Spider-Man's Origin Story
Original panels illustrate the working process of author and illustrator.
Sara Duke
Library of Congress Magazine (May/June): 17.
Wednesday, May 08, 2024
Clay Jones is a streaker
Editorial Cartoonist Clay Jones is on a Five-Year Posting Streak
by GoComics Team May 06, 2022
May 8: Vera Brosgol at Politics and Prose
I'm planning on attending tonight.
Vera Brosgol - Plain Jane and The Mermaid - at Conn Ave
Upcoming Event
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - 7:00pm
About the Book:
In a world that values appearance, Jane has always felt overlooked. After losing her inheritance as well as her parents, she proposes to the vain, but dashing Peter. When he is kidnapped by a nefarious mermaid, she is determined to bring him home. With the help of a mysterious crone and a grumpy seal, can Jane prove to herself, and others, that beauty is only skin deep? Vera Brosgol's newest graphic novel Plain Jane and the Mermaid will sweep readers into a dangerous underwater world.
About the Author:
Vera Brosgol was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1984 and moved to the United States when she was five. Her first two graphic novels, Anya's Ghost and Be Prepared, were published by First Second, and her debut picture book Leave Me Alone! was a 2017 Caldecott Honor Book. She's also worked on storyboards for several animated films, including Coraline and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her dog Omar, a mere two hours from the sea.
Ages: 8 - 13
5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
Child & Teen
Teens
By Vera Brosgol
$14.99
ISBN: 9781250314857
Availability: Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now
Published: First Second - May 7th, 2024
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/7/2024
Reitha Pattison Quits Judge Dredd Comics For Yale University Press
Reitha Pattison has been appointed head of rights at Yale University Press London after left Rebellion Publishing, publishers of Judge Dredd and 2000AD.
6 May 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/reitha-pattison-quits-judge-dredd-comics-for-yale-university-press/
Penguin Launches New Graphic Novel Line, Puffin Graphics
Puffin, the British children's book line from Penguin, has launched a new graphic novel imprint, Puffin Graphics, from July.
6 May 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/penguin-launches-new-graphic-novel-line-puffin-graphics/
Bluey After Dark? The Episode "The Mouse" Didn't Want You to See
If you're a Bluey fan who watches on Disney+, then you're missing out. Here's the episode that "The Mouse" won't stream - "Dad Baby."
4 May 2024
by Ray Flook
https://bleedingcool.com/tv/bluey-after-dark-the-episode-the-mouse-didnt-want-you-to-see/
Marvel Now Approving Series For Ten Issues At A Time
Talking to ICV2, Marvel Comics President Dan Buckley has clarified a change in Marvel Comics publishing decision-making.
5 May 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-now-approving-series-for-ten-issues-at-a-time/
Bob Iger Details "Reduced" Marvel Output: "At Most" Three Films Per Year, Two Series
The Disney CEO explained his plans to reduce Marvel Studios' output on the company's earnings call.
Alex Weprin
May 7, 2024
Medar de la Cruz Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary
D. D. Degg
DSTLRY OPENS MARKETPLACE; GLOBALCOMIX ADDS VAULT, MAGMA; ORANGE RAISES $19.5M
Digital Comics News Round-Up
Milton Griepp on May 7, 2024
Neil Gaiman Has a Hero Out of Step in a Book Out of Time
In an era of endlessly safe comic universes, "Miracleman: The Silver Age" goes another way with the return of a godlike hero from a world more like ours.
By Sam Thielman
May 7, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/books/review/neil-gaiman-miracleman-silver-age.html
"Fairytale Ending" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
May 6, 2024 by Lawrence Wood
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/fairytale-ending-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/
"Fairytale Ending" CartoonStock Caption Contest
Bob Mankoff, Lawrence Wood, Joel Mishon and Trevor Hoey
CartoonStock, a Cartoon Collections Co.
May 6, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy1L4K_5iXk
Interview with Creators of The Graphic History of Hip Hop
Talking with Hip Hop Chroniclers Greason and Fielder
George Carmona 3rd
05/07/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-with-creators-of-the-graphic-history-of-hip-hop/
Meet the Team! Andrea Harris
Ralph Steadman Art Collection May 5, 2024
https://mailchi.mp/ca1973111c9c/meet-the-team-andrea-harris
Paul Gillon et 13 rue de l'Espoir à la Galerie Napoléon
Jean-Laurent Truc
7 mai 2024
https://www.ligneclaire.info/expo-gillon-paris-2024-291074.html
Episode 215: Sarah H. Cho & Her Futuristic Erotic Thriller RED LIGHT From AWA Studios
Uncanny Matt and Chad B.
Comic Watch May 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-SaOqnJH9g
Greg Kearney has been drawing cartoons forever
People's World May 3, 2024
By John Bachtell
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/greg-kearney-has-been-drawing-cartoons-forever/
John Romita Jr. and a Legendary Life in Comics
Scott Dunbier
Comic Book Pros
Apr 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMphaWVBZyw
Mike Norton Returns To Shazam
wordballoon May 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfC3bPnlr9I
Times Free Press cartoonist Clay Bennett honored as a Pulitzer Prize finalist
May 6, 2024
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/may/06/sub-tfp-cartoonist-clay-bennett-honored-as-a/
AI manga translation start-up Orange gets $20 million in funding; AI-translation start-up promises to make more manga available in English than ever, and do it faster and cheaper too... but what's the catch?
Deb Aoki 05/07/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/ai-manga-translation-start-up-orange-gets-20-million-in-funding/
The Most Underrated X-Men Stories of All Time
Want to get into X-Men but are intimidated by the hundreds of comics? Get started with these underrated standalone X-Men issues.
By Joe George | May 7, 2024
https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/the-most-underrated-x-men-stories-of-all-time/
Yoshiharu Tsuge's 'Ame no Naka no Yokujō' Manga Gets Live-Action Film
posted on 2024-04-30 14:00 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Warner Bros. Animation EVP Ed Adams Retiring This Year
By Mercedes Milligan
May 6, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/05/warner-bros-animation-evp-ed-adams-retiring-this-year/
Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood manga gets an anime adaptation
Main cast and 2025 premiere confirmed
Humberto Saabedra
05/07/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/tougen-anki-legend-of-the-cursed-blood-manga-gets-an-anime-adaptation/
Tuesday, May 07, 2024
WaPo comic, “Searching for Maura," finalist for Pulitzer
The Washington Post wins three Pulitzer Prizes
A series on the AR-15's cultural and political impact won for national reporting. Imprisoned columnist Vladimir Kara-Murza and editorial writer David Hoffman were also honored. The New York Times also won three prizes, and the New Yorker won two.
"Another finalist, in the illustrated reporting and commentary category, was "Searching for Maura," a beautifully rendered visual telling of the story of an 18-year-old Suyoc Igorot woman from the Philippines who died after coming to the United States to be put on display at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. After she died, a portion of her brain was taken by the director of physical anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution's U.S. National Museum, who used human body parts to test his theories about biological differences between races."
Fantom Comics FCBD photos
They had a great crowd apparently. It was still a line going out the door when I got there after lunch. Since before Covid, Fantom has been providing a complete set of FCBD comics for the Library of Congress; I've taken over collecting them. Here's a few shots I took.
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| She-Ra from Masters of the Universe |
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| Store co-owner Dave Bishop |
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| Erin Lisette, and her Incomplete Origins series and Baby Forest Spirit Plush |
Pin the Bow Tie on Buster Brown game heading to the Library of Congress
I picked up this cloth game over the weekend at a flea market. It's 119 years old, according to the ad that someone on the Platinum Comics history list found for me.
For modern parents who think merchandising of comics and cartoon characters are something new - nope! When characters such as Ally Sloper in the UK, and Yellow Kid, Buster Brown, and Foxy Grandpa in the US got a following in print, merchandising followed.
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| The Morning Call Wed Oct 18 1905 |
I don't know when the Library will get this cataloged but it'll be in the Prints and Photos division as of this week. Here's a few details.
Some more recent material was handed over too including the print edition of the 2023 Comics Research Bibliography, a complete set of 2024 Free Comic Book Day comics, and these gems.
From Artomatic, this print of tattooed Kewpies amused me, but I can't find the artist's name at the moment.
Life on Other Worlds, a 1978 portfolio I saw on Heritage auctions that I was curious about so I bought it on e-bay for much less. The art by Al Williamson, Walt Simonson, Paul Gulacy, Howard Chaykin and P. Craig Russell is fine, but only Williamson's is accomplished.
And this has nothing to do with comics, but was a lovely steel engraving bookplate from Virginia Otis to add to the collection they already have.
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Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/6/2024
Freaking Romance Creator Snailord Talks Comics Success, Film Version
Freaking Romance creator Snailord, aka Aidyn Arroyal, talks about the WEBTOON series' runaway success and upcoming live-action film adaptation
05 May 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/movies/freaking-romance-creator-snailord-talks-comics-success-film-version/
'Thor' Review
FILM REVIEW: Kenneth Branagh delivers as the hammer-hurling god of thunder kicks off this superhero summer with a bang.
Megan Lehmann
April 20, 2011
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/thor-review-179647/
Free Comic Book Day Wrap-Up: The Best In Years
Free Comic Book Day was a surprising success this year, after a few down years since the pandemic. Here is all the scuttle from one store.
05 May 2024
ROLLING FOR INITIATIVE -- FCBD TIMING, AND CREEPING CHANGE
Scott Thorne on May 6, 2024
https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/56842/rolling-initiative-fcbd-timing-creeping-change
Who reads Miracleman? and other thoughts on graphic novel publishing
By: Heidi MacDonald
05/06/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/who-reads-miracleman-and-other-thoughts-on-graphic-novel-publishing/
Mike Sterling
Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin January 29th, 2024
https://www.progressiveruin.com/2024/01/29/miracleman-the-marvel-age/
In praise of 'The Bad Batch,' the most Star Wars Star Wars project ever
An animated show from a galaxy far, far away touched nearly every corner of the franchise [in print as 'The Bad Batch' covered every corner of the galaxy]
Washington Post May 6, 2024 : C3
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/2024/05/02/star-wars-bad-batch-legends-novels/
25 Years of National Cartoonists Days
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/05/05/25-years-of-national-cartoonists-days/
'A perfect situation for making all kinds of mistakes': A talk with Pierre La Police
Luke Burns | May 6, 2024
Animation Time Machine: Mission Date – May 1924
May 3, 2024
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/05/animation-time-machine-mission-date-may-1924/
Interview: Matt Wagner chats about GRENDEL: DEVIL'S CRUCIBLE-DEFIANCE #1
05/06/2024
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-matt-wagner-chats-about-grendel-devils-crucible-defiance-1/
Astrobiology: The NASA Graphic History Series
Mike Toillion
NASA Astrobiology
Apr 16, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1chiN8CJA0
Astrobiology: The NASA Graphic History Series website
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/resources/graphic-histories/
Evil Inc. Under New Management.
Philadelphia: Brad Guigar
Garcia, Congressman Robert. 2024.
The Popular Arts Caucus hosted the first Free Comic Book Day at the Capitol.
Congressman Robert Garcia (May 5): https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/1787265169372086382
Haunted Canada series to adapt 4 'terrifying tales' in a new graphic novel format
CBC Books, May 2nd, 2024 https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7191466
Why the comic book industry is growing ahead of Free Comic Book Day
Stephanie Hughes
Marketplace Morning Report May 3, 2024
https://www.marketplace.org/2024/05/03/free-comic-book-day-industry/
My journey with the Tridevi: Creating a graphic novel series
May 2, 2024,
Sukanya Basu Mallik
Oscar-winning "Parasite" to be published as English graphic novel [South Korea]
Florey DM
28 February 2020
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/style/oscar-winning-parasite-published-english-083900173.html
Malayalam superhero character from the film 'Minnal Murali' gets a graphic novel avatar
Minnal Murali becomes the first Malayalam superhero to get his own graphic novel brought out by Tinkle Comics' new imprint
Shilpa Nair Anand
May 03, 2024
Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation. 2024
by Bryan Caplan (Author), Ady Branzei (Ill.)
Washington, DC: Cato Institute
Bastiat's Buildings: Why I Wrote a Graphic Novel about Housing Regulation [Cato Institute]
By Bryan Caplan
Cato at Liberty blog May 2, 2024
https://www.cato.org/blog/bastiats-buildings-why-i-wrote-graphic-novel-about-housing-regulation
Bryan Caplan, Megan McArdle, and Peter Goettler. 2024.
Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation
Cato Institute (April 30): https://www.cato.org/events/build-baby-build-science-ethics-housing-regulation and https://house-fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/d156aa71-f38c-4daa-bc02-37f0d5380bf0/aaec2f7e-6e9b-4240-a538-2f7eb25bd1a2/main.mp4 and https://feeds.acast.com/public/streams/5e2e15a046f4465f31c89d8c/episodes/663257313eb92b0012a63a5e.mp3
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode eighty-six | Zac Thompson, part two
May 06, 2024
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/what-about-that-one
Is My Toddler a Stochastic Parrot? The world is racing to develop ever more sophisticated large language models while a small language model unfurls itself in my home [Pulitzer finalist]
By Angie Wang
November 15, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook/is-my-toddler-a-stochastic-parrot
The Diary of a Rikers Island Library Worker
Every week for a year, I pushed a cart of books through the largest jail complex in New York City. [Pulitzer winner]
By Medar de la Cruz
May 12, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-diary-of-a-rikers-island-library-worker
Death Ratio'd Interview: Likes or Death [Mark Russell]
Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
PREVIEWSworld Apr 23, 2024
https://previewsworld.com/Article/274168-Death-Ratiod-Interview-Likes-or-Death
Monday, May 06, 2024
Mark Russell interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
Death Ratio'd Interview: Likes or Death [Mark Russell]
Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen
PREVIEWSworld Apr 23, 2024
https://previewsworld.com/Article/274168-Death-Ratiod-Interview-Likes-or-Death
New graphic non-fiction from the Cato Institute
I enjoyed his previous talk and book on unlimited immigration into the US, done w/ Zach Weinersmith.
Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation. 2024
by Bryan Caplan (Author), Ady Branzei (Ill.)
Washington, DC: Cato Institute
Bastiat's Buildings: Why I Wrote a Graphic Novel about Housing Regulation [Cato Institute]
By Bryan Caplan
Cato at Liberty blog May 2, 2024
https://www.cato.org/blog/bastiats-buildings-why-i-wrote-graphic-novel-about-housing-regulation
Bryan Caplan, Megan McArdle, and Peter Goettler. 2024.
Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation
Cato Institute (April 30): https://www.cato.org/events/build-baby-build-science-ethics-housing-regulation and https://house-fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/d156aa71-f38c-4daa-bc02-37f0d5380bf0/aaec2f7e-6e9b-4240-a538-2f7eb25bd1a2/main.mp4 andMissed it: Build, Baby, Build at the Cato Institute
Build, Baby, Build
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Free comic book day in the US Capitol
Garcia, Congressman Robert. 2024.
The Popular Arts Caucus hosted the first Free Comic Book Day at the Capitol.
Congressman Robert Garcia (May 5):https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/1787265169372086382
Joe Sutliff's new book (with Rabbi Rabbi Kenneth B. Block technically) has 7 more days on Kickstarter
How To Be Jewish in 30 Seconds
The Wit and Wisdom of Rabbi Kenneth B. Block
Snailord, aka Aidyn Arroyal, interviewed about Freaking Romance
Freaking Romance Creator Snailord Talks Comics Success, Film Version
Freaking Romance creator Snailord, aka Aidyn Arroyal, talks about the WEBTOON series' runaway success and upcoming live-action film adaptation
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