Thursday, May 25, 2023

Transformers voice actors in Georgetown

The real Bumblebee and Optimus Prime roll out for Georgetown statues

The voice actors for the Transformers are listed as witnesses for an upcoming hearing on the controversial statues that stand outside a brain scientist's home

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/24/2023


 

Elon Musk Cartoons

Daryl Cagle, Monte Wolverton, Dave Whamond, Bob Englehart and Jeff Koterba!

Caglecast #17

May 22, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8zEqSFalto

 

Joshua Williamson's thoughts on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Superman and more!

Sal

ComicPop Returns

 May 23, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDBQGOfU0Y

 

R.I.P. to the Arrowverse, the most ambitious experiment in the history of superhero TV

As The Flash bows out on The CW, it's high time to eulogize the groundbreaking DC saga.

Sam Barsanti

 AV Club May 24 2023

https://www.avclub.com/eulogy-for-the-arrowverse-the-flash-finale-the-cw-1850405897

 

TILLIE WALDEN Named Vermont's Fifth Cartoonist Laureate

Walden will hold the position for a three-year term.

05/24/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/tillie-walden-named-vermonts-fifth-cartoonist-laureate/

 

Tillie Walden will be Vermont's fifth — and youngest — 'cartoonist laureate'

Brooke Hauser

Boston Globe March 24, 2023

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/24/arts/tillie-walden-will-be-vermonts-fifth-youngest-cartoonist-laureate/

 

INTERVIEW: Mirka Andolfo chats about taking BETTIE PAGE to Italy

The creator discusses taking on the legendary pinup

Deanna Destito

05/24/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-mirka-andolfo-chats-about-taking-bettie-page-to-italy/

 

Image Comics moves to Lunar for Direct Market Distribution

Heidi MacDonald

05/24/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/image-comics-moves-to-lunar-for-direct-market-distribution/

 

Hope Despite Everything: Nazis, Comics & Courage [Spirou]

Cynthia Rose | May 24, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/hope-despite-everything-nazis-comics-courage/

 

U.S. Book Show 2023: Comics and Graphic Novels Day in Photos

  Photos by J.D. Urban

May 24, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bea/article/92388-u-s-book-show-2023-comics-and-graphic-novels-day-in-photos.html

 

The High-Risk Feat of Bringing 'American Born Chinese' to TV

For years, Gene Luen Yang was convinced a single character in his groundbreaking graphic novel would doom any attempt at an adaptation. What changed?

By Jamie Fisher

    A version of this article appears in print  The New York Times Magazine May 28, 2023, Page 42   the headline: The Discomfort Artist.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/magazine/american-born-chinese-disney.html

 

'American Born Chinese' joins the conversation on bullying and stereotypes

Gene Luen Yang's acclaimed graphic novel becomes a Disney Plus show illuminating the Asian American experience

By Michael Cavna

May 24, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/05/24/american-born-chinese-disney-plus/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjUyMjA5MjI1IiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4NDkwMDgwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4NjE5Njc5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjg0OTAwODAwLCJqdGkiOiJhMDVmNmQwOC1iODVkLTQ5NDctYjkzNS0wNTNhY2ViOTRkMjkiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vY29taWNzLzIwMjMvMDUvMjQvYW1lcmljYW4tYm9ybi1jaGluZXNlLWRpc25leS1wbHVzLyJ9.2o1tzC255OsjJf4JkF5ijfMoILvriv4W_dn8_wjdi9Q

 

Earth's Mightiest Spoilers: Jed MacKay on Assembling Avengers #1

By Dave Richards

CBR  May 17, 2023

https://www.cbr.com/avengers-1-jed-mackay-interview/

 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's Shameik Moore & Hailee Steinfeld Return to the Multiverse

By Brandon Zachary

CBR May 23 2023

https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-shameik-moore-hailee-steinfeld-interview/

 

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Waid Checks in for the DC Spoiler Showcase

By Sam Stone

CBR May 19 2023

https://www.cbr.com/mark-waid-dc-spoiler-showcase-interview-1/

 

Declan Shalvey Unleashes Xenomorph Terror and Bloodshed in New Alien Series

By Gregg Katzman

CBR May 19 2023

https://www.cbr.com/alien-declan-shalvey-interview/

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

WaPo's Cavna talks to Gene Yang, w/ free-to-read link

Clone Wars - The Battle for President by Daniel Boris

updated 5/25 at Boris' request.



Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/23/2023

Op-Comic: My husband and I confronted infertility. His past struggle with baldness brought unexpected lessons

By E. VyVy Trinh

May 21, 2023

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-05-21/pregnancy-ivf-infertility-body-acceptance

 

ANIME CENTRAL 2023 IN PHOTOS - PART 1

Friday, Anime Companies and Cosplay

  Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez on May 22, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54166/anime-central-2023-photos-part-1

 

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DELAYS DIAMOND SHIPMENTS TO RETAILERS IN THE NORTHEAST

Marvel, IDW Titles with May 24 Release Dates Affected

 Brigid Alverson on May 22, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54168/traffic-accident-delays-diamond-shipments-retailers-northeast

 

LONGTIME DC EXEC AND EDITOR MIKE CARLIN RETIRES

Eisner Award Winner for Editing 'Death of Superman' Event

 Brigid Alverson on May 22, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54173/longtime-dc-exec-editor-mike-carlin-retires

 

MARVEL TO PUBLISH 'ROM' OMNIBUS, FACSIMILE EDITION OF FIRST ISSUE

But No Word of New Material

 Brigid Alverson on May 22, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54172/marvel-publish-rom-omnibus-facsimile-edition-first-issue

 

ROM SPACEKNIGHT returns to Marvel in his first collected editions

Cy Beltran

05/23/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/rom-spaceknight-marvel-omnibus/

 

Disgraced Cartoonist Rolf Harris Dies, Aged 93

Rolf Harris, one of the world's most famous cartoonists has died today aged 93, ten years after being arrested for indecent assault.

 23 May 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rolf-harris-dead-obituary-1235498295/

 

Rolf Harris, Disgraced Entertainer and Children's TV Host, Dies at 93

The TV host, artist and musician was convicted in 2014 of a string of indecent assaults between the late '60s and mid-'80s.

Alex Ritman

May 23, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rolf-harris-dead-obituary-1235498295/

 

'Gatsby' Author Jeremy Holt on Queer Literature & Nonbinary Visibility [aka 'Gatsby' Writer Jeremy Holt on Queer Literature]

Sonia Baghady

May 17 2023

https://advocatechannel.com/gatsby-author-jeremy-holt-queer-literature-nonbinary-visibility

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fIkWVNgOsM

 

'Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai' Review: Max's Animated Origin Story Captures the Spirit of the Films

Tze Chun leads the animation team giving Joe Dante's classic '80s creature feature an origin story with the mogwai and gremlins in 1920s China.

Daniel Fienberg

May 22, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/gremlins-secrets-of-the-mogwai-review-1235498097/

 

How The Little Mermaid Reimagined Ariel's Classic Songs for Live Action

Exclusive: Director Rob Marshall talks singing underwater, transformations, and firsts in his live action version of The Little Mermaid.

  By Natalie Zutter | May 22, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-little-mermaid-ariel-classic-songs-live-action/

 

Disney Parks Chair Says He Won't Cut Frontline Labor As Part of $5.5B Cost-Saving Measures

The company is still thinking "pretty aggressively" about where it can invest in Florida theme parks, said Disney exec Josh D'Amaro.

Caitlin Huston

May 22, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-cost-cuts-parks-1235497642/

 

Bryce Gold joins Kickstarter as new Head of Comics

Gold was previously with Comixology, where he most recently served as Head of Content for the digital publisher's Originals line.

Joe Grunenwald

05/23/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/bryce-gold-kickstarter-new-head-of-comics/

 

INTERVIEW: Slide into home with Ollie Hicks and Emma Oosterhous on GRAND SLAM ROMANCE

Avery Kaplan

05/23/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-ollie-hicks-and-emma-oosterhous-on-grand-slam-romance/

 

INTERVIEW: Dave Scheidt talks community influences in the MAYOR GOOD BOY series

05/23/2023

By William Quant

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dave-scheidt-mayor-good-boy-interview/

 

Chris Reynolds, 1960-2023

Dean Simons | May 23, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/chris-reynolds-1960-2023/

 

American Born Chinese Reflects a New Era of Storytelling

By Nicole Chung

May 20, 2023

https://time.com/6281202/american-born-chinese-disney-interviews/

 

Queer Icons Unite: Musicians Tegan and Sara Team Up with Cartoonist Tillie Walden for Middle Grade Graphic Novel Debut

By Iyana Jones

May 23, 2023

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/92382-queer-icons-unite-musicians-tegan-and-sara-team-up-with-cartoonist-tillie-walden-for-middle-grade-graphic-novel-debut.html

 

Junior High by Tegan Quin and Sara Quin, illus. by Tillie Walden. FSG,

 

Feudin' in the 'Bama 'Hood [J. D. Crowe]

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/23/feudin-in-the-bama-hood/

 

Marshall Ramsey draws cartoons to make people think

By Abigail Sipe Rochester

https://cdispatch.com/news/2023-05-23/marshall-ramsey-draws-cartoons-to-make-people-think/

 

The Nib is Shutting Down, But It Had One Hell of a Run

The Matt Bors-led comics website and magazine informed, enlightened, and entertained people for a decade.

Parker Molloy

The Present Age May 23, 2023

https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-nib-is-shutting-down-but-it-had

 

The comics online and print publication "The Nib" is shutting down

Ruben Bolling

May 22, 2023

 https://boingboing.net/2023/05/22/the-comics-online-and-print-publication-the-nib-is-shutting-down.html

 

Flying Dog Brewery is being acquired, and flying out of Maryland [Ralph Steadman]

Jeff Clabaugh

May 22, 2023, WTOP News

https://wtop.com/business-finance/2023/05/flying-dog-brewery-is-being-acquired-and-flying-out-of-maryland/ 

 

Kaepernick details his pivot from baseball to football in 'Change the Game'

Juana Summers

All Things Considered  May 23, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/23/1177773675/kaepernick-details-his-pivot-from-baseball-to-football-in-change-the-game and https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2023/05/20230523_atc_kaepernick_details_his_pivot_from_baseball_to_football_in_change_the_game.mp3

 

Clone High Producer Discusses Season 2's New Characters and Classic Tropes

According to executive producer Corey Campodonico, now that Clone High is back it wants to stick around for awhile.

  By Rendy Jones

Den of Geek May 23, 2023

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-clone-high-reboot-is-the-first-of-hopefully-many-new-seasons/

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Kaepernick details his pivot from baseball to football in 'Change the Game'

Kaepernick details his pivot from baseball to football in 'Change the Game'

Colin Kaepernick talks about his book Change the Game, detailing his pivot from baseball to football and how he found himself in the process.

Is this the end of Ralph Steadman's labels for Flying Dog beer?

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/22/2023

 EXCLUSIVE: MASSIVE ANNOUNCES NEW IMPRINTS, FLAGSHIP LINE LAUNCH TITLE; First Flagship Title Is Sean Gordon Murphy's 'The Plot Holes' 

Brigid Alverson on May 19, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54154/exclusive-massive-announces-new-imprints-flagship-line-launch-title

 

COMICS STOLEN FROM INDIANA SUPERHERO MUSEUM SURFACE IN FLORIDA In Case Involving Books, Comics, and Rare Tortoises

 Brigid Alverson on May 19, 2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54160/comics-stolen-indiana-superhero-museum-surface-florida

 

Comic Store In Your Future Free Comic Book Day 2023 How Was It?

In this month's Comic Store In Your Future, Rodman Comics owner looks back at Free Comic Book Day 2023 and how it looks from the retailer's point of view.

  21 May 2023 

by Rod Lamberti

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-free-comic-book-day-2023-how-was-it/

 

DC Comics Print Tributes to Rachel Pollack and Al Jaffee

This month's DC Comics titles feature tributes to comic creators Rachel Pollack and Al Jaffee, who both died last month.

  21 May 2023

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-print-tributes-to-rachel-pollack-and-al-jaffee/

 

Creative Director Mike Carlin Retires From DC Comics After 37 Years

Rich Johnston

  21 May 2023

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/creative-director-mike-carlin-retires-from-dc-comics-after-37-years/

 

Oni Press releases limited-edition ashcan of "The Chip" from XINO #1

The ashcan, limited to 300 copies, of Chris Condon and Nick Cagnetti's story was sent to select direct market retailers.

05/22/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/xino-1-the-chip-ashcan-oni-press/

 

May 22 2023

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode thirty-six | James Tynion IV, part two.

Matthew Rosenberg, Ethan S. Parker, and Griffin Sheridan

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/what-mission

 

Interview: Red Sonja Is A Point of National Pride For Torunn Grønbekk Unleashes

May 16, 2023

Nicki Faust

https://previewsworld.com/Article/268440-Interview-Red-Sonja-Is-A-Point-of-National-Pride-For-Torunn-Gr%C3%B8nbekk-Unleashes

 

American Born Chinese review: Disney Plus adaptation hits a sci-fi sweet spot

A star-studded ensemble, including Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, elevates an enlightening dramedy

Saloni Gajjar

AV Club May 22 2023

https://www.avclub.com/american-born-chinese-tv-review-disney-plus-1850442653

 

The Little Mermaid review: Halle Bailey excels in a watered-down remake

A campy Melissa McCarthy also shines in a film that's better than most Disney live-action reboots—but that's not the same thing as being good

Leigh Monson

AV Club May 22 2023

https://www.avclub.com/the-little-mermaid-remake-film-review-1850444615

 

'The Little Mermaid' Review: Halle Bailey Charms, But Rob Marshall's Live-Action Remake Nearly Drowns in Déjà Vu

Lovia Gyarkye

May 22, 2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-little-mermaid-review-halle-bailey-melissa-mccarthy-1235484161/b

 

Everything we know about all of Disney's upcoming live-action remakes

What's after The Little Mermaid ? New versions of Snow White, Lilo & Stitch, and Moana for starters

Cindy White

AV Club May 22 2023

https://www.avclub.com/disney-live-action-remakes-production-1850457121

 

The Gull Yettin is a Minimalist Masterpiece

Mike Baxter

May 22, 2023

https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-gull-yettin-joe-kessler/

 

The Nib to cease regular publication in print and online

Joe Grunenwald

05/22/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-nib-to-cease-regular-publication-in-print-and-online/

 

Matt Bors Puts The Nib Into Storage

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/22/matt-bors-puts-the-nib-into-storage/

 

INTERVIEW: Karla Arenas Valenti discusses LOTERIA, fairy tales, and middle-grade diversity

05/22/2023

By William Quant

https://www.comicsbeat.com/karla-arenas-valenti-loteria-interview/

 

Building the 20th Century: Collaboration, Colonialism and Human Tragedies with the Creators of 20th Century Men

Zach Rabiroff | May 22, 2023

https://www.tcj.com/building-the-20th-century-collaboration-colonialism-and-human-tragedies-with-the-creators-of-20th-century-men/

 

Eisner Award Best Graphic Novel nominee ignites controversy; Thomas Woodruff's Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral has come under fire

Heidi MacDonald

05/22/2023

https://www.comicsbeat.com/eisner-award-best-graphic-novel-nominee-ignites-controversy/

 

Marcellus Hall's "Open House"

The artist discusses rent, real estate, and making a home in the city.

By Françoise Mouly

May 22, 2023

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2023-05-29

 

Speaking of Frank Miller...

PREVIEWSworld

 May 16, 2023

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

 

José Villarrubia Biographical Interview by Alex Grand

Alex Grand

Comic Book Historians

  May 20, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqDrdy80CIU

 

BETTY C. TANG for PARACHUTE KIDS — May 2023 Kids' Club Selection

Comix Experience

May 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClsJdQLI84M

 

Comic Creator Interview - Jordan Hart

Comic Book Squares

  May 19, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd8vnO915T8

 

Comic Culture with Todd DePastino [on Bill Mauldin].

terence dollard

May 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21SCV4bTNFk

 

Comic Culture with Don Simpson

terence dollard

May 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1SVD1HmbrQ

 

Chris Riddell & Neil Gaiman have an illustrated chat celebrating DOUGLAS ADAMS

Andrew Sumner

Forbidden Planet TV  May 16, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZA4XLZw3H8

Monday, May 22, 2023

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/20-21/2023


 

Award winning comic author in Saskatoon [Chip Zardsky]

CTV News at Noon May 18, 2023

https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/video?binId=1.2376412

 

'Heathcliff' Cartoonist Peter Gallagher On The Origins Of The Comic Strip's Weirdest, Most Wonderful Characters

Josh Kurp

May 19, 2023

https://uproxx.com/entertainment/heathcliff-interview-peter-gallagher/

 

Hartman In, Kelley Out at Post-Gazette

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/20/hartman-in-kelley-out-at-post-gazette/

 

Andy Ostmeyer: Of newspapers, comics and change

    May 20, 2023

    https://www.joplinglobe.com/opinion/andy-ostmeyer-of-newspapers-comics-and-change/article_7df40478-f5b3-11ed-9b47-83cae7f097a3.html

 

Paul Gravett

Be Careful What You Wish For [Deena Mohamed's 'Shubeik Lubeik']

Times Literary Supplement May 19 2023: 18

 

A new actress will play Moana. That's good for representation, the original says.

By Samantha Chery

May 20, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/05/20/moana-live-action-representation/

 

Reflections From Patrick's Trip to Dharamsala, India

— Alison Datko

May 19, 2023

https://mutts.com/blogs/news/reflections-from-patricks-trip-to-dharamsala

 

SKTCHDxTINYONION: Part Five, Thinking Globally [James Tynion IV]

By David Harper

May 16, 2023

https://sktchd.com/interview/sktchdxtinyonion-part-five-thinking-globally/

 

"Storytelling is the Most Important Thing": Stefano Caselli on His Journey and the Art of X-Men Red

By David Harper

May 18, 2023

https://sktchd.com/art-feature/stefano-caselli-art-feature/

 

The Milk of Paradise: Tom Shapira on The Disney Comics of Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas Keramidas

Daniel Elkin

May 15, 2023

https://solrad.co/the-milk-of-paradise-tom-shapira-on-the-disney-comics-of-lewis-trondheim-and-nicolas-keramidas


Don Carlton – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/21/don-carlton-rip/

 

It's Our Community - Don Carlton

Mary E. Davidson

JCCCvideo   Oct 12, 2011

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

 

OBITUARY - Donald Rayford Carlton December 28, 1936 – May 16, 2023

 https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/kansas-city-mo/donald-carlton-11291602

 

A Comic Strip Writer has Got to Understand Life; An exclusive interview with Doonesbury artist, Don Canton

Shirley Koritnik,

Media & Values 20; Summer 1982

online at https://www.medialit.org/reading-room/comic-strip-writer-has-got-understand-life

 

How Cartoons Work: The Cartoon Code

By Randall P. Harrison

Media & Values 20; Summer 1982

online at https://www.medialit.org/reading-room/how-cartoons-work-cartoon-code

 

Cartoons'N Comics: Communication to the Quick; As you laugh, take us seriously!

Joy Clough

Media & Values 20; Summer 1982

Online at https://www.medialit.org/reading-room/cartoonsn-comics-communication-quick

 

You've Come a Long Way, Joanie! [Doonesbury]

Media & Values 20; Summer 1982

Online at https://www.medialit.org/reading-room/youve-come-long-way-joanie