Yesterday morning, Gordon Sondland, the Trump donor turned US ambassador to the European Union, gave explosive testimony in the impeachment inquiry—directly tying the president and his top allies, including Mikes Pence and Pompeo, to the Ukraine scandal. Comparisons to John Dean’s testimony that implicated Richard Nixon in Watergate were pretty much everywhere, uniting Fox and The Nation; as with prior Trump-era John Dean parallels, CNN invited actual John Dean to discuss it. But the Dean–Sondland comparison (as Dean himself noted) is flawed. Jill Wine-Banks, a Watergate prosecutor, told the Times that Sondland reminded her less of Dean than of another Nixon official, Jeb Magruder. (“Jeb was always sort of weaseling out of full admissions. John, when he came clean, he really came clean.”) BuzzFeed’s Ryan Broderick offered a more pertinent reality check. “I know everyone wants their John Dean moment today, but it’s 2019,” he tweeted. “The majority of the country gets their news piecemeal via algorithmically sorted newsfeeds on their phones from platforms that Trump and his followers have spent the last three years completely dominating.” Another key difference between Watergate and now is that the former crescendoed in 1973 and 1974, at the beginning of Nixon’s second term; by contrast, the Trump impeachment is unfolding at the same time as a presidential campaign season. Yesterday, the two huge stories collided with their heaviest thud to date: following Sondland’s... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2019-11-21 12:58:24 UTC ]
Penguin Random House’s first report auditing the diversity of its contributors found that the demographics of its authors, illustrators, translators, and other creators “do not reflect U.S. reader demographics when it comes to race and ethnicity.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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It was just a rumor, but a persistent one. Whispers in the halls of the DC Comics offices; buzz among fans as they gathered at annual conventions. That the legendary Alan Moore, writer and creator of From Hell and V for Vendetta, had written another masterpiece, something no one had ever seen.... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-11-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Comics on audio are like recordings of live music. They’re a translation. Design your perfect concert and get a graphic novel on audio rec, like Nimona by Noelle Stevenson. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-11-10 11:31:00 UTC ]
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To hear Weng Pixin tell it, Let’s Not Talk Anymore started out as a kind of “fuck you” move after a particularly bad fight with her mom but—as these things tend to go—it gradually transformed into a project to locate herself within the moth-eaten story of her matrilineal line. Moving back and... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-11-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Surely Books, a new LGBTQ+ focused imprint at Abrams ComicArts curated by comics writer Mariko Tamaki, will release its first graphic novel, 'Lifetime Passes' by Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre, this month; in addition to a set of unannounced forthcoming titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre’s new graphic novel 'Lifetime Passes' introduces the reader to 16 year-old Jackie Chavez, a teen wrestling with a tough family situation—her parents have been deported—and her friends, a collection of mostly bad apples looking out only for themselves. A seven-page... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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8 books, ranging from memoir to pizza czar, history for young readers and lyrics by legends, are the finalists for B&N's Book of the Year. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-10-28 12:00:00 UTC ]
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What do a publisher that was founded in 1887 and one that was founded in 2006 have in common? Plenty, as it turns out, when it comes to their commerce strategies. BuzzFeed senior vice president of ad strategy and partnerships Ken Blom and Hearst Magazines vp of strategic partnerships and... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2021-10-27 14:09:20 UTC ]
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PW talks with acclaimed fantasy author V.E. Schwab about her new graphic novel 'ExtraOrdinary,' and returning to her epic Villains prose series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Alissa Sallah’s debut graphic novel 'Weeaboo'—a term that refers to a non-Japanese person who is obsessed with Japanese culture—is an engaging portrait of three high school friends about to graduate and struggling with the full-range of familiar teen academic, social, and personal challenges. A... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Campaign's weekly round-up of the hires, departures and promotions across the industry. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2021-10-08 08:50:51 UTC ]
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Hearst builds a Youth + Wellness Group Airship to show advertisers potential opportunities for virtual, co-branded experiences that can reach young female gamers. The post Hearst launches blimp in the metaverse in a bid to show advertisers virtual co-branded opportunities appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2021-10-08 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Find your next comic in this list of Rioters' recent favorite comic and graphic novel reads. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-10-07 10:43:00 UTC ]
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When it comes to haunted houses, House Beautiful thinks the ghosts have gotten all the attention. To compensate, on Wednesday the Hearst title launched the first podcast in its 125-year history, a free, five-episode product called Dark House, which will explore the stories and architecture... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2021-10-01 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Is this a record? No sooner has the iPhone 13 hit store shelves than the rumor mill is already up and churning about the next one. Rumors from the weekend suggest the iPhone 14 will be a “complete redesign,” but the details are thin gruel at this point. Hold not these rumors close to your chest... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-09-27 11:15:02 UTC ]
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NASA clearly needs more astronauts if programs like Artemis are to be successful, and it thinks it has a clever sales pitch: a tech-savvy comic. The space agency has released an augmented reality graphic novel, First Woman, that tells the tale of the fictional Callie Rodriguez as she becomes... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-09-25 20:49:55 UTC ]
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“Thao,” “Otto: A Palindrama,” “My Monster Moofy” and “The Wordy Book” explore myriad worlds within words. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-09-24 17:09:23 UTC ]
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The IDW-Penguin Random House Publisher Services agreement sees comic books, trade collections, and graphic novels going to 'direct market.' The post PRH Publisher Services to Distribute IDW Comics Internationally appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-20 14:29:57 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Daniel Kraus and artist Chris Shehan talk about collaborating on The Autumnal, a graphic novel from Nightfall, the dedicated horror imprint from Vault Comics. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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First published as an Instagram webcomic, Simon Hanselmann's 'Crisis Zone', has been collected into a nearly 300-page graphic novel out now from Fantagraphics. The book won the 2021 Eisner award for webcomics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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