Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/15/2025

MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. Diamond files to convert their bankruptcy to Chapter 7. Comics Beat (December 15): https://www.comicsbeat.com/diamond-files-to-convert-their-bankruptcy-to-chapter-7/

Beat Staff. 2025. The Beat's Best Kids Comics of 2025. Comics Beat (December 15): https://www.comicsbeat.com/best-kids-comics-of-2025/

Miles, Donna. 2006. Cartoonist Helps Troops, Fisher House [Garry Trudeau]. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (January 31): https://www.dvidshub.net/news/539897/cartoonist-helps-troops-fisher-house

Unknown. 2025. Barns exhibition focuses on Peanuts comic strip character. Northern Virginia Daily (July 8): https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/barns-exhibition-focuses-on-peanuts-comic-strip-character/article_c9d2ff29-5972-5582-bcdf-d0fb1de5b44a.html

Thorne, Scott. 2025. Rolling for Initiative -- Two Free Comic Book Day Events. ICv2 (December 15): https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/61219/rolling-initiative-two-free-comic-book-day-events

Griepp, Milton. 2025. Bank Pulls the Plug on Diamond; Converting to Chapter 7 Liquidation. ICv2 (December 14): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61214/bank-pulls-plug-diamond

Johnston, Rich. 2025. Diamond Comics Moves To Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, As Banks Pull Funding. Bleeding Cool (December 13): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-comics-moves-to-chapter-7-bankruptcy-as-banks-pull-funding/

Johnston, Rich. 2025. Comics! The Magazine Launches With Absolute Batman And A Price Guide; Comics! The Magazine is the latest attempt to do a new Wizard Magazine, and launched with Absolute Batman on the cover. Bleeding Cool (December 12): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comics-the-magazine-launches-with-absolute-batman-and-a-price-guide/

Lamberti, Rod. 2025. Comic Store In Your Future 2025: What I Liked & What I Really Did Not. Bleeding Cool (December 14): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-2025-what-i-liked-what-i-really-did-not/

Thompson, Kelly. 2025. BTO Episode 268: Interview with Kelly Thompson. Batgirl to Oracle: The Barbara Gordon Podcast (December 6): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vy3YV2wRIs

Bergman, Jason. 2025. Now it's all about legacy; reconnecting with Jeff Nicholson after his two decades away from comics. TCJ (December 15): https://www.tcj.com/now-its-all-about-legacy-reconnecting-with-jeff-nicholson-after-his-two-decades-away-from-comics/

Harper, David. 2025. Steve Anderson, Heidi MacDonald, and Matthew Rosenberg talk the defining themes of 2025 in comics. SKTCHD (December 15): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuLjygTkyDs

Siuntres, John. 2025. Retro Fan EIC Ed Catto. Word Balloon (December 15): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbGjza0ktNA

Combs, Alex L., and Andrew Eakett. 2025. Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. Somerville, MA: Candlewick

Zahed, Ramin. 2025. Exclusive: Pendleton Ward Chats About His New Adult Swim Special 'The Elephant' and the Joys of Making Experimental Art. Animation Magazine (December 13): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/exclusive-pendleton-ward-chats-about-his-new-adult-swim-special-the-elephant-and-the-joys-of-making-experimental-art/

Lussier, Germain. 2025. Disney Is Prepping a New Gaston 'Beauty and the Beast' Spinoff; Luke Evans portrayed the live-action version of the animated role back in the 2017 film, but this will be a new take on the character. io9 (December 15): https://gizmodo.com/disney-gaston-beauty-and-the-beast-spinoff-2000699896

Kroll, Justin. 2025. Disney Developing Live-Action 'Gaston' Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan. Deadline (December 15): https://deadline.com/2025/12/disney-live-action-gaston-movie-1236648757/

McClintock, Pamela. 2025. Global Box Office: 'Zootopia 2' Gobbles Up $1B Faster Than Any PG-Rated Film in History. Hollywood Reporter (December 14): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/zootopia-2-box-office-zooms-past-1-billion-1236448881/

Milligan, Mercedes. 2025. 'Zootopia 2' Hits New Heights with $1 Billion in Just 17 Days. Animation Magazine (December 12): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/zootopia-2-hits-new-heights-with-1-billion-in-just-17-days/

Brzeski, Patrick. 2025. China Box Office: 'Zootopia 2' Roars Past $500 Million. Hollywood Reporter (December 15): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/china-box-office-zootopia-2-500-million-1236450613/

Zahed, Ramin. 2025. Exclusive: Radio Flyer Studios' 'Max & Maple' Creative Team Discuss the Imaginative Series as First Episode Premieres. Animation Magazine (December 12): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/radio-flyer-studios-max-maple-creative-team-discuss-the-imaginative-series-as-first-episode-premieres/

Phillips, Sean, Dan Abnett, Ian Edgton, John Smith, Dave Stone, and John Wagner. 2025. The 2000AD Art Of Sean Phillips. Oxford, UK: Rebellion

Williams, Luke. 2025. In Review: The 2000AD Art of Sean Phillips. downthetubes (December 14): https://downthetubes.net/in-review-the-2000ad-art-of-sean-phillips/

Kit, Borys. 2025. Netflix Teams with Roy Lee, Zach Cregger to Tackle Brian Michael Bendis-Marc Andreyko Graphic Novel 'Torso' (Exclusive). Hollywood Reporter (December 12): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/torso-movie-zach-cregger-netflix-1236449285/

DC Comics. 2025. We're Back - DC Vertigo. DC Comics (December 8): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXywKjtNWtg

Casey, Joe. 2025. Marvel Comics' Batman… almost (Pt. 1) [The Shroud]. The Joe Casey Substack (December 15): https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/marvel-comics-batman-almost-pt-1
Fuggle, Sophie, and James Walker, eds. 2025. Comics Ethnographies. European Comic Art 18 (2, September): https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/eca/eca-overview.xml?tab_body=latestIssueToc-4643

Fuggle, Sophie, and James Walker. 2025. Introduction: Comics Ethnographies. European Comic Art 18 (2, September): https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/eca/18/2/eca180201.xml

Fuggle, Sophie. 2025. Drawing from the River; Comics Collectives on the Maroni, French Guiana. European Comic Art 18 (2, September): https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/eca/18/2/eca180202.xml

Mangiavillano, Alessia, and Giorgio Busi Rizzi. 2025. COme VIte Distanti; Comics as Ethnography Depicting Vulnerable Communities during COVID-19. European Comic Art 18 (2, September): https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/eca/18/2/eca180203.xml

Patenkovic, Gala. 2025. Let in the Good Refugee; Fabien Toulmé's Affective Intervention in the Refugee Crisis in L'Odyssée d'Hakim. European Comic Art 18 (2, September): https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/eca/18/2/eca180204.xml

Walker, James, and Loretta Trickett. 2025. Whatever People Say I Am; Co-creating Comics that Challenge Stereotypes. European Comic Art 18 (2, September): https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/eca/18/2/eca180205.xml

Radanović, Dragana, Nancy Vansieleghem, and Roel Vande Winkel. 2025. Beyond Lost Childhood; Questioning Traditional Perspectives on Childhood Through Visual Storytelling. European Comic Art 18 (2, September): https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/eca/18/2/eca180206.xml

Dixit, Kritika, Giada Peterle, and Nevine El Nossery. 2025. Book Reviews [Shakespeare and Comics; Visible Cities, Global Comics; On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power]. European Comic Art 18 (2, September): https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/eca/18/2/eca180207.xml

Casey, Jim, and Brandon Christopher, eds. 2024. Shakespeare and Comics: Negotiating Cultural Value. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Fraser, Benjamin. 2019. Visible Cities, Global Comics: Urban Images and Spatial Form. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi

Bumatay, Michelle. 2025. On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power. Columbus: Ohio State University Press