Friday, December 01, 2023
Bruce Guthrie's Stephan Pastis photos
PCHH on Wish
Disney's 'Wish' conjures up familiar dreams

Ariana DeBose as Asha in Wish.
It's been said that a dream is a wish your heart makes. But what happens when you entrust your dream to a charismatic but shady leader? That's the premise of Disney's latest animated movie Wish. It's a musical fantasy that stars ArianaDe Bose as an idealist who goes head-to-head with Chris Pine's selfish King. There are catchy songs, cute talking animals, and a few heartfelt moments — in other words, the Disney blueprint.
Robert Hunter Comics and Graphic Novels Collection @ 2nd Story Books
Some VERY surprising prices here. They've had this on sale for months now though.
Robert Hunter Comics and Graphic Novels Collection
Indie Publishers
Golden Age
https://www.secondstorybooks.com/searchResults.php?category_id=529&action=browse&orderBy=mostrecentGraphic Novels
https://www.secondstorybooks.com/searchResults.php?category_id=536&action=browse&orderBy=mostrecentThursday, November 30, 2023
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/30/2023
Historian Mike Voiles of Mike's Amazing World Of Comics Has Died
Dan Greenfield on Nov 27, 2023
https://13thdimension.com/historian-mike-voiles-of-mikes-amazing-world-of-comics-has-died/
CSotD: Kissinger in the Rear View Mirror
Mike Peterson
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/11/30/csotd-kissinger-in-the-rear-view-mirror/
Why the hell did Henry Kissinger play a bumbling cartoon duck in a '90s kids show?
Henry Kissinger's credits included Secretary of State, controversial Nobel Peace Prize Winner, and, one time, "Ducky Daddles" on Happily Ever After
William Hughes
AV Club November 29 2023
https://www.avclub.com/why-the-hell-did-henry-kissinger-play-a-bumbling-cartoo-1851060363
FORMER MARVEL PUBLISHER JOHN NEE, THREE IDW VETERANS FORM NEW COMPANY
Currently Running 'Conan the Barbarian - Colossal Edition' Crowdfunder [ Pan-Universal Galactic Worldwide (PUG-W)]
Brigid Alverson on November 29, 2023
CHUCK ROZANSKI OF MILE HIGH COMICS ON 'CAN COMICS BE SAVED?'
'What I Am Witnessing Today Is an Inexorable Disintegration of the… Comic Book Distribution System that I Helped… Create.'
Chuck Rozanski,
ICv2 November 29, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/talk-back/view/55717/chuck-rozanski-mile-high-comics-can-comics-be-saved
Where Did Nightcrawler Come From? It's Now Official (Spoilers)
X-Men Origins: Blue published today does just what it had been threatening, rewrites the already repeatedly rewritten origins of Nightcrawler
29 Nov 2023
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/where-did-nightcrawler-come-from-its-now-official-spoilers/
Marvel just retconned Nightcrawler and Mystique's relationship in the most X-Men way possible
By George Marston
Newsarama November 29 2023
'Invincible' Profits Showdown Heading to Trial
William Crabtree accused famed comic writer Robert Kirkman of duping him into signing a contract that characterized his contributions as a "work-for-hire," leaving him with no ownership stake in the series.
Winston Cho
November 29, 2023
Eternal Breath – Ron Regé, Jr.'s Spiritual Cycle
Hagai Palevsky | November 30, 2023
https://www.tcj.com/eternal-breath-ron-rege-jr-s-spiritual-cycle/
Gil Roth
Danny Fingeroth
Virtual Memories Show 565 November 28, 2023
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-565-danny-fingeroth
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_565_-_Danny_Fingeroth.mp3
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Sends a Familiar Story Into the Stratosphere
Molly Templeton
Nov 20, 2023
https://www.tor.com/2023/11/20/scott-pilgrim-takes-off-sends-a-familiar-story-into-the-stratosphere/
Interview: Greg Weisman on Gargoyles Quest and his 399 page Gargoyles timeline
Heidi MacDonald
11/30/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-greg-weisman-gargoyles-quest-399-page-gargoyles-timeline/
What Someone Who Doesn't Own a Dog Imagines Owning a Dog Is Like
By Chris Scott
Illustration by Malaka Gharib
November 30, 2023
JewCE Panel Archive
https://jewce.org/index.php/jewce-panels/
Jewish Roots of the Comic Industry
Arie Kaplan (From Krakow to Krypton), Roy Schwartz (Is Superman Circumcised?), Simcha Weinstein (Up, Up and Oy Vey!) and moderator Danny Fingeroth
Center for Jewish History JewCE Panel Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDwMViZB3k4
Jewish Folklore in Comics
Moderator: Eddy Portnoy, Dani Colman, Trina Robbins, Chanan Beizer, and Yehudi Mercado
Center for Jewish History JewCE Panel Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_thuP-qqE4
Queering Jewish Comics
Moderator: Tahneer Oksman, Ben Kahn, Shira Spector, Barry Deutsch, and Miriam Libicki
Center for Jewish History JewCE Panel Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX9yhnAzTtE
Breaking the Mainstream Getting Past Ashkenormativity and Secularism in Comics
Moderator: Arnon Shorr, Daniel Lobell, Emily Bowen Cohen, Joshua Sky, Carol Isaacs
Center for Jewish History JewCE Panel Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY8wFhmCJIY
Comics for Mini Mensches
Moderator: Jeremy Dauber, Yehudi Mercado, Terri Libenson, Chari Pere, Barry Deutsch
Center for Jewish History JewCE Panel Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCE3QUNbBFs
Canons are Made to Blow Up! Retconning, Rebooting, Jossing, and other Paradigm Shifts
Moderator: Jenny Caplan, Brian Michael Bendis (via Zoom), Brian Azzarello, Joshua Sky, and Barbara Slate
Center for Jewish History JewCE Panel Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ77sFTwXl8
Jewish Comics and Remembrance Culture
Moderator: Samantha Baskind, Moderator: Danny Fingeroth, Ken Krimstein, Stan Mack, and Trina Robbins
Center for Jewish History JewCE Panel Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mGkYJPdvik
Will Eisner The First Poet Laureate of the Jewish Graphic Novel
Paul Levitz and Jules Feiffer
Center for Jewish History JewCE Panel Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CygLMjYauJs
Telling Other People's Stories
Moderator: Julian Voloj, Tracy White, Stephanie Phillips, Koren Shadmi, and Neil Kleid
Center for Jewish History JewCE Panel Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRpGwQc_ODM
Jewish Female Narratives in the Graphic Arts
Moderator: Karen Green, Leela Corman, Amy Kurzweil, Alisa Kwitney, and Miriam Libicki
Center for Jewish History JewCE Panel Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxC0PS6a6eU
Holy Graphic Novels!
Moderator: Jordan B. Gorfinkel, JT Waldman, Jessica Tamar Deutsch, Mat Tonti, and Willy Mendes
Center for Jewish History JewCE Panel Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkF7uTePbnE
Out of Time: Bill Watterson's first book since Calvin and Hobbes envisions a medieval world on the brink of extinction.
Gabriel Winslow-Yost
New York Review of Books December 21, 2023 issue
online at https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/12/21/out-of-time-the-mysteries-watterson-kascht/
Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust | Review
November 30, 2023 by Esther Keller
https://goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2023/11/30/courage-to-dream-tales-of-hope-in-the-holocaust-review/
Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust
By Neal Shusterman. Art by Andrés Vera Martínez
Scholastic, October 2023.
Post-It Reviews: Six quick reviews of recent graphic novels
November 28, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
https://teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2023/11/28/post-it-reviews-12/
Steve Breen's Drawing Conclusions newsletter
The creator of the comic strip 'Mutts' frees his Guard Dog character after decades
By MARK KENNEDY
Associated Press November 30, 2023
https://apnews.com/article/mutts-guard-dog-free-comics-d831d5fe301ca92bb4e0e45631dda8b0
On Tour with Stephan Pastis
Compiled by Diane Roback
Nov 30, 2023
Frontier is a stunning new sci-fi graphic novel from Citizen Sleeper artist Guillaume Singelin;
Interview | The writer/artist discusses his new project
By Will Salmon
Newsarama November 29 2023
Singelin avec Frontier prix Landerneau BD 2023
Jean-Laurent Truc
30 novembre 2023
https://www.ligneclaire.info/singelin-prix-landerneau-bd-2023-285191.html
Christopher Nolan Is Right: Zack Snyder's Watchmen Was Ahead of Its Time
By David Crow | November 29, 2023
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/christopher-nolan-right-zack-snyder-watchmen-ahead-of-time/
10 R-Rated or Adult-Skewing Movies That Were Turned into Children's Cartoons
The 1980s and '90s were a glorious time where any subject matter could be a cartoon show or toy line if the executives were cynical enough, and the parents otherwise oblivious.
By Jack Beresford | November 30, 2023
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/r-rated-adult-skewing-movies-turned-into-childrens-cartoons/
45 best manga of Fall 2023
An manga adaptation of three classic Murakami stories tops a star-studded list of LGBTQ, horror and historical fiction.
Nancy Powell
11/30/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/45-anticipated-manga-for-fall-2023/
100 œuvres de Morris pour son centenaire à Bruxelles
Jean-Laurent Truc
29 novembre 2023
https://www.ligneclaire.info/100-ans-100-oeuvres-284906.html
Pastis' tour with Guthrie photos
Bruce Guthrie caught him in Takoma Park...
On Tour with Stephan Pastis
Former local Malaka Gharib on the New Yorker site
What Someone Who Doesn't Own a Dog Imagines Owning a Dog Is Like
By Chris Scott
Illustration by Malaka Gharib
Dec 20: Sara Duke's virtual presentation highlighting Library of Congress cartoon art collections
Finding Pictures: Cartoon CavalcadeThe Library of Congress has amassed a collection of 140,000 cartoon prints and drawings over the past 150 years, including political cartoons, comic strip and comic book illustrations, gag cartoons, and animation cels. Join Sara W. Duke, Curator of Popular & Applied Graphic Art for an insider's perspective of the wealth of cartoon art in the collections of the Prints & Photographs Division. While the cartoons date back to the European Renaissance and Japanese Edo period, most of the cartoons date from the 20th century United States. Wednesday, December 20th, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm (EDT) Registration: https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_og_Kh-pcSQeK6S8D4FR3-w | ![]() A group of vultures waiting for the storm to "Blow Over" - "Let Us Prey," print by Thomas Nast, 1871. |
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/29/2023
What About Crowdfunded Comics?
in Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
2023
Online at https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/book_chapters/c821gm304
INTERVIEW: Sleepy-C team on WEBTOON production process and OMNISCIENT READER'S VIEWPOINT
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint is coming to print on December 12 from IZE Press.
11/29/2023
2023 Charlotteans of the Year: Kevin Siers
His layoff after 36 years as the Observer's editorial cartoonist muted one of our strongest voices
November 27, 2023
https://www.charlottemagazine.com/2023-charlotteans-of-the-year-kevin-siers/
Cartoonist Eric Heath celebrates 100 years in style
The Dark Knight Reverses: Is Frank Miller's Batman Frontal Or Not?
Frank Miller's cover to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is causing a mini-social media storm thirty-seven years after it was published.
28 Nov 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-dark-knight-reverses-is-frank-millers-batman-frontal-or-not/
Frank Miller shocker: famed Dark Knight cover is an optical illusion
11/29/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/dark-knight-cover-frank-miller-optical-illusion/
From hero to zero: is this really Marvel's endgame?
A bombshell new report details the many problems the once-unstoppable superhero brand is facing [MCU].
Stuart Heritage
2 Nov 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/02/marvel-superhero-movie-crisis-avengers
Fallen kingdom: why has Disney had such a terrible year?
A dubious brand strategy and underperforming films like Wish and The Marvels have led the once-golden studio into disarray
Tue 28 Nov 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/28/disney-box-office-wish-the-marvels
BBC Paid Pat Mills & Dave Gibbons For Doctor Who, Panini Did Not
Doctor Who: The Star Beast was based on the comic that Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons created for Doctor Who Weekly from Marvel back in 1980.
28 Nov 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bbc-paid-pat-mills-dave-gibbons-for-doctor-who-panini-did-not/
DC Runs A Memorial For Keith Giffen In Its Comics
Keith Giffen died last month. DC Comics is now running a tribute to the man across their monthly comic books and website.
28 Nov 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-runs-a-memorial-for-keith-giffen-in-its-comics/
Wish review – Disney's throwback animation is missing some magic
Oscar winner Ariana DeBose voices an all-singing heroine in an overstuffed yet underpowered attempt to replicate the success of Frozen
Mon 20 Nov 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/20/wish-disney-movie-review
'Looney Tunes' Is Not Leaving Max, But Adult Swim Classics Are Out
November 28, 2023
Remote Disney Animation Workers Make Historic Bid for Union from 6 Different States
November 28, 2023
'Peppa Pig' Returns for Season 10 with New Character Voiced by Sandra Dickinson
November 28, 2023
Animated Short 'Eeva' Wins Best Film at INTERFILM Berlin
November 28, 2023
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/11/animated-short-eeva-wins-best-film-at-interfilm-berlin/
The Director and Animator of 'Sunflower Field' Discuss Their Short About the Impact of War on Children [Ukraine]
By Ramin Zahed
November 28, 2023
Booths, Activities, and Cosplay with Sellout Crowd of 60,000
Brigid Alverson on November 28, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55705/anime-nyc-2023-photos
AWA APPOINTS DIYA SAGAR AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Publisher's First CFO Previously Worked for Lead Shareholder
Brigid Alverson on November 28, 2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55701/awa-appoints-diya-sagar-chief-financial-officer
Adventures Into Archives [horror comic reprints]
Tom Shapira | November 29, 2023
https://www.tcj.com/adventures-into-archives/
With Sgt. Mike
Mike Dobbs
Out of The Inkwell April 01, 2012
https://outoftheinkwell.blogspot.com/2012/04/with-sgt.html
Ed Hillyer
https://edilya.substack.com/archive
Anyone Comics is closing – and reopening around the corner!
Anyone Comics in Brooklyn is moving
Heidi MacDonald
11/29/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/anyone-comics-is-closing-and-reopening-around-the-corner/
Mark Hamill Says He'll Never Voice Joker Again Without Kevin Conroy's Batman
By Jeremy Dick
CBR November 25 2023
https://www.cbr.com/mark-hamill-joker-voice-finished/
Morgan Hampton Boldly Goes to a Strange New World With the Next Generation of Star Trek Heroes
By Dave Richards
CBR November 23 2023
https://www.cbr.com/sons-of-star-trek-morgan-hampton-interview/
From Strength to Strength Jewish Superheroes Through the Ages!
moderator Roy Schwartz, Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis (via Zoom), Dean Haspiel, and E. Lockhart
Center for Jewish History
Nov 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBJQVM3LlVk
Telling Stories with Pictures with Scott Chantler
CXC Festival
Nov 27, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0OXwWqopA0
Johnny C: The New England Mind in Indy Comics
Barney Smith
StoryComic Presents 322 Nov 28, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FC_4sZvCwc
Mark Bell Talks Sasquatch Adventures and Comic Diversity
Barney Smith
StoryComic Presents 328 Nov 27, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8QgPZgmKCE
Comic Culture at NC Comicon pt 1
terence dollard
Nov 28, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO8rFsQKYhY
40 Years of Adverts - Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations Nov 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4_eBoPCKVE
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Documentary
Julie Walters (narr.)
Aardman Animations Jan 26, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcMexOinKhQ
INTERVIEW AMERICAN CARTOONIST ROBERT CRUMB [March 2011; Aline Kominsky-Crumb]
Ted Shaffrey, Richard Drew and Matt Moore
AP Archive May 23, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt8wuu2195M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqBDlWsWBEI
A Talk With Editorial Cartoonists Wes Rowell and Angelo Lopez
Angelo Lopez Nov 26, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wdf5Slp58E
Welcome to Mike's Amazing World of Comics [obituary]
November 2023
http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/farewell.php
Mike's Amazing World of Comics [catalog and index database]
http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/index.php
A Note From Patrick: Holidays 2023
Patrick McDonnell
November 29, 2023
https://mutts.com/blogs/news/a-note-from-patrick-holidays-2023
MADEMOISELLE SOPHIE takes home ACBD Critics' Kids Prize 2023
A tale of difference and understanding won over the critics for this annual award
Dean Simons
11/29/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/mademoiselle-sophie-takes-home-acbd-critics-kids-prize-2023/
55 kids and middle graphic novels out in Fall 2023
An eclectic mix of subjects along with tried-and-true franchises dominate the landscape for the fall.
Nancy Powell
11/29/2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/55-anticipated-kids-and-middle-grade-graphic-novels-for-fall-2023/