Hot off the heels of a successful DC cinematic universe power play, Congressman Robert Garcia showed off some of the nation's finest comic books.
DC Drama 'Pennyworth' Canceled at HBO Max
The prequel series about Batman's famed butler ran for three seasons, with the first two of them on MGM-backed Epix.
Lesley Goldberg
February 1, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/pennyworth-dc-drama-canceled-hbo-max-1235314884/
Why Don't You Love Me? by Paul B Rainey – a marriage made in hell veers into the unknown
Rachel Cooke
30 Jan 2023
What If January 6 Had Worked? A Comic Explores That Disturbing Premise.
An interview with the Harvard prof who's one of the creators.
Written by Andrew Beaujon
February 1, 2023
This article appears in the February 2023 issue of Washingtonian.
Black Women In Cartoons: 'PW' Talks with Barbara Brandon-Croft
by Ebony V. Flowers
Feb 01, 2023
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Mike was the person who got me started on Marvel. When he married my cousin Emma around 1970, I was 5 years old. A few years later than that (I would guess I was about 8), he gave me a stack of his comics. This was before speculator booms and they were only 10-15 years old at that point anyway, but it was still a generous gift. There were a lot of DC Silver Age science fiction and early Marvels. I grew hooked on Carmine Infantino's Adam Strange with its sleek futuristic lines, Space Cabbie, and the Challengers of the Unknown. Meanwhile Marvel's interlinked universe was a tantalizing mystery, as I read single issues of the Avengers and Spider-Man, including the ones that introduced Kang (Avengers 8) and the Green Goblin (Amazing Spider-Man 14; I have those numbers memorized). I still read Curt Swan, Elliot S! Maggin and Cary Bates' clever stories in DC's superhero line, as they tried to deal with a Superman who could move planets, or a Flash who could run faster than light. But when I started earning a bit of paper-delivering money, I bought Marvel and got thoroughly invested in their soap opera super heroics. Fortunately, my parent's ecumenical tastes carried me along, and even though superheroes have palled for me to this day, I read all types of comics. I have gotten to know a wide range of creators too, something the 8-year-old me would never have imagined.
Mike also gave me his Science Fiction Book Club collection after introducing me to fantasy books by giving me a copy of the Richard Corben-covered Llana of Gathol and John Carter Warlord of Mars combined edition. After a long physical and mental decline, Mike passed away last week in Arizona, thousands of miles and a lifetime away from growing up in northern New Jersey. As far as I know he never returned to comic books, although I think he still read science fiction at times. My last email from him was in January 2017, but it's safe to say that without Mike Violante, I would not be the person that I am today and I remain very grateful to him. I read those comics to death, and they have no value at all now to anyone but me, but boy, do they mean a lot to me. Thanks for everything, Mike.
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode twenty | Christopher Sebela, part two
Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan
Jan 30 2023
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/and-no-transmissions-were-made
Hollywood Plans to Use AI to Youngify Tom Hanks in Adaptation of Surreal Graphic Novel Here
Kyle Barr
January 31 2023
https://gizmodo.com/ai-youngify-tom-hanks-metaphysic-deep-fake-1850055828
Apple TV+ to release 'Frog and Toad' animated series in April
January 27, 2023
AnimationXpress Team
Toonz Animation Studios' founding member Bill Dennis passes away; CEO P. Jayakumar pays tribute
January 27, 2023
AnimationXpress Team
DC Slate Unveiled: New Batman, Supergirl Movies, a Green Lantern TV Show, and More from James Gunn, Peter Safran
Borys Kit
January 31, 2023
James Gunn and Peter Safran on Building a New DC Universe
By Tim Beedle Tuesday, January 31st, 2023
https://www.dc.com/blog/2023/01/31/james-gunn-and-peter-safran-on-building-a-new-dc-universe
DCU's "Gods and Monsters" era begins with announcement of 10 projects
Heidi MacDonald
01/31/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/dcus-gods-and-monsters-era-begins-with-announcement-of-10-projects/
James Gunn unveils DC's new film and TV plan, including fresh spins on Supergirl, Batman
Jan 31 2023
Sarah Whitten
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/31/james-gunn-dc-film-tv-plans-batman-superman-supergirl.html
New Superman and Supergirl Movies Confirmed for DC's New "First Chapter"
DC Studios' new Superman movie will focus on a Man of Steel who will "never kill anybody" while a Supergirl film will feature a "harsher" Kara. We've got details from James Gunn and Peter Safran...
By Mike Cecchini | January 31, 2023
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/superman-new-movie-supergirl-dc-first-chapter/
Berger Books Celebrates Five Years at Dark Horse!
Dark Horse Comics
Jan 31, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF8z0eDyuNw
Berger Books hits its five-year anniversary at Dark Horse Comics
The imprint celebrates its wooden anniversary with a new video spotlighting some of its biggest releases.
Joe Grunenwald
01/31/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/dark-horse-comics-berger-books-five-year-anniversary/
Lisa Loring, Wednesday Addams in 'The Addams Family,' Dies at 64
By Christine Hauser
Published Jan. 30, 2023Updated Jan. 31, 2023,
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/30/arts/television/lisa-loring-dead.html
Comic Watchers Show e0178: Daniel Kraus on AWA's TROJAN, Man!
Chad Burdette
Comic Watch Jan 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAUrXvl6dCs
MARVEL TO OMNIBIZE CROSSGEN'S 'SIGIL'
First Complete Collection of Early 2000s Space Saga
Brigid Alverson on January 30, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53188/marvel-omnibize-crossgens-sigil
Marvel's third annual Krakoa X-Men Vote feat. Dazzler & Jubilee
Avery Kaplan
01/31/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/vote-for-dazzler-23/
Jeff Smith hits the road for "Dawn of Man" national TUKI promo tour
Follow along on the Route 66 journey with the podcast launching in April!
Taimur Dar
01/31/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/jeff-smith-hits-the-road-for-dawn-of-man-national-tuki-promo-tour/
Art [Spiegelman]
Bob Levin | January 31, 2023
'CORTO MALTESE' PARTNERS WITH BOAT BUILDER OLYMPIC RIBS
Milton Griepp on January 31, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53195/corto-maltese-partners-boat-builder
Vince Colletta's Letter To Marvel's "Droppings Of The Creative World"
Vince Colletta was an inker at Marvel from the 50s to the 80s. Jim Shooter was EIC in the 80s. Then he wasn't. So Vince wrote a letter...
by Rich Johnston
30 Jan 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/vince-collettas-letter-to-marvels-droppings-of-the-creative-world/
Marché de la BD, la charge irrésistible du manga
Jean-Laurent Truc
31 janvier 2023
https://www.ligneclaire.info/marche-de-la-bd-2022-273393.html
'King of the Hill' Revival Officially a Go at Hulu
Creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels will be joined by showrunner Saladin Patterson and five of the original voice cast members.
Lesley Goldberg
January 31, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/king-of-the-hill-revival-hulu-1235313373/
Duggan & Koblish's THE GIANT KOKJÜ arrives in print from Image this Spring
Gerry Duggan and Scott Koblish reunite for a kaiju-inspired miniseries launching in comic shops this April
Cy Beltran
01/31/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/duggan-koblishs-the-giant-kokju-arrives-in-print-from-image-this-spring/
2023 ALA Youth Media Awards
January 31, 2023 by Esther Keller
https://goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2023/01/31/2023-ala-youth-media-awards/
Tom Hanks Is Right: You Should Be Talking About Road to Perdition
Road to Perdition is a beautifully filmed, exquisitely acted gangster classic, and Tom Hanks wants to know why we aren't talking about it.
By Tony Sokol | January 31, 2023
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/tom-hanks-is-right-you-should-talking-road-to-perdition/
More to Come 552: Robert Kirkman and Invincible
Calvin Reid
PW Comics World: More To Come 01/27/2023
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1242
Hirschfeld Moments Ep. 1 - The Most Important Drawing Hirschfeld Tried to Forget
Dave Leopold and Doug Koons
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation Jan 28, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=SXtWJ9hHEYk
Kibbles 'n' Bits 1/30/23: IDW losses and more tidings
Heidi MacDonald
01/30/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/kibbles-n-bits-1-30-23-idw-losses-and-more-tidings/
Lisa Loring, Original Wednesday Actress on 'The Addams Family,' Dies at 64
Abid Rahman
Loring also played Wednesday Addams in the 1977 television movie 'Halloween With the New Addams Family' and had a recurring role in the series 'As the World Turns.'
January 29, 2023
DC, COMICBOOKS FOR KIDS TEAM UP FOR SPECIAL EDITION OF 'SUPERMAN' #39
Special Issue for Kids in Hospitals Has Covers by Tom Nguyen, Art Baltazar
Brigid Alverson on January 27, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53172/dc-comicbooks-for-kids-team-up-special-edition-superman-39
Rick and Morty Writer Clues Us In on Reason for Justin Roiland Silence
Wondering why no one's commenting on the record about Justin Roiland? A Rick and Morty Season 6 writer might've clued us in on the reason.
by Ray Flook 29 Jan 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/tv/rick-and-morty-writer-clues-us-in-on-reason-for-justin-roiland-silence/
Junji Ito "Dans l'antre du délire" - Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême
Stéphane Grobost and Jaime Bonkowski De Passos
ActuaBD Jan 26, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4zvyzc5ftU
The women in my family have years of trauma. I refuse to pass it down.
I decided that I could break that cycle.
Perspective by Brittany Long Olsen
January 29, 2023
Zach M. Stafford's GOOD COMICS FOR BAD PEOPLE gets a hardcover print release from Skybound [webcomic]
The collected edition was originally announced as part of a successful Kickstarter spotlighting Stafford's EXTRA FABULOUS comics.
Joe Grunenwald
01/30/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/good-comics-for-bad-people-hardcover-skybound-zack-m-stafford/
From terrible toreadors to dwarfs and princesses: Forging Disney's style of animation
Stephane Collignon and Ian Friend
2021, C. Pallant & C. Holliday (Eds.). Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: New Perspectives on Production, Reception, Legacy (pp. 45–60). New York: Bloomsbury Academic
https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501351198.ch-002
Will the Metaverse Be Entertaining? Ask South Korea.
In the world's testing ground for tech, K-pop singers are being spun up out of pixels and doing battle in a virtual universe.
By Jin Yu Young and Matt Stevens
A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 30, 2023, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Can K-Pop Make the Metaverse Cool?.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/business/metaverse-k-pop-south-korea.htm
"Valiant" effort: Mark Schultz writes iconic Sunday comic strip
BY JIM LOCKWOOD
Jan 29, 2023
Graphic Novel winners at 2023 ALA Awards: Victory. Stand!, Frizzy, Himawari House and more
Heidi MacDonald
01/30/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-winners-2023-ala-youth-media-awards/
Comixology update: Strange doings at Amazon
Todd Allen
01/30/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/comixology-update-strange-doings-at-amazon/
Faes, Johan. 2023.
Stripmusea in België: gestript en versnipperd [Belgian comics museums troubles].
De Standaard (January 30): DS2-DS3.
Online at https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230129_98112002
Comixology No More?: PWW Live 1/25/23
Ashton Greenwood and Troy-Jeffrey Allen
PREVIEWSworld
Jan 25, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFQo7dFRuGg
The Panel: ELFQUEST
Ani-Mia
PREVIEWSworld Jan 27, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq5yjD9ZNeU
Interview: Kill Bill Meets Clash of the Titans in HUNT. KILL. REPEAT.
Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
Jan 24, 2023
Prix Elvis d'or 2023 pour Kiss the sky de Mezzo et Jean-Michel Dupont
29 janvier 2023
https://www.ligneclaire.info/prix-elvis-dor-2023-273468.html
"Storytelling Is Controlling The Emotions You Want To Evoke": An Interview with Deena Mohamed, artist of Shubeik Lubeik
ML Kejera | January 30, 2023
