Thursday, April 30, 2026

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/29/2026

Barnhardt, Adam. 2026. Len Strazewski, Famed Comics Writer and Creator of Prime and Jesse Quick, Dead at 71. The Beat (April 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/len-strazewski-comic-writer-dead-71/

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. Roger Sweet, Creator of He-Man, Dead at 91. The Beat (April 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/roger-sweet-obituary/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. 48 Most Anticipated Free Comic Book Day/Comics Giveaway Day 2026 Books. Bleeding Cool (April 7): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/48-most-anticipated-free-comic-book-day-comics-giveaway-day-2026-books/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. One Weird Trick That Marvel and DC Could Do to Get More New Readers. The Beat (April 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/one-weird-trick-that-marvel-and-dc-could-do-to-get-more-new-readers/

Freeman, John. 2026. In Memoriam: Comic Creator Dick Matena. downthetubes (April 28): https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-comic-creator-dick-matena/

Unknown. 2026. Dick Matena (83) Overleden. Stripspeciaalzaak (April 26): https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/stripnieuws/dick-matena-83-overleden

Beiman, Nancy. 2026. A Surprising Award in a Different Cartoon Field [26th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition]. FurBabies (April 29): https://nancybeiman.substack.com/p/a-surprising-award-in-a-different

Alverson, Brigid. 2026. Comic Store Week: Surviving the First Year: Andrew Falkenhainer of Cromulent Comics; Building community, online and in the store. ICv2 (April 28): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/62255/comic-store-week-surviving-first-year-andrew-falkenhainer-cromulent-comics

Alverson, Brigid. 2026. Comic Store Week: Vibe Check: Speeding Bullet Comics; Customers come for 'Absolute Batman' and stay for more. ICv2 (April 28): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/62253/comic-store-week-vibe-check-speeding-bullet-comics

Alverson, Brigid. 2026. Local Comic Shop Day to Be September 26, 2026; ComicsPRO puts out call for publishers, others, to participate. ICv2 (April 29): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/62259/local-comic-shop-day-be-september-26-2026

Griepp, Milton. 2026. Diamond Bankruptcy Court Approves Lawyers, Funding For Litigation Despite objections from consignors, Alliance Entertainment. ICv2 (April 28): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/62256/diamond-bankruptcy-court-approves-lawyers-funding-litigation

Freeman, John. 2026. Commando Artist Paolo Ongaro in the Spotlight in New Art Exhibition [Italy]. downthetubes (April 29): https://downthetubes.net/commando-artist-paolo-ongaro-in-the-spotlight-in-new-art-exhibition/

Degg, D. D. 2026. Koterba Wins National Headliner Award, Zyglis & McKee Finalists. Daily Cartoonist (April 28): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/04/28/koterba-wins-national-headliner-award-zyglis-mckee-are-finalists/

Gardner, Alan. 2026. Chris Ware to Headline Reopening Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Daily Cartoonist (April 28): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/04/28/chris-ware-to-headline-reopening-billy-ireland-cartoon-library-museum/

McGurk, Caitlin. 2026. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Reopens May 23!. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Blog (April 28): https://library.osu.edu/site/cartoons/2026/04/28/billy-ireland-cartoon-library-museum-reopens-may-23/

Wynn, Marcy. 2026. One Columbus, Ohio Attraction Brings Peanuts, Superheroes, and Cartoon History Under One Roof [Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum]. Ever After in the Woods (April 13): https://everafterinthewoods.com/one-columbus-ohio-attraction-brings-peanuts-superheroes-and-cartoon-history-under-one-roof/

Holub, Christian. 2026. Roberta Gregory’s ‘Bitchy’ Gets New Release Date [in print as Roberta Gregory’s ‘Bitchy’ Collection Has a New Release Date After Evading Iranian Blockade]. Publishers Weekly (April 22): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/100226-roberta-gregory-s-bitchy-collection-has-a-new-release-date-after-evading-iranian-blockade.html

Chayka, Kyle. 2026. The Team Behind a Pro-Iran, Lego-Themed Viral-Video Campaign. New Yorker (April 2): https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-team-behind-a-pro-iran-lego-themed-viral-video-campaign

Puc, Samantha. 2026. Girls’ Love Publisher Yuri Hub Joins GlobalComix. The Beat (April 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/girls-love-publisher-yuri-hub-joins-globalcomix/

Holub, Christian. 2026. Matt Kindt Debuts Anti-AI Comics Label [in print as Matt Kindt Explains His New Anti-AI Comics Sticker]. Publishers Weekly (April 22): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/100222-matt-kindt-explains-his-new-anti-ai-comics-sticker.html

Richmond, Tom. 2026. Here Comes the Sketch Again, Fake MAD Covers, Literary Art, and MADness #14! [fake MAD cover for 2024 Jerry Seinfeld Netflix movie “Unfrosted”]. The Ink Stained Wretch (234; April 29): https://art4mad.substack.com/p/the-ink-stained-wretch-234-42926

Garrity, Shaenon K. 2026. A Suitcase of Manga: PW Talks With Varun Gupta [in print as Varun Gupta Manga Mavericks]. Publishers Weekly (April 24): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/100252-a-suitcase-of-manga-pw-talks-with-varun-gupta.html

Garrity, Shaenon K. 2026. Horror Manga Is Scaring up Fans [in print as Scaring up Fans]. Publishers Weekly (April 24): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/100257-horror-manga-is-scaring-up-fans.html

Mathews, Jessica. 2026. Local Comic Artist up for Divisional Cartooning Award [Katie Cook]. WHMI (April 29): https://www.whmi.com/news/article/katie-cook-brighton-cartoonist-awards-comic

Cadigan, Glen. 2026. Newsarama No More; Gerry Conway, 1952-2026. 20th Century Refugee (April 29): https://glencadigan.substack.com/p/newsarama-no-more-gerry-conway-1952/

Gustaveson, Robert. 2026. TCJ #69: The Gerry Conway Interview [1981]. TCJ (69; April 29): https://www.tcj.com/the-comics-journal-69-the-gerry-conway-interview/

Aquino, Jimmy. 2026. Episode 1707 - KICx: Dean Haspiel! Comics News Insider (1707; April 24): https://www.comicnewsinsider.com/episodes/cni-1707 and https://media.libsyn.com/media/cni/CNI1707.mp3

Schwartz, Susan. 2026. Arizona O’Neill’s Debut Graphic Novel Draws on Father’s Overdose — and a Decision That Haunts Her. Montreal Gazette (April 25): https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment-life/books/arizona-oneills-debut-graphic-novel-draws-on-fathers-overdose-and-a-decision-that-haunts-her/

Zahed, Ramin. 2026. Exclusive: Sean Ono Lennon and Rich Ragsdale Unveil Their Animated Tech Cautionary Tale ‘The Great Parrot-Ox’. Animation Magazine (April 28): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/04/exclusive-sean-ono-lennon-and-rich-ragsdale-unveil-their-animated-tech-cautionary-tale-the-great-parrot-ox/

Vlessing, Etan. 2026. Neon Nabs Bong Joon Ho’s Animated Family Film ‘Ally’; The studio and distributor released the South Korean director’s Oscar-winning drama ‘Parasite.’ Hollywood Reporter (April 28): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/neon-bong-joon-ho-ally-1236579068/

Gagliano, Gina. 2026. An Interview With Iasmin Omar Ata: ‘I Just Always Gravitated Towards Multiple Mediums’. TCJ (April 29): https://www.tcj.com/an-interview-with-iasmin-omar-ata-i-just-always-gravitated-towards-multiple-mediums/

McGuire, Liam. 2026. Jadzia Axelrod Talks Galaxy: As the World Falls Down. Comic Frontier (April 29): https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/jadzia-axelrod-galaxy-as-the-world-falls-down-dc, and https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ac41aSmf3/

Levitz, Paul. 2026. ["Gerry Conway May Have Been the Fastest Comics Writer of Our Generation…"]. Facebook (April 29): https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ac41aSmf3/

Torregrossa, Michael A. 2010-. The Medieval Comics Project. https://medieval-comics-project.blogspot.com/

Torregrossa, Michael A. 2025. Medieval Comics Project Bibliographies Main Page. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IblsBn05rGppCEzFmLRjy2ursKOQniTNLIdLj4wDHeU/edit?tab=t.0

Nichols, Michael D. 2026. Batman and the Classics: Echoes of Mythology, Literature and Philosophy in the Comics and Films. McFarland.

Darilek, Marion and Matthias Däumer (eds.). 2025. Comics des Mittelalters – Mittelaltercomics: Vom Spruchband zur Sprechblase. transcript Verlag. Online at https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6931-2/comics-des-mittelalters-mittelaltercomics/

Puc, Samantha. 2026. Webtoon, Kadokawa & Redice Studio Launch Studio White. The Beat (April 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/webtoon-kadokawa-redice-studio-launch-studio-white/

Simons, Dean. 2026. National Cartoonists Society Announces 2025 Reuben Divisional Award Nominees. The Beat (April 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/national-cartoonists-society-announces-2025-reuben-divisional-award-nominees/

Grogan, Geoff. 2026. Matt Madden. Blockhead: Cartoonists Talk Comics (March 22): https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-53i89-1a7bcc9, https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/dgfgwxm7qryhtign/Blockhead_Episode_107_Matt_Madden6v0ym.mp3, and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcomHCWQu-Y

Swinimer, John. 2026. Jim Perry Talks About Web-Based Comic Book Series ‘Parapsych-Comic’. True North Country Comics Videos (April 29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyFRCW4Lv5s

Nicholas, Jamar, Steve Conley and Mike Manley. 2026. Draw and Jaw w/ Steve Rude. Pencil to Pencil (April 29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_3AV9YdGM8

Campbell, Jamal. 2026. Zatanna - Interview With Jamal Campbell - DC Next Level. DC Comics (April 29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qffTSwjQPk

Harper, David. 2026. Tony Fleecs Answers Five Questions About WOW Comics, Creator Inspirations, Original Art, and More. SKTCHD (April 29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3qFWTJTBXs

Su, Minjie (ed.). 2026. Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai. D.S. Brewer. Online at https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/medievalism-in-japanese-manga-9781843848196/

Su, Minjie and Maxime Danesin. 2026. Introduction: Medieval, Medievalism, and Manga. In Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai, edited by Minjie Su. D.S. Brewer.

Ozawa, Minoru. 2026. The Translation Movement of Medieval Icelandic Literature in Post-War Japan: From Shizuka Yamamuro to the Present. In Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai, edited by Minjie Su. D.S. Brewer.

Matsumoto, Sayaka. 2026. Rewriting Norse Myths and Culture in Japanese Manga: The Viking’s Violence in One Piece and Vinland Saga. In Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai, edited by Minjie Su. D.S. Brewer.

Jóhannesdóttir, Þórdís Edda. 2026. War, Peace, and Performance in Jómsvíkinga Saga and Vinland Saga. In Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai, edited by Minjie Su. D.S. Brewer.

Yukimura, Makoto. 2026. Go Beyond Iceland to the End of the Edge of the World – The Genuine Adventurer Thorfinn Thorsson (Yao Sun, trans.). In Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai, edited by Minjie Su. D.S. Brewer.

Danesin, Maxime. 2026. The Valkyries and Fenrir in the Mangaesque Imaginationscape. In Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai, edited by Minjie Su. D.S. Brewer.

Perreaut, Gaïa. 2026. ‘Ymir’s Wicked Blood’: About the Uses of Nordic Medievalism in Attack on Titan. In Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai, edited by Minjie Su. D.S. Brewer.

Su, Minjie. 2026. A Berserkr in Shining Armour: Berserk Fury, Werewolf, and Mental Trauma in Kentaro Miura’s Manga Berserk. In Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai, edited by Minjie Su. D.S. Brewer.

Griffith, John Lance. 2026. Berserker Knight and the Problem of Anger in Fate. In Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai, edited by Minjie Su. D.S. Brewer.

Okamoto, Hiroki. 2026. Arthurian Legends and Gawain’s Reception in Japan. In Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai, edited by Minjie Su. D.S. Brewer.

Hasegawa, Chiharu. 2026. Die Like a Warrior in Vain? The Limits of Medievalisation, Counter-Gentlemanification, and the Reinscription of Bushidō Baseball in Samurai Giants. In Medievalism in Japanese Manga: From Vikings to Samurai, edited by Minjie Su. D.S. Brewer.

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