Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/6/2025

Dear manga publishers, we don't want your AI translations

Matias De la Piedra on 08/06/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/dear-manga-publishers-we-dont-want-your-ai-translations/

 

Interview: Tehani Farr talks breaking into comics as a foreign creator [Mexico]

Javier Perez on 08/06/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-interview-tehani-farr-talks-breaking-into-comics-as-a-foreign-creator/

 

SDCC '25: I got to wear my Eisner dress again!

Heidi MacDonald on 08/06/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-i-got-to-wear-my-eisner-dress-again/

 

TOP 50 COMICS - JULY 2025

Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data

  ICv2  August 5, 2025   https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/60223/top-50-comics-july-2025

 

DIAMOND BANKRUPTCY CONTINUES TO RACK UP FEES

Over $9 Million at End of June

Milton Griepp on August 6, 2025   https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60225/diamond-bankruptcy-continues-rack-up-fees

 

CONSIGNERS ASK BANKRUPTCY COURT TO FORCE SPARKLE POP TO DECIDE

Whether It Wants to Accept Diamond's Consignment Agreements

Milton Griepp on August 6, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60226/consigners-ask-bankruptcy-court-force-sparkle-pop-decide

 

The Day the Earth Blew Up: How WB Classic Cartoon Updates Don't Work

The Day the Earth Blew Up highlights WB's attempts to update Looney Tunes cartoons, but it pays homage to the classics and can't make up its mind.

by Adi Tantimedh

05 Aug 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/movies/the-day-the-earth-blew-up-how-wb-classic-cartoon-updates-dont-work/

 

Publishers Don't Know Who's Selling The Comics Coming Out of Diamond

Comic book publishers don't know who is selling the comics still coming out of Diamond Comic Distributors

  05 Aug 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/publishers-dont-know-whos-selling-the-comics-coming-out-of-diamond/

 

Bud Plant Retires In 2026, Honest This Time, Well Mostly

Rich Johnston

05 Aug 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bud-plant-retires-in-2026-honest-this-time-well-mostly/

Nik Kowsar
What Would Thomas Nast Do Today?
Nik's Substack  Jul 31, 2025
https://nkowsar.substack.com/p/what-would-thomas-nast-do-today

Team Hele Talks: Alexandra Sevilla and Mitzi Bajet on Music, Moments, and Memories
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano
  Jul 21, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IDxgR2IubY

Alison Bechdel. The Essential (5.7.–26.10.2025)
Matthias Willi,
Cartoonmuseum Basel
  Jul 16, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ckNImopSCE

Kodansha House returns to SoHo with bigger space, bolder experiences
Hayame Kawachi on 08/06/2025 www.comicsbeat.com/kodansha-house-returns-to-soho-with-bigger-space-bolder-experiences/

SDCC '25: David F. Walker on translating an American literary classic in BIG JIM AND THE WHITE BOY
Avery and Ollie Kaplan
  08/06/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-david-f-walker-on-translating-an-american-literary-classic-in-big-jim-and-the-white-boy/

Painter Supreme Alex Horley vs Conan The Barbarian: A Glorious Battle 50 Years in the Making!
Vik Deluca
5 August 2025  https://forbiddenplanet.com/posts/alex-horley-conan-a-tribute-50-years-in-the-making/

SDCC 2025 Interview: Jim Zub Unleashes Scourge of the Serpent!
Al Mega
Comic Crusaders
 Jul 31, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FQ34GNSmos

INTERVIEW: Writer and Editor of the CONAN THE BARBARIAN Comic
Pop Culture Cult
Aug 1, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTXLbn3qLVY

The team behind 'Conan the Barbarian' talk the comic at SDCC! Jenna Anderson
The Mary Sue Aug 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxzDfBHlvzY

SDCC 2025: On the Shoulders of Frost Giants [Chris Butera and Jim Zub on Conan]
Fanboy Planet
Jul 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeVpmPKSHFc

'King of the Hill' Enters Its Golden Years
By Dave Itzkoff
A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 4, 2025, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: The Hills Return in Real Time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/arts/television/king-of-the-hill-returns.html

'Wednesday' Season 2 Review: Jenna Ortega Gets Lost Amid Addams Family Mayhem in Overcrowded Netflix Return
Daniel Fienberg
August 6, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/wednesday-season-2-review-jenna-ortega-netflix-tim-burton-1236338015/

'Wednesday' Season 2 Welcomes a Surprise Return
Carly Thomas
August 6, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wednesday-season-2-christina-ricci-return-1236338007/

'Wednesday' Star Emma Myers Accepts Any Challenge Thrown Her Way — Including "Difficult" Part 2 Scenes
Carly Thomas
August 6, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/emma-myers-wednesday-good-girls-guide-to-murder-interview-1236334446/

'Wednesday' Is Back. Here's What to Remember Ahead of Season 2
Connie Chang
A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 6, 2025, Section C, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Season 2 Is Ahead, So Let's Look Back on 'Wednesday'.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/arts/television/wednesday-season-1-recap.html

Jenna Ortega grounds 'Wednesday's' sillier, star-studded second season [Ortega snaps right back into place in 'Wednesday']
Review by Lili Loofbourow
August 6, 2025 : B1, 3
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/2025/08/06/wednesday-season-two-review-netflix/

Marvel Might Finally Be Moving on From One of Its Most Hated Characters
Paul Rabin might just be one of the most unpopular additions to Spider-Man continuity since 'One More Day'—but as Marvel Comics twists Spidey's relationship drama once more, it seems like fans are still far away from getting what they really want.
By James Whitbrook
io9 August 6, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/all-new-venom-9-paul-mj-breakup-spider-man-2000639645

'King of the Hill' Review: Still a Man's World, but a Different One
By James Poniewozik
A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 5, 2025, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Picking Up Not Where It Left Off.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/arts/television/king-of-the-hill-review-still-a-mans-world-but-a-different-one.html

Tariffs are affecting comic book stores, but not in ways you might expect
Gina Gagliano | August 6, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/tariffs-are-affecting-comic-book-stores-but-not-in-ways-you-might-expect/

"I Don't See the Fandom Slowing Down": How 'KPop Demon Hunters' Became One of Netflix's Biggest — and Most Unexpected — Hits
Nicole Fell
August 6, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/kpop-demon-hunters-success-netflix-directors-interview-1236335810/

August 5, 2025 by Gil Roth
Episode 648 – Sacha Mardou
Virtual Memories Show 648:
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-648-sacha-mardou
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_648_-_Sacha_Mardou.mp3

'South Park' Portrays Kristi Noem as a Puppy-Shooting, Face-Melting ICE Villain
James Hibberd
August 6, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-portrays-kristi-noem-ice-villain-1236339124/

They Were Chosin: U.S. Marine Cartoonists in the Korean War
By Cord Scott
Quantico, Virginia : Marine Corps University Press, 2025
online at  https://www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Marine-Corps-University-Press/Books-by-topic/MCUP-Titles-A-Z/They-Were-Chosin/