Saturday, June 13, 2026

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/12/2026

Zornosa, Laura. 2026. ‘I Am Frankelda’ Review: Nightmares in stop-motion [In print as: I Am Frankelda]. New York Times (June 11): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/movies/i-am-frankelda-review.html

Yasmin, Shahana. 2026. Acclaimed Cartoonist Joe Sacco Breaks Silence After Publisher Withdraws New Book About India Sectarian Riots; Author says Penguin Random House India sought five pages of changes that amounted to ‘finding excuses’ not to distribute book. Independent (June 12): https://www.the-independent.com/asia/india/joe-sacco-penguin-muzaffarnagar-once-and-future-riots-b2994562.html

Sandler, Jonathan. 2026. Alex Potts on Was That Normal? From zines to Avery Hill: making a slice-of-life graphic novel in fragments. GraphicMemoirBlog (June 12): https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/alex-potts-on-was-that-normal

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. The Beat Digest 06/12/26: That Texas Blood gets a new #1. The Beat (June 12): https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-061226/

Barnes, Mike. 2026. Margaret Kerry, the Model for Tinker Bell in ‘Peter Pan,’ Dies at 97; She also starred opposite Eddie Cantor in ‘If You Knew Susie’ and on the early ABC sitcom ‘The Ruggles’ and did lots of voice work on cartoons. Hollywood Reporter (June 12): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/margaret-kerry-model-tinker-bell-peter-pan-dies-at-97-1236620179/

Sheriff, Amanda. 2026. In Memoriam: Paul Becton. Scoop (June 9): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/in-memoriam-paul-becton/

Lewis, Charlie. 2026. What Does It Take for a Cartoon to Breach Press Council Standards? The past decade makes that unclear; A cartoon depicting the Israeli prime minister was found to have caused or contributed to ‘offence, distress or prejudice’. The Australian Press Council’s history on this distinction remains blurry. Crikey (June 11): https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/11/australian-press-council-cartoon-standards-cathy-wilcox-bill-leak/

Freeman, John. 2026. Comics Site Shelfdust Picks Up a Newspaper Route, Partnering With The Comics Courier. downthetubes (June 12): https://downthetubes.net/comics-site-shelfdust-picks-up-a-newspaper-route-partnering-with-the-comics-courier/

MacDonald, Heidi. 2026. Sales Charts: Absolute Batman #20 and DC Comics lead May in Prana DMS charts. The Beat (June 12): https://www.comicsbeat.com/sales-charts-absolute-batman-20-and-dc-comics-lead-may-in-prana-dms-charts/

Degg, D. D. 2026. Floyd Norman to Receive Honorary Oscar. Daily Cartoonist (June 11): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/06/11/floyd-norman-to-receive-honorary-oscar/

Thompson, Maggie. 2026. Turning Points [#184]. Scoop (June 11): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-184/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Guidelines For New Comic Book Writers From A Guy Who Has Seen It All [Tom Peyer]. Bleeding Cool (June 11): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/guidelines-for-new-comic-book-writers-from-a-guy-who-has-seen-it-all/

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. Miriam Libicki Responds to Backlash Over VanCAF Appearance. The Beat (June 12): https://www.comicsbeat.com/vancaf-backlash-2026/

Brooke, David and Alex Schlesinger. 2026. Zack Kaplan Unpacks His Monster Survival and AI Crime Thrillers. AIPT Comics Podcast (381; May 31): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/05/31/aipt-comics-podcast-ep-381-zack-kaplan/

Brooke, David and Alex Schlesinger. 2026. Dracula vs. Nazis in ‘Operation: Iron Coffin’ With Kenny Porter and Tyrell Cannon. AIPT Comics Podcast (380; May 24): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/05/24/aipt-comics-podcast-380-operation-iron-coffin/

Brooke, David and Alex Schlesinger. 2026. Che Grayson on Reinventing Catwoman for the Absolute Universe. AIPT Comics Podcast (382; June 7): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/06/07/aipt-comics-podcast-ep-382-che-grayson/

Brooke, David and Chris Coplan. 2026. Rob Williams on ‘Hidden Springs’ and Writing Regret. AIPT Comics Podcast (378; May 10): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/05/10/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-378-rob-williams/

Brooke, David. 2026. Unearth the Horror: Chris Condon and Charlie Adlard dig into the dread of Of the Earth. AIPT Comics Podcast (379; May 17): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/05/17/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-379-chris-condon-charlie-adlard/

Coca, Vin, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, and Nicole Chrolavicius. 2026. Keith Knight. New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast (254; June 10): https://cartooncaptioncontestpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1719352/episodes/19326834-episode-254-keith-knight

Zahed, Ramin. 2026. Pola Maneli Looks Back at the Creative Journey of Directing the Acclaimed Spike Lee-Produced Short ‘Apart’. Animation Magazine (June 11): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/06/pola-maneli-looks-back-at-the-creative-journey-of-directing-the-acclaimed-spike-lee-produced-short-apart/

Mautner, Chris. 2026. ‘If I could have just written love stories I would have preferred that’: A 2006 interview with Marjane Satrapi. TCJ (June 12): https://www.tcj.com/if-i-could-have-just-written-love-stories-i-would-have-preferred-that-a-2006-interview-with-marjane-satrapi/

Burscough, Clark. 2026. [Annoyed Grunt] – This Week’s Links. TCJ (June 12): https://www.tcj.com/annoyed-grunt-this-weeks-links/

Kennedy, Hank. 2026. Wake Now in the Fire: A story of censorship, action, love, and hope. Rain Taxi (June): https://raintaxi.com/wake-now-in-the-fire/

Hassan, Chris. 2026. X-Men Monday #342 – Steve Orlando Talks ‘X-Men: Outback’. AIPT (June 8): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/06/08/x-men-monday-342-steve-orlando-outback/

Coplan, Chris. 2026. A Monster for the People: Julio Anta talks terror, hope, and colonialism in ‘The Beast of Borikén’; A story about Puerto Rico’s rich history and lineage of persecution. AIPT (June 11): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/06/11/beast-of-boriken-anta-feature/

Brooke, David. 2026. Fast Cars and Old Woes: Dan Watters and Pye Parr on the updated ‘M.A.S.K.’ series; The pair discuss action scenes, heroes and villains, and the influence of Energon tech. AIPT (June 9): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/06/09/m-a-s-k-watters-pye-interview/

Fruish, Alistair. 2026. The Strange World Of… Melinda Gebbie. The Quietus (June 8): https://thequietus.com/interviews/strange-world-of/melinda-gebbie-best-comics/

Musorrafiti, Dominique. 2026. The Art of Cosmic Terror: John Coulthart on magick, occult diagrams and impossible cities. Retrofuturista (June 10): https://retrofuturista.com/john-coulthart-interview/

Willsher, Kim. 2026. Marjane Satrapi Obituary: French-Iranian artist, writer and director best known for her graphic novel Persepolis that was later turned into a film. Guardian (June 9): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/09/marjane-satrapi-obituary

Brooke, David. 2026. Nick Thorburn Delivers Beauty, Bile, and Underground Comix Madness in ‘Pear Shape’. AIPT (June 11): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/06/11/nick-thorburn-pear-shape-qa/

Brooke, David. 2026. In ‘What We Mean by Yesterday’ Vol. 2, Benjamin Marra’s strangest journey yet begins with Ninkugel the liar; The cartoonist discusses turning a daily Instagram experiment into a sprawling graphic novel epic. AIPT (June 9): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/06/09/what-we-mean-by-yesterday-qa/

Brooke, David. 2026. Mark Russell Explores Belief and Belonging in ‘The Forgotten Divine’; Plus, how cults, identity, and artistic obsession shaped Ahoy Comics’ ambitious new Kickstarter project. AIPT (June 9): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/06/09/the-forgotten-divine-feature/

Oliver, Andy. 2026. “In Order to Create Societal Change, We Have to First Imagine It” – Tyler and Wendy Chin-Tanner Talk A Wave Blue World, Their LGBTQIA+ Anthologies and Publishing with a Social Purpose. Broken Frontier (June 9): https://www.brokenfrontier.com/a-wave-blue-world-interview/

Oliver, Andy. 2026. “We Wanted to Publish the Books We Wanted to Read” – Outgoing Avery Hill Co-Founder Dave White Looks Back on 14 Years at the UK’s Game-Changing Indie Comics Publisher. Broken Frontier (June 8): https://www.brokenfrontier.com/dave-white-avery-hill-interview/

Parkin, JK. 2026. Smash Pages Q&A - Juan Gedeon on ‘Super Mondo Mega Mutts’. Smash Pages (June 12): https://smashpages.net/2026/06/12/smash-pages-qa-juan-gedeon-on-super-mondo-mega-mutts/

Parkin, JK. 2026. Smash Pages Q&A - David Pepose on Wrapping Up ‘The O.Z.’. Smash Pages (June 8): https://smashpages.net/2026/06/08/smash-pages-qa-david-pepose-on-wrapping-up-the-o-z/

Parkin, JK. 2026. Smash Pages Q&A - Mel Gillman on ‘The Goblin Throne’; The webcomic-turned-graphic novel is now being crowdfunded by Iron Circus Comics. Smash Pages (June 10): https://smashpages.net/2026/06/10/smash-pages-qa-mel-gillman-on-the-goblin-throne/

Wescott, Adam. 2026. Minterview: Keita Katsushika & Kirin Inoue. Yatta-Tachi (June 9): https://yattatachi.com/minterview-keita-katsushika-kirin-inoue

Toribio, Carles. 2026. From Urban Gesture to Global Icon: Comics as the visual grammar of the present [exhibition KAWS. Art & Comix]. Bonart (June 5): https://www.bonart.cat/en/n/46692/from-urban-gesture-to-global-icon-comics-as-the-visual-grammar-of-the-present

Brewer, Jenny. 2026. From Moomin to Heartstopper: How comics have told real queer stories since the 1940s [exhibit, Paul Gravett]. It's Nice That (June 8): https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/queer-as-comics-illustration-spotlight-080626

Savage, Gitana. 2026. Tillie Walden on How She Created ‘Charity & Sylvia,’ About a 19th-Century Same-Sex Couple. Boston Globe (June 8): https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/08/arts/tillie-walden-charity-and-sylvia-vermont/

Fox, Killian. 2026. Graphic Novel of the Month: Dogs on Dates by Luke Healy; Two gay canines find the path to true love beset by problems in this gag-packed take on modern dating. Observer (June 6): https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/graphic-novel-of-the-month-dogs-on-dates-by-luke-healy

Ramirez, Mara. 2026. The Comics of Mara Ramirez, May 12, 2026. New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium (454; May 31): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwgaXvO8o4I
Tobey, B. 1983. B. Tobey of The New Yorker. New York: Dodd Mead & Co

Perry, Spencer. 2025.  86 Years after Its Release, a Rare Superman Comic Just Became the Most Expensive Ever (by a Huge Margin). Comicbook.com (November 21): https://comicbook.com/comics/news/86-years-after-its-release-a-rare-superman-comic-just-became-the-most-expensive-ever-by-a-huge-margin/

Patten, Dominic. 2025. Record Prices Paid for ‘Superman’ Comics Could Bode Well for Warner Bros Discovery Sale. Deadline (November 21): https://deadline.com/2025/11/superman-comic-record-price-auction-1236625951/

Irshad, Zara. 2025. Bay Area brothers shocked after discovering $9 million comic in mother’s attic [Superman 1]. San Francisco Chronicle (November 21): https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/superman-comic-book-san-francisco-auction-21200988.php

Brown, Tracy. 2025. ‘Superman’ comic found in a California attic sells for record $9.12 million at auction. Los Angeles Times (November 21): https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-11-21/superman-no-1-most-expensive-comic-ever-heritage-auction-record

Austin, Sophie. 2025. On paper, a California city bans the sale of comic books to kids. Officials want to change that. Associated Press (November 22): https://apnews.com/article/comic-book-ban-violence-sacramento-children-ad7081428692d4f339cb3d69fe254ba3

Curran, Brad. 2025. Superman’s First Story is Suprisingly Very Different Than You Might Realize (but It’s Still Iconic) [Action Comics]. Comic Book (April 18): https://comicbook.com/comics/news/superman-action-comics-1-very-different-dc-comics/



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