Tuesday, December 03, 2024
Ben Hatke's Zita the Spacegirl may be animated
Sycamore Studios Picks Up 'Zita the Spacegirl,' Closes Series A Funding
GIVING TUESDAY - IJOCA NEEDS YOU (to subscribe)
....although we'll take donations as well. Paypal him at john.lent@temple.edu
A Cry for Financial Help
John A. Lent
Rarely, if ever, have I cried "poor mouth" on behalf of IJOCA. However, at this moment, the journal is facing hard times with the ever-increasing cost of postage and printing, the dwindling number of subscribers as we face competition from a number of periodicals started in this century, and the plight of financially-strapped libraries.
Perhaps, help can be found by ensuring that your university's library be convinced to subscribe, soliciting advertisements from book publishers and other groups tied to comics art, making sure that subscriptions are paid on time, asking subscribers to chip in a few extra bucks when renewing (which three or four already do), and convincing more of the comics studies community to subscribe. Over the years, there were requests that IJOCA also be put online. Mike Rhode took the time to format and digitize all issues, and we offered online subscriptions at $40.00 for individuals and $100.00 for institutions per year. That was two or three years ago, and only three new subscriptions have been received. A possibility that I would use only as a last resort is to raise subscription rates.
For a number of years, I have used my personal funds to pay an assistant's wages, purchase office supplies, and pay for other incidentals associated with IJOCA. I am willing to continue doing this, but the coffers of the journal need to be replenished. Thank you for any help that you are able to give.
CARTOONISTS RIGHTS - support them on Giving Tuesday
SUPPORT CARTOONISTS RIGHTS, MARKING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
by Terry Anderson
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Almost a decade ago,
cartoonists everywhere were alerted to an unfolding event in the city of Paris,
France. There aren’t that many in the profession, so everyone has a friend (or
at least a friend of a friend) in France. Via social media posts and text
messages on the morning of January 7th, 2015, it became apparent
that something had happened at the office of Charlie Hebdo magazine. By
the end of the day, it was known that twelve people, among them five of
France’s best-known cartoonists, were dead. Within a week, crowds of a size not
seen in the post-war period had gathered in Paris and world-leaders walked
arm-in-arm, declaring their commitment to free expression.
As we approach the
tenth anniversary of that day, much has changed. France indelibly so –
cartoonists’ events there still take place under armed guard – while the rest
of the world has either qualified or largely forgotten the spirit of “Je Suis
Charlie”. Free speech has become a political football, and a favored hobby
horse of authoritarians and populists.
When asked, cartoonists no longer cite the violence of rogue
fundamentalists as their chief concern. Indeed, it's now those chummy world
leaders who made a conspicuous showing of solidarity on Parisian streets whom
they’re most worried about.
Increasingly, editorial and political cartoonists are abused and threatened online by party-politically motivated trolls, often en masse. They are criminalized under vaguely worded cyber security or anti-misinformation laws, jailed for “insulting” the government, judiciary, or army, and in the worst cases labelled seditionists and terrorists. For many, their only choice is to go into exile.
Cartoonists Rights Network International (or CARTOONISTS RIGHTS for short) was incorporated in 1999, the world’s first human rights non-profit with such cartoonists in mind. Founded by Dr. Robert “Bro” Russell, a resident of Virginia, over the last five years the organization’s program has been led by Executive Director Terry Anderson. Currently our president is Matt Wuerker (Politico). Other press cartoonists who currently or in the past have served as directors or advisors include Michael de Adder, Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher, Marc Murphy, Pat Oliphant, Joel Pett, and Ann Telnaes, as well as Dr. John A. Lent, founder of the IJOCA.
Like all non-profits, CARTOONISTS RIGHTS is now operating in a uniquely hostile environment. The passage of bill H.R. 9495 from House of Representatives to the Senate brings the Presidency one step closer to sweeping powers to penalize civil and human rights organizations.
Nevertheless, should any cartoonist in the USA be characterized as an “enemy within” during the next four years, they can expect the same level of commitment from us that we have extended to cartoonists from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Central and South America in the last quarter-century.
Last year, we welcomed Abecor – a press cartoonist from Bolivia – to the National Press Club to receive the Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award after he had been harassed online and in person, and he and his family threatened with violence by partisans.
“For me and for my country this award is very important, since it renews the sense of preserving the right to free expression and knowing that artists, journalists and especially cartoonists around the world do not walk alone.” – Abecor
In recent years our award has been given in an alternating pattern with the FREEDOM CARTOONISTS FOUNDATION, Geneva. And so, in 2025 it falls to us once more to recognize a cartoonist whose bravery has exemplified adherence to democratic ideals and the principle of free expression under duress. The event will take place at a Washington, DC venue on May 3rd – World Press Freedom Day. More details to be announced nearer the time.
To support CARTOONISTS RIGHTS, please consider contributing during our Pledge Drive, commencing on “Giving Tuesday”, December 3rd.
Visit cartoonistsrights.org/donate and keep an eye on our social media for further announcements through the next three weeks: Bluesky – @cartoonistsrights.org • Facebook/Instagram – @cartoonistsrights • Mastodon – @cartooniststrights@newsie.social
Monday, December 02, 2024
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/2/2024
Creature Commandos is a violent, profane, and horny monster mash
Max's show boasts eye-grabbing animation and a subtle battery of DC deep cuts.
By Jarrod Jones | December 2, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/creature-commandos-review-max-tv-dc
Auli'i Cravalho Is More Than a Disney Princess
Sarah Bahr
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 1, 2024, Section AR, Page 14 of the New York edition with the headline: Screen Or Stage, She's Got The Voice.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/movies/moana-aulii-cravalho.html
Moana 2 sets a pile of box office records
Heidi MacDonald on 12/02/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/moana-2-sets-a-pile-of-box-office-records/
'Moana 2' soars as box office sets new Thanksgiving record [in print as 'Moana 2' shatters records at box office]
By Herb Scribner
Washington Post December 2, 2024 : C1, 3.
Lost sci-fi masterpieces return with stunning cover designs by cartoonist Seth
Mark Frauenfelder 10:
Nov 25, 2024
Kate Beaton's DUCKS becomes first-ever graphic novel to win Swiss World Literature Prize
By Dean Simons on 12/02/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/kate-beatons-ducks-becomes-first-ever-graphic-novel-to-win-swiss-world-literature-prize/
Animations of coiled hair for Black film characters improve with new algorithms [in print as Researchers improve animations of coiled hair for Black film characters]
Lizette Ortega
Washington Post December 2, 2024 :A9.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/11/30/coily-hair-animation-black-film-characters/
Existence in the midst of 'corruption, power and micro-violence': An interview with Joseph Kai [Lebanon]
Aubrey Gabel | December 2, 2024 https://www.tcj.com/how-did-my-body-manage-to-exist-and-find-pleasure-and-safety-in-the-midst-of-these-dynamics-of-corruption-an-interview-with-joseph-kai/
What a famous cartoonist, a scam artist and a family treasure taught me about letting go [Peanuts]
By Anika Orrock
Nov 28, 2024
The best graphic novels of 2024
Arthurian legend, dark family secrets, monsters, princesses and a Russian detective in this year's picks
James Smart
Mon 2 Dec 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/02/the-best-graphic-novels-of-2024
Interview: A glimpse into METAMORPHO and ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN with Al Ewing
Jared Bird on 12/02/2024
Analysis: WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP 2024 yearly ToC rankings
By Matias De la Piedra on 12/02/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/weekly-shonen-jump-2024-yearly-toc-rankings/
Vincent Pompetti Explores the Enchanting Arthurian Legend in 'King Arthur & the Ladies of the Lake'
Nov 25, 2024
John Cuneo's "Garden Party"
The Knicks are making a joyful comeback.
By Françoise Mouly
December 2, 2024
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2024-12-09
Comic Strip Rarities: Garfield
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/12/01/comic-strip-rarities-garfield/
Jim Keefe (via Patreon)
Dec 2, 2024
Guindon 1935-2022
https://www.patreon.com/posts/guindon-1935-117025374
DeBeck, Billy. 1924.
My Best Laugh Story: The Retort Courteous.
San Francisco Examiner (May 13).
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
Dorgan, Thomas A. "TAD". 1924.
My Best Laugh Story: Alf's Hot Come-back.
Evening News (May 22).
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
Dunn, Charles. 1924.
My Best Laugh Story.
Edmonton Journal (June 21): 25.
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
Herriman, George. 1924.
My Best Laugh Story.
Evening News (October 18): 23.
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
McCay, Winsor. 1924.
My Best Laugh Story
Evening News (October 14): 17.
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
McClure, Darrell. 1924.
My Best Laugh Story.
Evening News (October 29): 21.
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
McManus, George. 1924.
My Best Laugh Story: A Tempestuous Night.
Evening News (May 12).
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
McNamara, Tom. 1924.
My Best Laugh Story.
Evening News (October 15): 21.
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
Murphy, Jimmy. 1924.
My Best Laugh Story: Picking Up Some Easy Money.
San Francisco Examiner (May 17).
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
Scheinfeld, Amram. 1924.
My Best Laugh Story.
San Francisco Examiner (November 13): 10.
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
Sterrett, Cliff. 1924.
My Best Laugh Story: The Unwelcome Visitors.
Evening News (May 15).
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
Angoulême 2025: A closer look at this year's official selections
Dean Simons on 12/02/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/angouleme-2025-a-closer-look-at-this-years-official-selections/
Trapped: A freewheeling ride through a colorful poker world
Adam Hampton
October 31, 2024
https://www.poker.org/latest-news/trapped-a-freewheeling-ride-through-a-colorful-poker-world-aHfB41A3rUX0/
Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Fiction, Poetry & Comics
Complied and edited by Carolyn Juris |
Oct 04, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/96111-holiday-gift-guide-2024-fiction-poetry-comics.html
Hughes, Agnes Lockhart. 1919.
Paul Fung: Cartoonist.
Everybody's Magazine (August).
Online at https://firstfandomexperience.org/2024/12/01/howard-low-and-the-junior-science-correspondence-club/
The Best is Still Ahead: A Guest Post by Brian K. Vaughan [Saga]
By Brian K. Vaughan / November 21, 2024
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-best-is-still-ahead-a-guest-post-by-brian-k-vaughan/
CCAC issues a review for two more superhero products
Paul Gilkes , Coin World
Nov 29, 2024, https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/ccac-issues-a-review-for-two-more-superhero-products
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt Post-Screening Panel Discussion
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Apr 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfgFZTdHaNs
A Visit to the Jewseum with Drew Friedman
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt.
Jun 22, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov0mWcixwI4
Geoff Thorne Livestream
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano
Nov 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj642eDLfSI
Introduction to Raised By Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn
Jacob Steingroot
Fantagraphics
Nov 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDrBAQeXFzQ
Inking TERMINATOR cover
Declan Shalvey
Nov 25, 28, 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJqQ8Fxjm2w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhSy1YxuK_w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0YE3bud5eQ
Roman Dirge discusses I CAN COUNT TO TEN and LENORE: THE TIME WAR!
Andrew Sumner
Forbidden Planet TV
Nov 28, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtx4yciskzI
Jailed Cartoonists and the Cartoons that Put Them in JAIL
Daryl Cagle , Terry Anderson, Zehra Omeroglu, Emad Hajjaj
Caglecast 51
Dec 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxpsgLhIO9s
Words, Images, & Worlds: Evan Quiring Returns!
Jason DeHart
Nov 28, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ1U8N-nRTc
Words, Images, & Worlds: Bart Sears Returns!
Jason DeHart
Nov 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prTdtWdpmOc
Words, Images, & Worlds with Eric Drooker
Jason DeHart
Nov 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCT1hSQZ0jM
WaPo on animating black characters' hair and Moana 2 box office
Animations of coiled hair for Black film characters improve with new algorithms [in print as Researchers improve animations of coiled hair for Black film characters]
New algorithms allow for more realistic coily hair animation, enhancing the representation of Black characters in film.
Washington Post December 2, 2024 :A9.
'Moana 2' soars as box office sets new Thanksgiving record [in print as 'Moana 2' shatters records at box office]
The Disney sequel topped the U.S. box office over the five-day holiday break.
Washington Post December 2, 2024 : C1, 3.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/30 -12/1/2024
Cartoons, Comics and Art: The Sawwaf Collection
Mu'taz Sawwaf, with Foreword by Gerald Scarfe and Introduction by Chris Beetles
Chris Beetles Books in association with Tosh Fesh and Atlantic Publishing
2024
5 new comics to read in December, including the stunning return of The New Gods
Plus, animals in mech suits and cozy romance vignettes.
By Oliver Sava | November 29, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/new-comics-december-2024-manga
Best New Comics of 2024 for Adults
https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/comics-2024/adults
Best Books for Teens 2024: Graphic Novels
https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/best-books/teens?year=2024&f%5B0%5D=terms%3AGraphic%20Novels
Best Books for Kids 2024: Graphic Novels
https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/best-books/kids?year=2024&f%5B0%5D=terms%3AGraphic%20Novels
VIZ Medica LIBRARY CATALOG 2024/2025
https://dw9to29mmj727.cloudfront.net/newsletters/VIZ_202505LibraryCatalog2024-2025_spreads.pdf
Poetry Comics by Elizabeth Haidle and Gizem Vural
Poetry Comics Month Guests Artists
Grant Snider
Incidental Comics Nov 30 2024
https://incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/poetry-comics-by-elizabeth-haidle
Can 'Moana 2' recapture a beautiful adventure's magic?
Linda Holmes, Aisha Harris, Ronald Young Jr.
Pop Culture Happy Hour
November 27, 2024 https://www.npr.org/2024/11/27/1215355330/can-moana-2-recapture-a-beautiful-adventures-magic
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR9202560177.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1215355330
'Moana 2' is a sea-plus musical [in print as This sea-plus sequel struggles to stay afloat]
Chris Klimek
Washington Post November 29, 2024 : Weekend 26
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/11/27/moana-sequel-movie-review/
(2 stars)
What do 'Moana 2' and 'Cabaret' have in common? Auli'i Cravalho
[in print as Voice of Moana shows range on Broadway stage]
Thomas Floyd
December 1, 2024: E1, 4
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/11/29/aulii-cravalho-moana-cabaret/
Scene Report: Hagai Palevsky on the COMICS 1964-2024 Exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris
Hagai Palevsky
November 25, 2024
https://solrad.co/scene-report-hagai-palevsky-on-the-comics-1964-2024-exhibition-at-the-centre-pompidou-in-paris
Can AI master the art of humor?
Bob Mankoff
TEDxUofM February 2024
https://www.ted.com/talks/bob_mankoff_can_ai_master_the_art_of_humor
In the World of Trina Robbins
Issue #103 Zach Rabiroff
https://brokenpencil.com/article/in-the-world-of-trina-robbins/
The 10 best graphic novels of 2024 [in print as In these novels, moving pictures]
By Jacob Brogan
Washington Post November 24, 2024 : B10.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/11/20/best-graphic-novels-2024/
Books We Love 2024: Comics and Graphic Novels
https://apps.npr.org/best-books/?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20241129&utm_term=9849995&utm_campaign=pop-culture&utm_id=3327316&orgid=305&utm_att1=#tags=comics+%26+graphic+novels&view=list&year=2024
Books are perfect holiday gifts. Here are some tips on choosing them. [Frank Miller's "Ronin Rising"; in print as For the readers on your list, give wisely]
By Michael Dirda
November 24, 2024 : B3
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/11/21/holiday-gift-books-guide/
Steve Bell walks with the zombies
To celebrate the publication of If…Stands Up, the award-winning former Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell writes about his first encounters with Margaret Thatcher and other horrors.
Steve Bell
30 October 2024
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/steve-bell-walks-with-the-zombies
Belgian comic strip, a country's heritage present in Cuba ["Blake and Mortimer" mural]
Prensa Latina
October 31, 2024
https://www.plenglish.com/news/2024/10/31/belgian-comic-strip-a-countrys-heritage-present-in-cuba/
Alley Oop, the Legend of a Comic Strip Caveman
How a famous comic strip character was born out of its local creator's interest in frontier life and pre-history.
by Michael H. Price
October 30, https://fwtx.com/culture/alley-oop-the-legend-of-a-comic-strip-caveman/
2023
A Stunning Collection of Political Cartoons
Bob Newton is the caretaker of this unique collection of toons started by his mother in the 1950s.
John Henry
October 30, 2024
https://fwtx.com/culture/people/a-stunning-collection-of-cartoon-art-originals/
Bruce Campell
Letters: Comic strip resorts to insults instead of humor [Mallard Fillmore]
Oct 30, 2024
https://www.nola.com/opinions/letters-mallard-fillmore-democrats-humor/article_89f4e9f8-85c3-11ef-a093-b7a5b21f6783.html
Roz Chast,
The Cringe Humor of "Eggland"
The New Yorker Daily Humor newsletter Nov 29, 2024
https://link.newyorker.com/view/5be9fe2e3f92a4046939ea2ameuup.8y3m/958dbe24
Kate Beaton receives the 2024 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature
Julia Pohl-Miranda
November 27, 2024
https://drawnandquarterly.com/news/kate-beaton-receives-the-2024-jan-michalski-prize-for-literature/
Kate Beaton Wins 2024 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature
Nov 27, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5091
"Let it Snow" Cartoon Exhibition opens at the Duke of Greenwich
John Freeman on November 29, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/let-it-snow-cartoon-exhibition-opens-at-the-duke-of-greenwich/
AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 303: Juan Ferreyra talks redefining Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Jason Aaron
David Brooke and Nathan Simmons
November 24, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/11/24/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-303-juan-ferreyra/
A Look Inside the Global Webcomics Business
By Ed Nawotka
Oct 17, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/Frankfurt-Book-Fair/article/96252-frankfurt-book-fair-2024-a-primer-on-webtoons-from-korea-s-munpia.html
Ink Pop Launches with Manga for Young Readers
By Shaenon K. Garrity
Nov 14, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/96492-ink-pop-launches-with-manga-for-young-readers.html
10 Must-Read Manga of 2024
By Shaenon K. Garrity
Nov 27, 2024 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/96470-ten-must-read-manga-of-2024.html
To fight hate, these Brooklyn-based nonprofit professionals wrote a comic book together
"We Are Brooklyn" is a project of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
New York Jewish Week
November 20, 2024
https://www.jta.org/2024/11/20/ny/to-fight-hate-this-group-of-brooklyn-based-nonprofit-professionals-wrote-a-comic-book-together
'Creature Commandos' Executive Producer Dean Lorey Is Making James Gunn's Vision Come to Life
Tara Bennett | 11/26/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/series/creature-commandos-executive-producer-dean-lorey-is-making-james-gunns-vision-come-to-life-243931.html
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: 'Where Rabbits Come From' Director Colin Ludvic Racicot [Canada]
Kévin Giraud | 11/26/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-where-rabbits-come-from-director-colin-ludvic-racicot-243951.html
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: 'The Queen's Flowers' Director Ciara Lacy [Hawaii]
Kévin Giraud | 11/27/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-the-queens-flowers-director-ciara-lacy-243977.html
'Moana 2' Review Roundup: Critics Label It A Boring And Confusing Corporate Product
Amid Amidi | 11/28/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/moana-2-review-roundup-critics-label-it-a-boring-and-confusing-corporate-product-243992.html
Moana 2 has no wind in its sails as flat musical numbers, story hamper Disney sequel
Radheyan Simonpillai
Globe and Mail
November 28, 2024
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-moana-2-has-no-wind-in-its-sails-as-flat-musical-numbers-story-hamper/
Nov. 26, 2024
What's a Girl Gotta Do to Get Some Conflict in Moana 2?
By Alison Willmore, a Vulture film critic
https://www.vulture.com/article/moana-2-review-whats-a-girl-gotta-do-to-get-some-conflict.html
Moana 2 Is a Watered-Down Rehash of the Original. You're Welcome?
It's enough to make anyone miss Lin-Manuel Miranda.
By Dana Stevens
Nov 26, 2024
https://slate.com/culture/2024/11/moana-2-movie-disney-thanksgiving-dwayne-johnson-review.html
Review: 'Moana 2' Offers Nothing New
Asher Luberto
November 26, 2024
https://www.laweekly.com/review-moana-2-offers-nothing-new/
Nov 26, 2024
'Moana 2' Review: The Songs Lack That Lin-Manuel Miranda Magic, but This More Dutiful Than Inspired Sequel Turns Into a Catchy Action Fairy Tale
Owen Gleiberman
https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/moana-2-review-dwayne-johnson-auli-i-cravalho-1236222936/
Morgan Lofting, the Baroness in 'G.I. Joe' Animated Series, Dies at 84
She also provided voices for 'Spider-Man' and 'Transformers' series and for 'Total Recall.'
Mike Barnes
November 30, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/morgan-lofting-dead-baroness-gi-joe-1236074053/
Disney asked Deadpool & Wolverine to cut "Mickey Mouse cock"
Ryan Reynolds swore he'd never reveal the one line Disney asked him to cut from Deadpool & Wolverine—but then the studio released it itself.
By William Hughes | November 30, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/disney-forced-deadpool-and-wolverine-to-cut-mickey-mouse-cock
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick
& Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy
2024 Marvel Studios,
https://assets.debut.disney.com/documents/Deadpool_Book_Single_Pages.pdf
How DC's Absolute line became the year's biggest superhero success
The first three entries are wildly different—both from each other and previous versions of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
By Oliver Sava | November 30, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/dc-absolute-line-feature-review
Shelly Bond Talks About Joining, Then Leaving, Vertigo & DC Comics
Shelly Bond talks about joining, then leaving, Vertigo and DC Comics in i-Doppelgänger on Kickstarter, now.
29 Nov 2024
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/shelly-bond-talks-about-joining-then-leaving-vertigo-dc-comics/
Closing soon in D.C.: 'Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing' continues national tour
Art Daily November 27, 2024
https://artdaily.com/news/175939/Closing-soon-in-D-C----Ralph-Steadman--And-Another-Thing--continues-national-tour
Cartoonists Offer "My Best Laugh Story" 1 [King Features Syndicate]
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
"Everyone Feels Free to Create": Ivan Reis on the Art and Freedom of Hyde Street and Ghost Machine
David Harper
November 27, 2024
https://sktchd.com/art-feature/ivan-reis-hyde-street-interview/
Ten Things I've Been Thankful for from the Year in Comics
David Harper
November 29, 2024
https://sktchd.com/column/ten-things-thankful-2024/
On Panel: Joshua Williamson and Kieron Gillen on the Ways of the Event Comic
David Harper
July 19, 2022
https://sktchd.com/interview/on-panel-joshua-williamson-kieron-gillen-event-comics/
Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse!
Director: Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
(USA: Zipatone Films, 2024)
https://www.artspiegelmandoc.com/
NYC Housing Stories: Ingrid Gould Ellen and Marquis Jenkins
Meet the artists, activists, and organizers on the front lines of the housing justice movement in New York City. Part four of a series.
Noah Fischer November 20, 2024
https://hyperallergic.com/968111/nyc-housing-stories-ingrid-gould-ellen-and-marquis-jenkins/
NYC Housing Stories: Miguel Robles-Durán and "Jerzy"
Meet the artists, activists, and organizers on the front lines of the housing justice movement in New York City. Part five of a series.
Noah Fischer November 28, 2024
https://hyperallergic.com/970251/nyc-housing-stories-miguel-robles-duran-and-jerzy/
November 25, 2024
A Bodacious Birthday -- the First Hillbilly Elegy
BARNEY GOOGLE'S GOO-GOO-GOOGLY EYES... AND SNUFFY SMITH'S ASCENSION TO THE THRONE
by Rick Marschall
https://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-bodacious-birthday-first-hillbilly.html
Timothy Lee Jackson
http://www.ragobrothersfuneralhome.com/content/timothy-lee-jackson
9Toonist Drew Litton releasing new Colorado sports calendar
Cartoonist Drew Litton has been covering the Colorado sports scene for 43 years.
Alexander Kirk
November 25, 2024
https://www.9news.com/article/sports/drew-litton-cartoons-2025-calendar/73-f55e5568-8bee-4de2-8f12-710c163e1d63
Pegler, Westbrook. 1934.
Fair Enough [comic strip salaries]
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/27/wayback-whensday-calvin-and-hobbes-press-kit-snuffy-smith-intro-rich-cartoonists/
David Rowe Wins 10th Cartoonist of the Year Award
Alan Gardner
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/30/david-rowe-wins-6th-cartoonist-of-the-year-award/
Megan Herbert Named Behind the Lines' Cartoonist of the Year
Alan Gardner
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/30/megan-herbert-named-behind-the-lines-cartoonist-of-the-year/
WEBTOON and A New Era of Digital Comics
by MrAJCosplay, Nov 29th 2024
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2024-11-29/webtoon-and-a-new-era-of-digital-comics/.217312
Mu'taz Sawwaf, with Foreword by Gerald Scarfe and Introduction by Chris Beetles
Chris Beetles Books in association with Tosh Fesh and Atlantic Publishing
2024
5 new comics to read in December, including the stunning return of The New Gods
Plus, animals in mech suits and cozy romance vignettes.
By Oliver Sava | November 29, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/new-comics-december-2024-manga
Best New Comics of 2024 for Adults
https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/comics-2024/adults
Best Books for Teens 2024: Graphic Novels
https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/best-books/teens?year=2024&f%5B0%5D=terms%3AGraphic%20Novels
Best Books for Kids 2024: Graphic Novels
https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/best-books/kids?year=2024&f%5B0%5D=terms%3AGraphic%20Novels
VIZ Medica LIBRARY CATALOG 2024/2025
https://dw9to29mmj727.cloudfront.net/newsletters/VIZ_202505LibraryCatalog2024-2025_spreads.pdf
Poetry Comics by Elizabeth Haidle and Gizem Vural
Poetry Comics Month Guests Artists
Grant Snider
Incidental Comics Nov 30 2024
https://incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/poetry-comics-by-elizabeth-haidle
Can 'Moana 2' recapture a beautiful adventure's magic?
Linda Holmes, Aisha Harris, Ronald Young Jr.
Pop Culture Happy Hour
November 27, 2024 https://www.npr.org/2024/11/27/1215355330/can-moana-2-recapture-a-beautiful-adventures-magic
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR9202560177.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1215355330
'Moana 2' is a sea-plus musical [in print as This sea-plus sequel struggles to stay afloat]
Chris Klimek
Washington Post November 29, 2024 : Weekend 26
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/11/27/moana-sequel-movie-review/
(2 stars)
What do 'Moana 2' and 'Cabaret' have in common? Auli'i Cravalho
[in print as Voice of Moana shows range on Broadway stage]
Thomas Floyd
December 1, 2024: E1, 4
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/11/29/aulii-cravalho-moana-cabaret/
Scene Report: Hagai Palevsky on the COMICS 1964-2024 Exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris
Hagai Palevsky
November 25, 2024
https://solrad.co/scene-report-hagai-palevsky-on-the-comics-1964-2024-exhibition-at-the-centre-pompidou-in-paris
Can AI master the art of humor?
Bob Mankoff
TEDxUofM February 2024
https://www.ted.com/talks/bob_mankoff_can_ai_master_the_art_of_humor
In the World of Trina Robbins
Issue #103 Zach Rabiroff
https://brokenpencil.com/article/in-the-world-of-trina-robbins/
The 10 best graphic novels of 2024 [in print as In these novels, moving pictures]
By Jacob Brogan
Washington Post November 24, 2024 : B10.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/11/20/best-graphic-novels-2024/
Books We Love 2024: Comics and Graphic Novels
https://apps.npr.org/best-books/?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20241129&utm_term=9849995&utm_campaign=pop-culture&utm_id=3327316&orgid=305&utm_att1=#tags=comics+%26+graphic+novels&view=list&year=2024
Books are perfect holiday gifts. Here are some tips on choosing them. [Frank Miller's "Ronin Rising"; in print as For the readers on your list, give wisely]
By Michael Dirda
November 24, 2024 : B3
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/11/21/holiday-gift-books-guide/
Steve Bell walks with the zombies
To celebrate the publication of If…Stands Up, the award-winning former Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell writes about his first encounters with Margaret Thatcher and other horrors.
Steve Bell
30 October 2024
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/steve-bell-walks-with-the-zombies
Belgian comic strip, a country's heritage present in Cuba ["Blake and Mortimer" mural]
Prensa Latina
October 31, 2024
https://www.plenglish.com/news/2024/10/31/belgian-comic-strip-a-countrys-heritage-present-in-cuba/
Alley Oop, the Legend of a Comic Strip Caveman
How a famous comic strip character was born out of its local creator's interest in frontier life and pre-history.
by Michael H. Price
October 30, https://fwtx.com/culture/alley-oop-the-legend-of-a-comic-strip-caveman/
2023
A Stunning Collection of Political Cartoons
Bob Newton is the caretaker of this unique collection of toons started by his mother in the 1950s.
John Henry
October 30, 2024
https://fwtx.com/culture/people/a-stunning-collection-of-cartoon-art-originals/
Bruce Campell
Letters: Comic strip resorts to insults instead of humor [Mallard Fillmore]
Oct 30, 2024
https://www.nola.com/opinions/letters-mallard-fillmore-democrats-humor/article_89f4e9f8-85c3-11ef-a093-b7a5b21f6783.html
Roz Chast,
The Cringe Humor of "Eggland"
The New Yorker Daily Humor newsletter Nov 29, 2024
https://link.newyorker.com/view/5be9fe2e3f92a4046939ea2ameuup.8y3m/958dbe24
Kate Beaton receives the 2024 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature
Julia Pohl-Miranda
November 27, 2024
https://drawnandquarterly.com/news/kate-beaton-receives-the-2024-jan-michalski-prize-for-literature/
Kate Beaton Wins 2024 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature
Nov 27, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5091
"Let it Snow" Cartoon Exhibition opens at the Duke of Greenwich
John Freeman on November 29, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/let-it-snow-cartoon-exhibition-opens-at-the-duke-of-greenwich/
AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 303: Juan Ferreyra talks redefining Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Jason Aaron
David Brooke and Nathan Simmons
November 24, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/11/24/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-303-juan-ferreyra/
A Look Inside the Global Webcomics Business
By Ed Nawotka
Oct 17, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/Frankfurt-Book-Fair/article/96252-frankfurt-book-fair-2024-a-primer-on-webtoons-from-korea-s-munpia.html
Ink Pop Launches with Manga for Young Readers
By Shaenon K. Garrity
Nov 14, 2024
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/96492-ink-pop-launches-with-manga-for-young-readers.html
10 Must-Read Manga of 2024
By Shaenon K. Garrity
Nov 27, 2024 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/96470-ten-must-read-manga-of-2024.html
To fight hate, these Brooklyn-based nonprofit professionals wrote a comic book together
"We Are Brooklyn" is a project of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
New York Jewish Week
November 20, 2024
https://www.jta.org/2024/11/20/ny/to-fight-hate-this-group-of-brooklyn-based-nonprofit-professionals-wrote-a-comic-book-together
'Creature Commandos' Executive Producer Dean Lorey Is Making James Gunn's Vision Come to Life
Tara Bennett | 11/26/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/series/creature-commandos-executive-producer-dean-lorey-is-making-james-gunns-vision-come-to-life-243931.html
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: 'Where Rabbits Come From' Director Colin Ludvic Racicot [Canada]
Kévin Giraud | 11/26/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-where-rabbits-come-from-director-colin-ludvic-racicot-243951.html
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: 'The Queen's Flowers' Director Ciara Lacy [Hawaii]
Kévin Giraud | 11/27/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/2025-oscars-short-film-contenders-the-queens-flowers-director-ciara-lacy-243977.html
'Moana 2' Review Roundup: Critics Label It A Boring And Confusing Corporate Product
Amid Amidi | 11/28/2024
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/moana-2-review-roundup-critics-label-it-a-boring-and-confusing-corporate-product-243992.html
Moana 2 has no wind in its sails as flat musical numbers, story hamper Disney sequel
Radheyan Simonpillai
Globe and Mail
November 28, 2024
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-moana-2-has-no-wind-in-its-sails-as-flat-musical-numbers-story-hamper/
Nov. 26, 2024
What's a Girl Gotta Do to Get Some Conflict in Moana 2?
By Alison Willmore, a Vulture film critic
https://www.vulture.com/article/moana-2-review-whats-a-girl-gotta-do-to-get-some-conflict.html
Moana 2 Is a Watered-Down Rehash of the Original. You're Welcome?
It's enough to make anyone miss Lin-Manuel Miranda.
By Dana Stevens
Nov 26, 2024
https://slate.com/culture/2024/11/moana-2-movie-disney-thanksgiving-dwayne-johnson-review.html
Review: 'Moana 2' Offers Nothing New
Asher Luberto
November 26, 2024
https://www.laweekly.com/review-moana-2-offers-nothing-new/
Nov 26, 2024
'Moana 2' Review: The Songs Lack That Lin-Manuel Miranda Magic, but This More Dutiful Than Inspired Sequel Turns Into a Catchy Action Fairy Tale
Owen Gleiberman
https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/moana-2-review-dwayne-johnson-auli-i-cravalho-1236222936/
Morgan Lofting, the Baroness in 'G.I. Joe' Animated Series, Dies at 84
She also provided voices for 'Spider-Man' and 'Transformers' series and for 'Total Recall.'
Mike Barnes
November 30, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/morgan-lofting-dead-baroness-gi-joe-1236074053/
Disney asked Deadpool & Wolverine to cut "Mickey Mouse cock"
Ryan Reynolds swore he'd never reveal the one line Disney asked him to cut from Deadpool & Wolverine—but then the studio released it itself.
By William Hughes | November 30, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/disney-forced-deadpool-and-wolverine-to-cut-mickey-mouse-cock
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick
& Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy
2024 Marvel Studios,
https://assets.debut.disney.com/documents/Deadpool_Book_Single_Pages.pdf
How DC's Absolute line became the year's biggest superhero success
The first three entries are wildly different—both from each other and previous versions of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
By Oliver Sava | November 30, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/dc-absolute-line-feature-review
Shelly Bond Talks About Joining, Then Leaving, Vertigo & DC Comics
Shelly Bond talks about joining, then leaving, Vertigo and DC Comics in i-Doppelgänger on Kickstarter, now.
29 Nov 2024
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/shelly-bond-talks-about-joining-then-leaving-vertigo-dc-comics/
Closing soon in D.C.: 'Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing' continues national tour
Art Daily November 27, 2024
https://artdaily.com/news/175939/Closing-soon-in-D-C----Ralph-Steadman--And-Another-Thing--continues-national-tour
Cartoonists Offer "My Best Laugh Story" 1 [King Features Syndicate]
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/28/cartoonists-offer-my-best-laugh-story-1/
"Everyone Feels Free to Create": Ivan Reis on the Art and Freedom of Hyde Street and Ghost Machine
David Harper
November 27, 2024
https://sktchd.com/art-feature/ivan-reis-hyde-street-interview/
Ten Things I've Been Thankful for from the Year in Comics
David Harper
November 29, 2024
https://sktchd.com/column/ten-things-thankful-2024/
On Panel: Joshua Williamson and Kieron Gillen on the Ways of the Event Comic
David Harper
July 19, 2022
https://sktchd.com/interview/on-panel-joshua-williamson-kieron-gillen-event-comics/
Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse!
Director: Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
(USA: Zipatone Films, 2024)
https://www.artspiegelmandoc.com/
NYC Housing Stories: Ingrid Gould Ellen and Marquis Jenkins
Meet the artists, activists, and organizers on the front lines of the housing justice movement in New York City. Part four of a series.
Noah Fischer November 20, 2024
https://hyperallergic.com/968111/nyc-housing-stories-ingrid-gould-ellen-and-marquis-jenkins/
NYC Housing Stories: Miguel Robles-Durán and "Jerzy"
Meet the artists, activists, and organizers on the front lines of the housing justice movement in New York City. Part five of a series.
Noah Fischer November 28, 2024
https://hyperallergic.com/970251/nyc-housing-stories-miguel-robles-duran-and-jerzy/
November 25, 2024
A Bodacious Birthday -- the First Hillbilly Elegy
BARNEY GOOGLE'S GOO-GOO-GOOGLY EYES... AND SNUFFY SMITH'S ASCENSION TO THE THRONE
by Rick Marschall
https://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-bodacious-birthday-first-hillbilly.html
Timothy Lee Jackson
http://www.ragobrothersfuneralhome.com/content/timothy-lee-jackson
9Toonist Drew Litton releasing new Colorado sports calendar
Cartoonist Drew Litton has been covering the Colorado sports scene for 43 years.
Alexander Kirk
November 25, 2024
https://www.9news.com/article/sports/drew-litton-cartoons-2025-calendar/73-f55e5568-8bee-4de2-8f12-710c163e1d63
Pegler, Westbrook. 1934.
Fair Enough [comic strip salaries]
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/27/wayback-whensday-calvin-and-hobbes-press-kit-snuffy-smith-intro-rich-cartoonists/
David Rowe Wins 10th Cartoonist of the Year Award
Alan Gardner
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/30/david-rowe-wins-6th-cartoonist-of-the-year-award/
Megan Herbert Named Behind the Lines' Cartoonist of the Year
Alan Gardner
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/11/30/megan-herbert-named-behind-the-lines-cartoonist-of-the-year/
WEBTOON and A New Era of Digital Comics
by MrAJCosplay, Nov 29th 2024
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2024-11-29/webtoon-and-a-new-era-of-digital-comics/.217312
Sunday, December 01, 2024
Art Daily on Steadman exhibit at AU
Closing soon in D.C.: 'Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing' continues national tour
Art Daily November 27, 2024
https://artdaily.com/news/175939/Closing-soon-in-D-C----Ralph-Steadman--And-Another-Thing--continues-national-tour
Art Daily November 27, 2024
https://artdaily.com/news/175939/Closing-soon-in-D-C----Ralph-Steadman--And-Another-Thing--continues-national-tour
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