Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi discuss the fallout from the controversial scrapping of their $90 million superhero feature and the huge outpouring of support they've received from across the industry.

Alex Ritman

December 5, 2022

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/batgirl-directors-interview-bilall-fallah-adil-el-arbi-1235274960/

'Scrooge: A Christmas Carol' Review: Slightly Off Key

By Lisa Kennedy

Dec. 1, 2022

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 2, 2022, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/movies/scrooge-a-christmas-carol-review.html

'Ainbo' Review: Saved by a Princess

The eponymous young huntress of this animated feature forges a plan to protect her village in the Amazon rainforest.

By Beandrea July

Nov. 29, 2022

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 2, 2022, Section C, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: Ainbo

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/29/movies/ainbo-review.html

Book Review: Meri Nazaar Mein Pran: A Biography on Cartoonist Pran

reviewed by John A. Lent

International Journal Of Comic Art Blog December 3, 2022

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/12/book-review-meri-nazaar-mein-pran.html

Asha Pran. Meri Nazar Mein Pran. From a Sign Board Painter to Padma Shri Awardee. Creator of Chacha Chaudhary, Cartoonist Pran. New Delhi: Pran's Features LLP, 2019. 80 pp. ISBN: 978-81-94070-33-7. https://www.amazon.com/Meri-Nazaar-Mein-Pran-Cartoonist-ebook/dp/B082LV1ZYW/

Book Review: Tokyo Rose--Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II.

reviewed by John A. Lent

International Journal Of Comic Art Blog December 4, 2022

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/12/book-review-tokyo-rose-zero-hour.html

Andre Frattino and Kate Kasenow (ill.). Tokyo Rose--Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2022. 128

Exhibit Review: Chris Ware

reviewed by Martha Kennedy

International Journal Of Comic Art Blog December 5, 2022

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/12/exhibit-review-chris-ware.html

Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Pioneering Comics Memoirist, Dies at 74

By Richard Sandomir

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 5, 2022, Section D, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Pioneer of Autobiographical Comics, Dies at 74.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/03/arts/aline-kominsky-crumb-dead.html

Aline Kominsky-Crumb, 1948-2022

John Kelly | December 5, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/aline-kominsky-crumb-1948-2022/

The Aline Kominsky-Crumb Interview

Peter Bagge

Reprinted from The Comics Journal #139 (December 1990).

Online at https://www.tcj.com/the-aline-kominsky-crumb-interview/

RASH OF BURGLARIES HITS CALIFORNIA COMICS AND COLLECTIBLE STORES

They Came in Through the Ceiling to Rob One Store

by Brigid Alverson on December 4, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52787/rash-burglaries-hits-california-comics-collectible-stores

Ciao, Richard (2016) [Richard Thompson]

By Diego Ceresa

Cul de Sac blog

December 5, 2022

https://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2022/12/ciao-richard-2016.html

Gorinson Named to Head Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group

Calvin Reid

Dec 05, 2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/91068-gorinson-named-to-head-oni-lion-forge-publishing-group.html

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode twelve | Ryan Stegman, part two

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan

December 5 2022

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/on-a-diplomatic-mission-to-alderaan

Remembering Tony Auth

by Signe Wilkinson, For The Inquirer

Dec 4, 2022

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/tony-auth-remembrance-editorial-cartooning-20221204.html

Same old song in wake of tragedy [Darrin Bell letter]

By Tom Harper, Las Vegas Sun Dec. 2, 2022

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/dec/02/same-old-song-in-wake-of-tragedy/

Disney Debuts First Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon in 95 Years

WDW News Today December 1, 2022 Shannen Michaelsen

https://wdwnt.com/2022/12/disney-oswald-the-lucky-rabbit-cartoon-95-years/

DAVE BAKER & NICOLE GOUX For FOREST HILLS BOOTLEG SOCIETY - Nov 2022 Graphic Novel Club Selection

Comix Experience

Dec 5, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8-1LOr_I2A

Randy Valiente on Filipino Komiks, Part 1

Host: Duy Tano

The Comics Cube

Dec 2, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi8Xql-55tk

The Nick Cardy 2005 Shoot Interview by David Armstrong

Comic Book Historians

Dec 5, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChomBFdc9xg

Interview: Jacob Edgar & Brian Michael Bendis on Archetypes & the Apocalypse in THE ONES

Jed W. Keith

Nov 3, 2022

http://www.freaksugar.com/jacob-edgar-brian-michael-bendis-on-archetypes-the-apocalypse-in-the-ones/

"I Feel Like I've Still Got a Lot to Learn": Tom Reilly on the Art and Styles of Ant-Man

By David Harper

December 1, 2022

https://sktchd.com/art-feature/tom-reilly-art-feature/

'Night of the Comet' Interview: A Bloody, Metaphysical War Between Samurai and Yakuza [Jonathan Thompson]

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Nov 28, 2022

https://previewsworld.com/Article/265476-Night-of-the-Comet-Interview-A-Bloody-Metaphysical-War-Between-Samurai-and-Yakuza

TOP DRAWER: Sun cartoonist Steve Bright scoops coveted Political Cartoon of the Year award [Brightly]

Elliott Wright

1 Dec 2022

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20622164/the-suns-cartoonist-steve-bright-won-political-cartoon-award/

Monday, December 05, 2022

Dec 10: Gallas and Barnes in Richmond

Comic Arts Richmond: Saturday, December 10th

12 Noon until 5 p.m. at Strangeways Brewing, 2277 Dabney Road, Suite A, Richmond, VA 23230.

Sierra Barnes and I will be exhibiting at Comic Arts Richmond this coming Saturday! A number of years ago, I exhibited at Richmond Zine Fest, so I'm excited to get back to Richmond. If you live in the area, I hope to see you there!

Click the link below to learn more about Comic Arts Richmond!

Comic Arts Richmond

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December 5, 2022

Jonathan Thompson interviewed by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

'Night of the Comet' Interview: A Bloody, Metaphysical War Between Samurai and Yakuza

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Nov 28, 2022

https://previewsworld.com/Article/265476-Night-of-the-Comet-Interview-A-Bloody-Metaphysical-War-Between-Samurai-and-Yakuza

Remember Richard, from 2016

Ciao, Richard (2016)
By Diego Ceresa of Turin, Italy
Cul de Sac blog
December 5, 2022
https://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2022/12/ciao-richard-2016.html

Dec 15: Brian Basset Book Signing at Scrawl Books

Brian Basset Book Signing - Red And Rover

https://www.scrawlbooks.com/event/brian-basset-book-signing-red-and-rover

Drop by Scrawl Books on Thursday, December 15 between noon and 3PM for an impromptu surprise: A signing with award-winning cartoonist Brian Basset! Brian is in town for a limited time (we hear he has plans with NASA!), and will be signing copies of his newest collection of comics, Red and Rover: Fun's Never Over. The perfect gift, whether the recipient is eight or one hundred and eight! Order your copy below.

Event date:

Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm

Event address:

11911 Freedom Drive

Reston, VA 20190

Red and Rover: Fun's Never Over (Paperback)

By Brian Basset

$11.99

ISBN: 9781524874711

Availability: Available to Order. Usually arrives in 1-3 weeks.

Published: Andrews McMeel Publishing - June 7th, 2022

Store Hours:

Monday- Saturday 10am-8pm
Sunday 12-6 pm
Curbside Pickup Hours Daily 12-6

Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. Open Christmas Eve 10am-4pm.

703-966-2111

Free Delivery in Reston, Herndon, Great Falls, Sterling & western Vienna

Reston Town Center
11911 Freedom Dr.
Reston, VA 20190

Transportation & Parking Information

Sunday, December 04, 2022

Werewolves vs Vampires by Daniel Boris [updated]

Herschel Walker recently said, "I don't know if you know, but vampires are some cool people, are they not? Let me tell you something that I found out: A werewolf can kill a vampire."

Sometimes these cartoons write themselves...

Daily Cartoonist on Bob Staake

WaPo Kills Style Invitational; Staake Loses Job

D. D. Degg
December 2, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/12/02/wapo-kills-the-style-invitational-staake-loses-job/

Saturday, December 03, 2022

Today: Jason Aaron at 3rd Eye Annapolis

NPR on Wednesday (of the Addams family), Disenchanted, and Strange World

Is 'Wednesday' creepy, kooky, mysterious or ooky enough?

Glen Weldon and Ella Cerón

Pop Culture Happy Hour November 28, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/10/1135768062/is-wednesday-creepy-kooky-mysterious-or-ooky-enough

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2022/11/20221128_pchh_827a0c44-36a5-4b7e-af95-690b9b8d9497.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1135768062

Does 'Disenchanted' find the fairy tale magic?

Linda Holmes and Cyrena Touros

Pop Culture Happy Hour November 30, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/29/1139668805/does-disenchanted-find-the-fairy-tale-magic

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2022/11/20221130_pchh_07ee3ffb-aedb-477d-ac7e-0b43b7c57cb1.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1139668805

'Strange World' journeys to the center of an animated earth

Stephen Thompson and Ronald Young Jr.

Pop Culture Happy Hour December 1, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1136107713/strange-world-journeys-to-the-center-of-an-animated-earth

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2022/12/20221201_pchh_cf63229a-1fe1-419d-871f-c34023d12dec.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1136107713

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/2/22

Aline Kominsky-Crumb, who transformed comics first as a muse and then as a feminist artist, dies at 74

By Ron Kampeas December 1, 2022

https://www.jta.org/2022/12/01/obituaries/aline-kominsky-crumb-who-transformed-comics-first-as-a-muse-and-then-as-a-feminist-artist-dies-at-74

Aline Kominsky-Crumb – RIP

by D. D. Degg

December 1, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/12/01/aline-kominsky-crumb-rip/

Pioneering Underground Cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb Dies At 74

Rob Salkowitz

Nov 30, 2022

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2022/11/30/rip-pioneering-underground-cartoonist-aline-kominsky-crumb/

Lived a Bunch, Loved a Bunch: Remembering Aline Kominsky-Crumb

by Chloe Maveal

December 1, 2022

https://www.thegutterreview.com/lived-a-bunch-loved-a-bunch-remembering-aline-kominsky-crumb/

HUNTER GORINSON TO TAKE THE REINS AT ONI-LION FORGE

As President and Publisher

by Brigid Alverson on December 1, 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52773/hunter-gorinson-take-reins-oni-lion-forge

George Perez's Shirts Up For Sale, To Help His Widow, Carol Flynn

December 1, 2022

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/george-perezs-shirts-up-for-sale-to-help-his-widow-carol-flynn/

A Life Remembered: Basset's political cartoons published in numerous newspapers

By Edie Schmierbach

Mankato Free Press Dec 1, 2022

https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/a-life-remembered-bassets-political-cartoons-published-in-numerous-newspapers/article_5fe9e004-6f32-11ed-ae44-e74867112b9a.html

SCRB Collection 015. Basset, Gene. Editorial Cartoons by Gene Basset, 1964-2005: Overview

Gustavus Adolphus College

Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library

https://libguides.gustavus.edu/SCRB015

https://gustavus.edu/library/archives/concertFiles/media/scrb/SCRB015.pdf

Dick Tracy Comic Character Tom De Haven Profiled

D. D. Degg

December 2, 2022

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/12/02/dick-tracy-comic-character-tom-de-haven-profiled/

Author, retired VCU English professor featured in 'Dick Tracy' comic this Sunday

Tom De Haven, who wrote a series of novels centered around comics and cartoonists and taught creative writing in the Department of English at VCU's College of Humanities and Sciences, appeared as himself on Sunday in the comic he grew up admiring.

By Mary Kate Brogan

VCU News Dec. 1, 2022

https://news.vcu.edu/article/2022/12/author-retired-vcu-english-professor-featured-in-dick-tracy-comic-this-sunday

Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | December 2, 2022

https://www.tcj.com/here-i-dreamt-i-was-an-architect-this-weeks-links/

Book Review: Graphic Novels and Comics as World Literature

reviewed by John A. Lent

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ART BLOG December 2, 2022

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2022/12/book-review-graphic-novels-and-comics.html

James Hodapp, ed. Graphic Novels and Comics as World Literature. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. 285 pp. US $130.00. ISBN: 978-1-5013-7341-1. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/graphic-novels-and-comics-as-world-literature-9781501373428/

Wash Post presumably fires Bob Staake, as it ends longtime reader favorite Style Invitational contest

by Mike Rhode

ComicsDC blog December 02, 2022

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2022/12/wash-post-presumably-fires-bob-staake.html

Bob Staake

[After 29 years of illustrating the Style Invitational, The Washington Post has killed the weekly humor/wordplay contest.]

December 1 2022

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid022gamYAj7dZxwJAEFtdGAZsSqZYA6t9rrtzvwbYHWLaHQvYZJcgsf3NKsSyP5DSFyl&id=100030913586756

Canberra Times cartoonist David Pope named Cartoonist of the Year Museum of Australian Democracy a second time for his razor-sharp commentary

By Sally Pryor

Updated December 1 2022 - 1:13am, first published November 30 2022 -

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8003543/david-pope-defines-democracy-as-cartoonist-of-the-year/

Daniel Clowes Conversation

Noah Van Sciver

Nov 29, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmXf0c7byuY

Rick Louis & Lara Antal with Charlotte Greenbaum (November 16, 2022)[ Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars.]

GreenlightBookstore

Nov 22, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKwPYnmv6Z8

Andrew S. Weiss — Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin - with Amb. Marie Yovanovitch

Politics and Prose Nov 21, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CEOpWeipv4

DAVE BAKER & NICOLE GOUX for FOREST HILLS BOOTLEG SOCIETY - Nov 2022 Graphic Novel Club Selection

Comix Experience Nov 30, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0GTgS1Mvs4

ISAAC LENKIEWICZ for ALCATOE AND THE TURNIP CHILD — November 2022 Kids' Club Selection

Comix Experience Nov 20, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4FWAMvRgUk

In Memoriam: Vic Carrabotta

Scoop December 2 2022

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=265428

Geoff Johns, Mikel Janín explore past and present in new 'Justice Society of America'

The return of the Golden Age of DC continues with the first JSA book in ten-plus years.

Chris Coplan

November 29, 2022

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/11/29/justice-society-of-america-return-qa/

Paul Cornell Debriefs Us On "The Completed Saucer Country"

By Kyle Welch | November 23rd, 2022

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/saucer-country-interview/

Spacesuited Snoopy doll floats in zero-g on moon-bound Artemis 1 mission

By Robert Z. Pearlman

November 16 2022

https://www.space.com/snoopy-nasa-artemis-1-zero-g-indicator

Out With The Bang: Jason and The Art Of Silence

John McNamee

November 28, 2022

https://solrad.co/out-with-the-bang-jason-and-the-art-of-silence

Avery Hill Dreams Big for Graphic Novels

By Brigid Alverson

Nov 23, 2022

A version of this article appeared in the 11/28/2022 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: At 10, Avery Hill Dreams Big

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/91006-avery-hill-dreams-big-for-graphic-novels.html

Interview avec David Sala Prix Landerneau BD 2022 pour Le Poids des Héros

2 décembre 2022

https://www.ligneclaire.info/david-sala-2022-270985.html

Attack on Titan Creator Hajime Isayama at Anime NYC

by Lynzee Loveridge, Nov 30th 2022

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2022-11-30/attack-on-titan-creator-hajime-isayama-at-anime-nyc/.192086

Manga Industry Survey: Over 20% of Artists Fear Bankruptcy Due to Japan's New Invoice System

2022-11-25 11:45 EST by Kim Morrissy

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-11-25/manga-industry-survey-over-20-percent-of-artists-fear-bankruptcy-due-to-japan-new-invoice-system/.192250

Withstanding the Heat: Denis Kitchen On Comics, Curiosity, and Censorship

by Chloe Maveal

November 22, 2022

https://www.thegutterreview.com/withstanding-the-heat-talking-censorship-and-comics-with-denis-kitchen/

Caretaker Blues and the Critic vs the Artist [Andrea Natalie, Wimmen's Comix, graphic medicine]

Edward Dorey

Synapsis November 18 2022

https://medicalhealthhumanities.com/2022/11/18/caretaker-blues-and-the-critic-vs-the-artist/

Heartstopper author Alice Oseman: 'If you don't have sex and romance, you feel like you haven't achieved'

Lucy Knight

19 Nov 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/19/alice-oseman-author-heartstopper-sex-romance-asexuality

Heartstopper review – possibly the loveliest show on TV

Rebecca Nicholson

22 Apr 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/22/heartstopper-review-alice-oseman-netflix-tv-drama

No drugs, booze, sex or swearing: will Heartstopper rewrite the young love rulebook?

Rachel Aroesti

18 Mar 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/18/no-drugs-booze-sex-or-swearing-will-heartstopper-rewrite-the-young-love-rulebook

Dr. IndigiNerd on Creating the World's Only Native Comic Book Shop

by Tai Gooden

Nov 28 2022

https://nerdist.com/article/red-planet-books-and-comics-shop-owner-dr-indiginerd-interview-native-indigenous-books/

Comics in the Anthropocene: Graphic Narratives of Apocalypse, Regeneration and Warning

Małgorzata Olsza

Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture No. 12 (2022): The Ecological Future /

http://www.czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/textmatters/article/view/15305

https://doi.org/10.18778/2083-2931.12.03

Multi-Histories: Creative and Narrative Plurality in Graphic Novels Exploring Indigenous Histories

Pfunzo Sidogi

Junctures No. 22 (2022): multi-

Published: Nov 13, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34074/junc.22069

https://junctures.org/index.php/junctures/article/view/431

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules' Review: Oh, Brother

By Calum Marsh

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 2, 2022, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/movies/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-rodrick-rules-review.html

Tributes pour in for legendary Andy Capp cartoonist Roger Mahoney who died aged 89

Sean Garnett

29 Nov 2022

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tributes-pour-legendary-andy-capp-28614075

Is 'Wednesday' creepy, kooky, mysterious or ooky enough? [Addams Family]

Glen Weldon and Ella Cerón

Pop Culture Happy Hour November 28, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/10/1135768062/is-wednesday-creepy-kooky-mysterious-or-ooky-enough

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2022/11/20221128_pchh_827a0c44-36a5-4b7e-af95-690b9b8d9497.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1135768062

Does 'Disenchanted' find the fairy tale magic?