The Week in Diamond: Universal's plans (with DC) and the end of an era
Heidi MacDonald on 06/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-week-in-diamond-universals-plan-and-the-end-of-an-era/
First look at Voyeur, the steamy thriller from Leah Williams and David Baldeón
Heidi MacDonald on 06/20/2025
https://www.comicsbeat.com/first-look-at-voyeur-the-steamy-thriller-from-leah-williams-and-david-baldeon/
HIS ROMANCE OF 500 YEARS and caring the way humans do [manga]
Merve Giray on 06/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/his-romance-of-500-years-and-artificial-intelligence/
DYNAMITE ADDS LUNAR FOR DISTRIBUTION Starting with Titles Releasing July 9 and 16
Brigid Alverson on June 19, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59841/dynamite-adds-lunar-distribution
SCOOP: DC Comics Will Now Be Distributed In The USA By Universal
SCOOP: DC Comics will now be distributed in comic book stores across the USA by the Canadian distributor, Universal Distribution
Rich Johnston
19 Jun 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/scoop-dc-comics-will-now-be-distributed-in-the-usa-by-universal/
Diamond Previews Catalog Goes Digital Only – It's The End Of An Era
Rich Johnston
19 Jun 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-previews-catalog-goes-digital-only-its-the-end-of-an-era/
DC Comics Reprints Adventure Comics #210 Facsimile, Blames Misprint
19 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-reprints-adventure-comics-210-facsimile-blames-misprint/
David Steinberger & Chip Mosher Create Comixology Killer, Neon Ichiban
19 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/david-steinberger-chip-mosher-create-comixology-killer-neon-ichiban/
Out of the Ashes of Comixology, a New Digital Comics Platform Rises
Neon Ichiban, which already has support from Marvel, DC, and a host of other publishers, wants to fill the gap Amazon left behind.
By James Whitbrook
io9 June 20, 2025 https://gizmodo.com/digital-comics-neon-ichiban-dstlry-comixology-2000618166
Dynamite Entertainment Moves To Lunar Distribution From This Week
19 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dynamite-entertainment-moves-to-lunar-distribution-from-this-week/
The Beat Digest 06/20/25: THE PHANTOM walks at Mad Cave
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 06/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-062025/
Reviews: You Must Take Part in Revolution
Kevin Brown | June 19, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/you-must-take-part-in-revolution/
You Must Take Part in Revolution
Badiucao and Melissa Chan
Street Noise
TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
June 19, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-133/
FREDRIC WERTHAM, 86, DIES; FOE OF VIOLENT TV AND COMICS
Bayard Webster
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 1, 1981, Section D, Page 31
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/01/obituaries/fredric-wertham-86-dies-foe-of-violent-tv-and-comics.html
Türkiye: Zehra Ömeroğlu and the Price of Humour
By Özlem Altunok, Freemuse Researcher, Türkiye
June 19, 2025
https://www.freemuse.org/turkiye-zehra-omeroglu-and-the-price-of-humour
New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 206 - Lawrence Wood
2025-06-11
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-waa5k-25eb7001
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1719352/episodes/17321167-episode-206-lawrence-wood.mp3
Enniskillen Comic Fest celebrates 50 years of Battle
James Bacon on June 19, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/enniskillen-comic-fest-celebrates-50-years-of-battle/
Manga Mavericks and Red String Announce new manga titles for July
Kristina Elyse Butke on 06/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/manga-mavericks-red-string-announce-new-manga-titles-july/
Anatomy of a Scene
Watch Hiccup and Toothless Connect in 'How to Train Your Dragon'
The director Dean DeBlois narrates a sequence from his live-action film, starring Mason Thames as Hiccup.
By Mekado Murphy
June 20, 2025,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/movies/how-to-train-your-dragon-clip.html
'How to Train Your Dragon' | Anatomy of a Scene
Dean DeBlois narrates a sequence from the live-action film featuring Mason Thames.
By Mekado Murphy
June 20, 2025,
https://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000010233829/how-to-train-your-dragon-scene.html
The 'How to Train Your Dragon' Star Mason Thames Is Still Freaking Out
As Hiccup, the 17-year-old actor is shouldering the weight of Universal's new live-action franchise — and living out his childhood fantasy.
Ashley Spencer
A version of this article appears in print on June 19, 2025, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: 'Dragon' Film Star Is Riding A Wave.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/movies/how-to-train-your-dragon-mason-thames-interview.html
'KPop Demon Hunters' Review: Singing, Slinging and Slashing
Brandon Yu
A version of this article appears in print on June 20, 2025, Section C, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Kpop Demon Hunters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/movies/kpop-demon-hunters-review.html
'Elio' Review: Pixar's Fantastical, Familiar World
Manohla Dargis
A version of this article appears in print on June 20, 2025, Section C, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Take a Morality Tale, Put It on Another Planet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/movies/elio-review-pixar.html
Pixar's 'Elio' is a fast and fizzy trip to a boy's alien nation [in print as Pixar's latest is a fast and fizzy trip to a boy's alien nation]
Ty Burr
Washington Post June 20 2025: Weekend 16.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/06/19/elio-pixar-movie-review/
Who Directed 'Elio?' It's Complicated
Esther Zuckerman
A version of this article appears in print on June 21, 2025, Section C, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: The Intrigue of 'Elio' Is Behind the Scenes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/movies/elio-directing-credits.html
David Hekili Kenui Bell, an Actor in 'Lilo & Stitch,' Dies at 46
Mr. Bell's first role in a feature film was providing comic relief in the Disney hit.
Rylee Kirk
June 17, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/arts/david-hekili-kenui-bell-dead.html
A popular manga predicted catastrophe — and Japanese tourism took a hit [in print as Japanese tourism dips after disaster prediction]
Japanese officials are dismissing alarm over the prediction of a July "catastrophe" in a comic book, "The Future I Saw," which is deterring some summer tourists.
By Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Chie Tanaka
Washington Post (June 20, 2025 ): A1, 11
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/19/japan-manga-tourists-ryo-tatsuki/
In 'Ironheart,' Dominique Thorne Suits Up for the Spotlight
In Marvel's new series, she reprises her role from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," a young genius who is building a super suit to rival Tony Stark's.
By Sarah Bahr
A version of this article appears in print on June 22, 2025, Section AR, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: She's Suiting Up for the Spotlight.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/arts/television/dominique-thorne-ironheart.html
At Home with Eagle Valiant Brosi
Drawn & Quarterly Jun 17, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDROPR_rIC8
At Home with Eagle Valiant Brosi: On growing up in a hyperliterary family and Appalachian Heritage
Drawn & Quarterly Jun 19, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXOgFugB2Bs
At Home with Eagle Valiant Brosi: Resisting the temptation of the thought bubble
Drawn & Quarterly Jun 17, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcXQaM-BlAA
Graphic Novel Review: 'Black Cohosh' by Brosi from Drawn+Quarterly
Jeff Provine
June 18 2025
https://blogcritics.org/graphic-novel-review-black-cohosh-by-brosi-from-drawnquarterly/
Graphic Novel Review: 'Muybridge' by Guy Delisle from Drawn+Quarterly
Jeff Provine April 28, 2025
https://blogcritics.org/graphic-novel-review-muybridge-by-guy-delisle-from-drawnquarterly/
Captain Canuck celebrates 50th anniversary.
Javier Perez on 06/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/captain-canuck-celebrates-50th-anniversary/
My Ten Favorite Superman Stories
by Sam Thielman
Jun 4, 2025
https://flaminghydra.com/my-ten-favorite-superman-stories/
The Long Memory of Alan Moore, Part I - II
by Zach Rabiroff
(Dec 19, 2024 and Jan 31, 2025 ): https://flaminghydra.com/the-long-memory-of-alan-moore-part-i/ and https://flaminghydra.com/the-long-memory-of-alan-moore-part-ii/
Atomic Dog — This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | June 20, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/atomic-dog-this-weeks-links/
Fanbase Press Interviews Jordan Clark on the Upcoming Release of the Comic Book Series, 'Ancestral Recall,' with AHOY Comics
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
June 17, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56972-fanbase-press-interviews-jordan-clark-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-comic-book-series-ancestral-recall-with-ahoy-comics/
Fanbase Press Interviews Allan and Benn Liska on Their Return to Kickstarter for the Comic Book One-Shot, 'Buck Rogers and the Cyber Lords
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
June 17, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56975-fanbase-press-interviews-allan-and-benn-liska-on-their-return-to-kickstarter-for-the-comic-book-one-shot-buck-rogers-and-the-cyber-lords/
Fanbase Press Interviews Peter Bune on Kickstarter Campaign Launch for the Graphic Novel, 'Deathgasm 1.5: Director's Cut,' in Collaboration with Bit Bot Media
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
June 18, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56979-fanbase-press-interviews-peter-bune-on-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-the-graphic-novel-deathgasm-1-5-directors-cut-in-collaboration-with-bit-bot-media/
Salkowitz, Rob. 2025. New York Gallery Show Spotlights Iconoclastic Comic Artist Paul Pope. Forbes (June 18): https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/06/18/new-york-gallery-show-spotlights-iconoclastic-comic-artist-paul-pope/
Egan, Toussaint. 2025. French comics anthology Métal Hurlant comes screaming back to life in new English edition; How the influential series was rebooted with modern comics readers in mind. AV Club (June 17): https://www.avclub.com/metal-hurlant-anthology-english-united-states-launch
Salkowitz, Rob. 2025. Seminal Sci-Fi Classic 'Metal Hurlant' Comes Screaming Back To Life With New English Edition. Forbes (June 17): https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/06/17/seminal-sci-fi-classic-metal-hurlant-comes-screaming-back-to-life-with-new-english-edition/
A conversation with German graphic novel author Reinhard Kleist: Drawing is the final process of the work
Toni Dimkov
(The interview was published in "Cultural Press" number 285, in the printed edition of the newspaper "Sloboden Pechat" on 14-15.6.2025): https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/razgovor-so-germanskiot-avtor-na-grafichki-romani-rajnhard-klajst-crtanjeto-e-posledniot-proces-na-rabotata/
DS Interview – Ben Snakepit talks his new book "Return to the Snakepit" [diary comics]
Forrest Gaddis June 14 2025
https://dyingscene.com/ds-interview-ben-snakepit-talks-his-new-book-return-to-the-snakepit/
For Love of the Hunt: Bubbles Con founder Brian Baynes starts his own bookstore in Church Hill.
Gabriella Lacombe
June 16, 2025
https://www.styleweekly.com/for-love-of-the-hunt/
Raymond Chandler's Trouble Is My Business comics review and author interview
Henry Chamberlain
Comics Grinder June 15, 2025 ·
https://comicsgrinder.com/2025/06/15/raymond-chandlers-trouble-is-my-business-comics-review-and-author-interview/
Raymond Chandler | Arvind Ethan David | Trouble Is My Business
Henry Chamberlain
Comics Grinder Jun 15, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWTpkIHyz0A
Inside Look: How to Love Yourself – An Exclusive Creator Commentary from Artist A. Mauri
by A. Mauri
June 13, 2025
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/how-to-love-yourself/
PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 677: TCAF 2025 Interviews [Hugh D'Andrade, Dan Goldman, Boum].
Heidi MacDonald
on 06/13/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1372
PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 678: Launching a New Comixology [Neon Ichiban]
Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald
on 06/20/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1373
Compleat makeover: hooked by seminal book full of 'strangeness', folklore… and fish
Graphic artist Gareth Brookes talks to Dan Carrier about his adaptation of Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler which was written in the aftermath of the turmoil of the English Civil War
13th June 2025— By Dan Carrier
https://www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/compleat-makeover-revisiting-seminal-book-full-of-strangeness-folklore-and-fish
The Compleat Angler: A Graphic Adaptation. Words by Izaak Walton. Art by Gareth Brookes. SelfMadeHero
MINDLESS COMMUNICATION – Craig Collins [UK small press]
June 14th, 2025
https://mindlessones.com/2025/06/14/mindless-communication-craig-collins/
'True North', true insight: Daryl Lawrence on Alpha Flight's legacy
Inside 'True North' with author Daryl Lawrence and on writing the ultimate Alpha Flight companion.
Chandler Poling
June 13, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/13/alpha-flight-analysis-true-north-qa/
True North: A Complete Reference Guide and Analysis of Alpha Flight's First Volume
by Daryl Richard Lawrence
Barnes & Noble Press
2025
Coplan Chris. 2025. To boldly go: Heather Antos on the past, present, and future of IDW's 'Star Trek' line. AIPT (June 19): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/19/star-trek-past-present-future/
Chiba Tetsuya
Urasawa Naoki
Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
NHK World June 13 2025
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/5001467/
Galvan, Margaret. 2025. Making Lesbians Visible: Recovering the Social History of the 1990s Lesbian Comics Boom. Feminist Formations 37 (1): 178-205. Online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ff.2025.a962235 ; https://muse.jhu.edu/article/962235 ; and https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/962235/pdf
Matthews, Corinne. 2025. When Consent Fails: Affirmative Consent, Acquaintance Rape, and Survivor Guilt in Rachel Smythe's Webtoon Lore Olympus. Feminist Formations 37 (1): 158-177. Online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ff.2025.a962234 ; https://muse.jhu.edu/article/962234 ; and https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/962234/pdf
Sonstegard, Adam. 2025. Where Charles Chesnutt's Ethnic Humor Meets the Racial, Graphic Stereotypes of Puck Magazine. American Periodicals: A Journal of History & Criticism 35 (1): 46-70. Online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/amp.2025.a962103 ; https://muse.jhu.edu/article/962103 ; and https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/962103/pdf
Connerty, Michael. 2025. Stories and Pictures for Boys and Girls': Identifying the Child Reader in British Comics 1890–1920. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (June 14): 1–16. Online at https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2507209 ; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2025.2507209 ; and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/21504857.2025.2507209?needAccess=true
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