Oct 4 Graphic Novel Festival - Baltimore

From: Jonathan Roth:

Dreamers and Make-Believers in Baltimore is having a Graphic Novel Festival (their second?) this Saturday. I haven't been before, but I'm signing 10-noon. It's a great shop!

The Beardo Weirdo by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/29/2025

 Diamond Doings: Drip, drip drip and a lease assigned

Heidi MacDonald on 09/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/diamond-doings-drip-drip-drip-and-a-lease-assigned/

 

EYES OF WAKANDA, MARVEL ZOMBIES, and the future of MCU animation

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 09/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/mcu-animation-future/

 

ICV2 GUEST COLUMN INTERVIEW: MARK SPEARS

Retailer to Former Retailer on a Career Blowing Up, Blind Bags and Variants, and Exclusive Cover Reveal [horror comics cartoonist]

Jesse Criscione on September 26, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/60644/icv2-guest-column-interview-mark-spears

 

The Stan Lee A.I. Hologram At LA Comic Con – Is It Right Or Wrong?

28 Sep 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-stan-lee-a-i-hologram-at-la-comic-con-is-it-right-or-wrong/com

 

 

Zehra Ömeroğlu Finally Gets Robert Russell Courage In Cartooning Award

Zehra Ömeroğlu finally gets the Robert Russell Courage In Cartooning Award 2025, at The Lakes Comic Art Festival

28 Sep 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/zehra-omeroglu-finally-gets-robert-russell-courage-in-cartooning-award/

 

Death Dealers in court: The Frazetta lawsuit against Vanguard and how an email led to forgery accusations

Brigid Alverson | September 29, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/death-dealers-in-court-the-frazetta-lawsuit-against-vanguard-and-how-an-old-email-brought-accusations-of-forgery/

 

NYCC '23: SANDSTORM Comics returns as this year's Artist Alley sponsor

 Ricardo Serrano Denis on 09/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-23-sandstorm-comics-returns-as-this-years-artist-alley-sponsor/

 

Commentary: Storytellers aren't your saviors: representation, headcanon & KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE

E.B. Hutchins on 09/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/commentary-storytellers-arent-your-saviors-headcanon-knights-of-guinevere/

 

I'VE BEEN AROUND 005: My Image Comics life (so far)

Joe Casey Writes  Sep 29, 2025

https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/ive-been-around-005

 

Fairy-Tale Beginnings: How 'The Sisters Grimm' Wrote a New Animated Chapter for Apple TV+

Ramin Zahed

September 26, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/fairy-tale-beginnings-how-the-sisters-grimm-wrote-a-new-animated-chapter-for-apple-tv/

 

'Death Does Not Exist' & 'The Puppet and the Whale' Win Top Prizes at OIAF 2025

  Animation Magazine

September 27, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/death-does-not-exist-the-puppet-and-the-whale-win-top-prizes-at-oiaf-2025/

 

Star Forest Harmonies: Genevieve LeDoux Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Her Indie Animated Musical IP

Ramin Zahed

September 26, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/star-forest/

Interview: Anthony Oliveira Talks Avengers Academy and The End of the Series,
Comic Frontier Sep 29, 2025
https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/interview-anthony-oliveira-talks-avengers-academy-and-the-end-of-the-series

First ever Comic-Con Malaga draws many complaints
Heidi MacDonald on 09/29/2025https://www.comicsbeat.com/first-ever-comic-con-malaga-draws-many-complaints/

79th Annual Reuben Awards
National Cartoonists Society  Sep 29, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xinw_MSpLrg

Daniel Best - Author  Sep 29, 2025
The Jerry Siegel Project: Part Two: 1930 - 1934: The High School Years
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/the-jerry-siegel-project-107

2026 Green Lantern Designs Recommended for U.S. Mint Coins and Medals
Mike Unser
September 19, 2025
https://www.coinnews.net/2025/09/19/2026-green-lantern-designs-recommended/

2026 Robin Designs Recommended for U.S. Mint Coins and Medals
Mike Unser
September 28, 2025
https://www.coinnews.net/2025/09/28/2026-robin-designs-recommended/

Turkish cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu presented with Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award 2025
John Freeman on September 28, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/turkish-cartoonist-zehra-omeroglu-presented-with-robert-russell-courage-in-cartooning-award-2025/

Strause, Jackie. 2025. 'Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie' Ending: How That Surprise Reveal Opens Up the Franchise. Hollywood Reporter (September 29): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/gabbys-dollhouse-the-movie-ending-sister-explained-1236388252/

Mouly, Françoise. 2025. R. Kikuo Johnson's "Free Play": The overwhelming delights of parenting. New Yorker (September 29): https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-10-06

Joe Kelly #spiderman in Two Worlds Challenges in #animation #ben10
word balloon
 Sep 29, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kelbCGp0yDc

Untold Stories of John Ostrander Suicide Squad Grimjack Star Wars
Sep 28, 2025 Word Balloon Comics Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLD05ZpVH7s

Words, Images, & Worlds with Shawn Lewis
Jason DeHart
 Sep 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD1alnezOn4

Words, Images, & Worlds: Trifecta Edition with Dr. Richard A. Olson
Jason DeHart
 Sep 29, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOYOp2ReJ-U

Words, Images, & Worlds: Ron Fortier Returns!
Jason DeHart
 Sep 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjrXsAvYfgY

Desert Island Comics starring Grant Morrison
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival
Sep 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4PIjVjahrc

Frank Miller: CREATOR IN CONVERSATION EP. 35
TASQ ART
Sep 23, 2025 CREATOR IN CONVERSATION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwoShoU43wI

Off Panel #519: Doubles Tennis with David Brothers and Nick Dragotta [Good Devils: Don't Play Fair with Evil]
SKTCHD
Sep 29, 2025 Off Panel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s22mZlsAkk

Small Press Expo, Defeating Imposter Syndrome With Indie Comics
Jamie Noguchi
Draw Jam  Sep 29, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWS64Aw7CyU

Small Press Expo, Defeating Imposter Syndrome With Indie Comics

Jamie Noguchi

Draw Jam  Sep 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWS64Aw7CyU

Small Press Expo is the place to be! https://www.smallpressexpo.com/ ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️

The Mint's 2026 Green Lantern and Robin design proposals

2026 Green Lantern Designs Recommended for U.S. Mint Coins and Medals

Mike Unser

September 19, 2025

https://www.coinnews.net/2025/09/19/2026-green-lantern-designs-recommended/

2026 Robin Designs Recommended for U.S. Mint Coins and Medals

Mike Unser

September 28, 2025

https://www.coinnews.net/2025/09/28/2026-robin-designs-recommended/

The Great Underminer by Daniel Boris

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/27-28/2025

Peach Momoko Chaos At Comic-Con San Diego Málaga This Weekend [Spain]
26 Sep 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/peach-momoko-chaos-at-comic-con-san-diego-malaga/

Davids, Brian. 2025. James Gunn on 'Peacemaker' Season 2's Big Twist, DCU's Batman and Why He Won't Resolve a Key Conflict From 'The Suicide Squad'. Hollywood Reporter (September 27):  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/james-gunn-peacemaker-batman-interview-1236387190/

Heck, Patricia. 2025. Chalk it up to bias [Michael Ramirez letter]. Washington Post (September 27): A15. online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/26/virginia-election-nelson-bradbury-ageism-miyares/

Chatfield, Jason. 2025. Artist Spotlight: Sergio Aragonés. New York Cartoons (September 27):  https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/artist-spotlight-sergio-aragones

Off Panel #518: Bankers Hours' with John Allison
David Harper
September 22, 2025
https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-518-bankers-hours-with-john-allison/
https://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/John_Allison__2025.mp3

Get Your Hot Takes: Hoopla is the Best Digital Comics App
David Harper
September 25, 2025
https://sktchd.com/column/get-your-hot-takes-hoopla-is-the-best-digital-comics-app/

"There's No Real Science to It": Zack Quaintance on Macabre Valley #1 and Building a Career in Comics as a Critic and Writer
David Harper
September 24, 2025
https://sktchd.com/interview/zack-quaintance-interview/

Freeman, John. 2025. Mollie Ray announced as UK's First-Ever Young Comics Laureate. Downthetubes (September 26): https://downthetubes.net/mollie-ray-announced-as-uks-first-ever-young-comics-laureate/

Freeman, John. 2025. Lorenzo Mattotti wins 2025 Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art. Downthetubes (September 27): https://downthetubes.net/lorenzo-mattotti-wins-2025-sergio-aragones-international-award-for-excellence-in-comic-art/

Johnston, Rich. 2025. Lorenzo Mattotti Wins Sergio Aragonés Award For Comic Art Excellence. Bleeding Cool (September 27): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/lorenzo-mattotti-wins-sergio-aragones-award-for-comic-art-excellence/

Robin Lang & Helge Dascher Win Sophie Castille Comic Translation Award [The Jellyfish].
 27 Sep 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/robin-lang-helge-dascher-win-sophie-castille-comic-translation-award/

Creator of "Homies" cartoon figurines serving as Lowrider Parade grand marshal [David Gonzales].
 Veronica Macias
Sept 19, 2025
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/video/creator-of-homies-cartoon-figurines-serving-as-lowrider-parade-grand-marshal/

Write Now: Rick Stromoski – September 2025
http://haverhillcommunitytv.org/video/write-now-rick-stromoski-september-2025

Agitrons,Waftaroms, and Neoflects, Oh My!
Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker's Lexicon of Comicana—a lovingly ironic send-up of comic-strip conventions—remains the gold standard, 50 years on
By Cullen Murphy
September 20, 2025
https://airmail.news/issues/2025-9-20/agitrons-waftaroms-and-neoflects-oh-my

Netflix Exec Reveals Why Studio Ghibli Anime Movies Aren't a Contender for Streaming
By  Renee Senzatimore
CBR Sep 20, 2025
https://www.cbr.com/netflix-studio-ghibli-why-no-streaming/

Using the internet in South Korea? Prepare for the pornographic ads. [webcomics; in print as S. Korea, where porn is all but illegal, sees surge of explicit ads]
Frances Vinall
Washington Post (September 28, 2025): A18.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/26/webtoon-online-ads-explicit-violence/

Alberta has banned graphic books before. In the 1950s, 'salacious' comics were the target
Province created Advisory Board on Objectionable Publications in 1954 to crack down on 'crime comics'
Rukhsar Ali · CBC ·September 28 2025
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-book-censorship-history-1.7571735

Les Sentinelles de Dorison et Breccia adaptées par Canal + diffusé le 29 septembre 2025
Jean-Laurent Truc
25 septembre 2025
https://www.ligneclaire.info/les-sentinelles-de-dorison-et-breccia-adaptees-par-canal-699722.html

Bryan Talbot a été couronné du Prix Actusf de l'Uchronie pour Grandville
Jean-Laurent Truc
23 septembre 2025
https://www.ligneclaire.info/bryan-talbot-699778.html

« La Bête est morte ! Dessiner, résister, témoigner » une exposition dans la Rotonde du musée de la BnF à partir du 11 octobre 2025

Jean-Laurent Truc
21 septembre 2025
https://www.ligneclaire.info/la-bete-est-morte-dessiner-resister-temoigner-une-exposition-dans-la-rotonde-du-musee-de-la-bnf-a-partir-du-11-octobre-2025-699258.html

How The Simpsons' Planet of the Apes Musical Was Born  
Michael Swaim
Cracked's The Simpsons Taught Me Everything  Sep 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jAYVFRf89I

Watch this: Simpsons writer goes from chimpan-A to chimpanzee of Planet Of The Apes musical
Former Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein discusses everything you always wanted to know about The Simpsons' Planet Of The Apes musical, but were too afraid to ask.
By Matt Schimkowitz  |  September 28, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/simpsons-josh-weinstein-planet-of-the-apes-musical-josh-weinstein-podcast

South Korea's pornographic Webtoon ads

Using the internet in South Korea? Prepare for the pornographic ads. [webcomics; in print as S. Korea, where porn is all but illegal, sees surge of explicit ads]

South Korea has faced a surge of explicit cartoon ads in recent years. Some depict violence against women, raising concerns over child welfare and online sexism.

By Frances Vinall

Washington Post (September 28, 2025): A18.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/26/webtoon-online-ads-explicit-violence/

That darn Michael Ramirez

---

(Michael Ramirez/Las Vegas Review-Journal for The Washington Post)

Chalk it up to bias [Michael Ramirez letter]

Patricia Heck, Sewanee, Tennessee

September 27 2025: A15.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/26/virginia-election-nelson-bradbury-ageism-miyares/

Michael Ramirez's Sept. 9 editorial cartoon, "Windy city," continued his habit of twisting reality, usually against Democrats. He implied a massive murder rate in Chicago, reflecting the Trump administration's argument for sending in the National Guard. In reality, the city's 2024 homicide rate of 21.7 per 100,000 residents ranked it eighth in a Rochester Institute of Technology report on U.S. cities, below three Southern cities: New Orleans (34.7), Atlanta (24.7) and Richmond (23). Incidentally, the rate in Los Angeles, where Trump sent National Guard troops, was 7.1.

Tricky Dick & Indictment Don by Daniel Boris

 

Sept 30 - Stop Drawing or Else: A Cartoonist’s View on Democracy’s Perilous Moment

I wanted to share the webinar registration link for an upcoming live event at the University of Minnesota. Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes, who won her second Pulitzer Prize in 2025, will deliver the 40th Annual Silha Lecture on Tuesday, September 30 at 7:00 pm CDT, 8:00 pm EDT. Following her lecture, Ann and I will have a conversation about our free expression journey in the United States. We also will entertain questions from the audience.

Our host is Jane Kirtley, the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication. We hope you will join us.

2025flier07082025.pdf

If you cannot make it, the event video will be posted on UMN's YouTube Channel in early October.

Kind regards,

Roslyn A Mazer

LinkedIn

Sept 28: INTERFAITH BOOK CLUB: SAINT YOUNG MEN at Fantom Comics

INTERFAITH BOOK CLUB: SAINT YOUNG MEN
>>SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th @ 6:30pm
Our Interfaith Book Club discusses the slice-of-life manga SAINT YOUNG MEN 1 by Hikaru Nakamura! PLUS: Kodansha manga editor AJANI OLOYE zoom calls in to our book club to talk about publishing this book in English!

"Jesus, the Son of God. Buddha, the Enlightened One. Two of history's most important figures whose sagely deeds have been told and retold. After a few millennia of helping humanity, they have decided to take some time off and rent an apartment in modern-day Tokyo. But even their saintly status hasn't fully prepared them to navigate the ups and downs of life in 21st century Japan, from theme parks, to shopping for rice cookers, to the wonderful world of manga. Follow this pair on a goofy, light-hearted, and pun-filled adventure in friendship."

Saint Young Men is available at Fantom now! Discussion this month hosted by friend of the shop & book club regular Kevin Cortez! Get in-store or online: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/saint-young-men-graphic-novel-volume-1-mature-

Sept 27 (today): "MY GORILLA FAMILY" HORROR MANGA With Ryan Holmberg at Fantom Comics

MY GORILLA FAMILY HORROR MANGA LAUNCH EVENT
With Ryan Holmberg
>>SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th @ 6:30pm
Acclaimed manga historian & translator RYAN HOLMBERG returns to Fantom to chat with us about MY GORILLA FAMILY, a new collection of short stories from 1970s horror artist Iijima Ichiro published by @livingthelineart! Holmberg provides a unique perspective on bringing this subversive work to a western audience—come thru to hear him discuss the book and grab your own copy :) In-store or online: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/my-gorilla-family-graphic-novel

TODAY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th is LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY! Exclusive variants are going to be sold and all regular priced graphic novels and single issues are 20% off!

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/26/2025

Liza Donnelly and Michael Davies. 2025.

Live with Liza Donnelly!

Seeing Things  Sep 25, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-with-liza-donnelly-734

 

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY Streaming on The EXP

Milton Griepp on September 26, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60637/twenty-four-hours-local-comic-shop-day

 

Artists claim anti-Trump display at Chicago library was censored [Tim Chapman, political cartoon]

By Alice Yin

Chicago Tribune September 25 2025: https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/shortcode/CHI785/edition/9330444d-2e1d-488f-b21d-61c97e164e88?page=0befc3be-83b3-4b79-9a8c-1654ce896b3a&

 

Chicago Public Library Censors Art Exhibit [political cartoons]

Locust Review September 24, 2025

https://www.locustreview.com/online/chicago-public-library-censors-art-exhibit

 

Daniel Best - Author  Sep 25,  2025

The Jerry Siegel Project: Part One: 1926 - 1929

https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/the-jerry-siegel-project

 

The Beat Digest 09/26/25: PHANTOM 2040 rebooted in new strip

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 09/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-092625/

 

Kibbles 'n' Bits 9/26/25: While the world burns, I can linkblog again

Heidi MacDonald on 09/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/kibbles-n-bits-9-26-25-while-the-world-burns-i-can-linkblog-again/

 

Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: WHITE ASH, KAMTHOLOGY, STORM RAIL RIDERZ, and two more projects you'll want to check out!

Diego Higuera on 09/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-white-ash-kamthology-storm-rail-riderz-juan-gimenez-sugar-bomb/

 

Alliance Entertainment (AENT) Launch Their Own Previews Catalog Thingy

  25 Sep 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/alliance-entertainment-aent-launch-previews-catalog/

 

Dynamite Gets Minor Victory Over Its $500,000 Claim Against Diamond

  25 Sep 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dynamite-gets-minor-victory-over-its-500000-claim-against-diamond/

 

Demo-Graphics: Comic Fandom Sees More Growth in September

Posted on September 25, 2025   by Brett

https://graphicpolicy.com/2025/09/25/demo-graphics-comic-fandom-on-facebook-september-2025/

 

Publisher-to-Publisher Conversation with Glacier Bay Books

Zachary Clemente

Bulgilhan Press Aug 23 2025

https://www.bulgilhanpress.com/blog/pub2pub-gbb

 

The Doo Dads by Arch Dale

Archibald Dale

The Country Guide

1975 (1920)

https://archive.org/details/the-doo-dads/mode/2up

 

PCX 2024 photo gallery

Chris Anthony Diaz | September 26, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/pcx-2024-photo-gallery/

 

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson

Scoop September 25, 2025  https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-147/

 

DreamWorks Animation Workers Achieve Union Milestones

Mercedes Milligan

September 25, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/dreamworks-animation-workers-achieve-union-milestones/

 

Superfan Podcast Ep. 02: Marc Guggenheim on Billy Joel

Christian Gossett, Kris Simon, and David Hyde

Superfan Podcast Sep 26, 2025 

https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/superfan-podcast-ep-02

 

Episode 219 - Kaamran Hafeez Returns

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast 219

September 24, 2025 • Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius • Season 5 • Episode 219

https://cartooncaptioncontestpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1719352/episodes/17901388-episode-219-kaamran-hafeez-returns

 

09-25-2025

Exclusive: How Crunchyroll's manga app will turn a new page for anime fans

The anime streaming giant is launching the standalone Crunchyroll Manga app next month. Here's a first look at how it works.

BY David Salazar

https://www.fastcompany.com/91410256/crunchyroll-manga-preview-anime

 

CBR newsletter  Sep 26, 2025

 Brian Cronin Shows How the Fantastic Four Once Helped Promote an Unsung 1980s Marvel Comic Book Series [Power Pack]

 

CBR newsletter Sep 26, 2025

Brian Cronin Reveals How the Fantastic Four Secretly Saved the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

 

Morton, Drew. 2017.  Panel to the Screen: Style, American Film, and Comic Books during the Blockbuster Era. University Press of Mississippi   

 

Drew Anthony Morton. 2012.

Comics to Film (and Back Again): A Study in Stylistic Remediation from 1978-2009 [Ph.D. thesis]

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles

Online at https://escholarship.org/content/qt1jp6q352/qt1jp6q352_noSplash_b880f717e5c9480b8148cd12d6fc3f1c.pdf

 

Science and comics: Communicating connections

Arsev Umur Aydinoglu and Suzie Allard, Ph.D.   2010

https://www.academia.edu/59015442/Connecting_the_public_with_science_comic_books_and_libraries

 

Salisbury, Derek. 2013. Growing up with Vertigo: British Writers, DC, and the Maturation of American Comic Books [master's thesis]. University of Vermont. Online at https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/209

 

Zacharias, Sabrina, 'Indigenizing Gothic Comics: Unsettling the Colonial Specter', in Naomi Simone Borwein (ed.), Global Indigenous Horror (Jackson, MS, 2025; online edn, Mississippi Scholarship Online, 18 Sept. 2025), https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496856173.003.0009,https://academic.oup.com/mississippi-scholarship-online/book/61363/chapter-abstract/532870107

 

'Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie' Review: Less Than Pawesome

By Natalia Winkelman

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 26, 2025, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/movies/gabbys-dollhouse-the-movie-review.html

 

Knights of Guinevere's Pilot Is a Beautifully Animated Hate Letter to Disney

By Autumn Wright  |  September 25, 2025

https://www.endlessmode.com/anime/knights-of-guinevere/knights-of-guinevere-pilot-impressions

 

Autumn Equinox — This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | September 26, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/autumn-equinox-this-weeks-links/

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews the Creative Team of the Horror Comics Anthology, 'Forge of Monsters,' on Their Upcoming Zoop Crowdfunding Campaign Launch

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

     September 22, 2025

     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57486-fanbase-press-interviews-the-creative-team-of-the-horror-comics-anthology-forge-of-monsters-on-their-upcoming-zoop-crowdfunding-campaign-launch/

 

Fanbase Press Interviews David Hedgecock and Chase Marotz on the Kickstarter Campaign Launch for the Sci-Fi Comedy Comic Book, Sugar Bomb: Portal Potty,' with Fun Time Go!

Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

September 23, 2025       

 https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57499-fanbase-press-interviews-david-hedgecock-and-chase-marotz-on-the-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-the-sci-fi-comedy-comic-book-sugar-bomb-portal-potty-with-fun-time-go/

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews Jessica Maison on Her Return to Kickstarter for the Middle Grade Comic Book Series, 'Mary Shelley's School for Monsters: Origins'

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    September 22, 2025

    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57489-fanbase-press-interviews-the-jessica-maison-on-her-return-to-kickstarter-for-the-middle-grade-comic-book-series-mary-shelleys-school-for-monsters-origins/

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews Danny Baram on the Release of the Sequel Comic Book Series, 'Halloween Team: Shadows,' Through Comicker

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    September 24, 2025

    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57506-fanbase-press-interviews-danny-baram-on-the-release-of-the-sequel-comic-book-series-halloween-team-shadows-through-comicker/

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews Donya Todd on the Upcoming Release of the Graphic Novel, 'The Witch's Egg,' Through Avery Hill Publishing

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    September 24, 2025

     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57509-fanbase-press-interviews-donya-todd-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-graphic-novel-the-witchs-egg-through-avery-hill-publishing/

 

"I Really Love When Fiction Throws Me Into the Deep End" Adam Szym on Making "Little Visitor"

Vol. 1 Brooklyn September 22, 2025

by Kris Bertin

https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/09/22/i-really-love-when-fiction-throws-me-into-the-deep-end-adam-szym-on-making-little-visitor/

 

Anfield Road | Q&A with Chris Shepherd [England]

23 September 2025  https://www.skwigly.co.uk/chris-shepherd-anfield-road/

Laura-Beth Cowley

 

From Bringing the Spice to Fiddling with Pomegranates: Chatting All Things Food with Cartoonist Lee Lai

Thalia Stopa

Sep 23, 2025

https://scoutmagazine.ca/from-bringing-the-spice-to-fiddling-with-pomegranates-chatting-all-things-food-with-cartoonist-lee-lai/

 

Cannon by Lee Lai review – a meditative graphic novel laced with horror and humour

The author of Stone Fruit returns with the story of a young queer Chinese woman struggling to express her emotions and be heard

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Thu 25 Sep 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/26/cannon-lee-lai-review-meditative-graphic-novel-horror-and-humour

 

'A symbol of liberation': how the One Piece manga flag became the symbol of Asia's gen Z protest movement

Carried by a band of pirates that stand up to corrupt and repressive rulers, the meaning of the One Piece flag has resonated across Asia

Rebecca Ratcliffe

Tue 23 Sep 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/24/how-one-piece-manga-flag-became-symbol-asia-gen-z-protest-movement-liberation

 

Met's "Kavalier & Clay" mixes stunning production with largely lightweight music

Mon Sep 22, 2025 https://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2025/09/mets-kavalier-clay-mixes-stunning-production-with-largely-lightweight-music/

By George Grella

 

Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

By David Salazar Sep 22, 2025

https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-2025-26-review-the-amazing-adventures-of-kavalier-and-clay/

 

'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' opens New York's Metropolitan Opera season

Jeff Lunden

Weekend Edition Saturday September 20, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/20/nx-s1-5532601/the-amazing-adventures-of-kavalier-clay-opens-new-yorks-metropolitan-opera-season

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2025/09/20250920_wesat_the_amazing_adventures_of_kavalier_clay_opens_new_york_s_metropolitan_opera_season.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5532601

 

Kagurabachi Manga Creator Takeru Hokazono Shares His Inspirations

by Jairus Taylor, Sep 19th 2025

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-09-19/kagurabachi-manga-creator-takeru-hokazono-shares-his-inspirations/.228369

 

Something Has To Change --- And By "Something," I Mean "Everything" [Elijah Brubaker]

Ryan C.'s Four Color Apocalypse  Sept 25 2025

https://www.patreon.com/posts/something-has-to-139673836

 

'All gifts, one Battleworld': Christos Gage on smashing timelines, centering Hank Pym, and unleashing surprises

David Brooke

September 23, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/09/23/battleworld-christos-gage-interview/

 

Zoot suits, murder mysteries, and Chicano lineage: Henry Barajas talks 'Death to Pachuco'

The gripping "Chicano noir" explores Mexican-American history with gusto and intent.

Chris Coplan

September 25, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/09/25/death-to-pachuco-qa/

 

X-Men Monday #313 – Justina Ireland Talks 'Cloak or Dagger'

Chris Hassan

September 22, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/09/22/x-men-monday-313-justina-ireland-cloak/

 

Interview: Jesse Lonergan on MISS TRUESDALE AND THE RISE OF MAN

Jed W. Keith

Sep 25, 2025

https://www.freaksugar.com/interview-jesse-lonergan-on-miss-truesdale-and-the-rise-of-man/

 

Interview: Kieron Gillen on Grounded Fable & Learning Trust in WE CALLED THEM GIANTS

Jed W. Keith

Sep 23, 2025

https://www.freaksugar.com/interview-kieron-gillen-on-grounded-fable-learning-trust-in-we-called-them-giants/

 

Interview: Zack Kaplan on Family Fret & Frenzy in KILL ALL IMMORTALS II

Jed W. Keith

Sep 23, 2025

https://www.freaksugar.com/interview-zack-kaplan-on-family-fret-frenzy-in-kill-all-immortals-ii/

 

Interview: Declan Shalvey on Human Survival in THE TERMINATOR: METAL

Jed W. Keith

Sep 25, 2025

https://www.freaksugar.com/interview-declan-shalvey-on-human-survival-in-the-terminator-metal/

 

Interview: Vincent Kings on Time-Traveling Canines in TIME DOG AND THE DARK FUTURE

Jed W. Keith

Sep 25, 2025

https://www.freaksugar.com/interview-vincent-kings-on-time-traveling-canines-in-time-dog-and-the-dark-future/

 

Whoosh! visual depictions of direction, speed, and temporality: a corpus analysis of motion events in global comics

    Irmak Hacımusaoğlu, Bruno Cardoso, and Neil Cohn.

September 19, 2025 Multimodal Communication

https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/mc-2025-0006/html

https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/mc-2025-0006/pdf

Genndy Tartakovsky posts animation test to "change studio's mind" about his medieval mech suit movie
Apparently hoping to overwhelm Sony with a "groundswell" of excitement, Tartakovsky released the Black Knight footage to his Instagram.
By William Hughes  |  September 26, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/genndy-tartakovsky-black-knight-animation-test

'Haunted Hotel' is so funny it's spooky
Glen Weldon, Walter Chaw, Jeff Yang
NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour September 22, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5544365/haunted-hotel-is-so-funny-its-spooky
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR5742700837.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5544365

James Gunn Explains Lex Luthor's 'Peacemaker' Cameo, That Big Nazi Twist and Why David Corenswet 'Was Really Upset' That Superman Won't Be on the Show
Adam B. Vary
Variety Sep 26, 2025
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/peacemaker-lex-luthor-cameo-nazi-twist-no-superman-1236530679/

LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight - Official Behind the Scenes - Building the Legacy
James Gunn, Jim Lee, and Jonathan Smith
Warner Bros. Games   Sep 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB9SqHGitFs

The Phantom Reimagined: Phantom 2040 with Alex Segura
 Comics Kingdom
 Sep 26, 2025 Inside The Kingdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1lCV_eTGtk

LIVE: LICAF 2025 | Opening Night
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival September 26 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvExRtt1xzY

SAW Friday Night Comics with Amy Noseworthy
Sequential Artists Workshop September 26 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIFmfOOIAC4

'Shrekking'? Intelligence Gaps? When Did We Get So Cruel to Our Lovers?
Social media users have coined new, even meaner terms for "dating down."
Gina Cherelus
A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 25, 2025, Section D, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: 'Shrekking' Is Not Meant as a Compliment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/style/dating-relationships-intelligence-gap-shrekking.html

Oct 25: Jerrod Allison at Beyond Comics

Beyond Comics

12-4 pm

 https://www.facebook.com/events/813455924594806

Did you love Moon Wolf? Then it's time to take aim... for creator Jerrod Allison's new book - Last Shot: Part 1. Come meet Allison and pick up your copy of the new book. There may be some surprises as well!

Last Shot: Part 1 throws readers into a bold new world - Proxima B, humanity's second chance after Earth was destroyed by war. As survivors struggle to build a peaceful society alongside Metahumans, Atlanteans, and alien beings, tensions rise. The newly elected president fights to heal old wounds and unite this fragile world, but where there's hope, there's also those who seek chaos.

Familiar faces return, including everyone's favorite wolf with new tricks and the cosmic twins, Nova & Cosmo. Joining them are powerful new players: a fierce lioness with political ties, the enigmatic King of the Golden Sand, a deadly group of ladies known as The Damsels, and a mysterious assassin called Sniper - whose eerie power ensures that once they mark a target, nothing will stop the fatal shot.

Peace is fragile. War is inevitable. Who will Sniper mark first?

NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour reviews ‘Haunted Hotel’

'Haunted Hotel' is so funny it's spooky

Glen Weldon, Walter Chaw, Jeff Yang

NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour September 22, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5544365/haunted-hotel-is-so-funny-its-spooky

https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR5742700837.mp3 

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5544365

Beyond Comics Local Comic Shop Day - Saturday, September 27th

Limited Edition Comics and Graphic Novel Discounts!

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