Saturday, February 05, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/5/22

NIRVANA COMICS RAISES OVER $100,000 FOR 'PROJECT MAUS'

Knoxville Retailer Will Provide Free Copies to Students

 by Brigid Alverson on February 3, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50347/nirvana-comics-raises-over-100-000-project-maus

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More To Come 503: Banning Maus

Calvin Reid, Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons

on 02/04/2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1180

 

Report: Graphic novel sales were up 65% in 2021

Mangal led the way, making up 76% of category sales.

Heidi MacDonald

02/04/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/report-graphic-novel-sales-were-up-65-in-2021/

 

WarnerMedia Kids & Family and Mo Willems Ink Multi-Year Deal

By Debbie Diamond Sarto

Animation World Network February 2, 2022

https://www.awn.com/news/warnermedia-kids-family-and-mo-willems-ink-multi-year-deal

 

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | February 4, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/everybody-knows-this-is-nowhere-this-weeks-links/

 

INTERVIEW: Filmmakers Ethan Spaulding and Greg Weisman craft the purr-fect heist with CATWOMAN: HUNTED

The collaboration process with OLM studios, Catwoman's sexuality, and more discussed! Taimur Dar 02/04/2022 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-ethan-spaulding-greg-weisman-catwoman-hunted/

 

2022-01-26 ARF Brown Bag - Archaeology and Comics: Pop and material culture (Paulina Przystupa)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PHxwzgEWss

Jan 26, 2022

Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley

 

Rémi LOPEZ: The Impact of Akira: A Manga [R]evolution

Martin DE LA IGLESIA(2020. Translated by Jennifer Ligas. Toulouse: Third Éditions, pp. 192. ISBN: 2377842801 (ISBN13: 9782377842803))

https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/10358/10049

 

R. KIKUO JOHNSON for No One Else — January 2022 Graphic Novel Club Pick

Brian Hibbs

 Jan 26, 2022

Comix Experience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYGxIn-qec8

 

Joe Quesada Shoot Interview - from Knob Row to Editor-in-Chief and Beyond!

Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg

Jan 30, 2022

Cartoonist Kayfabe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po08NcuTqAc

 

Tom King Takes Your DC Q's and Talks Love Everlasting

John Suintres

wordballoon Jan 31, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc1Q3RQxAS4

 

Dan Slott FF The Reckoning War Doctor Who and More

Jan 31, 2022

wordballoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfWB7QXmIIU

 

In Memoriam Brian Augustyn 1954-2022

Feb 2, 2022

wordballoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKazBBV3Byc

 

Dredd @ 45 @ The Cartoon Museum

  2000 AD Thrill-Cast February 2 2022

https://soundcloud.com/2000-ad/dredd-45-the-cartoon-museum

 

INTERVIEW: Voice actress Zehra Fazal is hoping for a Talia al Ghul solo project [Catwoman: Hunted]

Taimur Dar

02/04/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-voice-actress-zehra-fazal-is-hoping-for-a-talia-al-ghul-solo-project/

 

Class Action Suit From Comic Creators Filed Against Action Lab

February 4, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/class-action-suit-from-comic-creators-filed-against-action-lab/

 

Steve Wacker ankles Marvel to edit Jonathan Hickman's Substack universe [Three Worlds, Three Moons]

Wacker starts on Monday, Hickman just announced.

Heidi MacDonald

02/04/2022

 https://www.comicsbeat.com/steve-wacker-ankles-marvel-to-edit-jonathan-hickmans-substack-universe/

 

Al Madrigal Expands Latinx Heroes With AWA's 'Primos' And Joins The Marvel Universe In Sony's 'Morbius'

Josh Weiss

Feb 1, 2022,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2022/02/01/al-madrigal-expands-latinx-heroes-with-awas-primos-and-joins-the-marvel-universe-in-sonys-morbius/?sh=48ae93887b98

 

'Daily Show' Alum Al Madrigal on His New Latino Superhero Comic Series 'Primos'

"I want a teenager to be able to go to a comic book store and see a character that looks just like them on the rack," says the comedian and actor-turned-author.

Rebecca Sun

February 2, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/al-madrigal-latino-superhero-comic-primos-1235085554/

 

An artist wants to curb the spread of Black mug shots online — so he's asking people to post photos with mugs [Keith Knight]

By Michael Cavna

January 12, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/01/12/black-mug-shots-keith-knight/

 

Amazing Adventures, Timeless Tales: The Art of P. Craig Russell

Chloe Maveal

NeoText Review January 2022

https://neotextreview.com/culture/amazing-adventures-timeless-tales-the-art-of-p-craig-russell/

'The outrage had been percolating…' The winner of our graphic short story prize 2021 [ Astrid Goldsmith]

Rachel Cooke

30 Jan 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/30/the-outrage-had-been-percolating-the-winner-of-our-graphic-short-story-prize-2021

 

Diego Rivera by Francisco de la Mora and José Luis Pescador review – rumbustious hymn to a radical artist

Rachel Cooke

1 Feb 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/01/diego-rivera-by-francisco-de-la-mora-and-jose-luis-pescador-review-rumbustious-hymn-to-a-radical-artist

 

Smash Pages Q&A: The 'Mañana' anthology interview

Alberto Rayo, Maddi Gonzalez and Tristan J. Tarwater discuss the stories they helped create for 'Mañana: Latinx Comics From The 25th Century.'

Alex Dueben

February 3, 2022

https://smashpages.net/2022/02/03/smash-pages-qa-the-manana-anthology-interview/

 

'Myth as truth is immaterial': Paul Bolger and Barry Devlin discuss their work 'Hound'

For fans of Westerns, Irish myths, and epic storytelling.

David Brooke

February 1, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/02/01/hound-paul-bolger-and-barry-devlin/

 

Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, and Tyler Crook Discuss "Manor Black: Fire in the Blood"

By Mark Tweedale | January 31st, 2022

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/bunn-hurtt-crook-manor-black-fire-blood/

 

Exclusive: Meet a hero who pulls double duty in 'Alter Ego,' a new graphic novel on Kickstarter

Meet a performer whose ambitions are two big for just one superhero persona.

By Matthew Jackson

February 1, 2022

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/exclusive-meet-a-hero-who-pulls-double-duty-in-alter-ego-a-new-graphic-novel-kickstarter

 

Reviews: Tunnels

Hillary Brown | February 1, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/tunnels/

 

Tunnels

Rutu Modan, Translated by Ishai Mishory

Drawn & Quarterly

 

Nightmares and Dreamscapes: A review of Night Bus by Zuo Ma

By Eloisa Aquino

Montreal Review of Books  November 16, 2021

https://mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/night-bus-zuo-ma/

 

Popular Manga Publishers Filed DMCA Subpoena to Identify Manga Pirates

They have filed the subpoena in a US court, targeted against two major manga pirate sites drawing nearly 300 million viewers per month.

Manikanta Immanni

December 12, 2021

https://techdator.net/popular-manga-publishers-filed-dmca-subpoena/

 

 

Exquisite Corpse: A Conversation with Derek Van Gieson Redux (the Iggy Mix)

Keith Silva

February 1, 2022

https://solrad.co/exquisite-corpse-a-conversation-with-derek-van-gieson-redux-the-iggy-mix

 

Opening Argument: It's Time To Revisit Encanto — And Those 'Forgettable' Songs That Weren't

by Stephen Thompson

Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter February 4 2022

https://view.nl.npr.org/?qs=cc029778c17851befb6c908814190953c5ba63b0b340287d8ad35db55c391233b17c32a71061a3ec61fa345ad738e58a28e412820ac8da3a2f7dbce96944584fcce3a1b8fdaa49446bc2ceb5c0800f1bf75441d8d08b9c9c

 

'We Don't Talk About Bruno,' the surprise hit from Disney's 'Encanto'

MICHEL MARTIN and Glen Weldon

NPR's All Things Considered January 30, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/30/1076844677/we-dont-talk-about-bruno-the-surprise-hit-from-disneys-encanto

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2022/01/20220130_atc_we_dont_talk_about_bruno.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1076844677

 

Art Spiegelman decries Tennessee school board for removing 'Maus' from its curriculum

Joe Hernandez

January 30, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1076180329/tennessee-school-district-ban-holocaust-graphic-novel-maus

 

Why a school board's ban on 'Maus' may put the book in the hands of more readers

Rachel Treisman

January 31, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/31/1076970866/maus-banned-tennessee-school-board

 

What Art Spiegelman's Maus Means to the Children of Survivors

On banning the book that changed what we talk about when we talk about the Holocaust.

By Linda Mannheim

Feb 4 2022

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/spiegelman-maus-banned-survivors/tnamp/

 

Erasing History: Holocaust Graphic Novelist Art Spiegelman on "Maus" & Wave of Book Bans Sweeping U.S.

Amy Goodman, with Juan González

The War and Peace Report February 02, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/2/art_spiegelman_maus_a_survivors_tale

 

Comic book store owners are offering to ship banned Holocaust novel 'Maus' to Tennessee students for free

By Sara Smart, CNN

February 01, 2022

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/02/01/us/comic-store-owners-shipping-maus-trnd/index.html

 

Cartoonists are defending Art Spiegelman by lampooning the 'Maus' firestorm

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post February 1, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/02/01/cartoons-maus-tennessee-school/

REVIEW: James Tynion's Substack comic THE CLOSET shows some monsters move out of the house with you

The monster under your bed gets packed up too when you're moving out, along with your old comic collection.

Ricardo Serrano Denis

02/04/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/review-james-tynions-substack-comic-the-closet-shows-some-monsters-move-out-of-the-house-with-you/

 

Daniel McCloskey's FAILING TO QUIT: Part 2 of 6

The Cloud Town prequel comic continues!

Daniel McCloskey!

02/04/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/failing-to-quit-mcclosky-part-2/

 

Dakota Johnson to Star in 'Madame Web' for Sony

The film is part of the studio's universe of 'Spider-Man' spinoffs.

Mia Galuppo

February 3, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/madame-web-dakota-johnson-cast-1235086210/

 

Tom Holland on 'Uncharted' and 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Secrets

Brian Davids

February 4, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/tom-holland-andrew-garfield-tobey-maguire-spider-man-no-way-home-1235086938/

 

Interview : François Boucq du Petit Pape au grand général qui avait tout compris plus un exposition à Paris

Jean-Laurent Truc

4 février 2022

https://www.ligneclaire.info/petit-pape-257150.html 

 

Comics, FYI

By Graeme McMillan

Stealthworlds [DC continuity]

#10 Feb 4, 2022

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/stealthworlds-1015435

 

A Pioneer Gets His Due [Tim Fielder]

Melissa Smith

Feb. 4, 2022, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Vamps, Afrofuturism and Silliness.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/arts/things-to-do-this-weekend.html

 

Diamond: King Spawn and Department of Truth topped 2021 comics sales

King Spawn rules by James Tynion had a career year.

Heidi MacDonald

02/04/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/diamond-king-spawn-and-department-of-truth-topped-2021-comics-sales/

Friday, February 04, 2022

Cavna talks to cartoonists about Maus

Cartoonists are defending Art Spiegelman by lampooning the 'Maus' firestorm

PR: Meet Wolverine writer Ben Percy tomorrow at Third Eye Annapolis


Third Eye Comics | 209 CHINQUAPIN ROUND RD, SUITE 200, Annapolis, MD 21401


Tom King Takes Your DC Q's and Talks Love Everlasting

Tom King Takes Your DC Q's and Talks Love Everlasting

Tom is psyched to talk about his new Book with Elsa Charretier and take your questions about all his other stuff- Batman-Catwoman, Supergirl, Human Target and his new Batman book Killing Time

NPR on Encanto, and Maus

 

Opening Argument: It's Time To Revisit Encanto — And Those 'Forgettable' Songs That Weren't

by Stephen Thompson

Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter February 4 2022

https://view.nl.npr.org/?qs=cc029778c17851befb6c908814190953c5ba63b0b340287d8ad35db55c391233b17c32a71061a3ec61fa345ad738e58a28e412820ac8da3a2f7dbce96944584fcce3a1b8fdaa49446bc2ceb5c0800f1bf75441d8d08b9c9c

 

'We Don't Talk About Bruno,' the surprise hit from Disney's 'Encanto'

MICHEL MARTIN and
NPR's All Things Considered January 30, 2022

Art Spiegelman decries Tennessee school board for removing 'Maus' from its curriculum

Why a school board's ban on 'Maus' may put the book in the hands of more readers

Missed it! Keith Knight talked to Cavna

An artist wants to curb the spread of Black mug shots online — so he's asking people to post photos with mugs

January 12, 2022

caught it in his excellent weekly linkfest at TCJ -

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/4/22

CREATORS SUE ACTION LAB, ALLEGE FRAUD AND BREACH OF CONTRACT

Class Action Lawsuit Asks for Punitive Damages

by Brigid Alverson on February 2, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50342/creators-sue-action-lab-allege-fraud-breach-contract

 

'We Don't Talk About Bruno,' the breakout hit from 'Encanto,' almost didn't have its most memorable voice [in print as The 'Encanto' voice that almost wasn't]

By Bethonie Butler

Washington Post February 2, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/01/28/we-dont-talk-about-bruno-encanto/

 

Another Look at Hinko Smrekar, Slovenia's Rebel Caricaturist

Though little-known outside of his native country, Smrekar left a strong imprint on his nation's art world and political thought.

by Lauren Moya Ford

Hyperallergic February 2 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/704053/another-look-at-hinko-smrekar-slovenias-rebel-caricaturist/

 

MIKE PELLERITO named new Archie Comics EiC

The 22-year veteran of the publisher will oversee newsstand and book markets.

Avery Kaplan

02/03/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/mike-pellerito-named-new-archie-comics-eic/

 

History Education, Graphic Novels & Historical Thinking"[Maus]

Joseph Tham

s/pores journal September 2018          

http://s-pores.com/2018/09/history-education-graphic-novels-historical-thinking-by-joseph-tham/

 

Transcript of the McMinn County Board of Education's Removal of Maus

The Editors | February 3, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/transcript-of-the-mcminn-county-board-of-educations-removal-of-maus/

 

AI 'Photos' of What Cartoon Characters Would Look Like in Real Life [animation character design]

PetaPixel Feb 03, 2022

Michael Zhang

https://petapixel.com/2022/02/03/ai-photos-of-what-cartoon-characters-would-look-like-in-real-life/

 

Balmain, Z2 & Sofitel Hotels Launch Graphic Novel With Afternoon Tea [commercial advertising comic books]

Posted on February 3, 2022

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/balmain-z2-sofitel-hotels-launch-graphic-novel-with-afternoon-tea/

 

David Barbour – RIP

 by D. D. Degg

February 3, 2022

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/02/03/david-barbour-rip/

 

Robert David Barbour

May 7, 1951 ~ January 31, 2022

https://www.grocefuneralhome.com/obits/robert-david-barbour/

 

Archie Comics Names Mike Pellerito Editor-in-Chief (Exclusive)

The 22-year veteran of the publisher is the fourth person to hold the title in the company's history, which dates back more than 80 years.

Aaron Couch

February 2, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/archie-comics-names-mike-pellerito-editor-in-chief-exclusive-1235085267/

 

Longtime 'Simpsons' Composer Settles Termination Dispute With Fox

The dispute between Alf Clausen and Fox over his firing as the show's lead musical composer is officially over as two courts issue dismissals following a settlement.

Ashley Cullins

February 2, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/simpsons-composer-settles-dispute-with-fox-1235085719/

 

Brian Augustyn, longtime DC editor and Batman - Gotham by Gaslight writer dies

By George Marston

Newsarama February 1 2022

https://www.gamesradar.com/brian-augustyn-longtime-dc-editor-and-batman-gotham-by-gaslight-writer-dies/

 

Why are Marvel heroes always fighting each other? The answer goes back to Marvel's earliest days

By George Marston

Newsarama February 2 2022

https://www.gamesradar.com/why-marvel-superheroes-fight-each-other/

 

Graphic Novelist Art Spiegelman

CBC News: The National

Jan 12, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZefKS-WEo4

Thursday, February 03, 2022

The Latest Lily cartoon, as the Wash Post subsumes its identity

I was struggling with money. Here's how I learned to finally talk about it.



(Marian Blair/For The Washington Post)

Herblock Prize deadline extended until next week

As noted by the Daily Cartoonist -

Deadline to enter is extended to February 8th, 2022

THIS YEAR'S ENTRIES FOR THE HERBLOCK PRIZE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DONE ONLINE RATHER THAN HARD COPY VIA MAIL DUE TO THE CONTINUING CONCERNS REGARDING COVID.