Podcast appearances and mentions of Jim Ottaviani

Au programme de l'émission du 14 juin : avec Fanny Deschamps, éditrice de Versant Sud jeunesse 3 FOIS 3 LA BD AU CARRÉ - chronique de Julia Segui et Maxime Massole - c'est vers 06 mnJulia et Maxime présentent 3 bandes dessinées documentaires qui répondront à la curiosité des enfants 

Twenty-two of this year's Virtual Memories Show guests tell us about the favorite books they read in 2022 and the books they hope to get to in 2023! Guests include Jonathan Ames, Richard Butner, Howard Chaykin, Joe Ciardiello, Darryl Cunningham, Eva Hagberg, Kathe Koja, Ken Krimstein, Glenn Kurtz, W. David Marx, Dave McKean, Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Jim Ottaviani, Celia Paul, Nicole Rudick, Jerry Saltz, Dmitry Samarov, David Sax, Ruth Scurr, Sebastian Smee, Peter Stothard, and Marina Warner (+ me)! • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Writer Jim Ottaviani rejoins the show to celebrate his new graphic biography, EINSTEIN (First Second)! We get into his collaboration with artist Jerel Dye & colorist Alison Acton on telling Einstein's story, the chutzpah involved in tackling the bio of the man whose name is a synonym for genius, and how he kept from falling into the rabbit hole of Too Much Research. We talk about how Jim used Einstein's major theories as a way of exploring the man and his times (and why this book is more of a story than a biography), the way 20th century popular culture latched on to Einstein, how he contrasts with some of the other biographical subjects Jim has tackled, and the mystery of what happened to Einstein's first child. We also discuss the process of working with a new artist, the writing hints that come from the subconscious, the physics teacher who helped him explain the trickier theories in the book, whether the pandemic-era anti-science movement has made Jim doubt his work or has him doubling down on it, and (of course) our running stories. Follow Jim on Twitter and Instagram • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

FIVE-HUNDRED EPISODES of The Virtual Memories Show?! Let's celebrate this milestone episode with tributes, remembrances, jokes, congrats, non-sequiturs, and a couple of songs (!) from nearly 100 of my past guests, including Maria Alexander, Jonathan Ames, Glen Baxter, Jonathan Baylis, Zoe Beloff, Walter Bernard, Sven Birkerts, Charles Blackstone, RO Blechman, Phlip Boehm, MK Brown, Dan Cafaro, David Carr, Kyle Cassidy, Howard Chaykin, Joe Ciardiello, Gary Clark, John Crowley, Ellen Datlow, Paul Di Filippo, Joan Marans Dim, Liza Donnelly, Bob Eckstein, Scott Edelman, Barbara Epler, Glynnis Fawkes, Aaron Finkelstein, Mary Fleener, Shary Flenniken, Josh Alan Friedman, Kipp Friedman, Michael Gerber, Mort Gerberg, ES Glenn, Sophia Glock, Paul Gravett, Tom Hart, Dean Haspiel, Jennifer Hayden, Glenn Head, Ron Hogan, Kevin Huizenga, Jonathan Hyman, Andrew Jamieson, Ian Kelley, Jonah Kinigstein, Kathe Koja, Ken Krimstein, Anita Kunz, Peter Kuper, Glenn Kurtz, Kate Lacour, Roger Langridge, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, John Leland, David Leopold, Sara Lippmann, David Lloyd, Whitney Matheson, Patrick McDonnell, Dave McKean, Scott Meslow, Barbara Nessim, Jeff Nunokawa, Jim Ottaviani, Celia Paul, Woodrow Phoenix, Darryl Pinckney, Weng Pixin, Eddy Portnoy, Virginia Postrel, Bram Presser, AL Price, Dawn Raffel, Boaz Roth, Hugh Ryan, Dmitry Samarov, Frank Santoro, JJ Sedelmaier, Nadine Sergejeff, Michael Shaw, R Sikoryak, Jen Silverman, Posy Simmonds, Vanessa Sinclair, David Small, Sebastian Smee, Ed Sorel, James Sturm, Mike Tisserand, Tom Tomorrow, Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Kriota Willberg, Warren Woodfin, Jim Woodring, and Claudia Young. Plus, we look at back with segments from the guests we've lost over the years: Anthea Bell, Harold Bloom, Bruce Jay Friedman, Milton Glaser, Clive James, JD McClatchy, DG Myers, Tom Spurgeon, and Ed Ward. Here's to the next 500 shows! • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

SHE HEARD THE BIRDS: THE STORY OF FLORENCE MERRIAM BAILEY by Andrea D'Aquino - LILY AND THE GREAT QUAKE by Veeda Bybee/Alessia Trunifo - SHE PERISTED: 23 AMERICAN WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD by Chelsea Clinton/Alexandra Boiger - FALL DOWN SEVEN TIMES STANE UP EIGHT: PATSY TAKEMOTO MINK by Jen Bryant - GRACE FOR PRESIDENT by Kelly DiPucchio/Leuyen Pham - CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE: 25 WOMEN WHO MADE HISTORY by Naomi Watkins/Katherine Kitterman/Brooke Smart/Shannon Hale - ASTRONAUTS: WOMEN ON THE FINAL FRONTIER by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks.

Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the original Kurt Vonneguys, are back to break down the new 'Slaughterhouse-Five' graphic novel! If this isn't nice, what is? The graphic novel is by writer Ryan North and artist Albert Monteys. Publisher page: https://shop.boom-studios.com/collections/slaughterhouse-five Also here's a link to a *VIDEO VERSION* of this podcast episode (it's the same audio, plus some photos of what we're talking about): https://youtu.be/5BghQzkY0iE Vonneguys news: we're returning once more, in 2022, for a new episode about 'The Writer's Crusade' by Tom Roston. Find out more about that book here: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/writers-crusade_9781419744891/ SEGMENTS: Franken-Time (00:03:55) Plot Time (00:24:55) Kurt Blurt Redux (00:43:45) Recurring Characters Redux (00:51:45) Kurt Cameo Redux (00:58:05) VonneWHAT Redux (01:00:30) The Meat (01:04:20) Ryan North and Albert Monteys-grades (01:17:25) Related Reading (01:21:25) Vonnegut News (01:26:00) LINKS for Related Reading: 'Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth' by Chris Ware: https://bookshop.org/books/jimmy-corrigan-the-smartest-kid-on-earth/9780375714542 'Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards' by Jim Ottaviani and Big Time Attic: https://bookshop.org/books/bone-sharps-cowboys-and-thunder-lizards/9780966010664 Quote from Tennessee Williams: https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/07/30/tennessee-williams-love/ 'Synedcoche, New York' (2008 movie): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383028/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 LINKS for background about this graphic novel: ComicsBeat.com interview with Ryan North: https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-adapting-slaughterhouse-five-with-ryan-north/ Publisher interview with Ryan North and Albert Monteys: https://youtu.be/BU5xv4AhoCc Article about Albert Monteys leaving 'El Jueves' over censorship: https://www.thelocal.es/20140606/spanish-comic-censored-jueves-king-joke/ Image Comics page for the 'Solid State' graphic novel by Jonathan Coulton, Matt Fraction, and Albert Monteys: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/solid-state Vox.com article citing new Dresden statistics: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/3/31/18287062/slaughterhouse-five-50th-anniversary-kurt-vonnegut January 2018 'Dinosaur Comics' strip that quotes 'Slaughterhouse-Five': https://qwantz.com/index.php?comic=3236 August 2021 news from Deadline.com on Noah Hawley's adaptation of 'Cat's Cradle': https://deadline.com/2021/08/noah-hawley-cats-cradle-not-moving-forward-at-fx-tca-1234814354/ Review from The AV Club: https://www.avclub.com/slaughterhouse-five-is-a-near-flawless-adaptation-that-1845419158 Review from Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/comics/2020/9/15/21438090/slaughterhouse-five-comic-graphic-novel-kurt-vonnegut-ryan-north-albert-monteys Review from MonkeysFightingRobots.co: https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-slaughterhouse-five-is-a-perfect-graphic-novel-adaptation/ LINK to a Google Sheet with all of Alex and Michael's past Vonnegrades: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F2juhwV4ia1MzdQC8krE0yiV9e7rdrpkbMguGL037uo/edit?usp=sharing

This week we're replaying Episode 56 from May 11, 2021, featuring Martha from the Auburn branch and Ana González from The Public's Radio to talk about her podcast, Mosaic. They also discuss murder mysteries, new Latinx made podcasts, and comedies that teach you something. During The Last Chapter they discuss: would you rather listen to an audiobook with a terrible reader but an amazing story OR listen to an audiobook with an amazing reader but a terrible story? Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Little Fish by Casey Plett Crónica de Una Muerte Anunciada de Gabriel García Márquez Wicked Things by John Allison and Max Sarin Take Back the Block by Chrystal D. Giles Astronauts: Women On the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks Selena: Queen of Tejano Music by Silvia López and Paola Escobar AV Adam Sandler Bob's Burgers (2011- ) Suave (podcast) Anything for Selena (podcast) La Brega (podcast) Derry Girls (2018- ) Tales From the Loop (2020- ) Other Mosaic - The Public's Radio

This week Tayla is joined by Martha from the Auburn branch and Ana González from The Public’s Radio to talk about her podcast, Mosaic. They also discuss murder mysteries, new Latinx made podcasts, and comedies that teach you something. During The Last Chapter they discuss: would you rather listen to an audiobook with a terrible reader but an amazing story OR listen to an audiobook with an amazing reader but a terrible story? Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you’d like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Little Fish by Casey Plett Crónica de Una Muerte Anunciada de Gabriel García Márquez Wicked Things by John Allison and Max Sarin Take Back the Block by Chrystal D. Giles Astronauts: Women On the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks Selena: Queen of Tejano Music by Silvia López and Paola Escobar Sing with Me: The Story of Selena Quintanilla by Diana López and Teresa Martinez AV Adam Sandler Bob’s Burgers (2011- ) Suave (podcast) Anything for Selena (podcast) La Brega (podcast) Derry Girls (2018- ) Tales From the Loop (2020- ) Other Mosaic - The Public’s Radio

Jim and Lou go way back - to when they still called it “library school!” Thirty years later, Jim is a NY Times bestselling author who specializes in science-themed graphic novels on subjects ranging from Jane Goodall to Alan Turing. Here, Lou and Jim discuss the evolution of cartoon and graphic novels,how their audiences have changed over time, and the role of storyboarding in their respective crafts. About Jim Jim is the author of fourteen (and counting) graphic novels about scientists. His most recent books include Naturalist (with E.O. Wilson), Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, Hawking, about the famous cosmologist; The Imitation Game, a biography of Alan Turing; Primates, about Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas; and Feynman, a book about the Nobel-prize winning physicist, bongo-playing artist, and raconteur Richard Feynman. His books are New York Times bestsellers, have been translated into over a dozen languages, and have received praise from publications ranging from Nature and Physics World to Entertainment Weekly and Variety. Jim lives in Michigan and comes to comics via careers in nuclear engineering and librarianship. Jim recommends: "Ologies" podcast with Alie Ward "99% Invisible" podcast with Roman Mars 826: 826national.org/, which provides writing and tutoring support for kids across the U.S. (Jim has tutored and taught for 836michigan for over a decade.) The Sirens of Mars by Sarah Stewart Johnson Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars by Kate Greene

Nicola Wessinghage im Gespräch mit Martina Schradi und Véro über das Potenzial von Comics zur Vermittlung von Wissen und zur Auseinandersetzung mit gesellschaftlich relevanten Themen: Die beiden Expertinnen stellen vor, welche verschiedenen Eigenschaften/Potenziale des Mediums besonders geeignet sind, um Menschen zu motivieren, sich mit wissenschaftlichen Themen und Bildungsinhalten auseinanderzusetzen. Wir reden auch darüber, an welcher Stelle es eventuell Vorbehalte gegenüber dem Medium als Tool für die Wissenschaftskommunikation geben könnte und wie die Kooperation mit Wissenschaftler*innen aussieht. Die beiden stellen die Broschüre vor, die von der HOOU Ende vergangenen Jahres herausgebracht wurde, und die frei verfügbare Comics, Illustrationen und Texte sammelt, um sie zur freien Nutzung zur Verfügung zu stellen. Shownotes Véro Portfolio - https://verocomics.tumblr.com/about Véro bei Twitter - https://twitter.com/verocomics Véro bei Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/verocomics.sciencecomics/ Website Martina: http://comic-von-schradi.de_ Martina bei Twitter: https://twitter.com/emschradi Martina bei Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emschradi/ Comic-Projekte (online) von Véro KLAR SOWEIT? - der Helmholtz-Wissenschaftscomic - http://www.helmholtz.de/comic CEPLAS - Metabolit-Jäger im ewigen Eis - https://www.ceplas.eu/de/entdecken/mediathek/comic-metabolit-jaeger-im-ewigen-eis/ LUX:plorations - Ein Forschungsuniversum - https://sciencecomics.uni.lu Birding für Ahnungslose - https://www.kosmos.de/buecher/ratgeber/natur/voegel/10466/birding-fuer-ahnungslose?number=16264 Ausgewählte Comic-Projekte von Martina: www.comic-von-schradi.de Comicprojekt „Ach, so ist das“: www.achsoistdas.com OER-Broschüre der HOOU mit Comics und Illustrationen online: https://www.hoou.de/blog/hot-off-the-press-oer-offline Als Broschüre bestellbar: E-Mail Mit vollständiger Adresse an: OER_HOOU@haw-hamburg.de Veranstaltung der HOOU, “Hacks and Tools”, u.a. mit Comic-Workshop Véro, Februar 2020 https://www.hoou.de/blog/kickoff-hacks-tools Empfehlungen Comics Véro Sammlung von Webcomics zu wissenschaftlichen Themen: www.cartoonscience.org - Macmillan Publishers: Science Comics; Serie, Print: https://us.macmillan.com/series/sciencecomics/ Bird and Moon (Rosemary Moscow): https://www.birdandmoon.com Your Wild City (Rosemary Moscow & Maris Wicks): https://www.yourwildcity.com Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier (Maris Wicks & Jim Ottaviani): https://www.mariswicks.com/astronauts Sad Animal Facts (Brooke Barker): https://sadanimalfacts.com Empfehlungen Comics Martina Die drei Leben der Hannah Arendt – Rezension mit Leseprobe bei Comicgate Birding für Ahnungslose von Véro Mischitz https://www.kosmos.de/buecher/ratgeber-naturfuehrer/natur/voegel/10466/birding-fuer-ahnungslose Abgefahren! Die Infografische Novelle zur Verkehrswende https://www.agora-verkehrswende.de/projekte/abgefahren-die-infografische-novelle-zur-verkehrswende/ Kapitelmarken: 00:00:52Vorstellung Martina Schradi, mit Einblick in das Konzept der HOOU 00:03:25 Vorstelllung Veronika Mischitz (Vero) 00:06:48 Verbreitung von Wissenschaftscomics 00:08:19 Potenzial der Wissensvermittlung durch Comics 00:12:50 Aktive Rezeption von Comics: Einbindung der Lerser*innen 00:14:04 Begeisterung für die neunte Kunst 00:15:52 Zeichnen für diverse Zielgruppen 00:20:34 Muster, Rolllen und Typen in Wissenschaftscomics 00:26:02 Comic als seriöses Medium 00:28:56 Comics als Medium der Öffnung der Wissenschaft zur Zivilgesellschaft 00:30:46 Wissenschaftsvermittlung durch Zeichnen von Comics 00:36:23 Umgang mit Comics als OER: Teilen und Remix 00:41:23. Broschüre der HOOU mit Comics und Illustrationen als OER 00:50:08 Wissenschaftscomics als OER im Netz finden 00:53:33 Persönlichkeitsrechte im Comic 00:57:21 Lesetipps und Hinweise 01:01:56 Abschluss Musik: Jakob Kopczynski Foto Martina Schradi: Marion Stephan Foto Véro: privat

with Lisa Hedgpeth!  Where we talk about:  Dresden Files by Jim Butcher; Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman; Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman; Practical Magic (1998) directed by Griffin Dunne; Blacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner; Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani, art by Maris Wicks; Jane Against the World: Roe v Wade and the fight for reproductive rights by Karen Blumenthal; Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes; The Room of Requirement, This American Life https://www.thisamericanlife.org/664/the-room-of-requirement; Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty; Kent State by Derf Backderf; The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candice Fleming;The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed;Winter Reading;  and more!

On this week’s live broadcast, we’re welcoming guests Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum (“X-O Manowar”) + Jim Ottaviani (“Naturalist”)! SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. The post Comic Book Club: Dennis Hallum And Jim Ottaviani appeared first on Comic Book Club.

When E.O. Wilson, one of the greatest biologists of all time, wrote his memoir Naturalist in 1994, could he have imagined his work illustrated to reach a 21st century visual audience? Today, he does!        KDHX host Jean Ponzi flips the cover with conversation and full-color VIEWS of the new graphic adaptation of Naturalist (November, 2020 - Island Press), in a special KDHX Earthworms Live edition with guest Jim Ottaviani, author of this evolution of a science classic.   What did it take to translate the work of a lifetime into comic form? Ottaviani's comic writing opus spans almost every scientific discipline! Earthworms digs into his Naturalist collaboration with illustrator C. M. Butzer and the book's legendary subject, with rigor, humor and plenty of ants. Please strongly consider buying Naturalist, and any other publications, from your local independent bookstore! THANKS to Earthworms tech team: Andy Coco, Andy Heaslet, Jon Valley and Ronnie Wisdom for hatching out this Earthworms Live! Related Earthworms Conversations: Rule of Five, Landmark Enviro-Case from Supreme Court (June 2020) One Health for People, Animals, Earth - Dr. Sharon Deem (June 2020) Nature's Best Hope? Entomologist Doug Tallamy says WE are! (February 2020)

https://plus.badtaste.it ➡ Contenuti esclusivi, navigazione personalizzata e molto altro ti aspetta su BadTaste+. Da oggi, come lo vuoi tu Claudio Scaccabarozzi ha recensito per voi “Hawking”, opera di Jim Ottaviani e Leland Myrick edita in Italia da BAO Publishing.

Jim Ottaviani, award-winning & best-selling author of graphic novels about scientists (think Hawking, Feynman, Fossey, Turing), checks in from Ann Arbor, MI. We talk about how he's balancing his day job and comics writing with the compulsion to read the news and graph out infection rates. We also get into whether his science background has helped his perspective on the pandemic, how the university model might change when we're past this, and what new books he has coming (fingers crossed). You also get a story from me about the limits of risk mitigation plans. • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Because of a last-minute guest cancellation, I had no show lined up for this week! Rather than take a second week off this summer, I decided it was time for another Gil Roth AMA episode, since the last one was almost 5 years ago. Thirty-two past and upcoming guests and Patreon supporters came through with questions for me, including (in the order I answered them): Ken Krimstein, Hugh Ryan, Barry Corbett, Joe Ciardiello, Glynnis Fawkes, Kyle Cassidy, Ian Kelley, Kate Lacour, Dean Haspiel, Eddy Portnoy, Kate Maruyama, Tom Spurgeon, Jonathan Hyman, David Leopold, Paine Proffitt, David Townsend, Boaz Roth, Chris Reynolds, Liniers, Caleb Crain, Bob Eckstein, Ersi Sotiropoulos, Andrea Tsurumi, Henry Wessells, Vanessa Sinclair, Jim Ottaviani, Maria Alexander, Mary Fleener, Stephen Nadler, Charles Blackstone, Lauren Weinstein, and David Shields. We cover everything from creative lessons learned to "why so many cartoonists?", from what books I re-read and why to who is on my Mount Rushmore list of dream guests, from the comics and GNs that have affected me most to what I think about the Peak TV era, from how running has affected my podcast-practices to who my most obstreperous guest has been, and plenty more! And it was all done in a single two-hour take, so give it a listen! • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

In a special segment recorded live at Austin Central Public Library, Clay interviews pioneering novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn about writing women’s lives and the inspiration for her powerful sophomore novel, Patsy, “a profound book about sexuality, gender, race, and immigration that speaks to the contemporary moment” (starred review). Then our editors offer their reading recommendations for the week, with books by Brian Floca, Sam Quinones, Jim Ottaviani (ill. Leland Myrick), and Colson Whitehead.

A random sign for free dogs inspired Mary Miller to drop a manuscript she'd been researching and create the character of Louis McDonald, Jr. for her hilarious and heartbreaking novel, BILOXI. She tells James about feeling indebted to her characters, teaching herself to write, looking in holes with her dog, needing to find joy, and reading with John Grisham. And bologna. And feet licking. Plus a chat with Bennet Johnson from Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI.  - Mary Miller: http://www.maryumiller.net/ BUY BILOXI: Buy BILOXI from an Indie Bookseller ALSO BY: BIG WORLD, THE LAST DAYS OF CALIFORNIA, ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR  Mary and James discuss:  Frederick Barthelme Jerry Seinfeld  THE MOTEL LIFE by Willy Vlautin  THE OFFICE  THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy  THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt  Books-A-Million ZOETROPE ON WRITING by Stephen King  BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott  Elizabeth Ellen  Aaron Burch  Square Books  Lemuria Book Store  Bennet Johnson  Literati Bookstore Parnassus Books John Evans  Richard Howorth Lisa Howorth  Grisham Writers in Residence  John and Renee Grisham  Michener Center for Writers  Ann Patchett  Ole Miss  Mississippi State  Claudia Smith Chen Kevin Sampsell  REM  Elizabeth Spencer  Tom Franklin  Beth Ann Fennelly  W. W. Norton & Company  Charlie Day  IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA - Bennet Johnson  Literati Bookstore: https://www.literatibookstore.com/ Literati Cultura: https://www.literatibookstore.com/literati-cultura-collectors-club Bennet and James Discuss:  Mike & Hilary Gustafson  SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward  ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong  YOU KNOW YOU WANT THIS by Kristen Roupenian  OHIO by Stephen Markley  MIDWEST LITERARY WALK PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee  HAWKING by Jim Ottaviani  "Boys Town" by Jim Shepard  Calvin Trillin  Amy Hempel  Mary Ruefle  Kevin Wilson  Hannah Pittard  Lorrie Moore  Ernest Hemingway  Literati Book Store Presents  John U. Bacon  Randall Munroe Sister Helen Prejean  Salman Rushdie  Jonathan Safran Foer  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Writer Jim Ottaviani walks us through issue #1 of Hawking.In Hawking, writer Jim Ottaviani and artist Leland Myrick have crafted an intricate portrait of the great thinker, the public figure, and the man behind both identities.https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781626720251Follow Jim Ottaviani: https://twitter.com/gtlabsratConnect with us on social media and let us know what you think. Which comics would you like to have a commentary track for?https://twitter.com/BENBLACKERCOMIC BOOK COMMENTARY IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST:http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/comic-book-commentary

1-Brexit, iniziato in parlamento il voto sul no deal. ..Il punto di Esteri ..2-Dal vertice sul clima di Nairobi: 'inquinamnto causa un quarto di morti e malattie in tutto il mondo. ( Diana Novelletto) ..3-Più tutela per i whistblower in unione europea, accordo storico a Strasburgo tra Governi, Commissione e Europarlamento. ..( Maria Maggiore) ..4-Effetto Metoo: in Francia l'ordine dei medici vieta le relazioni sessuali tra dottori e pazienti. ( Alessandra Pupi) ..5-Iran, ritorno sulla condanna a 38 anni e 148 frustate a Nasrin sotoudeh, avvocata delle donne non velate. ( Farian Sabahi) ..6-Stati Uniti. Corrompere per mandare i propri figli nelle migliori università del paese. l'accusa del fbi a un gruppo di ricchi e potenti. ( Roberto Festa) ..7-Progetti sostenibili: In spagna òa tutela del paesaggio agrario passa dalla crescita della produzione di latte fieno. ..( Fabio Fimiani) ..8- Romanzo a fumetti: The Imitation Game  la graphic novell di Jim Ottaviani e Leland Purvis. ( Maurizio Principato)

1-Brexit, iniziato in parlamento il voto sul no deal. ..Il punto di Esteri ..2-Dal vertice sul clima di Nairobi: ’inquinamnto causa un quarto di morti e malattie in tutto il mondo. ( Diana Novelletto) ..3-Più tutela per i whistblower in unione europea, accordo storico a Strasburgo tra Governi, Commissione e Europarlamento. ..( Maria Maggiore) ..4-Effetto Metoo: in Francia l’ordine dei medici vieta le relazioni sessuali tra dottori e pazienti. ( Alessandra Pupi) ..5-Iran, ritorno sulla condanna a 38 anni e 148 frustate a Nasrin sotoudeh, avvocata delle donne non velate. ( Farian Sabahi) ..6-Stati Uniti. Corrompere per mandare i propri figli nelle migliori università del paese. l’accusa del fbi a un gruppo di ricchi e potenti. ( Roberto Festa) ..7-Progetti sostenibili: In spagna òa tutela del paesaggio agrario passa dalla crescita della produzione di latte fieno. ..( Fabio Fimiani) ..8- Romanzo a fumetti: The Imitation Game  la graphic novell di Jim Ottaviani e Leland Purvis. ( Maurizio Principato)

1-Brexit, iniziato in parlamento il voto sul no deal. ..Il punto di Esteri ..2-Dal vertice sul clima di Nairobi: ’inquinamnto causa un quarto di morti e malattie in tutto il mondo. ( Diana Novelletto) ..3-Più tutela per i whistblower in unione europea, accordo storico a Strasburgo tra Governi, Commissione e Europarlamento. ..( Maria Maggiore) ..4-Effetto Metoo: in Francia l’ordine dei medici vieta le relazioni sessuali tra dottori e pazienti. ( Alessandra Pupi) ..5-Iran, ritorno sulla condanna a 38 anni e 148 frustate a Nasrin sotoudeh, avvocata delle donne non velate. ( Farian Sabahi) ..6-Stati Uniti. Corrompere per mandare i propri figli nelle migliori università del paese. l’accusa del fbi a un gruppo di ricchi e potenti. ( Roberto Festa) ..7-Progetti sostenibili: In spagna òa tutela del paesaggio agrario passa dalla crescita della produzione di latte fieno. ..( Fabio Fimiani) ..8- Romanzo a fumetti: The Imitation Game  la graphic novell di Jim Ottaviani e Leland Purvis. ( Maurizio Principato)

Comics scholar Bill Kartalopoulos joins the show to talk about editing the annual Best American Comics series. But first, nearly three dozen of the year's Virtual Memories Show guests tell us about the favorite books they read in 2018 and the books they hope to get to in 2019! Guests include Jerry Beck, Christopher Brown, Dave Calver, Roz Chast, Mark Dery, Michael Gerber, Cathy B Graham, Dean Haspiel, Steven Heller, Richard Kadrey, Paul Karasik, Ken Krimstein, Nora Krug, John Leland, Alberto Manguel, Hal Mayforth, Dave McKean, Mark Newgarden, Audrey Niffenegger, Jim Ottaviani, Robert Andrew Parker, Shachar Pinsker, Nathaniel Popkin, Chris Reynolds, Lance Richardson, JJ Sedelmaier, David Small, Willard Spiegelman, Levi Stahl, Lavie Tidhar, Mark Ulriksen, Irvin Ungar, and Henry Wessells! Check out their selections at our site! Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Nick wraps up the Skulls of Summer interviews this week by speaking with comic book writer Jim Ottaviani about his upcoming book about the life of Stephen Hawking.Jim Ottaviani is the mind behind some of the best science comics out there. His body of work includes Feynman, T-Minus, and The Imitation Game, and he has been nominated for an Eisner award, two Ignatz awards. His first book, Two Fisted Science, won a Xeric-Award.You can find out more about Jim Ottaviani at his website: www.gt-labs.com

Images for this episode will be at http://wp.me/p42KN3-ESt starting 7/25/2017 9am EST. On this week’s Comics Syllabus podcast, researcher, teacher, and podcaster Grace Gipson joins Paul to talk about “Black Panther: World of Wakanda” by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alitha Martinez, and others, and “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur” by Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, Natacha Bustos, and others from Marvel Comics. We’re really excited to have Grace (on Twitter @GBreezy20) as a guest, and she talks about her comics origins, her research, and her podcasting on the #BlackComicsChat team. Then, Grace and Paul explore her approach to these portrayal of black female characters in current Marvel comics, and we dig into the significance of Lunella Lafayette (Moon Girl) and Ayo and Aneka, the protagonists of “World of Wakanda.” But first, in the opening “General Ed” segment, we’d happy to have “The Non-Fiction Section” with Michelle White, Multiversity contributor and lifeblood of the “Keep It Real” column that looks at reality-based comics and graphic novels. Michelle offers a wide-ranging list of three non-fiction comics recommendations for us, “Feynman” by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick (First Second), “The Green River Killer” by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case (Dark Horse), and “The Influencing Machine” by Brooke Gladstone and Josh Neufeld (WW Norton). I’m Paul, and I’m inviting you to join us for another episode of The Comics Syllabus, a comics analysis podcast. Our mantra is, we read widely and we dig deep. Each week, we choose one work from a wide breadth of current and classic comics, including superhero fare, comics from independent publishers and small presses, global comics, newspaper strip archives, and various collected editions. We spend time digging deep into the work from various perspectives, sometimes in actual live conversation with others, sometimes with just me on a mic surrounded by a pile of comics studies and academic books. It’s like a comics seminar, where the only prerequisite is that you love comics. Download the podcast episode here. You can find the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or Soundcloud, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss or find archives for this podcast (previously named “Study Comics with Paul”) here: http://studycomics.club/ A rating, review, or star on whatever podcast source would help make the world a slightly better place. (No, Really!) Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai It’s the only place on earth he stays under 140 characters. Thanks for listening! MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Grace Gipson on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gbreezy20 Black Comics Chat: http://twitter.com/blackcomicschat Michelle White’s Work on Multiversity: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/author/mwhite/ Oversight: I failed to mention in my conversation with Grace Gipson about black women superheroes my intellectual debt to Dr. Deborah Whaley for understanding topics we discuss, which you can check out here http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/deborah-e-whaley-interview/ and in her book, "Black Women in Sequence" (U of Washington Press).

More than 30 of the year's Virtual Memories Show guests tell us about the favorite books they read in 2016 and the books they hope to get to in 2017! Guests include Glen Baxter, Ross Benjamin, Harold Bloom, MK Brown, Nina Bunjevac, Hayley Campbell, David M. Carr, Myke Cole, Liza Donnelly, Bob Eckstein, Glynnis Fawkes, Rachel Hadas, Liz Hand, Glenn Head, Virginia Heffernan, Harry Katz, Ed Koren, David Leopold, Arthur Lubow, Michael Maslin, David Mikics, Ben Model, Christopher Nelson, Jim Ottaviani, Ann Patty, Burton Pike, Frank Sorce, Willard Spiegelman, Leslie Stein, Tom Tomorrow (a.k.a. Dan Perkins), Andrea Tsurumi, Carol Tyler, Jim Woodring, and me, Gil Roth! Check out their selections at our site! Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

The buzz: Talk is not cheap! With dramatic workforce and business changes – multi-generations at work, gender inequity challenges, developing economies and globalization –it's high time for the CHRO role to evolve. How? For starters, the CHRO can build transformational value-based relationships with HR supporting the business and strategies, engage permanent and external workers in new collaborations, use consumer-style tools and social HR to better engage the workforce, and more. Where to begin? The experts speak. Tim Good, Accenture: 'To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time' -Leonard Bernstein-. Dan Ward, Author: 'I get a lot of ideas at the beach' -Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick, 'Feynman' biography-. Jewell Parkinson, SAP: 'I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel' -Maya Angelou-. Join us for CHROs: Time for a New Conversation – Part 2.

The buzz: Talk is not cheap! With dramatic workforce and business changes – multi-generations at work, gender inequity challenges, developing economies and globalization –it's high time for the CHRO role to evolve. How? For starters, the CHRO can build transformational value-based relationships with HR supporting the business and strategies, engage permanent and external workers in new collaborations, use consumer-style tools and social HR to better engage the workforce, and more. Where to begin? The experts speak. Tim Good, Accenture: 'To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time' -Leonard Bernstein-. Dan Ward, Author: 'I get a lot of ideas at the beach' -Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick, 'Feynman' biography-. Jewell Parkinson, SAP: 'I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel' -Maya Angelou-. Join us for CHROs: Time for a New Conversation – Part 2.

Jim Ottaviani joins the show to talk about his new graphic biography, The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded, drawn by Leland Purvis (Abrams ComicArts). We get into how Jim went from nuclear engineering to writing comics about scientists, what drew him to the life of Alan Turing, why emotional truth plus factual truth must be greater than 100%, the challenge of conveying hard concepts and theories to lay-readers, the difference between ordinary geniuses and extraordinary geniuses, how his engineering background feeds his storytelling mode, and more! More info available at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Jimmy went to MoCCA over the weekend and got some great interviews. In this SelfMadeHero/Abrams special, you'll hear his chats with Reinhard Kleist (An Olympic Dream: The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar) and Jim Ottaviani (The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded). Jimmy and Reinhard catch up a bit as it's been a couple of years since they last talked at TCAF. He gives some great insight into his book about the tragic story of Olympic runner Samia Yusuf Omar. In his interview with Jim, the 2 talk about Jim's science background as well as his many other comics. They both give their theory surrounding the mystery of Alan Turing's death as well. Both were great talks so do give a listen! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Alex and Joshua review March vol. 2 by Congressman John Lewis, The Imitation Game by Jim Ottaviani, and Rules for Dating my Daughter by Mike Dawson, and talk about the first chapter of Neil Cohn's The Visual Language of Comics.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of First Second Books, I interviewed several authors and artists who have published books with them: Maris Wicks, Jim Ottaviani, Faith Erin Hicks, Box Brown, Lucy Knisley, and Ben Hatke.

They say life is stranger than fiction, which is good because when cartoonists turn their attentions to telling stories about real life people and events, they have a lot of competition with all the universes of imaginary characters crowding the shelves. On today's episode, the boys eschew the usual single-title spotlight to take a look at some OGNs that tell real stories in ways just as entertaining as their fictional counterparts:      -SHACKLETON: ANTARCTIC ODYSSEY by Nick Bertozzi      -THE HYPO by Noah Van Sciver      -FEYNMAN by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick      -BOXERS & SAINTS by Gene Luen Yang      -WOMAN REBEL: THE MARGARET SANGER STORY by Peter Bagge All those works plus some other non-fiction favorites show up in this discussion-slash-rumination on the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges comics creators face when trying to bring real life to the printed page. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Today's episode id brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

Andy and Derek are back for another of their Point One episodes, and this time they're on the floor of HeroesCon, taking place on June 7-9 in Charlotte, NC. Andy was there for the entire weekend — as is his annual tradition — and Derek was able to get there for Sunday, the last day of the con. So the Two Guys with PhDs Talking about Comics were able to join forces and leap into action, schmoozing and cavorting and interviewing a number of creators/publishers in Artist Alley. You'll hear in this show some of the fruits of their encounters, brief conversations with John Layman, Duffy Boudreau, Peter Bagge, Evan Dorkin, Eric Powell, Andy Hirsch, Jim Ottaviani, and Maris Wicks, among others. Also on this episode Andy shares some of his memorable HeroesCon encounters, and Derek reveals his suspect use of the word “wacky.” A great time was had by all, and we hope you enjoy listening to some of the fun the Two Guys had this past weekend.

​Skeptic readers may suspect that there's little to interest them in the pages of most graphic novels, dominated as they are by superheroes and the supernatural. However, a new generation of authors and artists are hard at work creating comics rooted in science fact — and even critical thinking. This week Skepticality welcomes back Jim Ottaviani: nuclear engineer, librarian, lead author for GT Labs (which produces graphic novels about the history of science and prominent scientists). Swoopy talks with Jim about his most recent published works, T-Minus: The Race to the Moon; Wire Mothers: Harry Harlow and the Science of Love; and, of special interest to skeptics, The Science of the Unscientific: Levitation: Physics and Psychology in the Service of Deception.

On this edition of the Word Balloon podcast, we wrap up our massive coverage of  the c2e2 comics convention . In part 2 we talk with Mike Perkins, who talks about being at the halfway point drawing Stephen King's  The Stand.. Raven Gregory writor/Editor of Zenescope  talks about Grimm's Fairy Tales, and the new Charmed series. Don Kramer discusses taking over the art duties on Wonder Woman, collaborating with J. Michael Straczynski. ArtistChris Samnee talks Area 10 his Vertigo Crime Novel with Christos Gage, his upcoming new Marvel all ages book Thor: The Mighty Avenger written by Roger Langridge, and the origin of Comic Twart, the online artist jam blog, featuring many top illustrators.  A massive Green Lantern creator conversation, with Doug Mahnke, Christian Allmay, Pete Tomasi and Patrick Gleason.Tom Stillwell talks about Honor Brigade and the new Toy Boy one shot. Zander Cannon discusses his work on Top 10 for Wildstorm and his book on the US-Soviet space race T-Minus with Kevin Cannon and Jim Ottaviani.Josh Elder talks about co-founding Reading With Pictures,a not for profit group trying to bring comics to the classroom, to help schools promote and encourage literacy . Andy Kuhn and Phil Hester  tell us about the return of their Image Comics series Firebreather, and its coming debut as an anime film for Cartoon Network directed by Peter Chung.. Matt Kindt talks about the Super Spy The Lost Dossier for Top Shelf  and his June Vertigo OGN Revolver. Web Comic creators Len Kody and Tony Maldanado talk Chicago 1968,. David Peterson talks Mouse Guard : Legends Of the Guard , and Janet Lee & Jim McCann discuss their childrenís book Return of The Dapper Men both from Archaia , Chris Burnam talks about Officer Downe his new collaboration with Joe Casey, and his work on Boomís Armory Wars with Peter David, and Tom Fowler wraps things up to talk about Mysterius The Unfathomable for Wildstorm, and his work for Mad

Did you know there were comic books made for lovers of Science? This week we interview not one, but two authors of comic books and graphic novels dealing with the themes of Science and Skepticism; Chris Wisnia of Tabloia and Jim Ottaviani of G.T. Labs.

Jim Ottaviani's G.T. Labs is one of the biggest producers of Science comic books. Join Derek and Swoopy as they delve into the world of graphic novels based on some of the most notable scientists in history. This is the second episode of our Big Science and Skeptical comics Double Issue.