Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/22/2026

Kaplan, Avery. 2026. Interview + Process: Shauna J. Grant on Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Karen’s Surprise. The Beat (May 22): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-process-shauna-j-grant-on-baby-sitters-little-sister-karens-surprise/

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. The Beat Digest 05/22/26: Cathedral Gets a Heavy Metal Album. The Beat (May 22): https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-052226/

MacDonald, Heidi. 2026. Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/22/26: Riding Out the Storm. The Beat (May 22): https://www.comicsbeat.com/kibbles-n-bits-5-22-26-riding-out-the-storm/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Dark Horse Closes Its Comic Store Chain, Things From Another World. Bleeding Cool (May 21): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dark-horse-closes-its-comic-store-chain-things-from-another-world/

Griepp, Milton. 2026. Dark Horse Shutting Down Retail Chain; Adding videogame division. ICv2 (May 21): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/62449/dark-horse-shutting-down-retail-chain

Unknown. 2026. Kenichi Yoda to Take Over as Studio Ghibli President & CEO in June. Animation Magazine (May 21): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/05/kenichi-yoda-taking-over-as-studio-ghibli-president-ceo-in-june/

Degg, D. D. 2026. Ed Steckley to Receive the NCS Silver T-Square. Daily Cartoonist (May 21): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/21/ed-steckley-to-receive-the-ncs-silver-t-square/

VanHooker, Brian. 2026. Roger Rabbit's Singing Sword Caused Behind-the-Scenes Controversy, Says the Guy Who Animated It; Animation legend Phil Nibbelink recalls the making of a memorable gag from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Polygon (May 21): https://www.polygon.com/singing-sword-roger-rabbit/

Fienberg, Daniel. 2026. ‘Mating Season’ Review: ‘Big Mouth’ team’s Netflix comedy offers raunchy animal laughs but could have used more heart; Nick Kroll, June Diane Raphael, Zach Woods and Sabrina Jalees lead the cast voicing horny woodland creatures looking for sex and maybe love. Hollywood Reporter (May 22): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/mating-season-review-netflix-big-mouth-1236603630/

Gardner, Alan. 2026. French Presidential Candidate Accused of Racist Tropes in Comic Book Bio. Daily Cartoonist (May 21): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/21/french-presidential-candidate-accused-of-racist-tropes-in-comic-book-bio/

Thompson, Maggie. 2026. Turning Points [181]. Scoop (May 21): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-181/

Unknown. 2026. Comic Shop & Convention Owner Scott Schlazer Discusses Career in Comics & Fandom. Scoop (May 21): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/comic-shop-convention-owner-scott-schlazer-discusses-career-in-comics-fandom/

Cloos, Art and Alice Cloos (ill.). 2026. Convention Recap: GraphFix Con. Scoop (May 21): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/convention-recap-graphfix-con/

Dohm-Sanchez, Jeffrey. 2026. Anime Central 2026 in Photos, Part 2; Features custom cars and cosplay. ICv2 (May 22): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/62458/anime-central-2026-photos-part-2

Kleinman, Jake. 2026. Adventure Time’s Grass Sword Changed the Show in Ways Nobody Expected. Polygon (May 21): https://www.polygon.com/adventure-time-grass-sword-fern-history-origin-adam-muto-interview/

Hughes, William. 2026. Nicolas Cage Is the Unexpected Worst Part of Prime Video's Spider-Noir. AV Club (May 22): https://www.avclub.com/spider-noir-review-nicolas-cage-prime-video

Fienberg, Daniel. 2026. ‘Spider-Noir’ Review: Nicolas Cage’s eccentricities boost by-the-numbers storytelling in Amazon’s Spider-Man-adjacent drama. Hollywood Reporter (May 22): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/spider-noir-review-nicolas-cage-amazon-1236603901/

White, Abbey. 2026. Nicolas Cage and ‘Spider-Noir’ Team on Bringing Bogart to Superheroes: “We didn’t want to make a version of Spider-Man that anyone had seen”. Hollywood Reporter (May 14): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nicolas-cage-spider-noir-bogart-spider-man-1236596031/

Chuba, Kirsten. 2026. Trey Parker Admits “It’s Scarier” to Do ‘South Park’ in the Trump Era: “That group has a military”. Hollywood Reporter (May 21): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/trey-parker-south-park-scarier-trump-military-1236603652/

Bedigan, Mike. 2026. Owner of ‘Peanuts’ Music Sues Trump Administration for Using Scores Without Permission; Lee Mendelson Film Productions, which owns the copyright to ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ and other shows, filed the suits in federal courts in New York and Washington, DC. Independent (May 22): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/peanuts-music-trump-administration-lawsuit-b2981141.html

Gardner, Alan. 2026. Matt Pritchett Wins Press Awards’ Cartoonist of the Year. Daily Cartoonist (May 22): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/22/matt-pritchett-wins-press-awards-cartoonist-of-the-year

Criscione, Jesse James, Emmet, Shawn Hudachko, and Bryan McClay. 2026. A Shifting Industry? Or Same Ol’ Story? Milton Griepp & Brian Haberlin. Beyond Wednesdays's The Industry of Comics (114; May 19): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFF1NJ76IyA

Wiley, Chelsea. 2026. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Reopening Brings Rare Comics Exhibit To Columbus. Columbus Navigator (April 29): https://www.columbusnavigator.com/billy-ireland-cartoon-library-museum-reopens/

Bradshaw, Madeline. 2026. Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum to Reopen Saturday With New Exhibitions. The Lantern (May 20): https://www.thelantern.com/2026/05/ohio-states-billy-ireland-cartoon-library-museum-to-reopen-saturday-with-new-exhibitions/

Heller, Steven. 2026. A Prison Memoir of a Palestinian Cartoonist [Mohammad Sabaaneh]. Daily Heller (May 22): https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-a-graphic-memoir-of-a-palestinian-prisoner/

Heller, Steven. 2026. The Serene Surrealism of Guy Billout. Daily Heller (May 18): https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-the-serene-surrealism-of-guy-billout/

Billout, Guy. 2026. Guy Billout - Quiet Catastrophes [exhibit]. Philippe Labaune Gallery (May 20): https://philippelabaune.com/show/philippe-labaune-gallery-guy-billout-quiet-catastrophes

Burscough, Clark. 2026. Flip the Tortoise Over — This Week’s Links. TCJ (May 22): https://www.tcj.com/flip-the-tortoise-over-this-weeks-links/

Sohini, Kay. 2026. The Book Is a Rorschach Test: Kay Sohini in conversation with Tessa Hulls about Feeding Ghosts. SOLRAD (May 18): https://solrad.co/the-book-is-a-rorschach-test-kay-sohini-in-conversation-with-tessa-hulls-about-feeding-ghosts

Hull, Ania. 2026. Alison Bechdel Is Among the Comics Creators Raising the Form to the Level of Literature. Santa Fe New Mexican (May 15): https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/alison-bechdel-is-among-the-comics-creators-raising-the-form-to-the-level-of-literature/article_a0fd3e06-9d7c-44d7-bc57-6e3a22073b29.html

Kaplan, Ollie. 2026. Interview: Margeaux Pepoy on Coming Out, The Simpsons and What’s Next. Prism Comics (May 18): https://www.prismcomics.org/interview-margeaux-pepoy-on-coming-out-the-simpsons-and-whats-next/

Patches, Matt. 2026. James Tynion IV Never Expected Something Is Killing the Children to Become This Big; The 'Slaughterverse' has been reformatted for Webtoon, just one more step in the comic's cultural takeover. Polygon (May 15): https://www.polygon.com/james-tynion-iv-something-is-killing-the-children-interview-2026/

Chachowski, Richard. 2026. Critically Acclaimed Author Once Called ‘the Greatest Writer of All Time’ Discusses Topsy-Turvy New Fantasy Novel (Exclusive) [Alan Moore]. Parade (May 19): https://parade.com/books/critically-acclaimed-author-alan-moore-discusses-new-fantasy-novel

Weiss, Josh. 2026. How IDW Is Redefining Comics: ‘Fandom does not stop at the final page’. Forbes (May 18): https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2026/05/18/how-idw-is-redefining-comics-fandom-does-not-stop-at-the-final-page/

Cirri, Emilio and Andrea de Lise. 2026. Looking at the World, Through Comics: Interview to Gina Nakhle Koller. Lo Spazio Bianco (May 20): https://www.lospaziobianco.it/en/looking-at-the-world-through-comics-interview-to-gina-nakhle-koller/

Oliver, Andy. 2026. “Our Work Is Rooted in South Asian Identity and Community-Led Histories” – Exploring the Publishing Output and Ethos of Kutty Press With Bhavani Balasubramanyam and Deepesh Sangtani. Broken Frontier (May 18): https://www.brokenfrontier.com/kutty-press-interview/

Chianca, Peter. 2026. Local Author’s Buzzy Graphic Novel ‘A Kid Like Me’ Tackles Middle School, Warts and All; "It's not in a specific state, but it has very much of a New England vibe," says cartoonist and author Norm Feuti. Boston.com (May 14): https://www.boston.com/culture/books/2026/05/14/local-authors-buzzy-graphic-novel-a-kid-like-me-tackles-middle-school-warts-and-all/

Chianca, Peter. 2026. Norm Feuti. Strip Search (61; May 9): https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/forcedn/stripsearch/SS_0505_Norm_audio.mp3

Coplan, Chris. 2026. Death, Crimes, and Podcasts: Joey Esposito talks new IDW crime title ‘Killer Influences’. AIPT (May 21): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/05/21/killer-influences-qa/

Hassan, Chris. 2026. X-Men Monday #339 – Gail Simone Talks ‘Uncanny X-Men’. AIPT (May 18): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/05/18/x-men-monday-gail-simone-uncanny-x-men-4/

Dillon, Barbra. 2026. Fanbase Press Interviews Joël Dos Reis Viegas on the Kickstarter Campaign Launch for ‘Urbance: The Graphic Novel Saga’ in Collaboration With Magnetic Press. Fanbase Press (May 21): https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/58603-fanbase-press-interviews-joel-dos-reis-viegas-on-the-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-urbance-the-graphic-novel-saga-in-collaboration-with-magnetic-press/

Dillon, Barbra. 2026. Fanbase Press Interviews Jules Scheele on the Upcoming Release of the Graphic Novel Adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s ‘Orlando’ With Avery Hill Publishing. Fanbase Press (May 20): https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/58596-fanbase-press-interviews-jules-scheele-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-graphic-novel-adaptation-of-virginia-woolfs-orlando-with-avery-hill-publishing/

Dillon, Barbra. 2026. Fanbase Press Interviews Howie Noel on the Kickstarter Campaign Launch for the Collected Edition of Chester Gould’s ‘Dick Tracy’ Comic Strips in Collaboration With the Library of American Comics. Fanbase Press (May 19): https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/58589-fanbase-press-interviews-howie-noel-on-the-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-the-collected-edition-of-chester-goulds-dick-tracy-comic-strips-in-collaboration-with-the-library/

Dillon, Barbra. 2026. Fanbase Press Interviews Mike Deodato Jr. and Joe Pruett on the Kickstarter Campaign Launch for ‘The Book of Deodato Jr.’. Fanbase Press (May 19): https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/58594-fanbase-press-interviews-mike-deodato-jr-and-joe-pruett-on-the-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-the-book-of-deodato-jr/