Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/31-6/1/2025

AI-assisted manga start-up officially launches EMAQI app
Ollie Kaplan on 05/31/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/ai-assisted-manga-start-up-officially-launches-emaqi-app/

Ellie Berger, Who Built Scholastic Graphix, Retires After 40 Years
President of Scholastic Trade Publiishing, Ellie Berger, who helped establish Scholastic Graphix, retires after 40 years
30 May 2025  by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ellie-berger-who-built-scholastic-graphix-retires-after-40-years/

Ellie Berger to Step Down as Head of Scholastic's Trade Group
By Jim Milliot
May 28, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 06/02/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/97864-ellie-berger-to-step-down-as-head-of-scholastic-s-trade-group.html

  Freeman, John. 2025. The Story of "Greann", Ireland's First Comic Book – from a veteran of the 1916 Rising. downthetubes (May 30): https://downthetubes.net/the-story-of-greann-irelands-first-comic-book-from-a-veteran-of-the-1916-rising/

West Marin native wins Pulitzer Prize for moving memoir [Tessa Hulls]
By Colleen Bidwill
Marin Independent Journal
May 28, 2025
https://www.marinij.com/2025/05/28/west-marin-native-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-moving-memoir/

Ethan Sacks and Daughter Naomi Tackle Mental Health in Comics Form with A Haunted Girl
Depresh Mode with John Moe
Episode 212
26th May 2025
https://maximumfun.org/episodes/depresh-mode/ethan-sacks-and-daughter-naomi-tackle-mental-health-in-comics-form-with-a-haunted-girl/

Where Do Former Diamond Comic Distributors Employees Go Next?
30 May 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/where-do-former-diamond-comic-distributors-employees-go-next/

Udon & Manga Classics Latest To Quit Diamond, Cancel All Shop Orders
30 May 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/udon-manga-classics-latest-to-quit-diamond-cancel-all-shop-orders/

Dren Productions Stops Sending Comics To Diamond Until They Get Paid
30 May 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dren-productions-stops-sending-comics-to-diamond-until-they-get-paid/
by Rich Johnston

R.I.P. Alf Clausen, long-time composer for The Simpsons
Whether writing many of its most iconic songs, or driving the emotions in its most heartfelt scenes, Clausen's music was the sound of Springfield for 27 years.
By William Hughes  |  May 30, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/alf-clausen-simpsons-composer-dies

Conversations with Artists Steve Brodner, Anita Kunz
Steve Brodner
May 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK9tu1NCuoc

Talk & Teach: How to Develop More Productive Comic-Making Habits [2024 panel]
Brian Canini
CXC Festival  May 31, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fInJ-J_SBgs

A perfect Sunday with... David Pepose
Cavan Scott
The Cavletter Jun 1, 2025
https://www.cavletter.com/a-perfect-sunday-with-david-pepose/

Writer of Stuff [Peter David]
Tom Brevoort
Man With A Hat 166; Jun 01, 2025
https://tombrevoort.substack.com/p/166-writer-of-stuff

The Last Day Comic Stores Can Sign Up To Penguin Random House Program
Comic shops, this is the last day to sign up to the Penguin Random House Direct Market Partnership Programme and get an extra 2% off comics
31 May 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-last-day-comic-stores-can-sign-up-to-penguin-random-house-program/

Edo Era's Brave Firefighters: Interview with Oedo Fire Slayer Novelist Shogo Imamura & Mangaka Shinobu Seguchi
by Lynzee Loveridge, May 30th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-05-30/edo-era-brave-firefighters-with-oedo-fire-slayer-novelist-shogo-imamura-and-mangaka-shinobu-seguchi/.224486

Comic Art Tuesday: RUMBLE! {Wonder Woman page design]
Mike Hawthorne
Mike Hawthorne Art Newsletter May 31, 2025
https://mikehawthorneart.substack.com/p/comic-art-tuesday-rumble

Draw is Life [drawing human proportions ]
Mike Hawthorne
Mike hawthorne art Newsletter  Jun 1, 2025
https://mikehawthorneart.substack.com/p/draw-is-life-e7f

Sonic the Comic Remembered, 32 Years On [UK]
John Freeman on May 31, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/sonic-the-comic-remembered-32-years-on/

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred thirty-nine | Ethan Sacks, part two
Jun 01, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/im-afraid-im-not-quite-sure-sir

Good Old Ink and Paper [Chris Ware interview]
Will Simpson
New York Review of Books Newsletter May 31 2025

'Finding Nemo': THR's 2003 Review
On May 30, 2003, Pixar unveiled 'Finding Nemo' in theaters.
Sheri Linden, originally published May 27, 2003.
May 30, 2018
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/finding-nemo-review-2003-movie-1115691/

'Lilo & Stitch' Box Office Mayhem: All the Records Broken as Pic Zooms Past $400M Globally
Pamela McClintock
May 28, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lilo-and-stitch-mayhem-all-the-box-office-1236229988/

'Lilo & Stitch' brings its fuzzy agent of chaos to the real world
Stephen Thompson, Aisha Harris, Candice Lim, and Shar Jossell
NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour May 27, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/27/1253209957/lilo-and-stitch-brings-its-fuzzy-agent-of-chaos-to-the-real-world
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR3944728252.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1253209957

'Crisis on Infinite Earths' smashed DC continuity — here's how 4 changes would've saved the day
DC Comics is still course-correcting the changes of the 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' reboot in 2025.
Diane Darcy
May 29, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/29/crisis-on-infinite-earths-fix-dc-canon/

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 330: Mark Russell on 'Polis', Protopias, and 'X-Factor' lost stories
David Brooke and Alex Schlesinger
May 25, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/25/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-330-mark-russell/

Psychic Sam with Mark Millar
The Nerdrotic Nooner with Chris Gore 490 May 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/live/1PcovQuD9Nk

Words, Images, & Worlds with Ray MacKay
Jason DeHart
Jun 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/live/EWpW3UE5VBQ

Spotlight on Rupert Kinnard [2024 panel on queer African American comic strip characters ]
CXC Festival  Jun 1, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/live/InwgC9SCeC4

Bendis Book Club Live Criminal [inc Tom King]
word balloon June 1 2025
https://www.youtube.com/live/t5HRI-sI4kQ

It is Pat Bagley Day in Salt Lake and Pat Celebrates by Retiring
 D. D. Degg  
May 31, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/31/its-pat-bagley-day-in-salt-lake-and-pat-celebrates-by-retiring/

SLC honors Salt Lake Tribune cartoonist and 'champion of wit' with Pat Bagley Day
Pat Bagley will step back from full-time work but will continue to draw local cartoons for The Tribune.
By Lauren Gustus
  | May 31, 2025,
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/05/31/pat-bagley-day-slc-honors-salt/

'Peanuts' teams up with NAACP on kids' art center in Santa Rosa
DAN TAYLOR
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT May 30, 2025,
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/peanuts-teams-up-with-naacp-on-kids-art-center/?artslide=0

It's Your Anniversary, Charlie Brown
It has been 75 years since the debut of the "Peanuts" comic strip, yet the IP is more popular than ever.
Amanda Cioletti,
May 15, 2025
This article was taken from License Global's Issue 2, 2025. Click here to read the issue
https://www.licenseglobal.com/character/its-your-anniversary-charlie-brown

Comics artist Carol Tyler still feels compelled to tell her story
The iconic writer and illustrator is the subject of a new retrospective show, 'Write It Down, Draw It Out: The Comics Art of Carol Tyler,' currently on view at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.
By Andy Downing
May 28, 2025
https://matternews.org/culture/art/comics-artist-carol-tyler-still-feels-compelled-to-tell-her-story/

May 29, 2025
Every Campus A Refuge Program Featured in National Comic Strip [Josh Neufeld]
https://www.guilford.edu/news/2025/05/every-campus-refuge-program-featured-national-comic-strip

Answering Francis' call
By Josh Neufeld
May 23, 2025,https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/23/opinion/pope-francis-refugee-ecar-college-campuses/

Seattle writer's new book shares 'How Comics Are Made' [Glenn Fleishman]
By Rebekah Denn
Special to The Seattle Times May 30, 2025
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/seattle-writers-new-book-shares-how-comics-are-made/

Drawing a blank [Dana Summers letter]
Lawrence Walders,
Washington Post May 31 2025: A13.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/30/trump-coup-biden-original-sin-winsome-virginia/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/1/2025

'DC PRIDE 2025' ANTHOLOGY ADDS STORY 'BLACK LIGHTNING' CREATOR JENNY BLAKE

Personal Reflection on Coming Out as Transgender

  Brigid Alverson on April 30, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59441/dc-pride-2025-anthology-adds-story-black-lightning-creator-jenny-blake

 

UNIVERSAL GETS ALLIANCE, AD POPULUM GETS DIAMOND COMIC ET. AL.

Bankruptcy Court Rules

Milton Griepp on April 30, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59443/universal-gets-alliance-ad-populum-gets-diamond-comic-et-al

 

BOXED SET OFFERS 10 VOLUMES OF DC MANGA AT BIG DISCOUNT

Three Series Featuring Batman, Superman, and The Joker

Brigid Alverson on April 30, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59446/boxed-set-offers-10-volumes-dc-manga-big-discount

 

'Big Mouth' Team Sets 'Mating Season' Animated Series at Netflix

Rick Porter

April 30, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/big-mouth-creators-new-netflix-animated-series-1236204174/

 

Rarities: The Cartoon Factory Ltd, Part 3–The Right Side Cartoonists

D. D. Degg 

May 1, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/30/rarities-the-cartoon-factory-ltd-part-3-the-right-side-cartoonists/

 

Bob Zahn July 6, 1934 - January 6, 2008

January 09, 2008

https://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2008/01/bob-zahn-july-6-1934-january-6-2008.html

 

Bob Zahn, 1934-2008

Tom Spurgeon

January 10, 2008

https://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/bob_zahn_1934_2008

 

'The Eternaut' Review: Netflix Gives a Genre Classic New Life

An archetypal Argentine sci-fi graphic novel comes to the screen seven decades after its debut.

By Mike Hale

May 1, 2025,

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/arts/television/the-eternaut-review-netflix.html

 

Kwame Alexander on Bringing the Free Spirit of Jazz to Young Viewers

The latest in the author's Acoustic Rooster franchise, a PBS Kids special and series aim to teach children the beauty of collaboration and improvisation.

By Laurel Graeber

May 1, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/arts/television/acoustic-rooster-kwame-alexander.html

 

Adam Zyglis Takes First Place in 2025 National Headliner Award

D. D. Degg 

May 1, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/01/adam-zyglis-takes-first-place-in-2025-national-headliner-award/

 

A Soccer-Loving Nation's Transcendent Summer Is Reimagined [video game animation; Despelote]

By Lewis Gordon

A version of this article appears in print on May 1, 2025, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Ecuadorean Life Reimagined Through a Soccer Video Game.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/arts/despelote-soccer-ecuador.html

 

Draw the Future by Lloyd Dangle

https://drawthefuture.com/

 

Exclusive Interview: Portsmouth Comic Con 2025 Guest Andy Fanton

David Baillie

May 1, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/exclusive-interview-portsmouth-comic-con-2025-guest-andy-fanton/

 

New Local Comic Shop, Archer's Comics, opens in Truro, Cornwall

John Freeman on April 30, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/new-local-comic-shop-archers-comics-opens-in-truro-cornwall/

 

Scarborough gains new Local Comic Shop, Comic World

John Freeman on April 30, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/scarborough-gains-new-local-comic-shop-comic-world/

 

Betje Ton. 2025.

About making a graphic novel [includes interview with Dave Cowen of SerioComics]

Betje Comics    May 1, 2025   https://betjecom.substack.com/p/about-making-a-graphic-novel

 

5500 Miles of Comics - SerioComics 61 + Q&A with Author Betje Ton + Monthly Gun Debate Update - March 2025

Dave Cowen  

SerioComics Mar 28, 2025

https://seriocomics.substack.com/p/5500-miles-of-comics-seriocomics

 

How does a comic book shop stay open in 2025? Ask this longtime Miami business owner

Michael Butler

February 5, 2025

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/south-miami/article298990490.html

 

Graphic Nonfiction Review: GINSENG ROOTS is Craig Thompson's triumphant return to graphic memoir

Kerry Vineberg on 05/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nonfiction-review-ginseng-roots/

 

 

Interview: Janet Harvey on HIGH STREET HELLCATS, with exclusive art page!

Johanna Draper Carlson on 05/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-janet-harvey-on-high-street-hellcats-with-exclusive-art-page/        

 

All The "Special Thanks" Comic Book Creator Credits For Thunderbolts*

Rich Johnston 30 Apr 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/all-the-special-thanks-comic-book-creator-credits-for-thunderbolts/

 

Diamond Back In Court, Wants To Be Owned By SparklePop, AENT Objects

  Rich Johnston  30 Apr 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-back-in-court-wants-to-be-owned-by-sparklepop-aent-objects/

 

Bankruptcy Courts Approve Sale Of Diamond To Universal/Sparkle Pop

Bankruptcy Courts approve the sale of Diamond Comics to Universal Distribution and Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop but with a $12 million discount

by Rich Johnston 30 Apr 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bankruptcy-courts-approve-sale-of-diamond-to-universal-sparkle-pop/

 

DC Comics Digital Sales Are Delayed A Week But Comic Stores Have Them

The Question, Power Company, Last Halloween, Worlds Finest and Detective Comics Annuals have all been delayed a week digitally

  30 Apr 2025   by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comics-publishers/dc-comics-digital-sales-are-delayed-a-week-but-comic-stores-have-them/

 

Diamond Comics Is Sold… But Who Gets Who & What About Diamond UK?

  30 Apr 2025  Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-comics-is-sold-but-who-gets-who-what-about-diamond-uk/

 

Comics Folk React To… The Latest Diamond Bankruptcy Madnesses

30 Apr 2025   by Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comics-folk-react-to-the-latest-diamond-bankruptcy-madnesses/

 

DOUBLE IMAGE: MARGUERITE BENNETT ON MOMMY BLOG

#329 of Kieron Gillen's Wordmail May 1 2025

https://buttondown.com/KieronGillen/archive/329-yes-i-know-im-fancy/

 

'Thunderbolts*' Review: Florence Pugh and Pals Kick Some Asterisk

Manohla Dargis

April 30, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/movies/thunderbolts-review-florence-pugh-kicks-asterisk.html

 

David G. Brown's Politics, Race and Cartoons Exhibit Covers Two Decades of American History

Brian W. Carter,   April 23, 2025             

https://lasentinel.net/david-g-browns-politics-race-and-cartoons-exhibit-covers-two-decades-of-american-history.html

 

David G. Brown Celebrates Two Decades as L.A. Sentinel Cartoonist

Cora Jackson-Fossett,   June 8, 2023

https://lasentinel.net/david-g-brown-celebrates-two-decades-as-l-a-sentinel-cartoonist.html

 

Political Cartoonist Changing the World One Illustration at a Time [David G. Brown]

Brian W. Carter,  June 29, 2023               https://lasentinel.net/political-cartoonist-changing-the-world-one-illustration-at-a-time.html

 

Epilogue: Cartoonist Fran Matera drew 'Steve Roper' adventure series

    Andrew Meacham

Tampa Bay Times  March 22, 2012

https://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/epilogue-cartoonist-fran-matera-drew-steve-roper-adventure-series/1221362/

Jackson 'Butch' Guice, Acclaimed Longtime DC and Marvel Artist, Has Passed Away
Brian Cronin
CBR May 1 2025
https://www.cbr.com/jackson-butch-guice-dc-marvel-artist-obituary/

Pluto TV supercharges anime library with biggest content refresh ever
Hayame Kawachi on 05/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/pluto-tv-supercharges-anime-library-with-biggest-content-refresh-ever/

Drawn to MoMA: Comics Inspired by Modern Art
Edited by Alex Halberstadt and Arlette Hernandez. Preface by Walter Scott.
New York: Museum of Modern Art , 2025

PRH Inks License Agreements with Disney
May 01, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5348

Diamond Says It Has Reached a Deal with Universal, Ad Populum
By Jim Milliot
May 01, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/97673-diamond-says-it-has-reached-a-deal-with-universal-ad-populum.html

Peter Sanderson
Doom, Sentinels and 2025 [ Marvel Comics parallels to present day politics]
Sanderson on Comics May 1, 2025   https://substack.com/inbox/post/162655214

'Thunderbolts*' is a refreshing misfit hit after many Marvel misfires
Bob Mondello
 All Things Considered May 1, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5381684/thunderbolts-review
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2025/05/20250501_atc_review-thunderbolts.mp3

Buffalo News editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis wins National Headliner Award
Dale Anderson  
Buffalo News April 30 2025
    https://buffalonews.com/opinion/collection_3fdd96e8-edb0-459f-8083-f2ba778786bf.html or https://archive.ph/p6XWW#selection-4788.0-4788.1
 
Robert Crumb and Dan Nadel with Naomi Fry — Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life
The 92nd Street Y, New York Apr 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-tM8GC67LA

Benjamin Percy Talks Deadpool Wolverine and more
wordballoon
May 1 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klpHIE0Q088

Comic Con Insider - Interview with St. Ann's Comic Con Promoter Patrick Hickey (Legacy Comix CEO)
Collectors Confessions
 Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLD_IY3fl4A

Franco Reveals His Secret Method for Loving Comics and Wrestling!
Collectors Confessions
 Jul 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtC9MFlqOt0

Talking Comics with Michael Allred - Mad Man, iZombie & Our Love for Star Wars!
Collectors Confessions
 Jun 11, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI_oiRyFE70

Talking Comics with Mark Russell - Writer of Batman Dark Age, The Flintstones & much more!
Collectors Confessions
Jun 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdajXd0wD0U

Talking Comics with Howard Chaykin - Comic Books, Conventions and growing up on Staten Island
Collectors Confessions
 May 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNOz5B6uguI

Comic Book MASTERMIND Jeremy Holt Shares Marvel Writing Secrets!
Collectors Confessions
 Apr 17, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM1GluSqZV4

Talking Comics with Micheal Avon Oeming - Legendary Creator of Powers, Blue Book and so much more!
Collectors Confessions
 Apr 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbicuK75QK4

50 and FEARLESS! Brian Buccellato's Comic Book Journey
Collectors Confessions
 Apr 3, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epQrRdevkGU

Discover the ART of Comic Book Creation with Tony Fleecs
Collectors Confessions
Mar 27, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAwUbm-Vrp4

Penny the Cat Creator Karl Stevens Shares His Most Surprising Artist Secrets!
Collectors Confessions
 Mar 20, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWpLNdCOOgE

Behind the Panels - Richard Comely Captain Canuck Creator Talks about Comics!
Collectors Confessions
 Mar 13, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvbxMfm_3So

Talking Comics with Creator Noah Van Sciver!
Collectors Confessions
Feb 28, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5sAUNXSm84

Top Comics Expert Tom Kaczynski Shares Insider Secrets
Collectors Confessions
 Dec 31, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPFO_j4lvJw

Comic Artist Interviews - Glenn Whitmore & Jeff Brennan - Working on Death of Superman and Big Bang!
Collectors Confessions
 May 18, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_WM0mNHH-I

Comic Artist Interviews - Tevin Isaac & William Olmo - Great Art and Personal Commissions!!
Collectors Confessions
 May 16, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNLkg31mFf0

Interview with CEO/Artist Christopher Espiritusanto - Making Comics and Helping other Creators!
Collectors Confessions
 May 15, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV36uqGV-FY

Behind the Con - Interview with Show Promoter! What Makes The Exit 8 Collecting Classic Great?
Collectors Confessions
 May 9, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kw1JpiKqVo

Comic Legend Al Milgrom Interview- From Avengers to X-Factor. Behind the Scenes Stories!
Collectors Confessions
 May 8, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5OMOcMlFJE

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/26-27/2025

Alliance Entertainment cancels Diamond purchase; Diamond says "we good"
Heidi MacDonald on 04/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/alliance-entertainment-cancels-diamond-purchase-diamond-says-we-good/

ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT TERMINATES DIAMOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
What Next?
Milton Griepp on April 25, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59418/alliance-entertainment-terminates-diamond-purchase-agreement

Diamond Comics Declares "Business As Usual" With New "Partners"
Rich Johnston
26 Apr 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-comics-declares-business-as-usual-with-new-partners/

Michael de Adder is Winner of 2024 National Newspaper Award
D. D. Degg  
April 26, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/25/michael-de-adder-is-winner-of-2024-national-newspaper-award/

Robert Crumb on LSD, Ego, Comics, Fine Art, and Young Cartoonists Today
Naomi Fry

The 92nd Street Y, New York Apr 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN79u_rz4OU

"Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life" Author Dan Nadel
Helen Raptis
KATU 's AM Northwest Apr 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVAeHd3BoYQ

Steve Brodner
Apr 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MYIqP8mL90
Draw Pete Hegseth

The Real Story Behind Comic Publisher Names
Where did publisher names come from? What other names were considered? We ponder these questions today.
David Harper
March 18, 2021
https://sktchd.com/longform/comic-publisher-names/

Announcement Power: Surveying the Field of Comic Conventions to See Which Ones Move the Needle
David Harper
April 23, 2025
 https://sktchd.com/longform/conventions-events-announcements-survey/

Why Did Alliance Entertainment Change Its Mind About Diamond Comics?
by Rich Johnston
 26 Apr 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/why-alliance-entertainment-change-mind-diamond-comics/

Diamond Tells Retailers Price Changes Are Coming Due To New Tariffs
25 Apr 2025
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-tells-retailers-price-changes-are-coming-due-to-new-tariffs/

Jack Katz -RIP
D. D. Degg
April 27, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/27/jack-katz-rip/

Alaniz, Jose. 2025. Book Review. Muscle memory: a survivor's story: by Al Davison. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (April 23): https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2492775 or https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BG3NCYBPBXZJFMVGZWG4/full?target=10.1080/21504857.2025.2492775

Paul Noth Accepts The 2025 Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art
Michael Maslin
Ink Spill April 26 2025
https://michaelmaslin.com/saturday-spill-paul-noth-accepts-the-2025-thurber-prize-for-american-cartoon-art/

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 325: Michael Walsh unleashes Exquisite Corpses: Serial killers, secret games, and horror punk mayhem
David Brooke and Alex Schlesinger
April 20, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/04/20/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-325-exquisite-corpses/

U.S. court washes hands of Superman international copyright claim
The estate of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster attempted to block the release of the new film in certain territories.
By Mary Kate Carr  |  April 25, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/superman-international-copyright-lawsuit-dismissed

Francis Ford Coppola now turning Megalopolis into much less expensive graphic novel
Coppola describes the adaptation of his 2024 film as "a sibling of the film, rather than just an echo."
By William Hughes  |  April 25, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/megalopolis-graphic-novel-francis-ford-coppola

Francis Ford Coppola unveils Megalopolis graphic novel
In a statement, the 86-year-old director of the critical and box-office flop said the book confirms his feeling that 'art can never be constrained'
Catherine Shoard
Fri 25 Apr 2025  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/25/francis-ford-coppola-unveils-megalopolis-graphic-novel

Let's Talk Comics! — The Kickstarter Ladder and more
Brad Guigar
 Apr 26, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGHWEiRDfew

Words, Images, & Worlds with Keith Finch
Jason DeHart
Apr 26, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ltRyE0FJ0

Scott Snyder Reimagining Absolute Batman
word balloon
Apr 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAESbym70E4

Memoirs and Comics With Jeff Lemire
word balloon Apr 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuhKcjVpTFk

Jeff Lemire: Untold WWII 50s & 60s JSA Stories!
word balloon April 26 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sASMRRNrrVk

Jeff Lemire Explains The Creation Of Absolute Flash
word balloon April 26 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTntJd5to3E

Cartoon-A-Thon 2025 was a celebration of all things indie comics
A day of signings, stories, and spotlight panels honoring 25 years of comic artistry at the Schulz Museum.
Ryan Sonneville
April 22, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/04/22/cartoon-a-thon-2025-was-a-celebration-of-all-things-indie-comics/

Expose kids to diverse disciplines: Author Stephan Pastis at SCRF
Sharjah24 April 26, 2025
https://sharjah24.ae/en/Articles/2025/04/25/kmr10

Lines of Resilience: A Conversation with E.S. Glenn
April 25, 2025
Alex Garcia
https://comicskingdom.com/trending/blog/2025/04/25/lines-of-resilience-a-conversation-with-e-s-glenn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arZ4zygL8hg

Will Forte Celebrates 'Coyote vs. Acme' Rescue: "I Never Thought It Would Happen"
Kirsten Chuba
April 25, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/will-forte-coyote-vs-acme-rescue-1236200581/

Fact Check: Chinese Embassy In US Did NOT Post Cartoon That Depicts Trump Having Tariff-Related Tantrum
    by: Uliana Malashenko
    April 23 2025
 https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/04/fact-check-chinese-embassy-in-us-did-not-post-cartoon-that-depicts-trump-having-tariff-related-tantrum.html

David G. Brown's Politics, Race and Cartoons Exhibit Covers Two Decades of American History
Brian W. Carter, April 23, 2025
 https://lasentinel.net/david-g-browns-politics-race-and-cartoons-exhibit-covers-two-decades-of-american-history.html

The art and evolving role of editorial cartoons with longtime cartoonist Doug MacGregor
By Mike Kiniry
Gulf Coast Life   April 14, 2025
https://news.wgcu.org/show/gulf-coast-life/2025-04-14/the-art-and-evolving-role-of-editorial-cartoons-with-longtime-cartoonist-doug-macgregor

Southwest Florida In Focus | Episode 133| Apr. 25th, 2025 [editorial cartoonist Doug MacGregor]
Sandra Viktorova
WGCU News 4/25/2025

https://www.pbs.org/video/southwest-florida-in-focus-episode-133-apr-25th-2025-fzasdy/

A cartoonist conversation with Charlie Daniel and Brad Boring
April 25, 2025
https://www.wbir.com/video/syndication/ott/cartoonist-conversation-with-charlie-daniel-and-brad-boring/51-3a139a8d-220a-40cb-964c-98a2e11aa745

Maker Monday: National Cartoonist Society [Charlie Daniel and Brad Boring]
Living East Tennessee
Apr 21, 2025
https://www.wate.com/video/maker-monday-national-cartoonist-society/10646813/

    Political cartoonists on navigating a changing media landscape
    Jeffrey Brown:
    PBS News Hour's CANVAS Art in Action, Apr 25, 2025
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/political-cartoonists-on-navigating-a-changing-media-landscape

Bill Brown returns to DC ... as a lobbyist

From the man who brought us the President (then Citizen) Bill comic strip...

but seriously, he's working on the right side here. That's Bill in the white beard.

Ukraine's Future

Shiny young folk

William L Brown Apr 12 2025 https://nativecpeaker.substack.com/p/ukraines-future

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/22-23/2025

 

The Fangirl Diaries: Finding Community in Anime Fandom of the '90s and '00s

Erica Victoria Espejo

McFarland 2025

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-fangirl-diaries/

 

Donation [Schulz Museum]

Nat Gertler

    The AAUGH Blog  March 21, 2025

    https://aaugh.com/wordpress/2025/03/donation/

 

Experts share top five recommendations for discovering French comics as an adult

First-time readers of bandes dessinées might want to start with this list of suggestions

Victoria Gibson

06 January 2025

https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/experts-share-top-five-recommendations-for-discovering-french-comics-as-an-adult/698206

 

Discover the capital of comics books in the west of France

We hear from the advisers of Angoulême's museum ahead of the festival which runs from January 29 to February 2

Victoria Gibson

3 January 2025

https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/discover-the-capital-of-comics-books-in-the-west-of-france/688885

 

French love of comic books is writ large on Angoulême walls

We discover why the Charente city encourages mural artists to turn beloved bande dessinée heroes into huge works of art

Julia Faiers

27 June 2022

https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/french-love-of-comic-books-is-writ-large-on-angoulme-walls/246481

 

France's Editis acquires graphic novel publisher Delcourt

Jan 3, 2025

by Barbara Casassus

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/frances-editis-acquires-graphic-novel-publisher-delcourt

 

France Cancels Beauty and the Beast Book; Artist Cites Racism [Julien "Jul" Berjeaut]

Alan Gardner

March 21, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/03/21/france-cancels-beauty-and-the-beast-book-artist-cites-racism/

 

French Ministry of Education cancels retelling of 'Beauty and the Beast' deemed 'inappropriate'

Sarah Miansoni

Africanews English March 20 2025

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/french-ministry-of-education-cancels-retelling-of-beauty-and-the-beast-deemed-inappropriate/ar-AA1BiMlq

 

France cancels modern 'Beauty and the Beast' for schoolkids

Hugues Honore, Catherine Fay de Lestrac and Alice Hackman

AFP 20 March 2025

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/france-cancels-modern-beauty-beast-142355967.html

 

UPenn Lays Off Cartoonist Mr. Fish

D. D. Degg

March 22, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/03/22/upenn-fires-cartoonist-mr-fish/

 

Jeff Weigel answers the phans' questions [Phantom]

ChronicleChamber Team

March 17 2025

https://www.chroniclechamber.com/post/jeff-weigel-answers-the-phans-questions

 

Skybound Entertainment Make Layoffs, Two Identified

21 Mar 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/skybound-entertainment-make-layoffs-two-identified/

 

Maus author Art Spiegelman to collaborate with Palestine writer Joe Sacco on new comic about Gaza

By Fleur Hargreaves

3 January 2025

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/maus-author-art-spiegelman-announces-collaboration-palstine-writer-joe-succo-new-comic

 

Local Photography Legend Turns Focus to Graphic Novel [Livermore, CA, Bill Owens]

    By Christina Cavallaro

    Jan 2, 2025 https://www.independentnews.com/news/regional_and_ca/local-photography-legend-turns-focus-to-graphic-novel/article_70ab6660-c7be-11ef-8986-63f543ecb48c.html

 

Black Cat's Debut Leads Heritage's January Comics & Comic Art Auction [Spider-Man]

Jan 2 2025 https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/black-cats-debut-leads-heritages-january-comics-comic-art-auction

 

Ben Hatke - "Things in the Basement" - at Politics and Prose Conn. Ave in the Children and Teens Department

    Ben Hatke

Washington, DC: Politics and Prose Bookstore

2023-09-06

https://archive.org/details/hatke-ben-p-p-230906

 

Zach Weinersmith - "A City On Mars" - At Scrawl Books

Zach Weinersmith; Teasel Muir-Harmony

Reston, VA: Scrawl Books  2023-11-09

https://archive.org/details/zach-weinersmith-at-scrawl-books-231109

   

Sierra Barnes - "Hans Vogel Is Dead vol. 1" - At Fantom Comics

    Sierra Barnes; Jacob Shapiro; Mike Rhode; Sarahti Gassmalla

    Washington, DC: Fantom Comics 2023-10-17

https://archive.org/details/sierra-barnes-at-fantom-comics-231017

 

Sweet, Violet. 1931.

Argentine Party Arrives Aboard ·Buenos Aires Maru To Visit in Japan [Rakuten Kitazawa and M. Zavala (aka Pelele)],

Japan Times and Mail (August 4)

 

DJ Ben Ha Meen: Remixing Black Music History Through Comics

Ezae Darby

Brooklyn College Vanguard October 16, 2024 https://vanguard.blog.brooklyn.edu/2024/10/dj-ben-ha-meen-remixing-black-music-history-through-comics/

 

Mangie Kpaka.

Meet the Author: NY Best Selling Author "Jeffrey Brown"

NBM Graphic Novels March 21 2025

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=433054443204346&rdid=Iyr9BZCYzxBBuD2u

 

Contino, Jennifer. 2001.

Creeps are People Too! Dan Mishkin.

Sequential Tart (September): http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/sept01/mishkin.shtml

 

Contino, Jennifer. 2001.

Creepy Concepts: Tom Mandrake [Creeps].

Sequential Tart (November): http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/nov01/mandrake.shtml

 

Disney's "Snow White" Remake Whistles But Doesn't Work

Loathed even before its release, the latest live-action version of an animated classic embodies many of the cynical moves of the remake racket.

By Justin Chang

March 22, 2025

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-current-cinema/disneys-snow-white-remake-whistles-but-doesnt-work

 

March 23, 2025

Edith Pritchett dropped by WaPo?

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/03/edith-pritchett-dropped-by-wapo.html

 

'Courage the Cowardly Dog' head writer David Steven Cohen dies at 66

AILSA CHANG and MARY LOUISE KELLY

All Things Considered March 19, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5333316/courage-the-cowardly-dog-head-writer-david-steven-cohen-dies-at-66

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2025/03/20250319_atc_courage_the_cowardly_dog_writer_obit.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5333316

 

Jim Keefe (via Patreon) Mar 23, 2025

Work for Hire – The Fallout [creators rights]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/work-for-hire-122139678

 

 

Jim Keefe (via Patreon)

Mar 23, 2025

MoCCA 2025

 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mocca-2025-124894875

 

Jason Bateman is Gotham City's New Dark Knight in BATMAN VS. BATEMAN State Farm Commercial

by Eric Diaz

Mar 14 2025

https://nerdist.com/article/jason-bateman-batman-vs-bateman-state-farm-commercial/

 

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 320: Martian Manhunter, time crises, and the future of superheroes: A conversation with Deniz Camp

David Brooke and Alex Schlesinger

March 16, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/16/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-320-deniz-camp/

 

Joey Weiser on 'The Littlest Fighter:' Big battles, bigger heart

David Brooke

March 18, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/18/the-littlest-fighter-joey-weiser-interview/

 

Oni Press levels up: Unpacking a blockbuster 2024 (sic 2025) with Hunter Gorinson and Sierra Hahn

Publisher Hunter Gorinson and editor-in-chief Sierra Hahn discuss how they're building on last year's successes.

David Brooke

March 20, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/20/oni-press-hunter-gorinson-sierra-hahn-qa/

 

One Piece loses one showrunner

Matt Owen, the co-showrunner of Netflix's One Piece, is exiting the role ahead of season two.

By Matt Schimkowitz  |  March 23, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/netflix-one-piece-showrunner-exit-matt-owens

 

The Design of Absolute DC: Nick Robles on Getting Up to Speed on Absolute Flash

David Harper

March 19, 2025

https://sktchd.com/longform/absolute-flash-nick-robles-feature/

 

The Looney Tunes frog was based on a true story

A Texas horned toad once survived 31 years in a time capsule.

By Mike Vago  |  March 23, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/ol-rip-the-horned-toad-looney-tunes-frog

 

Gwyneth Paltrow sounds genuinely shocked to learn she was in seven Marvel movies

"That can't be right," Paltrow responds when her tenure as Pepper Potts is brought up. "I can't have been in seven."

By William Hughes  |  March 20, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/gwyneth-paltrow-shocked-seven-marvel-movies

 

Stephen Barone Explores Dark Humor in "The Dirty, the Filthy, and the Dead"

Barney Smith

StoryComic

 Mar 15, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DJ85aSVcZo

 

Braxton Cosby on the Challenges of Writing Dystopian Young Adult Fiction [Starchild Comics company]

Barney Smith

StoryComic

 Mar 20, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLrJv6nD010

 

Words, Images, & Worlds with Brendan Albetski

Jason DeHart

 Mar 23, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS5HP7qA05c

 

Brandon Adler

Author Talk with Randall Munroe

Library Speakers Consortium

 Jan 31, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAEutGwIQ9c and https://libraryc.org/monroetwplibrary/21987

 

Author Talk with Kate Beaton: Bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant!

Brandon Adler

Library Speakers Consortium

 Apr 4, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV_7OSDWJC8 and https://libraryc.org/monroetwplibrary/25134

 

Graphic Novels are Life! Telling Your Own Story in a Graphic Novel with Dan Santat (5th-8th Grade)

Jazmin Castillo

Library Speakers Consortium

 Jul 30, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYIECEny1K0

https://libraryc.org/monroetwplibrary/50973

 

Opus 9 - Breakdown on the Starship Remembrance (1979)

The Art of P. Craig Russell March 23 2025

https://www.waynealanharold.com/listen

 

All the controversies surrounding Disney's 'Snow White,' explained

The new live-action "Snow White" film has made headlines for years due to its casting decisions and changes to the original story.

By Herb Scribner

March 21, 2025

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/03/20/snow-white-controversy-explained/

 

Fair enough: A new 'Snow White' is surprisingly entertaining [in print as To be fair, this redo is pretty entertaining]

Ty Burr

Washington Post March 21, 2025: Weekend 22, 24.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/03/20/snow-white-rachel-zegler-review/