Monday, August 18, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/16-17/2025

Valiant's Bloodshot Relaunch Mired by Transphobic Dogwhistles
The recently released 'Bloodshot' #1 and writer Mauro Mantella have come under fire for espousing anti-trans rhetoric.
By Justin Carter
io9 August 16, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/valiant-comics-bloodshot-transphobia-mauro-mantella-2000644072

Alien Books addresses accusations of transphobic dialogue in VALIANT BEYOND: BLOODSHOT #1
Javier Perez on 08/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/alien-books-addresses-accusations-of-transphobic-dialogue-in-valiant-beyond-bloodshot-1/

Valiant's Bloodshot blunder shows why rage bait marketing is boring and cringe
E.B. Hutchins on 08/16/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/valiants-bloodshot-blunder-shows-why-rage-bait-marketing-is-boring-and-cringe/

Valiant Comics Responds To Accusations Of Transphobia In Bloodshot #1
 Rich Johnston
  15 Aug 2025  
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/valiant-comics-responds-to-accusations-of-transphobia-in-bloodshot-1/

Eric Cartman, Welcome (for Now) to the Resistance
For decades, "South Park" has been crude, cynical and childish. That may be what makes it perfect for this moment.
James Poniewozik
Aug. 16, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/arts/television/south-park-trump-administration-paramount.html

Steve Buscemi Is Glad He Took That Leap ["Wednesday"]
Austin Considine
    A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 17, 2025, Section AR, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Embracing the Misfit To Establish Himself.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/arts/television/steve-buscemi-wednesday-profile.html

A Wealthy French Family and Generations of Heartache
"Misery of Love," by the French virtuoso cartoonist Yvan Alagbé, is a subtle masterpiece of family psychodrama.
By Sam Thielman
A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 17, 2025, Page 11 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Pictures of an Absence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/books/review/yvan-alagbe-misery-of-love.html

'KPop Demon Hunters' Is My Kind of Globalism
Euny Hong
Aug. 16, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/opinion/kpop-demon-hunters-globalism.html

Has Image Settled With Diamond Over Plans To Liquidate All The Comics?
 16 Aug 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/has-image-settled-with-diamond-over-plans-to-liquidate-all-the-comics/

17 Comics Artists Sue Cadance Comic Art Over Allegations Of Fraud; 17 comics artists sue Cadance Comic Art over allegations of fraud including Becky Cloonan, David Marquez, Valerio Schiti, and Jill Thompson
16 Aug 2025 by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/17-comics-artists-sue-cadance-comic-art-over-allegations-of-fraud/

How The Summer Hikaru Died Voice Actor Chiaki Kobayashi Learned a Rural Dialect
by Lynzee Loveridge, Aug 11th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-08-11/how-the-summer-hikaru-died-voice-actor-chiaki-kobayashi-learned-a-rural-dialect/.226705

The Summer Hikaru Died Director Ryohei Takeshita on Crafting a Sense of Dread
by Lynzee Loveridge, Jun 26th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-26/the-summer-hikaru-died-director-ryohei-takeshita-on-crafting-a-sense-of-dread/.225847


How The Answer Studio Breathed New Life Into a Classic With Anne Shirley
by Isaiah Colbert, Aug 13th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-08-13/how-the-answer-studio-breathed-new-life-into-a-classic-with-anne-shirley/.224736

In Pictures and Review: Comics in focus at The National Library of Ireland
David Ferguson
downthetubes August 16, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/in-pictures-and-review-comics-in-focus-at-the-national-library-of-ireland/

'South Park' and 'King of the Hill' take on the Trump era [in print as 'King of the Hill' and 'South Park' bitingly take on the Trump era]
Chris Klimek
Washington Post August 17, 2025: E1, 4.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/2025/08/14/south-park-king-hill-trump-review/

Packing your bike for a long trip? This is you. [in print as Cycling through 9 types of bike-packers]
Nine types of bike-packers, from dirtbags to safety geeks.
By Elena Lacey
Washington Post August 17 2025: F6.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/07/13/bike-packing-how-to/

The Most Expensive Comic Books Ever Sold
By Eric E. Surbano
Feb 26, 2025 https://www.prestigeonline.com/th/lifestyle/culture-plus-entertainment/most-expensive-comic-books-ever-sold-marvel-dc/

New graphic novel shares childhood stories of comedian and Wisconsin native Chris Farley
In 'Growing Up Farley,' stand up comic Kevin Farley shares early stories of camping in the Northwoods, attending Marquette University with his brother Chris
By Trevor Hook
February 26, 2025
https://www.wpr.org/news/graphic-novel-childhood-comedian-chris-farley
https://mp3.wpr.org/download.php?f=https://wpr-podcast.streamguys1.com/wtd/wtd250225d3.mp3

Off Panel #511: The Grapevine with Mariko Tamaki
David Harper
August 11, 2025
https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-511-the-grapevine-with-mariko-tamaki/
https://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Mariko_Tamaki.mp3

"All That Stuff is in Me": Artist Mike Del Mundo on Creating Comic Art at the Intersection of Hip Hop
Zach Norris
August 13, 2025
https://sktchd.com/interview/all-that-stuff-is-in-me-artist-mike-del-mundo-on-creating-comic-art-at-the-intersection-of-hip-hop/

 Steve Cook from Secret Oranges  Aug 15, 2025
Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity
https://secretoranges.substack.com/p/jack-kirby-heroes-and-humanity

The world's largest public comic book collection is in Michigan and you can visit
     Aug. 11, 2025
    Cole Waterman
    https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2025/08/the-worlds-largest-public-comic-book-collection-is-in-michigan-and-you-can-visit.html
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ5bkmayx0k

James Bacon comic book collection.
National Library of Ireland
https://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000936487

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