Sunday, March 20, 2022
P&P Live! and DC Public Library Present Dan Santat | THE AQUANAUT
P&P Live! and DC Public Library Present Dan Santat | THE AQUANAUT video
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/19/22
Galleries: Spain Rodriguez
JILLIAN STEINHAUER
New York Times March 18 2022: C17
https://www.nytimes.com/article/new-york-art-galleries.html
'Josep' Review: Escaping a Civil War
The French cartoonist known as Aurel animates the life of the Catalan illustrator Josep BartolĂ, who lived in French internment camps and loved Frida Kahlo.
By Nicolas Rapold
A version of this article appears in print on March 18, 2022, Section C, Page 13 of the New York edition with the headline: Josep.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/movies/josep-review.html
Toon explanations needed [Pia Guerra letter]
Nate Trail, Washington
Washington Post March 19 2022
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/18/readers-critique-post-we-got-lost-beltway/
Laughter is the best medicine [Pickles letters]
Julie Welch, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Elizabeth Allman, Washington
Washington Post March 19 2022
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/18/readers-critique-post-we-got-lost-beltway/
A Ukrainian artist left his home amid the war — but is still drawing cartoons taking on Putin [Vladimir Kazanevsky]
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post March 19 2022
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/03/19/vladimir-kazanevsky-cartoons-ukraine-putin/
Chronicle Herald journalists, editorial cartoonists named finalists for 2021 National Newspaper Awards [ Bruce MacKinnon and Michael de Adder.]
SaltWire Network March 18 2022
Another national honor for RJ editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez
By Shea Johnson
Las Vegas Review-Journal March 18, 2022
Saturday, March 19, 2022
That darn Pickles and Pia Guerra
Toon explanations needed [Pia Guerra letter]
Nate Trail, Washington
Washington Post March 19 2022
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/18/readers-critique-post-we-got-lost-beltway/
Laughter is the best medicine [Pickles letters]
Julie Welch, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Elizabeth Allman, Washington
Washington Post March 19 2022
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/18/readers-critique-post-we-got-lost-beltway/
Ukranian cartoonist Vladimir Kazanevsky profiled by Cavna
A Ukrainian artist left his home amid the war — but is still drawing cartoons taking on Putin [Vladimir Kazanevsky]
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/18/22
Editor Janus Billeskov Jansen Explains His Role In Constructing The Narrative Of 'Flee'
By Chris Robinson | 03/17/2022
'Encanto' Directors Jared Bush And Byron Howard On Avoiding Tropes And Crafting A Unique Story (Video Interview) [aka ENCANTO Filmmakers Jared Bush and Byron Howard]
By Cole Delaney | 03/17/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20wuHbZ_g38
We Reveal the Cover for the Fantasy Rom-Com THREE LITTLE WISHES
by Amy Ratcliffe
Mar 15 2022 •
At Home with Emily Carrington Live Event
Mar 15, 2022
Drawn & Quarterly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLFWvqtfcYU
Paul Levitz celebrates 44 years of Forbidden Planet and his 50 amazing years at DC Comics!
Andrew Sumner
Mar 18, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcdhgZ2c-TU
Forbidden Planet TV
Josh Williamson Is Killing The Justice League?
Word Balloon Mar 10, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED0QJk83Pec
Khary Randolph Talks Comics
Mar 11, 2022
wordballoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51RAfrTPvQM
Declan Shalvey Talking Marvel, Image and More
Mar 16, 2022
wordballoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I72lvMJHvWo
GEOF DARROW in conversation...Talking Shaolin Cowboy Influences and Inspirations. Don't Miss It!
Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg
Mar 12, 2022
Cartoonist Kayfabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCjggGYtRyM
Ron Wimberly Shoot Interview - GratNin, Ninjas, Comics, Life, Aeon Flux, and Art
Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg
Mar 15, 2022
Cartoonist Kayfabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAdVcwGnu-Q
Intestinauts with Arthur Wyatt & Pye Parr
2000 AD Thrill-Cast March 16 0222
https://soundcloud.com/2000-ad/intestinauts-with-arthur-wyatt-pye-parr
Long Live My Happy Head review – comic book artist illustrates his own mortality
Scottish artist Gordon Shaw talks cancer and comic books in this tender study of a man facing an uncertain future
Peter Bradshaw
Mon 14 Mar 2022
'The time is out of joint': Temporality, COVID-19 and Graphic medicine
Sathyaraj Venkatesan
2022, Medical Humanities
Box Office: 'The Batman' Gets Off to Sluggish Start in China
Widespread cinema shutdowns and weakening local demand for imported Hollywood films has dented sales in the world's largest theatrical market.
Patrick Brzeski
March 17, 2022
Friday Night, Saturday Morning – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | March 18, 2022
https://www.tcj.com/friday-night-saturday-morning-this-weeks-links/
INTERVIEW: Unboxing Ron Wimberley's GratNin with Beehive Books
Wendy Browne March 16, 2022
Tokyo Mew Mew Artist Mia Ikumi Passes Away Due to Hemorrhage
2022-03-14 00:20 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Artist for iconic magical girl manga supervised upcoming new anime before March 7 passing
A 50-Year-Old Graphic Biography of Che Guevara That Still Feels Fresh
By Etelka Lehoczky
March 15, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/books/review/life-of-che-hector-german-oesterheld.html
LIFE OF CHE: An Impressionistic Biography, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld | Translated by Erica Mena | Illustrated by Alberto Breccia and Enrique Breccia, Fantagraphics
Breaking from continuity: Josh Williamson talks DC Black Label's 'Rogues' series
David Brooke
March 17, 2022
https://aiptcomics.com/2022/03/17/josh-williamson-rogues-interview/
Dashiell Hammett Meets John K. Snyder III: The Continental Op Returns
Scoop March 18 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=257943
Smash Pages Q&A | Eric Palicki on 'Black's Myth'
Alex Dueben
March 11, 2022
https://smashpages.net/2022/03/11/smash-pages-qa-eric-palicki-on-blacks-myth/
Smash Pages Q&A | Alex Segura's 'Secret Identity'
Alex Dueben
March 17, 2022
https://smashpages.net/2022/03/17/smash-pages-qa-alex-seguras-secret-identity/
Smash Pages Q&A | Nate Cosby on 'Alter Ego'
Alex Dueben
March 15, 2022
https://smashpages.net/2022/03/15/smash-pages-qa-nate-cosby-on-alter-ego/
Nate Cosby delves into the history and heroism of 'Alter Ego'
A super tale of Golden Age Hollywood and split identities launches on Kickstarter this week.
Chris Coplan
March 15, 2022
https://aiptcomics.com/2022/03/15/alter-ego-interview/
INTERVIEW: Brian Schirmer and Elena Gogou chat about QUESTS ASIDE
The new adventure comedy series hits stores in May
Deanna Destito
03/18/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-brian-schirmer-elena-gogou-quests-aside/
Comics legend Roy Thomas on Marvel's The Vision and working with Stan Lee
The comics industry wouldn't be the same without Roy Thomas.
By Mike Avila
March 16, 2022
https://www.syfy.com/marvel-comics-roy-thomas-interview-vision
Drawing Over Divisions: Julie Doucet's Time Zone J
By Sarah Mangle
March 2, 2022
https://mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/julie-doucet-time-zone-j/
Vault Comics Secures Big Name Financing From Metallica, Jeff Ubben And UTA
Rob Salkowitz
Mar 17, 2022,
Blue Delliquanti Brings Us "Across a Field of Starlight"
Elias Rosner | March 15th, 2022
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/blue-deliquanti-starlight/
Residents of A Serious House: A Reflection on the Fine Line Between Illness and Madness in Gotham
Martyn Pedler
NeoText Review March 2022
Pink Seas and Grey Areas: The Weight of Ambiguity In Sam Kieth's My Inner Bimbo
Chloe Maveal
NeoText Review March 2022
Disney disapproved of NIMONA's queer kiss, says former employees
Amid the controversy surrounding Disney's support of the Florida "Don't Say Gay Bill," new details about the cancellation of the animated feature have come to light.
Avery Kaplan
3/18/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nimona-cancelled-over-disney-homophobia/
Same-Sex Kiss Restored in Pixar's 'Lightyear' Following Staff Uproar Over 'Don't Say Gay' Bill
Adam B. Vary
Variety March 18 2022
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/pixar-lightyear-same-sex-kiss-1235209179/
The War in Our Country and on Our Phones
When we communicate with relatives and acquaintances in Russia it can feel like we're living in parallel worlds [Ukraine]
by Anya Ivanenko and Jenya Polosina
Hyperallergic March 17 2022
https://hyperallergic.com/717963/the-war-in-our-country-and-on-our-phones/
A Hogarth Survey Has Good Intentions but Misses the Mark
Why assemble the most significant grouping of Hogarths from far and wide without indicating why calling out the faults in historical artworks is important to our understanding of our world today?
by Olivia McEwan
Hyperallergic March 17 2022
https://hyperallergic.com/717845/a-hogarth-survey-has-good-intentions-but-misses-the-mark/
Friday, March 18, 2022
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/17/22
Barbara: Tezuka Osamu's Self-Denial.
TCJ.com (March 17): https://www.tcj.com/barbara-tezuka-osamus-self-denial/
March 17, 2022
Apple TV+ announces "Pinecone & Pony," new animated series for kids and families premiering Friday, April 8
EMBRACER COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF DARK HORSE, ASMODEE
Both to Be Separate Divisions, No Changes Expected
Brigid Alverson on March 16, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50703/embracer-completes-acquisition-dark-horse-asmodee
Famous, Infamous, and Forgotten
Political Cartoons from the Collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Anthony J. Mourek
University of Chicago Press April 2022
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/F/bo182665418.html
Climate grief got you down? Here's how I approach it as a journalist.
By Alexandria Herr
March 6, 2022
Tired of your cluttered camera roll? Here's why I started making photo albums again.
By Bianca Xunise
March 13, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/03/13/bianca-xunis-analog-photo-album-comic/
A comic artist's account of life in western Ukraine after Russia invaded
By Yulia Vus
March 15, 2022
Ukraine reveals 'Russian warship, go fuck yourself!' postage stamp
Stamp commemorates phrase uttered by border guards at Snake Island that has become a rallying cry
Chris Michael
Sat 12 Mar 2022
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Julie Doucet, un Grand Prix d'AngoulĂŞme « fĂ©ministe jusqu'au bout des ongles » et underground
La Québécoise, à l'œuvre autobiographique et crue, a remporté la récompense suprême du Festival international de la bande dessinée.
Par Frédéric Potet
March 16 2022
Vault Comics gets investors including Metallica, UTA and Jeff Ubben
The publisher has shown steady growth, with over a million units sold.
Heidi MacDonald
03/17/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/vault-comics-gets-investors-including-metallica-uta-and-jeff-ubben/
Farewell to a Friend [John Jos. Miller]
January 15, 2022
https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/01/15/farewell-to-a-friend/
Make Mine Marvel
February 19, 2022
https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/02/19/make-mine-marvel/
The Cards Keep Turning
February 22, 2022
https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/02/22/the-cards-keep-turning/
'Harder They Fall' Filmmaker Jeymes Samuel Tackling Boom! Comic Books 'Irredeemable,' 'Incorruptible' for Netflix (Exclusive)
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, James Lassiter, and Samuel will produce the adaptation which combines the two comics into one feature.
Borys Kit
March 17, 2022
Kate Beaton's PINECON & PONY is going to become an animated series
Premieres April 8 on Apple TV!
Taimur Dar
03/17/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/pinecone-pony-kate-beaton-animated-series/
Drunk On Dana [voice actor Dana Snyder]
Ash Griffith | March 17, 2022
https://rvamag.com/news/comedy/drunk-on-dana.html
FULL Panel: The Current State of Manga Industry (with VIZ & Yen Press) –Anime NYC 2021
moderated by Christopher Macdonald, CEO & publisher of Anime News Network. Panelists are Kevin Hamric (Vice President of Publishing Sales of VIZ Media) and Kurt Hassler (Publisher and Managing Director of Yen Press).
Mar 11, 2022
The Japan Foundation & CGP, NY