Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/4/22

 

In Memoriam: "Billy the Cat" Comic Artist Peter Foster

By John Freeman on May 4, 2022

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-billy-the-cat-comic-artist-peter-foster/

 

Comic Creator Spotlight: Comic Artist Peter Foster

By John Freeman on October 18, 2020

https://downthetubes.net/comic-creator-spotlight-comic-artist-peter-foster/

 

Comeback/Setback (Slight Return)

By Graeme McMillan •Comics, FYI #35 May 4 2022

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/comeback-setback-slight-return-1157904

What if comics are in a far better place in 2022 than anyone expected them to be two years ago?

 

Jessica Campbell explores a constrained girlhood in religion in her graphic novel, Rave

CBC Books Apr 27, 2022

https://www.cbc.ca/books/jessica-campbell-explores-a-constrained-girlhood-in-religion-in-her-graphic-novel-rave-1.6430185

 

"Religious Groups Claim Moral Superiority but Target the Most Vulnerable" – Jessica Campbell Makes Her Case With 'Rave', For Drawn & Quarterly

    by Lindsay Pereira

    May 4, 2022

    https://www.brokenfrontier.com/rave-jessica-campbell-drawn-quarterly/

 

Neal Adams, 1941-2022

Alex Grand & Michael Dean | May 4, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/neal-adams-1941-2022/

 

INTERVIEW: Talking humor and horror with the filmmakers behind the DC Showcase Blue Beetle and Constantine animated shorts

Take a tour into the weirder corners of the DC Universe!

Taimur Dar

05/04/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-blue-beetle-constantine-dc-showcase-animated-shorts/

 

Dilbert Presents Black Character, Gets Dragged

 by D. D. Degg

May 3, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/05/03/dilbert-presents-black-character-gets-dragged/ 

 

Luca Boschi…

Gianfranco Goria

AF News May 3 2022

https://www.afnews.info/w22/2022/05/03/luca-boschi/

 

RETAILERS: COVID MADE IT POSSIBLE TO INCREASE SALES WITH FEWER HOURS IN COMIC AND GAME STORES

As Varying Models for In-Store Gaming Develop

 by Jim McLauchlin on May 3, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51094/retailers-covid-made-it-possible-increase-sales-fewer-hours-comic-game-stores

 

Hurt Feelings and Lost Opportunities: An oral history of the original, doomed JLA/AVENGERS crossover (Part 1)

The original creators and players involved discuss the failed 1983 crossover.

By KC Carlson

05/04/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/jla-avengers-1983-oral-history-part-1/

 

The Original Plot For The Unfinished JLA/AVENGERS Crossover

Tom Brevoort

February 26, 2022

https://tombrevoort.com/2022/02/26/the-original-plot-for-the-unfinished-jla-avengers-crossover/

 

Justin Green, Who Put Himself Into His Underground Cartoons, Dies at 76 [in print as Justin Green Dies at 76; His Cartoons Drew From His Catholic Guilt].

By Richard Sandomir

April 30, 2022

A version of this article appears in print on May 4, 2022, Section A, Page 26 of the New York edition with the headline:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/30/arts/justin-green-who-put-himself-into-his-underground-cartoons-dies-at-76.html

 

Viola Davis in Talks to Star in 'Peacemaker' Spinoff at HBO Max

The Oscar and Emmy winner would reprise her role as Amanda Waller in the potential series.

Rick Porter

May 3, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/peacemaker-spinoff-viola-davis-hbo-max-1235140085/

 

Next Saturday Is Free Comic Book Day – Here Are A Few Shops' Plans

 May 1, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/next-saturday-is-free-comic-book-day-here-are-a-few-shops-plans/

 

Comic Book Industry Legend Neal Adams Died, Aged 80

 April 29, 2022

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-book-industry-legend-neal-adams-died-aged-80/

 

Wein & Wrightson's Absolute Swamp Thing Coloured By José Villarrubia

 April 30, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/wein-wrightsons-absolute-swamp-thing-coloured-by-jose-villarrubia/

 

 Political cartoon shared by Elon Musk is being sold as an NFT [Colin Wright]

Thomas Barrabi

April 29, 2022

https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/political-cartoon-shared-by-elon-musk-is-being-sold-as-an-nft/

 

Elon Musk Tweeted My Cartoon

Commentators on the left set about debunking my 'lived experience' with charts and abstractions.

Colin Wright

May 2, 2022

https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-tweeted-my-cartoon-woke-progressive-left-wing-media-right-viral-twitter-politics-culture-liberal-center-11651504379

 

Manga Is Booming

By Deb Aoki |

Apr 29, 2022

A version of this article appeared in the 05/02/2022 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Manga is Booming

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/89184-manga-is-booming.html

 

New (to Us!) Comic Alert: Sherman's Lagoon

by GoComics team

May 03, 2022

https://www.gocomics.com/blog/4967/new-to-us-comic-alert-sherman-s-lagoon

 

Julia Wachtel [cartoon characters such as Donald Duck in her fine art]

WILL HEINRICH

New York Times April 29 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/article/new-york-art-galleries.html

 

In Echo of Soviet Era, Russia's Movie Theaters Turn to Pirate Screenings [The Batman; Turning Red]

By Valeriya Safronova

A version of this article appears in print on May 2, 2022, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Russia's Movie Theaters Turn to Pirate Screenings.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/movies/russia-movie-theaters-piracy.html

 

 

Annapolis' Sherman's Lagoon changes syndicates

New (to Us!) Comic Alert: Sherman's Lagoon

by GoComics team

May 03, 2022

https://www.gocomics.com/blog/4967/new-to-us-comic-alert-sherman-s-lagoon

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/3/22

 

Oscar Isaac Learned to Love Blockbusters Again in 'Moon Knight'

By Dave Itzkoff

A version of this article appears in print on May 3, 2022, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: He Learned to Love Blockbusters Again.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/arts/television/oscar-isaac-moon-knight.html

 

COMICS RETAILERS SWAP WAR STORIES AT SAN DIEGO COMIC FEST

 by Rob Salkowitz on May 3, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/51087/comics-retailers-swap-war-stories-san-diego-comic-fest

 

INTERVIEW: Talking Jack Kirby and Darwyn Cooke with the cast/crew of the Kamandi and Losers DC SHOWCASE animated shorts

Take a trip to Earth-AD and Dinosaur Island in the latest DC Showcase animated shorts!

Taimur Dar

05/03/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-kamandi-the-losers-dc-showcase-animated-shorts/#respond

 

Neal Adams: A Remembrance

Writer Alex Dueben offers a remembrance of Neal Adams's impact on comics, and how he lived his life.

Alex Dueben

05/03/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/neal-adams-a-remembrance/

 

"It's All Made Up, And We Want To Talk About That": Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh on Squire

Tiffany Babb | May 3, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/its-all-made-up-and-we-want-to-talk-about-that-nadia-shammas-and-sara-alfageeh-on-squire/

 

'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness': Film Review

Sam Raimi returns to comic-book movies with a parallel-dimensions Doctor Strange adventure.

John Defore

May 3, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-benedict-cumberbatch-1235139596/

 

'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness': A Guide on What to Know Before You Go

The Marvel Cinematic Universe can be pretty confusing, so THR put together a Multiverse breakdown to help fans prepare for whatever craziness unfolds in the latest film chapter.

Graeme McMillan

May 2, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/doctor-strange-multiverse-breakdown-1235137771/

 

'Doctor Strange 2' Star Benedict Cumberbatch Sick of Defending 'Spider-Man' Spell

 

"I think somebody who cares about somebody can be forgiven for doing something that has consequences," the Marvel actor tells THR in a chat days before his latest MCU chapter opens.

Brian Davids

May 2, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/doctor-strange-2-benedict-cumberbatch-spider-man-spell-1235139117/

 

RIP, JUSTIN GREEN (1945-2022)

This Week in Sound: Noise Cancelling Oasis May 03, 2022

by Marc Weidenbaum

https://tinyletter.com/disquiet/letters/this-week-in-sound-noise-cancelling-oasis

 

COMICS RETAILERS SWAP WAR STORIES AT SAN DIEGO COMIC FEST

 by Rob Salkowitz on May 3, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/51087/comics-retailers-swap-war-stories-san-diego-comic-fest

 

Netflix Scraps Animated Series From Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

'Pearl,' created by the Duchess of Sussex, was picked up straight to series last year.

Lesley Goldberg

May 2, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-scraps-animated-series-from-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-1235139123/

 

INTERVIEW: Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson talk JUSTICE WARRIORS

Plus, get an exclusive first look at covers for JUSTICE WARRIORS #3, including Bors's homage to John Romita Jr.

Joe Grunenwald

05/03/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/matt-bors-ben-clarkson-justice-warriors-interview/

 

How 'Kubo And The Two Strings' Went From 'Pure Heaven' To Nearly Breaking Creator Shannon Tindle

By Jamie Lang | 05/02/2022

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/kubo-and-the-two-strings-tindle-215718.html

 

Production Workers At Shadowmachine L.A. Vote To Unionize Under The Animation Guild (Exclusive)

By Jamie Lang | 05/02/2022

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/shadowmachine-la-animation-guild-newdealforanimation-215744.html

 

Vlasta Pospíšilová, Icon Of The Golden Age Of Czech Puppet Animation, Dies At 87

By Jamie Lang | 05/02/2022

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/vlasta-pospisilova-rip-jiri-trnka-215238.html

 

Neil Gaiman: 'Whatever I loved about Enid Blyton isn't there when I go back as an adult'

Neil Gaiman

Fri 29 Apr 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/apr/29/neil-gaiman-whatever-i-loved-about-enid-blyton-isnt-there-when-i-go-back-as-an-adult

 

USPS Reveals Charles Schulz Centennial Stamps

by D. D. Degg

May 3, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/05/03/usps-reveals-charles-schulz-centennial-stamps/

 

« Ma propre bibliothèque est ma vie » : 3 questions à Chris Ware

May 3 2022

https://www.bpi.fr/trois-questions-a-chris-ware/

 

Amy Poehler on Why It's "Super Fun" to Play a Teenage Boy on 'Duncanville'

The Fox animated series begins its third season Sunday.

Rick Porter

May 1, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/amy-poehler-duncanville-season-3-1235138572/

 

From 'Spider-Man' to 'Doctor Strange': How Sam Raimi Conquered the Superhero Multiverse (Again)

In his only extended interview for 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,' Sam Raimi goes deep on his superheroic comeback — and looks back on his whole singular career

Brian Hiatt

April 30, 2022

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/sam-raimi-multiverse-of-madness-doctor-strange-interview-spider-man-1344342/

 

Interview : Brugeas, Toulhoat, Guillo et des Cosaques dans une chevauchée fantastique

Jean-Laurent TRUC

3 mai 2022

https://www.ligneclaire.info/brugeas-toulhoat-guillo-261815.html 

 

Interview : Ohazar et des Vikings qui naviguent à vue

Jean-Laurent TRUC.

2 mai 2022

https://www.ligneclaire.info/ohazar-261743.html

 

'Orcs in Space' Explores Inner Space in Outer Space

We chat with co-creators Michael Tanner and François Vigneault about their bloody good star trek.

Brad and  Lisa Gullickson

Comic Book Couples Counseling Apr 7 2022

https://www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com/post/orcs-in-space-interviewhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/creator-cranny-64685155

 

'Orcs in Space' Illustrator François Vigneault: The Conskipper Interview

April 26, 2022 John Evans

https://conskipper.com/orcs-in-space-illustrator-francois-vigneault-the-conskipper-interview/

 

Francois Vigneault - Exclusive Interview +[Orcs in Space!]

Brian

Apr 29, 2022

Team Pun Fun

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

 

How François Vigneault set the stage for his gritty sci-fi comic, "Titan"

Justin Chandler and  Jacob Dubé

Radio Free Krypton Apr 7, 2022

https://sites.libsyn.com/404174/how-franois-vigneault-set-the-stage-for-his-gritty-sci-fi-comic-titan

 

Bryan Baugh - Exclusive Interview + Contest

Apr 19, 2022

Team Pun Fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p-IgYWsqzU

 

Bill Sienkiewicz Pop Culture Revolution Q&A

Apr 30, 2022

wordballoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSoy71SnWnc

 

Adrian Seville, April 5, 2022 [ The Game of the Goose in the Cartoon Idiom]

332; Apr 23, 2022

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

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

 

Celine Hudreaux, April 19, 2022

Apr 23, 2022

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 334

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G6iwJ8vFx4

 

Interview with BRIAN BOLLAND

 Apr 20, 2022

Comics Reporter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM3_qpgZT08

 

Comic Culture with Roy Schwartz [Is Superman Circumcised?]

May 3, 2022

terence dollard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA4GN05jCCQ

 

Derek Landy uncovers what Captain America and Iron Man REALLY think of each other!

Andrew Sumner,

Apr 28, 2022

Forbidden Planet TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_0OM7thiNs

 

BLACK CLOAK - Meredith McClaren Black Cloak #2 comic page process - layouts to pencils!

Apr 27, 2022

Kelly Thompson

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

 

BLACK CLOAK - Meredith McClaren Black Cloak #2 comic page process - pencils to inks!

Apr 27, 2022

Kelly Thompson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOQAwvq3umU

 

BLACK CLOAK - Meredith McClaren Black Cloak #2 comic page process - inks to colors!

Apr 27, 2022

Kelly Thompson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6JRcF7qF90

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/2/22

 

Justin Green, a pioneer whose Highland Park childhood led to a new confessional kind of comic, dies at 76

By Christopher Borrelli

Chicago Tribune Apr 29, 2022

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-justin-green-comics-obituary-20220429-fq2nxm67r5ewtdnu7nvt7ceyui-story.html

 

Justin Green, 1945-2022

Patrick Rosenkranz | April 30, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/justin-green-1945-2022/

 

R.I.P. NEAL ADAMS

Artist and Creators' Rights Advocate

 by Brigid Alverson on April 29, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51070/r-i-p-neal-adams

 

Fans campaign to get artist Edward Gorey on a postage stamp to mark 100th birthday

 Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll

Cape Cod Times

March 4 2022

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2022/03/04/edward-gorey-100-birthday-postage-stamp-campaign/9346204002/

 

'Grandfather of Goth': fans campaign for US stamp honoring Edward Gorey

Alice Hutton

Sun 1 May 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/01/edward-gorey-stamp-campaign-grandfather-of-goth

 

Edward Gorey Philately

by D. D. Degg

May 1, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/05/01/edward-gorey-philately/

 

How a Debut Graphic Memoir Became the Most Banned Book in the Country [Maia Kobabe's "Gender Queer"]

By Alexandra Alter

    May 1, 2022

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/01/books/maia-kobabe-gender-queer-book-ban.html

 

Tezuka's UNICO being revived by Gurihiru and Sattin

The campaign includes tons of cool rewards and extras by Peach Momoko and others

Heidi MacDonald

05/02/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/tezukas-unico-being-revived-by-gurihiru-and-sattin/

 

The Racing Brain of Martin Vaughn-James

Jeet Heer, with art by Martin Vaughn-James     

In the 1970s Canadian comics scene, The Projector made dizzying leaps in the development of the graphic novel form.

New York Review of Books April 29, 2022

 

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2022/04/29/the-racing-brain-of-martin-vaughn-james/

 

Latest Caped Crusader movie is a hit and so is a video spoof of 'The Batman' trailer

RACHEL MARTIN and A MARTINEZ

May 2, 2022

Morning Edition

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/02/1095444419/latest-caped-crusader-movie-is-a-hit-and-so-is-a-video-spoof-of-the-batman-trail

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2022/05/20220502_me_batman_trailor_spoof.mp3

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/1/22

 

Neal Adams – RIP

by D. D. Degg

April 29, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/04/29/neal-adams-rip/

 

Neal Adams

Chip Zdarsky

It's Chip Zdarsky's Newsletter, Okay?

April 30 2022

https://zdarsky.substack.com/p/neal-adams

 

Neal: The Passing of a Titan Trumps All Else [Neal Adams]

Tom Brevoort

The Man With the Hat newsletter May 1 2022

https://tombrevoort.substack.com/p/neal

 

The bad man pipeline is confusing: The Long, Strange Journey Of Sinfest [webcomic]

Ryan Broderick

Garbage Day newsletter April 29 2022

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-bad-man-pipeline-is-confusing

 

REVIEW: SAMURAI RABBIT: THE USAGI CHRONICLES cartoon retains the core of Stan Sakai's beloved characters

After four decades in print, the Usagi Yojimbo comic finally gets its own animated adaptation from Gaumont Animation and Netflix!

Taimur Dar

04/28/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/review-samurai-rabbit-the-usagi-chronicles/

 

Southern Baptist cartoonist Joe McKeever donates archives to New Orleans Seminary

By Timothy Cockes, posted April 28, 2022

https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/southern-baptist-cartoonist-joe-mckeever-donates-archives-to-new-orleans-seminary/

 

Cartoons: Introducing Chip Scripple [student cartoonist]

TIM ETERNO

Butler Collegian April 28 2022

https://thebutlercollegian.com/2022/04/cartoons-introducing-chip-scripple/

 

The funny pages.

    Rutland Herald Apr 23, 2022

    https://www.rutlandherald.com/opinion/editorials/the-funny-pages/article_7a36a346-5940-59dd-8292-37175c9c7eae.html

 

Justin Green, Who Put Himself Into His Underground Cartoons, Dies at 76

By Richard Sandomir

April 30, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/30/arts/justin-green-who-put-himself-into-his-underground-cartoons-dies-at-76.html

 

These are books school systems don't want you to read, and why [censorship, banned books, Maus, New Kid, Gender Queer].

By Laura Meckler and Perry Stein

April 28, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/28/book-banned-why-locations/

 

Southern Baptists back DeSantis's war with Disney but not a boycott [in print as Southern Baptists may disagree with Disney, but none call for a boycott].

By Yonat Shimron

— Religion News Service

Washington Post April 30, 2022  B2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/04/29/dessantis-disney-baptists/

 

In defense of cats and 'Pickles' [letters]

Stuart Endick

Robert Garrett,

Washington Post April 30 2022 p A17

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/29/readers-critique-post-photo-that-captures-beauty-amid-pain/

           

That darn Pickles

 

In defense of cats and 'Pickles' [letters]

Stuart Endick, Burke

Robert Garrett, Annandale

Washington Post April 30 2022 p A17

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/29/readers-critique-post-photo-that-captures-beauty-amid-pain/

Post runs wire story on Disney and Southern Baptists

Southern Baptists back DeSantis's war with Disney but not a boycott [in print as Southern Baptists may disagree with Disney, but none call for a boycott].

By Yonat Shimron

— Religion News Service

Washington Post April 30, 2022  B2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/04/29/dessantis-disney-baptists/

The Post list of banned books includes 3 graphic stories

These are books school systems don't want you to read, and why

By Laura Meckler and Perry Stein

 

April 28, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/28/book-banned-why-locations/

Maus, The New Kid and Gender Queer.