Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/24/22

 

Mickey Mouse Safe With Disney For Now as Early Version Enters Public Domain

By Emma Nolan On 7/13/22

https://www.newsweek.com/mickey-mouse-safe-disney-public-domain-steamboat-willie-copywright-trademark-1724250

 

MKupperman

Aug 20 2022

https://twitter.com/MKupperman/status/1561199955158646784

Fifteen years ago I used to see Owen Kline at release parties at Rocket Ship (his parents would pick him up, it was sweet) and tonight I saw his new movie, Funny Pages, about comics people

 

Funny Pages makes nerds feel seen—and smelled—for the first time

Owen Kline's portrayal of comics-obsessed losers eclipses American Splendor and Ghost World in a story so vividly unpleasant it should have stink lines

Jordan Hoffman

AV Club August 24 2022

https://www.avclub.com/funny-pages-review-owen-kline-safdie-daniel-zolghadri-1849420079

 

"Funny Pages," Reviewed: The Conventional Rebellion of a Teen-Age Prodigy

The writer-director Owen Kline's début is a serious comedy about a young comic-book artist's conflicting quests for freedom and approval.

By Richard Brody

August 23, 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/funny-pages-reviewed-the-conventional-rebellion-of-a-teen-age-prodigy

 

C2E2 2022 PHOTOS - PART 5-6

Saturday

Posted by Dennis Viau on August 24, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51977/c2e2-2022-photos-part-5

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51976/c2e2-2022-photos-part-6

 

Netflix Greenlights 'Parasyte: The Grey' Series From 'Hellbound' Creator Yeon Sang-ho

Abid Rahman

August 23, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-parasyte-the-grey-series-yeon-sang-ho-1235204810/

 

TMNT: Kevin Eastman Explores the Franchise's Radical Legacy and Future [aka Kevin Eastman speaks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!]

By Gregg Katzman

August 18 2022

https://www.cbr.com/tmnt-kevin-eastman-interview/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFKgPgziVr0

 

I Am Groot: James Gunn Clarifies Baby Groot/OG Groot Confusion

Posted on August 23, 2022

by Tom Chang

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/i-am-groot-james-gunn-clarifies-baby-groot-og-groot-confusion/

 

Secret 'Batgirl' Screenings Hit the Warner Bros. Lot (Exclusive)

The cancelled DC film is getting "funeral screenings" before footage is put under lock and key.

By Aaron Couch, Borys Kit       

August 24, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/batgirl-canceled-hbo-max-film-gets-secret-screenings-1235205323/

 

Artist Rene Aranda, 66 [editorial cartoonist]

Juaniyo Arcellana - The Philippine Star

August 25, 2022

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/08/25/2204982/artist-rene-aranda-66

 

In China's Version of 'Minions' Movie, Morality Triumphs

 

An apparent censor-added epilogue specially for Chinese moviegoers changed the tone of the comedy and earned online mockery from viewers.

By Tiffany May

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 24, 2022, Section B, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: 'Minions,' but More Marxist: China Rewrites Film's Ending.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/world/asia/china-minions-censorship.html

 

In China, new 'Minions' is latest film to get a censor-pleasing ending

By Lyric Li

August 24, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/24/minions-rise-of-gru-china-film-censorship/

 

DWELLINGS- LIVE Q&A with Jay Stephens

Jay Stephens

August 24th, 2022,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_xw7cONEBY

 

Live Drawing a Patreon Commission (Cyclops from the X-Men, 90s-style)

Chris Schweizer

August 24 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmgDu8hTQ74

 

Tom King Talks Human Target Love Everlasting Batman and more

John Suintgres

Aug 22, 2022

wordballoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7_QfwnZPZg

 

'Aquaman,' 'Shazam!' Sequels Push Back Release Dates

The delays were part of a number of changes made to Warner Bros.' release calendar amid new ownership.

By Borys Kit, Pamela McClintock          

August 24, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aquaman-shazm-sequel-release-dates-1235191860/

 

Jeannie Schulz, wife of 'Peanuts' creator, wins national honor for promoting cartoon art

Dan Taylor

The Press Democrat

August 24, 2022,

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/jeannie-schulz-ambassador-for-the-art-of-cartooning/

 

Todd McFarlane wants his upcoming Spawn/Batman crossover to be this century's biggest comic book

The Image Comics co-founder marks 30 years of Spawn, discusses the rise of women in geek culture, and reveals how he got schooled by Ozzy Osbourne

Bryan Reesman

AV Club August 24 2022

https://www.avclub.com/todd-mcfarlane-interview-spawn-batman-ozzy-osbourne-1849420375

China edits latest Minions movie ending

In China, new 'Minions' is latest film to get a censor-pleasing ending

By Lyric Li

August 24, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/24/minions-rise-of-gru-china-film-censorship/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/23/22

 

C2E2 2022 PHOTOS – PART 3-4: Saturday

Dennis Viau on August 23, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51968/c2e2-2022-photos-part-3

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51967/c2e2-2022-photos-part-4

 

DIGITAL COMICS, CROWDFUNDING AND BUSINESS AS USUAL AT EMERALD CITY

 Rob Salkowitz on August 22, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/51964/digital-comics-crowdfunding-business-usual-emerald-city

 

Paul Coker Jr., 1929-2022

Andrew Farago | August 23, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/paul-coker-jr-1929-2022/

 

Eric Allie and Mike Beckom Join Counterpoint Media

by D. D. Degg

August 23, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/08/23/eric-allie-and-mike-beckom-join-counterpoint-media/

 

'Batgirl' Directors Reveal They Have No Footage of Shelved Film, Still Hope for Release One Day

Filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah said that the film would still need a lot of work if it was ever to be released.

Abid Rahman

August 23, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/batgirl-directors-footage-1235203849/

 

How 'Funky Winkerbean' became the darkest strip on the comics pages [in print as 'Funky Winkerbean's' ever-changing world]

Over its 50 years, the sensitive comic has evolved from such subjects as high school gym class to suicide, abuse and cancer

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post August 23, 2022 : C1, 4

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/08/22/funky-winkerbean-tom-batiuk/

 

'Funny Pages' is queasily amusing (and kind of pointless)

The black comedy marks the feature directorial debut of Owen Kline, the son of Kevin Kline, but shares the aesthetic of its producers, Josh and Benny Safdie

Review by Mark Jenkins

August 22, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2022/08/22/funny-pages-movie-review/

 

Tilting at Windmills #291: I didn't leave floppies; floppies are leaving me

Distributor discounts are making it harder and harder to carry DC periodical comics

08/23/2022

By Brian Hibbs

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-periodical-comics-distributor-problems/

 

Christa Faust talks Hit Me from AWA Studios - A Friarside Chat

TLDR Comic Book Club August 17 2022

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tldr-comic-book-club/id1542312503?i=1000576323032

PR: Announcing Debut Books at SPX 2022

Check out the books debuting at SPX 2022

For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard Email: press@smallpressexpo.com   Debut Books at Small Press Expo 2022   Bethesda, Maryland - August 23, 2022   Media Release - Small Press Expo is thrilled to announce that over 170 books and comics will debut at SPX 2022. The festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 17-18, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center and will have over 500 creators, 280 exhibitor tables, 21 programming panels and 14 hands-on workshops to introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics. A complete list of debuts, including cover images and publishing information, can be found on the SPX web site.   SPX 2022 is proud to list a highlighted selection of books debuting this year: A Voyage To Arcturus: An Illuminated Edition - Beehive Books Visionary cartoonist Jim Woodring has chosen to illustrate an unclassifiable 1920 novel by the legendary British writer David Lindsay. A Voyage to Arcturus is a baffling amalgam of mysticism, science fiction, sexual politics, and outrageous fantasy, and stands as one of the greatest works of sustained, untrammeled imagination ever achieved. Woodring's drawings capture the writhing currents of interacting forces that lie beneath the wonderfully arcane prose. Featuring an introduction by Alan Moore. Who Will Make The Pancakes: Five Stories - Fantagraphics In Megan Kelso's  suite of five brilliant comics stories united by themes of motherhood, family, and love.Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual, interior experience. These stories, created over the past 15 years wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity, racism, class, love, and even abuse. The Bend of Luck - Top Shelf Some guys have all the luck… but not all luck is good. The award-winning duo behind Coin-Op Comics, Peter and Maria Hoey, return with a mind-bending tale of fortune and family. Imagine a world where Luck, the most ephemeral of ideas, has a physical form. Precious stones of luck, mined like gold, are worn as bringers of fortune. But luck breaks both ways. While the blue gems may grant advantage to those who wear them, their blessing is fickle and unpredictable. In the blink of an eye, good luck can turn to bad. This graphic novel tale is told in alternating scenes between the two generations, The Bend of Luck follows felicity's course, like an arrow, through a family's destiny. Good Person Trouble - Fieldmouse Press Sebastian, the tobacconist, stands trial for the disappearance of his cousin Teresa, but all is not what it seems in this courtroom drama. Bertolt Brecht meets Judith Butler in this debut graphic novel by Noëlle Kröger, translated by Natalye Childress. Thieves - NoBrow In Lucie Byron's first English-translated graphic novel, What happened last night? Ella can't seem to remember a single thing from the party the night before at a mysterious stranger's mansion, and she sure as heck doesn't know why she's woken up in her bed surrounded by a magpie's nest of objects that aren't her own. And she can't stop thinking about her huge crush on Madeleine, who she definitely can't tell about her sudden penchant for kleptomania… But does Maddy have secrets of her own? Can they piece together that night between them and fix the mess of their chaotic personal lives in time to form a normal, teenage relationship? That would be nice. Fruiting Bodies - Silver Sprocket Ashley Robin Franklin tells the story of Frances, her brother, and his annoying friend Trent as they take a road trip through the Pacific Northwest. A wrong turn strands them in the rain-soaked woods. Luckily, they're found by a beautiful, friendly stranger who is eager to help them—but is her convenient arrival their salvation, or something else entirely? A Brief Guide to Crutonia - Self Published Created by Deborah Lang and Robert Christie, Crutonia is a kingdom full of whimsical characters, strange beasts, and stories to be told. A Brief Guide to Crutonia, from the creators of "Quirk's Quest: Into the Outlands" and "Quirk's Quest: The Lost and the Found" features maps, creature profiles, and information about all aspects of Crutonian culture. Visit the SPX 2022 Website for More Info About This Years Show 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 650 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 Awards are held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. 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

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Information Terrorist"

from DC's anarchist cartoonist-

"Information Terrorist"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3507

      "...Some three weeks after Schumer helped push the (Ukraine aid) 
bill into law, on July 14, Andriy Shapovalov, a Ukrainian civil servant whose 
salary was paid for by U.S. taxpayer monies, convened a 'round table' in Kiev on  'countering disinformation'.

      Shapovalov, in his role as the acting head of Ukraine's Center 
for Countering Disinformation, published a list of the names of 72 people whom accused of deliberately spreading disinformation about Ukraine. Shapovalov labelled them 'information terrorists', adding that Ukraine was preparing legislation so that such people can be prosecuted as 'war criminals'."

      —Scott Ritter, reporting at Consortium News, 08.03.2022

Yeah, kids, isn't that a flabbergaster? One helluva humdinger of a 
doozy. I thought Biden — who never met a US war of aggression he 
didn't like — had pretty much destroyed my Goofy Meter when he called 
Putin a "war criminal", but this shit's got Goofy Meters exploding 
worldwide.

Just so we're clear — any journalist reporting the truth from on the 
ground, any journalist or essayist whose reporting or opinions 
contradict the official US/NATO Western media narrative? That's right, 
an "information terrorist", a "war criminal". Ben Norton? Aaron Maté? 
Rania Khalek? Alina Lipp? Eva Bartlett? Lee Camp? Yep, that's right. 
Information terrorists, war criminals.

The Gallup numbers, which I peeped not soon after, really drove the 
goofiness home. After 70-odd years of lies about Hiroshima, the Tonkin 
Gulf, My Lai, Cambodia, Laos, the Drug War, Kuwaiti incubator babies, 
Iraqi WMD's, Afghanistan, Havana Syndrome, Russiagate, trust in US 
media is at an all-time low, and I'm an "information terrorist" for 
doing these goddamn cartoons? I'M a goddamn "war criminal" for calling 
out the US state and media on their lies?

Bwah ha ha ha ha hah. The West™ can't collapse a day too soon for me.

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"Chuck Schumer's War on Free Speech", Scott Ritter at Consortium News 
08.03.2022
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/08/03/scott-ritter-chuck-schumers-war-on-free-speech/

"Biden calls Putin a 'war criminal' after meeting with troops in 
Poland", ABC News 03.25.2022
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-calls-putin-war-criminal-meeting-troops-poland/story?id=83670309

"U.S. Declaring Journalists 'War Criminals'", Lee Camp at MintPress 
News 08.16.2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKQcb-hEmgg

Ben Norton at The Grayzone:
https://thegrayzone.com/author/ben-norton/

"NATO-backed network of Syria dirty war propagandists identified", 
Aaron Maté at The Grayzone 08.01.2022
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/08/01/nato-backed-network-of-syria-dirty-war-propagandists-identified/

Rania Khalek Dispatches at Breakthrough News:
https://raniakhalek.com/category/breakthrough-news/

Rania Khalek on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/raniakhalek/

"German journalist faces three years prison over reporting from 
eastern Ukraine", Steve Sweeney at Morning Star News, 06.27.2022
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/german-journalist-faces-three-years-prison-over-reporting-donbass-region

"Eva Bartlett: 'Ukraine Has a Kill List, and I'm On It'", 21st Century 
Wire 06.12.2022
https://21stcenturywire.com/2022/06/12/eva-bartlett-ukraine-has-a-kill-list-and-im-on-it/

"Behind The Headlines": Lee Camp videos at MintPress News:
https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/behind-the-headlines/

"Media Confidence Ratings at Record Lows", Gallup Poll 07.18.2022
https://news.gallup.com/poll/394817/media-confidence-ratings-record-lows.aspx

Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
Mike's press kit: http://sinkers.org/stage/?page_id=2

Cavna on Funky, Jenkins on Funny Pages

How 'Funky Winkerbean' became the darkest strip on the comics pages [in print as 'Funky Winkerbean's' ever-changing world]

Over its 50 years, the sensitive comic has evolved from such subjects as high school gym class to suicide, abuse and cancer

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post August 23, 2022 : C1, 4

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/08/22/funky-winkerbean-tom-batiuk/

'Funny Pages' is queasily amusing (and kind of pointless)

The black comedy marks the feature directorial debut of Owen Kline, the son of Kevin Kline, but shares the aesthetic of its producers, Josh and Benny Safdie

Review by Mark Jenkins

August 22, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2022/08/22/funny-pages-movie-review/