New Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition online now for free

Michael Rhode and John A. Lent. 2023. Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition. Arlington, VA: ComicsDC. Online at https://archive.org/details/crb-2022-final-edition or https://www.academia.edu/95385704/Comics_Research_Bibliography_2022_E_book_Edition

The Comics Research Bibliography began as an online resource in 1996. John Bullough, struck by the success of the Grand Comics Database crowd-sourcing project, proposed a companion project of a compilation of works about comics. Michael Rhode was the only member to join him in compiling an online Comics Research Bibliography. Bullough selected a citation format and created a web interface hosted on his school's server. We both contributed citations, from our local newspapers and collections, especially from Rhode's books and magazines. In the early days of the Internet, we were unaware of John Lent's similar project which he had started for an academic publisher. Both online library catalogues and booksellers have made it less necessary to have an author's books listed, but it seemed silly to have reviews of the books and not the citation for the book itself, so collections of comics were added fairly early in the project. Since updates to the online version have stopped, Rhode has decided to produce a semi-annual print and electronic version to fill the gap. He and Lent began working together on the International Journal of Comic Art over a decade ago, and at the conclusion of Lent's publishing contract, began sharing bibliographic data. Three previous print appeared as Volume 11, Number 3 of International Journal of Comic Art (626 pages) and Comics Research Bibliography, 2012 (two volumes, 832 pp.) and CRB, 2018 (two volumes, 1253 pp.) and one e-book CRB, 2020 (1324 pp.). This bibliography is a continual work in progress – the authors literally have thousands of additional citations waiting to be formatted and included. Many new articles have appeared due to the growing acceptance of comic art as a subject of interest at the same time the Internet has become a mass publishing media. As the years passed, and the Internet expanded, online citations grew far more rapidly than print ones. We are trying to be a quality filter by only grabbing substantive articles, or interviews off the web. If one types 'Fantagraphics' into Google's search engine, almost 3 million results are returned, but if you look at the Fantagraphics entry here, hopefully we will have some substantive pieces on the company that will be useful for research.

* marks entries or articles that are new since the last published version – 2,855 of them.

An ebook of the original website from 1996-2009 was also created today and will be available at https://archive.org/details/comics-research-bibliography-1996-2009-final This e-book was generated from the sites captured at the Internet Archive to supplement later editions of the CRB, which still do not have all the citations that were included on the original website.

New Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition online now for free

Michael Rhode and John A. Lent. 2023. Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition. Arlington, VA: ComicsDC. Online at https://archive.org/details/crb-2022-final-edition

The Comics Research Bibliography began as an online resource in 1996. John Bullough, struck by the success of the Grand Comics Database crowd-sourcing project, proposed a companion project of a compilation of works about comics. Michael Rhode was the only member to join him in compiling an online Comics Research Bibliography. Bullough selected a citation format and created a web interface hosted on his school's server. We both contributed citations, from our local newspapers and collections, especially from Rhode's books and magazines. In the early days of the Internet, we were unaware of John Lent's similar project which he had started for an academic publisher. Both online library catalogues and booksellers have made it less necessary to have an author's books listed, but it seemed silly to have reviews of the books and not the citation for the book itself, so collections of comics were added fairly early in the project. Since updates to the online version have stopped, Rhode has decided to produce a semi-annual print and electronic version to fill the gap. He and Lent began working together on the International Journal of Comic Art over a decade ago, and at the conclusion of Lent's publishing contract, began sharing bibliographic data. Three previous print appeared as Volume 11, Number 3 of International Journal of Comic Art (626 pages) and Comics Research Bibliography, 2012 (two volumes, 832 pp.) and CRB, 2018 (two volumes, 1253 pp.) and one e-book CRB, 2020 (1324 pp.). This bibliography is a continual work in progress – the authors literally have thousands of additional citations waiting to be formatted and included. Many new articles have appeared due to the growing acceptance of comic art as a subject of interest at the same time the Internet has become a mass publishing media. As the years passed, and the Internet expanded, online citations grew far more rapidly than print ones. We are trying to be a quality filter by only grabbing substantive articles, or interviews off the web. If one types 'Fantagraphics' into Google's search engine, almost 3 million results are returned, but if you look at the Fantagraphics entry here, hopefully we will have some substantive pieces on the company that will be useful for research.

* marks entries or articles that are new since the last published version – 2,855 of them.

An ebook of the original website from 1996-2009 was also created today and will be available at https://archive.org/details/comics-research-bibliography-1996-2009-final This e-book was generated from the sites captured at the Internet Archive to supplement later editions of the CRB, which still do not have all the citations that were included on the original website.

Comics Research Bibliography 2020 ebook edition available now

For many years, John Lent and Mike Rhode have been collecting citations for comic art, and putting them out in various ways, most recently through a Facebook page. For 2020, they have decided to try to begin bi-annual electronic updated versions.

Over 1200 pages long with more than 1200 new entries, this is a bibliography of articles and books on all aspects of comic and cartoon art including comic books, comic strips, cartoons, animation, editorial cartoons, newly updated as of the end of 2018. The electronic book, a non DRM PDF, includes tens of thousands of citations with links to information on comic book movies, the Charlie Hebdo massacre, the Danish Islam cartoon controversy and other topical matters (but not COVID-19 which will be in the next edition). Many citations are hot-linked to the web publication for ease of use.

To order, please Paypal $12 to mrhode@gmail.com and be sure to include your email, and a link to download the pdf will be emailed to you. For students or others, email Rhode directly if you need to request a reduced price.

Sample entries -

                        Benton, Gregory

  Arrant, Chris. 2014. Gregory Benton talks art, universal narratives and 'B+F'. Comic Book Resources (January 2): http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/01/gregory-benton-talks-art-universal-narratives-and-bf/

  Benton, Gregory. 2013. B+F. Richmond, VA: Adhouse Books

  Rhode, Mike. 2015. Hang Dai Studios at Baltimore Comic-Con: Gregory Benton speaks. ComicsDC blog (September 23): http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2015/09/hang-dai-studios-gregory-benton.html

                        Berg, Dave

  Fischer, Craig. 2013. My Friend Dave. TCJ.com (October 25): https://www.tcj.com/my-friend-dave/

Table of Contents -

Introduction                                                                                                                   v

  Deaths in the comic arts field 2019-2020                                                                       

United States

1.    Comic Books and Strips                                                                                

2.    Comic Books                                                                                                 

·         BUSINESS ASPECTS - Publishers, Companies                               

·         BUSINESS ASPECTS -  Distribution, Sales                                      

·         COMIC BOOK MAKERS AND THEIR WORKS                                     

·         CHARACTERS AND TITLES                                                                

3.    Comic Strips                                                                                                  

·         CHARACTERS AND TITLES                                                                

·         Cartoonists                                                                                        

3a. Web Comics, webcomics                                                                        

4.     Animation, Caricature, and Gag and Political Cartoons                          

4a. Comic Art                                                                                            

4b. Gag, Illustrative, Magazine Cartoons                                                   

·         New Yorker magazine                                                                

4c. Animation                                                                                                

·         Animators and Their Works                                                       

·         Characters and Titles                                                                 

·         Companies, Networks, and Studios                                          

4d. Caricature            

4e. Political Cartoons            

·         Feiffer, Jules                                                                         

Canada                                                                                                                       

Global & Europe                                                                                                        

·         Danish Islamic Cartoons - Religion & Censorship Controversy          

·         Charlie Hebdo massacre                                                                         

·         Belgium                                                                                                   

·         France                                                                                                      

·         Great Britain                                                                                           

Africa                                                                                                                         

Middle East                                                                                                                

Asia                                                                                                                            

·         India                                                                                                        

·         Japan                                                                                                       

Australia and Oceania                                                                                             

Central and South America                                                                                

Caribbean                                                                                                                  

 Deaths in the comic arts field 2010-2018                                                            

 

An explanatory note about the project from the book's introduction -

The Comics Research Bibliography began as an online resource in 1996. John Bullough, struck by the success of the Grand Comics Database crowd-sourcing project, proposed a companion project of a compilation of works about comics. Michael Rhode was the only member to join him in compiling an online Comics Research Bibliography. Bullough selected a citation format and created a web interface hosted on his school's server. We both contributed citations, from our local newspapers and collections, especially from Rhode's books and magazines. In the early days of the Internet, we were unaware of John Lent's similar project which he had started for an academic publisher. Both online library catalogues and booksellers have made it less necessary to have an author's books listed, but it seemed silly to have reviews of the books and not the citation for the book itself, so collections of comics were added fairly early in the project. Since updates to the online version have stopped, Rhode has decided to produce a semi-annual print and electronic version to fill the gap. He and Lent began working together on the International Journal of Comic Art over a decade ago, and at the conclusion of Lent's publishing contract, began sharing bibliographic data. Three previous print editions appeared as Volume 11, Number 3 of International Journal of Comic Art (626 pages), Comics Research Bibliography, 2012 (two volumes, 832 pp.) and CRB, 2018 (two volumes, 1253 pp.). This bibliography is a continual work in progress – the authors literally have thousands of additional citations waiting to be formatted and included. Many new articles have appeared due to the growing acceptance of comic art as a subject of interest at the same time the Internet has become a mass publishing media. As the years passed, and the Internet expanded, online citations grew far more rapidly than print ones. We are trying to be a quality filter by only grabbing substantive articles, or interviews off the web. If one types 'Fantagraphics' into Google's search engine, one million results are returned, but if you look at the Fantagraphics entry here, hopefully we will have some substantive pieces on the company that will be useful for research. A word of caution – this bibliography is best used in conjunction with Lent's 10-volume set of Comic Art Bibliography, Rhode & Bullough's online Comics Research Bibliography at  http://www.rpi.edu/~bulloj/comxbib.html (for not all citations there have been added here yet), Joachim Trinkwitz's Bonn Online Bibliography of Comics Research at https://www.bobc.uni-bonn.de/ , and Randy Scott's Index to and List of the Comic Art Collection at http://comics.lib.msu.edu/ . It is neither feasible nor possible to duplicate efforts, and it would not be desirable either, as we all work together and have helped each other.       

 

Comics Research Bibliography 2018 print edition volumes and ebook available for order

Over 1200 pages long with more than 9,000 new entries, this is a bibliography of articles and books on all aspects of comic and cartoon art including comic books, comic strips, cartoons, animation, editorial cartoons, newly updated as of the end of 2018. It is based on the format used by John Lent in his ten-volume bibliography. Both the two volume print and the single file electronic book include tens of thousands of citations with links to information on comic book movies, the Charlie Hebdo massacre, the Danish Islam cartoon controversy and other topical matters. In the e-book, many citations are hot-linked to the web publication for ease of use.

Here's part of a sample entry (the * indicates a new entry for this edition):

                        DC Comics / National Periodical Publications

  Adegoke, Yinka. 2010. Warner Bros moving some DC Comics jobs to Hollywood. Reuters (September 21): http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100921/media_nm/us_timewarner_dccomics_2

  Atchinson, Lee. 2003. DC's Marketing Doyenne: Patty Jeres. Sequential Tart (January)

  Bolle, Sonja. 1985. DC's 50th anniversary celebrates old favorites and new ideas. Publishers Weekly 228(Dec 6):40.

  Borsellino, Mary. 2007. Interview with a DC Editor: Jeanine Schaefer. Sequential Tart (October 1): http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=705

  Brady, Matt. 2006. Dan Didio, A 2006 Look Back [DC Comics]. Newsarama (December 13): http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Didio/Didio1.html

  Brady, Matt. 2008. SDCC 08: From Paul Levitz's Point of View [DC Comics]. Newsarama (August 11): http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080811-SDCC08-Levitz.html

  *Campbell, Josie. 2012. "American Idol's" Chris Daughtry Partners With DC's We Can Be Heroes Charity. Comic Book Resources (May 31): http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38926

  Cavna, Michael. 2010. Comic-Con 2010: DC's Dan Didio talks Superman, Wonder Woman & why he loves fan interaction. Washington Post Comic Riffs blog (July 22):

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/07/comic-con_dan_didio.html

To order the books:

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Table of Contents (highlights only)

 

 

VOLUME 1

Introduction                                                                                                                  v

United States

1.    Comic Books and Strips                                                                                 002

2.    Comic Books                                                                                                   015

·         BUSINESS ASPECTS - Publishers, Companies                                023

·         BUSINESS ASPECTS -            Distribution, Sales                                        062

·         COMIC BOOK MAKERS AND THEIR WORKS                                      140

·         CHARACTERS AND TITLES                                                                 337

3.    Comic Strips                                                                                                   540

·         CHARACTERS AND TITLES                                                                 547

·         Cartoonists                                                                                          618

3a. Web Comics, webcomics                                                                         673

 

VOLUME 2

4.     Animation, Caricature, and Gag and Political Cartoons                            682

4a. Comic Art                                                                                                 683

4b. Gag, Illustrative, Magazine Cartoons                                                    695

·         New Yorker magazine                                                                 696

4c. Animation                                                                                                 755

·         Animators and Their Works                                                        765

·         Characters and Titles                                                                  778

·         Companies, Networks, and Studios                                           884

4d. Caricature                                                                                                            894

4e. Political Cartoons                                                                                                904

·         Feiffer, Jules                                                                          918

Canada                                                                                                                        965

Global & Europe                                                                                                         984

·         Danish Islamic Cartoons - Religion & Censorship Controversy           985

·         Charlie Hebdo massacre                                                                          1011

·         Belgium                                                                                                    1029

·         France                                                                                                       1040

·         Great Britain                                                                                            1079

Africa                                                                                                                          1146

Middle East                                                                                                                 1155

Asia                                                                                                                             1168

·         India                                                                                                         1176

·         Japan                                                                                                        1183

Australia and Oceania                                                                                               1232

Central and South America                                                                                      1241

Caribbean                                                                                                                   1249

 

Comics Research Bibliography 2022 edition NOW IN PRINT

Due to widespread demand*, the Comics Research Bibliography 2022 edition is now available in print in 2 books. It's still available digitally for free at https://archive.org/details/crb-2022-final-edition but if you want a hard copy, you can buy it for 50 cents over the printing cost (just so I get a count of copies purchased).

Vol. 1 American comic books and strips - https://www.lulu.com/shop/john-a-lent-and-mike-rhode/comics-research-bibliography-2022-print-edition-vol-1/paperback/product-dv68kn.html

Vol. 2 American gag, animated, and political cartoons and World coverage. - https://www.lulu.com/shop/john-a-lent-and-mike-rhode/comics-research-bibliography-2022-print-edition-vol-2/paperback/product-kp56yk.html

Mike Rhode

*actually that of my co-author who wanted a print copy

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/18/23

Rhode, Michael and John A. Lent. 2023. Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition. Arlington, VA: ComicsDC. Online at https://archive.org/details/crb-2022-final-edition

 

Comics Research Bibliography 1996-2009 Website Compilation Edition.

Mike Rhode and John Bullough.

Arlington, VA: ComicsDC. 2023.Online at https://archive.org/details/comics-research-bibliography-1996-2009-final

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Mike Medney was made CEO of Heavy Metal Magazine in 2019 when he bought into the compoany. But now, he's out.

---

January 17, 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mike-medney-ceo-of-heavy-metal-magazine-quits/

 

Two More Comic Stores Close, Three More Comic Stores Open

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---

 January 17, 2023

by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/two-more-comic-stores-close-three-more-comic-stores-open/

 

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A new comic book store and coffee shop has opened in Baltimore, Maryland, with an emphasis on inclusion and representation.

---

 January 17, 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dreamers-make-believers-a-new-inclusive-comic-shop-in-baltimore/

 

Webtoon to Adapt Web Novels for 2023 Webcomic Slate

Jan 18, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4058

 

$40,000 Of Comics & Cards Stolen From Canadian Comic Store

Wizard's Comics and Collectibles of Garneau, Edmonton, Canada was broken into yesterday morning.

---

January 17, 2023

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/40000-of-comics-cards-stolen-from-canadian-comic-store/

 

Our Best Writer of 2022, Chip Zdarsky, Sheds Some Light on His Year in Gotham and Beyond

By Brian Salvatore, Ramon Piña, James Dowling and Jaina Hill | January 3rd, 2023

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/chip-zdarsky-2022-best-writer/

 

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Kicks off a Looney-Filled Animated Year for the Emmy Award-winning "Wascally" Rabbit

Taimur Dar

01/18/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/looney-tunes-bugs-bunny-builders-lunar-new-year-short/

 

UK graphic novels have bumper 2022 as Oseman, Miura and Smart take the lead

Overall graphic novel sales continue to rise and the Kids category's revenue intake reportedly jumps 167% in 2022

Dean Simons

01/18/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/uk-graphic-novels-have-bumper-2022-as-oseman-miura-and-smart-take-the-lead/

 

Justin Roiland Domestic Violence Charges Met With Silence From TV Partners

Adult Swim, Hulu and 20th TV did not comment on the charges facing the 'Rick and Morty' co-creator. Roiland's attorney claims his case "is on course to be dismissed"; a pre-trial hearing is set for April 27.

By Katie Kilkenny, Rick Porter

January 17, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/justin-roiland-domestic-violence-charges-hulu-adult-swim-20th-tv-1235299052/

 

R.I.P. JASON PEARSON

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by Brigid Alverson on January 17, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53087/r-i-p-jason-pearson

 

TAPAS PARENT RAISES NEARLY $1B FROM SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE SOVEREIGN FUNDS To Fund Growth Pre-IPO

Brigid Alverson on January 17, 2023 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53090/tapas-parent-raises-nearly-1b-saudi-arabia-singapore-sovereign-funds

 

Disney Says Investor Seeking Board Seat 'Does Not Understand' Company

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 18, 2023, Section B, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Disney C.E.O. Rebuffs Investor Seeking Board Seat, Saying He 'Does Not Understand' Company

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/business/disney-proxy-battle.html

 

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Zach Rabiroff | January 18, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/big-bang-comics/

 

An Interview with David Lasky
Amaris Ketcham and Nora Hickey
Autobiographix January 18 2023
https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-david-lasky

 

Nick Drnaso

by Paul Morton

Full Stop January 17, 2023

https://www.full-stop.net/2023/01/17/interviews/paul-morton/nick-drnaso/

 

Report: Webtoon creators four times as likely to be depressed [Korean web comics]

Long hours and low pay are taking a toll

Heidi MacDonald

01/18/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/report-webtoon-creators-four-times-as-likely-to-be-depressed/

 

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Taimur Dar

01/18/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-rock-gods-of-jackson-tennessee-graphic-novel-dark-horse-announced/

 

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Ben O'Grady

 January 10, 2023

https://indiecomixdispatch.com/news/breaking-in-as-a-graphic-novelist-part-1/

From 50-75% of Comixology staff let go in Amazon layoffs

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Dean Simons 01/18/2023 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/from-50-75-of-comixology-staff-let-go-in-amazon-layoffs/

 

Marvel's AXE: Judgment Day – A Complete Guide to Avengers vs. X-Men vs. Eternals

Marvel pit the Avengers against the Eternals against the X-Men in Judgment Day, and it ended up being one of the best comics crossovers of all time!

Jim Dandeneau | January 18, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/marvel-axe-judgment-day-complete-guide-to-avengers-x-men-eternals/ 

 

AI Is Stealing Your Property

D. D. Degg

January 18 2023

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/01/18/ai-is-stealing-your-property/

 

Overlords at the Easel [AI, artificial intelligence]

Ted Rall 01/18/23

https://whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/overlords-at-the-easel/

 

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By Jonathan Segura,

Jan 13, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 01/16/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Comics & Graphic Novels Announcements

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/91296-spring-2023-comics-graphic-novels-announcements.html

 

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By Cheryl Klein

Jan 13, 2023

A version of this article appeared in the 01/16/2023 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Teaching from the Cloud

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/91277-teaching-from-the-cloud-pw-talks-with-adam-bessie.html

 

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By Rob Kirby 

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https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/91266-never-gonna-give-you-up-pw-talks-with-marinaomi.html