Saturday, May 27, 2017
Sunday, December 04, 2022
Sunday, April 01, 2018
Staake does the Simpsons in The Post
Style Invitational Week 1273: Come to our aid(e) — restocking the Cabinet [in print as Har heads; winning bank headlines]
Tell us who (or what!) would be a better hire in a federal job; plus winning 'bank heads'
Sunday, June 02, 2013
Staake does Gorey
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Staake comic strip contest in Style Invitational
Monday, June 02, 2008
Bob Staake leaps from Washington Post to New Yorker
Actually, the two probably have nothing to do with each other, but Bob Staake, the regular cartoonist for the Washington Post's Style Invitational contest did the cover of the June 2 2008 New Yorker. In fact, I'm pretty sure he's done covers for them regularly including a nice Statue of Liberty with a fluorescent light bulb instead of a torch earlier this year.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Style Invitational comic strip mashup with Staake
The clever among us should immediately go to the Washington Post's Style Invitational's contest for Week 837: Strip Search, October 3, 2009 to answer the question: Combine two comic strips that appear in The Washington Post or at http://www.washingtonpost.com/comics . This was probably somewhat inspired by all the recent Disney-Marvel mashups, but I like Bob Staake's take on Dilbert - Spider-Man. Feel free to write to me if you have a question about a strip in the print edition.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Dilbert, Gorey via Staake and Thompson in Saturday's Post, Sunday book reviews
Also, the Style Invitational Contest is poetry couplets ala Edward Gorey ...
You know - the Post's website sucks as far as linking up with the print version. The Washington City Paper ran a good article a few weeks ago as to why that is - the two operations have nothing to do with each other and aren't even in the same state.
Here's the Gorey contest with the excellent Staake parody cartoon.Finally Richard Thompson's got one of his excellent Spring cartoons in the Poor Alamanac, but I'm not even going to look for it. And Get Fuzzy complains about the comics page being stuck in 1954.
Tomorrow's book reviews are online as well - The Ten-Cent Plague is reviewed in "Horror! Suspense! Censorship! A cultural critic recounts how comics were ripped out of kids' grubby hands." Reviewed by Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World Sunday, March 23, 2008; Page BW08. The new Kirby book is reviewed in "The Fantastic One: The father of so many superheroes could never conquer the forces of corporate America." Reviewed by Glen David Gold, Sunday, March 23, 2008; Page BW08.
As a reminder, Ann Telnaes cartoons keep appearing.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Bob Staake interview
Bob Staake: Illustrator and looker
Boston Globe June 03, 2012
http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-03/arts/31910140_1_books-illustrator-claire-huchet-bishop
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Self-righteous but Forgettable - letter on Staake
This letter published in the Post refers to the Bob Staake cartoon reproduced above. If anyone can tell me what's blasphemous, I'd be glad to hear a semi-cogent argument. Spare me any righteous angst though please. I really don't understand why the cartoon is worse than the contest.
Sacrilegious but Forgivable
Washington Post Saturday, March 8, 2008; Page A13
I was not happy to see a drawing of Jesus in an Elvis Presley-style jumpsuit in the March 1 Style Invitational. As a Christian, I find that blasphemous, and it made me angry with the cartoonist and the people who would publish such a cartoon.
For a second, I empathized with the people who were angry with Danish newspapers that published a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad. Then I remembered that Jesus loves the cartoonist whose work appeared in The Post anyway and expects me to do the same.
Jesus's teachings called for us to love others. What a difference it would make if everyone did that.
-- Shannon Howell
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/3/2023
The Bad Idea San Diego Comic-Con Party That Paid You $300 To Attend
Despite being over a week ago, Bad Idea's San Diego Comic-Con 2023 party seems to be having lasting effects. $330 worth on eBay.
2 Aug 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-bad-idea-san-diego-comic-con-party-that-paid-you-300-to-attend/
Donny Cates, Missing Six Months Of His Life, After Car Accident
Donny Cates went to San Diego Comic-Con two weeks ago and while he was there, talked about his recent absences and current health issues.
2 Aug 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/donny-cates-missing-six-months-of-his-life-after-car-accident/
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: 'SHELFDUST' WRITER STEVE MORRIS TO REBELLION
As '2000AD' and Graphic Novels Marketing Manager
Posted by Brigid Alverson on August 2, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54763/people-move-shelfdust-writer-steve-morris-rebellion
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2023 RECAP IN PHOTOS, PART 4
Five Days Through a Different Lens
Brigid Alverson on August 3, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54765/san-diego-comic-con-2023-recap-photos-part-4
COLLEEN DORAN'S 'GOOD OMENS' ADAPTATION LAUNCHES ON KICKSTARTER
Racks Up Over $750K in Pledges After One Day; Retailer Tier Available
Posted by Brigid Alverson on August 2, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54760/colleen-dorans-good-omens-adaptation-launches-kickstarter
First Pulitzer for political cartooning
Rollin Kirby won for depiction of Russian famine victims in 1922
By Tom Emery for the Bellevue Herald-Leader
Aug 2, 2023
Rollin Kirby: A Great American Cartoonist
June 1940 edition of American Artist : Cover, 4-7
online at http://larryrippeeandmollyreaart.blogspot.com/2014/09/larrys-cartoon-vault-rollin-kirby.html
Hulks, Comics and Spider-Man ft. Donny Cates (Podcast)
Feb 18, 2022 The Elseworlds Exchange - A Comic Book Culture Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dESRowAnN48
Local Heroes: The Uncanny Counter [South Korea webcomic]
William Schwartz | August 3, 2023
https://www.tcj.com/local-heroes-the-uncanny-counter/
SDCC '23: Publishers dish on manga's future at the Manga Industry Publishing Roundtable
Economic concerns and increasing competition for properties are key factors affecting the growth of manga.
Nancy Powell
08/03/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-23-manga-industry-publishing-roundtable/
INTERVIEW: Rodney Barnes lays out what Zombie Love Studios is all about
Ricardo Serrano Denis
08/03/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/rodney-barnes-zombie-love-studios-interview/
Bob Staake Does It His Way
The prolific illustrator's bountiful retrospective is 'not even one percent' of his work
By Dorothea Samaha Aug 2, 2023
https://provincetownindependent.org/arts-minds/2023/08/02/bob-staake-does-it-his-way/
Pop Culture SquadCast Live - With special guest G. Willow Wilson
Mike and Bob
Pop Culture Squad August 1 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Eo2pTUHbc
Terricon 2023 Day2 Cosplay and interviews with Mike McKone, Tana Ford, and Russ Braun [ Hero Initiative]
Pop Culture Squad
Jul 30, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIiQ2vOik8c
Heart-Pounding Horror-Action: Meet Raze Creators [Sam Willis and Tre Primm]
Barney Smith
StoryComic
Aug 2, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydp9191lHuE
Artistic Brilliance: Discover Maru Kiru Destroy the Moon! [by Brendan Albetsk]
Barney Smith
StoryComic 288; Jul 28, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UBK6CWVJ4
Comic News Insider: Episode 1418 August 02, 2023
Episode 1418 - SDCC: Dean Haspiel/Paul Cornell!
Jimmy Aquino
https://www.comicnewsinsider.com/2023/08/episode-1418-sdcc-dean-haspielpaul-cornell-.html
https://media.libsyn.com/media/cni/CNI1418.mp3
Robotech: Rick Hunter takes the mecha saga into uncharted territory
By Will Salmon
July 29 2023
https://www.gamesradar.com/robotech-rick-hunter-takes-the-mecha-saga-into-uncharted-territory/
Vault's New Christopher Yost Comic 'Unnatural Order' No. 1 to Be Free for Retailers (Exclusive)
The book marks the first comics work by Yost — who wrote for Marvel and DC before diving into screenwriting with 'Thor: Ragnarok' and 'The Mandalorian' — in almost 10 years.
Borys Kit
August 3, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christopher-yost-unnatural-order-1235550222/
Lit 50 2023: Comics & Kids Books
August 1, 2023 at 6:58 am by Newcity
https://lit.newcity.com/2023/08/01/lit-50-2023-comics-kids-books/
Why can't we have normal lives?
A UK version of Peanuts – with the grown-ups as the focus [ Paul B. Rainey]
By Tom Lathan
July 21, 2023
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/why-dont-you-love-me-paul-b-rainey-book-review-tom-lathan/
Heartstopper Season 2's Trip to Paris Addresses an Important LGBTQ Topic
Heartstopper season 2 thoughtfully adapts a difficult topic from its source material.
By Shawn Laib | August 3, 2023
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/heartstopper-season-2-paris-important-lgbtq-topic/
Dark comedy Shortcomings is the anti-Crazy Rich Asians
Cliff Lee
August 2 2023
Shortcomings Is an Amusing Anti-Rom-Com for the Letterboxd Generation
Randall Park's directorial debut is an entertaining, though somewhat underbaked, probe into Asian American identity and modern love.
by Ella Feldman
Washington City Paper August 2nd, 2023
Our friendship ended years ago. I'm still grieving it.
Even without closure, I'm learning to accept that whatever hurt I might still feel is part of the process
Perspective by Kat Schneider
July 30, 2023
Saturday, March 20, 2010
'Losers' comic book a prize in Style Invitational contest, while Staake is taken to task
Nice Joe Kubert cover on that comic. The early issues were covered by Jack Kirby. I'm surprised they haven't heard of the comic, because DC brought it back 8 years or so ago, set in Rwanda perhaps, and it's now being turned into a movie.
Meanwhile, on the letters page, cartoonist Bob Staake is taken to task for his drawings for last week's contest. Humor.. . it's just so not funny.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Bob Staake's Style Invitational contest results
Monday, March 09, 2009
Staake and Thompson in New Yorker
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/3-5/22
Aline Kominsky Crumb: Me and Mr Crumb
April 3, 2016
The article originally appeared in The Independent on Sunday Review, March 11th, 2007
http://paulgravett.com/articles/article/aline_kominsky_crumb
Remembering the Artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb, a Trailblazing Funny Woman
Her comics are intimate, self-deprecating, and liberating. Her personality was larger than life.
By Françoise Mouly
December 2, 2022
Aline Kominsky-Crumb, underground cartoonist and wife of Robert Crumb, dies at 74
Jocelyn Noveck
Associated Press
December 1 2022
Archie remembers artist Tim Kennedy
Jesse Post December 2, 2022
https://archiecomics.com/archie-remembers-artist-tim-kennedy/
Avengers Assemble: Jason Aaron Details His Epic Multiversal Finale
By Dave Richards
December 1 2022
https://www.cbr.com/jason-aaron-avengers-assemble-interview/
Screened on the Spot Dec 1 2022
Get to Know Jason Aaron Through Movies
https://omny.fm/shows/screened-on-the-spot/get-to-know-jason-aaron-through-movies
WaPo Kills Style Invitational; Staake Loses Job
D. D. Degg
December 2, 2022
Paul Levitz
[I heard today of the passing of DC alum Maura Healy, a smart and cheerful lady who worked for us on contract and legal matters for a solid stretch.]
December 4 2022
Plastic Off the Sofa
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" doesn't shy away from big subjects like grief and colonization. The hosts of "Still Processing" are ready for it.
Hosted by Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham
New York Time's Still Processing Nov. 29, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/29/podcasts/still-processing-black-panther-wakanda-forever.html
Still Processing: We Sink Our Claws Into 'Black Panther' With Ta-Nehisi Coates
By Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham
Still Processing March 16, 2018
'Batgirl' Directors on Becoming Part of "Movie History" Due to Cancellation, Why They'd Still Work With Warner Bros.
Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi discuss the fallout from the controversial scrapping of their $90 million superhero feature and the huge outpouring of support they've received from across the industry.
Alex Ritman
December 5, 2022
'Scrooge: A Christmas Carol' Review: Slightly Off Key
By Lisa Kennedy
Dec. 1, 2022
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 2, 2022, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/movies/scrooge-a-christmas-carol-review.html
'Ainbo' Review: Saved by a Princess
The eponymous young huntress of this animated feature forges a plan to protect her village in the Amazon rainforest.
By Beandrea July
Nov. 29, 2022
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 2, 2022, Section C, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: Ainbo
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/29/movies/ainbo-review.html
Book Review: Meri Nazaar Mein Pran: A Biography on Cartoonist Pran
reviewed by John A. Lent
International Journal Of Comic Art Blog December 3, 2022
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/12/book-review-meri-nazaar-mein-pran.html
Asha Pran. Meri Nazar Mein Pran. From a Sign Board Painter to Padma Shri Awardee. Creator of Chacha Chaudhary, Cartoonist Pran. New Delhi: Pran's Features LLP, 2019. 80 pp. ISBN: 978-81-94070-33-7. https://www.amazon.com/Meri-Nazaar-Mein-Pran-Cartoonist-ebook/dp/B082LV1ZYW/
Book Review: Tokyo Rose--Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II.
reviewed by John A. Lent
International Journal Of Comic Art Blog December 4, 2022
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/12/book-review-tokyo-rose-zero-hour.html
Andre Frattino and Kate Kasenow (ill.). Tokyo Rose--Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2022. 128
Exhibit Review: Chris Ware
reviewed by Martha Kennedy
International Journal Of Comic Art Blog December 5, 2022
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/12/exhibit-review-chris-ware.html
Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Pioneering Comics Memoirist, Dies at 74
By Richard Sandomir
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 5, 2022, Section D, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Pioneer of Autobiographical Comics, Dies at 74.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/03/arts/aline-kominsky-crumb-dead.html
Aline Kominsky-Crumb, 1948-2022
John Kelly | December 5, 2022
https://www.tcj.com/aline-kominsky-crumb-1948-2022/
The Aline Kominsky-Crumb Interview
Peter Bagge
Reprinted from The Comics Journal #139 (December 1990).
Online at https://www.tcj.com/the-aline-kominsky-crumb-interview/
RASH OF BURGLARIES HITS CALIFORNIA COMICS AND COLLECTIBLE STORES
They Came in Through the Ceiling to Rob One Store
by Brigid Alverson on December 4, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52787/rash-burglaries-hits-california-comics-collectible-stores
Ciao, Richard (2016) [Richard Thompson]
By Diego Ceresa
Cul de Sac blog
December 5, 2022
https://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2022/12/ciao-richard-2016.html
Gorinson Named to Head Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group
Calvin Reid
Dec 05, 2022
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode twelve | Ryan Stegman, part two
Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan
December 5 2022
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/on-a-diplomatic-mission-to-alderaan
Remembering Tony Auth
by Signe Wilkinson, For The Inquirer
Dec 4, 2022
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/tony-auth-remembrance-editorial-cartooning-20221204.html
Same old song in wake of tragedy [Darrin Bell letter]
By Tom Harper, Las Vegas Sun Dec. 2, 2022
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/dec/02/same-old-song-in-wake-of-tragedy/
Disney Debuts First Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon in 95 Years
WDW News Today December 1, 2022 Shannen Michaelsen
https://wdwnt.com/2022/12/disney-oswald-the-lucky-rabbit-cartoon-95-years/
DAVE BAKER & NICOLE GOUX For FOREST HILLS BOOTLEG SOCIETY - Nov 2022 Graphic Novel Club Selection
Comix Experience
Dec 5, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8-1LOr_I2A
Randy Valiente on Filipino Komiks, Part 1
Host: Duy Tano
The Comics Cube
Dec 2, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi8Xql-55tk
The Nick Cardy 2005 Shoot Interview by David Armstrong
Comic Book Historians
Dec 5, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChomBFdc9xg
Interview: Jacob Edgar & Brian Michael Bendis on Archetypes & the Apocalypse in THE ONES
Jed W. Keith
Nov 3, 2022
http://www.freaksugar.com/jacob-edgar-brian-michael-bendis-on-archetypes-the-apocalypse-in-the-ones/
"I Feel Like I've Still Got a Lot to Learn": Tom Reilly on the Art and Styles of Ant-Man
By David Harper
December 1, 2022
https://sktchd.com/art-feature/tom-reilly-art-feature/
'Night of the Comet' Interview: A Bloody, Metaphysical War Between Samurai and Yakuza [Jonathan Thompson]
Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
Nov 28, 2022
TOP DRAWER: Sun cartoonist Steve Bright scoops coveted Political Cartoon of the Year award [Brightly]
Elliott Wright
1 Dec 2022
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20622164/the-suns-cartoonist-steve-bright-won-political-cartoon-award/
Friday, May 10, 2013
Bob Staake in the NY Times
Bob Staake is always in the Washington Post on the weekends, with a small drawing for the Style Invitational contest. Here's a larger piece in another newspaper:
The Open Book
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/28/22
Perfect Copies: Reproduction and the Contemporary Comic
by Shiamin Kwa
Rutgers 2023
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/perfect-copies/9781978826571
Art Spiegelman on Life With a '500-Pound Mouse Chasing Me'
By Alexandra Alter
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 28, 2022, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Cartoonist Pushes On Amid the 'Maus' Chaos
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/books/art-spiegelman-maus-breakdowns.html
Dave McKean on the Impact of AI for Artists
Palle Schmidt
Aug 29, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qOn0hx211A
Dana Simpson
["The other thing that happened while I was away from Facebook was that Nickelodeon finally pulled the plug on me."]
December 28 2022
Bob Staake
["In 2010 I received an email from Jim Villani, conductor of the Manassas (VA) Symphony Orchestra."]
December 24 2022
Rarities: Galactic Prime by Tom Scortia & Jack Katz
D. D. Degg
December 28, 2022
Help Go Fund Cartoonist Ted Richards
D. D. Degg
December 28, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/12/28/help-go-fund-cartoonist-ted-richards/
Statements from SI, NCS, and AAEC on AI Images
D. D. Degg
December 28, 2022
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/12/28/statements-from-si-ncs-and-aaec-on-ai-images/
Year-End Meta 2022: "Escaping Total Nullification"
Osvaldo Oyola
December 27 2022
https://themiddlespaces.com/2022/12/27/year-end-meta-2022/
Raising Felix: Oh, Christmas Tree
By Julia Wertz
December 23, 2022
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/raising-felix-oh-christmas-tree
Bestselling French graphic novel WORLD WITHOUT END victim of hoax by anti-nuclear campaigners
Taking advantage of busy pre-Christmas period, activists pretending to be representatives of the publisher tried to sneak in fake corrections sheets into copies of the bestselling book
Dean Simons
12/28/2022
Check out the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration's 90 Candles Initiative of limited edition prints
Ninety British illustrators of all stripes have done gorgeous prints for Quentin Blake's 90th birthday
Dean Simons
12/28/2022
The Beat's 2023 Creator Survey Part 1: where do we go from here?
What was the biggest story of 2022?
Heidi MacDonald
12/28/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/2023-creator-survey-part-1/