Ruben Bolling from The Tom the Dancing Bug at SPX

from his free newsletter -

As previously announced to the Inner Hive, I'm slated to be a "Special Guest" at the Small Press Expo comic convention in Bethesda, MD on September 17 and 18. Information is HERE, and I hope you'll come by if you're in the area — I'd love to meet YOU. I'll be tablesitting, dropping pearls of wisdom in panels, mingling, gladhanding, pressing the flesh, etc….whatever else they have me do to (safely) earn my keep. 

 These times can be unpredictable, so in the unlikely event that there is any change in plans, I'll post updates at tomthedancingbug.com and on my twitter account.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/20/22

 

"They Are Not Monsters. Just Murderers": Oleksandr Grekhov on Cartoonism in the Time of War, Limitations as Style, and Having His Works Destroyed by Conservatives [Ukraine]

Evheny Osievsky | July 20, 2022                                  

https://www.tcj.com/they-are-not-monsters-just-murderers-oleksandr-grekhov-on-cartoonism-in-the-time-of-war-limitations-as-style-and-having-his-works-destroyed-by-conservatives/

 

Exclusive: Fake Accounts Fueled the 'Snyder Cut' Online Army

A WarnerMedia report reveals that bots and other inauthentic users bolstered the fan-led campaign for director Zack Snyder's Justice League do-over

Tatiana Siegel

Rolling Stone July 18 2022

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/justice-league-the-snyder-cut-bots-fans-1384231/

 

Flower Mound cartoonist continues family legacy [Paul Anderson, "Marmaduke"]

By Steve Gamel

July 19, 2022

https://www.crosstimbersgazette.com/2022/07/19/flower-mound-cartoonist-continues-family-legacy/

 

Marvel's Movie Math: Comic Creators Claim It's "Bait and Switch" On Payments

Writers and artists who create characters that power the Marvel Cinematic Universe say the company offers a labyrinthine compensation system that underpays them.

Aaron Couch

July 20, 2022

A version of this story appeared in the July 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/marvel-movie-math-comic-creators-1235183158/

 

How 'Ms. Marvel' Embodies the Essence of Teendom, as MCU Tees Up Young Avengers

 

Amid cosmic bangles and intergalactic antagonists, the Disney+ series stands firmly in its roots as a coming-of-age story — one well-suited to the Gen-Z era in which its characters exist.

July 19, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/ms-marvel-embodies-essence-teendom-mcu-young-avengers-1235182796/

 

'Ms. Marvel' Star Rish Shah Defends Kamran's True Intentions and Talks Mind-Blowing Spider-Man Lunch Break

The actor pulls back the Disney+ series curtain during an in-depth chat with THR that includes casting details, bonding with cast over the holidays and his MCU future hope.

Brian Davids

July 16, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/ms-marvel-rish-shah-kamran-intentions-spider-man-lunch-1235181641/

 

'Ms. Marvel' Directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah on Crafting the Finale, That Post-Credit Scene, and 'Batgirl'

By Carly Lane

Collider July 18 2022

https://collider.com/ms-marvel-directors-adil-el-arbi-bilall-fallah-interview/

 

SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - Haiku Comics with David Lasky

Dec 10, 2021

Sequential Artists Workshop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYHfkM8FhPs

 

SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - A Comics Letter to the Past with Natalie Norris

Dec 17, 2021

Sequential Artists Workshop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaJH5wkJctY

 

Chip Zdarsky & Marco Checchetto reignite the Daredevil mythos after DEVIL'S REIGN with DAREDEVIL #1!

Andrew Sumner

Jul 19, 2022

Forbidden Planet TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co5jZnpDaa0

 

Chip Zdarsky unveils Batman's darkest nightmare beginning with Batman #125!

Andrew Sumner

Jul 15, 2022

Forbidden Planet TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH1XHTEWIxI

 

First Second's #Sketchschool with Remy Lai for Surviving the Wild

Jul 13, 2022

FirstSecondBooks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQIB0SkFchg

 

The Third Person Animated Reading by Arizona O'Neill [Emma Grove]

  Jul 12, 2022

Drawn & Quarterly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67caPn_5kZY

 

Reprint Riding Shotgun With Jeph Loeb 2005

  Jul 16, 2022

wordballoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Nj-yTgbQQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7vbI93LL0

 

San Diego Comic-Con Refused NFT-Related Programming This Year

July 20, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/san-diego-comic-con-has-banned-nft-related-programming/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 524: Peggy Burns Interview [Drawn and Quarterly]

Heidi MacDonald and Calvin Reid

on 07/15/2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?podcast=1206&channel=2

 

Terapin Studios buys Toomics for $160 Million US; Toomics is a fast growing Korea-based webcomics site that offers all kinds of IP.

Heidi MacDonald

07/20/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/terapin-studios-buys-toomics-for-160-million-us/

 

Day at Night: Marty Links, cartoonist ("EmmyLou")[circa 193-1974]

James Day

Nov 23, 2011

CUNY TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiaXZvFWS5c

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/19/22

 

SUNDAY PRESS PARTNERS WITH FANTAGRAPHICS

For Distribution and Publishing

Brigid Alverson on July 18, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51668/sunday-press-partners-fantagraphics

 

Dynamite Partners With Wuxia Publisher Immortal Studios

To Distribute Martial Arts Fantasy Comics

Brigid Alverson on July 18, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51669/dynamite-partners-wuxia-publisher-immortal-studios

 

Tune out the Industry, Align with Your Weirdness: Paolo Javier and Sommer Browning in Conversation

Sommer Browning | July 19, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/tune-out-the-industry-align-with-your-weirdness-paolo-javier-and-sommer-browning-in-conversation/

 

'Powerpuff Girls,' 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends' Reboots in the Works

Creator Craig McCracken and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe are behind the new versions of the beloved Cartoon Network shows.

Rick Porter

July 18, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/powerpuff-girls-fosters-home-imaginary-friends-reboots-1235181899/

 

 

 

Pixar's Pete Docter to Become an Honorary Member of the Visual Effects Society

Carolyn Giardina

July 18, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pixar-pete-docter-visual-effects-society-1235182222/

 

Ms. Marvel: More Than Your Average Superhero

by Mike Queen

Headlines & Heroes Blog from the Library of Congress.

07/19/2022

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/07/ms-marvel-more-than-your-average-superhero/

 

Netflix Acquires Animation Studio Animal Logic

The Australia-based studio has worked on 'Happy Feet,' 'The Lego Movie,' and dozens of other projects.

Alex Weprin

July 19, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflix-acquires-animation-animal-logic-1235183045/

 

Jim Ivey – RIP [political cartoonist / comic strip historian]

by D. D. Degg

July 19, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/19/jim-ivey-rip/ 

 

Robb Armstrong and Franklin From 'Peanuts' Are Changing the World

By Matt Keeley On 7/18/22

https://www.newsweek.com/robb-armstrong-franklin-peanuts-are-changing-world-1720480

 

Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum honors Charles Schulz and Peanuts in 'Celebrating Sparky'

David Kwiatkowski

The Columbus Dispatch

July 3 2022

https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/2022/07/03/charles-schulz-peanuts-exhibit-columbus-billy-ireland-museum-ohio-state/7615154001/

 

Webtoon Is Paying Its Creators Millions To Make Mobile Comics

Rob Salkowitz

Senior Contributor

Jul 18, 2022,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2022/07/18/webtoon-is-paying-its-creators-millions-to-make-mobile-comics/

 

Author observes Charlie Brown through the decades [Peanuts]

DON NOBLE

The Tuscaloosa News July 2 2022

https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/lifestyle/2022/07/02/author-observes-charlie-brown-through-decades-don-noble/7724861001/

 

INTERVIEW: Relive the origins of COVID with DOG BISCUITS

The Beat got the opportunity to chat with Cartoonist Studio Prize Award-winning artist Alex Graham.

Avery Kaplan

07/19/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-relive-the-origins-of-covid-with-dog-biscuits/

 

Mike Deodato, Comic Artist

 

Comic Culture 05/08/2022

https://www.pbs.org/video/mike-deodato-comic-artist-01rj6o/

 

Thomas E. Sniegoski & Jeannine Acheson, Vampirella

Comic Culture 06/12/2022 | 27m 47s |

https://www.pbs.org/video/thomas-e-sniegoski-jeannine-acheson-vampirella-bhwhvk/

 

Jim Keefe, Syndicated Cartoonist

Comic Culture 06/19/2022 | 26m 47s |

https://www.pbs.org/video/jim-keefe-syndicated-cartoonist-ywcekt/

 

Sathyaraj Venkatesan & Livine Ancy  A (2022):

Re-imagining care in comics:an interview  with  Susan MacLeod, Simon Grennan, Ernesto Priego and Peter Wilkins,

Journal  of  Graphic Novels and Comics,

https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2022.2100433

Published online: 19 Jul 2022.

https://www.academia.edu/83408626/_Graphic_Medicine_Interview_Re_imagining_Care_in_Comics

Only 2 cartoonists scheduled for National Book Festival? UPDATED

KidLit: Kat Fajardo, and Johnnie Christmas?

Check this list and send me corrections please.

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2022/07/the-2022-national-book-festival-lineup-reveal/

 

Randy Tischler keeps track of pros for the Baltimore Comic Con and has updated me with this list, although they are all writers who have also (not primarily) worked in comics:

 

Holly Black (assuming it's the same) has written for DC, BOOM! Studios, and Graphix.

Tochi Onyebuchii wrote for Marvel and Activision Publishing Inc.

Kwame Alexander has writing credits at Houghton Mifflin Company and Clarion Books but that could be adaptations of his books. Not positive...

Mac Barnett wrote for Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins).

David Bowles has written for Cinco Puntos Press and Tu Books.

Johnnie Christmas has done writing and art for Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Valiant, Devil's Due/1First, Black Mask Studios, comiXology Originals, and HarperAlley.

Lev Grossman has written for BOOM! Studios.

Tui T. Sullivan wrote for Graphix (Scholastic).

Samira Ahmed wrote for Marvel.

Darcie Little Badger wrote for Marvel, DC, BOOM! Studios, A!H Comics, and Humanoids.

E. Lockhart wrote for DC.

Jason Reynolds wrote for Marvel and Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.

Sabaa Tahir wrote for BOOM! Studios.

 

Library of Congress introduces you to Ms. Marvel for some reason

Ms. Marvel: More Than Your Average Superhero

by Mike Queen

Headlines & Heroes Blog from the Library of Congress.

07/19/2022

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/07/ms-marvel-more-than-your-average-superhero/

Before you stream Ms. Marvel, here's a sneak peek at the comic book series that inspired the new series. Ms. Marvel is just one of many diverse comic books available in the Library of Congress' collection of 12,000 plus titles and over 160,000 original print issues. They span genres from Black to Latinx to LGBTQ+ […]

Paper Tiger comics store open in Richmond

Paper Tiger — comics, toys and more — is now open in South Richmond

• Karri Peifer
• Axios Richmond Jul 14, 2022
  
• https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2022/07/14/paper-tiger-comics-toys-now-open-south-richmond

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interview on Winds of Numa Sera

Winds of Numa Sera Interview: The One True Kingdom Will Fall!

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Jul 12, 2022

https://previewsworld.com/Article/263091-Winds-of-Numa-Sera-Interview-The-One-True-Kingdom-Will-Fall

ComicsDC on the road - Tall Man of Knoxville, TN

 I was visiting in Knoxville and stopped into a Tall Man Toys & Comics, a local shop near the Museum of Art. Putting the toys before comics in their name is accurate, as you can see from these photos, but they had a decent selection of new comics, with a buy 3, get 1 free discount, and the same graphic novel discount too, as well as good-sized back issue collection. The staff was quite nice, even when I left without buying anything, after I asked if they had anything produced locally (no). This is close to the University of Tennessee and the Worlds Fair Park, so I guess those two groups provide their customer base.

The Knoxville Museum of Art had an exhibit by woman artists with a superhero link as seen below. The museum is definitely a local one with no Western old masters, but there was a good glass exhibit, an excellent show by woman artist's and another good one of local artists and their history.

That darn Mark Trail and Michael Ramirez

Follow that bird [Mark Trail letter]

Peter I. Hartsock, Laytonsville

Washington Post July 16 2022 A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/15/readers-critique-the-post-explaining-nil/

An inveterate bad habit [ in print as Inveterate bad habits; Michael Ramirez letter]

Barbara Hayden, Chestertown, Md.

Washington Post July 16 2022 A15

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/15/readers-critique-the-post-explaining-nil/

Library of Congress announces Jefferson building redesign

A New Vision for an Inspiring Location

07/18/2022

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2022/07/a-new-vision-for-an-inspiring-location/?loclr=ealocb

Plans for a new renovation to the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, designed to offer more members of the public access to the Library's inspiring architecture and comprehensive collections, include an oculus; a circular glass window that will allow visitors to look up to the dome from the orientation center below the Main Reading Room, where visitors will begin their Library journey.

I'm trying to figure out what this will displace - rare book storage/ conference rooms maybe?

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/17/22

 

Oni Press Issue Statement About Firings Not Written By Anyone At Oni

 July 15, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/oni-press-issue-statement-about-firings-not-written-by-anyone-at-oni/

 

Neil Gaiman's Books Have Enchanted Millions. Finally, Hollywood Is on Board.

'The Sandman' and other morally complicated Gaiman creations are finding their way to screens — just when we need them most

By Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson

Washington Post Magazine July 17 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/07/06/neil-gaiman-sandman-netflix-jon-hamm/

 

Past Participating in the Funky Present: Prince Val [Funky Winkerbean, Prince Valiant]

by D. D. Degg

July 16, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/16/past-participating-in-the-funky-present-prince-val/ 

 

"Every Challenge Opens a New Doorway": Retailers on the Year So Far for Comic Shops

By David Harper

July 12, 2022

https://sktchd.com/longform/july-2022-retailer-feature/

 

 

LTD 002: The Commencement Speech

Warren Ellis

LTD

March 28, 2019

https://warrenellis.ltd/ltd/ltd-002-the-commencement-speech/

 

Surveying the World of Contemporary Comics Scholarship: A Conversation

Greg Smith, Thomas Andrae, Scott Bukatman, and Thomas Lamarre.

Cinema Journal 50:3 (2011).

https://www.academia.edu/675755/Surveying_the_World_of_Contemporary_Comics_Scholarship_A_Conversation

PR: Announcing Additional Small Press Expo 2022 Special Guests

Check out who else is coming to SPX 2022

For Immediate Release Contact Email: press@smallpressexpo.com   Small Press Expo Announces Maia Kobabe, Ronald Wimberly, Rumi Hara, Gabrielle Bell and Bianca Xunise as Special Guests for SPX 2022   Bethesda, Maryland -July 14, 2022   Media Release - Small Press Expo is proud to announce additional Special Guests for SPX 2022. Our first in-person show in three years takes place on Saturday September 17 and Sunday September 18 with programming and workshops about the amazing world of independent comics, along with over 500 creators on the exhibitor floor. See the Special Guest page on the SPX 2022 web site for more information.   SPX 2022 is honored to have the following creators as Special Guests to this year's show: Visit the SPX 2022 Website for More Info Maia Kobabe Maia Kobabe is the author of Gender Queer: A Memoir, winner of an Alex Award, Stonewall Honor, and the most banned book in the US in 2021. It is being released in a deluxe hardcover edition that features a brand-new cover, exclusive art and sketches, a forward by ND Stevenson (Lumberjanes, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) and an afterward by creator Maia Kobabe. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere. Ronald Wimberly Ronald Wimberly (born 28 April 1979) is an American artist (a cartoonist and filmmaker). He has published several graphic novels, as well as shorter works for The New Yorker, DC/Vertigo, Nike, Marvel, Hill and Wang, and Dark Horse Comics. Wimberly was the 2016 Columbus Museum of Art comics resident, and was a two-time resident cartoonist at Angoulême's Maison des Auteurs. He is the recipient of the 2008 Glyph Comics Award, and has been nominated for two Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Rumi Hara Rumi Hara was born in Kyoto, Japan, and started printing her comics on a tiny home printer while working as a translator in Tokyo in 2010. After receiving an MFA in illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design, Rumi moved to New York in 2014, where she now lives and works as an illustrator and comics artist. Her comics series Nori was first self-published as minicomics and was nominated for an Ignatz Award in 2018. Gabrielle Bell Gabrielle Bell's work has been selected several times for Best American Comics and the Yale Anthology of Graphic Fiction, and has been  featured in The Believer, McSweeney's and Vice magazines. Her story, "Cecil and Jordan In New York," was turned into a film by Michel Gondry. The Voyeurs was named one of the best Graphic Novels of the year by Publishers Weekly. Inappropriate, her most recent collection of absurd short comics, garnered two Ignatz Award nominations and was named "One of the Best GNs of the Year" by The Library Journal. Gabrielle Bell lives in Brooklyn, NY. Bianca Xunise Bianca Xunise is a cartoonist based out of Chicago, Illinois and will debut at SPX a brand new zine, Midnite Crawling, which is a collection of short stories about music and the punk subculture. In 2017 Xunise earned an Ignatz for Promising New Talent for their comic Say Her Name, an autobiographical story of police brutality and social justice. In 2020 Xunise earned their second Ignatz for their contribution to Be Gay, Do Comics published by IDW. Xunise has collaborated with Vogue, The Washington Post, The Nib, and Believer Magazine. They are also a contributor to the book How We Fight Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance along with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tarana Burk, and Harry Belafonte. Bianca became the first nationally syndicated non-binary cartoonist when they joined the comic strip Six Chix in 2020 as their first black creator.  Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 500 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests. The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com. Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824 www.smallpressexpo.com Email: press@smallpressexpo.com STAY CONNECTED

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