The Five Horsemen by Daniel Boris

March 6: ANIMEZING! | THE FIRST SLAM DUNK at JICC

Thursday, March 6th, 2025 Doors Open 6PM Screening @ 6:30PM 📌 JICC, Embassy of Japan 🎫 Registration Required ANIMEZING! | THE FIRST SLAM DUNK Presented by JICC, Embassy of Japan Our next Animezing! screening is The First Slam Dunk, the highly anticipated feature film adaptation of one of Japan's most iconic sports manga. With The First Slam Dunk (2022), the legendary creator INOUE Takehiko makes his directorial debut revisiting the thrilling Shohoku vs. Sannoh High championship game from a fresh new point of view.  REGISTER HERE

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/1-2/2025

Dig This: Fentanyl and Its Impact on San Diego [cartoon journalism]
Steve Breen and  Jamie Self
inewsource  Feb 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Fa0v9DyII

Words, Images, & Worlds: Angela Dominguez Returns!
Jason DeHart
 Mar 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYzIL2MtYuU

Atom! Freeman On How To Fix Comics At ComicsPRO
Atom! Freeman of Prana on how to fix comics, the creating, the distrubtion and the selling of them, at ComicsPRO
Rich Johnston  28 Feb 2025  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/atom-freeman-on-how-to-fix-comics-at-comicspro/

'Wild Fictions': James Tynion IV cements his cryptid expert status

'The Department of Truth: Wild Fictions' can be used as a resource itself!
Justin Mullis
February 27, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/27/wild-fictions-tynion-department-of-truth/

X-Reads Podcast Episode 138: A chat with George Buza, the voice of Beast from 'X-Men '97'
We talk all things Hank McCoy, his return to the role, and dive into Beauty and the Beast #2.
X-Reads Podcast February 17, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/17/x-reads-podcast-episode-138-a-chat-with-george-buza-the-voice-of-beast-from-x-men-97/

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 317: Matthew Rosenberg unpacks 'We're Taking Everyone Down with Us' and 'DC vs. Vampires'
In an AIPT Comics Podcast bonus episode, writer Matthew Rosenberg joins the show to talk about his new Image Comics series.
David Brooke
February 26, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/26/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-317-matthew-rosenberg/

The Best-Selling Graphic Novels of 2024 Have Been Revealed and 'Dog Man' Is Crushing It
Arthur S. Poe March 2, 2025
https://fictionhorizon.com/the-best-selling-graphic-novels-of-2024-have-been-revealed-and-dog-man-is-crushing-it/

Titus_Bird
["I'm pleased to present the results of this subreddit's third best-of-year poll!"]
r/graphicnovels feb 25 2025
https://www.reddit.com/r/graphicnovels/comments/1ixve9b/comment/mep86wu/

"It Really is Formulating an Adaptation": VIZ Editor Holly Fisher on Bringing Manga to Life in English
 David Harper
February 26, 2025
https://sktchd.com/interview/holly-fisher-viz-interview/

Why Disney Changed the Name of Tangled
By  Emme Oliver
CBR Feb 21, 2025
https://www.cbr.com/why-disney-changed-the-name-of-tangled/

Advance Papers March in with New Unified Comics Pages
D. D. Degg
March 1, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/03/01/advance-papers-march-in-with-new-unified-comics-pages/

Post-Standard to launch new lineup of comics (Letter from the Editor)
    Trish LaMonte
      Post-Standard Feb. 28, 2025 https://www.syracuse.com/behind-the-news/2025/02/post-standard-to-launch-new-lineup-of-comics-letter-from-the-editor.html

Funny Friends: an interview with Stan Mack
Mia Beach
February 26, 2025
 https://funnytimes.com/funny-friends-stan-mack/

The Comic Strips of Jules Feiffer
D. D. Degg
March 2, 2025 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/03/02/the-comic-strips-of-jules-feiffer/

Tim Jackson– pioneering cartoonist of Color
    Dr. Yaounde Olu
    February 28, 2025
    https://chicagocrusader.com/tim-jackson-pioneering-cartoonist-of-color/

John Rose (Barney Google and Snuffy Smith)
Oren Phillips
Dollar Bin Bandits Feb 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJHDekTwvAk

Dayton native Milton Caniff rose from Stivers class president to "the Rembrandt of Comic Strips"
By Greg Lynch
DAYTON DAILY NEWS   Feb 28, 2025
https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton-native-milton-caniff-rose-from-stivers-class-president-to-the-rembrandt-of-comic-strips/LE7ILGTDNFHSZEORJ62BTPKIN4/

BRIC-A-BRAC: A Christmas Comic with a Twist - Interview with Ryan Haack
Barney Smith
StoryComic
 Mar 2, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N-qExyPaXQ

The Art of P. Craig Russell
Opus 6 - The Avatar and the Chimera (1978)
March 02, 2025 • Wayne Alan Harold • Season 1 • Episode 6
https://www.artofpcraigrussell.com/2450291/episodes/16717030-opus-6-the-avatar-and-the-chimera-1978

Tom Tomorrow Accepts Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award
National Press Foundation
 Feb 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcvuNycmIsw

Putting some Pep in the Record 's step: Reflections from cartoonist Rob Moreland [student cartoonist]
Tahlia Gerger
The Williams Record) February 26, 2025
https://williamsrecord.com/469030/arts/putting-some-pep-in-the-record-s-step-reflections-from-cartoonist-rob-moreland/

Check out: This guy read all of CEREBUS so you don't have to! PLUS: The surprising Cerebus/Wondermark connection
David Malki
February 13, 2025
https://wondermark.com/check-out-this-guy-read-all-of-cerebus-so-you-dont-have-to-plus-the-surprising-cerebus-wondermark-connection/

HOSTILE TAKEOVER: How A MAGA Coup Ripped My Parents' Synagogue Apart
Ari Richter
SOLRAD Presents
February 11, 2025
https://solrad.co/solrad-presents-hostile-takeover-how-a-maga-coup-ripped-my-parents-synagogue-apart

Video: Tom Tomorrow Accepts Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award

Tom Tomorrow Accepts Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award

National Press Foundation

 Feb 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcvuNycmIsw

Dan Perkins, known by his nom de plume Tom Tomorrow, accepted the 2024 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons from the National Press Foundation at its Awards Dinner on Feb. 20, 2025. The freelancer's cartoons, published in the Daily Kos, often depict right-wing political figures. "Tom Tomorrow's sharp and iconic work embodies the higher purpose of political cartooning: holding powerful figures to account using satire grounded in good journalism," NPF judges said. The Berryman Award, established in 1989, is given annually in memory of a father and son who were both Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists and represent the highest standards of illustration and journalism. Previous Berryman winners include freelance cartoonist Jen Sorensen, Ward Sutton of The Boston Globe, Ruben Bolling of the Tom the Dancing Bug weekly cartoon strip, Steve Sack of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Robert "RJ" Matson of CQ Roll Call and syndicated cartoonist Nancy Ohanian. NPF is solely responsible for the content. This video was produced within the Evelyn Y. Davis studios.

The Mole by Daniel Boris

Wearing Suits Linked to Brain Damage? by Daniel Boris

That darn “Dustin” and “WuMo”

Washington Post March 1 2025: A13.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/28/job-cuts-anonymous-sources-prostate-cancer/

men …

After lung cancer, prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer death of men in the United States. The Feb. 10 "Dustin" comic strip depicted a doctor about to give his patient a rectal prostate exam, an important initial method of cancer detection. However, the doctor's dour expression and the surprise and concern on the face of the patient might dangerously discourage men from getting checked.

Robert Nover, Washington

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and irony

In the Feb. 12 "WuMo" comic strip, two men are standing in front of a printing press through which a newspaper is being printed. One man — the boss, I suppose — says to the other: "Just print lorem ipsum on all the pages. No one reads printed newspapers. They're mostly used for bird cages and wrapping fish." I beg to differ. I still read the printed paper daily. I will make the transition to an electronic version only reluctantly. By the way, now that the comics are printed in color, they are more inviting.

Mark Plogman, Pikesville, Maryland

You Should Be Thanking Him! by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/28/2025

Business News Round-Up: Z2, Archie, Rocketship, DC Infinite Ultra, Marvel Insiders, more

Heidi MacDonald on 02/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-universe-infinite-ultra-z2-rocketship-marvel-insider/

 

TOKYOPOP introduces TOKYOPOP Rewards program for manga fans

Hayame Kawachi on 02/28/2025

https://www.comicsbeat.com/tokyopop-introduces-tokyopop-rewards-program-manga-fans/

 

Creating Monsters: The Story behind the new Doctor Who comic strip,  "Dance 'Til You Drop"

John Freeman on February 27, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/creating-monsters-the-story-behind-the-new-doctor-who-comic-strip-dance-til-you-drop/

 

Mike Collins: Comic Book and Storyboard Artist Interview

Geek Retrospective

Feb 25, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtJVheMu8s0

 

'The Eclipse' Short Film Is A Magical Directorial Debut For Gabriel Schemoul [France]

By Joe Fordham | 02/25/2025  https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/the-eclipse-short-film-is-a-magical-directorial-debut-for-gabriel-schemoul-245878.html

 

Sweet Image Comics Digital News To Follow Dark Horse Comics' Sour

Sweet Image Comics Digital News To Follow Dark Horse Comics' Sour Lamentations

27 Feb 2025   Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/sweet-image-comics-digital-news-to-follow-dark-horse-comics-sour/

 

TokyoPop Cancels Disney's Stitch For Free Comic Book Day

TokyoPop cancels Disney's Stitch: Best Food Forever by Tom Mason and Nao Kodaka for Free Comic Book Day, but will still publish full comic

27 Feb 2025  Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tokyopop-cancels-disney-stitch-free-comic-book-day/

 

Mad Cave Studios Cancels Four Free Comic Book Day Titles

Mad Cave cancels four for FCBD, Princess Gwenevere & King Arthur Crossover, Phineas & Ferb, Flash Gordon Adventures Herobear And The Kid. 

27 Feb 2025  by Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mad-cave-studios-cancels-four-free-comic-book-day-titles/

 

Mad Cave Studios Cancels Four Free Comic Book Day Titles

Mad Cave cancels four for FCBD, Princess Gwenevere & King Arthur Crossover, Phineas & Ferb, Flash Gordon Adventures Herobear And The Kid. 

27 Feb 2025  by Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mad-cave-studios-cancels-four-free-comic-book-day-titles/

 

Chip Zdarsky on ZCN and the Struggle of Polyamory at ComicsPRO

Chip Zdarsky on Zdarsky Comics News - ZCN - and the Struggle of Polyamory at ComicsPRO last week.

  Rich Johnston|  27 Feb 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/chip-zdarsky-on-zcn-and-the-struggle-of-polyamory-at-comicspro/

 

Reviews: From Ted to Tom: The Illustrated Envelopes of Edward Gorey

Austin English | February 28, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/from-ted-to-tom-the-illustrated-envelopes-of-edward-gorey/

 

COMIC STORE RISES FROM THE ASHES, ROZANSKI CELEBRATES 70TH BIRTHDAY WITH AUCTION AND SALE, DESTINY CITY COMICS TO CLOSE, NEW GAME STORE OPENS IN OHIO

Shop Talk, February 2025

Brigid Alverson on February 27, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58946/comic-store-rises-ashes-rozanski-celebrates-70th-birthday-auction-sale-destiny-city-comics-close-new-game-store-opens-ohio

 

The Dwindling Party – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | February 28, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/the-dwindling-party-this-weeks-links/

O'Connor's Vampires Embark on the Final Leg of their Mission to Mars
Dave Richards Writes Awesome Stuff Feb 28, 2025

https://www.patreon.com/posts/oconnors-embark-123280629

Steve Cook from Secret Oranges
Feb 28, 2025
 S T E R A N K O
https://secretoranges.substack.com/p/s-t-e-r-a-n-k-o

 Colleen Doran from Colleen Doran's Funny Business  Feb 28, 2025
Conan Process [drawing]
https://colleendoran.substack.com/p/conan-process

'A Sloth Story' Review: Slow Cooking
Natalia Winkelman
A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 28, 2025, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: A Sloth Story.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/movies/a-sloth-story-review.html

Marvel Ad-Men [advertising]
Alan McKenzie
Marvel in the Silver Age 22 February 2025
https://marvelsilverage.blogspot.com/2025/02/marvel-ad-men.html

6 new comics to read in March, including the next phase of DC's Absolute titles
Plus: a forbidden vampire romance, a post-Alcatraz crime yarn, and an L.A. wildfire benefit anthology.
By Oliver Sava  |  February 28, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/new-comic-books-march-2025-absolute-martian-manhunter

Cassandra Calin on fulfilling a lifelong dream
Inderjit Deogun
February 26th, 2025
https://quillandquire.com/omni/cassandra-calin-on-fulfilling-a-lifelong-dream/


Women's Voices in Manga: Japanese Cultural and Historical Perspectives
        Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase,
        Masami Toku
        Palgrave Macmillan Cham 2025 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-73330-7

        Maternal Monstrosities in Horror Manga: Umezu Kazuo's Snake Ladies and Scary Mommies
            Jon Holt
        Pages 17-34
        Hidden Flowers: Depictions of Sexuality in Shōjo and Redikomi Versions of The Tale of Genji
            Emerald L. King
        Pages 35-51
        The Zany Aesthetic of Manga for Women: A Reading of Anno Moyoko's Happy Mania
            Luciana Sanga
        Pages 53-71
        "Don Your Armor!": The Politics of Dress in Higashimura Akiko's Princess Jellyfish (Kuragehime)
            Keiko Miyajima
        Pages 73-91
        The Landlady and I (Ōya-San to Boku): The Tale of an Elderly Woman's Life
            Barbara Hartley
        Pages 93-108
        The Malaise of the Modern Family: Examining Depictions of Child Abuse in Manga
            Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase
        Pages 109-126
        Comics at the Intersection of Womanhood and Disability: Essay Manga, Affect, and Community
            Shige (CJ) Suzuki
        Pages 127-147
        Manga's 2.5 D Women: Professional Cosplayers in Men's Manga Magazines
            Mia Lewis
        Pages 149-166
        Rethinking Gender and Genre in Contemporary Women's Manga
            Rebecca Suter
        Pages 167-181
        The Legacy of the Artists of Shōjo Manga's Early Phase: Analysis of the "Shōjo Manga Roundtable"
            Nozomi Masuda
        Pages 185-200
        Reflections on the Touring Exhibition "World of Shojo Manga" (2005–2023)
            Masami Toku
        Pages 201-214
        Interviews with Three Legendary Manga-ka: Watanabe Masako, Mizuno Hideko, and Satonaka Machiko
            Masami Toku, Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase
        Pages 215-243
        Abe: A Young Woman Emperor-in-Waiting by Satonaka Machiko
            Barbara Hartley
        Pages 247-264

Off Panel #488: Sweet Dreams with Kenny Meyers [digital comic store, Sweet Shop].
feb 24 2025
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-488-sweet-dreams-with-kenny-meyers

More to Come 662: ComicsPRO Report
Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons
PW Comics World: More To Come 02/28/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1357

"He Realized It Was Useful to Stop Running From the 500 Pound Maus Chasing After Him": Molly Bernstein and Philip Dolin on Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse!
by Lauren Wissot
Feb 24, 2025
https://filmmakermagazine.com/129805-art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse/

Reviews: Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Glenn Kenny
Feb 24 2025
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-documentary-film-review-2025

'Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse' Review: 'Maus' Cartoonist Grapples with the Weight of His Most Seminal Work
Carlos Aguilar
Variety Feb 25, 2025
https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-review-1236319663/

X-Men Monday #286 – Alyssa Wong Talks 'Psylocke'
Chris Hassan
February 24, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/24/x-men-monday-286-alyssa-wong-psylocke/

Unleashing the Beast: A one-on-one with Thomas Jane on 'The Lycan'
David Brooke
February 27, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/27/thomas-jane-the-lycan-comixology/

Appupen interview: On adapting Vaadivaasal into a graphic novel with Perumal Murugan [India]
Kavitha Shanmugam
26 Feb 2025
https://thefederal.com/category/features/appupen-vaadivaasal-tamil-novella-perumal-murugan-jallikattu-cs-chellappa-173793

Rumiko Takahashi's sex comedy in URUSEI YATSURA and RANMA 1/2: a model for queer writing?
Antoine Rozier
SOLRAD February 24, 2025
https://solrad.co/rumiko-takahashis-sex-comedy-in-urusei-yatsura-and-ranma-1-2-a-model-for-queer-writing-by-antoine-rozier

Reimagination of National Self: Cosmopatriotism and Religion in Borobudur and Baladeva Comics [India]
Leonard Chrysostomos Epafras
February 2025
In book: Pluralism in India and Indonesia: Diversity in the Quest for Unity (pp.305-323)
 India International Centre and Konark Publishers
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389216702_Reimagination_of_National_Self_Cosmopatriotism_and_Religion_in_Borobudur_and_Baladeva_Comics
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389216702_Reimagination_of_National_Self_Cosmopatriotism_and_Religion_in_Borobudur_and_Baladeva_Comics/link/67b9628c461fb56424e50f7d/download

Words, Images, & Worlds: Morgan Beem Returns!
Jason DeHart
 Feb 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePyqAk7p1vA

Words, Images, & Worlds with Uko Smith
Jason DeHart
 Feb 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV08YPgRAnw

Japan manga sales top 700 bil. yen for 1st time on digital growth
February 25, 2025 (Mainichi Japan)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250225/p2g/00m/0et/027000c

Manga-based films claimed top 4 spots at box office in 2024
HARUTO HIRAOKA
February 17, 2025  https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15614934

Hyogo museum holding special exhibition on Buichi Terasawa
HIROSHI MIURA
January 8, 2025
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15556927

Masuda, Yusuke. 2024.
Exhibition shows creative secrets of horror artist Shigeru Mizuki.
Asahi Shimbun (February 13): https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15135717

Miyagi, Hiroya and Hiroshi Higa. 2024.
Japan publisher to apologize after manga suggests US base relocation protesters are hired ["Outside Director Kosaku Shima"].
Mainichi Japan (October 22): https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241022/p2a/00m/0na/016000c

Yamazaki, Satoshi and Satsuki Tanahashi. 2024.
Manga blasted for scene about 'paid protesters' in Henoko ["Outside Director Kosaku Shima"].
Asahi Shimbun (October 22): https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15475941

Hit Japanese manga 'Captain Tsubasa' to end, author to continue story in different form
(Japanese original by Misaki Morokuma, Cultural News Department)
January 6, 2024 (Mainichi Japan)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240105/p2g/00m/0et/048000c

Author of popular manga 'Captain Tsubasa' inducted into Japan Football Hall of Fame
(Japanese original by Hironobu Murakoso, Sports News Department)
September 13, 2023 (Mainichi Japan)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230912/p2a/00m/0sp/015000c

Japan soccer savior: Captain Tsubasa creator Yoichi Takahashi on the power of manga
(Japanese original by Shohei Oshima, Sports News Department)
December 8, 2019 (Mainichi Japan)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191204/p2a/00m/0et/025000c

Train station in Tokyo scores a goal with Captain Tsubasa manga makeover
(Japanese original by Shohei Kawamura, Tokyo Bureau)
June 30, 2019 (Mainichi Japan)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190630/p2a/00m/0na/007000c

Michael Leunig remembered by cartoonists Cathy Wilcox, Oslo Davis and Wes Mountain
By Anna Kelsey-Sugg
    ABC Entertainment 19 December 2024
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-20/remembering-michael-leunig-australian-cartoonists-legacy/104749906

Australian cartoonist and poet Michael Leunig dies aged 79
  ABC NEWS 19 December 2024
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-19/australian-cartoonist-michael-leunig-dies/104748614

Welcome Back: Aron Nels Steinke
Jonathan Roth
Beep Boop Blog February 27, 2025
https://jonathan-roth.com/2025/02/27/welcome-back-aron-nels-steinke/

Getting to Know: Dana Jeri Maier
Jonathan Roth
Beep Boop Blog  October 14, 2024
https://jonathan-roth.com/2024/10/14/getting-to-know-dana-jeri-maier/

Getting to Know: Dave Roman
Jonathan Roth
Beep Boop Blog April 4, 2024
https://jonathan-roth.com/2024/04/04/getting-to-know-dave-roman/

Graphic Medicine Review Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
Editors: Jane Burns (Guest Editor)
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/issue/63/info/

Pancreas: Comic Biography of an Organ
Veronica Moretti, Stefano Ratti, Alessandro Cucchetti, Carlo Fabbri and Matteo Farinella
2025-02-03 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/1020/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.1020

Drawing Prompts in Medical Education
Michael J. Green
2025-02-04 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/1022/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.1022

Draíocht: Sparking Creativity, Proceedings of the 2024 International Graphic Medicine Conference

Jane Burns
2025-01-27 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
 https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/1068/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.1068

The Loneliness Epidemic and the Comics of Nagata Kabi
A. David Lewis
2025-01-27 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/1019/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.1019
 
On Tarot, Divination, and Comics
Briana Leigh Martino
2025-01-27 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/1030/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.1030

The Heroine's Journey and The Journey of Integrity: Illustrating Women's Truths in a Graphic Memoir on Health, Disability, and Childhood Trauma
Maja Aleksandra Milkowska-Shibata
2025-02-05 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/1033/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.1033

Reframing Alzheimer's through Comics: A Close Reading of Works by Walrath, Campbell, Farmer, and Roca
Davida Pines
2025-02-16 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/1029/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.1029

Techniques and Social Functions of the Graphic Documentary Style: How Japanese Manga Depicts Health-Related Social Issues
Kotaro Nakagaki
2025-02-16 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/1036/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.1036

Critical Conversations in Critical Care: Ensuring Dignity in All We Do
Christine Lynn Chen and Alice Gallo de Moraes
2025-01-27 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/986/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.986

A Year of Mourning
Michael J. Green
2025-01-27 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/1032/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.1032

Fanzines for a local celebration of the World Stroke Day 2023.

Eugenia García Amor, Laura Pérez Peñarroja, Elia Dolz Feliu, Sonia Medina Soria, Alejandro Bustamante Rangel, Mercedes Molleda, Clara Larrañaga de Bofarull, Belén Flores Pina, Jaime Carbonell Gisbert and Natalia Pérez de la Ossa
2025-02-10 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/1023/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.1023
 
Mabeob, Nyankomade, Salamangka: Illustrating the Intersection of Medicine, Diversity, and Ethics in Three Original Comics set in Korea, Ghana, and the Philippines
Grace Soojin Ryu, Anne Francine Pino, Edna Bonsu, Hyelim Sim, Amber Vinluan and Kimberly Myers
2025-02-20 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Proceedings of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Annual Conference, July 16-18, 2024
https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/article/id/1028/
https://doi.org/10.7191/gmr.1028

Another Dimension Comics
["After 42 years in business, Another Dimension Comics has made the difficult decision to close our doors."][Canada, store]
Another Dimension Comics's Post February 28 2025
https://www.facebook.com/100064163673572/posts/1026399556175491/?rdid=f5hBIgs0PdmGPFDN

Comic shop rises from ashes, will reopen at Orillia Square mall [Canada]
'We're excited. We've got double the space now, and we see a lot of promise for what we can do in this new location,' says Dr. Comics owner
Tyler Evans
Feb 22, 2025
https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/comic-shop-rises-from-ashes-will-reopen-at-orillia-square-mall-10264047

How does a comic book shop stay open in 2025? Ask this longtime Miami business owner
By Michael Butler
This story was originally published January 31, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
 https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/south-miami/article298990490.html

Mrz. Hulk comic shop in Mount Vernon opens door to exciting new worlds
 Samantha Antrum
Rockland/Westchester Journal News February 17 2025
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2025/02/17/mrz-hulk-4-life-black-woman-owned-comics-cards-business-mount-vernon-ny/76628528007/

Gulf Coast Cosmos Comics is fighting for Black stories even amid uncertain future
Local Blerds may soon have to get their comic book fix elsewhere.
By Craig Lindsey
Feb 22, 2025
https://www.chron.com/culture/article/gulf-coast-comics-closing-20173611.php

'Multiverse' is a husband-and-wife-owned comic shop that's making culture pop in Philadelphia
Nick Iadonisi
WPVI February 17, 2025
https://6abc.com/post/multiverse-is-husband-wife-owned-comic-shop-making-culture-pop-philadelphia/15917239/

Can This Man Save The Comics Industry??
Chip Zdarsky
Feb 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhRaZsqBwPY

Batman Hulk Bucky With Phillip K Johnson
word balloon February 28 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvzJvM61WAU

Batman Hulk Bucky With Phillip K Johnson

word balloon February 28 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvzJvM61WAU

 

Jonathan Roth interviews Aron Nels Steinke, Dana Jeri Maier, and Dave Roman

Welcome Back: Aron Nels Steinke

Jonathan Roth

Beep Boop Blog February 27, 2025 

https://jonathan-roth.com/2025/02/27/welcome-back-aron-nels-steinke/

Getting to Know: Dana Jeri Maier

Jonathan Roth

Beep Boop Blog  October 14, 2024 

https://jonathan-roth.com/2024/10/14/getting-to-know-dana-jeri-maier/

Getting to Know: Dave Roman

Jonathan Roth

Beep Boop Blog  April 4, 2024 

https://jonathan-roth.com/2024/04/04/getting-to-know-dave-roman/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/27/2025

A Master Cartoonist Ages Alongside His Heroine [Jaime Hernandez; "Love and Rockets"]

By Sam Thielman and Gabriel Gianordoli

Feb. 27, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/27/books/jaime-hernandez-cartoonist.html

 

Political Thrillers w/ Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson

Leslie Lee III 

Struggle SessionJanuary 03, 202500:52:4175.05 MB

https://sesh.show/episode/political-thrillers-w-matt-bors-and-ben-clarkson

 

Directors of 'Tales from the Magic Garden' Discuss Their Enchanting Stop-Motion Anthology

Ramin Zahed

February 26, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/directors-of-tales-from-the-magic-garden-discuss-their-enchanting-stop-motion-anthology/

 

New Memorial Page in Honor of Fumi Kitahara Now Live

Animation Magazine

February 26, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/new-memorial-page-in-honor-of-fumi-kitahara-now-live/

 

Rare Early Disney Photos Go to Auction at Van Eaton Galleries

Mercedes Milligan

February 26, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/rare-early-disney-photos-go-to-auction-at-van-eaton-galleries/

 

Marvel Scraps Their Marvel Insider Rewards Program Next Week

Marvel Insider was launched as a customer rewards program in 2016, but that's all going away now, as Marvel is scrapping it next week.

  26 Feb 2025   Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-scraps-their-marvel-insider-rewards-program-next-week/

 

Edward Gorey is My Blood Type: an appreciation for the artist who made us goth

Corinne Halbert | February 27, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/edward-gorey-is-my-blood-type-an-appreciation-for-the-artist-who-made-us-goth/

 

Reviews: The Utter Zoo [Edward Gorey]

Sean McCarthy | February 27, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-utter-zoo/

 

DC DOES VERTICAL-SCROLL 'ABSOLUTE' COMICS, IMAGE JOINS SWEET SHOP, DARK HORSE DIGITAL SHUTS DOWN

Digital Comics News Roundup - February 2025

  Brigid Alverson on February 26, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58938/dc-does-vertical-scroll-absolute-comics-image-joins-sweet-shop-dark-horse-digital-shuts-down

 

Pokémon boss believes series can last another 50 to 100 years

Mariko Oi and Mel Ramsay

BBC News February 27 2025

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y0v3gd5e5o

 

Maria van Lieshout Talks with Roger

by Roger Sutton

Horn Books' Talks with Roger February 27 2025

https://read.hbook.com/maria-van-lieshout-talks-with-roger

 

In Memoriam: Cartoonist Colin Whittock

John Freeman on February 26, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-cartoonist-colin-whittock/

 

At ComicsPRO 2025, the Comics Business Looks for Solutions

By Heidi MacDonald

Feb 26, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97180-at-comicspro-2025-a-whiplashed-comics-business-looks-for-solutions.html

 

ONE PIECE DAY Dallas: a global celebration of the iconic franchise

Hayame Kawachi on 02/27/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/one-piece-day-dallas-a-global-celebration-of-the-iconic-franchise/

 

Sanderson on Comics: Discovering Superheroes
Peter Sanderson
Feb 27 https://substack.com/inbox/post/158052493

Diamond in the rough: A retailer's perspective on ComicsPro 2025 and a post-Diamond future
By Jacob Shapiro
The Beat 02/27/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/retailers-perspective-comicspro-2025-post-diamond-comics/

A retailer's view at ComicsPRO: Recovering from a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad 2017
by Jacob Shapiro
02/27/2018
https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-retailers-view-at-comicspro-recovering-from-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-2017/

Letter from the Editor: Good news – we're adding more comics and improving the online paper
John Hiner
    Feb. 27, 2025,
    https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/02/letter-from-the-editor-good-news-were-adding-more-comics-and-improving-the-online-paper.html

Fanbase Press Interviews Shannon Eric Denton and David Hartman on the Upcoming Release of the Graphic Novel, 'Kraken,' with Titan Comics
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    February 27, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56390-fanbase-press-interviews-shannon-eric-denton-and-david-hartman-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-graphic-novel-kraken-with-titan-comics/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Shannon Eric Denton and John Cboins on the Upcoming Launch of Their Kickstarter Campaign for the Graphic Novel, 'Return of the Monsters,' with Monster Forge
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    February 24, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56374-fanbase-press-interviews-shannon-eric-denton-and-john-cboins-on-the-upcoming-launch-of-their-kickstarter-campaign-for-the-graphic-novel-return-of-the-monsters-with-monster-forge/

Mattel regains DC toy license!
Taimur Dar on 02/27/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/mattel-dc-license-regained/

Premier Beloved Animation Publicist Fumi Kitahara Passes Away at 56
Ramin Zahed
February 25, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/premiere-beloved-animation-publicist-fumi-kitahara-passes-away-at-56/

DOGE Game by Daniel Boris

Fantom's Jacob Shapiro on ComicsPro 2025 ... and 2018

Diamond in the rough: A retailer's perspective on ComicsPro 2025 and a post-Diamond future

By Jacob Shapiro

The Beat 02/27/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/retailers-perspective-comicspro-2025-post-diamond-comics/

 

A retailer's view at ComicsPRO: Recovering from a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad 2017

by Jacob Shapiro

02/27/2018

https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-retailers-view-at-comicspro-recovering-from-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-2017/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/26/2025

ElfQuest Creators Donate $500,000 To Columbia University Comics Archive

David Bloom,

Feb 25, 2025,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dbloom/2025/02/25/elfquest-creators-donate-500000-to-columbia-university-comics-archive/

 

Interview: Tyler Boss on the inception of YOU'LL DO BAD THINGS

Jared Bird on 02/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-tyler-boss-on-the-inception-of-youll-do-bad-things/

 

URLs, Patents & Comic Collections Owned By Diamond Comic Distributors

URLs, patents and comic collections owned by Diamond Comic Distributors, going under the hammer for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

25 Feb 2025

 Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/urls-patents-comic-collections-owned-by-diamond-comic-distributors/

 

More Money Owed By Diamond Comics To More People And Publishers

More money owed by Diamond Comic Distributors to even more people and publishers as the Chapter 11 bankruptcy fallout continues.

  25 Feb 2025   Rich Johnston   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/more-money-owed-by-diamond-comics-to-more-people-and-publishers/

 

Now Diamond Comics Makes Financial Demands Of Comic Book Stores

Now Diamond Comic Distributors makes financial demands of comic book stores, in wake of Chapter 11 bankruptcy

26 Feb 2025  Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/now-diamond-comics-makes-financial-demands-of-comic-book-stores/

 

As Dark Horse Digital Closes, How Can You Get A Refund?

As Dark Horse Digital closes, Dark Horse reminds you that you technically don't own the comics you bought... so how can you get a refund? 

25 Feb 2025  

Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/as-dark-horse-digital-closes-how-can-you-get-a-refund/

 

Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner Sailed Out On Comic-Con: The Cruise

25 Feb 2025  Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jimmy-palmiotti-amanda-conner-sailed-out-on-comic-con-the-cruise/

 

Comic-Con prepares to launch new a event - a theme cruise

Jeff Lasky

ABC 10 News Jan 29, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D0mtlsPjdc

 

Twelve Comic Stores Close, Seven Open, Six Expand Or Rebrand

25 Feb 2025  Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/eleven-comic-stores-close-five-open-six-expand-or-rebrand/

 

Williston's Comic Shop-Café Rebrands With New Operators

Now called Old Town Café & Comics, the Taft Corners café is open with Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea and Miss Weinerz doughnuts. A full menu is coming soon.

By Jordan Barry

January 14, 2025   https://www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/willistons-comic-shop-cafe-rebrands-with-new-operators-42665709

 

Williston's Comic Shop-Café Rebrands With New Operators

Now called Old Town Café & Comics, the Taft Corners café is open with Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea and Miss Weinerz doughnuts. A full menu is coming soon.

By Jordan Barry

January 14, 2025   https://www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/willistons-comic-shop-cafe-rebrands-with-new-operators-42665709

 

Marvel Television's Daredevil: Born Again |Born Again | Characters Reborn | Disney+

Marvel Entertainment

Feb 21, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrGGexbU2dg

 

Vincent D'Onofrio says Mayor Fisk storyline in Daredevil: Born Again is 'bigger and crazier' than you think (exclusive)

Kingpin makes a run for political office in the new trailer for the upcoming Disney+ superhero revival.

Christian Holub 

January 15, 2025 

https://ew.com/daredevil-born-again-trailer-exclusive-vincent-donofrio-teases-mayor-fisk-8774644

 

An Interview with K. Woodman-Maynard

While working in watercolor complicates my process, it also adds joy so I prefer to work in it.

Amaris Ketcham

Autobiographix  Feb 26  2025 https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-k-woodman-maynard

 

Edward Gorey and the Eccentric Macabre

R.C. Harvey | September 24, 2014 https://www.tcj.com/edward-gorey-and-the-eccentric-macabre/

 

PHIL SEULING, BILL AND STEVE SCHANES NAMED TO EISNER AWARDS HALL OF FAME

First Retailers, Distributors, to Be Recognized

Brigid Alverson on February 25, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58930/phil-seuling-bill-steve-schanes-named-eisner-awards-hall-fame

 

2025 Eisner Hall of Fame Class – Their Comic Strip Credentials

D. D. Degg

February 25, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/02/25/2025-eisner-hall-of-fame-class-their-comic-strip-credentials/

 

COMICSPRO: COMICBOOKS FOR KIDS UNVEILS RETAILER KITS

Plus: CB4K Annual Event Will Be February 28 - March 2, 2025

  Brigid Alverson on February 25, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58929/comicspro-comicbooks-kids-unveils-retailer-kits

 

All The ComicsPRO Exclusive Variants Hitting eBay

All the ComicsPRO Exclusive Variants hitting eBay from Batman Hush 2 and DC Absolute to Planet Death and Exquisite Corpses

 25 Feb 2025   Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/all-the-comicspro-exclusive-variants-hitting-ebay/

 

Real Spy Comics and UltiSim Inc. Join Forces to Bring Stories of Espionage and Covert Operations to Life in Graphic Novels and Games

Former spies and gaming veterans form groundbreaking partnership to deliver immersive, high-stakes experiences across multiple platforms

BUSINESS WIRE February 25, 2025

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250220850865/en/Real-Spy-Comics-and-UltiSim-Inc.-Join-Forces-to-Bring-Stories-of-Espionage-and-Covert-Operations-to-Life-in-Graphic-Novels-and-Games

 

Roberto Orci, Star Trek and Transformers Writer-Producer, Dies at 51 [IDW Star Trek writer]

  Jeremy Dick

CBR Feb 25 2025

https://www.cbr.com/roberto-orci-dead/

Jon Bernthal to Return in 'Punisher' Special for Marvel and Disney+
Etan Vlessing
February 25, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jon-bernthal-punisher-special-marvel-disney-1236146371/

New Digital Comics Store to Launch This Summer [Sweet Shop]
Feb 26, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5227

Dark Horse Digital Has Shut Down
Feb 25, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5226

A Lukewarm First Year for the Newly Public Webtoon Entertainment
By Jim Milliot
Feb 26, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/97182-a-lukewarm-first-year-for-the-newly-public-webtoon-entertainment.html

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred twenty-eight | Matthew Rosenberg Returns, part two
Feb 26, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/im-not-much-more-than-an-interpreter

Image joins forces with new comics reading app Sweet Shop
Heidi MacDonald on 02/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/image-sweet-shop/