Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/20/2025

YO! Don't Miss This FREE Young People's Book Festival  [Brian Biggs]
Abby Urban and Rachel Malak
Positively Philly
Oct 20, 2025
https://phl17.com/video/yo-dont-miss-this-free-young-people%e2%80%99s-book-festival-positively-philly/11184329/

Year 24 Group mangaka Keiko Takemiya receives the Persons of Cultural Merit award
Merve Giray on 10/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/year-24-group-mangaka-keiko-takemiya-receives-the-persons-of-cultural-merit-award/

Unknown. 2025. Leicester youth illustrate what Black Culture means to them in comic strip competition [exhibition; Great Britain]. InYourArea (April 16): https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/leicester-youth-illustrate-what-black-culture-means-to-them-in-comic-strip-competition

NYCC '25: Exploring new worlds with the cast and crew of FIONNA AND CAKE Season 2
Taimur Dar on 10/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-interview-fionna-and-cake-season-2/

  *Simons, Dean. 2025. Angoulême Festival's crisis resumes. The Beat (October 20): https://www.comicsbeat.com/angouleme-festivals-crisis-resumes/

Todd McFarlane's Batman # 423 cover art sells for $781,250
Javier Perez on 10/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/todd-mcfarlanes-batman-423-cover-art-sells-for-781250/

Interview: The creative team of TMNT: SATURDAY MORNING ADVENTURES tease historic moment for the franchise
Taimur Dar on 10/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-24-interview-tmnt-saturday-morning-adventures-creative-team/

Berry, Hannah and Karrie Fransman 2025. Reading Crisis? Well, not among comic readers [literacy and reading; Great Britain; CCIC]. https://readingagency.org.uk/reading-crisis-well-not-among-comic-readers/
  *MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. 2025 Ringo Award Winners. The Beat (October 20): https://www.comicsbeat.com/2025-ringo-award-winners/

  *Tischler. Randy et. al. 2025. Ringo Awards 2025.Baltimore Comics (October 18): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTS-dbRrWR0

NYCC 2025 Photos, Part 1
Huge Crowds Take in Improved Floor
  Milton Griepp on October 20, 2025  
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60818/nycc-2025-photos-part-1

Johnston, Rich. 2025. Comic Book Creators And Comic Stores React To… No Kings [protests]. Bleeding Cool (October 19): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-book-creators-and-comic-stores-react-to-no-kings/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On Batman Vs Deadpool, Amalgam And What's Next. Bleeding Cool (October 20): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-batman-vs-deadpool-amalgam/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On Why Batman Doesn't Kill, Even When He Does. Bleeding Cool (October 20):  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-on-why-batman-doesnt-kill-even-when-he-does/

Unseen Struggles of Underrepresented Animation [Mediterranean Europe]
By Maria Pavlou
October 17, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/unseen-struggles-of-underrepresented-animation/

'Playing God' Director Matteo Burani Discusses His Award-Winning Stop-Motion Creation [Italy]
Ramin Zahed
October 17, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/playing-god-director-matteo-burani-discusses-his-award-winning-stop-motion-creation/
This article was written for the
November '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 353).

"Tycoons of Comedy": Building the Myth of the Modern Cartoonist
  October 1, 2025 by Steve Smith
https://panelsandprose.com/2025/10/01/tycoons-of-comedy-building-the-myth-of-the-modern-cartoonist/#more-4991

Stan Kelley (and Ward Sutton) swing by Springfield on The Simpsons
    Kevin Necessary
    AAEC News October 17, 2025
    https://editorialcartoonists.com/stan-kelley-and-ward-sutton-swing-by-springfield-on-the-simpsons/

Vika Lomasko, at home in exile: the last Soviet artist speaks to a post-American world
Zach Rabiroff | October 20, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/vika-lomasko-at-home-in-exile-the-last-soviet-artist-speaks-to-a-post-american-world/

The Addams Family Show Got The Comic Banned From The Magazine That Made It Famous
By Witney Seibold Oct. 19, 2025
https://www.slashfilm.com/1994466/addams-family-show-cartoon-banned-new-yorker/

  *Evanier, Mark. 2025. MAD Masthead. News from ME (October 16): https://www.newsfromme.com/2025/10/16/mad-masthead/

  *Burlingame, Russ. 2025. John Cassaday art collection, original art being auctioned to benefit his family. The Beat (October 20): https://www.comicsbeat.com/john-cassaday-art-collection-original-art-being-auctioned-to-benefit-his-family/

Mathews, Alyssa. 2025. Los Alamitos High School pauses 'The Best We Could Do' for all sophomores [censorship]. Los Angeles Times High School Insider (April 16): https://highschool.latimes.com/education/los-alamitos-high-school-pauses-the-best-we-could-do-for-all-sophomores/

Bay Area native brings Black Widow back to S.F. in comic books as fans await new Marvel film [Kelly Thompson]
Yoshi Kato
April 27, 2021
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/bay-area-native-brings-black-widow-back-to-s-f-in-comic-books-as-fans-await-new-marvel-film

Mojoverse Premium: Storm Arc 2 and the Thunder War Talk Back with Murewa Ayodele
Escape the Mojoverse: An X-Men Comics Podcast  Season 1, Ep. 70.5
Friday, October 3, 2025
https://shows.acast.com/escape-the-mojoverse/episodes/mojoverse-premium-storm-arc-2-and-the-thunder-war-talk-back

Absolute Wonder Woman: Year 1 Talk Back with Kelly Thompson
Escape the Mojoverse: An X-Men Comics Podcast Season 1, Ep. 72
Friday, October 10, 2025
https://shows.acast.com/66a015848eb1dacc5fcb0b92/episodes/68e84a9f53a5e2858f128b14