CARTOONISTS RIGHTS - support them on Giving Tuesday

SUPPORT CARTOONISTS RIGHTS, MARKING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

 by Terry Anderson

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 7^th, 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 3^rd – 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 3^rd.

 

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

 

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.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/12/01/moana-2-thanksgiving-box-office-record/

 

Lost sci-fi masterpieces return with stunning cover designs by cartoonist Seth

Mark Frauenfelder  10:

Nov 25, 2024

https://boingboing.net/2024/11/25/lost-sci-fi-masterpieces-return-with-stunning-cover-designs-by-cartoonist-seth.html

 

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

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/charles-schulz-peanuts-comic-strip-19944899.php

 

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

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-a-glimpse-into-metamorpho-and-absolute-green-lantern-with-al-ewing/

 

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

https://previewsworld.com/Article/278902-Vincent-Pompetti-Explores-the-Enchanting-Arthurian-Legend-in-King-Arthur--the-Ladies-of-the-Lake

 

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.

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My Best Laugh Story: Alf's Hot Come-back.

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Dunn, Charles. 1924.

My Best Laugh Story.

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Herriman, George. 1924.

My Best Laugh Story.

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McCay, Winsor. 1924.

My Best Laugh Story

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McClure, Darrell. 1924.

My Best Laugh Story.

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McManus, George. 1924.

My Best Laugh Story: A Tempestuous Night.

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McNamara, Tom. 1924.

My Best Laugh Story.

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Murphy, Jimmy. 1924.

My Best Laugh Story: Picking Up Some Easy Money.

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Scheinfeld, Amram. 1924.

My Best Laugh Story.

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Sterrett, Cliff. 1924.

My Best Laugh Story: The Unwelcome Visitors.

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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.

By Lizette Ortega

Washington Post December 2, 2024 :A9.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/11/30/coily-hair-animation-black-film-characters/

'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.

By Herb Scribner

Washington Post December 2, 2024 : C1, 3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/12/01/moana-2-thanksgiving-box-office-record/

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

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

NPR's 2024 best comics list

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

Dirda recommends Ronin sequel at WaPo

The graphic novel fan:

Back in the 1980s, I oversaw a special issue of Book World devoted to contemporary comics and graphic novels, then a newly hot genre spearheaded by works as different as Harvey Pekar's "American Splendor," Art Spiegelman's "Maus" and Alan Moore's "Watchmen." Still, the graphic novel I most vividly recall from that era is Frank Miller's now legendary and immensely influential "Ronin." A trans-temporal samurai-action adventure only begins to describe it, but — unusually for comics — there was no sequel. Until now. In "Ronin Rising" (Abrams), Miller — joined by Philip Tan, Daniel Henriques and John Workman — focuses on an accursed female warrior, an evil and sentient AI, and, to quote a promotional brochure's understated description, "a postapocalyptic biotech war in the demon-teeming pits of a twenty-first century New York." It can hardly get any better than that.

Books are perfect holiday gifts. Here are some tips on choosing them. [in print as For the readers on your list, give wisely]

Gift-book ideas for the movie buff, the puzzle fiend, the poetry reader, the classic lover, the bibliophile and more.

By Michael Dirda

November 24, 2024 : B3

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/11/21/holiday-gift-books-guide/

WaPo and NPR on Moana

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]

With less Dwayne Johnson and no Lin-Manuel Miranda, this uninspired sequel struggles to stay above water.

Review by 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

The 24-year-old actress can simultaneously be seen on Broadway as Sally Bowles and on-screen reprising her animated Disney princess.

Thomas Floyd

November 29, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/11/29/aulii-cravalho-moana-cabaret/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/28-29/2024

Interview: Supervising Director Barry J. Kelly on STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS


By Avery Kaplan on 11/28/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-supervising-director-barry-j-kelly-on-star-trek-lower-decks/

'Moana 2' Review: It Doesn't Rock the Boat
By Natalia Winkelman
A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 29, 2024, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Setting Out For Lands Beyond.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/movies/moana-2-review.html

The Midnight World
Michael Chabon
Glenn Fleishman's history of the comic strip as a technological artifact vividly restores the world of newspaper printing—gamboge, Zip-A-Tone, flongs, and all.
December 19, 2024 issue
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/12/19/the-midnight-world-michael-chabon/

Lovable Movie Robots Are Coming to Charm Your Children
The adult world is ever more full of robots. Children's entertainment feels as if it's working hard to make them seem adorable.
Diego Hadis
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 1, 2024, Page 9 of the Sunday Magazine with the headline: Electric Dreams
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/magazine/the-wild-robot-dreams.html

SILVER SPROCKET EXPANDS INTO GAMES, ADDS MORE 'PEE PEE POO POO' In Spring 2025
Brigid Alverson on November 27, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58366/silver-sprocket-expands-into-games-adds-more-pee-pee-poo-poo

Unsung Heroes of Illustration celebrated by artist Pete Beard
John Freeman on November 13, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/unsung-heroes-of-illustration-celebrated-by-artist-pete-beard/

Step Back in Time to 1952: American comics in your local newsagents!
John Freeman on November 25, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/step-back-in-time-to-1952-american-comics-in-your-local-newsagents/

Forbidden Planet Bristol relaunches next month
John Freeman on November 27, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/forbidden-planet-bristol-relaunches-next-month/

In Memoriam: Scott Donaldson, the inspiration for Bananaman
John Freeman on November 28, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-scott-donaldson-the-inspiration-for-bananaman/

Montrose man, 49, who was inspiration for Bananaman dies suddenly
David Donaldson says he created the iconic DC Thomson character after interactions with his son, Scott.
By Andrew Robson
October 3 2024, https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/angus-mearns/5095478/scott-donaldson-montrose-bananaman-dies/

In Memoriam: Cartoonist Peter Maddocks
John Freeman on November 26, 2024
https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-cartoonist-peter-maddocks/

Taking a light-hearted look at the absurdities of life. Peter Maddocks - The Fleet Street cartoonist for over fifty years talks to SUR in English about his life and work and his eventual relocation to Spain
Tony Bryant
Friday, 22 July 2022,
https://www.surinenglish.com/lifestyle/maddocks-cartoonist-alhaurin-20220722101733-ntvo.html

PETER MADDOCKS: 65 years as a cartoonist and painter
Euro Weekly News Media 02 Feb 2018
https://euroweeklynews.com/2018/02/02/peter-maddocks-65-years-as-a-cartoonist-and-painter/

Newspaper legend quick on draw: Peter Maddocks, Cartoonist
Daily Express · 23 Nov 2024
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20241123/282424174768729

Matt Wuerker cartoons for sale for Cartoonists Rights

Matt Wuerker

  ·

Cartoons for sale!

Support a great organization... and get not just good karma... but also a tax deduction!

Giving Tuesday is coming up and Cartoonists Rights is launching a fund raising drive. It's a great project that promotes freedom of speech and helps cartoonists around the world ---> https://cartoonistsrights.org

For a donation of $500 you can have your pick of my cartoons (if they're still available). They're one of a kind (not some NFT BS) original pen and ink watercolors. They'd make a great and unique gift for any of the cartoon nerds in your life.

You can peruse my wares on my archive page here --- >

https://www.politico.com/news/matt-Matt Wuerker

Help us keep the doors at Cartoonist Rights open! Message me here if you're interested. [That's FB, but I think mwuerker@politico.com should work as well]

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/27/2024

Disney Agrees to $43M Deal to Settle Class Action Over Women's Pay

Winston Cho

November 26, 2024

 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-43-million-class-action-settlement-womens-pay-disparities-1236071781/

 

DROPS OF GOD Named 'Best Drama Series' at the 2024 International Emmy Awards

by Rotem Rusak

Nov 26 2024 https://nerdist.com/article/drops-of-god-named-best-drama-series-at-the-international-emmy-awards-2024/

 

Three-Body Problem gets graphic adaptation

By Yang Yang | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-10-30

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202410/30/WS6721af15a310f1265a1ca743.html

 

Funny-Animal Fictions: Comics Fandom and the Late Introduction of Furry

Brandy Lewis | November 27, 2024 | https://www.tcj.com/funny-animal-fictions-comics-fandom-and-the-late-introduction-of-furry/

 

Ploogies, rejoice: Collection of Mike Ploog work goes on the auction block at ComicConnect.com

News provided by

EIN Presswire

Oct 30, 2024, https://ktla.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/756216427/ploogies-rejoice-collection-of-mike-ploog-work-goes-on-the-auction-block-at-comicconnect-com/

 

Pucker up: Sour Grapes comic gets its own Yacht Club Soda

    By SOFIA BARR Valley Breeze

    Nov 26, 2024 https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/pucker-up-sour-grapes-comic-gets-its-own-yacht-club-soda/article_b7d52b44-a85a-11ef-9180-e762bf66b25a.html

 

Tom Toro's "Incognito"

Putting on a friendly face.

By Françoise Mouly

November 25, 2024

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2024-12-02

 

How East Van's Scott Underwood made it onto the comics pages with Slylock Fox

Scott Underwood has been living his childhood dream. He contributes the art and colour for the Sunday pages of Slylock Fox, a comic strip aimed at kids.

Shawn Conner

Nov 26, 2024

https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/east-vanscott-underwood-comics-pages-slylock-fox

 

Thank You For The Music – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | November 27, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/thank-you-for-the-music-this-weeks-links/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 650: Sony and Kadokawa

Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons

on 11/20/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1344

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 649: Kendra Boileau at Graphic Mundi

Meg Lemke

on 11/15/2024

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1343

 

This Comics Creator Is Still Optimistic About N.Y.C.: PW Talks with Kay Sohini

by Shaenon K. Garrity

Nov 15, 2024

A version of this article appeared in the 11/18/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Optimistic NYC

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/96499-this-comics-creator-is-still-optimistic-about-n-y-c-pw-talks-with-kay-sohini.html

 

This local comic artist introduces Singapore culture to the world through art

Following his commercial success, comic artist Sean Lam aims to shine a spotlight on Singapore's local culture.

By Rachel Genevieve Chia / 8 Aug 2022

https://www.thepeakmagazine.com.sg/people/comic-manga-artist-japan-america-singapore-social-commentary-creative

 

Ben Ang of XM Studios on sculpting the Singapore superhero story through collectibles

With his handcrafted Superman, Captain America and Batman collectibles costing in the thousands, the co-founder of XM Studios, has demonstrated that comic figurines are certainly not child's play.

By Pearlyn Tham / 3 Aug 2022

https://www.thepeakmagazine.com.sg/people/xm-studios-ben-ang-collectibles-figurines-marvel-dc-disney-singapore

 

'I am nothing if not persistent': Lesley Imgart, winner of our graphic short story prize 2024

It was fifth time lucky for Imgart in this year's Observer/Faber award for emerging cartoonists, with her spellbinding tale about the life of a young witch

Rachel Cooke

Sun 24 Nov 2024  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/24/lesley-imgart-witch-way-winner-observer-faber-graphic-short-story-prize-2024

 

Illustrating History: April 25th in Portuguese Comics

    Alexandra Lourenço Dias

International Public History November 14, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1515/iph-2024-2010

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/iph-2024-2010/html

 

Reading comics: The effect of expertise on eye movements

Hong Yang

Journal of Eye Movement Research  17 (4):

https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/11081/14686

https://doi.org/10.16910/jemr.17.4.51

 

Manga reveals 'painful reality' of sexual abuse against students [Mako Saiki]

TOMOKO YAMASHITA

Asahi Shimbun November 25, 2024

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15522953

 

The Importance of 'Blue' in Blue Period: Interview with Tsubasa Yamaguchi

by MrAJCosplay, Nov 18th 2024

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2024-11-18/the-importance-of-blue-in-blue-period-with-tsubasa-yamaguchi/.217124

 

Gerry Duggan discusses spirits, secrets in 'Falling In Love On The Path To Hell'

Chris Coplan

November 19, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/11/19/falling-in-love-tpb-qa/

 

Two sides of justice: Christian Ward breaks new ground with a bold Two-Face solo series

David Brooke

November 26, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/11/26/two-face-solo-qa-christian-ward-dc-comics/

 

Curtis Clow on the life-and-death adventure in 'Slightly Exaggerated'

Chris Coplan

November 26, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/11/26/slightly-exaggerated-qa/

Mark Waid shares what to expect for 'Justice League Unlimited'

 

'Justice League Unlimited' #1 debuts this week.

Michael Guerrero

November 25, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/11/25/justice-league-unlimited-qa/

 

Holiday Gift Guide: J.C.'s Suggestions

Scoop November 27 2024

J.C. Vaughn

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=278810

 

How Crucial Comix Is Building A New Community For Non-Fiction Graphic Stories

Rob Salkowitz

Nov 18, 2024, https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2024/11/18/how-crucial-comix-is-building-a-new-community-for-non-fiction-graphic-stories/

 

Teresa Wong's search for family connection led to her graphic memoir All Our Ordinary Stories

The Calgary-based author discussed her book on Bookends with Mattea Roach

Mattea Roach

CBC Radio Bookends  November 22 2024

https://www.cbc.ca/books/bookends/teresa-wong-s-search-for-family-connection-led-to-her-graphic-memoir-all-our-ordinary-stories-1.7389758

 

Bookends with Mattea Roach

Teresa Wong: Illustrating her family's past — in all its ordinary and epic moments

At https://www.cbc.ca/books/bookends/teresa-wong-s-search-for-family-connection-led-to-her-graphic-memoir-all-our-ordinary-stories-1.7389758

 

Book Review: Destruction, Ethics, and Intergalactic Love—Exploring Y: The Last Man and Saga by Peter Admirand

Paul Wilson

Based on: Admirand Peter, Destruction, Ethics, and Intergalactic Love—Exploring Y: The Last Man and Saga ( Abingdon: Routledge, 2023). 304 pp. £34.99. ISBN 978-1-0033-0550-7(pbk).

Society for the Study of Christian Ethics  Volume 37, Issue 4 November 12, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241284129

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09539468241284129

 

Survivor Tales: Feminist Graphics Bridging Consciousness Raising into Reality

Kimberly Croswell

International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity – 12 (1), August, 2024; and 11 (1&2), 2023.

https://www.pef.uni-lj.si/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IJTDC-11-12-2023-122-2024.pdf

 

Joe Casey Previews Weapon X-Men

wordballoon

Nov 25, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWujz5uoKjs

 

Off Panel #475: All Along the Watchtower with Alex Segura

November 25 2024

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel475-all-along-the-watchtower-with-alex-segura

 

James Romberger & Marguerite Van Cook, November 19th, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3I7_Y7Jez0

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

407 Nov 19, 2024

 

Anna Haifisch, November 26th, 2024

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

Nov 26, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrpP1jCPQ_A

Ben Ang of XM Studios on sculpting the Singapore superhero story through collectibles
With his handcrafted Superman, Captain America and Batman collectibles costing in the thousands, the co-founder of XM Studios, has demonstrated that comic figurines are certainly not child's play.
By Pearlyn Tham / 3 Aug 2022
https://www.thepeakmagazine.com.sg/people/xm-studios-ben-ang-collectibles-figurines-marvel-dc-disney-singapore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLZm-mKk3OY

Eric Kripke says the world is getting more like The Boys, not the other way around
"We happen to be making a show about violent authoritarians who present as celebrities," Kripke said of reality mirroring his art.
By William Hughes  |  November 27, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/erik-kripke-the-boys-world-changing-to-match-show

Steve Bell Launches Windsor Tapestry At Cartoon Museum (Video)
26 Nov 2024
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/steve-bell-launches-windsor-tapestry-at-cartoon-museum-video/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJQ_OBHv-c8

After Burning Down, Forbidden Planet Bristol Reopens On 7th December
Rich Johnston
  26 Nov 2024  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/after-burning-down-forbidden-planet-bristol-reopens-on-7th-december/

Edmund Valtman papers, IHRC Archives, University of Minnesota https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/6/resources/4934

Cartoon Collection of Edmund Valtman, MS-90-15. Manuscripts.
Special Collections and University Archives
Wichita State University Libraries
https://archivesspace.wichita.edu/repositories/3/resources/168


Exhibit Review: Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing (2024) at American University Museum
Mike Rhode
ComicsDC and IJOCA blogs (November 27, 2024): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-ralph-steadman-exhibit-at-american.html and https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/11/exhibit-review-ralph-steadman-and.html