What's with those asterix? In an attempt to get the 2025 annual updated, Tony and I have started formatting for it as we post the stories, and the asterix marks it as having already been entered into the annual. 650 updates have been added so far.
*Kelly, John. 2025. Mort Todd is Dead Dead: RIP Michael DelleFemine. TCJ (October 15): https://www.tcj.com/mort-todd-is-dead-dead-rip-michael-dellefemine/
*Brooke, David. 2025. In 'Captain America,' Chip Zdarsky cuts to the heart of a nation at war; The reckoning between past and present rolls on in 'Captain America' #4. AIPT (October 14): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/10/14/chip-zdarsky-captain-america-interview/
Superfan Podcast Ep. 03
Kelly Sue DeConnick on Alan Alda!
Superfan Podcast, Editor Girl!, Christian Gossett, and Kelly Sue DeConnick
Oct 03, 2025
https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/superfan-podcast-ep-03
Mark Evanier On 'Essential Peanuts': "Most Of Us Have A Lucy Or Linus Or A Peppermint Patty In Our Lives"
Alex Zalben
Comic Book Club Live October 17 2025
https://comicbookclublive.com/2025/10/07/mark-evanier-on-essential-peanuts-interview-abrams/
Festival d'Angoulême : Anouk Ricard, grand prix 2025, boycotte la prochaine édition
Marie Klock
14/10/2025
https://www.liberation.fr/culture/bd/festival-dangouleme-anouk-ricard-grand-prix-2025-boycotte-la-prochaine-edition-20251014_JER74MQU7RD43ONRZCTCVMOMSQ/
*Cierra, Ashlyn. 2025. Comic books are an unutilized tool of accessibility [literacy]. The Hawkeye (April 8): https://ulmhawkeyeonline.com/35974/freestyle/comic-books-are-an-unutilized-tool-of-accessibility/
Litchman, Rachel. 2025. Family histories and contemporary violence collide in Solomon Brager's "Heavyweight". Tone Madison (April 7): https://tonemadison.com/articles/family-histories-and-contemporary-violence-collide-in-solomon-bragers-heavyweight/
Steinberg, Jessica. 2025. New graphic novel focuses on fictional kids who lost fathers on October 7. 'Echoes of October' has 4 child narrators, from Tel Aviv, Gaza City, Toronto and Daliyat al-Karmel; each tells tragic story from onslaught; most creators choose to stay anonymous. Times of Israel (April 7): https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-graphic-novel-focuses-on-fictional-kids-who-lost-fathers-on-october-7/
Kusek, Sam. 2025. On finding and committing to your life's work [Paul Buhle]. Creative Independent (April 7): https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/historian-and-comic-author-and-editor-paul-buhle-on-finding-and-committing-to-your-lifes-work/
Flynne, E. R. 2025. It's Lawn Mowing Season. A story of the struggles with machines and the perceptions of beauty [comics journalism]. Medium (April 7): https://muddyum.net/its-lawn-mowing-season-4b31a09ad104
*Sadiq, Sheraz. 2025. Portland author and illustrator Aron Nels Steinke shares personal story behind new graphic novel, 'Speechless'. OPB (April 7): https://www.opb.org/article/2025/04/07/aron-nels-steinke-speechless-tol/
*Humble, Amed and Roger Franco (photo). 2025. How a Marvel Comics artist from Houston sketched out his destiny [Chris Foreman]. Click 2 Houston (April 6]): https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/04/06/how-a-marvel-comics-artist-from-houston-sketched-out-his-destiny/
*Silow-Carroll, Andrew. 2025. Dara Horn's gonzo, time-traveling children's Passover book wants people to love living Jews, The author of bestseller 'People Love Dead Jews' takes readers to the seder tables of historically iconic Jews such as Sigmund Freud in 'One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe'. Times of Israel (April 6): https://www.timesofisrael.com/dara-horns-gonzo-time-traveling-childrens-passover-book-wants-people-to-love-living-jews/
*Kusek, Sam. 2024. On leaning into inspiration [James Tynion IV interview]. Creative Independent (June 10): https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/comic-book-artist-james-tynion-iv-on-leaning-into-inspiration/
*Unknown. 2025. iSchool Grad Ushers In The Graphic Storytelling Renaissance From The University of San Francisco. Outreach Librarian Chanda Briggs G'21 loves the variety of projects and the amount of learning she experiences every day on the job. Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (April; 7): https://ischool.syracuse.edu/ischool-grad-ushers-in-the-graphic-storytelling-renaissance-from-the-university-of-san-francisco/
*Kusek, Sam. 2024. On finding the ideas that stick with you [Chris Robinson interview]. Creative Independent (October 3): https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/comic-book-writer-and-editor-chris-robinson-on-finding-the-ideas-that-stick-with-you/
MURDER DRONES from Oni Press becomes one of Kickstarter's most successful comics ever
Russ Burlingame on 10/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/murder-drones-oni-press-one-of-kickstarters-most-successful-comics/
Unknown. 1923. Cartoonist Held in Auto Death [Clifton Meek]. Editor and Publisher 55 (52; May 26): 27. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-05-26_55_52/page/26/mode/2up
Unknown. 1923. Cartoonist Meek Held in Auto Death. Hartford Courant (May 24): 6
*Morris, John R. 1923. Maggie Now Crowns Jiggs with Row of Japanese Adjectives. Editor and Publisher 55 (51; May 19): 50. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-05-19_55_51/page/50/mode/2up
Netflix Creator Mark Millar Talks His New Graphic Novel, CONQUERED
JDA Talks Comics! Oct 10, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFC33k16jwk
Clobby's Comic Shop Issue #63 w/ Mark Millar
32 Flavors Of Nickweiser Oct 9, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNUS2JqmV2A
Kieron Gillen's Charts and Graphs (and DIE)
BackCrackah and FryGuy
TLDR Comic Book Club Oct 13, 2025
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/tldrpod/episodes/Kieron-Gillens-Charts-and-Graphs-and-DIE-e39c1vb/a-ac714of
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/
From the Newsroom: Feedback on comics always welcome
Will Campbell, Columbian April 5, 2025,
https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/apr/05/from-the-newsroom-feedback-on-comics-always-welcome/
*MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. Winner and Loser of NYCC '25. The Beat (October 15): https://www.comicsbeat.com/winner-and-loser-of-nycc-25/
*Cronin, Brian. 2025. Brian Cronin Attended New York Comic Con And All You Get Is This Lousy Newsletter. CBR newsletter (October 15)
*Cronin, Brian. 2025. The Hidden Superpowers of New York Comic Con. CBR (October 10): https://www.cbr.com/new-york-comic-con-hidden-superpower-minicomic/
*Tran, Jenny. 2025. In Hanson Lecture, Alison Bechdel shows she is hilarious, honest: 'Sorry for telling you this, but I'm woke'. Northeaster University's Huntington News (April 5): https://huntnewsnu.com/85701/campus/in-hanson-lecture-alison-bechdel-shows-she-is-hilarious-honest-sorry-for-telling-you-this-but-im-woke/
*Ben Katchor: picture-stories - https://benkatchor.substack.com/
"ThE jOuRnEy Of GrOwTh PoDcAsT eP. #36 fEaTuRiNg Tom Toro".
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tHe JoUrNeY oF gRoWtH pOdCaSt (sic) Oct 9, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O41g6xYRU7s
*Wang, Claire. 2025. 'KPop Demon Hunters' is a top Halloween costume, and Asian kids are loving the representation. NBC News (October 12): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/kpop-demon-hunters-halloween-costume-rcna234720
*Eddy, Cheryl. 2025. Netflix Liked 'KPop Demon Hunters' in Theaters So Much, They're Doing It Twice; The streaming sensation will make a return to the big screen at the end of October. io9 (October 15): https://gizmodo.com/kpop-demon-hunters-theater-re-release-dates-2000672805
Trigun Stargaze Creative Team on Bringing Vash's Story To Justice After 30 Years
Yasuhiro Nightow and Studio Orange tease what's to come in 2026's TRIGUN STARGAZE, the anime's concluding chapter.
By Daniel Kurland October 14, 2025
Den of Geek https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/trigun-stargaze-creative-team-interview-vash-stampede/
Solar Opposites Producers On Ending The Solars, The Wall, and SilverCops Stories;
Mike McMahan and Josh Bycel break down Solar Opposites' final season and bring humor, heart, and hope to its many endgames.
By Daniel Kurland | October 13, 2025
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/solar-opposites-producers-ending-solars-wall-silvercops/
*Spratford, Sam. 2025. In a 'New World,' Comics Are Making a Comeback. Publishers Weekly (October 15): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/98824-in-a-new-world-comics-are-making-a-comeback.html
*Hernandez, Jodi. 2025. Castro Valley's Crush Comics staff helps police track down thieves [store]. NBC Bay Area (April 4): https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/castro-valleys-crush-comics-track-thieves/3836685/
*Scarano, Alessandro. 2025. Chris Ware on architecture, America, and being called the "James Joyce of comics"; The comic book artist, regarded as one of the greatest living storytellers, is celebrated by an exhibition in Barcelona. Domus visited it with him. Here is what he told us. Domus (April 4): https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/gallery/2025/04/04/chris-ware-comic-book-interview-art.html
SPX 2025: Other New York Cities
Faith Cox (mod), Dean Haspiel, Rachel Coad, Peter Kuper, Josh Neufeld,
SmallPressExpo
Oct 3, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0GFevvG-4
*Suintres, John. 2025. From Billy Dogma to Chest Face: Dean Haspiel's Antimatter Kickstarter Explained. Word Balloon (October 7): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNNZrzYiP_8
*Leo, Drew Mollo, Jar Jar Jeremy & Kari Sanders. 2025. Philip Kennedy Johnson Talks Batman, Hulk, Superman, and Family Legacy on Splash Pages. Splash Pages Comic Book Club (October 15): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_X9QdjZKUs
In Memoriam: Drew Struzan, film poster artist exemplar
John Freeman on October 15, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-drew-struzan-film-poster-artist-exemplar/
LAB PRESS EXPANDS DISTRIBUTION ROSTER
Adding to Diamond (Now II) and Simon & Schuster
Milton Griepp on October 14, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60783/lab-press-expands-distribution-roster
A1 AND DEADLINE MERGED: Retailer Tier on Kickstarter, Trade Distribution Planned
Milton Griepp on October 15, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60784/a1-deadline-merged
INSIDER TALKS: ANGELO EXARHAKOS OF UNIVERSAL DISTRIBUTION
On Entering the U.S. Market, Acquiring Free Comic Book Day, More
Brigid Alverson on October 15, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60785/insider-talks-angelo-exarhakos-universal-distribution
The Look of the 1960s: Barbarella and Pulp Pop Comics
by Jan Baetens and Hugo Frey
University of Texas Press , 2026.
https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477332528/
British Comics Now Delegation heads to Brussels
John Freeman on October 14, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/british-comics-now-delegation-heads-to-brussels/
British Comics Now Catalogue: The New Generation
Lakes International Comic Art Festival, 2025
https://comicscanchangetheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/british-comics-now-catalogue-2025-1.pdf
*Barnell, Billy. 2025. Grant Morrison talks Superman, James Gunn and Having Hope in the 21st Century (Part 1/2). Half the Picture (September 19): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lByJIegGWKA
*Barnell, Billy. 2025. Grant Morrison talks New Batman/Deadpool Comic, Alien Abduction & Wildest Fan Encounter (Part 2/2). Half the Picture (September 26): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4dSS0ngQ24
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