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.
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
ComicsPRO 2023 meeting kicks off in person as the industry faces challenges
Cartoonist Kayfabe is giving the keynote
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?
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]
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
'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
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
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
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
'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
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
2023
Routledge
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
