24: Jonathan Roth at Air & Space Museum and other upcoming appearances

From his website:

Saturday, August 24, 2024, noon-2:00 

Air and Space Museum, Wash. DC. Official Launch of ALMOST UNDERWEAR! Signing only, come say hi! Free entry, but timed passes required (they go fast!) to enter museum.

Sunday, August 25, 2024, noon-2:00 

Udvar-Hazy Center, Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, VA. Official Launch of ALMOST UNDERWEAR, day 2! Signing only, come say hi! Free entry, but parking in museum lot is $15.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Politics and Prose, Washington DC. ALMOST UNDERWEAR reading and signing.

Saturday-Sunday, September 28-29, 2024

History Book Festival, Lewes, DE. More info soon!

Saturday, October 5, 2024, 11:00 a.m.

Davis Library, Bethesda, MD. Official launch of ROVER AND SPECK book 3! Author talk and signing, books sold by Politics and Prose.

Wednesday-Friday, October 16-18, 2024

Virginia Children's Book Festival, Farmville, VA. More info soon!

Thursday-Sunday, November 21-24, 2024

NCTE, Boston, MA. Panel and Book Signing. More info soon!

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/20/2024

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2024 PHOTOS, PART 3

Wizards of the Coast, Lucasfilm, More

Posted by Milton Griepp on August 20, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57615/san-diego-comic-con-2024-photos-part-3

 

Tom Batiuk to Launch Book Banning Series in Crankshaft Comic Strip

D. D. Degg          

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/19/tom-batiuk-to-launch-book-banning-series-in-crankshaft-comic-strip/

 

Reader Faves Return to AV Press

D. D. Degg          

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/20/reader-faves-return-to-av-press/

 

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: DANIELLE WARD TO GHOST MACHINE

Plus: Killen Moves Up to Director of Retail Operations at MangaSpot

Posted by Brigid Alverson on August 19, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57608/people-move-danielle-ward-ghost-machine

 

NEW TRANSMEDIA UNIVERSE TO BE INTRODUCED IN 'RANTCPU,' FROM SCOUT

'No One Is Safe' to Follow as Video Game, Board Game, Trading Cards, More

Milton Griepp on August 19, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57612/new-transmedia-universe-be-introduced-rantcpu-scout

 

White, Ellen and Terry Leverich. 1950.

The Pro and Con of Comic Books [student essays].

Hammond Vindicator (November 24): 14

 

Back to School: Comic Book Stories Part 2

Joel Mota,

Library of Congress' HEADLINES & HEROES blog August 20, 2024

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/08/back-to-school-comic-book-stories-part-2/

 

'Coraline' Anniversary Re-Release A Smash Hit, Passes $20 Million Worldwide

By AMID AMIDI | 08/19/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-report/coraline-anniversary-re-release-a-smash-hit-scores-over-20-million-worldwide-242647.html

 

Seven Artists Are Recognized By The Television Academy For Individual Achievement Emmys

By AMID AMIDI | 08/15/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/seven-artists-are-recognized-by-the-television-academy-for-individual-achievement-emmys-242582.html

 

DC Comics Runs Wonder Woman Tribute To Trina Robbins

DC Comics Runs A Wonder Woman Tribute To Trina Robbins In This Month's Comics

 

, 19 Aug 2024  by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-runs-wonder-woman-tribute-to-trina-robbins/

 

GERALD SCARFE: 'IF WE FALSIFY THE WORLD AROUND US, WE ARE DISHONEST TO OURSELVES AND TO POSTERITY.' — THE COMICS JOURNAL #310 PREVIEW

Gary Groth | August 20, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/gerald-scarfe-if-wefalsify-the-world-around-us-we-are-dishonest-to-ourselves-and-to-posterity-the-comics-journal-310-preview/

 

'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' Producer Teams with Publishing Veterans to Launch New Comic Book Company (Exclusive)

Eric Gitter has recruited indie comic book vets Filip Sablik and Jamie S. Rich, along with comics creator Jeremy Haun, for the new venture.

BORYS KIT

AUGUST 20, 2024 HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/MOVIES/MOVIE-NEWS/SCOTT-PILGRIM-VS-THE-WORLD-PRODUCER-COMIC-COMPANY-1235979337/ 

 

Interview: Elaine Tipping's PATHWAYS holds special meaning for them

The queer fantasy epic hits print this fall from Dark Horse

Samantha Puc

08/20/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/pathways-chronicles-of-tuvana-elaine-tipping-interview/

 

A tale of two communities: Fanatics Fest and FlameCon 2024

Heidi MacDonald

08/20/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-tale-of-two-communities-fanatics-fest-and-flamecon-2024/

 

These NH teachers wanted to make phonics fun. So they wrote their own comic books.

New Hampshire Public Radio | By Sarah Gibson

Published July 8, 2024

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024-07-08/these-nh-teachers-wanted-to-make-phonics-fun-so-they-wrote-their-own-comic-books

 

New book "Blanketworld Comics" by Jacob Nilson is released, a collection of comic-style stories that provides laughs and creative prompts for young readers [press release]

Jen McNabney

Monday, July 8th 2024,

https://southeast.newschannelnebraska.com/story/51004206/new-book-blanketworld-comics-by-jacob-nilson-is-released-a-collection-of-comicstyle-stories-that-provides-laughs-and-creative-prompts-for-young-readers

 

Mad Cave Studios expanding into Japanese manga with Nakama Press imprint

Humberto Saabedra

08/20/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/mad-cave-studios-expanding-into-japanese-manga-with-nakama-press-imprint/

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred one | James Asmus, part one
Aug 20, 2024
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/im-never-gonna-get-out-of-here

Producer Eric Gitter launches new publisher with Jamie Rich and Filip Sablik
Heidi MacDonald
08/20/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/producer-eric-gitter-launches-new-publisher-with-jamie-rich-and-filip-sablik/

Barry Blitt's "Roller Coaster"
The highs and lows of the campaigns for America's highest office.
By Françoise Mouly
August 19, 2024
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2024-08-26

It's too darn hot [gag cartoons]
Emma Allen,
New Yorker Humor newsletter August 20 2024
https://link.newyorker.com/view/5be9fe2e3f92a4046939ea2alpnuh.6wei/92713a82

EPISODE 237 ELSA CHARRETIER, Comic Book Artist
J Alex Morrissey
Tradecraft podcast Aug 20, 2024
https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-237-elsa-charretier

James Tynion IV & Elsa Charretier unite for sexy, grindhouse romance comic
Exclusive: The City Beneath Her Feet, a new Tarantino-inspired comic series from DSTLRY, hits stands this November
By Oliver Sava  |  August 20, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/the-city-beneath-her-feet-james-tynion-iv-new-comic-elsa-charretier-dstlry

Netflix's animated Tomb Raider series to finally tell The Legend Of Lara Croft
Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft is coming to Netflix this October
By Matt Schimkowitz  |  August 19, 2024 | 2:00pm
Photo courtesy of Netflix
https://www.avclub.com/netflix-tomb-raider-the-legend-of-lara-croft-teaser

Todd Phillips Tells All on Making 'Joker 2': Musical Numbers, Method Acting and Joaquin Phoenix's Broadway Dream That Started It All
Brent Lang
Aug 20, 2024  
https://variety.com/2024/film/features/todd-phillips-joker-2-movie-interview-1236111122/

Todd Phillips resists calling Joker: Folie A Deux a musical for some reason
Joker director Todd Phillips doesn't want people to think Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix will be singing and dancing like In The Heights
By Mary Kate Carr  |  August 20, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/joker-2-todd-phillips-wary-musical-label

Raphael Bob-Waksberg on building BoJack Horseman to last
The series creator reflects on lessons learned from his Netflix comedy and its ever-growing legacy
By Danette Chavez  |  August 20, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/bojack-horseman-raphael-bob-waksberg-interview-legacy

Comic Frankenstein [Harry Wildenberg]
Tampa Tribune April 26 1949

Families Are Going Into Debt for Disney Vacations

Some families are spending more than they can afford on Disney vacations. They say it's because they know their children won't stay young forever.
By Jessica Fu
    Aug. 20, 2024
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/business/disney-vacation-debt.html

The Origin Of Captain America
Jack Kirby's July 1966 Declaration
Daniel Best
Aug 20, 2024
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/the-origin-of-captain-america

Sleep . . . Those Little Slices of Death
Artist P. Craig Russell draws "Death" from THE SANDMAN comic-book series!
Wayne Alan Harold
Wayne Alan Harold Productions Aug 20, 2024
https://www.waynealanharold.com/p/sleep-those-little-slices-of-death

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live - Episode 053: With Special Guest Greg Lockard
Pop Culture Squad August 20 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6050qoK8K0

Words, Images, & Worlds: Al Bigley Returns!
Jason DeHart
 Aug 20, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edHfgb_-tfE

 

PR: Small Press Expo Announces Signups for Workshops at SPX 2024

Signup for the great workshops at this year's show!

SPX Announce the Expansion of our Workshops track of Programming. Due to popular demand, SPX is expanding its workshops to a second room, allowing us to have more workshops as part of the show. There will be 18 workshops over the two days of SPX. These workshops are free and open to any participants. They're aimed at a wide variety of ages and skill sets, from kids just starting out to experienced cartoonists looking to sharpen their skills with a master class. In response to last year's enthusiastic response, we will also have two figure drawing workshops featuring model Babs New(d). (18+ only, please.) Graduates and representatives of the Center For Cartoon Studies (CCS), the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW), California College of the Arts (CCA), VisArts, and the School of Visual Arts (SVA) will be on hand to lead many of these workshops. Here are a few highlights of this year's workshops: Roll The Dice! Comics Storytelling Via D20 with Miss Lasko-Gross Lettering WTF? with Tom Hart Three Is A Magic Number: Make An Experimental Comic with Matt Madden Gag Cartoon Crash Course with Sofia Warren and Hilary Campbell You can view and sign up for any of the 18 workshops at this year's show here on the SPX web site. Any questions on the workshops, please send them to rob.clough@smallpressexpo.com Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 500 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of workshops, panel discussions and interviews with this year's special guests. The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com. Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824

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Library of Congress blogs back to school in comic books

New York, N.Y. Children's Colony, a school for refugee children administered by a Viennese. German refugee child, a devotee of Superman. Marjory Collins, October 1942.

Back to School: Comic Book Stories Part 2

Joel Mota,

Library of Congress' HEADLINES & HEROES blog August 20, 2024

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/08/back-to-school-comic-book-stories-part-2/