DOCSLIB.ORG

A Pictorial History of Comic-Con

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
A Pictorial History of Comic-Con A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF COMIC-CON The 2000s THE MODERN AGE OF COMIC-CON Comic-Con exploded in the 2000s, becoming a veritable pop culture juggernaut. While Comic-Con kept its focus as the “big tent” comics show, Hollywood movie studios and TV networks discovered the power of the Con to preview new films and shows. COMIC-CON 50 www.comic-con.org 1 OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP ROW: Sir Ian McKellen met a friend in the Exhibit 2000 Hall while signing 2000 at the Marvel COMIC-CON 31 booth; the first COMIC-CON 31 X-Men movie had just premiered the weekend of Comic- Con. NOTABLE JULY 20–23 MIDDLE ROW: GUESTS Masquerade PHOEBE GLOECKNER San Diego contestants include Comic writer-artist, Convention Futurama’s Bender and Leela and a trio A Child’s Life Center of DC’s “spooky” heroes: The Spectre, Dr. Fate, and the BEN KATCHOR Attendance: Phantom Stranger. 48,500 Cartoonist, Julius Knipl, BOTTOM: The EC Real Estate Photographer Comics Reunion was one of the high Comic-Con celebrated the 50th points of Comic- anniversary of EC Comics by Con 2000, with (left HARRY KNOWLES bringing in as many of the still- to right) Jack Davis, Internet writer and critic, Adele Kurtzman, Al living artists as possible, along Feldstein, Angelo Ain’t It Cool News with Adele Kurtzman (widow Torres, Will Elder, of Harvey) and Anne Gaines and Marie Severin (widow of Bill). The Autograph among the comics Area expanded and moved to line’s greats who JEPH LOEB the Sails Pavilion on the upper came to San Diego. Comic book writer, level. This was a big year for the Batman: The Long Halloween Internet, with online companies taking space on the Exhibit Hall floor and participating in an TIM SALE “Online Showcase” program- ming track. Anime continued Comic book artist, to explode, prompting an “An- Batman: The Long Halloween ime Showcase” programming track. Sunday became Kids’ Day, with lots of programming geared to all ages. Hollywood LEWIS TRONDHEIM started to gear up with direc- French cartoonist, tor Bryan Singer, who talked McCloney, Dungeon about X-Men, which opened the weekend of Comic-Con. But the biggie was New Line’s showing THIS PAGE, TOP: William Stout’s cover managed to salute a EC 50th GUESTS: of a featurette on the making lot of the Comic-Con 2000 themes, all in a piece of art that of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, evoked the classic EC Comics of the 1950s. Will Elder, Al Feldstein, complete with an unannounced ABOVE: 2000’s official T-shirt recalled a seminal moment in Anne Gaines, Jack Kamen, appearance by Sir Ian McKellen, comic book history: Silver Age Flash meets Golden Age Flash. Adele Kurtzman, who stopped by on his way to Marie Severin, Angelo Torres, New Zealand to begin filming. LEFT: Comic-Con’s publications became more and more sophisticated in the 2000s and often featured new art. Al Williamson COMIC-CON 50 Souvenir Book cover art © 2019 William Stout; characters TM & © 2019 respective copyright holders • Flash and Batman TM & © DC Comics COMIC-CON 50 2 2019 Souvenir Book www.comic-con.org 3 OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP ROW: Will Eisner with author Michael Chabon. 2001 Eisner was one of 2001 the influences on COMIC-CON 32 Chabon’s award- COMIC-CON 32 winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. NOTABLE JULY 19–22 MIDDLE ROW, LEFT: Kevin Smith GUESTS introduced his San Diego daughter, Harley Convention Quinn Smith, to the world. Center BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Comic book writer RIGHT: Batman and Robin kept Comic- Daredevil, Ultimate Spider-Man Attendance: Con safe for citizens 53,000 of all ages. BOTTOM: The MICHAEL CHABON programming Author, The Amazing Adven- The San Diego Convention Center rooms became tures of Kavalier & Clay opened a gigantic new expansion more sophisticated in 2001, doubling its space. The in the 2000s in both ground floor now included exhibi- appearance and tor space in Hall D (although use of technical equip- FRANK CHO the rest of the new portion—Halls E ment. through H—was yet to come). This Comic book writer-artist, turned out to be the last year for THIS PAGE, TOP: Liberty Meadows Comic Book Expo and ProCon, with Jeff Smith’s incred- ible Bone cover for the former being folded into Comic- the Souvenir Book. Con. The big addition for 2001 was JULIE DOUCET Preview Night, an advance view of RIGHT: Green Arrow the Exhibit Hall on the night before French-Canadian cartoonist, was one of DC the official opening of Comic-Con. Comics’ big books Dirty Plotte Something else new this year was for 2001, written the CCI-IFF—Comic-Con’s Indepen- by Kevin Smith dent Film Festival—which launched with covers by Matt BRIAN & WENDY FROUD as Film Fest Friday. One of the major Wagner, who did programming highlights was au- this official T-shirt British fantasy illustrators, thor Michael Chabon (The Amazing design. film designers, Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which took place in the comics world) in- BELOW: Archie and Dark Crystal, Faeries terviewing comics icon Will Eisner. the gang made one Hollywood programming stepped more appearance at up, with studios presenting advance the Con. DAN SPIEGLE looks on such films as Tim Burton’s Comic book artist, Planet of the Apes, From Hell, Jet Li’s The One, and John Carpenter’s Blackhawk, Crossfire Ghosts of Mars. But the must-see event was a first-time appearance by Sam Raimi to talk about Spider- JHONEN VASQUEZ Man. Because of the Masquerade’s Comic book writer-artist, popularity on Saturday night, tick- ets (issued free) were introduced for Johnny the Homicidal Maniac the event. COMIC-CON 50 Bone © 2019 Jeff Smith • Green Arrow TM & © DC Comics • Archie TM & © 2019 Archie Publications COMIC-CON 50 4 2019 Souvenir Book www.comic-con.org 5 OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: A look at the 2002 Exhibit Hall. Comic-Con began 2002 to quickly fill the 2002 new Convention COMIC-CON 33 Center expansion COMIC-CON 33 space that opened in 2001. MIDDLE ROW: Hol- lywood came call- NOTABLE AUGUST 1–4 ing once again with (left to right) Arnold GUESTS Schwarzenegger San Diego making a surprise Convention appearance for Terminator 3; direc- Center tor James Cameron FRANK JACOBS promoting Solaris, Comic book writer, humorist, and movie legend Attendance: Ray Harryhausen. MAD magazine 63,000 BOTTOM: The Hobbits took over Ballroom 20 with JASON a Lord of the Rings Norwegian cartoonist, Attendance jumped an astounding panel featuring Hey, Wait, Sshhhh! 10,000 in one year. The Exhibit Hall Billy Boyd, Elijah expanded into Hall E in the new Wood, and Dominic addition of the Convention Center. Monaghan. CHIP KIDD With the increased size, areas on THIS PAGE TOP: the floor were set up to congregate The 50th anniver- Author, book designer, specific kinds of exhibitors: the In- sary of MAD was the Peanuts: The Art of dependent Publishers’ Pavilion, Souvenir Book cover Gold and Silver Age Pavilion, and topic. Charles M. Schulz Lord of the Rings Pavilion, plus areas RIGHT: Joe Kubert’s for manga, toy manufacturers, game Sgt. Rock took com- companies, major comics publish- mand of the official CRAIG McCRACKEN ers, and alternative comics publish- T-shirt. ers. More programming rooms were Artist, animator, creator, added in the Convention Center, BELOW: The Death Powerpuff Girls and Ballroom 20 in the new section Star made an ap- pearance at Comic- of the Convention Center became Con, just before it home to the big media programs, was attacked by the TONY MILLIONAIRE the Eisner Awards, and the Mas- Rebels. querade. This was the last year the Cartoonist, Inkpot Awards were given out at the Maakies, Sock Monkey Eisners, thus ending Scott Shaw!’s popular run as MC for the Inkpots. The CCI-IFF expanded to all four days. The Hollywood floodgates LEW SAYRE SCHWARTZ truly burst open, with numerous Comic book artist, big-name celebrities showing up both announced and unannounced: Batman, Detective Comics Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator 3), Ben Affleck (Daredevil), Ron Perl- man (Hellboy), and Elijah Wood with HERB TRIMPE fellow hobbits Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd (Lord of the Rings). Comic book artist, Incredible Hulk COMIC-CON 50 MAD and Sgt. Rock • TM & © DC Comics COMIC-CON 50 6 2019 Souvenir Book www.comic-con.org 7 OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP LEFT: Stan Lee was an almost- constant presence 2003 at the show through 2003 COMIC-CON 34 the decade. COMIC-CON 34 RIGHT: Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie represented a new JULY 17-20 level of star power NOTABLE at Comic-Con. GUESTS MIDDLE ROW San Diego LEFT: Simpsons cre- Convention ator Matt Groening signed at the Bongo BRIAN AZZARELLO Center Comics Booth. Comic book writer, creator, 100 Bullets MIDDLE ROW, Attendance: RIGHT: The new 70,000 design of the Eisner Awards was inspired SAL BUSCEMA by a page from Scott McCloud’s Comic book artist, The Exhibit Hall expanded to the Understanding Com- Incredible Hulk, Capt. America Convention Center’s Halls F and G, ics, and suggested with Artists’ Alley and the Art Auction by Will Eisner in Hall G, while the Art Show moved himself. to the opposite side, in Hall A. The PHILIPPE DUPUY & big Thursday night event was the BOTTOM: This CHARLES BERBÉRIAN Star Wars Fan Film Awards, hosted Masquerade entry French cartoonist team, by Jeremy Bullock (“Boba Fett”). Ma- featuring characters jor changes were made to the Eisner from Miyazaki’s Spir- Get A Life, Maybe Later Awards ceremony: the Inkpot Awards ited Away shows the were now given out at spotlight level of craftsman- panels, and a newly designed Eisner ship and hardwork STEVE JACKSON trophy was introduced.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Eerie Archives: Volume 16 Free
    FREE EERIE ARCHIVES: VOLUME 16 PDF Bill DuBay,Louise Jones,Faculty of Classics James Warren | 294 pages | 12 Jun 2014 | DARK HORSE COMICS | 9781616554002 | English | Milwaukee, United States Eerie (Volume) - Comic Vine Gather up your wooden stakes, your blood-covered hatchets, and all the skeletons in the darkest depths of your closet, and prepare for a horrifying adventure into the darkest corners of comics history. This vein-chilling second volume showcases work by Eerie Archives: Volume 16 of the best artists to ever work in the comics medium, including Alex Toth, Gray Morrow, Reed Crandall, John Severin, and others. Grab your bleeding glasses and crack open this fourth big volume, collecting Creepy issues Creepy Archives Volume 5 continues the critically acclaimed series that throws back the dusty curtain on a treasure trove of amazing comics art and brilliantly blood-chilling stories. Dark Horse Comics continues to showcase its dedication to publishing the greatest comics of all time with the release of the sixth spooky volume Eerie Archives: Volume 16 our Creepy magazine archives. Creepy Archives Volume 7 collects a Eerie Archives: Volume 16 array of stories from the second great generation of artists and writers in Eerie Archives: Volume 16 history of the world's best illustrated horror magazine. As the s ended and the '70s began, the original, classic creative lineup for Creepy was eventually infused with a slew of new talent, with phenomenal new contributors like Richard Corben, Ken Kelly, and Nicola Cuti joining the ranks of established greats like Reed Crandall, Frank Frazetta, and Al Williamson. This volume of the Creepy Archives series collects more than two hundred pages of distinctive short horror comics in a gorgeous hardcover format.
    [Show full text]
  • JKA918 Manga Studies (JB, VT2019) (1) Studying Manga: Introduction to the Research Field Inside and Outside of Japan JB (2007)
    JKA918 Manga Studies (JB, VT2019) (1) Studying manga: Introduction to the research field inside and outside of Japan JB (2007), “Considering Manga Discourse: Location, Ambiguity, Historicity”. In Japanese Visual Culture, edited by Mark MacWilliams, pp. 351-369. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe [e-book]; JB (2016), Chapter 8 “Manga, which Manga? Publication Formats, Genres, Users,” in Japanese Civilization in the 21st Century. New York: Nova Science Publishers, ed. Andrew Targowski et al., pp. 121-133; Kacsuk, Zoltan (2018), “Re-Examining the ‘What is Manga’ Problematic: The Tension and Interrelationship between the ‘Style’ Versus ‘Made in Japan’ Positions,” Arts 7, 26; https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/7/3/26 (2) + (3) Archiving popular media: Museum, database, commons (incl. sympos. Archiving Anime) JB (2012), “Manga x Museum in Contemporary Japan,” Manhwa, Manga, Manhua: East Asian Comics Studies, Leipzig UP, pp. 141-150; Azuma, Hiroki ((2009), Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals, UP of Minnesota; ibid. (2012), “Database Animals,” in Ito, Mizuko, ed., Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World, Yale UP, pp. 30–67. [e-book] (4) Manga as graphic narrative 1: Tezuka Osamu’s departure from the ‘picture story’ Pre- reading: ex. Shimada Keizō, “The Adventures of Dankichi,” in Reading Colonial Japan: Text, Context, and Critique, ed. Michele Mason & Helen Lee, Stanford UP, 2012, pp. 243-270. [e-book]; Natsume, Fusanosuke (2013). “Where Is Tezuka?: A Theory of Manga Expression,” Mechademia vol. 8, pp. 89-107 [e-journal]; [Clarke, M.J. (2017), “Fluidity of figure and space in Osamu Tezuka’s Ode to Kirihito,” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 26pp.
    [Show full text]
  • LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS American Comics SETH KUSHNER Pictures
    LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS LEAPING TALL From the minds behind the acclaimed comics website Graphic NYC comes Leaping Tall Buildings, revealing the history of American comics through the stories of comics’ most important and influential creators—and tracing the medium’s journey all the way from its beginnings as junk culture for kids to its current status as legitimate literature and pop culture. Using interview-based essays, stunning portrait photography, and original art through various stages of development, this book delivers an in-depth, personal, behind-the-scenes account of the history of the American comic book. Subjects include: WILL EISNER (The Spirit, A Contract with God) STAN LEE (Marvel Comics) JULES FEIFFER (The Village Voice) Art SPIEGELMAN (Maus, In the Shadow of No Towers) American Comics Origins of The American Comics Origins of The JIM LEE (DC Comics Co-Publisher, Justice League) GRANT MORRISON (Supergods, All-Star Superman) NEIL GAIMAN (American Gods, Sandman) CHRIS WARE SETH KUSHNER IRVING CHRISTOPHER SETH KUSHNER IRVING CHRISTOPHER (Jimmy Corrigan, Acme Novelty Library) PAUL POPE (Batman: Year 100, Battling Boy) And many more, from the earliest cartoonists pictures pictures to the latest graphic novelists! words words This PDF is NOT the entire book LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS: The Origins of American Comics Photographs by Seth Kushner Text and interviews by Christopher Irving Published by To be released: May 2012 This PDF of Leaping Tall Buildings is only a preview and an uncorrected proof . Lifting
    [Show full text]
  • Oktober 1968 CM # 005 (20 Seiten) Autor: Arnold Drake, Zeichner: Don Heck, Inker: John Tartaglione Hit Comics Nr. 203 , 1970 Rä
    CAPTAIN MARVEL Checkliste (klassische Deutsche Ausgaben 1967-1977) Marvel Super-Heroes (Vol. 1) # 12-13 Oktober 1968 (Dezember 1967 - März 1968) CM # 005“The Mark Of The Metazoid!” (20 Seiten) Captain Marvel (Vol. 1) # 1-14 Autor: Arnold Drake, Zeichner: Don Heck, (Mai 1968 - Juli 1969) Inker: John Tartaglione Hit Comics Nr. 203 Dezember 1967 „Der Angriff des Metazoids“, 1970 MSH # 12“The Coming Of Captain Marvel!” (15 Seiten) Autor: Stan Lee, Zeichner: Gene Colan, Inker: Frank Giacoia Rächer Nr. 12-15„Das Los des Metazoiden!“ , (keine deutsche Veröffentlichung) Dezember 1974-März 1975 Übersetzung: Hartmut Huff, März 1968 Lettering: C. Raschke/U. Mordek/ MSH # 13“Where Stalks The Sentry!” (20 Seiten) M. Gerson/U. Mordek Autor: Roy Thomas, Zeichner: Gene Colan, Inker: Paul Reinman November 1968 (keine deutsche Veröffentlichung) CM # 006“In The Path Of Solam!” (20 Seiten) Autor: Arnold Drake, Zeichner: Don Heck, Mai 1968 Inker: John Tartaglione CM # 001“Out Of The Holocaust - - A Hero!” (21 Seiten) Hit Comics Nr. 203 Autor: Roy Thomas, Zeichner: Gene Colan, „Die Macht des Solams“, 1970 Inker: Vince Colletta Hit Comics Nr. 121 Rächer Nr. 16-18„Auf Solams Spur!“ , „Ein Sieger ohnegleichen“, 1969 April-Juni 1975 Übersetzung: Hartmut Huff, Rächer Nr. 1-3„Der Kampf der Titanen!“ , Lettering: Marlies Gerson, Januar-März 1974 Ursula Mordek (Rächer 16) Lettering: Ursula Mordek (nur Seite 1-7) (Originalseite 15 fehlt) Juli 1968 CM # 002 “From The Void Of Space Comes-- The Super Skrull!” (20 Seiten) Autor: Roy Thomas, Zeichner: Gene Colan, Inker: Vince Colletta Hit Comics Nr. 121 „Der Angriff des Super-Skrull“, 1969 Rächer Nr.
    [Show full text]
  • ANNUAL REPORT 2015 16 A70 TV Acad Ad.Qxp Layout 1 7/8/16 11:43 AM Page 1
    ANNUAL REPORT 2015 16_A70_TV_Acad_Ad.qxp_Layout 1 7/8/16 11:43 AM Page 1 PROUD MEMBER OF »CBS THE TELEVISION ACADEMY 2 ©2016 CBS Broadcasting Inc. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AS THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CONTENT HAVE INCREASED in what is widely regarded as television’s second Golden Age, so have employment opportunities for the talented men and women who create that programming. And as our industry, and the content we produce, have become more relevant, so has the relevance of the Television Academy increased as an essential resource for television professionals. In 2015, this was reflected in the steady rise in our membership — surpassing 20,000 for the first time in our history — as well as the expanding slate of Academy-sponsored activities and the heightened attention paid to such high-profile events as the Television Academy Honors and, of course, the Creative Arts Awards and the Emmy Awards. Navigating an industry in the midst of such profound change is both exciting and, at times, a bit daunting. Reimagined models of production and distribution — along with technological innovations and the emergence of new over-the-top platforms — have led to a seemingly endless surge of creativity, and an array of viewing options. As the leading membership organization for television professionals and home to the industry’s most prestigious award, the Academy is committed to remaining at the vanguard of all aspects of television. Toward that end, we are always evaluating our own practices in order to stay ahead of industry changes, and we are proud to guide the conversation for television’s future generations.
    [Show full text]
  • Includes Rarities from the STAN LEE ARCHIVES!
    THE UNIVERSE Interviews with and mementos from “THE MAN” who changed comics and pop culture Includes rarities from THE STAN LEE ARCHIVES! edited by Danny Fingeroth and Roy Thomas CONTENTS About the material that makes up THE STAN LEE UNIVERSE Some of this book’s contents originally appeared in TwoMorrows’ Write Now! #18 and Alter Ego #74, as well as various other sources. This material has been redesigned and much of it is accompanied by different illustrations than when it first appeared. Some material is from Roy Thomas’s personal archives. Some was created especially for this book. Approximately one-third of the material in the SLU was found by Danny Fingeroth in June 2010 at the Stan Lee Collection (aka “ The Stan Lee Archives ”) of the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, and is material that has rarely, if ever, been seen by the general public. The transcriptions—done especially for this book—of audiotapes of 1960s radio programs featuring Stan with other notable personalities, should be of special interest to fans and scholars alike. INTRODUCTION A COMEBACK FOR COMIC BOOKS by Danny Fingeroth and Roy Thomas, editors ..................................5 1966 MidWest Magazine article by Roger Ebert ............71 CUB SCOUTS STRIP RATES EAGLE AWARD LEGEND MEETS LEGEND 1957 interview with Stan Lee and Joe Maneely, Stan interviewed in 1969 by Jud Hurd of from Editor & Publisher magazine, by James L. Collings ................7 Cartoonist PROfiles magazine ............................................................77
    [Show full text]
  • Alter Ego #78 Trial Cover
    TwoMorrows Publishing. Celebrating The Art & History Of Comics. SAVE 1 NOW ALL WHE5% O N YO BOOKS, MAGS RDE U & DVD s ARE ONL R 15% OFF INE! COVER PRICE EVERY DAY AT www.twomorrows.com! PLUS: New Lower Shipping Rates . s r Online! e n w o e Two Ways To Order: v i t c e • Save us processing costs by ordering ONLINE p s e r at www.twomorrows.com and you get r i e 15% OFF* the cover prices listed here, plus h t 1 exact weight-based postage (the more you 1 0 2 order, the more you save on shipping— © especially overseas customers)! & M T OR: s r e t • Order by MAIL, PHONE, FAX, or E-MAIL c a r at the full prices listed here, and add $1 per a h c l magazine or DVD and $2 per book in the US l A for Media Mail shipping. OUTSIDE THE US , PLEASE CALL, E-MAIL, OR ORDER ONLINE TO CALCULATE YOUR EXACT POSTAGE! *15% Discount does not apply to Mail Orders, Subscriptions, Bundles, Limited Editions, Digital Editions, or items purchased at conventions. We reserve the right to cancel this offer at any time—but we haven’t yet, and it’s been offered, like, forever... AL SEE PAGE 2 DIGITIITONS ED E FOR DETAILS AVAILABL 2011-2012 Catalog To get periodic e-mail updates of what’s new from TwoMorrows Publishing, sign up for our mailing list! ORDER AT: www.twomorrows.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/twomorrows TwoMorrows Publishing • 10407 Bedfordtown Drive • Raleigh, NC 27614 • 919-449-0344 • FAX: 919-449-0327 • e-mail: [email protected] TwoMorrows Publishing is a division of TwoMorrows, Inc.
    [Show full text]
  • Patrick Olliffe Interview & Demo Al Williamson the Man & His Work Remembered by Torres, Blevins, Schultz, Yeates, Ross, and Veitch
    #23 SUMMER 2012 $7.95 In The US THE PROFESSIONAL “HOW-TO” MAGAZINE ON COMICS AND CARTOONING PATRICK OLLIFFE INTERVIEW & DEMO AL WILLIAMSON THE MAN & HIS WORK REMEMBERED BY TORRES, BLEVINS, SCHULTZ, YEATES, ROSS, AND VEITCH ROUGH STUFF’s BOB McLEOD CRITIQUES A Spider-Man TM Spider-Man & ©2012 Marvel Characters, Inc. NEWCOMER’S WORK PLUS: MIKE MANLEY AND BRET BLEVINS’ Contains nudity for demonstration of figure drawing • Mature Readers Only 0 2 1 82658 27764 2 THE PROFESSIONAL “HOW-TO” MAGAZINE ON COMICS & CARTOONING WWW.DRAW-MAGAZINE.BLOGSPOT.COM SUMMER 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS VOL. 1, NO. 23 Editor-in-Chief • Michael Manley Designer • Eric Nolen-Weathington PAT OLLIFFE Publisher • John Morrow Mike Manley interviews the artist about his career and working with Al Williamson Logo Design • John Costanza 3 Copy-Editing • Eric Nolen- Weathington Front Cover • Pat Olliffe DRAW! Summer 2012, Vol. 1, No. 23 was produced by Action Planet, Inc. and published by TwoMorrows Publishing. ROUGH CRITIQUE Michael Manley, Editor. John Morrow, Publisher. Bob McLeod gives practical advice and Editorial address: DRAW! Magazine, c/o Michael Manley, 430 Spruce Ave., Upper Darby, PA 19082. 22 tips on how to improve your work Subscription Address: TwoMorrows Publishing, 10407 Bedfordtown Dr., Raleigh, NC 27614. DRAW! and its logo are trademarks of Action Planet, Inc. All contributions herein are copyright 2012 by their respective contributors. Action Planet, Inc. and TwoMorrows Publishing accept no responsibility for unsolicited submissions. All artwork herein is copyright the year of produc- THE CRUSTY CRITIC tion, its creator (if work-for-hire, the entity which Jamar Nicholas reviews the tools of the trade.
    [Show full text]
  • Free-Digital-Preview.Pdf
    THE BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY & ART OF ANIMATION AND VFX January 2013 ™ $7.95 U.S. 01> 0 74470 82258 5 www.animationmagazine.net THE BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY & ART OF ANIMATION AND VFX January 2013 ™ The Return of The Snowman and The Littlest Pet Shop + From Up on The Visual Wonders Poppy Hill: of Life of Pi Goro Miyazaki’s $7.95 U.S. 01> Valentine to a Gone-by Era 0 74470 82258 5 www.animationmagazine.net 4 www.animationmagazine.net january 13 Volume 27, Issue 1, Number 226, January 2013 Content 12 22 44 Frame-by-Frame Oscars ‘13 Games 8 January Planner...Books We Love 26 10 Things We Loved About 2012! 46 Oswald and Mickey Together Again! 27 The Winning Scores Game designer Warren Spector spills the beans on the new The composers of some of the best animated soundtracks Epic Mickey 2 release and tells us how much he loved Features of the year discuss their craft and inspirations. [by Ramin playing with older Disney characters and long-forgotten 12 A Valentine to a Vanished Era Zahed] park attractions. Goro Miyazaki’s delicate, coming-of-age movie From Up on Poppy Hill offers a welcome respite from the loud, CG world of most American movies. [by Charles Solomon] Television Visual FX 48 Building a Beguiling Bengal Tiger 30 The Next Little Big Thing? VFX supervisor Bill Westenhofer discusses some of the The Hub launches its latest franchise revamp with fashion- mind-blowing visual effects of Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. [by Events forward The Littlest Pet Shop.
    [Show full text]
  • 2012 Annual Report
    2012 ANNUAL REPORT Table of Contents Letter from the President & CEO ......................................................................................................................5 About The Paley Center for Media ................................................................................................................... 7 Board Lists Board of Trustees ........................................................................................................................................8 Los Angeles Board of Governors ................................................................................................................ 10 Public Programs Media As Community Events ......................................................................................................................14 INSIDEMEDIA/ONSTAGE Events ................................................................................................................15 PALEYDOCFEST ......................................................................................................................................20 PALEYFEST: Fall TV Preview Parties ...........................................................................................................21 PALEYFEST: William S. Paley Television Festival ......................................................................................... 22 Special Screenings .................................................................................................................................... 23 Robert M.
    [Show full text]
  • By JOHN WELLS a M E R I C a N C H R O N I C L E S
    AMERICAN CHRONICLES THE 1965-1969 by JOHN WELLS Table of Contents Introductory Note about the Chronological Structure of American Comic Book Chronicles ................. 4 Note on Comic Book Sales and Circulation Data.......................................... 5 Introduction & Acknowledgements ............ 6 Chapter One: 1965 Perception................................................................8 Chapter Two: 1966 Caped.Crusaders,.Masked.Invaders.............. 69 Chapter Three: 1967 After.The.Gold.Rush.........................................146 Chapter Four: 1968 A.Hazy.Shade.of.Winter.................................190 Chapter Five: 1969 Bad.Moon.Rising..............................................232 Works Cited ...................................................... 276 Index .................................................................. 285 Perception Comics, the March 18, 1965, edition of Newsweek declared, were “no laughing matter.” However trite the headline may have been even then, it wasn’t really wrong. In the span of five years, the balance of power in the comic book field had changed dramatically. Industry leader Dell had fallen out of favor thanks to a 1962 split with client Western Publications that resulted in the latter producing comics for themselves—much of it licensed properties—as the widely-respected Gold Key Comics. The stuffily-named National Periodical Publications—later better known as DC Comics—had seized the number one spot for itself al- though its flagship Superman title could only claim the honor of
    [Show full text]
  • Fabulous Year 24 Group’, the Such As Yuri (‘Girls’ Love’) and Shonen-Ai
    34 GIRLS’ WORLD THE ILLUSTRATION REPORT SPRING 2016 ISSUE 33 THE ILLUSTRATION REPORT SPRING 2016 ISSUE 33 GIRLS’ WORLD 35 - THE ‘FABULOUSGIRLS YEAR 24 GROUP’ & THE SHOJO MANGA REVOLUTION’ WORLD ZOE TAYLOR tells the extraordinary story of a group of pioneering young Japanese women who reshaped the comics industry and the wider culture, challenged inherited ideas of gender and revolutionised visual storytelling. Taylor also interviews MATT THORN, whose English translations became a vehicle for popularising the work Fushi no Hana (An Immortal Flower), Yukiko Kai, 1979 36 GIRLS’ WORLD THE ILLUSTRATION REPORT SPRING 2016 ISSUE 33 THE ILLUSTRATION REPORT SPRING 2016 ISSUE 33 GIRLS’ WORLD 37 Huge twinkling eyes, splintered panels, abstract page audience of teenagers to shojo- manga (it was previously layouts, androgynous boys, fowing hair, stars, fowers and aimed only at elementary school girls), which allowed the melancholic longing… Year 24 Group artists to explore more complex themes These distinctive features of shojo- manga – Japanese such as sexual abuse and abortion and, with their open ap- comics aimed at junior and high school girls – crystallised proach to gender and sexuality, paved the way for genres in the early 1970s when ‘the Fabulous Year 24 Group’, the such as yuri (‘Girls’ Love’) and shonen-ai- . frst wave of women artists working in the genre, elevated it to a new cultural prominence. Exploring philosophical, THE ORIGINS psychological and previously taboo themes with a unique Shojo- manga magazines such as Ribon began appearing sense of lyricism, they revolutionised the medium in works in the 1950s and 1960s. Their precursors, the pre-war il- such as Moto Hagio’s The Heart of Thomas (1974-75) and So, in a sense, the revolutionaries lustrated literary magazines, had promoted a nationwide Keiko Takemiya’s The Song of the Wind and Trees (1976- reading community of girls.
    [Show full text]