Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Robin Givhan on Black Panther trailer

'Black Panther' sequel: A rebuke of misogyny and racism in 2 minutes [in print as 'Panther' teaser serves as a soothing cultural balm]

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/26/22

 

Solo Leveling Artist Dubu Passes Away Due to Cerebral Hemorrhage

Solo Leveling illustrator Jang-Sung Rak, also known as Dubu, passed away on July 23 after experiencing a brain hemorrhage due to a chronic illness.

By Michael Lacerna

CBR July 25 2022

https://www.cbr.com/solo-leveling-dubu-jang-sung-rak-obituary/

 

"The American Super-hero Comic Strip:True Descendant of Italian Renaissance Art," Samuel Y. Edgerton Jr., Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Johns Hopkins University Press, Volume 9, Number 1, Spring 1984, pp. 30-33,)

 

Fantagraphics and Sunday Press are now partners

Two vintage comics giants team up to keep preserving the classics

Dean Simons

07/25/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/fantagraphics-and-sunday-press-are-now-partners/

 

'It's My Love Letter to Superheroes': An Interview with Villal Pando

The Montréal cartoonist on his debut book The Pursuer, the evolution and influence of comic books, and how a lifelong passion for drawing became a career.

July 21, 2022

By Vikram Nijhawan

https://hazlitt.net/feature/its-my-love-letter-superheroes-interview-villal-pando

 

Netflix Director of Adult Animation Mike Moon to Exit

The executive led the streamer's animation team and helped build the streaming platform's animation production facility, Vine Studios.

Caitlin Huston

July 25, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflix-director-of-adult-animation-mike-moon-to-exit-1235185933/

 

'DC League of Super-Pets' Review: Starry Voice Cast Carries Cutesy Animated Romp

Frank Scheck

July 26, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/dwayne-johnson-kevin-hart-dc-league-of-super-pets-film-1235185853/

 

San Diego Comic-Con Returns with Smaller Crowds, Big Smiles

by Heidi MacDonald

Jul 26, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/89940-san-diego-comic-con-returns-with-smaller-crowds-big-smiles.html

 

Bunnicula Is Back—As a Graphic Novel

By Brigid Alverson

Jul 26, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/89941-bunnicula-is-back-as-a-graphic-novel.html

 

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' trailer: The five biggest takeaways [in print as 'Wakanda Forever' trailer offers a glimpse at the franchise post-Boseman]

By David Betancourt

Washington Post July 26, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/25/black-panther-wakanda-forever-trailer/

 

Sergio García Sánchez's "Central Park Lark" [Spain]

The artist on art as a family affair and what he hopes to teach young artists.

By Françoise Mouly

July 25, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2022-08-01

 

America's Proud Armpit

Ms. Marvel does right by the teenage Muslim experience. But I will never forgive what it does to New Jersey.

By Aymann Ismail

July 23, 2022

https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/ms-marvel-disney-plus-muslim-new-jersey.html

 

CHIPCLASS 1: Ideas

  Jul 26, 2022

Chip Zdarsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFR1jhYkDm4

 

What We Learned From Marvel's Massive MCU Roadmap

At Comic-Con, Marvel unveiled the future of phases 4 to 6 on both the big and small screens. Here are the highlights and takeaways.

By Daniel Chin Jul 25, 2022

https://www.theringer.com/marvel-cinematic-universe/2022/7/25/23277085/marvel-mcu-feige-sdcc-black-panther-avengers

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Betancourt on the fall's Black Panther sequel

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' trailer: The five biggest takeaways [in print as 'Wakanda Forever' trailer offers a glimpse at the franchise post-Boseman]

By David Betancourt

Washington Post July 26, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/25/black-panther-wakanda-forever-trailer/

Run, possibly the last March book, wins an Eisner

See the picture at the top of Heidi's story -

San Diego Comic-Con Returns with Smaller Crowds, Big Smiles

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/25/22

 

MARVEL TO LAUNCH NEW 'TIGER DIVISION' SERIES

New Team of Korean Superheroes

by Brigid Alverson on July 25, 2022 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51712/marvel-launch-new-tiger-division-series

 

Windsor-Smith's 'Monsters' Wins 2022 Eisner for Best New Graphic Novel

by Calvin Reid

Jul 24, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/89936-windsor-smith-s-monsters-wins-2022-eisner-for-best-new-graphic-novel.html

 

"I Feel More Free And Brave Now As An Artist": An Interview with Tyrell Cannon

Ian Thomas | July 25, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/i-feel-more-free-and-brave-now-as-an-artist-an-interview-with-tyrell-cannon/

 

In Queens, a Storied Mural Is Saved From (Not by) Spider-Man

In 2014, Sony Pictures painted over the mural to promote its new Spider-Man movie. Now, artists Eve Biddle and Joshua Frankel have restored its original design.

 by Laura van Straaten July 22, 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/749661/in-queens-a-storied-mural-is-saved-from-not-by-spider-man/         

 

Magazine cartoon editor makes history as the youngest and first woman in the role [New Yorker's Emma Allen]

Tony Dokoupi

CBS Mornings Jul 20, 2022

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/magazine-cartoon-editor-makes-history-as-the-youngest-and-first-woman-in-the-role/#x

 

The First Feature Documentary Made Entirely in Virtual Reality

We Met in Virtual Reality raises the bar for VR filmmaking, and has an optimistic vision for the potential of the metaverse.

by Dan Schindel  July 24 2022

https://hyperallergic.com/749447/we-met-in-virtual-reality-review/

 

Comics That Read Top to Bottom Are Bringing in New Readers

 

The explosion of web comics has been driven by tapping into an audience the industry had long overlooked: young, female readers.

By George Gene Gustines and Matt Stevens

    July 23, 2022

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/23/arts/digital-comics-new-readers.html

 

Marvel Studios Unveils 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'

By Livia Albeck-Ripka

Published July 24, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/us/black-panther-trailer-wakanda-forever.html

 

Sid Jacobson – RIP

 D. D. Degg

July 25, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/25/sid-jacobson-rip/ 

 

Kathy Battat

["My beautiful father, Sidney Jacobson, passed away yesterday in my arms..."]

July 24 2022

https://www.facebook.com/kathy.battat/posts/pfbid0tnUwDQVFSc9Edv7wRfbxsfVdi6DsivTZGYz2k78YZKkVUDGfsB3Vc5ikpSR4KxDpl

 

Prominent US Cartoonist Turns Eyes to War in Ukraine [Steve Brodner]

Nina Vishneva and Anna Rice.

July 21, 2022

https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/cartoonist-ukraine/6668516.html

Monday, July 25, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/24/22

 

Joe Wos Needs Our Help

 by D. D. Degg

July 20, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/20/joe-wos-needs-our-help/

 

Remembering the great comics of yesteryear [David Kunzle].

By Michael Taube on July 19, 2022

https://troymedia.com/arts-entertainment/ae-books/these-comics-artists-of-old-were-among-the-greatest/

 

SDCC '22: 2022 Eisner Award winners, top moments, and more!

Eisner judges give Bob Bolling and Don Rico the Finger...

Rebecca Oliver Kaplan

07/23/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-22-2022-eisner-award-winners-top-moments-and-more/

 

Ep. 70: My Hero Academia v1 by Kohei Horikoshi & Battle Angel Alita v1 by Yukito Kishito

July 21, 2022

https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-70-my-hero-academia-v1-by-kohei-horikoshi-battle-angel-alita-v1-by-yukito-kishito/

 

SPECIAL GUEST Rodney Barnes on SHOUT OUT WITH SAGE

Sage Stevens

  Jul 21, 2022

DI HUBB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCiVVJeo3Dc

 

SDCC '22: The Toms — Tom King and Tom Taylor – showcase DCEASED and GOTHAM CITY YEAR ONE

The Tom-Tom Adoration Society gets down and dirty with a rundown of their DC projects

Nancy Powell 07/22/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc22-the-toms-king-taylor-in-conversation/

 

The missed potential of 'Batman/Catwoman'

What can we take from this conclusion to Tom King's Bat-story?

Rory Wilding

July 21, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/07/21/the-missed-potential-of-batman-catwoman/

 

FBDM 2022 | Vicoli et ruelles: Les allées de Montréal et de Gênes

Lorena Canottiere, Tania Mignacca, Djibril Morissette-Phan et Pietro Scarnera

Jul 21, 2022

Festival BD de Montréal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRgPr36cdRk

 

'The Sandman' Creator Neil Gaiman, Stars Discuss Bringing Series to Netflix After Lengthy Path

During the Comic-Con panel that debuted the full trailer, lead actor Tom Sturridge explained why Dream felt personal to him: "I cared so deeply about this piece of literature."

July 23, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-sandman-neil-gaiman-trailer-comic-con-1235185300/

 

Black Adam: What Hawkman's "Sordid History" Means for the JSA

Exclusive: Aldis Hodge dishes on what Hawkman brings to Black Adam.

  By Rosie Knight | July 22, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/black-adam-hawkman-sordid-history-jsa/

 

Black Adam: How Cyclone Honors the Legacy of a Classic DC Superhero

Exclusive: Quintessa Swindell reveals Cyclone's secret origin and connection to another DC legacy character.

  By Rosie Knight | July 22, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/black-adam-cyclone-legacy-classic-dc-superhero/

 

Ram V Is Changing the Face of Comics with Laila Starr, Grafity's Wall, and Batman

Exclusive: The incredibly talented Ram V tells us how he makes comics informed by his Indian upbringing.

  By Ritesh Babu | July 22, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/ram-v-the-many-deaths-of-laila-starr-interview/

 

In defense of San Diego Comic-Con co-founder Shel Dorf

Personal POV of the original annoying comic geek

Jay Allen Sanford

July 21, 2022

https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2022/jul/21/defense-san-diego-comic-con-co-founder-shel-dorf/

 

2022 Souvenir Book

https://www.comic-con.org/cci/2022-souvenir-book

https://comic-con.b-cdn.net/CCI22_SouvenirBook_Web.pdf

 

Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: R.C. Harvey

Stripper's Guide blog July 22, 2022

http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2022/07/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-rc.html

 

Kevin Smith Talks MASKERADE from Dark Horse Comics

  Jul 20, 2022

PREVIEWSworld

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBBEm3Q7EBY

 

MICHAEL SWEATER & JOSUE CRUZ for PUPPY KNIGHT — July 2022 Kids' Club Pick

Comix Experience July 24 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke6BS0XlOUw

 

Saturday, July 23, 2022

2 on Tom King

The missed potential of 'Batman/Catwoman'

What can we take from this conclusion to Tom King's Bat-story?

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/22/22

 

DARK HORSE TO PUBLISH NEW LINE OF RICHARD CORBEN HARDCOVERS

First Two in 2023

  by Milton Griepp on July 22, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51700/dark-horse-publish-new-line-richard-corben-hardcovers

 

FAMED COMIC BOOK WRITER ALAN GRANT PASSES AWAY AT 73

Known for His Work on Judge Dredd and Batman

by Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez on July 21, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51694/famed-comic-book-writer-alan-grant-passes-away-73

 

TERAPIN STUDIOS INC. ACQUIRES TOOMICS WEBTOON PLATFORM

For $160 Million

Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez on July 21, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51697/terapin-studios-inc-acquires-toomics-webtoon-platform

 

Drinker's VIP Lounge - Mark Millar

  Jul 20, 2022

Critical Drinker After Hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueQ05vYY-5s

 

Another – 30 – JIM IVEY

by Rick Marschall

Yesterday's Paper blog July 21, 2022

http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2022/07/another-30.html

 

"You Sell Your Soul To The Devil, That's A Done Deal. No Backsies": An Interview with Mike Reger

Floyd Tangeman | July 22, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/you-sell-your-soul-to-the-devil-thats-a-done-deal-no-backsies-an-interview-with-mike-reger/

 

Sean Kelly – RIP

 by D. D. Degg

July 21, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/21/sean-kelly-rip/

 

Evans, Greg. 2022.

Sean Kelly Dies: National Lampoon Editor, Lyricist For Landmark 'Lemmings' Revue Was 81

July 20, 2022

https://deadline.com/2022/07/sean-kelly-dead-national-lampoon-writer-lemmings-lyricist-was-81-1235073191/

 

Sean Kelly, Early National Lampoon Troublemaker, Dies at 81

By Richard Sandomir

July 20, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/business/media/sean-kelly-dead.html

 

The Death of Andy Lippincott

Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau on the comic strip's groundbreaking and controversial AIDS storyline.

By Dan Kois

July 20, 2022

https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/doonesbury-creator-garry-trudeau-aids-andy-lippincott-death.html

 

What Fictional Death Has Stuck With You, and Why?

The creators behind the greatest fictional deaths of all time on the scenes they can't forget. [Garry Trudeau, Eric Kaplan]

By Dan Kois

July 20, 2022

https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/saddest-death-scenes-movies-books-tv-stephen-king.html

 

The Death of Seymour the Dog

Futurama writer Eric Kaplan explains the most soul-crushing scene in cartoon history—and learns that the show later undid it.

By Dan Kois

July 20, 2022

https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/futurama-dog-death-seymour-jurassic-bark-interview.html

 

The Death of Scrappy-Doo

Wakegirl14 reveals the story behind the story that inspired the meme. [Scooby-Doo]

By Marissa Martinelli

July 20, 2022

https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/scrappy-doo-found-dead-miami-scooby-meme-explained.html

 

Al Williamson: It All Started with Flash Gordon

J.C. Vaughn

Scoop July 22 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263238

 

Comic-Con Interview: ComicConnect COO Vincent Zurzolo

Scoop June 22 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263177

 

Comic-Con Interview: ComicLink Founder & CEO Josh Nathanson

Scoop July 22 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263178

 

Comic-Con Interview: Hake's President Alex Winter

Scoop July 22 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263175

 

Comic-Con Interview: Pedigree Comics CEO & President Doug Schmell

Scoop July 22 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263176

 

Comic-Con in Photos: Part I

Scoop July 22 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=263146

 

Episode 996: A Conversation with Chip Zdarsky

Adam Chapman

Comic Shenanigans

2022-07-22

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-63hqh-127d589 

 

 

Building and Using a Latin American Comics Archive (LACA)

Felipe Gomez and Angie Bonilla,

Comics Studies Society

July 22 2022

https://comicsstudies.org/building-and-using-a-latin-american-comics-archive-laca/

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

 

Time for Jumpin' Overboard – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | July 22, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/time-for-jumpin-overboard-this-weeks-links/

 

Scott Snyder on challenging himself creatively with second wave of ComiXology titles

Scott Snyder unpacks 'Barnstormers,' 'Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine,' and 'Canary.'

David Brooke

July 19, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/07/19/scott-snyder-comixology-qa/

 

Dennis Hopeless Putting the Love In Lovecraft with "Heart Eyes"

By Kyle Welch | July 18th, 2022

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/heart_eyes_interview/

 

The Daily Heller: The Graphic Novel of Mormon [Noah van Sciver]

The Daily Heller

By Steven Heller

July 21 2022

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-the-comic-book-of-mormon/

 

Smash Pages Q&A | Brian Doherty

Alex Dueben

July 19, 2022

https://smashpages.net/2022/07/19/smash-pages-qa-brian-doherty/

 

Kevin Smith, Felicia Day, Stan Sakai, and More Reminisce About What Makes Comic-Con Matter

Ahead of San Diego Comic-Con 2022, io9's got a look inside the oral history behind the biggest convention on the nerd calendar.

James Whitbrook

July 18 2022

https://gizmodo.com/comic-con-2022-oral-history-excerpt-fantagraphics-1849190684

 

E. E. Cummings and Krazy Kat

By Amber Medland

July 20, 2022

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/07/20/e-e-cummings-and-krazy-kat/

 

Rebuilding Connections at the Montréal Comic Arts Festival

Pietro Scarnera

July 20, 2022

https://solrad.co/rebuilding-connections-at-the-montreal-comic-arts-festival

 

Alison by Lizzy Stewart review – a tale as old as the hills made new by art

Rachel Cooke

@msrachelcooke

Mon 18 Jul 2022  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/18/alison-by-lizzy-stewart-review

 

Alison by Lizzy Stewart review – the making of an artist

James Smart

Sat 16 Jul 2022 0

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/16/alison-by-lizzy-stewart-review-the-making-of-an-artist

 

Chilean Women in Comics

Vivian Lavín - Editor

Francisca Cárcamo - Editor

María Eliana Aguayo - Editor

Antonia Bañados - Visual artist and author

Pía Prado - Illustrator and author

 

Saturday, May 29, 2021

 

https://www.fbdm-mcaf.ca/en/comic-arts-festival/activities/activity/449/chilean-women-in-comics/

 

Ryan Alexander-Tanner Talks about his new Muhammad Ali Comic

Jul 19, 2022

wordballoon

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

 

Ron Marz Talks Aftershock, DC and More

Jul 18, 2022

wordballoon

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1dLgkD5CZs

 

Off Panel #358: Twilight City with Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt

David Harper

Jul 18, 2022

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-358-twilight-city-with-jordan-blum-and-patton-oswalt

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Jordan_Blum_and_Patton_Oswalt.mp3

 

30 years later, DC Comics' first transgender superhero is still the genre's best

Coagula, the Doom Patrol, and pioneering writer Rachel Pollack

By Jessica Crets Jul 20, 2022

https://www.polygon.com/23269050/dc-comics-trans-supehero-doom-patrol-rachel-pollack-coagula-kate-godwin

 

Alan Grant 1949-2022

21st July 2022

https://2000ad.com/news/alan-grant-1949-2022/

 

Manga Piracy: Operator of MangaBank Sentenced By Chinese Authorities

July 14, 2022 by Andy Maxwell

https://torrentfreak.com/manga-piracy-operator-of-mangabank-sentenced-by-chinese-authorities-220714/

 

Comic-Con issues a mask mandate, not the costume kind, for event in San Diego.

By Livia Albeck-Ripka

Published July 15, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/us/comic-con-masks-san-diego.html

 

This week's San Diego Comic-Con will require masking and testing

By Kenan Draughorne

July 19, 2022

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-07-19/san-diego-comic-con-coronavirus-masks-vaccine-surge-variant

 

The World Eisaku Kubonouchi Portrays as a Manga Artist

    Published 2022-07-05

    Author Senichiro Ozawa

    https://tokion.jp/en/2022/07/05/interview-eisaku-kubonouchi/

 

Celebrated Montreal underground comic book artist Julie Doucet reinvents herself with memoir Time Zone J

Nikky Manfredi · Posted: Jul 18, 2022

https://www.cbc.ca/books/celebrated-montreal-underground-comic-book-artist-julie-doucet-reinvents-herself-with-memoir-time-zone-j-1.6518234