Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/5-6/2025

Whoops! This never got posted back in April. Thanks to Tony Rose for catching the gap.



Ohayocon files lawsuit against Sekaicon over alleged data theft and sabotage [anime cons]
Hayame Kawachi on 04/06/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/ohayocon-files-lawsuit-against-sekaicon-over-alleged-data-theft-and-sabotage/

Court Hearing To Approve Diamond Sale Is On Monday, But Not Diamond UK
04 Apr 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/court-hearing-to-approve-diamond-sale-is-on-monday-but-not-diamond-uk/

Universal Distribution & Ad Populum To Buy Diamond Comics After All?
by Rich Johnston
6 Apr 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/universal-distribution-ad-populum-to-buy-diamond-comics-after-all/

Alliance Entertainment Won't Lose Diamond Comics Without A Fight
06 Apr 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/alliance-entertainment-wont-lose-diamond-comics-without-a-fight/

Diamond UK And Lunar Questions For British Comic Book Shops
British comic book store distribution questions being asked right now, Diamond UK or Lunar? And what about tariffs?
 04 Apr 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/british-comic-store-distribution-questions-diamond-uk-or-lunar/

Owner of comics shop that relies on imports fears it won't survive Trump tariffs [Fantom Comics; Jacob Shapiro]
Nancy Cordes
CBS Evening News Apr 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzPNXcmk06I

Tariffs Hit the DC Multiverse as McFarlane Starts to Increase Prices [toys]
 04 Apr 2025
by Tyler Roberts
https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/tariffs-hit-the-dc-multiverse-as-mcfarlane-starts-to-increase-prices/

Words, Images, & Worlds with Scott Bryan Wilson
Jason DeHart
 Apr 6, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoSuDFjyvEw

'I was a British tourist trying to leave the US. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre'

Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking of going to Trump's America: don't do it
Jenny Kleeman
Sat 5 Apr 2025https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/i-was-a-british-tourist-trying-to-leave-america-then-i-was-detained-shackled-and-sent-to-an-immigration-detention-centre

British Comic Creator R.E. Burke Banned From Visiting USA For 10 Years
6 Apr 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/british-comic-creator-r-e-burke-banned-from-visiting-usa-for-10-years/

Andy Schmidt Named Boom Studios' New Editor-In-Chief
Andy Schmidt named Boom Studios' new Editor-In-Chief, Lilly Kessinger joins as Editor, with Olivia Dontsov as Managing Editor
4 Apr 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/andy-schmidt-named-boom-studios-new-editor-in-chief/

Wes Chatham Writes The Expanse, Kickstarter Raises Over Half A Million
Wes Chatham writes The Expanse and Kickstarter raises almost $400K in one day, a new record for Boom Studios.
04 Apr 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/wes-chatham-writes-the-expanse-and-kickstarter-raises-400k-in-one-day/

Professor amasses nearly 1M followers by tackling 'toxic masculinity,' comic-book culture
Neil Shyminsky uses TikTok and other social-media platforms as avenues to discuss unhealthy or dangerous social expectations through the lens of superheroes
Jenny Lamothe
Jan 11, 2025 https://www.bradfordtoday.ca/local-news/professor-amasses-nearly-1m-followers-by-tackling-toxic-masculinity-comic-book-culture-10057858

The Surprising History of Betty Boop
From her 1930 debut as a poodle-human hybrid to a modern-day symbol of empowerment, Betty Boop has had an unusual journey to the Broadway stage. Boop-oop-a-doop!
 Michael Paulson
    April 5, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/theater/betty-boop-history-broadway.html

When Val Kilmer Was Batman and the '90s Were Their Most '90s
The actor took only one turn in the famous batsuit. That film, "Batman Forever," couldn't be a more representative artifact of its era.
By Marc Tracy
A version of this article appears in print on April 5, 2025, Section C, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: A Batman Emblematic Of an Era
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/movies/val-kilmer-batman-forever.html

Sony picks up LOVE EVERLASTING: Another one in the can for Tom King!
Javier Perez
04/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sony-picks-up-love-everlasting-another-one-in-the-can-for-tom-king/

Sony picks up LOVE EVERLASTING: Another one in the can for Tom King!
Javier Perez
04/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sony-picks-up-love-everlasting-another-one-in-the-can-for-tom-king/

An illegitimate joke [Edith Pritchett letter]
Barbara Wilson, Bethesda
April 5, 2025: A13
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/04/kermit-puppeteer-navratilova-23andme-deportation/

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred thirty-three | Mailbag #1
Apr 06, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/he-asked-you-a-question

Well, Best Wishes [Good Omens]
Colleen Doran from Colleen Doran's Funny Business
Apr 6, 2025
https://colleendoran.substack.com/p/well-best-wishes

Inking DARKSEID commission
 Declan Shalvey  Apr 3, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhrDbSTTI00

 Drawing MOON KNIGHT headsketch
 Declan Shalvey  Apr 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmp2BhwmcoM

Forbidden Planet Camden launches TODAY - Saturday April 5th 2025!
Forbidden Planet TV
 Apr 5, 2025 Conversations with Andrew Sumner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9EtvWCrS6E

With ChatGPT's Studio Ghibli filter, creativity is being spirited away
An unsettling AI fad reworks photos in the studio's animation style. No creativity required.
By Oliver Bateman
April 2, 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/02/chatgpt-studio-ghibli-miyazaki/

Local View: Newspaper comics deserve more than a quick laugh
Strips, especially local ones, record our moments in time. [Carl Gawboy and Chris Monroe]
Opinion by Rain Newcomb
April 03, 2025
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/columns/local-view-newspaper-comics-deserve-more-than-a-quick-laugh

The Hy Eisman Files
D. D. Degg
April 4, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/04/the-hy-eisman-files/

Jay North, 'Dennis the Menace' Star, Dies at 73
Mike Barnes
April 6, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jay-north-dead-dennis-the-menace-1236182969/

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