Monday, August 26, 2024

Native Cpeaker returns

The Man Who Lost Andiivka

My excuses for doing nothing for six months are way better than his

William L Brown

https://nativecpeaker.substack.com/p/the-man-who-lost-andiivka

WaPo on DC Style Guide by the great Jose Garcia-Lopez

WaPo Style Memo? Meet DC Comics Style Guide!

Shane O'Neill

Washington Post's Style Memo newsletter (August 26 2024):

https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596c1be2ade4e24119c3d7be&s=66ccdefa0bd59b1501d1cfbf&linknum=2&linktot=59

DC Comics' rarely seen, fan-legendary guide is finally public

Inside the origin story of a 1982 three-ring binder some consider to be ″the last piece of the Rosetta Stone of comics."

By Dante A. Ciampaglia

August 26, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2024/08/26/dc-comics-style-guide-reissue/

Michael de Adder posts on NCS award

Thank you, NCS!

I won a Reuben* for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year

Michael de Adder

Aug 26, 2024

https://deadder.substack.com/p/thank-you-ncs

First Shifts newsletter from WaPo is out

What our pets can teach us about telemedicine

By Beatrix Lockwood and Maya Scarpa

Washington Post Shifts newsletter August 26 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/26/shifts-telemedicine-veterinarian-comic/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/24-25/2024

Rob Liefeld Quits Marvel Entirely After Finishing This Deadpool Comic
Rob Liefeld declares that the current Deadpool Team-Up comic book coming to an end in December, will be his final Marvel work.
by Rich Johnston
23 Aug 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rob-liefeld-quits-marvel-entirely-after-finishing-this-deadpool-comic/

It's first and longtime goal for U.S. comic strip creator smitten with Bombers Ohio's Tom Batiuk in city to attend first game after multiple Crankshaft references to Blue and Gold
Nicole Buffie
Aug. 23, 2024
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2024/08/23/its-first-and-longtime-goal-for-u-s-comic-strip-creator-smitten-with-bombers

The Crow proves that the last thing a movie about trauma needs is even more trauma
Bill Skarsgård can't save a lackluster remake that loses the emotional punch of the original.
By Matthew Jackson | August 23, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/the-crow-2024-reviewhttps://www.avclub.com/the-crow-2024-review

Robert Ariail, cartoonist
Tom Poland
August 25 2024
https://www.indexjournal.com/opinion/columns/tom-poland-robert-ariail-cartoonist/article_916dfad0-120f-11ef-a077-7b66d11d062e.html

Bangladeshi Artists Look to the Future After Student Revolution
Political cartoonists, muralists, and others see the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a new opportunity to fight for creative freedoms.
Rhea Nayyar August 20, 2024
https://hyperallergic.com/942546/bangladeshi-artists-look-to-the-future-after-student-revolution/

Petrochemical Fantasies: The Art and Energy of American Comics
Daniel Worden
Ohio State University Press 2024

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 168 - Hartley Lin
August 21, 2024 Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius Season 4 Episode 168
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1719352/15620552-episode-168-hartley-lin

Scholastic's Graphix Books ties up with Azuki for MECHA-UDE and Hikaru in the Light books for Spring 2025
First full-color physical releases for both books to retain right-to-left layout
Humberto Saabedra
08/23/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/scholastics-graphix-books-ties-up-with-azuki-for-mecha-ude-and-hikaru-in-the-light-books-for-spring-2025/

7Q: Hilary Campbell
Seven questions with New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Campbell.
Jacob Reed and Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
Jacob All Trades, Aug 23, 2024
https://jacobreed.substack.com/p/7q-hilary-campbell

Elena Salcedo, Top Cow VP, Has Died. Those Who Knew Her, Pay Tribute
Elena Salcedo, longstanding employee at Top Cow, and Vice President of Operations has died. Those who knew her in comics are paying tribute.
24 Aug 2024 by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/elena-salcedo-top-cow-vp-has-died-those-who-knew-her-pay-tribute/

Words, Images, & Worlds: Robert Greenberger Returns!
Jason DeHart
Aug 24, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMO_bp2bhAM

Words, Images, & Worlds with Anthony Marques [Kubert School]
Jason DeHart
Aug 24, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu13ApTCi1U

Words, Images, & Worlds: Jonathan Roth Returns!
Jason DeHart
Aug 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30f7CVGckdQ

The best new books for kids this fall, recommended by librarians [in print as So many adventures for young readers to choose]: GRAPHIC NOVELS
By Karen MacPherson and Deborah Taylor
Washington Post (August 25 2024): B7
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/08/23/best-new-books-fall-children-teens/

MARIA SWEENEY for BRITTLE JOINTS
Comix Experience
Aug 25 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SMGiZXegtM

Terrificon Daredevil 60th Anniversary Panel
8/24/24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpYS7h98yMQ

Terrificon DC All IN Panel Snyder Aaron and Johnson
word balloon 8/23/24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBxd3FwSZGM

From Page to Screen: DAN DA DAN Director Fūga Yamashiro and Voice Actor Shion Wakayama
by Lynzee Loveridge, Aug 24th 2024
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2024-08-24/from-page-to-screen-dan-da-dan-director-fuga-yamashiro-and-voice-actor-shion-wakayama/.212594

Leo Quakgebauer: German decathlon star Neugebauer in a comic strip [Mickey Mouse; Germany]
DPA
July 16, 2024·
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/leo-quakgebauer-german-decathlon-star-145017133.html

Eisner Award-Nominated Comic Series "Ripple Effects" Seeks to Make the Invisible Visible at San Diego Comic-Con 2024
Andy Wagner
July 16, 2024
https://sdccblog.com/2024/07/eisner-award-winning-comic-series-ripple-effects-seeks-to-make-the-invisible-visible-at-san-diego-comic-con-2024/

21st century books with pictures [reviews]
A batch of my favorites
Austin Kleon
Jul 16, 2024 https://austinkleon.substack.com/p/21st-century-books-with-pictures

Tom Hardy's Sci-Fi Comic Book Series 'Arcbound' To Be Released By Dark Horse Comics, Launch Date Revealed; Team Aiming To Build Arcbound Universe
July 17, 2024
Andreas Wiseman
https://deadline.com/2024/07/tom-hardy-comic-book-series-arcbound-dark-horse-comics-release-date-1236012660/

Venom star Tom Hardy details one of his next projects: a sci-fi comic book that sounds like Mad Max meets The Matrix [Arcbound]
Will Salmon
Newsarama July 17, 2024
https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/dc-comics/tom-hardy-arcbound-announcement/

Celebrating the 78th Annual Reuben Awards: Hilary B. Price and Wayno Shine
August 25, 2024
Alex Garcia
https://comicskingdom.com/trending/blog/2024/08/25/celebrating-the-78th-annual-reuben-awards-hilary-b-price-and-wayno-shine

The International Journal of Comic ArtVol. 25, No. 2 Fall/Winter 2023
The International Journal of Comic Art: A Silver Anniversary Rundown, 1999-2023*
John A. Lent
3
"The Story of the Holocaust Is Not Pretty, And It's Not Redemptive."
Hélène Tison
85
Spanish Superheroes under the Franco Dictatorship
Ignacio Fernández Sarasola
118
Commercializing Pleasure: The Development of the Manga Industry in Vietnam after Opening to the Global Market
Tran Thi Nguyet Anh
153
Sport in Johnny Hart's B.C.: A Study in Comedic Anachronism
Jeffrey O. Segrave
173
Division, Duty, and Face: Exploring Three Interpersonal Relationships in Japanese Anime
Andrea Keene
196
The State of Comic Art Bibliography in North America (2010)
Michael Rhode
224
Comics Bibliography for the 21st Century
Mike Rhode
236
"When Comics Become Fixed, It Stops Being a Place of Freedom and Invention": Interview with Paul Gravett
Eva Ule, Matevž Rems and Tajida Liplin Šerbetar
273
A Cartoon Analysis of Boşboğaz (Bigmouth) Humor Gazette from 1945 in Turkey
Fatma Fulya Tepe
284
Coffee, Poetry, and Superpowers for Men: Beatnik-Hipster Superhero and Gender in The X-Men
Yuri Shakouchi
290
Comics and Cartoons on Social Media Adopted as Public Service Advertisements and Entertainment Education Strategy for the Response of COVID-19 in China
Yiheng Wang
315
Beyond Comedy: A Global Perspective to Understand the Social Impact of Humor and Satire in Politics
Daniele Battista
331
Manga and Words
Natsume Fusanosuke
Translated by Jon Holt and Teppei Fukuda
344
Performance, Resistance, and the Comics Medium in Sally Heathcote, Suffragette
Krista M. Turner
358
From the Heart of Empire: The Politics of Camilo Aguirre's What Remains
Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste
380
Captain Marvel: Losing, Replacing, and Regaining Family
Liam Webb
406
Cultural Expectations for Heroism Analysis of Hero Character Designs
in Shōnen Manga and Superhero Comics
Claude Michel Moïse
441
Letting the Everyday Speak Its Own Power: The Works of Von Allan
David Beard
465
The Demise of Three Comics Scholarship Giants: Maurice Horn, David Kunzle, and Alfredo Castelli
John A. Lent
471
David Kunzle April 17, 1936 – January 1, 2024
Ian Gordon
476
Ivan Lima Gomes
492
Pedro Moura
492
Memories of Dr. M. Thomas Inge (1936-2021) "Gone but Not Forgotten"
Wiliam H Foster, III
494
Book Reviews
Qiana Whitted, ed. Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in
the Golden Age of American Comics, by Michael Kobre, p. 495.
Edgar Calabia Samar, Natasha Ringor, and Mervin Malonzo.
Janus Silang and the Creature of Tábon, Volume 1, Arnold Arre.
The Children of Bathala, Arnold Arre. The Journey to Lupan-On,
by Lara Saguisag, p. 501.
Leela Corman. Victory Parade, by Hélène Tison, p. 503.
Pedro Moura, ed. Ilan Manouach in Review--Critical Approaches to
His Conceptual Comics, by Gareth Brookes, p. 508.
Kathy Merlock Jackson, Carl H. Sederholm, and Mark I. West
(eds.). Forgotten Disney: Essays on the Lesser-Known Productions,
by Cord A. Scott, p. 510.
Alison Halsall. Growing Up Graphic: The Comics of Children in
Crisis, by Cecilia Garrison, p. 512.
Esra Mirze Santesso. Muslim Comics and Warscape Witnessing, by
Adrienne Resha, p. 517.
J. Andrew Deman. The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the
X-Men, by James Willetts, p. 520.
J. Andrew Deman. The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the
X-Men, by Christopher Roman, p. 522.
Nora Krug. Diaries of War: Two Visual Accounts from Ukraine and
Russia [A Graphic Novel History], by Kenneth Oravetz, p. 525.
CT Lim and Koh Hong Teng. Drawn to Satire: Sketches of
Cartoonists in Singapore, by Felix Cheong, p 527.
Nate Powell. Fall Through, by CT Lim, p. 529.
Ramin Zahed. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the
Movie, by Michael Kobre, p. 530.
Josh Trujillo and Levi Hastings. Washington's Gay General: The
Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben, by Cord Scott, p. 534.
Eliot Borenstein. Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World inside Your
Head, by CT Lim, p. 537.
Matthias Lehmann. Parallel, by Lizzy Walker, p. 540.
Chris Robinson. All-Negro Comics (the 75th Anniversary Edition), by
Cord Scott, p. 542.
Exhibition and Media Reviews
"This Is A Cartoon Era. " An Exhibition of Chinese Famous Cartoonist Mi Gu's Works From 1945-1965.
Xu Ying
545
Spirou dans la tourmente de la Shoah. Didier Pasamonik and Caroline Francois
Review by Nick Nguyen
561
Le Petit Poilu in Concert: A Fresh Take on Music and Movement in Comics.
Review by Laurie Anne Agnese
570
International Journal of Comic Art Author, Country, and Genre Index Volumes 1-25 (1999-2023)
Grace Livingston Wright Hulme
Jae-Woong Kwon, John A. Lent, and Xu Ying
572
International Journal of Comic Art Book, Exhibition, and Media Reviews Index Volumes 1-25 (1999-2023)
850-882

TRUMP MUD ROMP and the best of Wexler and Jones
Daryl Cagle, Taylor Jones and Ed Wexler
Caglecast 46 Aug 23, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He4FSoM8sfU

NATO 2099 graphic novel imagines the future of the Alliance
18 Jul. 2024 – https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_228113.htm

NATO 2099 - Introduction by Florence Gaub
NATODefenseCollege
Jul 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASwRR_GHD34

Generative AI Used for Background Coloring in Anime
posted on 2024-08-19 03:07 EDT by Ken Iikura-Gross
The backgrounds are still originally sketched by humans
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-08-19/generative-ai-used-for-background-coloring-in-anime/.214359?cmid=688b17ed-3fb2-414b-b794-fab267a34ddb

Marvel removes Jewish superhero Sabra's Israeli identity for new Captain America movie
The Israeli background of Marvel superhero Sabra has been removed for the upcoming 'Captain America: Brave New World' movie, with the character now depicted as a former Soviet Black Widow.
By MICHAEL STARR JULY 16, 2024
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-810520

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Comic Books [Auction]
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/five-rare-books-collectors-comic-books

Golden Age Comics Dominate Hake's $2.9M Pop Culture Auction
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/golden-age-comics-dominate-hakes-29m-pop-culture-auction

Fantastic Four No. 1, Wolverine Original Cover Art, and Iron Man's First Steps to Auction
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/fantastic-four-no-1-wolverine-original-cover-art-and-iron-mans-first-steps-auction

Captain America Comics #1 to Auction: $200,000 Estimate
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/captain-america-comics-1-auction-200000-estimate

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 289: Writer Zack Kaplan on writing horror, sci-fi and working with The Midnight
David Brooke
August 18, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/18/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-289-zack-kaplan/

"Kirby Is": Ram V and Evan Cagle on Resurrecting and Recentering the New Gods
By David Harper
August 21, 2024
https://sktchd.com/interview/new-gods-interview-ram-v-evan-cagle/

How Jane Foster Became The Mighty Thor
Let's dig into the story behind this Marvel classic with insight from those who created it.
By David Harper
July 5, 2022
https://sktchd.com/longform/how-jane-foster-became-the-mighty-thor/

Live Art Sale and Chat with Richard Pace
Bill Cox
Comic Art Live Aug 24, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiRA71fxhGw

Library Lines [literacy]
Emily Tatner
July 17, 2024
https://pocahontastimes.com/library-lines-122/

Revealing a Graphic Novel Edition of Ursula K. Le Guin's Masterpiece A Wizard of Earthsea
Artist Fred Fordham brings new life to Le Guin's iconic fantasy classic.
Reactor July 18, 2024
https://reactormag.com/cover-reveal-a-wizard-of-earthsea-graphic-novel/

Q&A: Steven S. DeKnight Discusses New Supernatural Graphic Novel HARD BARGAIN, Now on Kickstarter!
7/18/24 11:11 AM | Derek Anderson
https://dailydead.com/qa-steven-s-deknight-discusses-new-supernatural-graphic-novel-hard-bargain-now-on-kickstarter/

The real hippie: TNIE speaks to Jacob Easo, the real-life inspiration behind the iconic character 'Appi Hippie' from the comic strip 'Bobanum Moliyum'.
Mahima Anna Jacob
17 Jul 2024, https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2024/Jul/18/the-real-hippie

'It's a sickness': Chuck D on his new graphic novel and the 'madness' of US gun culture
The Public Enemy frontman talks about why he returned to his first love of art to create a book about the violence dividing his country
Rob Walker
Sat 9 Sep 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/09/chuck-d-graphic-novel-public-enemy-gun-violence

Readers critique The Post: Don't mess with Garfield
Odie-ous treatment of animals and humans.
By Letters to the Editor
Washington Post August 24 2024: A13
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/nedoroscik-pommel-garfield-autism-pap-smear/

2023 NCS Reuben Award Winners – Full List
D. D. Degg
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/08/24/2023-ncs-divisional-reuben-award-winners-an-early-list-still-under-construction/

Odie-ous ["Garfield" letter]
Lily Jennings
Washington Post August 24 2024: A13
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/nedoroscik-pommel-garfield-autism-pap-smear/

In Saudi Arabia, a popular animator faces jail time — for being irreverent [ Abdulaziz al-Muzaini; in print as How a Netflix cartoon led to a 13-year prison sentence]
Washington Post Editorial Board
Washington Post August 24, 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/saudi-arabia-muzzles-netflix-animator/

Trap-neuter-release (lasagna into the catio) ["Mark Trail" letter]
Karlyn McPartland
Washington Post August 24 2024: A13
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/nedoroscik-pommel-garfield-autism-pap-smear/

Eau no [Zits letter]
Laurel Neff
Washington Post August 24 2024: A13
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/nedoroscik-pommel-garfield-autism-pap-smear/

A Pap smear [Gemma Correll letter]
Patricia Dunlop Yacowar
Washington Post August 24 2024: A13
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/nedoroscik-pommel-garfield-autism-pap-smear/

Keep 'em together [comic strip printing size letter]
Judy Isaacs
Washington Post August 24 2024: A13
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/nedoroscik-pommel-garfield-autism-pap-smear/

Backward, Post cartoonists [Ann Telnaes letter]
Robert Hunter
Washington Post August 24 2024: A13
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/nedoroscik-pommel-garfield-autism-pap-smear/

Sunday, August 25, 2024

Jonathan Roth interviewed

Words, Images, & Worlds: Jonathan Roth Returns!

Jason DeHart

Aug 25, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30f7CVGckdQ

Author and artist Jonathan Roth returns to talk about the latest in his Rover & Speck series, as well as future directions and some insights into the process of incorporating science and literacy.

Saturday, August 24, 2024

Barney and Clyde on Project 2025, via Daily Cartoonist

I noted this when reading the WaPo today, but I'll defer to Mike Peterson's roundup at the Daily Cartoonist.

Fortunately for her, as noted in today's Barney & Clyde (Counterpoint), those planning to undermine the Constitution have not kept their plans a secret.

Trump once praised Project 2025, then, once the public weighed in against it, announced that he'd never heard of it and didn't approve of it, despite the number of his former employees who wrote it, and despite his having selected a running-mate who has praised the plan and worse screeds.

Two DMV-adjacent cartoonists win Reuben awards

MICHAEL DE ADDER

Editorial

The Canadian former WaPo contract editorial cartoonist, presumably for work he did at the Post, since he was forced out around February.

NICK GALIFIANAKIS

Magazine/Newspaper Illustration

The WaPo advice column illustrator, formerly of the area, now reported to be in Greece.

New WaPo webcomic newsletter, Shifts

I think it's new at least. I can't actually find any examples on the WaPo website.

Shifts

https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/shifts/

What does the future of work look like? This comic series will introduce you to people with jobs that didn't exist a generation ago. Sign up to get them in your inbox twice per week for four weeks, plus bonus content such as Q&As, a behind-the-scenes look at the process of making comics and more.

FrequencyTwice per week

For the past year, I've been speaking with workers across the continent whose jobs did not exist a generation ago to learn more about our new era of work — and what it means for our future.

Beatrix Lockwood , Newsletter strategy editor, Opinions

I've illustrated stories about a telemedicine veterinarian, an online dating consultant and others with jobs you might not have heard of before. Discover how these jobs came to be and what makes them so important for this generation and beyond.

Maya Scarpa , Illustrator

WaPo editorial board on Saudi Arabia's mistreatment of an animator

In Saudi Arabia, a popular animator faces jail time — for being irreverent [ Abdulaziz al-Muzaini; in print as How a Netflix cartoon led to a 13-year prison sentence]

Washington Post Editorial Board

Washington Post August 24, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/saudi-arabia-muzzles-netflix-animator/

6! Six! letters on the comics in today's WaPo!

Not that this will make them run the comics bigger, or give Ann Telnaes the permanent position she deserves... but bravo to Hannah Good for her thoughtful response to Garfield concerns.

Readers critique The Post: Don't mess with Garfield

Odie-ous treatment of animals and humans.

By Letters to the Editor