Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/12-13/22

 

'Burbank' Review: When Disney's Animators Went on Strike

Cameron Darwin Bossert's smart new play fictionalizes a 1941 labor dispute to explore the tension between passions and paychecks.

 Laura Collins-Hughes

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 12, 2022, Section C, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: When Disney's Animators Went on Strike

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/theater/burbank-review.html

 

Finding Humor, and Humanity, in Canada's Oil Fields

 

Kate Beaton headed to the tar sand fields of Alberta saddled with loans and in need of cash. She found a job — and the book she "was always going to make."

By Robert Ito

    A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 12, 2022, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: In Oil Fields, A Real Gusher Of Memories

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/books/kate-beaton-ducks-canada-oil.html

 

Diane Noomin, 75, Is Dead; Gave Underground Comics a Feminist Voice

By Penelope Green

Sept. 11, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/arts/diane-noomin-dead.html

 

Diane Noomin, who helped bring feminism to underground comics, dies at 75

    By Penelope Green | New York Times

    Sep 12, 2022

    https://www.sfexaminer.com/our_sections/faces/diane-noomin-who-helped-bring-feminism-to-underground-comics-dies-at-75/article_c50a07ad-8fea-5d4e-88b5-081ee2ced564.html

 

Coliseum Of Comics Opens Tenth Store, In South East Orlando

September 8, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/coliseum-of-comics-opens-tenth-store-in-south-east-orlando/

 

Round, Julia. "Transforming Shakespeare: Neil Gaiman and The Sandman."

Frus, P., & Williams, C. (Eds.). (2010). Beyond adaptation : Essays on radical transformations of original works. McFarland &

 

Conceptual artist turns One Piece manga into ONEPIECE, 'the world's biggest book

'This single volume conceptual artpiece comes in at 21,450 pages and 36lb

Dean Simons

09/12/2022 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/conceptual-artist-turns-one-piece-manga-into-onepiece-the-worlds-biggest-book/

 

"My Love Of Mythology Never Really Ebbed Or Waned": George O'Connor on Olympians and Beyond

Gina Gagliano | September 12, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/my-love-of-mythology-never-really-ebbed-or-waned-george-oconnor-on-olympians-and-beyond/

 

Art Spiegelman to receive lifetime achievement award from National Book Foundation in November

Spiegelman becomes the first cartoonist to ever receive the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

Dean Simons

09/12/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/art-spiegelman-national-book-foundation-lifetime-achievement-award/

 

The world's funniest former NASA roboticist will take your questions

Randall Munroe, creator of the popular webcomic "xkcd" and author of a new book, applies true research to wild ideas (rogue dinosaurs in New York City!)

By Michael Cavna

September 12, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/09/12/randall-munroe-xkcd-what-if/

 

Eric Jones, Little Gloomy Creator, Batman: B&tB Artist, Has Died at 51

By Brian Cronin

CBR September 11 2022

https://www.cbr.com/eric-jones-dies-little-gloomy-batman-brave-and-the-bold/

 

Marvel's 'Thunderbolts' Cast Set With Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan Leading

David Harbour (Red Guardian), Wyatt Russell (US Agent), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), Olga Kurylenko (Taskmaster) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus round out the cast.

By Aaron Couch, Sydney Odman

September 10, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvels-thunderbolts-cast-set-with-florence-pugh-sebastian-stan-1235216780/

 

Marvel Unveils Trailers for 'Secret Invasion,' 'Werewolf By Night' [MCU]

Aaron Couch

September 10, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/marvel-unveils-trailers-for-secret-invasion-werewolf-by-night-1235216743/

 

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Shows Off Gripping Sequence at D23

Aaron Couch

September 10, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-shows-off-d23-1235216568/

 

Paul Rudd Teases "Bananas" 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'

By Aaron Couch, Sydney Odman

September 10, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-paul-rudd-1235216590/

 

'Captain America: New World Order' Sets New Castmembers at D23

Anthony Mackie stars in the film, which arrives May 3, 2024.

By Aaron Couch, Borys Kit

September 10, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/captain-america-new-world-order-1235214960/

 

How Much Are Your Sandman Back Issues Worth? Let's Find Out!

September 11, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/how-much-are-your-sandman-back-issues-worth-lets-find-out/

 

Bad Idea is back with seven new series – and stickers

The controversial publisher is back with seven new series that look great, and come very unconventional marketing and sales plans.

Heidi MacDonald

09/12/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/bad-idea-2-is-back-and-they-have-books-and-stickers/

 

Kicked into the Gutters: or, "My Dad Doesn't Read Comics, He Studies Them."

Martin Barker

IJOCA, 4 (1; Spring 2002), pp. 64-77

reprinted at https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/09/martin-barker-in-2002-kicked-into.html

 

Daily comic cartoons stripped from the paper [Australia; Jason Chatfield].

Sammy J on ABC Radio Melbourne Breakfast September 11 2022

https://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/programs/breakfast/jason-chatfield-comic-strips/101428500

 

Searching for connection: An investigative cartoonist seeks the source of real human bonding.

By David Milgrim         

September 9, 2022

https://www.boston.com/culture/commentary/2022/09/09/searching-for-connection-investigative-cartoonist-seeks-source-of-real-human-bonding/

 

Substack Adds Uncanny X-Men and Dark Crisis Writers to Impressive Comic Book Talent Pool

Two more acclaimed writers have joined the Substack roster.

By Jesse Schedeen

Sep 13, 2022

https://www.ign.com/articles/substack-comic-books-creators-joshua-williamson-matthew-rosenberg

 

Michael Sheen "Defends" Neil Gaiman's Lord of the Rings: TROP Writing

September 9, 2022

by Ray Flook

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/michael-sheen-defends-neil-gaimans-lord-of-the-rings-trop-writing/

 

Paper Girls Co-Creator Cliff Chiang Shares Thoughts on Series Ending

September 12, 2022

by Ray Flook

| https://bleedingcool.com/tv/paper-girls-co-creator-cliff-chiang-shares-thoughts-on-series-ending/

 

Belgium's BD Comic Strip Festival celebrates the medium with Atomium Prize 2022

A solid range of award-winning titles and Judith Vanistendael's career recognised

Dean Simons

09/13/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/belgiums-bd-comic-strip-festival-celebrates-the-medium-with-atomium-prize-2022/

 

#crossneverleft: How to Throw a Cyclocross Race

By: Fergus Tanaka & Brian Biggs

September 7, 2022

https://theradavist.com/how-to-throw-a-cyclocross-race/

 

A teenager's view of Rose City Comic Con

Our new junior reporter went to Rose City Comic Con to see what the vibe was and scope out hobbits. This is his con report.

By Max Hurwitz

09/13/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-teenagers-view-of-rose-city-comic-con/

 

Meet 19-year-old Joshua Masterson and 'The Catholic Cartoon'

Tom Falco

September 6, 2022

https://10withtom.com/2022/09/06/19-year-old-joshua-mastersons-the-catholic-cartoon/#more-256    

 

AJC cartoonist Mike Luckovich on his new book and his process

  by Phil Kloer |

Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  September 11, 2022

https://reporternewspapers.net/2022/09/11/ajc-cartoonist-mike-luckovich-on-his-new-book-and-his-process/

 

How the 1994 Fantastic Four Movie Lived On (Despite Marvel's Plan to Kill It)

Long before Warner Bros. Discovery swung the ax on Barbara Gordon and company, a Roger Corman comic book movie suffered an even stranger fate.

  By Jack Beresford | September 13, 2022

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/1994-fantastic-four-movie-marvel-plan-to-kill/

 

How Long Is the Drive to the Edge of the Universe?

By Randall Munroe

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 13, 2022, Section D, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: How Long Is the Drive to the Edge of the Universe?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-universe-driving.html   

 

British Eagle founder Rev Marcus Morris remembered with heritage plaque

 

A British town in which Marcus Morris briefly served as a local priest commemorates his life and work

Dean Simons

09/13/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/british-eagle-founder-rev-marcus-morris-remembered-with-heritage-plaque/

 

Remembering Martin Barker by Ian Gordon and Jonathan Gray

International Journal of Comic Art blog September 13, 2022

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/09/remembering-martin-barker-by-ian-gordon.html

Monday, September 12, 2022

Cavna talks to Randall Munroe of xkcd

The world's funniest former NASA roboticist will take your questions

Randall Munroe, creator of the popular webcomic "xkcd" and author of a new book, applies true research to wild ideas (rogue dinosaurs in New York City!)

Sept 14: Randall Munroe In Conversation with Derek Thompson

Admission:

In Person:
Ticket: $20
Ticket + Signed Book: $38

Virtual:
Ticket: $12
Ticket (free) + Signed Book: $37

How to Purchase:

Online only. Additional fees apply.

Venue:

Sixth & I (In-Person and Virtual)

Doors Open:

6:00 pm

Randall Munroe In Conversation with Derek Thompson

Sep 14, 2022 • 7:00 pm ET

At this in-person event (with a virtual attendance option), masks and proof of vaccination are required. Please review our health and safety protocols here.

Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone's freezer door at the same time? Maybe it's time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. For the answers to the rest of the weirdest questions you never thought to ask, "xkcd" creator and former NASA roboticist Randall Munroe is back with What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.

The millions of people who read the #1 New York Times bestselling What If? still have questions, and, unfazed by absurdity, Munroe consults the latest research on everything from swing-set physics to airplane-catapult design to clearly and concisely answer them. Filled with bonkers science, boundless curiosity, and Munroe's signature stick-figure comics, What If? 2 invites us to appreciate the wilder side of science.

Munroe will be in conversation with Derek Thompson, a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he writes the "Work in Progress" newsletter, host of the weekly news podcast "Plain English," and author of Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction.

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More Info: Author's Website, Twitter

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/10-11/22

 

Get Graphic: Wes Craig Takes Readers on a New Fantasy Adventure in KAYA

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Sep 06, 2022

https://previewsworld.com/Article/264017-Get-Graphic-Wes-Craig-Takes-Readers-on-a-New-Fantasy-Adventure-in-KAYA

 

Canadian cartoon mystery finally solved after 6 years, thanks to the internet

A '90s cartoon elf sparked a years-long quest by citizen sleuths, gaining new steam from Toronto man's tweet

Derick Deonarain · CBC News Sep 10, 2022

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cartoon-mystery-elf-solved-1.6574263

 

Amazon cancels its Paper Girls subscription

The series, based on the comic by Cliff Chiang and Brian K. Vaughan, is reportedly being shopped around to other services

William Hughes

September 10 2022

https://www.avclub.com/amazon-cancels-its-paper-girls-subscription-1849521267

 

Gotham City Year One Contains Warnings For Racially Offensive Language

 September 9, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gotham-city-year-one-contains-warnings-for-racially-offensive-language/

 

Interview : avec Malraux la croisière s'est amusée [ Le Ministre et la Joconde]

Jean-Laurent TRUC.

11 septembre 2022

https://www.ligneclaire.info/bourhipinocs-tanquerelle-bourgeron-267419.html

 

Grant Morrison's Luda Retells the Story of Merlin with Drag Queens

  Sep 9, 2022

Late Night with Seth Meyers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhZoufrr3do

 

Redefining What Nerd Culture Looks Like

Dragon Con has transformed from a niche science fiction convention into a diverse celebration of fandom.

By Eden Weingart

Sept. 10, 2022

This article is also a weekly newsletter. Sign up for Race/Related here.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/10/us/dragon-con-diversity.html

 

At Corporate Pep Rally, Disney C.E.O. Pitches Warmer, Fuzzier Side

At this weekend's D23 Expo in California, Bob Chapek worked to rebrand himself after a difficult start to his tenure.

By Brooks Barnes

Sept. 11, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/business/media/bob-chapek-disney-expo.html

           

In Hong Kong, even children's books about sheep are deemed 'seditious' [in print as 'Seditious' children's books]

By the Editorial Board

Washington Post September 10, 2022

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/09/hong-kong-children-books-sedition/

 

Hong Kong Sentences 5 to 19 Months for Children's Books Deemed 'Seditious'

By John Yoon

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 11, 2022, Section A, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Five Sentenced Over 'Seditious' Books

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/10/world/asia/hong-kong-childrens-books-free-speech.html

 

On Lunar Distribution, and How Certain Things Work

David Harper

September 6, 2022

https://sktchd.com/longform/on-lunar-distribution-and-how-certain-things-work/

 

The Women of 'Wakanda Forever'

By Salamishah Tillet

    A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 11, 2022, Section AR, Page 56 of the New York edition with the headline: Leaning On One Another.

https://www.nytimes.com/20https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/movies/black-panther-wakanda-forever-lupita-nyongo-danai-gurira-letitia-wright.html 

 

Lee Papers Go Uniform Comics Company-Wide [Andrews McMeel]

D. D. Degg

September 11, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/09/11/lee-papers-go-uniform-comics-pages-company-wide/

 

Meet a Local Cartoonist — Brian Fies

Story by Jess D. Taylor // Filed under Locavortex Sep/Oct 2022

https://madelocalmagazine.com/2022/08/meet-a-local-cartoonist-brian-fies/

 

Art Spiegelman's 'Maus' is the latest One Book, One Chicago title. It feels like a provocation.

By Christopher Borrelli

Chicago Tribune Sep 08, 2022

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-maus-chicago-public-library-one-book-one-chicago-20220908-jauhq2bf7ffmjmarwyp6o237gy-story.html

 

Paul Gravett

MARTIN BARKER, COMICS, FILM & CULTURE SCHOLAR (1946-2022)

September 9 2022

https://www.facebook.com/paulgravett/posts/pfbid09XQYG1yCQY2KUiQeWCqErUksFV7vpBifiVWNd7ccpirFXo5tNxYLCKEp1sqaPWLCl

 

Hayden Mears 08/09/2022

Amy Smart | STARGIRL

https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/amy-smart-stargirl

 

In the Shadow of Invasion

Text and art by Molly Crabapple           

Across Ukraine, people fight, grieve, sing, skateboard, selfie. "We will think of our pain after victory."

New York Review of Books September 9, 2022

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2022/09/09/ukraine-in-the-shadow-of-invasion-sketchbook/

 

Gotham City Year One Contains Warnings For Racially Offensive Language

 September 9, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gotham-city-year-one-contains-warnings-for-racially-offensive-language/

 

WATCH NOW: Bruce Miller speaks with "Crabgrass" cartoonist Tauhid Bondia

    Sep 9, 2022

https://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/watch-now-bruce-miller-speaks-with-crabgrass-cartoonist-tauhid-bondia/video_93627b30-dcc5-5dae-98a2-73a2b3bf0222.html

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/9/22

 

Interview: Dan Jurgens brings back Tarzan in Lord Of The Jungle.

Deanna Destito

09/09/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-dan-jurgens-tarzan-lord-of-the-jungle/

 

Tripwire and Heavy Metal team for pop culture outlet's 30th anniversary book

Joe Grunenwald

09/09/2022

https://www.comicsbeat.com/tripwire-30th-anniversary-book-heavy-metal/

 

Art Spiegelman to Receive NBF Lifetime Achievement Award

Sep 09, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3909

 

'CoComelon' Video Game Is a First for Fast-Growing Moonbug

Video games for toddlers are a promising business — albeit a tricky one, given parental concerns about screen time.

By Brooks Barnes

    A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 9, 2022, Section B, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Popular Toddler TV Show Expands to Video Games

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/business/cococomelon-video-game-is-a-first-for-fast-growing-moonbug.html

 

Diane Noomin (1947–2022), pioneering underground comics artist

By Linnea Crowther September 7, 2022

https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/diane-noomin-1947-2022-pioneering-underground-comics-artist/

 

Convention Recap: New Jersey Comic Art Con

Contributed by collector and Overstreet Advisor Art Cloos

Photos by Alice Cloos

Scoop September 9 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=263974

 

New Jersey Comic Art Con in Photos

Photos by Alice Cloos

Scoop September 9 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?ArticleID=263975

 

'Bluey' is a kids show with lessons for everyone

Stephen Thompson, Kathryn VanArendonk and Amil Niazi

Pop Culture Happy Hour

September 7, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/23/1119060042/bluey-is-a-kids-show-with-lessons-for-everyone

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2022/09/20220907_pchh_c441c396-9386-480b-b207-06ad5658f60a.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1119060042

 

Disney's new 'Pinocchio' is what happens when you wish upon the wrong star

Glen Weldon, Aisha Harris, Margaret H. Willison, Christina Tucker

Pop Culture Happy Hour   September 9, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/08/1121824239/disneys-new-pinocchio-is-what-happens-when-you-wish-upon-the-wrong-star

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2022/09/20220909_pchh_429a2acc-21ec-42f4-9f25-5b1c99ae34b1.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1121824239

 

After 40 Years Graphitti Design Is On Production Hiatus

 September 8, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/after-40-years-graphitti-design-is-on-production-hiatus/

 

I Am Batman Superman With Chris Eliopoulos

Sep 6, 2022

wordballoon

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

 

Jon Sommariva Creator Chat

Iurgi Urrutia

  Sep 8, 2022

ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVr5RzEQrDQ

 

To Be Too Practical Is Madness – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | September 9, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/to-be-too-practical-is-madness-this-weeks-links/\

 

Review: Comics icon Grant Morrison's debut novel is a marvel of Oedipal camp

Noah Bertlatsky

Sept. 2, 2022

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-09-02/comics-icon-grant-morrisons-debut-novel-is-a-marvel-of-oedipal-camp

 

Graeme McMillan

Sep 2, 2022

Best of 2000 AD Proves Why the Comics Are Classic

https://www.wired.com/story/best-of-2000-ad-review/

 

Joshua Willamson on the 'Brave and the Bold' in 'Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths' #4 and what's next

David Brooke

September 6, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/06/dark-crisis-4-joshua-williamson-dc-comics/

 

Mathew Klickstein chronicles San Diego Comic-Con in new book

Chris Coplan

September 6, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/06/san-diego-comic-con-book-talk/

 

INTERVIEW: A History Lesson on The Comic Convention With Mathew Klickstein [San Diego Comic-Con]

  Kate Kosturski September 7, 2022

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2022/09/interview-a-history-lesson-on-the-comic-convention-with-mathew-klickstein/

 

Angela Slatter talks witches and dark things in 'Castle Full of Blackbirds' [Hellboy]

David Brooke

September 8, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/08/angela-slatter-castle-full-of-blackbirds-qa/

 

Stuart Moore talks space hijinks and heroism in 'Highball'

The new AHOY series features a boozehound pilot and a racist A.I.

Chris Coplan

September 6, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/06/highball-ahoy-interview/

 

Stuart Moore Talks Highball Ahoy Marvel and Vertigo memories

on Sep 7, 2022

wordballoon

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

 

Tom Taylor, C.S. Pacat, and Jay Kristoff talk 'Dark Knights of Steel' prequel

Out today, 'Tales From the Three Kingdoms' explores younger versions of the heirs of El.

Chris Coplan

September 6, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/06/dark-knights-of-steel-prequel-qa/

 

Smash Pages Q&A | Noah Van Sciver

The critically acclaimed cartoonist discusses his two latest projects, 'Joseph Smith and the Mormons' and 'As a Cartoonist.'

Alex Dueben

September 7, 2022

https://smashpages.net/2022/09/07/smash-pages-qa-noah-van-sciver-2/

 

INTERVIEW: Editor Alberto Rayo Helps Spin a Tale in The Lizard Prince

  Kat Overland September 6, 2022

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2022/09/interview-editor-alberto-rayo-helps-spin-a-tale-in-the-lizard-prince/

 

Graphic Medicine as a Wake-up Call to Stand Against Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt

By Sarah Yousri1

View Affiliations

Source: QScience Connect, Volume 2022, Issue 3- Medical Humanities in the Middle East Conference, Aug 2022,

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2022.medhumconf.36

Published online: 31 August 2022

https://www.qscience.com/content/journals/10.5339/connect.2022.medhumconf.36

 

Off Panel #365: Opening at the Close with Wes Craig

David Harper

Sep 5, 2022

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-365-opening-at-the-close-with-wes-craig

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Wes_Craig_2022.mp3

Friday, September 09, 2022

NPR's PCHH on Bluey and Pinocchio

'Bluey' is a kids show with lessons for everyone

Bluey, Chilli, Bingo, and Bandit Heeler from the show, Bluey.

Ludo

The children's TV cartoon Bluey centers on a family of four anthropomorphic dogs. Each episode balances gentle humor with some kind of lesson about emotional intelligence. Bluey is an Australian series that first premiered in 2018, and is streaming in the United States on Disney Plus.



Disney's new 'Pinocchio' is what happens when you wish upon the wrong star

Thursday, September 08, 2022

HBO Max's disappearing cartoon Infinity Train is existentially revealing

Streaming TV is having an existential crisis, and viewers can tell

Missing archives, less ambitious programming, higher prices: Creators and subscribers say they're seeing the fallout from television's big revolution [ "Infinity Train"; in print as Turbulent times for streaming tv]

Sept 22: Malaka Gharib in Nashville

IN STORE: Malaka Gharib, author of It Won't Always Be Like This, in conversation with Yurina Yoshikawa

Parnassus Books is pleased to welcome Malaka Gharib to celebrate her new graphic memoir, It Won't Always Be Like This, in conversation with Yurina Yoshikawa.

This is a free event which will take place IN STORE on Thursday, September 22nd at 6:30pm Central Time. Because space will be limited, registration is required to attend this event. Please register for free by filling out the form below! (Note: If for any reason you need to cancel your registration, please call the store at 615-953-2243 at least 24 hours before the event so your space can be provided to another guest.) Masks are strongly encouraged during this event.

About the Book

An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country--from the award-winning author of I Was Their American Dream.

"What a joy it is to read Malaka Gharib's It Won't Always Be Like This, to have your heart expertly broken and put back together within the space of a few panels, to have your wonder in the world restored by her electric mind."--Mira Jacob, author of Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

It's hard enough to figure out boys, beauty, and being cool when you're young, but even harder when you're in a country where you don't understand the language, culture, or social norms.

Nine-year-old Malaka Gharib arrives in Egypt for her annual summer vacation abroad and assumes it'll be just like every other vacation she's spent at her dad's place in Cairo. But her father shares news that changes everything: He has remarried. Over the next fifteen years, as she visits her father's growing family summer after summer, Malaka must reevaluate her place in his life. All that on top of maintaining her coolness!

Malaka doesn't feel like she fits in when she visits her dad--she sticks out in Egypt and doesn't look anything like her fair-haired half siblings. But she adapts. She learns that Nirvana isn't as cool as Nancy Ajram, that there's nothing better than a Fanta and a melon-mint hookah, and that her new stepmother, Hala, isn't so different from Malaka herself.

It Won't Always Be Like This is a touching time capsule of Gharib's childhood memories--each summer a fleeting moment in time--and a powerful reflection on identity, relationships, values, family, and what happens when it all collides.

About the Author

Malaka Gharib is a writer, journalist, and cartoonist. She is the author of I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir, winner of an Arab American Book Award and named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Washington PostKirkus Reviews, and the New York Public Library. By day, she works on NPR's science desk, covering the topic of global health and development. Her comics, zines, and writing have been published in NPR, CatapultThe Seventh Wave Magazine, The NibThe Believer, and The New Yorker. She lives in Nashville with her husband, Darren, and her dog, Sheeboo.

About Yurina Yoshikawa

Yurina Yoshikawa is a writer whose work has appeared in Lit Hub, The Japan Times, The New Inquiry, and elsewhere. She teaches fiction and nonfiction writing at the Porch Writers' Collective. She was the winner of the 2020 Tennessee True Stories Contest and a 2021 recipient of the Tennessee Arts Commission. She has lived in Tokyo, Palo Alto, and New York before settling down in Nashville, Tennessee. 

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