Trade Talks by Daniel Boris

 

May 20: Finding Pictures: Twentieth-Century Ephemera

Finding Pictures: Twentieth-Century Ephemera

May 14, 2026

Posted by: Kate Phillips

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The Library of Congress acquires collections through many means standard to cultural institutions, including donation, purchase, and bequest. But we also have one unique acquisition source: copyright deposit. In 1870, Congress passed an act centralizing copyright registration at the Library and requiring the deposit of two copies of each registered work. Not every deposited item becomes part of the Library’s research collections, but many do.

In a webinar next Wednesday, May 20 at 3:00pm Eastern Standard Time, Owen Ellis, a Prints & Photographs Division (P&P) archivist, and Sara Duke, the division’s curator of popular and applied graphic arts, will discuss P&P’s work selecting, processing, and making accessible printed ephemera that was acquired through copyright deposit. The webinar will discuss material deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office between 1909 and 1978.

Copyright Office. Photograph ca. 1920. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13456

Owen and Sara will focus on selections from Copyright Classes G, I, and KK, works that Owen says “document the creativity and commerce of the American people.”

In the pre-1978 classification system, Copyright Class G consisted of works of art created for personal and commercial use, including illustrations, comics, designs for greeting cards, and games, among others.

Dinky Doodle. Cartoon by Walter B. Lantz, 1924. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmscd.05121 The flowers and the seasons of Mahjong cards. Drawing by Richard H. Wang, 1942. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmscd.05132

Copyright Class I focuses on blueprints, diagrams, technical drawings, and other design works.

The Kendall automobile signaling device. Blueprint by Carleton W. Kendall, 1919. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmscd.05160 American battle-plane no. 1. Cutout by Spence Junior Novelty Co., 1918. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmscd.05602

Finally, Copyright Class KK includes labels, advertisements, packaging, and other material intended for commercial use.

Steve Canyon school textbook cover. Illustration by Milton Caniff, 1959. © CLASSIC COOL – The Milton Caniff Estate All Rights Reserved. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmscd.05854 Swift’s space travel guide (recto). Specialty Advertising Service, Inc, 1958. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmscd.05867 Swift’s space travel guide (verso). Specialty Advertising Service, Inc, 1958. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmscd.05868

Reflecting on the importance of copyright deposits at the Library of Congress, Sara writes, “From books to posters, from manuscripts for plays to the typescript copy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech given at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, deposits have formed the basis of the collections of the Library of Congress.”

The items to be discussed in the webinar are the stuff of everyday life. “The commercial art prints are valuable for the insight they offer to the development of packaging, toys, computers, and medications,” continues Sara. There is so much to be learned from these objects about the history of technology, communications, popular culture, political context, and more.

Learn More:

• Join us for Finding Pictures: Twentieth-Century Ephemera on Wednesday May 20 at 3:00pm Eastern Standard Time.
• Watch recordings of past Prints & Photographs Division webinars.
• Learn about the history of copyright in the United States through a timeline created by the Copyright Office.
• View finding aids for the Copyright Class G and Class KK collections.
• Explore other items in the Prints & Photographs Division that entered the Library via copyright deposit by searching either copyright deposit or Transfer; U.S. Copyright Office.

Sophia Glock In Conversation With Emily Ettlinger at Fantom Comics 260514

Emily Ettlinger; Sophia Glock

Washington, DC: Fantom Comics May 14 2026

https://archive.org/details/sophia-glock-in-conversation-with-emily-ettlinger-fantom-comics-260514

Everything In Color With Stephanie Stalvey & Sarah McCammon At Loyalty Bookstore 260429

Sarah McCammon; Stephanie Stalvey

Washington, DC: Loyalty Bookstore

https://archive.org/details/everything-in-color-with-stephanie-stalvey-sarah-mc-cammon-at-loyalty-bookstore-260429

Interrogating her own upbringing in an evangelical community, Stephanie Stalvey weaves a story of faith, alienation, romance and acceptance, in this beautifully painted graphic memoir.

 

Sophia Glock and Emily Ettlinger at Fantom Comics - live now

Emily 

Sophia

My 17: Comic Logic spring lot con has Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Curls Studio

On May 17th from 12-4, at our Spring Lot Con event, we will have Phillip Kennedy Johnson joining us in the shop for a signing event and to chat with you! Phillip will be signing from 12-3!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYSNdYVkR4e/?igsh=MTc1bTFic3Jsb3owbA%3D%3D

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVv83JPFAIz/?igsh=MXZwcHJmMmkza2p3eA%3D%3D

US/China Trade Talks: A Series of Three by Daniel Boris

Tomorrow. Sophia Glock at Fantom Comics

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Fantom Comics

2010 P St NW, Upper Floor, Washington D.C., DC

Public  · Anyone on or off Facebook

Sophia Glock joins us to talk about her new paranormal romance BEFORE WE WAKE with fellow cartoonist & fantom friend Emily Ettlinger come join us and get your book signed!

“With the dreaminess of Lore Olympus and the magic of The Girl from the Sea, here is an ethereal, paranormal romance that plays out between a waking life that feels muted and a world of lucid dreams that sparkles in full color.

Haunted by a recurring dream, Alicia borrows a book about lucid dreaming, and soon learns to take control of her sleeping life. She welcomes the arrival of her best friend’s boyfriend in her dreamworld, and soon sparks start to fly. But then he admits, when they are both awake, that he remembers everything that happened while they were asleep. Suddenly, Alicia’s dream life has become as complicated as her waking one.

In this electrifying graphic novel, Glock whisks readers on a head‑spinning romantic dream odyssey, exploring the ways in which we hold ourselves back—and what it will take to let our wildest dreams come true.“

Comic art at Gaithersburg Book Festival (updated)

I saw Leland and Jonathan last year and it was a lot of fun.  Mike

From: Jonathan Roth

Astronaut/graphic novelist Leland Melvin (he has the right stuff and the write stuff) will be the star of our panel at GBF this Saturday. The second book of his Space Crashers series just released.

Also at GBF: Gareth Hinds with his new deluxe version of his Odyssey book, and a panel with Dave Roman, Alexis Frederick-Frost and John Patrick Green.

Schedule: 2026-GBF-Childrens-Schedule.pdf

Jonathan

Randy T. writes in, 

 

In addition to the folks Jonathan mentioned, quite a few people who work or have dabbled in comics/graphic novels:

Tracey Baptiste (First Second)

Nick Bruel (First Second, Macmillan, Roaring Brook Press)

David LaRochelle (Candlewick Press)

Tony Medina (Tu Books)

Tim Probert (HarperAlley, HarperCollins)

Steve Sheinkin (Jewish Lights, First Second, Roaring Brook Press, UNM Press)

SJ Sindu (HarperAlley)

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/12/2026

Campbell, Sara. 2026. Manga Essentials: Spring & Summer Anime Buzz. Booklist (April 1): https://www.booklistonline.com/Manga-Essentials-Spring-Summer-Anime-Buzz-Smith-Sara/pid=9823990

Johnson, Jon. 2026. Conan and Jim Zub. Pint O’ Comics (423; May 10): https://pintocomics.com/pint-o-comics-episode-423-conan-and-jim-zub/

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. The Beat Digest 05/12/26: Mister Gotcha Book in the Works. The Beat (May 12): https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-051226/

Gans, Andrew. 2026. New Duncan Sheik Musical Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen Will Debut Off-Broadway This Fall; Rob Ashford will direct the musical based on Moyoco Anno's manga graphic novel of the same name. Playbill (May 8): https://playbill.com/article/new-duncan-sheik-musical-memoirs-of-amorous-gentlemen-will-debut-off-broadway-this-fall

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen to Become Off-Broadway Musical. The Beat (May 12): https://www.comicsbeat.com/memoirs-of-amorous-gentlemen-musical/

Gardner, Alan. 2026. The Doug Wright Awards Nominees Announced. Daily Cartoonist (May 11): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/11/the-doug-wright-awards-nominees-announced/

Gardner, Alan. 2026. Ashraf Omar Trial Delayed. Daily Cartoonist (May 11): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/11/ashraf-omar-trial-delayed/

Degg, D. D. 2026. Zombie Comic Strip Apocalypse. Daily Cartoonist (May 12): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/12/the-zombie-comic-strip-apocalypse/

Degg, D. D. 2026. “A Page of Comics Is Not the Best Use of Space in the Newspaper”. Daily Cartoonist (May 11): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/11/a-full-page-of-comics-is-not-the-best-use-of-space-in-the-newspaper/

Unknown. 2026. On Abby, Comics: Why Did My Newspaper Do That? [dropping comics]. Gloucester Daily Times (May 4): https://www.gloucestertimes.com/opinion/editorials/on-abby-comics-why-did-my-newspaper-do-that/article_6eb5f592-ba91-4baf-8dc8-1f604088e5fd.html

Rosenkranz, Patrick. 2026. Through Snow and Sleet and Dark of Night: S. Clay Wilson’s Correspondence. TCJ (May 12): https://www.tcj.com/through-snow-and-sleet-and-dark-of-night-s-clay-wilsons-correspondence/

MacDonald, Heidi. 2026. The Jack Kirby Way: A Day of Joy. The Beat (May 12): https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-jack-kirby-way-a-day-of-joy/

Kallaugher, Kevin KAL. 2026. Kal Studio Tour Replay Part 1. Kaltoons (May 11): https://kaltoons.substack.com/p/kal-studio-tour-replay

Fleishman, Glenn. 2000. Cartoon Captures Spirit of the Internet [Peter Steiner]. New York Times (December 14): G, 8. online at https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/technology/cartoon-captures-spirit-of-the-internet.html

Strange Hybrids book coming from Marc Singer

Strange Hybrids: Science Fiction, Literary Fiction, and the Contemporary Novel

 

 

How science fiction and literary fiction merge to represent today’s social, political, and environmental concerns

The future is now. Decades of accelerating technological, social, and environmental change have created a sense in the literary world that science fiction, rather than an augury of the future, may actually be the genre best equipped to describe the present.

Strange Hybrids examines the various ways contemporary novelists have adapted the structures and conventions of science fiction into literary depictions of our own world. Combining elements of both realism and speculative fiction, novelists such as Francis Spufford, Kim Stanley Robinson, Richard Powers, Jennifer Egan, and Colson Whitehead represent societies gripped by social, political, and ecological instability. Taking up questions of information science, climate change, medicine, economics, and more, their novels bridge the concerns of the sciences and the humanities to depict existing realities and imagine alternative ones. As descriptive as they are speculative, these novels demonstrate that science fiction offers an essential vocabulary for rethinking literature and its relationship to the contemporary world.

 

Marc Singer is Professor of English at Howard University and author of Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies. 

New Hundred Dollar Bill Design by Daniel Boris

 

Grift Mobile by Daniel Boris

Another Trump scam?? Shocking!

Maggie Shang interviewed

Exploring the Graphic Novel Collaboration Process: A Q&A with Johnell DeWitt and Maggie Shang

Daphne Higbee

D. Higbee blog May 11 2026

https://daphnehigbee.com/2026/05/11/exploring-the-graphic-novel-collaboration-process-a-qa-with-johnell-dewitt-and-maggie-shang/

COMICTROPOLIS Debuts: Insider Comic Conversations at DC Public Library

 

COMICTROPOLIS Debuts: Insider Comic Conversations

DC Public Library is excited to launch COMICTROPOLIS, a brand‑new conversation series for teens that brings the world of comic book creation to life. Led by native Washingtonian and acclaimed writer David Betancourt (The Athletic/New York Times; formerly The Washington Post; Marvel Entertainment), COMICTROPOLIS invites young fans into insider discussions with some of the industry’s most creative voices. Together, Betancourt and his guests will explore what it’s like to write for iconic universes like Marvel and DC Comics, how popular characters are shaped behind the scenes, and what it means to build original, creator‑owned worlds from the ground up. Upcoming COMICTROPOLIS events include:

• La Borinqueña Rises - An Afternoon with Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez | Saturday, May 23 at 2 p.m., MLK Library  
• From the Boondocks to a Galaxy Far Far Away - An Afternoon with Rodney Barnes | Sunday, May 31 at 2 p.m., MLK Library  
• Miles Morales and Me - How a D.C. Kid Ended Up Writing Miles Morales | Saturday, June 13 at 2 p.m., Southwest Library  
• Between the Comic to the Controller - In conversation with Stephanie Williams & Evan Narcisse | Saturday, June 20 at 2 p.m., West End Library  
• The Comic That Became the Supergirl Movie - An Afternoon with Tom King | Sunday, July 12 at 2 p.m., MLK Library    

Learn More and Register

Monument Makeover by Daniel Boris

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/9-10/2026

Doctorow, Cory. 2025. Science Comics Computers: How Digital Hardware Works” Steampunk dinosaurs, scratch-build a pressurized air-based, Turing complete, universal von Neumann machine. Medium (November 5): https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2025-11-05-xor-xand-xnor-nand-nor-brawniac-44c34b203c08

Unknown. 2025. Adventure stories, political satire and non-fiction comics at the Cartoonmuseum Basel [exhibition; Christophe Blain; France]. Blue News (November 6): https://www.bluewin.ch/en/entertainment/adventure-stories-political-satire-and-non-fiction-comics-at-the-cartoonmuseum-basel-2951435.html

Azouz, Inès. 2025. The Colomier Comics Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary – this year’s program includes workshops, screenings and book signings. Toulouse /secret (November 6): https://toulousesecret.com/en/festival-bd-colomier-program-2025/

Pacal, Olive. 2025. Intro to Wisdom: Exploring the philosophical implications of ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. Stamford Daily (November 5): https://stanforddaily.com/2025/11/05/intro-to-wisdom-exploring-the-philosophical-implications-of-calvin-and-hobbes/

Schedeen, Jesse. 2025. Peter Pan Reimagining Neverlanders To Be Adapted as an Animated Movie. Neverland is at war, and only a new generation of Lost Ones can save it. IGN (November 4): https://www.ign.com/articles/peter-pan-reimagining-neverlanders-to-be-adapted-as-an-animated-movie

Weis, Josh. 2025. How V for Vendetta Became an Enduring Symbol of "Resistance to Tyranny". Syfy (November 5): https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/v-for-vendetta-retrospective-interview-with-original-artist-david-lloyd

Unknown. 1926. Saturday Comic Section. [“The Jefferson (Ind.) Evening News recently added a four-page comic section to its Saturday Edition”]. Editor and Publisher 59 (16; September 11): 18. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1926-09-11_59_16/page/18/mode/2up

Ayala, Nicholas. 2025. Comic Shop Owner Arrested for Distributing Adult Comic at Halloween Event [Grendel Tales]. Screen Rant (November 4): https://screenrant.com/horror-comic-book-arrest-halloween-treat-or-treat/

Ricketts, Colin. 2025. Superman’s debut comic soars to $3 million-plus before auction. Just Collecting News (November 5): https://news.justcollecting.com/supermans-debut-comic-soars-to-3-million-plus-well-before-auction/

Capple, Bill. 1941. Comics Artists on the Deadline. Editor and Publisher (April 19): 72

Kreider, Tim. 2026. A Little Help: Professional Resources for Writers and Artists, Offered by Friends and Colleagues. The Loaf (May 9): https://timkreider.substack.com/p/a-little-help

Hughes, William. 2026. Guillermo Del Toro Warns His Next Stop-Motion Film Will Make No "Concession to a Family Audience"; The Frankenstein director called his forthcoming The Buried Giant a "fascinatingly difficult stop-motion movie for adults." AV Club (May 8): https://www.avclub.com/guillermo-del-toro-the-buried-giant-no-concession-for-families

Papalia, Alexis. 2026. Meet Joe Wos, the Pittsburgh Artist Behind ‘Mazetoons’. Tribune-Review (May 9): https://triblive.com/aande/museums/meet-joe-wos-the-pittsburgh-artist-behind-mazetoons/

Coca, Vin, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, and Nicole Chrolavicius. 2026. Lawrence Wood. New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast (250; May 7): https://cartooncaptioncontestpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1719352/episodes/19143225-episode-250-lawrence-wood

Freeman, John. 2026. John Charles and Barry May’s Technofreak Goes to the Movies! [UK indy comic] downthetubes (May 8): https://downthetubes.net/john-charles-and-barry-mays-technofreak-goes-to-the-movies/

Backderf, John Derf. 2026. ["Word Flying Around That Nicole Hollander, Whose Long-Running Comic Strip Sylvia Was One of the Few Interesting Things on the Daily Comics Page From 1980 Until She Hung It Up in 2012, Has Passed Away."]. Facebook (May 2): https://www.facebook.com/share/1HwkWD4Jqm/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Batman: The Killing Joke Avant-Garde Edition Costs $17,409.75 Each. Bleeding Cool (May 9): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/batman-the-killing-joke-avant-garde-edition-costs-17409-75-each/

Hodgkins, Crystalyn. 2026. Martian Successor Nadesico, Bodacious Space Pirates Director Tatsuo Satō Dies; Satō died of liver failure last month at 61 years old. Anime News Network (May 7): https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-07/martian-successor-nadesico-bodacious-space-pirates-director-tatsuo-sato-dies/.236962

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. The Weight Wins the 2026 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize. The Beat (May 10): https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-weight-lynd-ward-prize/

Gardner, Alan. 2026. Lakes International Comic Arts Festival Under Fire for Inviting Emad Hajjaj [of Jordan]. Daily Cartoonist (May 9): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/09/lakes-international-comic-arts-festival-under-fire-for-inviting-emad-hajjaj/

Unknown. 2026. Editorial Cartoonist Receives International Award [Patrick LaMontagne; Canada]. Calgary Herald (May 4): https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/editorial-cartoonist-receives-international-award/ar-AA22rAd1

Pellegrino, Maria. 2026. Portrayal of Kids in Comics: This Is Not the Place to Be. WashU Libraries (May 7): https://library.washu.edu/news/portrayal-of-kids-in-comics-this-is-not-the-place-to-be/

Hughes, William. 2026. Eric Kripke as Baffled as the Rest of Us by Reality's Race to Catch up With The Boys; Having previously issued a joking "I appreciate the marketing," Kripke has now been reduced to sharing memes about the show's absurd overlaps. AV Club (May 9): https://www.avclub.com/eric-kripke-responds-to-trump-golden-statue-the-boys

Swinimer, John. 2026. Elisabeth Belliveau Tells Her ‘Birth Story’. True North Country Comics Videos (May 4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RQ5SPdsng8

Tennessee Trippin' by Daniel Boris

Sophia Glock at Bard's Alley (including her mom!)

From: Randy Tischler 

  

and Mom, who's played a role in both of Sophia's GN's.

 

Benched by Daniel Boris