Thursday, January 09, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/9/2025

Announcing the 2024 Comic Book Industry Person of the Year [Daniel Warren Johnson].

By Beat Staff on 01/09/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/announcing-the-2024-comic-book-industry-person-of-the-year/

 

Exclusive Interview: Scott Snyder shares what's to come in Absolute Batman (Part 2)

Christian Angeles on 01/09/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-interview-scott-snyder-shares-whats-to-come-in-absolute-batman-part-2/

 

Graphic Novel Review: Big Jim and the White Boy, an Important and Insightful Reimaging of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

reviewed by Matthew Teutsch,

International Journal of Comic Art blog January 9, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/01/book-review-big-jim-and-white-boy.html

 

Graphic Novel Review: Thomas Piketty's Capital & Ideology: a graphic novel adaptation

reviewed by Liz Brown

International Journal of Comic Art blog January 9, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/01/graphic-novel-review-thomas-pikettys.html

 

Book Review: DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book

reviewed by Gene Kannenberg, Jr.

International Journal of Comic Art blog January 9, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/01/book-review-dc-super-heroes-ultimate.html

 

Film Review: JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience

reviewed by Matt Reingold

International Journal of Comic Art blog January 9, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/01/film-review-jewce-jewish-comics.html

 

JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience. Tony Kim (dir.). JLTV and Turnkey Pictures, 2024.

 

Graphic Novel Review: Adieu Birkenau: Ginette Kolinka's Story of Survival

reviewed by Matt Reingold

International Journal of Comic Art blog January 9, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/01/graphic-novel-review-adieu-birkenau.html

 

Graphic Novel Review: The Incredible Story of Cooking: From Prehistory to today, 500,000 years of adventure.

 reviewed by Cord Scott

International Journal of Comic Art blog January 9, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/01/graphic-novel-review-incredible-story.html

 

Graphic Novel Review: Woman & Man+.

reviewed by C.T. Lim

International Journal of Comic Art blog January 9, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/01/graphic-novel-review-woman-man.html

 

Polly's career draws to an end: Mercury cartoonist John Farmer reflects on his 40-year career

Hobart Mercury Jan 6 2025

https://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/mercury-cartoonist-john-farmer-reflects-on-his-40year-career/news-story/1c89ed41fca57f3e8ad817d686067030

 

A New Yorker Cartoon Art Exhibit

To celebrate the amazing cartoons of The New Yorker

Liza Donnelly

Seeing Things Jan 10 2025 https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/a-new-yorker-cartoon-art-exhibit

 

Process: The Fellowship of (kissing)the Ring

The Process of making a cartoon in solidarity with Ann Telnaes

Jason Chatfield

Process Junkie  Jan 9 2025  https://www.process-junkie.com/p/process-the-fellowship-of-kissingthe

 

Washington Post editorial cartoonist resigns over banned cartoon. What's the fallout?

Robin Young

 WBUR's Here & Now January 08, 2025

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/01/08/washington-post-editorial-cartoon

https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BUR9344333844.mp3

 

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred twenty-one | Vita Ayala Returns, part one

Jan 09, 2025

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/sometimes-im-amazed-were-in-as-good

 

Danish Toon 'Apple Hills' Goes Global with Cartoon Network on YouTube

Mercedes Milligan

January 8, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/danish-toon-apple-hills-goes-global-with-cartoon-network-on-youtube/

 

Britt Allcroft, Who Brought Thomas the Tank Engine to TV, Dies at 81

By Isabella Kwai

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 9, 2025, Section B, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Britt Allcroft, 81, the Force That Brought Thomas the Tank Engine to Children's TV.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/arts/britt-allcroft-thomas-tank-engine-dead.html

 

How Marvel TV is tweaking its playbook in 2025

The next 12 months promise new heroes, more animated fare, and the welcome return of a Hell's Kitchen defender.

By Saloni Gajjar  |  January 9, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/marvel-tv-shows-2025-tweaking-playbook

 

MARVEL SLIPS, DC GAINS GROUND In Q4 2024 Market Shares

 Brigid Alverson on January 9, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/58581/marvel-slips-dc-gains-ground

 

World's Biggest Anime Piracy Site Risks Imploding as It Surpasses Disney+ in Monthly Visits

By  Chike Nwaenie

Jan 5 2024

https://www.cbr.com/hianime-anime-piracy-vs-disney-streaming/

 

Drawn from life: Scott Nelson talks about life as a cartoonist, illustrator and instructor

 Margaret Smith

Worcester Magazine

https://www.worcestermag.com/story/lifestyle/columns/2025/01/08/last-call-scott-nelson-cartoonist-illustrator-and-arts-instructor/77484260007/

Even more articles and cartoons about Ann Telnaes quitting the WaPo

Process: The Fellowship of (kissing)the Ring
The Process of making a cartoon in solidarity with Ann Telnaes
Jason Chatfield

Washington Post editorial cartoonist resigns over banned cartoon. What's the fallout?
Robin Young
 WBUR's Here & Now January 08, 2025
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/01/08/washington-post-editorial-cartoon
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BUR9344333844.mp3

Twitanic Disaster by Daniel Boris


Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/8/2025

"Ten years later, Charlie Hebdo is still there"

Alan Gardner January 6, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/06/ten-years-later-charlie-hebdo-is-still-there/

 

CRUNCHYROLL TO LAUNCH DIGITAL MANGA SERVICE After Shutting Down Previous One in 2023

  Brigid Alverson on January 7, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58569/crunchyroll-launch-digital-manga-service

 

Superheroes Beyond

Edited by Cormac McGarry, Liam Burke, Ian Gordon, and Angela Ndalianis

University Press of Mississippi, 2024

https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/S/Superheroes-Beyond

 

Foreword: Planetary Superheroes as Collective Daydream

Frederick Luis Aldama

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Cormac McGarry

 

Section 1: Beyond Men of Steel

Introduction: Beyond Men of Steel

Angela Ndalianis

Chapter 1: All New, All Different, or No Normal?: Marvel Comics and Superhero Diversity

Naja Later

Chapter 2: The Heart of a Hero: Disability and Humanity in the Origin Stories of Marvel Studios' Superheroes

Alexandra Ostrowski Schilling

Chapter 3: Monstrosity, Mutation, and the World without Us

Octavia Cade

Chapter 4: Midnight's Children and The Fortress of Solitude as Superhero Origin Stories

Julian Novitz

Chapter 5: African American Viewers Watching Black Panther: The Power of Representation

Sheena C. Howard

 

Section 2: Beyond Comic Books

Introduction: Beyond Comic Books

Ian Gordon

Chapter 6: Animating Sub-Mariner and Aquaman: Generational Taste and the Moral Panic of the 1968 Television Season

Djoymi Baker

Chapter 7: The Toy Biz of Superheroes: Superhero Action Figures

Jason Bainbridge

Chapter 8: From Comic Books to Courtroom: Unmasking the Intellectual Property behind the Superhero

Mitchell Adams

Chapter 9: Capes, Tights, and Motherships: Superheroes and New Transmedia Star Systems

Cormac McGarry

Chapter 10: Super Fans or Toxic Madmen?: Fantasy, Reality, and Marginalized Identities in Subversive "DIY Superhero" Indie Films

Jack Teiwes

Section 3: Beyond the United States

Introduction: Beyond the United States

Liam Burke

Chapter 11: We Need Another Hero: The Incompatibility of Superheroes and Australia

Liam Burke

Chapter 12: Without Seeing the Dawn: Monstrous (Super)Heroes and Philippine Myths in Mervin Malonzo's Tabi Po

Maria Lorena M. Santos

Chapter 13: Is There a Colombian National Superhero?: How Colombian Superheroes Help Define Ethnicity and Race in a Multicultural Society

Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed and Hernan David Espinosa-Medina

Chapter 14: Where Does Black Panther's Music Come From? Authorship, "the Other," and the Musical Representation of Africa in Hollywood

Dan Golding

Chapter 15: The Phantom in Aboriginal Australia: Educational Comics, National Identity, and Indigeneity

Aaron Humphrey

About the Contributors

Index

 

The Daily Heller: Richard McGuire's Book 'Here' is Now a Movie

By Steven Heller

The Daily Heller November 7, 2024

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-richard-mcguires-book-here-is-now-a-movie/


this is free to download -


Shaping Visions in U.S.-American Magazines: Women Illustrators and the Visual Culture of Femininity, 1890–1920 [Rose O'Neill, Nell Brinkley].

    Annabel Friedrichs

    De Gruyter 2025

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111543932

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111543932/html

 

Exclusive Interview: Scott Snyder on Absolute Batman and everything you need to know (Part 1)

Christian Angeles on 01/08/2025

https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-interview-scott-snyder-on-absolute-batman-and-everything-you-need-to-know-part-1/    

 

'I'm Walking Backwards For This Strip': Stan Mack on Real Life Funnies and craft of listening

Matthew Thurber | January 8, 2025 | https://www.tcj.com/im-walking-backwards-for-this-strip-stan-mack-on-real-life-funnies-and-craft-of-listening/

 

Diamond Comics Gives Retailers Reasons For Distribution Delays

Diamond Comic Distributors gives retailers reasons for distribution delays, but what's it like on the ground floor? Bleeding Cool asks around.

07 Jan 2025  by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-gives-retailers-reasons-for-distribution-delays/

 

More cartoon renditions

Or should I have used the word "repetition"?

Ann Telnaes

Open Windows Jan 8 2025           

https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/more-cartoon-renditions

 

Washington Post Cartoonist Quits Over Rejected Sketch of Trump and Bezos

Ann Telnaes said the editorial decision prevented her from being able to "hold powerful people and institutions accountable."

Rhea Nayyar

Hyperallergic January 7 2025

https://hyperallergic.com/981889/washington-post-cartoonist-quits-over-rejected-sketch-of-trump-and-bezos/

 

Diamond Comics is closer to shipping comics on time again

Heidi MacDonald on 01/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/diamond-comics-is-closer-to-shipping-comics-on-time-again/


When Picasso Was Arrested for Stealing the "Mona Lisa"
In 1911, the world's most famous painting was stolen from the Louvre.
By Paul Rogers
January 6, 2025
Published in the print edition of the January 13, 2025, issue, with the headline "When Picasso Was Arrested for Stealing the 'Mona Lisa'."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/13/when-picasso-was-arrested-for-stealing-the-mona-lisa


What's in a Graphic Novel Pitch Package
Tips on crafting the perfect graphic novel pitch package to help you land a great book deal with a publisher.
Brigitta Blair
Brigitta's Blurbs Jan 8 2025
https://brigittablair.substack.com/p/whats-in-a-graphic-novel-pitch-package

Kissing The Ring
A cartoon in solidarity with Ann Telnaes
Jason Chatfield
New York Cartoons Jan 8 2025
 https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/kissing-the-ring

January 08, 2025
Even more Ann Telnaes' supporting cartoons
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/01/even-more-ann-telnaes-supporting.html


 World War II cartoons from Naval Hospital Long Beach, CA newspaper
January 08, 2025
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/01/world-war-ii-cartoons-from-naval.html

Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Brigitta Blair's newsletter on pitching a graphic novel to a publisher

What's in a Graphic Novel Pitch Package

Tips on crafting the perfect graphic novel pitch package to help you land a great book deal with a publisher.

Brigitta Blair

Brigitta's Blurbs Jan 8 2025

https://brigittablair.substack.com/p/whats-in-a-graphic-novel-pitch-package

Even more Ann Telnaes' supporting cartoons

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More cartoon renditions: Or should I have used the word "repetition"?
Ann Telnaes
Open Windows Jan 8 2025          
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/more-cartoon-renditions

DD Degg has updated his post with more cartoons.

Dozens of Cartoonists (So Far) Stand With Ann Telnaes – Update
D. D. Degg January 7, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/07/dozens-of-cartoonists-so-far-hashtag-stand-with-ann-telnaes/

And here's some others:

Kissing The Ring: A cartoon in solidarity with Ann Telnaes
Jason Chatfield
New York Cartoons Jan 8 2025
 https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/kissing-the-ring

Alex Bowman's cartoon at Counterpoint

This article notable only for Ann's confirmation of the date of the submission of the cartoon as Dec. 19th:

Washington Post Cartoonist Quits Over Rejected Sketch of Trump and Bezos
Ann Telnaes said the editorial decision prevented her from being able to "hold powerful people and institutions accountable."
Rhea Nayyar
Hyperallergic January 7 2025


Of course, even more slobbery acts of bootlicking have taken place since then, some in recent days. Most of you have probably heard about my colleague Ann Telnaes quitting The Washington Post because the paper refused to publish her cartoon of owner Bezos and other billionaires genuflecting before Trump. The opinions editor stated that the cartoon was rejected because the paper had a couple columns on the subject already (which sounds like a weaselly rationalization to me since this sort of thing happens all the time, and they could have just held the cartoon for a week).

Ann took a clearly principled stand here, and the story has generated enormous negative publicity for the Post. When the dust settles, though, I'm afraid the larger project of turning the paper into a Rupert Murdoch-style entity will simply continue, angry readership be damned.

The Gulf of America by Daniel Boris




The Zuck Suck by Daniel Boris


World War II cartoons from Naval Hospital Long Beach, CA newspaper

Scans of 'The Aorta,' the Naval Hospital Long Beach, CA newspaper are going into the Medical Heritage Library. Runs of the newspaper are in the National Library of Medicine and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery's history office archive (which is scanning them). It's likely that no one has really seen these cartoons since they were published 80 years ago.


 October 1944
 
November 1944

Fall 1944 issues had "Our Little Helper" comic panel by Lloyd Hawthorne. December 1944 featured a cartoon by, and picture of, William Abshire.
 
 
In 1945, the comic panel shifts to being "Roughly Speaking" by A. G. Santomauro. These are from January.
 


 
I don't know if any of these men continued as cartoonists after the war.

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Thank you, Tomohiko Murakami [Google translation][manga scholar, editor, and critic obituary]

December 30, 2024

Kyoto International Manga Museum

https://kyotomm.jp/news/thankyou_murakamitomohiko/

 

Tomohiko Murakami

Interview: The 'Dōmu' Phenomenon [Katsuhiro Otomo]

September 1 1983

reprinted at https://chronotomo.aaandnn.com/1983/09/interview-katsuhiro-otomo-tomohiko.html

 

(th)ink: For Ann T.

Keith Knight

The Keef Knight Project Jan 7 2025

https://keithknight.substack.com/p/think-for-ann-t

 

Statement: 10th anniversary of the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine

CARTOONISTS RIGHTS Jan 7, 2025

https://cartoonistsrights.org/10th-anniversary-charlie-hebdo-attack/

 

10th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo killings

On January 7, 2015 the editorial cartooning community suffered a horrible blow

Open Windows Jan 7 2025

https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/10th-anniversary-of-the-charlie-hebdo

 

Je Suis Censorship

It's been ten years since the murders at Charlie Hebdo

Clay Jones

Claytoonz   Jan 7 2025

https://claytoonz.com/2025/01/07/je-suis-censorship/

https://claytoonz.substack.com/p/je-suis-censorship

 

Dozens of Cartoonists (So Far) Stand With Ann Telnaes

D. D. Degg January 7, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/07/dozens-of-cartoonists-so-far-hashtag-stand-with-ann-telnaes/

 

Even more reactions to Telnaes quitting the WaPo

January 07, 2025

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/01/even-more-reactions-to-telnaes-quitting.html

 

Remember Herblock, the hard-hitting Washington Post cartoonist?

The Post doesn't. Sigh. How soon they forget.

Jack Ohman's You Betcha!

Jan 8 2025

https://jackohman.substack.com/p/remember-herblock-the-hard-hitting

 

We Stand With Ann

Cartoonists Unite for Anne Telnaes and the First Amendment

Steve Brodner

The Greater Quiet Jan 8 2025

https://stevebrodner.substack.com/p/we-stand-with-ann

 

A New Dog Man Book Is Coming out Just in Time for the Holidays

By Karen Cicero

Nov 30, 2024 https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/childrens-products/a62979394/dog-man-big-jim-begins-book-release-2024/

 

Marvel Is Rolling Back Its Controversial Comics Update Amid Backlash

ByLogan Silva

Nov 30, 2024 https://screenrant.com/marvel-comics-qr-code-controversy-future/

 

Gschwind, Colette. 2024.

Reader disturbed by comic strip showing a cat trying to guillotine a dog [WuMo letter]

Nov. 29, 2024,

https://www.cleveland.com/letters/2024/11/reader-disturbed-by-comic-strip-showing-a-cat-trying-to-guillotine-a-dog.html

 

Oscar Shortlist Interviews: Director Kei Kanamori Shares His Favorite Shot From 'Origami' (Exclusive)

By Kévin Giraud | 01/06/2025

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar-shortlist-interviews-director-kei-kanamori-shares-his-favorite-shot-from-origami-exclusive-244774.html

 

Oscar Shortlist Interviews: Director Loïc Espuche Shares His Favorite Shot From 'Yuck!' (Exclusive)

Kévin Giraud | 01/06/2025

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar-shortlist-interviews-director-loic-espuche-shares-his-favorite-shot-from-yuck-exclusive-244770.html

 

Oscar Shortlist Interviews: Director Torill Kove Shares Her Favorite Shot From 'Maybe Elephants' (Exclusive)

Kévin Giraud | 01/04/2025

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar-shortlist-interviews-director-torill-kove-shares-her-favorite-shot-from-maybe-elephants-exclusive-244754.html

 

Oscar Shortlist Interviews: Directors Hossein Molayemi And Shirin Sohani Share Their Favorite Shot From 'In The Shadow Of The Cypress' (Exclusive)

Kévin Giraud | 01/04/2025

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar-shortlist-interviews-directors-hossein-molayemi-and-shirin-sohani-shares-their-favorite-shot-from-in-the-shadow-of-the-cypress-exclusive-244746.html

 

From Norway to Nairobi: Torill Kove Discusses Her Acclaimed Short, 'Maybe Elephants' [Paid Content]

January 6, 2025

 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/from-norway-to-nairobi-torill-kove-discusses-her-acclaimed-short-maybe-elephants/

 

Editis' Buyout Of Graphic Novel Publisher Delcourt Has Been Approved

 06 Jan 2025  

by Rich Johnston 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/editis-buyout-of-graphic-novel-publisher-delcourt-has-been-approved/

 

The True Cost To Comic Book Stores Of Free Comic Book Day 2025

  06 Jan 2025

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-true-cost-to-comic-book-stores-of-free-comic-book-day-2025/

 

Liam Sharp's art wows visitors to Madeira's Centro Cultural e de Investigação do Funchal

ohn Freeman on January 7, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/liam-sharps-art-wows-visitors-to-madeiras-centro-cultural-e-de-investigacao-do-funchal/

 

2000AD's John Wagner launches new official website with a special "Rok of the Reds" competition

John Freeman on January 7, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/2000ads-john-wagner-launches-new-official-website-with-a-special-rok-of-the-reds-competition/

 

John Wagner

The official website of John Wagner, comic book and graphic novel writer

https://johnwagner.co.uk

 

Kenyan Cartoonist Kibet Bull Found Alive

Alan Gardner January 7, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/07/kenyan-cartoonist-kibet-bull-found-alive/

 

COMIC INDUSTRY FORECASTS 2025

 Rob Salkowitz on January 6, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/58561/comic-industry-forecasts-2025

 

Reviews: Jimmy! The Comic Art of James Swinnerton

Frank M. Young | January 7, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/jimmy-the-comic-art-of-james-swinnerton/

 

Jimmy! The Comic Art of James Swinnerton

Edited by Peter Maresca and Michael Tisserand

Sunday Press/Fantagraphics Books

 

The Comet of Chaland

Aug Stone | January 7, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/the-comet-of-chaland/

 

A Prospect Heights Ghost Story

The final part of our NYC Housing Stories series focuses on its creator, who was displaced from his Brooklyn brownstone.

Noah Fischer January 6, 2025  

https://hyperallergic.com/981286/a-prospect-heights-ghost-story/ 

 

Meet Luce, the Vatican's Jubilee Year Cartoon Mascot

In an amusing branding move, the Vatican debuted an anime-style cartoon mascot named Luce to mixed reactions online.

  Isa Farfan January 6, 2025

https://hyperallergic.com/981352/meet-luce-the-vaticans-jubilee-year-cartoon-mascot/

 

How 'The Wild Robot' Got Its Heart

Mia Galuppo

January 6, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-of-the-wild-robot-lupita-nyongo-1236097861/

This story appeared in the Jan. 3 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

 

Jimmy Carter Political Cartoon Memorial

Daryl Cagle and  Taylor Jones.

Caglecast 56   Jan 7, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peQG7YWJmrg

 

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live - Episode #073: With Special Guest Jamar Nicholas

Pop Culture Squad Jan 7 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OelDqbr-Jn8

 

Reilly Brown Talks Marvel Past and his new Superhero creation

wordballoon

 Jan 6, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lloPkYEt2Uc

 

Keith Giffen: The Interview [1988] pts 1-2

Harry Broertjes

Interlac APA.

reprinted at https://glencadigan.substack.com/p/is-this-thing-on-xx and

https://glencadigan.substack.com/p/is-this-thing-on-xxi

Tuesday, January 07, 2025

Jan 29: Library of Congress to Host Author and Illustrator Dav Pilkey in January

Library of Congress to Host Author and Illustrator Dav Pilkey in January
Event to Feature Author Talk, Sneak Peek From the Forthcoming Feature Film, Signed Books and Fun Activities for Kids and Families

The Library of Congress will host Dav Pilkey, the No. 1 worldwide bestselling author and acclaimed illustrator of the global phenomenon "Dog Man" on Wednesday, Jan. 29 starting at 5:30 p.m. During this event, Pilkey will discuss his newest book, "Dog Man: Big Jim Begins" and talk about how books bring people together and help kids develop empathy and compassion.

Following the author talk will be a sneak peek clip from DreamWorks Animation's feature film, "Dog Man," coming to theaters Jan. 31. Families can also enjoy a range of interactive experiences, including a meet-and-greet with Pilkey, photo opportunities with the Dog Man costume character, a create-your-own comics station, and a variety of fun activities for kids and families to enjoy in the Great Hall.

This event kicks off Pilkey's global tour, "Celebrating Heroes Around the World." 

Ticketing Information
Free tickets to the event can be obtained at loc.gov/events. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for all activities. Each ticket holder will have access to Dog Man activities, custom Dog Man cookies, and a meet-and-greet with Pilkey. A limited number of add-on tickets are available to see the 6:30 p.m. program with Pilkey in the Coolidge Auditorium on a first-come-first-serve basis. Once those tickets are all reserved, the Library will indicate that they are sold out on the event page on loc.gov/events. A limited waitlist to see the program will be available on the day of the event.

Meet and Greet Information
All ticket holders will be eligible to meet Pilkey during a meet and greet starting at 7:15 p.m. Please note that participants will be allowed to line up starting at 7 p.m. Each ticket holder will receive a free copy of "Dog Man: Big Jim Begins." Additional books will be available for purchase near the Coolidge Auditorium starting at 5:30 p.m. on the day of the event. To ensure that all attendees can be accommodated, no books from home can be signed. 

Dav Pilkey and the Library of Congress
During the pandemic lockdown, Pilkey, in collaboration with the Library of Congress and Scholastic, launched "Dav Pilkey at Home," a weekly series of free videos created by Pilkey and posted online to encourage kids to be creative and to keep reading at home. The playlist of Pilkey's "how to draw" and "read aloud" videos are archived on the Library of Congress's website at
loc.gov/engage.

"Libraries changed my life. As a kid who had reading challenges, one of my best memories growing up was going to the library with my mom. This helped me to associate books with fun," Pilkey said. "Reading without judgment was a turning point in my life and what led to my lifelong love of books. It is an honor to be invited back to the world's largest library. I'm grateful to Dr. Carla Hayden and the incredible team at the Library of Congress for all their efforts on behalf of children's literature. They are the ultimate heroes."

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Even more reactions to Telnaes quitting the WaPo

John Cuneo

Matt Wuerker
Don't you dare call the Kowtowers kowtowers...
(in solidarity with the Washington Post 's former cartoonist Ann Telnaes, who wouldn't kowtow)

(th)ink: For Ann T.
Keith Knight
The Keef Knight Project Jan 7 2025

Comics journalist Michael Cavna also noted cartoons by
— Richard Bartholomew
— John Buss
— Rod Emerson
— Dennis Goris
— Kevin Necessary
— Steve Stegelin

...and whoops, DD Degg is far ahead of me:

Dozens of Cartoonists (So Far) Stand With Ann Telnaes
D. D. Degg January 7, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/07/dozens-of-cartoonists-so-far-hashtag-stand-with-ann-telnaes/

Here's new pieces though:

Remember Herblock, the hard-hitting Washington Post cartoonist?
The Post doesn't. Sigh. How soon they forget.
Jack Ohman's You Betcha! Jan 8 2025
https://jackohman.substack.com/p/remember-herblock-the-hard-hitting

We Stand With Ann
Cartoonists Unite for Anne Telnaes and the First Amendment
Steve Brodner
The Greater Quiet Jan 8 2025
https://stevebrodner.substack.com/p/we-stand-with-ann

although this one is behind a paywall until Friday...

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S BILLIONAIRES
Ruben Bolling
TOM THE DANCING BUG 1/7/25

as is Clay's commentary on this one...

Je Suis Censorship
It's been ten years since the murders at Charlie Hebdo

Clay Jones
Claytoonz   Jan 7 2025

Anne's latest newsletter shows her frustration with the state of the art:

10th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo killings
On January 7, 2015 the editorial cartooning community suffered a horrible blow
Open Windows Jan 7 2025
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/10th-anniversary-of-the-charlie-hebdo

Here's some criticism of Post's "guest cartoon" on Facebook, because it amused me.