Forbidden Planet To Open New Store In Brighton, With A Sea View
Forbidden Planet International, is to open a new store in Brighton, further south than any Forbidden Planet store has ever been before.
by Rich Johnston
22 Feb 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/forbidden-planet-to-open-new-store-in-brighton-with-a-sea-view/
EXCLUSIVE: ONI HIRES THIRD EYE COMICS MANAGER TO HEAD UP SALES TEAM
Also: Editor Promoted to Digital Marketing Manager
Brigid Alverson on February 22, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53388/exclusive-oni-hires-third-eye-comics-manager-head-up-sales-team
ComicsPRO 2023 meeting kicks off in person as the industry faces challenges
Cartoonist Kayfabe is giving the keynote
Heidi MacDonald
02/23/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/comicspro-2023-meeting-in-person-industry-challenges/
Leiji Matsumoto, legendary manga creator, dies aged 85
By Imogen James
BBC News February 20 2023
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64703518
Riding the Toonerville Trolley in Kentucky…or New York?
By Michael Taube
February 21, 2023
https://troymedia.com/arts-entertainment/ae-books/riding-the-toonerville-trolley-in-kentucky-or-new-york/
Happy Birthday To Raymond Scott's 'Powerhouse,' The Most Iconic Song In Cartoon History [music]
By Vincent Alexander
Cartoon Brew 02/20/2023
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/raymond-scott-powerhouse-80th-anniversary-226143.html
The Pessimism of the Comic Strip
Patrick Kearney
Vanity Fair February 1923 : 57, 96
online at https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1923/2/the-pessimism-of-the-comic-strip
'The Flash' Movie to Screen at CinemaCon
The DC movie, which has a release date of June 16, will debut at the conference in Las Vegas.
Mia Galuppo
February 22, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-flash-movie-to-screen-cinemacon-1235332115/
Barnes & Noble Highlights Moomin Books and Products
By Karen Raugust
Feb 23, 2023
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/91602-barnes-noble-highlights-moomin-books-and-products.html
'Honestly, I Equate It to Human Greed'
By Chris Lee,
FEB. 22, 2023 https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/marvel-vfx-workers-on-ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.html
'The American Way' is a tale of pluck and luck [n print as 'The American Way': A fast-moving tale of pluck and luck]
A new book tells the story of a family's escape from Nazi Germany that wends its way through bootleggers, comic-book creators, sports legends and one iconic starlet
Review by Jennifer Howard
Washington Post February 23, 2023 : C3
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/02/22/american-way-stapinski/
I hid my disabilities at work. Now I know they don't limit my worth.
I gradually learned my worth wasn't determined by what I could "do," and that it was more important to listen to my body and myself
Perspective by Rachel Litchman
February 19, 2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/02/19/i-hid-my-disabilities-work-now-i-know-they-dont-define-my-worth/
A First Time for Everything: Dan Santat Discusses His Graphic Memoir, How Memories Change, and the Best Flavor of Fanta
February 21, 2023 by Betsy Bird
https://afuse8production.slj.com/2023/02/21/a-first-time-for-everything-dan-santat-discusses-his-graphic-memoir-how-memories-change-and-the-best-flavor-of-fanta/
13 Stories That Influenced My AVENGERS Debut, by PAUL LEVITZ
Feb 19, 2023
https://13thdimension.com/13-stories-that-influenced-my-avengers-debut-by-paul-levitz/
LA Times Book Prize 2023 Graphic Novel finalists announced
And Alex Segura's Secret Identity is a Mystery/Thriller finalist
Dean Simons
02/23/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/la-times-book-prize-2023-graphic-novel-finalists-announced/
Exclusive: Asterix Returns with New Writer
February 23, 2023 by Brigid Alverson
https://goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2023/02/23/exclusive-asterix-returns-with-new-writer-news/
Steven Yeun Joins Marvel's 'Thunderbolts'
The Oscar nominee will play a key role in the film, which focuses on villains and anti-heroes.
Aaron Couch
February 23, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/steven-yeun-joins-marvels-thunderbolts-1235330495/
'He created something magical': Calvin and Hobbes fans rejoice as creator plans first work in decades
Bill Watterson to publish a sombre 'fable for grown-ups' after disappearing from public eye in 1995
Matthew Cantor
@CantorMatthew
Wed 22 Feb 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/22/calvin-hobbes-bill-watterson-the-mysteries-new-book
European Journal 2023, Part 1: Bologna
Bill Kartalopoulos | February 23, 2023
https://www.tcj.com/european-journal-2023-part-1-bologna/
Precarious Youth in Contemporary Graphic Narratives : Young Lives in Crisis
Edited By
María Porras Sánchez,
Gerardo Vilches
2023
Routledge
https://www.routledge.com/Precarious-Youth-in-Contemporary-Graphic-Narratives-Young-Lives-in-Crisis/Sanchez-Vilches/p/book/9781032123592
Introduction: Graphic Narratives and the Precarious Condition
María Porras Sánchez and Gerardo Vilches
1. The Ideological Depiction of Childhood during the Great Depression: from Little Orphan Annie to Little Lefty
Francisco Saez de Adana
2. Oppressive Structures and Childhood Precarity in The Witches: A Graphic Novel
María Augusta Albuja Aguilar
3. Journey to Adulthood: Visual Representation of a Morphing Identity in Inio Asano's Goodnight Punpun
José Andrés Santiago
4. "A Malaise That We Don't Know What to Name:" Cruel Optimism and Residual Disenchantment in Nadar's El Mundo a Tus Pies (2015)
Katie Salmon
5. What Is Love? Precarious Lives, Precarious Loves in the Works of Italian Women Graphic Novelists
Nicoletta Mandolini and Giorgio Busi Rizzi
6. Uncertain Homes: Trauma, Fracture, and Resilience in Roma Biographies from the "Children's Homes" in the Czech Republic
Andrea Hoff
7. Finding Voice Within the Objects of Their Lives: Adolescents Writing Memoir Comics to Interrogate Crisis
Michael Kersulov
8. Super-Precariat: Socioeconomic Fictions and Realities of Superhero Comic Books
Elisa McCausland and Diego Salgado
9. "What Happens to a Dream Deferred?": Super Villains of African Descent
Óscar Gual Boronat and Mario Millanes Vaquero
10. Precarious Identity: Labelling Oneself Fumettista?
Lisa Maya Quaianni Manuzzato and Eva Van de Wiele
11. Amazing Ultradeformer Cartoonist from Ituzaingó: The Memes of Pedro Mancini
Amadeo Gandolfo
12. In Conversation with Vicent Giard: A Decade Taking Care of a Little Colossus
Enrique Bordes
13. Crises, New Modalities of Social Struggle and the Emergence of LGBTIQ+ Discourses as Revulsive and Autonomous Responses in the Field of Argentine Comics (2016- 2020)
Laura Cristina Fernández
14. Cultural Otherness in Der Traum von Olympia (An Olympic Dream)
Julia C. Gómez Sáez
15. Wasted Potential, Disposable Bodies: The Many Victims of Backderf's My Friend Dahmer
Monica Chiu
16. Strike Comics: Representing the Inequities and Absurdities of Academic Precarity
Lydia Wysocki
JOCK exhibition announced at the UK's Panel Gallery this April
An exhibition showcasing original art from Jock's Batman: One Dark Knight limited series
Dean Simons
02/23/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/jock-exhibition-announced-at-the-uks-panel-gallery-this-april/
Bad Idea personnel moves: Stern and Militano
Heidi MacDonald
02/23/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/bad-idea-personnel-moves-stern-and-militano/
ComicsPRO president Jenn Haines: "Comics retailers know how to fight and how to adapt"
2022 was a great year, but the industry needs to work together to face new challenges
Heidi MacDonald
02/23/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/comicspro-president-jenn-haines-comics-retailers-know-how-to-fight-and-how-to-adapt/
This Superman fan film is so good that people thought it was an actual game leak
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson
Newsarama February 20 2023
https://www.gamesradar.com/this-superman-fan-film-is-so-good-that-people-thought-it-was-an-actual-game-leak/
How Scott Snyder is blazing a new path in comics after 'Batman'
The acclaimed comics writer who shaped Batman for the modern era is leading the charge on a new anthology for IDW. Here's the deal on 'Dark Spaces.'
by Eric Francisco
Aug. 2, 2022
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/scott-synder-batman-interview
Raising Felix: Love and Fear
By Julia Wertz
February 22, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/raising-felix-love-and-fear