NPR staffers illustrate their love for graphic novels off the 2023 Books We Love list
Beth Novey, Meghan Collins Sullivan, Nicolette Khan, Chloe Veltman
Weekend Edition Sunday December 24, 2023
Bleeding Cool's Mystery Retailer Responds To Brian Hibbs
Brian Hibbs is one of the more influential and respected comic book retailers in the direct market. And he had things to say.
by Rich Johnston
23 Dec 2023
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bleeding-cools-mystery-retailer-responds-to-brian-hibbs/
Chip Zdarsky talks Batman and striking out at Comic Con!
ComicPop Returns
Dec 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWotr3Bvlfc
PICOF 2023 Interview: Jimmy Palmiotti
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano
Dec 18, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm8q4KZ_7_U
Christopher Priest On Vampirella Superman and More
wordballoon December 23 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAyo6SivK6k
Nemesis the Warlock: Terror Tube
We liked Valerian – a French series which may have influenced Star Wars – but Caza was the most relevant here. Each month Caza would produce a self-contained story featuring a crazy fantasy world.
Pat Mills
Dec 24, 2023
https://iconoblast.substack.com/p/nemesis-the-warlock-terror-tube
Trump and Taylor Swift! The Best Political Cartoons about TRUMP and TAYLOR!
Jeff Koterba, Rick McKee, Taylor Jones, Daryl Cagle, and Jase Graves
Caglecast 34; Dec 22, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFCw-n3uvHE
Comic Creators Who Got Special Thanks in Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom credits creators Paul Norris, Mort Weisinger, Geoff Johns, Erik Larsen, Peter David, Ivan Reis and more
by Rich Johnston
22 Dec 2023
Off Panel #228: Trust the Process with Jonathan Hickman
David Harper
October 28, 2019
https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-228-trust-the-process-with-jonathan-hickman/
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Jonathan_Hickman_2019.mp3
A Bicentennial Visit From St. Nicholas
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/23/a-bicentennial-visit-from-st-nicholas/
Letter: Trump cartoon might be the best [Mike Luckovich]
Madeline Augustine
Dec 23, 2023
Disappointed and frustrated by cartoonist's critiques [Jeff Darcy letter]
Chris Holmes,
Dec. 22, 2023,
https://www.cleveland.com/letters/2023/12/disappointed-and-frustrated-by-cartoonists-critiques.html
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode sixty-seven | Christopher Cantwell, part one
Dec 25, 2023
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/in-most-respects
Not Funny Or True [Gary Varvel editorial cartoon letter]
Mark Okolowsky
Toronto Sun
Dec. 22, 2023
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/letters-to-the-editor-dec-22-2023/ar-AA1lS5og
Ukraine Is Bravely Fighting [Gary Varvel editorial cartoon letter]
Barbara Langmaid
Toronto Sun
Dec. 22, 2023
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/letters-to-the-editor-dec-22-2023/ar-AA1lS5og
Leo D. Sullivan, Pioneering Black Animator, Dies at 82
Mike Barnes
March 29, 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/leo-sullivan-dead-animator-1235363671/
Mickey Mouse, Long a Symbol in Copyright Wars, to Enter Public Domain: 'It's Finally Happening'
Gene Maddaus
Dec 22, 2023
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/mickey-mouse-public-domain-disney-copyright-lawsuits-1235844322/
100 Years of Illustration and Design blog
2004-2016.
Paul Giambarba
https://giam.typepad.com/100_years_of_illustration/
Paul Giambarba Obituary
Legacy Remembers from May 12 to May 14, 2023.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/paul-giambarba-obituary?id=51896247
Disparition de Jean-Claude Cassini
10 octobre 2023
Addio a Carlo Ambrosini, creatore di Napoleone e Jan Dix e di molte storie di Dylan Dog
Luca Raffaelli
La Repubblica 01 Novembre 2023
A requiem for Aquaman and the last gasp of the Snyderverse
A decade after Zack Snyder's Man Of Steel, we look back at the good, the bad, and the ugly from the grimdark era of DC films
Cindy White
AV Club December 24 2023
https://www.avclub.com/diablo-ivs-developers-talk-to-us-about-its-big-year-bi-1851041506
from Puck Christmas 1896 / C.J. Taylor. Puck, v. 40, no. 1031, (1896 December 9), cover.
Courtesy of Library of Congress at https://www.loc.gov/item/2012648493/
NPR staff suggest graphic novels and memoirs from our Books We Love list: "I Must Be Dreaming," "Mimosa," and "Artificial: A Love Story."
'Migration' Review: Is It a Road Trip if You Have Wings? [in print as 'Migration']
By Glenn Kenny
New York Times Dec. 22, 2023: C6.
online at https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/movies/migration-review.html
'Migration': All they are is ducks in the wind [in print as In this so-so road comedy, all they are is ducks in the wind].
Review by Kristen Page-Kirby
Washington Post December 22, 2023: Weekend 31.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2023/12/20/migration-movie-review/
'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' Review: Back With a Trident and Dad Jokes
By Alissa Wilkinson
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 22, 2023, Section C, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: A Superhero Struggles With His Work-Life Balance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/movies/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom-review.html
Talk about lost: 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' feels abandoned by DC [in print as Underwater sequel is also underwritten, underbaked]
Review by Olivia McCormack
Washington Post December 22, 2023 : C1, 3
Jackson J, Ferreira C, Scott M, et al. 'Just because something works doesn't mean it can't be improved': an ethnographic analysis of the health system in Black Panther's Wakanda. BMJ Global Health 2023;8:e011733. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011733
April 20, 2023
Could following Marvel's mythical Wakanda aid Canadian health-care systems?
Researchers from UCalgary analyze the mythical African nation in journal article
Karen Cook,
The Ghost of Christmas Cards Past
Steve Cook
Secret Oranges Dec 23, 2023
https://secretoranges.substack.com/p/the-ghost-of-christmas-cards-past
Cartoonist Natalie Brown Gets No Respect [Bug Scout]
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/12/22/cartoonist-natalie-brown-gets-no-respect/
The story behind the Bug Scout cartoon
The model who inspired Bug Scout became a world-class entomologist.
Tom J. Bechman
December 22, 2023
https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-life/the-story-behind-the-bug-scout-cartoon-
Cartoonists think every year can't be as mad as the last. We're always wrong
Christian Adams
Evening Standard December 19 2023
https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/christian-adams-cartoons-of-the-year-2023-b1127890.html
Cartoonist to retire after 60-year career [ Barrie Hawkins; England]
Barnsley Chronicle 22/12/23 • By Finn Smith
https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/26890/cartoonist-to-retire-after-60-year-career
A Filmmaking Career From the Heart
The hard-won success and passionate failure of Francis Ford Coppola.
By Nathan Gelgud
Dec. 23, 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/movies/francis-ford-coppola-illustration.html
Nerdist's Best Comics of 2023
by Jules Greene
Dec 6 2023
Off Panel #429: 20 for 2023 with Brandon Burpee
David Harper
Dec 18, 2023
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel429-20-for-2023-with-brandon-burpee
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Brandon_Burpee_2023.mp3
The best Canadian comics of 2023
CBC Books
Posted: December 11, 2023
Last Updated: December 22, 2023
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7052418
X-Men Monday #232 – Fabian Nicieza Talks 'Cable'
Chris Hassan
December 18, 2023
https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/18/x-men-monday-232-fabian-nicieza-cable/
AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 252: Jason Aaron chats Batman, Superman, and Bizarro too
David Brooke and Nathan Simmons
December 17, 2023 https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/17/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-252-jason-aaron/
Not just a toy tie-in: Joshua Williamson and Tom Reilly talk new G.I. Joe series 'Duke'
David Brooke
December 19, 2023
https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/19/duke-qa-williamson-reilly/
AIPT's Best Comics of 2023: Part 1
Colin Moon, Keigen Rea, Crooker, Christopher Franey, Lia Williamson, David Brooke and Chris Coplan
December 19, 2023
https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/19/aipts-best-comics-of-2023-part-1/
AIPT's Best Comics of 2023: Part 2
Chris Coplan, Colin Moon, Michael Guerrero, Keigen Rea, Lia Williamson, Rory Wilding, Christopher Franey and David Brooke
December 21, 2023
https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/21/aipts-best-comics-of-2023-part-2/
The best comics of 2023
By Susana Polo, Zach Rabiroff, Ritesh Babu, and 2 more
on December 8, 2023
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/23810267/best-comics-2023-graphic-novels-books
The Moment That Undead Unluck's Yoshifumi Tozuka Decided to Create Manga
by Jairus Taylor, Dec 20th 2023
Here There Be Monsters: Chris Gooch On His New Graphic Novel In Utero [Australia]
Chris Neill
December 20, 2023
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/12/chris-gooch-in-utero-comic-interview/
John Allison Discusses Homicide Baking in "The Great British Bump-Off"
By Mark Tweedale | December 20th, 2023
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/allison-discusses-great-british-bump-off/
INTERVIEW: Writing Comics Scripts with Jamila Rowser: Part Three
Alenka Figa December 15, 2023
https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/12/writing-comics-scripts-rowser-part-three/
Reviews: Nemesis the Warlock – The Definitive Edition Vol. 1
Tegan O'Neil | December 21, 2023
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/nemesis-the-warlock-the-definitive-edition-vol-1/
Gen Z is suddenly obsessed with Snoopy — and not just because he's cute
Rachel Treisman, Steve Inskeep, and Leila Fadel
Morning Edition December 18, 2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/15/1219512092/puffer-snoopy-gen-z-obsessed
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1219512092
Best of Graphic Medicine—The 2023 Graphic Medicine International Collective Awards
Michael J. Green; Kevin Wolf,
JAMA. Published online December 4, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.24478
Antisemitic cartoons proliferate in Mideast amid Israel-Hamas war, ADL report finds
Illustrations published by Arabic-language press since October 7 tap into conspiracy theories and blood libel to criticize the war in Gaza
By ToI Staff
Times of Israel 21 December 2023
Brume РLe r̩veil du dragon re̤oit le Prix BD jeunesse Ville de Saint-Malo 2023
Jean-Laurent Truc
23 décembre 2023
https://www.ligneclaire.info/prix-bd-jeunesse-ville-de-saint-malo-2023-285999.html
Huxley, David. 2023.
Book Review: Christopher Conway and Antionette Sol, eds. 2022. The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre.
Publishing Research Quarterly (December 18): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12109-023-09974-w and https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-023-09974-w
Christopher Conway and Antionette Sol, eds. 2022. The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre. Postwestern Horizons Series. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska University Press
The toy empire of Todd McFarlane, geek king of cool
McFarlane Toys has made the artist behind Spawn a favorite among collectors — and an indie magnate.
By David Betancourt
December 21, 2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/12/21/mcfarlane-toys-todd-mcfarlane/
A white elephant gift to Putin [Michael Ramirez letter]
John Williams and David Leatherwood,
Washington Post (December 23 2023): A13.
Online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/22/whittaker-chambers-james-biden-oprah-cheney/
We deserve a knuckle Dagwood [Blondie letter]
Sean T. O'Brien,
Washington Post (December 23 2023): A13.
Online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/22/whittaker-chambers-james-biden-oprah-cheney/
Mr. Smith goes to Michigan [WuMo letter]
Robert W. Dickie,
Washington Post (December 23 2023): A13.
Online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/22/whittaker-chambers-james-biden-oprah-cheney/
Gil Roth
The Guest List 2023 [Ho Che Anderson, Josh Bayer, Bill Griffith, Dean Haspiel, Patrick McDonnell, Peter Rostovsky, Karl Stevens]
Virtual Memories Show: Episode 568 December 19, 2023
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-568-the-guest-list-2023
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_568_-_The_Guest_List_2023.mp3
Gil Roth
The Guest List 2023 [Ho Che Anderson, Josh Bayer, Bill Griffith, Dean Haspiel, Patrick McDonnell, Peter Rostovsky, Karl Stevens]
Virtual Memories Show: Episode 568 December 19, 2023
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-568-the-guest-list-2023
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_568_-_The_Guest_List_2023.mp3
In Memoriam: Marleen Starksfield Lowe – 1979-2020
by Owen Michael Johnson
December 1, 2020
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/marleen-lowe-accent-uk/
The X-Men Save You Too, In The End
October 20, 2022
https://www.thegutterreview.com/the-x-men-save-you-too-in-the-end/
by Sara Century
55 YEARS LATER: How NEAL ADAMS and JIM APARO Gave THE PHANTOM STRANGER New Life
Dan Greenfield on Dec 12, 2023
Michael Ramirez's marvelous Dec. 12 editorial cartoon, "Medal of dishonor," should be copied and posted on the office door of every member of Congress who has cravenly linked further Ukraine aid to the border. As Ukraine runs out of the means to adequately defend itself against Russian President Vladimir Putin's wanton aggression, the deeds of advancing Russian troops in heretofore free, democratic Ukrainian territory will make Gaza seem almost trivial. To those in power who are either blind to history or covertly wish Putin well will go the blame and the historic shame.
John Williams, Fairfax Station
Michael Ramirez's Dec. 12 editorial cartoon, displaying a notional Order of Putin for the Republican Party, was brilliant. It somehow brought to mind a photograph of Rudy Giuliani meeting with Soviet-born operatives for Donald Trump.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were convicted of funneling foreign funds into U.S. election campaigns and landed in jail. Any election interference consequences for Giuliani are yet to be determined.
David Leatherwood, Reston
Though the comics pages are not generally the place to address serious issues, I was very disappointed in the Dec. 12 "Blondie." The very serious issue of extinction should not be a punchline when species are going extinct faster than at any time in history, including when an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.
The black-footed ferret and other imperiled species in the United States and around the world need protection from the very source of their imperilment: humans. We all depend on nature to supply us with food, oxygen, clean water and myriad other ecosystem services. Nature has significant value for people, serving as a vital source of social, cultural and spiritual strength.
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Endangered Species Act, which has saved hundreds of species from disappearing, forever, from Earth. The ESA is one of the most important environmental laws passed anywhere in the world, and we should be celebrating its success, not making the elimination of a species from our planet a joke, considering that more than one-third of species in the United States are at risk of extinction. A donation to any environmental group working to prevent extinction is a gift to the future and should not be made light of, given the challenge facing humanity and nature. Don't be a Dagwood Bumstead; support the future of life on Earth. Future generations depend on your generosity.
Sean T. O'Brien, Alexandria
The writer is president and chief executive of NatureServe.
Is there a Pulitzer Prize for comics? If so, the Dec. 11 "WuMo" strip should win it for the explanation of the Adam Smith "invisible hand" (in your pocket) theory.
Robert W. Dickie, Bethesda
