Local history: Collectibles dealer Jim Kovacs ran the Bookie Joint in Canton in 1970s
Mark J. Price
Akron Beacon Journal March 9 2025
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2025/03/09/comic-book-dealer-jim-kovacs-ran-the-bookie-joint-in-1970s/80320427007/
ICV2 INTERVIEW: CREATIVE DIRECTOR KIRK BENSHOFF ON DESIGNING A VERTICAL-SCROLL BOOK
Creating a Book that Reads Like a Webtoon
Brigid Alverson on June 24, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59879/icv2-interview-creative-director-kirk-benshoff-designing-vertical-scroll-book
GRAPHIX TO PUBLISH SPIDER-MAN MANGA FOR MIDDLE-GRADE READERS
With Peter Parker, Miles, Morales, Gwen Stacy, and a Symbiote in Feudal Japan
Brigid Alverson on June 24, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59875/graphix-publish-spider-man-manga-middle-grade-readers
CMO Kathy Govier leaves Diamond; others wish to
Heidi MacDonald on 06/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/cmo-kathy-govier-leaves-diamond-others-wish-to/
Skottie Young
I Am The Luckiest: Showing love to those who made Heroes Con another one for the books
STUPID FRESH MESS Jun 25, 2025
https://skottieyoung.substack.com/p/i-am-the-luckiest
"I'm Glad to Be Back": Artist Ryan Browne on His Recent Stretch and What It Means for The Lucky Devils
By David Harper
June 24, 2025
https://sktchd.com/interview/ryan-browne-interview/
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred forty-two | Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan Return, part one
Jun 25, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/a-person-of-some-importances-i-believe
One of the Most Surprising Moments in 'Elio' Feels Right Out of a Horror Movie
Pixar's latest goes big on sci-fi adventure and heart—but one moment in particular stands out for its sideways step into the world of body horror.
By Sabina Graves io9 June 24, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/one-of-the-most-surprising-moments-in-elio-feels-right-out-of-a-horror-movie-2000619567
'Elio' Has a Bizarre Post-Credits Scene That's Not About 'Elio' at All
'Elio' continues Pixar's post-credits trend with a twist: by teasing what's next for the studio.
By Sabina Graves
io9 June 23, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/elio-has-a-bizarre-post-credits-scene-thats-not-about-elio-at-all-2000619190
Al Wiesner – RIP
D. D. Degg
June 24, 2025 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/24/al-wiesner-rip/
Albert Wiesner July 2, 1930 — March 4, 2025
Goldsteins Rosenberg's Funeral Directors
https://obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/albert-wiesner
Tribune Content to Distribute Counterpoint Media Features
D. D. Degg
June 24, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/24/tribune-content-to-distribute-counterpoint-media-features/
Report: Opening Night for Paul Pope's Pulp Hope 2 Gallery Show at Philippe Labaune
by Jon Gorga
the Beat 06/24/2025 9https://www.comicsbeat.com/report-opening-night-for-paul-popes-gallery-show-at-philippe-labaune/
SDCC: Crunchyroll Anime Fanfest to feature massive two-day music festival
Liam McGuire on 06/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/crunchyroll-anime-fanfest-music-sdcc/
University of the Arts London IGNCC/IBDS Online Conference 2025
https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/IGNCC_IBDS_Conference_2025
Gusain, Abhilasha; Harbi, Amine (2025). 1 - Translating Cultural Tastes (24th June 2025, 09.00-09.45). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851935.v1 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/collections/1_-_Translating_Cultural_Tastes_24th_June_2025_09_00-09_45_/7851935
Harbi, Amine (2025). Comics and the Hierarchies of Taste. University of the Arts London. Media. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29302655.v1
Gusain, Abhilasha (2025). Abhilasha Gusain IGNCC 2025.mp4. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29264804.v1
Mohan, Amrutha; Rao, Gorvika; Singh, Amrita (2025). 2 - Femininity, Food and the Forest (24th June 2025, 10.00-10.45). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851938.v2 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/collections/2_-_Femininity_Food_and_the_Forest_24th_June_2025_10_00-10_45_/7851938
Naiya, Sohini (2025). Hunger, Hierarchies, and Resistance: Appetite, Asceticism, and Mind-Body Dualism in Amruta Patil's Aranyaka. University of the Arts London. Presentation. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29314547.v1
Gorvika, Rao, (2025). Consuming Bodies: Representation of Food, Gender and Desire in Kari and Aranyaka. University of the Arts London. Media. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29306933.v1
Singh, Amrita (2025). The Warp of Hunger: Visualising Food, Forest and Femininity. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29304866.v1
Das, Anindita (2025). 3 - Feminism and Female Voices (24th June 2025, 11.00-11.45). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851941.v1
Das, Anindita (2025). Destablization and Stabilization: Interrogating Shoujo Manga. University of the Arts London. Presentation. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29306927.v1 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/collections/3_-_Feminism_and_Female_Voices_24th_June_2025_11_00-11_45_/7851941
Madaan, Suniti; Sharrock, Leonie (2025). 4 - Appetite and the 'F' Word (24th June 2025, 12.00-12.45). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851947.v1 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/collections/4_-_Appetite_and_the_F_Word_24th_June_2025_12_00-12_45_/7851947
Sharrock, Leonie (2025). GLUTTONY: A practice-research comic-in-progress. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29304995.v1
Madaan, Suniti (2025). Subversive Appetites and Non-Work Tastes: Reading the Subversive Non-action of the Fat Stock Characters in Tinkle Comics. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29300795.v1
Diana, Angelin; DeHart, Jason D.; Ananadhasayanam, Samyukthah; Vikram, S. Shardul; Sonic, V.; Vatsal, K.; et al. (2025). 5 - The Cultural Journey of Comics (24th June 2025, 13.45-14.30). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851950.v1
Diana, Angelin (2025). Changing Tastes in Comics and Graphic Novels: The Evolution of Franchises and Characters. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29293988.v1
DeHart, Jason (2025). Spinner Rack Kid: Tracing Development of U.S. Comics through Autoethnography. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29298755.v1
A, Samyukthah; V, Sonic (2025). Famine and Famish: Memory of Food and Starvation in Postwar Japanese Manga. University of the Arts London. Presentation. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29300996.v1
Garcia, Fer; Dev, Nishtha; Chattopadhya, Dhrupadi (2025). 6 - Comics and Cultural Aesthetics (24th June 2025, 14.45-15.30). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851953.v1 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/collections/6_-_Comics_and_Cultural_Aesthetics_24th_June_2025_14_45-15_30_/7851953
Garcìa, Fernando (2025). From Trash to Treasure: The Entrepreneurial Shift in the Perception of Comics. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29309984.v1
Astalus, Alina (2025). Silent Narratives Exploring the Power of Wordless Sequential Art.mp4. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29305004.v1
Chattopadhyay, Nishtha Dev, Dhrupadi (2025). Towards an Alternative Aesthetics of the Graphic Form: Notes from Graphic Narratives in India. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29301356.v1
Dooley, Michael; Yadav, Deepali; Ganguly, Apurba; Bhattacharjee, Partha (2025). 7 - Changing Tastes (24th June 2025, 15.45-16.30). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851959.v1 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/collections/7_-_Changing_Tastes_24th_June_2025_15_45-16_30_/7851959
Dooley, Michael (2025). Superhero Comics and Bad Taste: The (Secret Identities) of Schlock, Camp, Kitsch, and Funk. University of the Arts London. Media. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29319374.v1
Yadav, Deepali (2025). The trends in Mahatma Gandhi's Iconography: A study in Comics and Graphic novels. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29302934.v1
Ganguly, Apurba; Bhattacharjee, Partha (2025). "Putrefaction is my light": Consumption, Absorption and Excess in Martin Vaughn-James's The Projector. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29301008.v1
Gibson, Melanie (2025). 8 - Cookery in Comics (24th June 2025, 16.45-17.30). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851962.v1 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/collections/8_-_Cookery_in_Comics_24th_June_2025_16_45-17_30_/7851962
Gibson, Mel (2025). Mel Gibson 'Girl', comic strips and Cookery in 1950s Britain.mp4. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29254196.v1
Hackett, Claire; Manea, Dragos; Olsza, Malgorzata; Saha, Ananya (2025). 9 - Monstrous and Fantastic Feasts (25th June 2025, 09.00-09.45). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851968
Manea, Dragoș (2025). "Devoured from Head to Toe": Nature and Consumption in Junji Ito's Gyo and Uzumaki. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29333396.v1 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/_Devoured_from_Head_to_Toe_Nature_and_Consumption_in_Junji_Ito_s_Gyo_and_Uzumaki/29333396?file=55428830 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/55428830
SAHA, ANANYA (2025). Of Otherworldly Appetites: Locating Women in the Intersection of Gourmet-Fantasy-Shoujo Manga. University of the Arts London. Media. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29306948.v1
Olsza, Malgorzata (2025). Reproductive body (horror) in Beth Hetland's Tender (2024). University of the Arts London. Presentation. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29281820.v1
Hackett, Claire (2025). A Mouthful of Terror: The Gothic and the Consumption of the Body in Japanese Manga.. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29260646.v1
Thoudam, Natasa; Kalita, Uddipana; Mayadas, Jyotsna (2025). 10 - Female Appetites and Anxieties: Power and Identity Across Genres (25th June 2025, 10.00-10.45). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851971 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/collections/10_-_Fairytales_Cannibalism_and_Food_25th_June_2025_10_00-10_45_/7851971
Thoudam, Natasa (2025). Reborn to Be Eaten: The Cannibalistic Resurrection of Sanarembi. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29319410.v1
Kalita, Uddipana (2025). The Intersection of Power and Taste of Fashion: Superhero Suits in Wingstar: The Reluctant Superhero 1. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29306783.v1
Mayadas, Dr.Jyotsna (2025). Kari by Amruta Patil: Disruptive Feminine Appetite in Maximum Mumbai. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29278541.v1
Banerjee, Swarnima; Das, Priyanka; Trivedi, Anuj (2025). 11 - Taste and Boundaries (25th June 2025, 11.00-11.45). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851974.v1 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/collections/11_-_Taste_and_Boundaries_25th_June_2025_11_00-11_45_/7851974
Das, Priyanka; Trivedi, Anuj (2025). Tasting of Visual Textures: Experiencing War Comics Through Children's Drawings in Virtual Reality. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29314205.v1
Banerjee, Swarnima (2025). Spaces as Distasteful in Bengali Detective/Superhero Comics: Reading Selected Texts of Narayan Debnath.mp4. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29304890.v1
Hasan, SK Tousif; Niewiadoma, Elżbieta; Malone, Paul M.; L, Abhirami; Schneider, Greice; Teixeira, João Senna (2025). 12 - The Narrative Journey of Food (25th June 2025, 12.00-12.45). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851977.v1 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/collections/12_-_The_Narrative_Journey_of_Food_25th_June_2025_12_00-12_45_/7851977
Malone, Paul (2025). Apitz and Kunkel's Karl: A German Historical Comic between Adventure, Satire – and Viniculture. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29305028.v1
Schneider, Greice; Senna, João (2025). The aesthetics of deliciousness in culinary manga. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29306870.v1
L, Abhirami (2025). Metaphorography: Visualizing Health Experiences in Selected Graphic Narratives. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29298320.v1
HASAN, SK TOUSIF (2025). Taste of Traditions: Mapping Indian Cuisines in Comixense: The Fellowship of Food. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29300987.v1
Niewiadoma, Elżbieta (2025). Food as a Romantic Multi-Cultural Mirror: A Look at est em's Quietly Sensual Comics. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29269610.v1
Ahmed, Maaheen; Frey, Hugo; Leroy, Fabrice; McKinney, Mark (2025). 13 - Comics and Taste in France and Belgium Across Three Centuries (25th June 2025, 13.45-14.30). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851983.v1
McKinney, Mark (2025). Art and taste in a 19th-century French comic. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29298008.v1
Leroy, Fabrice (2025). "Hé, du gorgonzola!" Food and Transmutation in Pierre La Police's Les Praticiens de l'infernal. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29260562.v1
Frey, Hugo; Ahmed, Maaheen (2025). Franco-Belgian Visionary Art : Selections from the Alain Van Passen Comics Collection. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29230727.v1
Hoque, Nazneen; Taheri, Zahra; Alçınkaya, İbrahim Mertcan; Raghavan, Niru; Rosser, Layla; Naiya, Sohini (2025). 14 - Food, Consumption and Power (25th June 2025, 14.45-15.30). University of the Arts London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.c.7851989.v2 and https://figshare.arts.ac.uk/collections/14_-_Food_Consumption_and_Power_25th_June_2025_14_45-15_30_/7851989
Hoque, Nazneen (2025). The Bengal Holocaust: A Graphic Reimagining of "Chhiattor-er Monnontor" or The Great Bengal Famine of 1770. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29300108.v1
Raghavan, Niru; Rosser, Layla (2025). "O Eternal Children, Stand up for Yourselves!": Self-advocacy and Human Rights in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and Shirai Kaiu's The Promised Neverland. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29300645.v1
Alcinkaya, Ibrahim Mertcan (2025). Alcinkaya - Bittersewet Taste of Food Politics in Comics.mp4. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29291279.v1
Taheri, Zahra (2025). Zahra Taheri--Culinary Habits and Biopolitical Surveillance and Stratification in Sattouf's The Arab of .mp4. University of the Arts London. Conference contribution. https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.29270033.v1
Fink and Leopold & Brink interview, long after a chance meeting at Baltimore Comic Con
by Mike Rhode
June 25, 2025 https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/06/fink-and-leopold-brink-interview-long.html
Who We Really Are Inside: PW Talks with Chip Kidd
by John Maher
Jun 20, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 06/23/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Chip Kidd
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/98069-who-we-really-are-inside-pw-talks-with-chip-kidd.html
Daniel Best - Author Jun 25, 2025
Diamond Comic Distributors: Clearing The Warehouses
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/diamond-comic-distributors-clearing
Breaking: New Diamond intends to sell off comics inventory to pay debt to Chase
Heidi MacDonald on 06/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/breaking-new-diamond-intends-to-sell-off-comics-inventory-to-pay-debt-to-chase/
French critics association ACBD pick some familiar names in 2025 Summer Selection
Dean Simons on 06/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/french-critics-assocation-acbd-pick-some-familiar-names-in-2025-summer-selection/
Broadway Musical About Betty Boop Is Fourth to Close Post-Tonys
Michael Paulson
June 25, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/theater/boop-musical-broadway-closing.html
A Cure for Unbearable Solitude: Animation Veteran Aaron Blaise Returns to 2D with 'Snow Bear'
Ramin Zahed
June 24, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/a-cure-for-unbearable-solitude-animation-veteran-aaron-blaise-returns-to-2d-with-snow-bear/
This article was written for the
May-June '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 350).
Can San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Escape Uncertain Times?
by Heidi Macdonald
Jun 20, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 06/23/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Panels and Borders
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/98070-can-san-diego-comic-con-2025-escape-uncertain-times.html
Words, Images, & Worlds with Alisa Kwitney
Jason DeHart
Jun 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVmrDn4OJbQ
Pop Culture SquadCast - Live: With Special Guests Amanda Deibert & Cat Staggs
Jun 24, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrJEIt18PR4
Tove Jansson and the Moomins: The Door Is Always Open [exhibit]
—Elena Clavarino
June 25 2025
https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/tove-jansson-and-the-moomins-the-door-is-always-open
