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Mike Allred

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iZombie #8 (2011) Mike Allred Cover & Sarah Glidden Pencils, Chris Roberson Story

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Masterlist Song Recs

If you're like me and constantly on the search for inspirational songs for your writing sessions, here are my favourite pieces of music for my favourite Hogwarts Legacy boys ♥

Please note: A lot of songs fit for more than one!

Sebastian Sallow

Glamour Child by Moonrise Nation

Did You Come? by girl in red

Easier than Lying by Halsey

Fingers Crossed by Lauren Spencer Smith

Falling Down by Lil Peep, XXXTENTACION

Hey Lover by The Daughters of Eve

Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos

I Always Knew by The Vaccines

Sunday by the River by orbit

The Good Side by Troye Sivan

The Way it Ends by Landon Pigg

multiverse by Maya Manuela, PEMBROKE

505 by Arctic Monkeys

Arms Tonight by Mother Mother

Uprising by Muse

Blank You Out by Seafret

How Did You Get So Good by D'Lourdes

Little Black Death by MEG MYERS

so sad so sexy by Lykke Li

Rivers and Roads by The Head And The Heart

Hatefuck by Cruel Youth

Magnets by Disclosure, Lorde

Memories by Conan Grey

People You Know by Selena Gomez

Say You Love Me by Jessie Ware

Denial by White Lies

If The World Was Ending by JP Saxe, Julia Michaels

Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood NEW:

Cute Without The 'E' by Taking Back Sunday

POS by Sueco

Come Back Home by 070 Shake

Out of My League by Fitz and The Tantrums

Do I Wanna Know? by Arctic Monkeys

I don't want to watch the world end with somebody else by Clinton Kane

Falling for the Villain by PEGGY

Deep End by Fousheé

Pretty Boy by Young Galaxy

Ominis Gaunt

Grow Old with Me by Tom Odell

Till Forever Falls Apart by Ashe, FINNEAS

Black Dress by Oskar Haag

Waste My Life by Alice Merton

Medicine by Daughter

Nightcall by Kavinsky

bad idea! by girl in red

Say You Love Me by Jessie Ware

The Night We Met by Lord Huron

Take on the World by You Me At Six

Eventually by Tame Impala

Let It Happen by Tame Impala

One More Hour by Tame Impala

Magnets by Disclosure, Lorde

As the World Caves In by Sarah Cothran

Possibility by Lykke Li

Atlantis by Seafret

What A Time by Julia Michaels & Niall Horan

I Will Follow You into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie

The Beach by The Neighbourhood

Never Enough by Loren Allred

ceilings by Lizzy McAlpine

Hey Lover by The Daughters of Eve

It's All So Incredibly Loud by Glass Animals

Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos NEW:

Rue by girl in red

Never Felt So Alone by Labrinth

Yes to Heaven by Noxys

Torn by Natalie Imbruglia

All I Wanted by Daughter

I Run To You by MISSIO

Shelter by The xx

Sunday by the River by orbit

roslyn by creamy, Blueberii

The Good Side by Troye Sivan

The Way It Ends by Landon Pigg

Slow by shy martin

I don't want to watch the world end with somebody else by Clinton Kane

Pretty Boy by Young Galaxy

Garreth Weasley

First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes

Don't Delete The Kisses by Wolf Alice

She's so Untouchable by Garden City Movement

Hey Lover by The Daughters of Eve

My Love by Florence + The Machine

Posin by Glenn Gatsby

Lone Digger by Caravan Palace

Your Ex Said You Can't Dance by The Real Zebos

How Did You Get So Good by D'Lourdes

Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear

I Will Follow You into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie

Everybody Talks by Neon Trees

What If I Love You by Gatlin

Not Going Home by DVBBS, CMC$, Gia Koka

Johnny and Mary by Robert Palmer

Sally by Thundamentals, Mataya

Seasons (Waiting On You) by Future Islands

There Goes Our Love Again by White Lies

Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos

Like a Friend by Pulp

Take It Out on Me by White Lies

History of Broken Hearts by Malky NEW:

Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear

Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

Out of My League by Fitz and The Tantrums

Hot Tea by half-alive

Pretty Boy by Young Galaxy

tbc.

[dustedmagazine]

Jennifer Kelly’s 2023 in Review: Still Human FWIW

I finally saw Sun Ra Arkestra

I first heard about Chat GPT in January this year, and it sounded bad from the start. I make most of my living writing things for big faceless corporations who view me as a cost. Cut that cost to zero and I’m out of a job. But for the first five months of 2024, I continued to be busy and I thought, well maybe it’s nothing. Then in May, like a light switch, everything stopped. I had one regular client who continued to pay a monthly retainer. Nothing else. And the usual mailings, pleadings with old clients, etc. had no effect. I’m close to retirement age. This summer, I thought I had arrived early.

Things have picked up since then, and right now, I’m in a good place. People are starting to notice Chat GPT’s ignorance of anything post 2021, its refusal to factcheck or footnote and its relentless blandness. Clients are coming back, but the floor doesn’t feel very solid under my feet. It could all go away at any time. (This is the lesson we all learned from COVID-19…that you could fall into the pit any time.)

The one thing that didn’t stop was Dusted, and for that I am very grateful. As I’ll explain to anyone who asks, there’s never been any money in Dusted, so there can’t be any less. We are more or less immune to economic pressures. And as long as we’re here, there is lots and lots of good music to write about.

My year started with two records that blew me away in January (and maybe December 2022) and held #1 and #2 slots all year. They were Meg Baird’s Furling and Robert Forster’s the Candle and the Flame. Next, came an email from Rob from Sunburned with a link to Stella Kola’s extraordinary debut, and then gosh, Sub Pop still sends me promos and here’s one from Mudhoney! Every time 2024 succeeded in getting me down, I’d get music from someone.

Live music was another solace. Shows that made me happy this year included Warp Trio, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Dear Nora, Vieux Farka Toure, Bridget St. John with Stella Kola, Sun Ra Arkestra, Kid Millions with Sarah Bernstein, Faun Fables, Sweeping Promises, Daniel Higgs, Constant Smiles, Baba Commandant (RIP), Xylouris White, Joseph Allred with Ruth Garbus and Ryan Davis with his Roadhouse band. Special mention goes to the always astonishing Thing in the Spring with Editrix, Rough Francis, Thus Love, Gorilla Toss, Equipment Pointed Ankh. Susan Alcorn, Marisa Anderson and Jim White and Bill Callahan.

The best show of the year, however, came late in the summer with William Tyler and the Impossible Truth band, an unbelievably talented, seasoned crew with Luke Schneider on pedal steel, Third Man mainstay Jack Lawrence on bass and Brian Kotzgur on drums. The way they opened up and fired up Tyler’s songs was a revelation, even to someone, like me, who’s been a fan since Behold the Spirit. Garcia Peoples opened, and they were great, too.

I should mention that we have recently been blessed with a bunch of excellent music venues nearby—Nova Arts in Keene and Epsilon Spires and the Stone Church in Brattleboro. Going to music used to always mean driving back from at least Northampton, sometimes further, late at night, and, as I get older and my night vision fades, it has been really nice not to have to do that. (Also, to all my Dusted-reader-musician-friends, if you play one of these venues, thank you, and let me know when you’re coming.)

With that, it’s time to talk about 2023 favorites. I’ll write about the first ten and then just list the rest.

Meg Baird — Furling (Drag City)

Meg Baird’s gorgeous solo album alternates between ghostly, inward-looking piano songs and bright swirls of 1960s psychedelia. Her extraordinary voice, high, pure, and unearthly, joins lush, burnished guitar grooves. Sometimes I think I like the swaggering bounce of “Will You Follow Me Home,” the best, but other times, the disembodied otherness of “Ashes, Ashes” is the prettiest thing I know.

Robert Forster — The Candle and the Flame (Tapete) 

Forster’s solo records are always good, wry and funny and stuttering with strummy punk energy, but this one, recorded with family while his wife battled cancer, is his best yet. “She’s a Fighter,” a group sing-along is prickly and defiant, the only song specifically written about Karin’s illness, but threads of enduring, life-long love run all through this album. “Tender Years” is especially moving, as Forster sings, “I’m in a story with her, I know I can’t live without her, I can’t imagine why,” in a voice cracked with sincerity and feeling. Very few albums make me cry, but this one does.

Anohni and the Johnsons—My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross (Secretly Canadian)

The sound on Anohni’s fifth album with the Johnsons smolders in the pocket, its textures a nod to Marvin Gaye’s classic What’s Going On? It’s velvety smooth but taut with urgency, as the artist contemplates climate disaster and personal struggles. “It Must Change,” trills with the coolest falsetto, while “Sliver of Ice” reverberates with a low, hushed passion. Every song lands a punch, soft when it happens but ringing for days in your ears.

The Drin — Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom (Feel It)

“Venom” lurches and blurts, bass thumping, drums clashing, monotone vocals drenched in menace. It’s a punk song distilled to essence, a world in itself, a short, brutal blast that is also somehow psychedelically expansive. The Fall, the Swell Maps and Adrian Sherwood haunt this disc in various places, but the Drin is its own mysterious thing.

Wreckless Eric — Leisureland (Tapete)

“Get yourself a one-way ticket for the merry-go-round,” sings the Bard of Hull on the last and most exhilarating song from his ninth full-length. That’s “Drag Time,” with its indelible hook, its enveloping harmonies, its hint of Amy Rigby in the chorus. Let’s just go way out on a limb here and say it’s as good, maybe better, than “Whole Wide World.”  

En Attendant Ana — Principia (Trouble in Mind)

Good lord, was Trouble in Mind on a roll this year or what? I could put Melanas or Tubs here, with FACS not far behind, but instead, let us contemplate the light-and-dark wonder of “Black Morning,” with its giddy counterpoints, its bright, sustaining trumpet, its boppy beat and its underpinning, somehow, of shadowy melancholy. Or the skanky bass that kicks off “Same Old Story,” in a prickly way, the lone element of dissonance that gives a daydream teeth.

Stella Kola—S-T (Self-Release)

Everybody who’s anybody in W. Mass alt.folk does a turn on this magical LP—centered around Beverly Ketch and Rob Thomas but including PG Six, Wednesday Knudson, Jeremy Pisani, Willy Lane and Jen Gelineau. Despite the expansiveness of the ensemble, these songs are feather light and lucid, like Pentangle sprinkled with magic dust.

Mudhoney — Plastic Eternity (Sub Pop)

Psychedelic overload meets raw punk and potty humor in this 12th album from the grunge godfathers. I like the sheer rush and swirl of cuts like “Almost Everything” and “Souvenir of my Trip” best, but bare, belligerent “Flush the Fascists” is grade-A too, and how can anyone resist Mark Arm paying tribute to his best bud on “Little Dogs.”

Beirut — Hadsel (Pompeii)

Hadsel is surprisingly cheery for an album recorded on a remote Norwegian island in the dead of winter, with swoony harmonies and counterpoints, intricate synthesized beats and blares of an antique pipe organ. “We had so many plans,” Zach Condon sings, both mourning and subtly sending up his cohort’s response to the COVID pandemic, but this remarkably pretty album seems more like a happy accident.

The Feelies—Some Kinda Love (Bar None)

What a total pleasure it is when one jangly, drone-y, indie rock phenomenon pays tribute to the wellspring. In this case, it’s the Feelies covering many of the Velvet Underground’s best known songs at a live show in 2018 where everyone had a blast. Now you can, too.

More albums that I loved in the order that I thought of them.

Iron & Wine—Who Can See Forever Soundtrack (Sub Pop)

Melanas—Ahora (Trouble in Mind)

Sleaford Mods — UK Grim (Domino)

The Tubs — Dead Meat (Trouble in Mind)

Sky Furrows—Reflect and Oppose (Feeding Tube/Cardinal Fuzz)

Lonnie Holley — Oh Me Oh My (Jagjaguwar)

Yo La Tengo—This Stupid World (Matador)

The Toads—In the Wilderness (Upset the Rhythm)

Dan Melchior—Welcome to Redacted City (Midnight Cruiser)

James and the Giants—S-T (Kill Rock Stars)

Ben Chasny and Rick Tomlinson—Waves (VOIX)

Bonnie Prince Billy—Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (Drag City)

CLASS—If You’ve Got Nothing (Feel It)

The Clientele—I’m Not There Anymore (Merge)

Devendra Banhart—Flying Wig (Mexican Summer)

Kristin Hersh—Clear Pond Road (FIRE)

Sally Anne Morgan—Carrying (Thrill Jockey)

FACS—Still Life in Decay (Trouble in Mind)

Setting—Shone a Rainbow Light On (Paradise of Bachelors)

Airto Moreira & Flora Purim—A Celebration (BBE)

Sweeping Promises—Good Living Is Coming For You (Feel It)

James Waudby—On the Ballast Miles (East Riding Acoustic)

Emergency Group—Venal Twin (Centripetal Force)

Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band—Sing Dancing on the Edge (Sophomore Lounge)

Tyvek—Overground (Gingko)

Wurld Series—The Giant’s Lawn (Melted Ice Cream)

Various Artists—STOP MVP (War Hen)

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💗Nonromantic F/O List 💗

💞 Tags will all begin with a signifier- "fam;" for familial, "qpr;" for queer platonic, and "pl;" for platonic! Ex: fam; 🧋dot

Familial:

Jody "Dot" Charna - OC

He/Him

Relationship: Son

Character tag: 🧋 dot

Interaction tag: dot; the whole world for you

Miles "Tails" Prower - Sonic Franchise

He/Him

Relationship: Son

Character tag: 🛩️ tails

Roberto DeNiro - Trigun Stampede

He/Him

Relationship: Father

Character tag: 🥃 pops

Tira, Holly, and Gracie Nicole Wolfwood - Trigun OCs

She/They (Tira), She/Her (Holly, Gracie)

Relationship: Daughters

Character tags: ☕ tira, 🔧 holly, 🐈‍⬛ gracie

Cirice Wolfwood - Trigun OC

They/Them

Relationship: Child

Character tag: 🐞 cirice

Tavern Wolfwood - Trigun OC

He/They

Relationship: Son

Character tag: 🩹 tav

Senjuro Rengoku and Genya Shinazugawa - Demon Slayer

He/Him

Relationship: Brothers in law

Character tags: 🍁 senjuro, 🦷 genya

Tulin - Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom

He/Him

Relationship: Son

Character tag: 🕊️ tulin

Nezuko and Tanjiro Kamado - Demon Slayer

She/Her (Nezuko), He/Him (Tanjiro)

Relationships: Brother and sister

Character tags: 🌸 nezuko, 🔆 tanjiro

Amanda Ann - Dream Daddy

She/Her

Relationship: Daughter

Character tag: 🐼 manda panda

Father Garcia and Father Allred - Faith (Airdorf Games)

He/Him

Relationship: Fathers

Character tags: 🚬 garcia, ✝️ allred

Sarah Gunning - Midnight Mass

She/Her

Relationship: Step daughter

Character tag: 🥼 sarah

The Belchers - Bob's Burgers

She/Her (Tina, Louise, Linda), He/Him (Bob), He/She/They (Gene)

Relationship: Parents and siblings

Character tags: 🎹 gene, 🐴 tina, 🐰 louise, 🥂 linda, 🍔 bob

Princess Zelda - Legend of Zelda

She/Her

Relationship: sister

Character tag: 👑 zelda

Kaede Kaburagi and Lara Tchaikovskaya - Tiger & Bunny

She/Her

Relationship: Step daughter (Kaede), Adopted daughter (Lara)

Character tags: 🐅 tiger cub, 🐈 baby cat

Izutsumi - Dungeon Meshi

She/Her

Relationship: Sister

Character tag: 😺 izu

Mao Xiangling - Genshin Impact

She/Her

Relationship: Daughter

Character tag: 🍳 you're toast!

Interaction tag: xiangling; teach me your favorite recipe

MaeLyn - Dragon Ball GT OC

She/They

Relationship: Sister

Character tag: 🩵 mae

Interaction tag: mae; let's get coffee

Ocarina - Dragon Ball GT OC

He/Him

Relationship: Father

Character tag: 🍹 ocarina

Asirpa - Golden Kamuy

She/Her

Relationship: Niece

Character tag: 🏹 asirpa

Yoshitake Shiraishi - Golden Kamuy

He/Him

Relationship: Cousin

Character tag: 🍶 escape king

Toshizou Hijikata - Golden Kamuy

He/Him

Relationship: Grandfather

Character tag: ⚔️ sword grandpa

The Tobins + Honeybee Shaw - The Great North

She/Her (Judy, Honeybee), He/Him (Wolf, Beef, Moon, Ham)

Relationship: Father (Beef) and siblings

Character tags:

Annaliese Kneynsberg

She/Her

Relationship: Daughter

Character tag: 🌷 anna

Queer Platonic:

Basil Grimoire - OC

He/Him

Character tag: 🧪 basil

Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez - Bleach

He/Him

Character tag: 🐱 grimm

Vash The Stampede - Trigun

He/Him

Character tag: 🌱 vash

Chilchuck Tims - Dungeon Meshi

He/Him

Character tag: 🔐 chil

Interaction tag: chil; I've got the key to your heart

Saichi Sugimoto - Golden Kamuy

He/Him

Character tag: 🦌 sugimoto

Interaction tag: sugimoto; a dish made with love

Platonic:

Mitsuri Kanroji - Demon Slayer

She/They

Character tag: 🍡 mitsuri

Barnaby Brooks Jr., Agnes Joubert, and Nathan Seymour - Tiger & Bunny

He/Him (Barnaby), She/Her (Agnes), She/They (Nathan)

Character tags: 🐇 bunny, 📹 agnes, 🔥 fire!

Laios Touden - Dungeon Meshi

He/Him

Character tag: 🗡️ laios

Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson - Trigun

She/Her

Character tags: 🎤 meryl, 🍮 milly

Genjiro Tanigaki, Inkarmat, and Tokishige Usami- Golden Kamuy

He/Him (Tanigaki), She/Her (Inkarmat), Any (Usami)

Character tags: 🐻 mr. sideburns, 🦊 fox lady, 🔨 usami

Group tags:

🍔 burger family - The Belchers

🐺 wolf pups - The Wolfwood kids (including Dot)

🦊 😺 the kits - Lara, Dot, and Kaede

Dividers

[muffimtv]

[any regular ass song ever]

ITS GOOD OMENS NOW BABY

list of Regular Ass Songs that are now good omens below the cut

right where you left me- taylor swift

last kiss- taylor swift

my tears ricochet- taylor swift

say yes to heaven- lana del ray

from eden- hozier

sweet creature- harry styles

reckless driving- lizzy mcalphine

two slow dancers- mitski

two birds- regina spektor

unknown/nth- hozier

once more to see you- mitski

never enough- loren allred

rewrite the stars- zac efron & zendaya

who we are- hozier

angel of small death & the codeine scene- hozier

love like you- steven universe soundtrack

people watching- conan gray

a thousand years- christina perri

as the world caves in- sarah cothran

can’t help falling in love- elvis presley

and more but also i cant list them all :3

[smashpages]

Nominees announced for the 2023 Eisner Awards

Comic-Con International has announced the nominees for this year’s Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. This is the 35th year for the awards, which will be given out at this year’s Comic-Con International on July 21.

In terms of publishers, Image Comics received the most nominations, followed by DC, Fantagraphics, Marvel and Dark Horse. Creator-wise, Zoe Thorogood led the pack with five nominations. Hall of Fame nominees and inductees were announced earlier this month.

And the nominees are …

Best Short Story

“The Beekeeper’s Due,” by Jimmy Stamp and Débora Santos, in Scott Snyder Presents: Tales from the Cloakroom (Cloakroom Comics)

“Finding Batman” by Kevin Conroy and J. Bone in DC Pride 2022 (DC)

“Good Morning,” by Christopher Cantwell and Alex Lins, in Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #4 (Marvel)

“Silent All These Years,” by Margaret Atwood and David Mack, in Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes (Z2)

“You Get It,” by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto, in Amazing Fantasy #1000 (Marvel)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)

Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond, by Jed Mackay and C. F. Villa (Marvel)

Moon Knight: Black, White, and Blood #3, edited by Tom Brevoort (Marvel)

Star Trek #400, edited by Heather Antos (IDW)

A Vicious Circle Book 1, by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo (BOOM! Studios)

Best Continuing Series

Daredevil, by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto and Rafael de Latorre (Marvel)

The Department of Truth, by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds (Image)

Killadelphia, by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander (Image)

The Nice House on the Lake, by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez Bueno (DC)

Nightwing, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)

She-Hulk, by Rainbow Rowell, Rogê Antônio, Luca Maresca, and Takeshi Miyazawa (Marvel)

Best Limited Series

Animal Castle, by Xavier Dorison and Felix Delep (Ablaze)

Batman: One Bad Day, edited by Dave Wielgosz and Jessica Berbey (DC)

The Human Target, by Tom King and Greg Smallwood (DC)

Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age, by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham (Marvel)

Superman: Space Age, by Mark Russell, Michael Allred, and Laura Allred (DC)

Best New Series

The Atonement Bell, by Jim Ousley and Tyler B. Ruff (Red 5)

Love Everlasting, by Tom King and Elsa Charretier (Image)

Public Domain, by Chip Zdarsky (Image)

Star Trek, by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Ramon Rosanas (IDW)

Traveling to Mars, by Mark Russell and Roberto Meli (Ablaze)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

Beneath The Trees: A Fine Summer, by Dav (Magnetic Press)

Fox + Chick: Up and Down: and Other Stories, by Sergio Ruzzier (Chronicle Books)

Grumpy Monkey Who Threw That? by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang (Random House Studio)

Hey, Bruce!: An Interactive Book, by Ryan Higgins (Disney/Hyperion)

The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems (Union Square Kids)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

Adventuregame Comics: Leviathan, by Jason Shiga (Amulet/Abrams)

Frizzy, by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra (First Second/Macmillan)

Isla To Island, by Alexis Castellanos (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)

Little Monarchs, by Jonathan Case (Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House)

Swim Team, by Johnnie Christmas (HarperAlley)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

Chef’s Kiss, by Jarrett Melendez and Danica Brine (Oni)

Clementine Book One, by Tillie Walden (Image Skybound)

Do A Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image)

Heartstopper Volume 4, by Alice Oseman (Scholastic Graphix)

Wash Day Diaries, by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith (Chronicle Books)

Best Humor Publication

Cryptid Club, by Sarah Andersen (Andrews McMeel)

I Hate This Place, by Kyle Starks and Artyom Topilin (Image Skybound)

Killer Queens, by David Booher and Claudia Balboni (Dark Horse)

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure, by J. L. Westover (Image Skybound)

Revenge of the Librarians, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Anthology

Creepshow, edited by Alex Antone and Jon Moisan (Image Skybound)

The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic, edited by Josh Bernstein (Z2)

The Nib Magazine, edited by Matt Bors (Nib)

Sensory: Life on the Spectrum, edited by Bex Ollerton (Andrews McMeel)

Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album, edited by Rantz Hoseley (Z2)

Best Reality-Based Work

Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense, by Noël Simsolo and Dominique Hé, translation by Montana Kane (NBM)

Alice Guy: First Lady of Film, by José-Louis Bocquet and Catel Muller, translation by Edward Gauvin (SelfMadeHero)

But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, edited by Charlotte Schallié (University of Toronto Press)

Flung Out of Space, by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer (Abrams ComicArts)

Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism, by Jess Ruliffson (Fantagraphics)

Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball, by Jon Chad (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Graphic Memoir

Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story, by Catherine Pioli, translated by J. T. Mahany (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press)

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)

It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth: An Auto-Bio-Graphic-Novel, by Zoe Thorogood (Image)

So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship, by Sophie Lambda (First Second/Macmillan)

Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure, by Lewis Hancox (Scholastic Graphix)

Best Graphic Album—New

The Book of Niall, by Barry Jones (Ellie & Beatty)

Crushing, by Sophie Burrows (Algonquin Young Readers)

Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral, by Thomas Woodruff (Fantagraphics)

The Night Eaters, Book 1: She Eats the Night, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)

Ultrasound, by Conor Stechschulte (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

Days of Sand, by Aimée de Jongh, translation by Christopher Bradley (SelfMadeHero)

Geneviève Castrée: Complete Works, by Geneviève Castrée, translation by Phil Elverum and Aleshia Jensen (Drawn & Quarterly)

Mazebook Dark Horse Direct Edition, by Jeff Lemire (Dark Horse)

One Beautiful Spring Day, by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)

Parker: The Martini Edition—Last Call, by Richard Stark, Darwyn Cooke, Ed Brubaker, and Sean Phillips (IDW)

Super Spy Deluxe Edition, by Matt Kindt (Dark Horse)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Chivalry by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Colleen Doran (Dark Horse)

Rain by Joe Hill, adapted by David M. Booher and Zoe Thorogood (Syzygy/Image)

Ten Days in a Madhouse, by Nellie Bly, adapted by Brad Ricca and Courtney Sieh (Gallery 13/Simon $ Schuster)

Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album, edited by Rantz Hoseley (Z2)

A Visit to Moscow by Rabbi Rafael Grossman, adapted by Anna Olswanger and Yevgenia Nayberg (Turner)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

Always Never, by Jordi Lafebre, translation by Montana Kane (Dark Horse)

Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 1, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, translation by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (Dark Horse)

Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story, by Catherine Pioli, translation by J. T. Mahany (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press)

The Pass, by Espé, translation by J.T. Mahany (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press)

Tiki: A Very Ruff Year, by David Azencot and Fred Leclerc, translation by Nanette McGuinness (Life Drawn/Humanoids)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

Black Paradox, by Junji Ito, translation by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

The Hellbound vols. 1-2, by Yeon Sang-ho and Choi Gyu-seok, translation by Danny Lim (Dark Horse)

Look Back, by Tatsuki Fujimoto, translation by Amanda Haley (VIZ Media)

PTSD Radio vol. 1, by Masaaki Nakayama, translation by Adam Hirsch (Kodansha)

Shuna’s Journey, by Hayao Miyazaki; translation by Alex Dudok de Wit (First Second/Macmillan)

Talk to My Back, by Yamada Murasaki, translation by Ryan Holmberg (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)

Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos, by Jay Jackson (New York Review Comics)

Come Over Come Over, It’s So Magic, and My Perfect Life, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1922-1924, by George Herriman, edited by J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)

Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere, by Liniers, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: Volume 8: Hijinks from the Horn of Plenty, by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)

The Deluxe Gimenez: The Fourth Power & The Starr Conspiracy, by Juan Gimenez, edited by Alex Donoghue and Bruno Lesigne (Humanoids)

The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, edited by Dian Hansen (TASCHEN)

Home to Stay! The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories, by Ray Bradbury and various; edited by J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)

The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus 1 (Abrams ComicArts)

Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge: The Diamond Jubilee Collection, by Carl Barks; edited by David Gerstein (Fantagraphics)

Best Writer

Grace Ellis, Flung Out of Space (Abrams ComicArts)

Tom King, Batman: Killing Time, Batman: One Bad Day, Gotham City: Year One, The Human Target, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (DC); Love Everlasting (Image)

Mark Russell, Traveling to Mars (Ablaze), One-Star Squadron, Superman: Space Age (DC); The Incal: Psychoverse (Humanoids)

James Tynion IV, House of Slaughter, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Nice House on the Lake, The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country (DC), The Closet, The Department of Truth (Image)

Chip Zdarsky, Stillwater (Image Skybound); Daredevil (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist

Sarah Andersen, Cryptid Club (Andrews McMeel)

Kate Beaton, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Drawn & Quarterly)

Espé, The Pass (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University)

Junji Ito, Black Paradox, The Liminal Zone (VIZ Media)

Zoe Thorogood, It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth (Image)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

Jason Shawn Alexander, Killadelphia, Nita Hawes’ Nightmare Blog (Image)

Alvaro Martínez Bueno, The Nice House on the Lake (DC)

Sean Phillips, Follow Me Down, The Ghost in You (Image)

Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)

Greg Smallwood, The Human Target (DC)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

Lee Bermejo, A Vicious Circle (BOOM! Studios)

Felix Delep, Animal Castle (Ablaze)

Daria Schmitt, The Monstrous Dreams of Mr. Providence (Europe Comics)

Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (Abrams ComicArts); Monstress (Image)

Zoe Thorogood, Rain (Syzygy/Image)

Thomas Woodruff, Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral (Fantagraphics)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)

Jen Bartel, She-Hulk (Marvel)

Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)

Alex Ross, Astro City: That Was Then . . . (Image); Fantastic Four, Black Panther (Marvel)

Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Zoe Thorogood, Joe Hill’s Rain (Syzygy/Image)

Best Coloring

Jordie Bellaire, The Nice House on the Lake, Suicide Squad: Blaze (DC); Antman, Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (Marvel)

Jean-Francois Beaulieu, I Hate Fairyland 2022, Twig (Image)

Dave McCaig, The Incal: Psychoverse (Humanoids)

Jacob Phillips, Follow Me Down, The Ghost in You, That Texas Blood (Image)

Alex Ross and Josh Johnson, The Fantastic Four: Full Circle (Abrams ComicArts)

Diana Sousa, Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins; The Mighty Nein Origins: Yasha Nydoorin; The Mighty Nein Origins: Fjord Stone; The Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widogast (Dark Horse)

Best Lettering

Pat Brosseau, Batman: The Knight, Wonder Woman: The Villainy of Our Fears (DC): Creepshow, Dark Ride, I Hate This Place, Skybound Presents: Afterschool (Image Skybound)

Chris Dickey, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (Abrams ComicArts)

Todd Klein, Chivalry (Dark Horse); Fables (DC); Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (Marvel)

Nate Piekos, Black Hammer Reborn, Minor Threats, Shaolin Cowboy, Stranger Things: Kamchatka (Dark Horse), I Hate Fairyland, Twig (Image)

Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

Thomas Woodruff, Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral (Fantagraphics)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)

Comic Book Creator, edited by Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)

The Comics Journal #308, edited by Gary Groth, Kristy Valenti, and Rachel Miller (Fantagraphics)

PanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and Tiffany Babb (panelxpanel.com)

Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, ICv2, Publishers Weekly

Best Comics-Related Book

The Art of the News: Comics Journalism, edited by Katherine Kelp-Stebbins and Ben Saunders (Oregon State University Press)

Charles M. Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects, by Benjamin L. Clark and Nat Gertler (Schulz Museum)

The Charlton Companion, by Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)

Gladys Parker: A Life in Comics, A Passion for Fashion, by Trina Robbins (Hermes Press)

Resurrection: Comics in Post-Soviet Russia, by José Alaniz (Ohio State University Press)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels, by Josef Benson and Doug Singsen (University Press of Mississippi)

Graphic Medicine, edited by Erin La Cour and Anna Poletti (University of Hawai’i’ Press)

How Comics Travel: Publication, Translation, Radical Literacies, by Katherine Kelp-Stebbins (Ohio State University Press)

The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions, edited by Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren (University Press of Mississippi)

Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels. By Tim Smyth (Routledge)

Best Publication Design

Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral, designed by Thomas Woodruff, Jacob Covey, and Ryan Dinnick (Fantagraphics)

A Frog in the Fall (and later on), designed by Linnea Sterte, Olle Forsslöf, and Patrick Crotty (PEOW)

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 40X40: Bad Reputation/I Love Rock-n-Roll, designed by Josh Bernstein and Jason Ullmeyer (Z2)

Mazebook Dark Horse Direct Edition, designed by Tom Muller (Dark Horse)

Parker: The Martini Edition—Last Call, designed by Sean Phillips (IDW)

Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album, designed by Lauryn Ipsum (Z2)

Best Webcomic

Deeply Dave, by Grover, http://www.deeplydave.com/

Delilah Dirk: Practical Defence Against Piracy, by Tony Cliff, https://www.delilahdirk.com/dd4/dd4-p46.html

Lore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=5

The Mannamong, by Michael Adam Lengyel, https://mannamong.com/episode-1/

Spores, by Joshua Barkman, https://falseknees.com/22ink1.html

Best Digital Comic

All Princesses Die Before Dawn, by Quentin Zuttion, translation by M. B. Valente (Europe Comics)

Barnstormers, by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay (Comixology Originals)

Behind the Curtain, by Sara del Giudice, translation by M. B. Valente (Europe Comics)

Ripple Effects, by Jordan Hart, Bruno Chiroleu, Justin Harder, and Shane Kadlecik (Fanbase Press)

Sixty Years in Winter, by Ingrid Chabbert and Aimée de Jongh, translation by Matt Madden (Europe Comics)

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - Kamala Harris

Today, Vice President Harris met up with US Representative Jim Clyburn and Governor Roy Cooper in Moncks Corner, South Carolina to kick-off a busy day of events across the state.

Moncks Corner, SC Event Location: Swig & Swine Event Type: First Responders' Brunch Event Time: 10:00 - 13:00 ET *The campaign decided to host a brunch to meet with First Responders from across the states of South and North Carolina. We viewed this as something important for us to do in the wake of the recent natural disasters. We used this as an opportunity to hear about current policy shortcomings and drawbacks so that we can implement their stories into crafting our future policies.

Charleston, SC Event Location: College of Charleston Event Type: Get Out the Vote Campaign Event Time: 14:00 - 16:00 ET *The campaign kicked-off a Get Out the Vote campaign on the campus of the College of Charleston. US Rep Clyburn met with faculty members, Governor Roy Cooper met with some student groups, while Vice President Harris went door knocking in the downtown Charleston area to meet first hand with voters.

Hilton Head, SC Event Location: The Westin Hilton Head Island Event Type: Campaign Fundraiser Event Time: 19:00 - 21:00 ET *The campaign hosted a fundraising event for campaign donors and volunteers this evening. The local congressional democrat, Michael B. Moore, on the ballot made a speech during dinner. The campaign was not just asking for donations to our campaign, but to many down ballot races, which include the following:

Alaska-At-Large : Mary Peltola

Arizona-1 : Amish Shah

Arizona-6 : Kirsten Engel

Colorado-3 : Adam Frisch

Colorado-8 : Yadira Caraveo

Florida-7 : Jennifer Adams

Florida-13 : Whitney Fox

Florida-15 : Pat Kemp

Illinois-17 : Eric Sorensen

Indiana-1 : Frank Mrvan

Indiana Gubernatorial Race : Jennifer McCormick

Iowa-1 : Christina Bohannan

Iowa-2 : Sarah Corkery

Iowa-3 : Lanon Baccam

Kansas-3 : Sharice Davids

Kansas-4 : Esau Freeman

Maine-2 : Jared Golden

Michigan-3 : Hillary Scholten

Michigan-7 : Curtis Hertel

Michigan-8 : Kristen McDonald Rivet

Michigan-10 : Carl Marlinga

Michigan Senate Race : Elissa Slotkin

Missouri-2 : Ray Hartmann

Montana-1 : Monica Tranel

Montana Senate Race : Jon Tester

Nebraska-1 : Carol Blood

Nebraska-2 : Tony Vargas

Nebraska Senate Races : Dan Osborn and Preston Love Jr.

New Hampshire Gubernatorial Race : Joyce Craig

New York-1 : John Avlon

New York-2 : Rob Lubin

New York-3 : Tom Suozzi

New York-4 : Laura Gillen

New York-11 : Andrea Morse

New York-17 : Mondaire Jones

New York-19 : Josh Riley

New York-24 : David Wagenhauser

Ohio-13 : Emilia Sykes

Ohio-15 : Adam Miller

Oklahoma-1 : Dennis Baker

Oklahoma-5 : Madison Horn

Oregon-5 : Janelle Bynum

Pennsylvania-1 : Ashley Ehasz

Pennsylvania-7 : Susan Wild

Pennsylvania-10 : Janelle Stelson

South Carolina-1 : Michael B. Moore

Tennessee-5 : Maryam Abolfazli

Texas-15 : Michelle Vallejo

Texas-34 : Vincente Gonzalez Jr.

Texas Senate Race : Colin Allred

Virginia-2 : Missy Cotter Smasal

Virginia-7 : Eugene Vidman

Wisconsin-3 : Rebecca Cooke

Wisconsin Senate Race : Tammy Baldwin

While not all of these candidates have endorsed the Harris-Walz ticket, we believe they are deserving of votes and we believe that with additional resources their campaigns can make it happen. If you've maxed out your contributions to our race and your local race, we recommend looking into these down ballot options.

~BR~

[jules-has-notes]

collaboration spotlight — The Phantom Showman mashup by Fernando Varela

When classical singer Fernando Varela first saw The Greatest Showman, the visual spectacle and soaring music reminded him of one of the shows that had originally inspired him to pursue singing as a career, Phantom of the Opera. After some noodling, he found that the songs from both shows could be combined rather nicely.

Details:

title: The Phantom Showman

performers: Fernando Varela (Raoul), Leah Lowman (Christine), & Tony Wakim (Phantom)

original songs / performers: "Never Enough" by Loren Allred as Jenny Lind (vocals) in The Greatest Showman (2017); "All I Ask of You" & "Think of Me" by Sarah Brightman as Christine Daaé & Steve Barton as Raoul de Chagny in The Phantom of the Opera (1986)

written by: "Never Enough" by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul; "All I Ask of You" & "Think of Me" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, & Richard Stilgoe

arranged by: Fernando Varela

release date: 9 April 2018

My favorite bits:

the tinkling music box version of the instrumentation

Fernando's lovely clear voice, with just a touch of vibratto

Leah's hopeful princess-y tone

the echo on the Phantom's call

the little flip up into head voice on the second ♫ "never be enough" ♫

the way the songs from both shows weave together

gotta love a dramatic key change

the big harmonized belting moment with a sudden cut-off

pulling back to just tentative vocals and the music box to end

Trivia:

Being a tenor, Fernando cast himself in the role of steadfast Raoul, who falls in love with his childhood friend Christine when they meet as adults. Which is fitting, in a way. After all, Fernando has admitted that the reason he initially pursued opera as a teenager was to spend time with a girl he liked.

This video was filmed at The Ballroom on Church Street, the same location PattyCake used as their castle interior for "Beauty and the Bieber" a year earlier. With brighter lighting, it made for a decent opera house.

Leah and Tony's costumes were both originally created for VoicePlay's "Phantom of the Opera" music video in 2015.

A few months before this recording, Fernando had been a part of the Royal Christmas Gala tour across Europe, which was headlined by Sarah Brightman, who originated the role of Christine in Phantom.

In the lead-up to the release date, Fernando posted a series of coundtdown images on social media.

This is Tony's third filmed iteration of the Phantom. Before VoicePlay's full version of the show's title song, he sang an excerpt in their "Aca Top 10 — Broadway" countdown, which they also performed on the 2015 Sing-Off tour.

PattyCake had released their own Greatest Showman medley in the form of "The Disney Showman" celebrating the life and legacy of the illustrious Walt a month earlier.

Layne later arranged a portion of "Never Enough" for VoicePlay as part of their "Showman Medley" video with Rachel Potter at the end of 2021.

[keep-sweet]

Sarah & Richard Allred’s wedding photos. Sarah has since left the FLDS & Richard. She successfully got her kids out after a long legal battle.

[graphicpolicy]

Kevin Smith's Quick Stops and Maskerade get variant covers

Kevin Smith's Quick Stops and Maskerade get variant covers #comics #comicbooks

On November 2, 2022, Quick Stops #1 arrives in comic shops. The comic is written by Kevin Smith and the first issue features art by Jeremy Simser and letters by Andrew Thomas. The main cover (cover A) is by John Sprengelmeyer with a variant cover (cover B) by Jeremy Simser. Both of these covers will be widely available wherever comics are sold. As of today, fans can also choose from two…

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iZombie #7 (2011) Mike Allred Cover, Sarah Glidden Pencils, Chris Roberson Story, 1st Appearance of Galatea

#iZombie #7 (2011) #MikeAllred Cover, #SarahGlidden Pencils, #ChrisRoberson Story, 1st Appearance of #Galatea "Vampires Are Sucky!" In part 1 of 'Vampires Suck,' Gwen dines on the grey matter of a person who knew her as a child - and things quickly get complicated... SAVE ON SHIPPING COST - NOW AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL PICK UP IN DELTONA, FLORIDA https://www.rarecomicbooks.fashionablewebs.com/iZombie.html#7  #KeyComicBooks #DCComics #DCU #DCUniverse #KeyIssue

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Favorite Books/Series Read This Year: 2022

1. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

2. Dracula by Bram Stoker

3. A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib

4. Valerian & Laureline by Pierre Christin

5. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

6. This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Amal El-Mohtar

7. The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel

8. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir  

9. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

10. Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

11. The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monae

12. Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King

13. The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee by John R. Little

14. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

15. Foundation by Isaac Asimov

16. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

17. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

18. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

19. Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton

20. Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

21. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

22. Fire and Blood by George R. R. Martin

23. Red Rocket 7 by Mike Allred

24. Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

25. Stress Less, Accomplish More by Emily Fletcher

[fearsmagazine]

The 2022 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) announced the Final Ballot for the 2022 Bram Stoker Awards®, an award they’ve been presenting  in various categories since 1987 (see http://www.thebramstokerawards.com/)

Works appearing on this Ballot are Bram Stoker Award® Nominees for Superior Achievement in their Category, e.g., Novel.  Congratulations to all those appearing on the Final Ballot.

THE 2022 BRAM STOKER AWARDS® FINAL BALLOT

Superior Achievement in a Novel • Iglesias, Gabino – The Devil Takes You Home (Mullholland Press) • Katsu, Alma – The Fervor (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) • Kiste, Gwendolyn – Reluctant Immortals (Saga Press) • Malerman, Josh – Daphne (Del Rey) • Ward, Catriona – Sundial (Tor Nightfire)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel • Adams, Erin – Jackal (Bantam Books) • Cañas, Isabel – The Hacienda (Berkley) • Jones, KC – Black Tide (Tor Nightfire) • Nogle, Christi – Beulah (Cemetery Gates Media) • Wilkes, Ally – All the White Spaces (Emily Bestler Books/Atria/Titan Books)

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel • Dawson, Delilah S. – Camp Scare (Delacorte Press) • Kraus, Daniel – They Stole Our Hearts (Henry Holt and Co.) • Malinenko, Ally – This Appearing House (Katherine Tegen Books) • Senf, Lora – The Clackity (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) • Stringfellow, Lisa – A Comb of Wishes (Quill Tree Books)

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel • Aquilone, James (editor) – Kolchak: The Night Stalker: 50th Anniversary (Moonstone Books) • Gailey, Sarah (author) and Bak, Pius (artist) – Eat the Rich (Boom! Studios) • Manzetti, Alessandro (author) and Cardoselli, Stefano (artist/author) – Kraken Inferno: The Last Hunt (Independent Legions Publishing) • Tynion IV, James (author) and Dell’Edera, Werther (artist) – Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 4 (Boom! Studios) • Young, Skottie (author) and Corona, Jorge (artist) – The Me You Love in the Dark (Image Comics)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel • Fraistat, Ann – What We Harvest (Delacorte Press) • Jackson, Tiffany D. – The Weight of Blood (Katherine Tegen Books) • Marshall, Kate Alice – These Fleeting Shadows (Viking) • Ottone, Robert P. – The Triangle (Raven Tale Publishing) • Schwab, V.E. – Gallant (Greenwillow Books) • Tirado, Vincent – Burn Down, Rise Up (Sourcebooks Fire)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction • Allred, Rebecca J. and White, Gordon B. – And in Her Smile, the World (Trepidatio Publishing) • Carmen, Christa – “Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell” (Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror) (Wicked Run Press) • Hightower, Laurel – Below (Ghoulish Books) • Katsu, Alma – The Wehrwolf (Amazon Original Stories) • Knight, EV – Three Days in the Pink Tower (Creature Publishing)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction • Dries, Aaron – “Nona Doesn't Dance” (Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts) (IFWG Australia, IFWG International) • Gwilym, Douglas – “Poppy’s Poppy” (Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, Vol. V, No. 6) • McCarthy, J.A.W.  – “The Only Thing Different Will Be the Body” (A Woman Built by Man) (Cemetery Gates Media) • Taborska, Anna – “A Song for Barnaby Jones” (Zagava) • Taborska, Anna – “The Star” (Great British Horror 7: Major Arcane) (Black Shuck Books) • Yardley, Mercedes M. – “Fracture” (Mother: Tales of Love and Terror) (Weird Little Worlds)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection • Ashe, Paula D. – We Are Here to Hurt Each Other (Nictitating Books) • Joseph, RJ – Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted (The Seventh Terrace) • Khaw, Cassandra – Breakable Things (Undertow Publications) • Thomas, Richard – Spontaneous Human Combustion (Keylight Books) • Veres, Attila – The Black Maybe (Valancourt Books)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay • Cooper, Scott – The Pale Blue Eye (Cross Creek Pictures, Grisbi Productions, Streamline Global Group) • Derrickson, Scott and Cargill, C. Robert – The Black Phone (Blumhouse Productions, Crooked Highway, Universal Pictures) • Duffer Brothers, The – Stranger Things: Episode 04.01 "Chapter One: The Hellfire Club" (21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre, Netflix, Upside Down Pictures) • Garland, Alex - Men (DNA Films) • Goth, Mia and West, Ti – Pearl (A24, Bron Creative, Little Lamb, New Zealand Film Commission)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection • Bailey, Michael and Simon, Marge – Sifting the Ashes (Crystal Lake Publishing) • Lynch, Donna – Girls from the County (Raw Dog Screaming Press) • Pelayo, Cynthia – Crime Scene (Raw Dog Screaming Press) • Saulson, Sumiko – The Rat King: A Book of Dark Poetry (Dooky Zines) • Sng, Christina – The Gravity of Existence (Interstellar Flight Press)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology • Datlow, Ellen – Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous (Tor Nightfire) • Hartmann, Sadie and Saywers, Ashley – Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology (Dark Matter Ink) • Nogle, Christi and Becker, Willow – Mother: Tales of Love and Terror (Weird Little Worlds) • Ryan, Lindy – Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga (Black Spot Books) • Tantlinger, Sara – Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror (Strangehouse Books)

Superior Achievement in Non–Fiction • Cisco, Michael – Weird Fiction: A Genre Study (Palgrave Macmillan) • Hieber, Leanna Renee and Janes, Andrea – A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts (Citadel Press) • Kröger, Lisa and Anderson, Melanie R. – Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult (Quirk Books) • Waggoner, Tim – Writing in the Dark: The Workbook (Guide Dog Books) • Wytovich, Stephanie M. – Writing Poetry in the Dark (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Superior Achievement in Short Non–Fiction • Murray, Lee – “I Don’t Read Horror (& Other Weird Tales)” (Interstellar Flight Magazine) (Interstellar Flight Press) • Pelayo, Cynthia – “This is Not a Poem” (Writing Poetry in the Dark) (Raw Dog Screaming Press) • Wetmore, Jr., Kevin J. – “A Clown in the Living Room: The Sinister Clown on Television” (The Many Lives of Scary Clowns: Essays on Pennywise, Twisty, the Joker, Krusty and More) (McFarland and Company) • Wood, L. Marie – “African American Horror Authors and Their Craft: The Evolution of Horror Fiction from African Folklore” (Conjuring Worlds: An Afrofuturist Textbook for Middle and High School Students) (Conjure World) • Wood, L. Marie, “The H Word: The Horror of Hair” (Nightmare Magazine, No. 118) (Adamant Press)

[bookclub4m]

Episode 120: The Design and Art of Books!

This episode we’re discussing what makes a good book cover: The Design and Art of Books! We talk about physically icky feeling books, hidden messages on (and under) book covers, the history of the book, women's pants, and more! Plus: We discuss whether we prefer hardcovers, trade paperbacks, or mass market paperbacks!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Books We Mentioned

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Tampa by Alissa Nutting

Made for Love by Alissa Nutting

Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott

Cheap Toys #23 by Giz Medium (zine with sandpaper cover)

Get Fuzzy by Darby Donley

Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

X-Statix Omnibus by Peter Milligan, Mike Allred, and others

Wise Child by Monica Furlong

Juniper by Monica Furlong

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

Support Your Local Wizard by Diane Duane

Weetzie Bat series (This is the Witch Baby edition RJ likes)

Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned by Judd Winick

Monstress series by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda

Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Hidden messages on the book cover

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey 

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Links, Articles, and Things

Dust jacket (Wikipedia)

C.S. Richardson on Book Design, Clip 1

Nicole Caputo talks about her design process x Belletrist

Rotating book lectern

Marvel Comics reveals 20 amazing cosplay-based covers

Why Do So Many Book Covers Look the Same? Blame Getty Images

How readers can react to ‘Handbook’ ruckus (stolen cover art)

Meet the Online Vigilante Battling Heavy Metal Art Theft

2021 Book Cover Design Trends to Follow

8 Top Book Cover Design Trends for 2021 

Book Covers of Note, January 2021 

Variant cover (Wikipedia)

Valiant to Use Different Foils for Variant Cover for QUANTUM AND WOODY! #1

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) (Wikipedia)

ISO 6357 — Spine titles on books and other publications

Fore-Edge Paintings: Beauty on the Edge

Painting hidden in gilt edges of rare book

Fore-edge painting (Wikipedia)

Fore-Edge Paintings

The French Flap

Moleskine (Wikipedia) 

Blog Talk: Are Romance Book Covers Starting A New Design Trend?

At a Romance Cover Shoot, There’s No Such Thing As Too Much Wind Machine

How I Became A Romance Cover Model

Why so many book cover male models are headless….

With Romance Novels Booming, Beefcake Sells, but It Doesn’t Pay

New York Public Library collection of Russian bookjackets

Alcuin Society – Promoting interest in the book arts 

Ain’t That a Shame (2009 blog post by Justine Larbalestier about the whitewashed cover of the US edition of her book “Liar”)

Cover story: The curious case of a shared database

Link to our Pinterest page with all the covers

22 Winter Holiday Books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) Authors

Fiction

Twelve Dates of Christmas by Rilzy Adams

A Christmas Parranda by Andrea Beatriz Arango

A Wedding One Christmas by Therese Beharrie

Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

Seven Swans a' Shooting by Kyra Davis

Sweet on You: A Filipino Christmas Romance by Carla de Guzman

Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz

Noelle The First by Nicole Falls

Kwanzaa Angel by by Shirley Hailstock

The Magic of Mistletoe by Carolyn Hector

Mangoes & Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

Wrapped Up in You by Talia Hibbert

I'll Be Home for Christmas by Beverly Jenkins

Her Pretend Christmas Date by Jackie Lau

True Love for Christmas by D. Rose

A Mistletoe Murder: A Christmas Novella by Necole Ryse

Non-Fiction

An Aboriginal Carol by David Bouchard, Moses Beaver, & Susan Aglukark

A Treasury of African-American Christmas Stories by Bettye Collier-Thomas

A Christmas Story: Behind the Scenes of a Holiday Classic by Caseen Gaines

Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture by Maulana Karenga

Kwanzaa: Black Power and the Making of the African-American Holiday Tradition by Keith A. Mayes

Christmas Gif':  An Anthology of Christmas Poems, Songs and Stories Written By and About African-Americans by Charlemae Rollins, Joseph Rollins, and Ashley Bryan

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prom queen by Molly Kate Kestner

i’ll be there by Walk Off the Earth

never enough by Loren Allred

king by Lauren Aquilina

you’ll never be alone by the Capital Kings

poor marionette by Sarah Cothran

unsteady by X Ambassadors

runnin’ home to you by Grant Gustin

stay with me by Sam Smith

evermore by Dan Stevens

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