Episode 21: Webcomics Pushing Boundaries: Check, Please! Season One Review

 

Reading This Week: 

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

Sources Consulted:   

(2021, June 8). "2021 Eisner Awards Nominations". Comic-Con International: San-Diego. https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2021-eisner-awards-nominations

Baker-Whitelaw, Gavia (2015, May 19). "How a webcomic about hockey players became a cult favorite on Tumblr". The Daily Dot. https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/omg-check-please-hockey-webcomic-ngozi-ukazu/

Dochak, Sarah (2011, November 29). "Pioneering the page: The decline of print comics, the growth of webcomics and the flexibility, innovation and controversy of both". Gauntlet. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222133117/http://m.thegauntlet.ca/story/pioneering-page

Hagerty, Michael (2018, November 1). "Check, Please! How a Web Comic About Hockey and Baking Went Viral". Houston Public Media. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2018/11/01/310102/check-please/

Hennum, Shea; O'Neil, Tim; Rosberg, Caitlin; Sava, Oliver (2015, November 24). "Self-published Check, Please! shows the value of a passion project". The A.V. Club. https://www.avclub.com/self-published-check-please-shows-the-value-of-a-pass-1798286731

Lawson, Emma (2016, April 6). "Baking, Bros And Beyonce: Should You Be Reading 'Check, Please'?". Comics Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413023635/http://comicsalliance.com/check-please-readers-guide/

McCloud, Scott (2000). Reinventing Comics. New York: Paradox Press. p. 200-233. ISBN 0-06-095350-0.

Rall, Ted (2006). Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists. New York: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 1-56163-465-4.

 Recommended Reading:

• Hark, a Vagrant! by Kate Beaton
• Dumbing of Age by David M. Willis

Episode 20: The Marvel Bankruptcy Saga Part 2: Toys and Heroes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources Consulted:   

 

“Carl Icahn.” 2021. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl_Icahn&oldid=1032044267. 

“Heroes World Distribution.” 2020. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heroes_World_Distribution&oldid=942849989.

“How Marvel Went From Bankruptcy to Billions.” 2018. Den of Geek. April 17, 2018. https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/how-marvel-went-from-bankruptcy-to-billions/. 

“Isaac Perlmutter.” 2021. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isaac_Perlmutter&oldid=1033244082.

“Marvel Comics.” 2021. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Comics&oldid=1030337082   

News, Bloomberg. 2008. “Perelman to Settle Marvel Suit.” The New York Times, August 8, 2008, sec. Business. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/business/media/08comic.html.  

Raviv, Dan. 2004. Comic Wars: Marvel's Battle for Survival. New York: Levant Books.

 

 Recommended Reading:

• Batgirl: Stephanie Brown by Bryan Q. Miller, Lee Garbett, Pere Perez, & John Trevor Scott. 
• Ultimate Comics Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis & Sara Pichelli 
• Miles Morales: Shock Waves by Justin A. Reynolds & Pablo Leon

Patreon Acknowledgements:

Ben & Claire 

Episode 19: A Spy and a Hero: Black Widow Through the Years

 

 

Reading This Week: 

Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #52 by Stan Lee, Don Rico (N. Korok), & Don Heck
Black Widow: The Name of the Rose by Marjorie Liu & Daniel Acuña
Black Widow: The Finely Woven Thread by Nathan Edmonson & Phil Noto
Black Widow: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted by Mark Waid & Chris Samnee

Sources Consulted:   

Finke, Nikki. (March 11, 2009). "ANOTHER 'IRON MAN 2' DEAL: Scarlett Johannson to Replace Emily Blunt as Black Widow for Lousy Lowball Money". Deadline. https://deadline.com/2009/03/another-iron-man-2-exclusive-scarlett-johannson-will-replace-emily-blunt-in-iron-man-2-8763/

Gray, Melissa. (October 11, 2013). "Writer Nathan Edmonson Talkes Black Widow #1". IGN. http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/11/nycc-writer-nathan-edmondson-talks-black-widow-1

Knight, Rosie. (August 30, 2017). "Marjorie Liu talks BLACK WIDOW and Creating Strong Female Characters in Comics (EXCLUSIVE)". Nerdist. https://nerdist.com/article/marjorie-liu-talks-black-widow-and-creating-strong-female-characters-in-comics-exclusive/

Moore, Trent. (February 3, 2016). "New Look at Eisner-Winning Team's Reboot of Marvel Comics' Black Widow". Syfy. https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/new-look-at-eisner-winning-teams-reboot-of-marvel-comics-black-widow

 

 Recommended Reading:

• Chase (1998-1999) by Dan Curtis Johnson & J.H. Williams III
• Silk (2015) by Robbie Thompson & Stacey Lee, et al.