Thursday, September 25, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/25/2025

SALES DECLINE AT IDW DUE TO DIAMOND, DISAPPOINTING TITLES But Profits Grow

  Milton Griepp on September 25, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60627/sales-decline-idw-due-diamond-disappointing-titles

 

IMAGE TO EXTEND EXCLUSIVITY WINDOW FOR DIRECT MARKET

Comics Retailers to Get Collected Editions and OGNs 27 Days Ahead of Digital and Book Channels

Brigid Alverson on September 24, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60623/image-extend-exclusivity-window-direct-market

 

Report: Manga market to grow to $63 billion by 2033

Heidi MacDonald on 09/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/report-manga-market-to-grow-to-63-billion-by-2033/

 

Crunchyroll enters the digital comics space with CRUNCHYROLL MANGA

Ollie Kaplan on 09/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/crunchyroll-enters-the-digital-comics-space-with-crunchyroll-manga/

 

Milestone As Part Of DC Universe New History But No Sign Of Wildstorm

  24 Sep 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/milestone-as-part-of-dc-universe-new-history-but-no-sign-of-wildstorm/

 

Florida Law Firm Drags Disney To Court Over 'Steamboat Willie' Use

Jamie Lang | 09/19/2025 

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/law/disney-steamboat-willie-public-domain-lawsuit-254686.html

 

Pictures of Reuben [National Cartoonists Society]

D. D. Degg 

September 24, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/24/pictures-of-reuben/

 

Pokémon Company Pushes Back Against ICE Raid Video's Use of Iconic Anime Theme Song

A viral U.S. Department of Homeland Security post featuring ICE raids set to the original Pokémon theme sparked swift backlash — and a rare public rebuke from the Japanese entertainment giant.

Patrick Brzeski

September 25, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/pokemon-company-ice-raid-video-anime-theme-song-pushback-1236385454/

 

French Filmmaker Orgs Pen Open Letter Protesting OpenAI Animation

Animation Magazine

September 24, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/french-filmmaker-orgs-pen-open-letter-protesting-openai-animation/

 

Joe Casey Writes  , Sep 25, 2025

I'VE BEEN AROUND 004 My Image Comics life (so far)

https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/ive-been-around-004

 

Graphic Novel Review: Godzilla: Skate or Die!

reviewed by Cord A. Scott, UMGC-Okinawa

International Journal of Comic Art blog September 24, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/09/graphic-novel-review-godzilla-skate-or.html

 

Exhibition Review: The 15th National Comic Art Exhibition of China

reviewed by Xu Ying, assistant editor, International Journal of Comic Art

International Journal of Comic Art blog September 25, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/09/exhibition-review-15th-national-comic.html

 

Graphic Novel Review: Erased: An Actor of Color's Journey Through the Heyday of Hollywood

reviewed by Matthew Teutsch, Associate Professor, Piedmont University

International Journal of Comic Art blog September 25, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/09/graphic-novel-review-erased-actor-of.html

 

Pizzino, Christopher. 2025. A change of luck: the comics scholarship of Hillary Chute, Visual Studies (August 15): https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2025.2529083

Cronin, Brian. 2025. Brian Cronin Spotlights How Steve Englehart Used His Final Fantastic Four Storyline to Complain About His Departure. CBR newsletter (September 25)

Cronin, Brian. 2025. Brian Cronin Shows How an Early Fantastic Four Plot Was Resolved Decades Later in the Pages of...Dazzler?! CBR newsletter (September 25)

Crunchyroll Manga to Launch in October
Sep 25, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5576

Disney Sued After Enforcing Rights to Mickey Mouse in the Public Domain
The lawsuit seeks clarity around whether companies can exploit the earliest depiction of Mickey Mouse from a 1928 animated short.
Winston Cho
September 24, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-sued-enforcing-rights-mickey-mouse-public-domain-1236378997/

The Anime Business - Kurt Hassler - Building the Manga Business [Yen Press]
AnimEigo  Sep 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSm0wESp53o

The Anime Business - Stu Levy - The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of TOKYOPOP
AnimEigo Aug 26, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQNkvQiClw

The Anime Business - Ep2 - Robert Napton
AnimEigo Mar 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0v4viMmIj8

The Anime Business - Ep3 - How I Started The 2nd Biggest Anime Convention - Peter Tatara
AnimEigo Apr 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmwmUgoaZ1M

More to Come 693: AnimeNYC 2025 Interviews [ Denpa Books,  Haga and Kang Jiyoun, creators of BL webtoon 'King's Maker']
Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons
on 08/25/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?podcast=1388

TMNT x Naruto: PW Talks with Caleb Goellner and Hendry Prasetya
By Andrew Farago              
Sep 24, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/98640-tmnt-x-naruto-pw-talks-with-caleb-goellner-and-hendry-prasetya.html

Transforming Comics: PW Talks with Robert Kirkman
by Susana Polo |
Sep 19, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 09/22/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Robert Kirkman
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/98625-transforming-comics-pw-talks-with-robert-kirkman.html

New York Comic Con 2025 Gets the Business
New York Comic Con is rolling out the red carpet for the industry With an upgraded pro area and more
By Heidi Macdonald                
Sep 19, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 09/22/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Down to Business
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/98624-new-york-comic-con-2025-gets-the-business.html

Cartoon Crossroads Presents Annual Awards
Sep 24, 2025  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5574

Embrace your wimpy side: Why I still read Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Josh Siatkowski
Baylor Lariat September 23, 2025
https://baylorlariat.com/2025/09/23/embrace-your-wimpy-side-why-i-still-read-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Mark Russell on the Upcoming Release of the Horror-Comedy One-Shot, 'Thanksgiving,' with AHOY Comics
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    September 19, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57466-fanbase-press-interviews-mark-russell-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-horror-comedy-one-shot-thanksgiving-with-ahoy-comics/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Frank Cho on Launching an Exhibition of His Work at the Philippe Labaune Gallery in New York City
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    September 23, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57495-fanbase-press-interviews-frank-cho-on-launching-an-exhibition-of-his-work-at-the-philippe-labaune-gallery-in-new-york-city/

Live Long and Repair: Caring for the Library of Congress' Comic Book Collection
Lily Tyndall,
 Library of Congress Blog Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection
July 21, 2022
https://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2022/07/live-long-and-repair/

Book Review: Horror and Comics
Elizabeth Brown and Cody Parish
International Journal of Comic Art blog September 25, 2025
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/09/book-review-horror-and-comics.html

Barbara Chamberlin, Kom Kunyosying, and Julia Round, eds. 2025. Horror and Comics. Cardiff:  University of Wales Press, 2025.

What Makes Hellstones Different From Any Other Fantasy Comic? [W. Frank Walk]
Barney Smith
Storycomic Presents Sep 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MVxZyq4bwI

JAMES ROBINSON for WELCOME TO THE MAYNARD
Comix Experience Sep 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yADc_ysP6Wk

Mark Russell Talks Traveling to Mars: "It's the Best Thing I've Ever Written"
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano  Sep 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swmdP2rE7M

Bryan Lee O'Malley Returns
Jamar Nicholas, Steve Conley and Mike Manley
Pencil to Pencil Sep 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH_HBal4SxE

Comic Culture with Paul Pope
terence dollard
  Comic Culture Sep 24, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWXUbkgvktk

Jeff Parker on Making Comics After Work
Steve Lieber, Colleen Coover, and Jeff Parker
Helioscope PDX Sep 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJmOR8rEwB8

#244: Utkarsh Ambudkar - The Guy in the Chair Writer
Justin Soderberg  Sep 24, 2025 Capes and Tights Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fio5HeFQUrE

Shopping for Culture and Community: Wes Eastin on the Magic of Movies & Comic Shops
Atom! Freeman
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Sep 25, 2025 Comic Industry Insiders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0PAUr_Bhc

Laurence Grove, Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Invention of Comics? Sept 23, 2025
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium
428, Sep 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmfOSqy9DgM

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