Saturday, September 17, 2022
Small Press Expo today in Rockville; Batman day at local comics stores
https://www.smallpressexpo.com/ for details - I'll be there and so will a bunch of local cartoonists such as DC Conspiracy, Sarah Boxer, Danielle Corsetto and more.
Batman Day comics are available at Beyond Comics and Third Eye and probably other places.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/16/22
ROCKET COPY' OF 'ACTION COMICS' #1 SELLS FOR $3.4 MILLION
New Record for First Appearance of Superman
by Brigid Alverson on September 15, 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52153/rocket-copy-action-comics-1-sells-3-4-million
Larry Hama Celebrates 40 Years Writing G.I. JOE
Scoop September 16 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=264154
'G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero' #300 breaks record and marks the end of the series
David Brooke
September 13, 2022
https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/13/g-i-joe-a-real-american-hero-300-larry-hama-idw/
Renée Witterstaetter Previews George Washington in Comics & Pop Culture Exhibit
Scoop September 16 2022
https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=264083
Deny It To A King – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | September 16, 2022
https://www.tcj.com/deny-it-to-a-king-this-weeks-links/
Art Spiegelman to receive honorary National Book Award
By HILLEL ITALIE
September 9, 2022
Melanie Gillman's "Other Ever Afters" Part 1: The Power of the Fairy Tale
By Elias Rosner | September 13th, 2022
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/melanie-gillman-other-ever-afters-part-1/
Mignolaversity: Rachele Aragno Discusses "Leonide the Vampyr"
By Mark Tweedale | September 14th, 2022
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/rachele-aragno-leonide/
X-Men Monday #171 – X Me Anything With Jordan D. White
Chris Hassan
September 12, 2022
https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/12/x-men-monday-171-x-m-a-jordan-d-white/
The Brave And The Bold: What Jim Aparo Thought of Batman's Many Guest Stars
Michael Eury
Sep 11, 2022
https://13thdimension.com/the-brave-and-the-bold-what-jim-aparo-thought-of-batmans-many-guest-stars/
The TOP 13 TEAM-UP ISSUES of the Silver and Bronze Ages
Sep 11, 2022
Whether it's Marvel or DC, guest columnist Michael Eury has you covered…
https://13thdimension.com/the-top-13-team-up-issues-of-the-silver-and-bronze-ages/
Marc Bernardin details the horror and bureaucracy in 'Census'
The new ComiXology Original debuts today (September 13).
Chris Coplan
September 13, 2022
https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/13/marc-bernardin-details-census/
Review: Funny Pages
Dash Shaw on September 12, 2022
https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/review-funny-pages-owen-kline-dash-shaw/
Sketchy Characters: Owen Kline and Johnny Ryan on Funny Pages
Michael Leader
15 Sep 2022
https://www.curzon.com/journal/sketchy-characters-owen-kline-and-johnny-ryan-on-funny-pages/
Graphic Novel 'Tokyo Rose - Zero Hour' Seeks To Vindicate Forgotten Victim Of World War II
Josh Weiss
Sep 13, 2022
Manga Artist Fumi Yoshinaga Talks about Her Own Works and Changes in Society: Expanding Manga Expression
2022-09-14
Yui Kashima
https://tokion.jp/en/2022/09/14/interview-fumi-yoshinaga/
The Pioneer of Shojo Style, Macoto Takahashi
by Emmanuel Bochew, Sep 9th 2022
Manga Hulks Its Way to the Top
Japanese comics have become an undisputed juggernaut of the publishing industry.
By Viken Berberian
September 9, 2022
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/manga-hulks-its-way-to-the-top/
Matthew Thurber, September 13th, 2022
338 Sep 13, 2022
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwbaWpU2pik
Emerald City Comic Con 2022: What's Your Go To Karaoke Song?
Sep 14, 2022
SKTCHD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLUZ8XBgrG0
At Home with Kate Beaton (DUCKS)
Sep 13, 2022
Drawn & Quarterly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6JdRwpLABg
'We had to leave home for a better future': Kate Beaton on the brutal, drug-filled reality of life in an oil camp
Claire Armitstead
15 Sep 2022
Ducks by Kate Beaton review – bad boys from the blackstuff
Rachel Cooke
Alex Ross Live Talks FF Full Circle and Takes Your Questions
Sep 14, 2022
wordballoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR9IokSFmEg
Mark Waid kicks off the ultimate DC Universe father/son battle with BATMAN VS. ROBIN #1!
Andrew Sumner
Sep 9, 2022
Forbidden Planet TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60kkP1zaM68
Matthew Rosenberg creates an incendiary love letter to The Joker in The Man Who Stopped Laughing!
Andrew Sumner
Sep 13, 2022
Forbidden Planet TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSyVliMOCxg
Tom Brevoort unveils Marvel's Fall 2022 superhero secrets, from the Avengers to Namor to the FF!
Andrew Sumner
Aug 25, 2022
Forbidden Planet TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CZFAjG_eeM
Ed Brisson reveals the Predator's ultimate nemesis in Marvel's Predator #1!
Andrew Sumner
Aug 24, 2022
Forbidden Planet TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxm41d1cct8
Greg Land & Derek Landy deliver lightning-fast non-stop superhero action with All-Out Avengers!
Andrew Sumner
Aug 23, 2022
Forbidden Planet TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YumqpRzeVb8
Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips take Ethan Reckless to San Francisco in Follow Me Down.
Andrew Sumner
Sep 14, 2022
Forbidden Planet TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pW0DgMfOoU
The Michel Fiffe (Copra, Bloodstrike: Brutalists, G.I.Joe) Shoot Interview!
Sep 14, 2022
Cartoonist Kayfabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWUkcwa_Vts
"The Lack of Appropriate Response from Governments to Tackle the Climate Crisis Triggered My Thoughts" – Alba Ceide on Her Ecologically-Focussed 'Earth Blues' Comics
by Andy Oliver
September 8, 2022
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/alba-ceide-earth-blues/
Off Panel #366: Superheroes...Are...Good? with Oliver Sava
David Harper
Sep 12, 2022
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-366-superheroesaregood-with-oliver-sava
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Oliver_Sava_2022.mp3
Gabby Rivera: Writing the story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero
Manoush Zomorodi
September 9, 2022 TED Radio Hour
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/ted/2022/09/20220908_ted_ted01.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1121549445
PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 533: News from DC
Calvin Reid, Heidi "The Beat" MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons
on 09/09/2022
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1216
Keanu Reeves is making a new Constantine movie
Warner Bros. is bringing back the DC Comics warlock for a sequel to the 2005 film.
William Hughes
September 16 2022
https://www.avclub.com/keanu-reeves-constantine-2-warner-bros-1849547894
Paul Levitz makes his Marvel comics writing debut with AVENGERS: WAR ACROSS TIME miniseries this January
Writer Paul Levitz and artist Alan Davis assemble for a new Kang storyline in time for the Avengers 60th anniversary!
Taimur Dar
09/16/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/avengers-war-across-time-limited-series-announced/
INTERVIEW: BENDIS, ARAÚJO talk PHENOMENA BOOK 1
The YA quest adventure is the first of a three graphic novel trilogy.
Zack Quaintance
09/16/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-bendis-araujo-talk-phenomena-book-1/
With an Israeli Superhero, Marvel Wades Into an Intractable Conflict
The studio has angered many Palestinians and their supporters by casting the actress Shira Haas to play Sabra, a mutant Mossad agent, in a "Captain America" movie.
By Isabel Kershner
A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 16, 2022, Section A, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: With Israeli Superhero, Marvel Attracts Critics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/world/middleeast/israel-marvel-captain-america-sabra.html
In the new 'Little Mermaid,' Black girls and moms see themselves
Viral videos of little girls reacting to the trailer of the live-action Disney film is a marketing bonanza
By Samantha Chery and Anne Branigin
September 15, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/09/15/little-mermaid-halle-bailey-black-girls/
Marvel is ramping up Latine representation
Chris Vazquez
September 14, 2022
LGBTQ+ stories take center stage at CBLDF's Banned Books Week 2022 events
Maia Kobabe - author of most challenged book Gender Queer - leads the charge in this year's CBLDF Banned Books Week events.
Dean Simons
09/16/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/cbldf-banned-books-week-2022-events/
Warner Bros. Discovery Has Bigger Problems Than Its DC Search
The film studio's hunt for its own Kevin Feige may be complicated by key questions about what's next for the heavily indebted company — and whether another major deal is on the horizon.
Kim Masters
September 16, 2022
The Black-And-White D23 Expo Amazing Fantasy #1000 Variant in the Wild
September 15, 2022
by Rich Johnston
Friday, September 16, 2022
The Post on Little Mermaid's race and Hispanic characters
Marvel is ramping up Latine representation
Chris Vazquez
September 14, 2022
In the new 'Little Mermaid,' Black girls and moms see themselves
Viral videos of little girls reacting to the trailer of the live-action Disney film is a marketing bonanza
By Samantha Chery and Anne Branigin
September 15, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/09/15/little-mermaid-halle-bailey-black-girls/
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/15/22
Legends come alive in the first look at American Born Chinese
The Disney Plus series is an adaptation of Gene Luen Yang's award-winning graphic novel
Katie Chow
AV Club September 14 2022
https://www.avclub.com/watch-first-look-at-american-born-chinese-disney-plus-1849537225
Joshua Williamson Launches New Nailbiter Comics On Substack Pro
September 13, 2022
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/joshua-williamson-launches-new-nailbiter-comics-on-substack-pro/
Disney's GARGOYLES creator Greg Weisman details the latest in the franchise
Deanna Destito
09/15/2022
Opinion: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in comics beyond tamales
Cartoonist J. Gonzo addresses the issues raised by DC's Hispanic Heritage Awareness Month covers in a positive and constructive way
by J. Gonzo
Beat 09/15/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/opinion-celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month-in-comics-beyond-tamales/
Stan Lee's DC Comics JUST IMAGINE characters return in new Earth-6 anthology
Excelsior! In celebration of what would have been Stan Lee's 100th birthday!
Taimur Dar
09/15/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-comics-just-imagine-earth-6-stan-lee-one-shot-announced/
The MCU Thunderbolts - what DNA it shares with the comic books and what's missing
By George Marston
Newsarama September 12 2022
https://www.gamesradar.com/mcu-thunderbolts-similarities-differences/
TIFF 2022 - "The Peoples Joker" Conversation with Director/Writer Vera Drew
the Breeze Sep 13, 2022
Alexander Helisek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGkMAMoWdsY
Laying the Groundwork for Japanese Comics: Imaizumi Ippyō's Establishment of Euro-American Narrative Cartoons in the Jiji Shinpō between 1890 and 1899
Eike Exner and Irene Chun | September 15, 2022
Look! It's the winged monkeys of the Wizard of Trump [in print as Fly! Fly! The winged monkeys of Trump spread the 'big lie.']
Visual essay by Steve Brodner
Washington Post September 15 2022: A20-21
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/wizard-of-oz-flying-monkeys-trump-big-lie/
Full-page editorial cartoon by Brodner in today's Post
It's a thing of beauty.
Look! It's the winged monkeys of the Wizard of Trump [in print as Fly! Fly! The winged monkeys of Trump spread the 'big lie.']
Sept 16: Aimee de Jongh, Days of Sand, SPX hybrid lecture at the Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/item/event-406506/days-of-sand-small-press-expo-author-series/2022-09-16/.
The lecture is part of the Library of Congress participation in SPX festivities, and will occur in Jefferson Building room 119: https://www.loc.gov/visit/maps-and-floor-plans/. This event is free and open to the public. In the event you want to know more about the graphic novel, here is the Serials Division's Heroes and Headlines Blog post: https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/09/drawing-the-dust-bowl-an-interview-with-spx-program-speaker-aimee-de-jongh/.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/14/22
A Week In The Life Of Banned Graphic Novel, Gender Queer
September 12, 2022
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/a-week-in-the-life-of-banned-graphic-novel-gender-queer/
Scooby-Doo's Velma branded a 'Karen' for calling police in video game
In an update to the 'MultiVersus' game last week, Velma was stripped of her police-calling powers
By Julian Mark
Washington Post September 12, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/12/velma-multiversus-police/
TIFF: 'The People's Joker' Pulled From Toronto Fest Over "Rights Issues"
Vera Drew's queer coming-of-age film, with its reimagining of Gotham City, has been withdrawn from further plays at festival after a world premiere after midnight on Tuesday.
Etan Vlessing
September 14, 2022
INTERVIEW: MICHAEL MORECI & HAYDEN SHERMAN revisit WASTED SPACE
The popular sci-fi comic is getting an omnibus on Kickstarter
Deanna Destito
09/14/2022
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-michael-moreci-hayden-shermain-wasted-space/
Matthew Rosenberg Launches Substack Comics With Juan Ferreyra & More
September 13, 2022
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/matthew-rosenberg-launches-substack-comics-with-juan-ferreyra-more/
Compare How Mark Buckingham Completely Redrew Miracleman Silver Age
September 13, 2022
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/compare-how-mark-buckingham-completely-redrew-miracleman-silver-age/
She-Hulk Director: Madisynn/Wong Bonus Scene Didn't Exist in the Script
By Matt Webb Mitovich / September 11 2022
https://tvline.com/2022/09/11/she-hulk-madisynn-wong-bonus-scene-added-to-script/
Sep 13, 2022 7:00 AM
Kate Beaton on Creating the Best Graphic Novel of 2022
The cartoonist's Ducks is a devastating memoir about life in the oil sands of northern Alberta, Canada.
Graeme McMillan
https://www.wired.com/story/kate-beaton-ducks-q-and-a/
Pinocchio (2022) vs. Pinocchio (1940): What are the Differences?
We examine how far Robert Zemeckis' Pinocchio gets from the original 1940 Disney movie.
By David Crow | September 14, 2022
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/pinocchio-2022-vs-pinocchio-1940-what-are-the-differences/
EXCLUSIVE: TMNT's Tom Waltz Talks Last Ronin Prequel and Teases More Ninja Turtles Comics
By Gregg Katzman
CBR September 12 2022
https://www.cbr.com/tmnt-writer-talks-last-ronin-prequel-and/
Lily Renée Phillips, Pioneering Comic Book Artist, Dies at 101
A refugee from Nazi-annexed Austria, she started a new life in New York drawing powerful, glamorous heroines and broke barriers in a male-dominated field.
By Neil Genzlinger
Sept. 14, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/arts/design/lily-renee-phillips-dead.html
Disney's new Israeli superhero film hits a raw nerve with Arabs [MCU, Sabra, Incredible Hulk]
By Hadas Gold and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN
September 14, 2022
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/middleeast/marvel-israeli-superhero-mime-intl/index.html
Gay comic artist reveals the origins of his new, personal graphic novel
Don Gaddis
Sep 12, 2022 northwestpress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnu0dGuSfEw
Enjoy Nyara A.'s interview with Jonathan Schnapp, author, Order of the Night Jay: The Forest Beckons
Nyara A.
Sep 7, 2022
KIDS FIRST!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGRHdmxmik0
Stephen East
September 8 2022
Has News Corp Killed the Newspaper Comic Strip? [Australia, The Phantom]
https://www.chroniclechamber.com/post/has-news-corp-killed-the-comic-strip
Queensland cartoonist draws final comic strip for newspapers [Gary Clark]
Jessica Naunton, presenter
ABC North Queensland 12 Sep 2022
https://www.abc.net.au/northqld/programs/mornings/gary-clark-cartoonist/101434802
A Harrowing Journey Ends: PW Talks with Fabien Toulmé [France]
By Chris Burkhalter |
Sep 09, 2022
A version of this article appeared in the 09/12/2022 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: A Harrowing Journey Ends
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