Sunday Reads- July 7, 2019

Panel

Mad Magazine #547 (Cover by Mark Fredrickson)

Previously on Panel Patter

Little Bird #4 cover art (by Ian Bertram)

*** Quick Hit - Little Bird 4 (link: https://ift.tt/2RQcuL1) by Mike McCann

*** San Diego Comic-Con Picture Series Day 1: Spoon! (link: https://ift.tt/2KWc5q6) by Rob McMonigal

*** San Diego Comic-Con Picture Series Day 2: David Lloyd (link: https://ift.tt/2RRRHa6) by Rob McMonigal

*** San Diego Comic-Con Picture Series Day 3: We Miss You, Bongo (link: https://ift.tt/2KWc7hI) by Rob McMonigal

*** Catch It at the Comic Shop July 3rd, 2019 (link: https://ift.tt/2RQZzbW)

*** San Diego Comic-Con Picture Series Day 4: May the July 4th Be With You (link: https://ift.tt/2xDkS7i) by Rob McMonigal

*** Quick Hit - Mary Shelley: Monster Hunter - More than a Mashup (link: https://ift.tt/2NA4S0W) by Mike McCann

Not Comics

*** Opinion | The Dominance of the White Male Critic (link: https://ift.tt/3287xCl) via Elizabeth Mendez Berry And Chi-hui-Yang at The New York Times

Reviews

Clue #2 (by Dash Shaw)

*** Yuri Anthology: Whenever Our Eyes Meet… (English) (link: https://ift.tt/2NhYcV1) via Erika Friedman at Okazu

*** Seven Stories #3 – Third Issue of O Panda Gordo’s Anthology Series Features Glasgow-Based Artists Including João Sobral, Jules Scheele, Suds McKenna and Jessica Taylor (link: https://ift.tt/2IWwxom) via Andy Oliver at Broken Frontier

*** Immortal Hulk #18-19: "This is Me" - WWAC (link: https://ift.tt/2LyWDQf) via Emma Snape at WWAC

*** Indie Comics Spotlight: New horror comic is a metaphor for gentrification and hip-hop (link: https://ift.tt/2KKaKm7) via Karama Horne at SYFY WIRE

*** Messages from Midgard #13- The Four Thors - Graphic Policy (link: https://ift.tt/2RMlalU) via Logan Dalton at Graphic Policy

*** Comics Review: CLUE: CANDLESTICK (link: https://ift.tt/2JjlK6y) via Henry Chamberlain at Comics Grinder

*** House to Astonish » X-Men: Grand Design – X-Tinction (link: https://ift.tt/2IW9p9v) via Paul O’Brien at House to Astonish

*** The World’s Most Way Past Cool Sci-fi Melodrama!: Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog - The MNT (link: https://ift.tt/2RNVqW8) viaNoah Washburn at The MNT

*** Mera Tidebreaker (link: https://ift.tt/30eFMpT) via Mark Richardson at No Flying No Tights

*** The Empty Mirror (link: https://ift.tt/2XEGq2g) via Tegan O'Neil at The Comics Journal

*** Plaza (link: https://ift.tt/2KW9Zqa) via Matt Seneca at The Comics Journal

*** “All-Time Comics : Zerosis Deathscape” #1 : I Love It When A Plan Comes Together (link: https://ift.tt/2XQo1zv) via Ryan C. (trashfilmguru) at Ryan C.'s Four Color Apocalypse

*** MINT CONDITION: The Incal (1980) (link: https://ift.tt/2Jt58JG) via Louie Hlad at The Beat — The News Blog of Comics Culture

*** Minis: Jessica Campbell's Chicago Works (link: https://ift.tt/32dldvU) via Rob Clough at High-Low

*** Review: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe (link: https://ift.tt/2Xq0Exr) via Alex Hoffman at Sequential State

*** Best Shots Review: THE WALKING DEAD #193 'a Heartfelt Capstone on an Incomparable Achievement' (10/10) (link: https://ift.tt/30dNK2j) via By Justin Partridge at Newsarama

*** Opinion | The Dominance of the White Male Critic (link: https://ift.tt/3287xCl) via at The New York Times

Interviews

From Criminal: Bad Weekend (art by Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips)

*** Hardboiled Superstars Ed Brubaker & Megan Abbott Discuss Comic Conventions, Criminals & Hollywood (link: https://ift.tt/2ZQ5Bw7) via Steve Foxe at pastemagazine.com

*** Interview: Jason Leivian, owner of Floating World Comics (link: https://ift.tt/2XhPv1E) via Henry Chamberlain at Comics Grinder

News

*** From the editor: the future of The Nib (link: https://ift.tt/2XdCQb0) via Matt Bors at The Medium

*** The Inkwell Membership (link: https://ift.tt/31YBDb4) at The Inkwell Membership

*** Let's stop debating if comics are art — they are. And this exhibit celebrates their complexity | CBC Arts (link: https://ift.tt/323sXjW) via RM Vaughan at CBC

*** Lakeview’s Chicago Comics Damaged After 20 People Stormed In After Pride To Pepper Spray Woman, Throw Things At Her (link: https://ift.tt/305tArd) via Kelly Bauer at Block Club Chicago

*** ‘Giant Days: As Time Goes By’ wraps up the series (link: https://ift.tt/2RZnu9j) via JK Perkins at SMASH PAGES

*** MAD Magazine to Cease Publication (link: https://ift.tt/2NzhEg0) via Russ Burlingame at Comicbook.com

*** Details Surface About Plans for MAD Magazine's Future (link: https://ift.tt/2KWQT32) via Russ Burlingame at Comicbook.com

*** MAD MAGAZINE is ending as we know it… and it’s a truly tragic end of an era (link: https://ift.tt/2LB7Qje) via Edward Douglas at The Beat

*** The complete Mad Magazine sales history, 1960-present: Over 2 million copies per issue in 1974 (link: https://ift.tt/2JsnPxh) via John Jackson Miller at Comichron

*** Katsuhiro Otomo announces his new movie ORBITAL ERA at Anime Expo (link: https://ift.tt/2JfSUoM) via Josh Hilgenberg at The Beat

*** SIMPSONS Creator MATT GROENING Launches New Comic Company (link: https://ift.tt/307G2Xx) via Chris Arrant at Newsarama

Misc

*** As Pride Month comes to a close, it’s time I spoke candidly about my experience at Marvel Comics. (link: https://ift.tt/2Ni3ujb) via Sina Grace at SINA GRACE

*** Cartoonist Lynda Barry Teaches You How to Draw (link: https://ift.tt/2YdGSBC) at Open Culture

*** “Good time to rework an old #protip thread: Some advice for showing your comics portfolio at conventions. First thing: Lots of people today build great careers without ever showing a portfolio or being published by anyone else.” (link: https://twitter.com/steve_lieber/status/1144747680846893056) via Steve Lieber at Twitter

*** The End?! | The Comics Journal (link: https://ift.tt/2XbypgM) via Tim Hodler at The Comics Journal

*** Brands Live. Brands Die. (link: https://ift.tt/2FB7gxZ) via Paul Levitz at ICv2: The Business of Geek Culture

*** My late Fourth of July post: Captain America in the Age of Trump (link: https://ift.tt/2YAAy7t) via frasersherman at Atomic Junk Shop