Santa Knows by Daniel Boris

Same Difference by Daniel Boris

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/8/2025

NETFLIX BUYING ANOTHER COMIC COMPANY Plus Warner Bros. Movie and TV Studios, Streaming [DC Comics]

  Milton Griepp on December 6, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61163/netflix-buying-another-comic-company

 

'Swat Kats' Comic Book Breaks Kickstarter Record

By Sam Spratford              

Dec 08, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/99250-swat-kats-comic-book-breaks-kickstarter-record.html

 

Comic book and manga haven Betty's Books reopens in St. Louis County

    Bethany Christo

    Ladue News (December 8 2025):

    https://www.laduenews.com/arts-and-culture/comic-books-manga-kids-reading-new-openings-bookstore-stl-county-cafe/article_be65910c-308e-419e-b94f-f699117b3e9c.html

 

DC Studios Has a Fan in Scott Snyder; "Comics Are Killing It": Gunn. James Gunn is liking what DC Comics has been up to lately (especially Absolute Batman #1), and Scott Snyder feels the same about DC Studios.

  07 Dec 2025 

by Ray Flook

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/dc-studios-has-a-fan-in-scott-snyder-comics-are-killing-it-gunn/

 

DC Universe Infinite Expands Into Europe But No Discount For Denmark

, 07 Dec 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-universe-infinite-expands-into-europe-but-no-discount-for-denmark/

 

Art Auctioned in aid of collector and comics professional, Larry Shell

By John Freeman on December 7, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/art-auctioned-in-aid-of-collector-and-comics-professional-larry-shell/

 

Wallace and Gromit creator reveals whether Aardman Animations will use AI in future - and what they won't compromise on

    Laura Rutkowski

7 December 2025

 Radio Times:  https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/wallace-and-gromit-aardman-nick-park-radio-times-cover-interview/

 

Aardman bosses on the future of Wallace & Gromit and Feathers McGraw's surprising origins

    Michael Hodges

10 December 2024  Radio Times

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/wallace-gromit-feathers-aardman-interview/

 

Wallace & Gromit creator teases franchise future and whether we'll get a Feathers McGraw prequel

    James Hibbs    , Katelyn Mensah

10 September 2025  Radio Times:

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/wallace-gromit-creator-franchise-future-exclusive-newsupdate/

 

Johnson Features. 1925. The Hearst Newspapers Order the "Skippy" Comic [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 58 (8; July 18): 43. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-07-18_58_8/page/42/mode/2up

Italy's Rainbow Celebrates 30 Years of Magic
Ramin Zahed
December 5, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/italys-rainbow-celebrates-30-years-of-magic/
This article was written for the
December '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 354).

'Avengers: Endgame' to Be Rereleased in 2026 Ahead of 'Avengers: Doomsday' (Exclusive)
Borys Kit
December 5, 2025   https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/avengers-endgame-to-be-re-released-in-2026-of-doomsday-1236443462/

Joshua Williamson LIVE: The All-Stars Thanksgiving Spectacular! [Chip Zdarsky, Scott Snyder
ComicPop Returns
 Nov 25, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNnHxs7gS1Y

Chip Zdarsky talks Captain America and Crossovers!
ComicPop Returns
 Dec 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzZJKx66Y3w

Interview #499 w/ Sierra Barnes | Hans Vogel is Dead Vol 2
Cody
Keeping It Geekly   Dec 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LKd2MNA_is

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 229 - Kyle Bravo Returns
December 03, 2025 • Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius • Season 5 • Episode 229
 https://cartooncaptioncontestpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1719352/episodes/18295399-episode-229-kyle-bravo-returns

This Monster Wants To Eat Me's sapphic horror delights in discomfort
Gore and queer romance mix in this pointedly uncomfortable horror anime.
By Elijah Gonzalez  |  December 8, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/this-monster-wants-to-eat-me-explained

There's No Wrong Place to Start Reading Comics
David Harper
December 3, 2025
 https://sktchd.com/longform/theres-no-wrong-place-to-start-reading-comics/

Terry Dodson talks Ultimate Endgame, AdventureMan, and more
SKTCHD's Off Panel  Dec 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ8xQwclGK4

Jimmy Palmiotti On Harley Quinn Power Girl Kickstarter and more [at C2E2 2015]
wordballoon  
  Dec 8, 2025
Recorded live at C2E2 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXFN2eQuPrs

Dalton Webb (1972-2025), an artist's life
Henry Chamberlain | December 8, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/dalton-webb-1972-2025-an-artists-life/

  *Degg, D. D. 2025. Ken Crook – RIP. Daily Cartoonist (December 5): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/05/ken-crook-rip/

  *MacGowan, Carl. 2025. Kenneth E. Crook, Newsday editorial cartoonist in the 1960s, dies at 96. Newsday (December 4): https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/kenneth-crook-obituary-newsday-t51xypp9

Drawing Fire with Ellen Forney - SAW Free Friday Night Comics Workshop
Sequential Artists Workshop
  Dec 5, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcIM-wgoCdU

  *Sagers, Aaron. 2025. Rob Liefeld Live Q&A - Creator of Deadpool. Den of Geek (December 8): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuyKXLtCsxM

The Show Must Go On
A location shoot's hierarchy of needs.
By Adrian Tomine
December 8, 2025
Published in the print edition of the December 15, 2025, issue.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/15/the-show-must-go-on

John D. King  May 3, 1951 — October 27, 2025
Trainor Funeral Home (December 8 2025): https://www.trainorfuneralhome.com/obituaries

Interview #499 w/ Sierra Barnes | Hans Vogel is Dead Vol 2

Cody

Keeping It Geekly   Dec 5, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LKd2MNA_is

Today, we have the opportunity to chat with Sierra Barnes about Hans Vogel Is Dead Vol 2 and their experience creating #indiecomics! Check the links below to stay in touch with their future works! Deceased Nazi ace pilot Hans Vogel continues his journey through an eerie afterlife populated by figures from German folklore in this second graphic novel installment of Hans Vogel is Dead. Just when he's begun to take responsibility for his actions in life, direct confrontation with the Erlking, his vicious allies, and Hans's own past may send him spiraling back into denial—leaving Reineke, the young fox-girl in his care, in danger. https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3012-... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://bsky.app/profile/sierrabravoa... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my Linktree for a listing of all of my social media platforms to stay up to date - https://linktr.ee/keepingitgeekly

Missed it - Wash Examiner on Alley Oop over a year ago

These are great collections. I have a bunch of them.

Archiving Alley Oop

By Michael Taube

Washington Examiner  October 17, 2024  

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3189390/books-archiving-alley-oop/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/6-7/2025

  *Kusek, Sam. 2025.  Christopher Irving: On the art of conversation [comics scholar; Graphic NYC: The Essay Collection]. Creative Independent (June 30): https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/comic-book-historian-christopher-irving-on-the-art-of-conversastion/

  *Romero-Jódar, Andrés. 2013. Comic Books and Graphic Novels in their Generic Context. Towards a Definition and Classification of Narrative Iconical Texts. ATLANTIS: Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies 35 (1; June): 117-135. Online at https://www.academia.edu/3759133/

  *Kaplan, Avery. 2021. Interview: Sophia Glock reveals details about Passport; The cartoonist told The Beat what it was like to get her graphic novel vetted by the CIA (yes, seriously). The Beat (July 28):  https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-sophia-glock-reveals-details-about-passport/

  *Glock, Sophia. 2024. Memoir and Graphic Storytelling with Sophia Glock '04. Ampersand International Arts Festival (May 7): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUpdSwP_v0w

  *Figa, Alenka. 2017. Myth, Motherhood and Buttered Toast: An Interview with Sophia Wiedeman [Sophia Glock]. Women Write about Comics (January 26): https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2017/01/myth-motherhood-and-buttered-toast-an-interview-with-sophia-wiedeman/

  *Kirichanskaya, Michele. 2021. Interview with Cartoonist Sophia Glock. Geeks OUT (June 18): https://www.geeksout.org/2021/06/18/interview-with-cartoonist-sophia-glock/

  *Woodroof, Martha. 2015. Comic Books For Life [Sophia Weideman, Sophia Glock]. WMRA's The Spark (February 27): https://www.wmra.org/the-spark/2015-02-27/comic-books-for-life

  *Mougin, Solange. 2025. Bam! Pow! Bubbles burst as Angoulême comics festival is cancelled. France 24 English's Entre Nous (December 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7xGrQGsbK8

  *Irving, Christopher. 2022. Cliffhanger! Cinematic Superheroes of the Serials, 1941-1952. TwoMorrows Publishing

  *Irving, Christopher (ed.). 2018. Conversations: Larry Hama. University Press of Mississippi

  *Irving, Christopher and Seth Kushner (photo). 2015. New York Comics [comics journalism/art book]. France: MuttPop Publishing

  *Irving, Christopher (ed.). 2015. Conversations: Michael Allred. University Press of Mississippi

  *Irving, Christopher. 2014. The Amazing Heroes Handbook [golden age superhero histories for toys line]. Fresh Monkey Fiction

  *Irving, Christopher. 2012. Leaping Tall Buildings: The Origin of the American Comic Book. PowerHouse Publishing

  *Irving, Christopher. 2010. Graphic NYC Presents: Dean Haspiel - The Early Years. IDW Publishing

  *Irving, Christopher. 2007. Comics Introspective, Volume I: Peter Bagge. TwoMorrows Publishing

  *Irving, Christopher. 2007. The Blue Beetle Companion: His Many Lives from 1939 to Today. TwoMorrows Publishing

  *Irving, Christopher. 2007. Modern Masters, Volume 11: Charles Vess. TwoMorrows Publishing


  *Unknown. 2025. Booklist Editors' Choice: Graphic Novels, 2025. Booklist (December 1).  online at https://www.booklistonline.com/products/9818895

  *Lloyd, Megan Wagner & Abhi Alwar. 2025. Megan Wagner Lloyd & Abhi Alwar, Super Pancake And The Terrible Toast authors at East City Bookshop November 16, 2025 [audio recording and photographs]. Washington, DC: East City Bookshop. online at https://archive.org/details/megan-wagner-lloyd-abhi-alwar-super-pancake-and-the-terrible-toast-east-city-bookshop-251116

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. French Politicians Squabble, Launch Mayoral Campaigns Over Angoulême. Bleeding Cool (December 6): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/french-politicians-squabble-launch-mayoral-campaigns-over-angouleme/

  *Smart, James. 2025. The best graphic novels of 2025: Alison Bechdel and Joe Sacco return; plus Black Country cowboys, vengeful gods and an angling classic reimagined. Guardian (December 2): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/02/best-graphic-novels-2025-anders-nilsen-michael-d-kennedy-gareth-brookes

  *Arrant, Chris. 2025. DC never stopped making Vertigo books, the only thing that disappeared was the logo says DC's Chris Conroy. Popverse (November 27): https://www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-veritgo-never-stopped-publishing-logo-chris-conroy

  *Arrant, Chris. 2025. DC Vertigo Executive Editor Chris Conroy on taking over an iconic imprint - NYCC 2025. Popverse (November 10):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd-EhLYTYo4

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. As Netflix Buys Warner Bros/DC Comics, Mark Millar Quits Social Media. Bleeding Cool (December 5): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/as-netflix-buys-warner-bros-dc-comics-mark-millar-quits-social-media/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. What Will Netflix Buying Warner Bros. Mean For DC And DC Comics? Bleeding Cool (December 5): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/what-will-netflix-buying-warner-bros-mean-for-dc-and-dc-comics/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Get Ready To Netflix And Joe Chill? Comic Creators React To DC News. Bleeding Cool (December 7): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/get-ready-to-netflix-and-joe-chill-comic-creators-react-to-dc-news/

  *Rosner, Elias. 2025. "Excalibur" (1988) #42-50 with Kelly Thompson; or, Why Can't I Hold All These Technets?! Make Mine Multiversity (139; November 30): https://eliasrwrites.ghost.io/make-mine-multiversity-139/ and https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7b26bbd7-8d8e-4729-821e-6747fe07fbff.mp3

Johnston, Rich. 2025. Saddest Part Of Sara Pichelli's Life, Not Being Paid For Miles Morales; The saddest part of Sara Pichelli's life is not getting paid by Marvel for the use of her co-creation, Miles Morales: Spider-Man. Bleeding Cool (December 7): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/saddest-part-of-sara-pichellis-life-not-being-paid-for-miles-morales/

Johnston, Rich. 2025. Marc Craste's Picatopia Graphic Novel Based On His BAFTA-Winning Film. Bleeding Cool (December 6): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marc-crastes-picatopia-graphic-novel-based-on-his-bafta-winning-film/

Harper, David. 2025. Matthew Rosenberg talks We're Taking Everyone Down With Us, comics podcasting, and more. SKTCHD's Off Panel (December 5): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k73jLZ2rT64

Scott, Cavan. 2025.  A perfect Sunday with... Dylan Shipley. The Cavletter (December 7): https://www.cavletter.com/a-perfect-sunday-with-dylan-shipley/

Pimienta, Jose. 2025. Dear Librarians [comic]. Booklist Reader (December): 32

Smith, Sara. 2025. Manga Essentials: History, Fact and Fiction. Booklist Reader (December): 25

Hunter, Sarah and Susan Maguire (eds). 2025. Booklist's Guide to Graphic Novels in Libraries 2025. Booklist. Online at https://subs.booklistonline.com/custompages/Booklist/booklist_authenticator.aspx?publication=booklist&edition_date=2025-06-25

Features
3 State of Comics Librarianship
by Shira Pilarski
4 Readers' Advisory for Readers New
to Comics
by Robin Brenner
8 Beyond a Core Collection
by Sarah Hunter
12 The Appeal of the Real
Graphic Memoirs for Teens
by Scot Smith
18 Combatting Self-Censorship in a
Conservative Community
by Brenda Lower
20 Manhua in Print
by Marissa Hause
23 Wait, You've Got WHAT in Your Graphic
Medicine Collection?
by Matthew Noe
28 Zines as Graphic Medicine
A Program for Library Workers
by Cassy Lee

32 The New Underground
by Olivia Radbill
35 From Webcomics to Print, and Vice Versa
by Melanie C. Duncan
38 A Cat Manga for Every Reader
by Kacy Helwick
Comic Interludes
7 Dear Librarians
by Jose Pimienta
31 Untangled
by Hamish Steele
 
 
Writing the Strongest Villainess - an Interview with Light Novel Author Touko Amekawa
by Rebecca Silverman, Dec 5th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-12-05/writing-the-strongest-villainess-an-with-light-novel-author-touko-amekawa/.231166

The Long Career of Romeo's Blue Sky Character Designer Yoshiharu Satō
by Lynzee Loveridge, Dec 3rd 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-12-03/the-long-career-of-romeo-blue-sky-character-designer-yoshiharu-sato/.224844 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQWV4dgJDlQ

Hunt Emerson memoir, "50-Odd Years of Big Noses" in the works
By John Freeman on December 6, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/hunt-emerson-memoir-50-odd-years-of-big-noses-in-the-works/

You're a Grifter, Mr. Grinch by Daniel Boris

 

Megan Wagner Lloyd & Abhi Alwar, Super Pancake And The Terrible Toast authors at East City Bookshop November 16, 2025

Megan Wagner Lloyd & Abhi Alwar, Super Pancake And The Terrible Toast authors at East City Bookshop November 16, 2025 [audio recording and photographs]

Abhi Alwar; Megan Wagner Lloyd

Washington, DC: East City Bookshop. online at https://archive.org/details/megan-wagner-lloyd-abhi-alwar-super-pancake-and-the-terrible-toast-east-city-bookshop-251116

Sophia Glock speaking about Passport at the library in Falls Church

Sophia Glock is recounting her career

 Talking about her book Passport, she realized YA is an attitude and redid the first version which was of a 5-year-old's view of travelling overseas. The finished book became an adolescent's viewpoint.

She prefers to work in pencil. Mechanical pencil to be specific.

She looked at other books to figure out how to rework it. 

She's also a New Yorker cartoonist.

When she decided to do this book she had to figure out how to reveal the fact that her parents were spies.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/5/2025

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2025. The Beat Digest 12/05/25: THE BEAUTY arrives on FX in January. The Beat (December 5): https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-120525/

 

MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. What does Netflix buying Warner Bros mean for DC Comics? The Beat (December 5): https://www.comicsbeat.com/what-does-netflix-buying-warner-bros-mean-for-dc-comics/

 

McGuire, Liam. 2025. The Best Comics of 2025. Comic Frontier (December 5): https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/best-comics-2025-list-marvel-dc

 

Gossett, Christian, Kris Simon, and David Hyde. 2025. Superfan Interview: Barbra Dillon of Fanbase Press. Superfan Podcast (December 5): https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/superfan-interview-barbra-dillon

 

Aquino,  Jimmy. 2025.  Thought Bubble Festival: Lucy Sullivan/Sarah Gordon/Paul Cornell! Comic News Insider (1678; December 3): https://www.comicnewsinsider.com/episodes/cni-1678 and https://media.libsyn.com/media/cni/CNI1678.mp3

 

Aquino,  Jimmy. 2025. Thought Bubble Festival: Avery Hill Special - Donya Todd/Katriona Chapman! Comic News Insider (1679; December 5): https://www.comicnewsinsider.com/episodes/cni-1679 and https://media.libsyn.com/media/cni/CNI1679.mp3

 

Thompson, Maggie. 2025. TURNING POINTS [157]. Scoop (December 4): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-157/

 

Sheriff, Amanda. 2025. GoFundMe for Mike W. Barr's Medical Care,  Scoop (December 1): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/gofundme-for-mike-w-barrs-medical-care/

 

Sheriff, Amanda. 2025. The Pacific Northwest in Comics Exhibit in Portland. Scoop (December 3): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/the-pacific-northwest-in-comics-exhibit-in-portland/

 

Cloos, Art and Alice Cloos (photo.). 2025. Convention Recap: Big Apple Comic Con Holiday Con. Scoop (December 1): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/convention-recap-big-apple-comic-con-holiday-con/

 

Johnston, Rich. 2025. Absolute Batman #14 Had Orders Of 200,000, #15 Has Orders Of 300,000. Bleeding Cool (December 4): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/absolute-batman-14-had-orders-of-200000-15-has-orders-of-300000/

 

Salkowitz, Rob. 2025. Prestigious European Comics Festival Canceled Following Boycotts [Angouleme]. Forbes (December 3): https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/12/03/prestigious-european-comics-festival-canceled-following-boycotts/

 

Daniels, Robert. 2025. 'Endless Cookie' Review: An Animated Family History [in print as Endless Cookie]. New York Times (December 5): C5. Online at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/movies/endless-cookie-review.html

 

Yu, Brandon. 2025. '100 Nights of Hero' Review: A Feminist Fairy Tale [in print as 100 Nights of Hero]. New York Times (December 5): C7. Online at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/movies/100-nights-of-hero-review.html

 

Barnes, Brooks. 2025. But Who Is the Snake in 'Zootopia 2'? Gary Goldman, who has battled Disney in court over the franchise, thinks the viper Gary De'Snake is based on him. New York Times (December 4): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/media/zootopia-2-snake-gary-goldman.html

 

Zuckerman, Esther. 2025. Fans Are Obsessed With This Celebrity Couple. They Star in 'Zootopia.' New York Times (December 5): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/movies/zootopia-fans-nick-wilde-judy-hopps.html

 

McGowan, Andrew. 2025. Ginnifer Goodwin on 'Zootopia 3' Hopes and the Judy-Nick Romance Debate: 'Without Question, These Characters Are Soulmates'. Variety (December 4): https://variety.com/2025/film/news/ginnifer-goodwin-zootopia-3-hopes-judy-nick-romance-1236598900/

 

Unknown. 2025. Dick Tracy items on display at Norman Firehouse Art Center. Norman Transcript (June 27): https://www.normantranscript.com/community/dick-tracy-items-on-display-at-norman-firehouse-art-center/article_45754084-1022-4996-a901-1a77aee8c070.html

 

Sauer, Patrick. 2025. A Bold Finnish Artist Brought These Precious Little Hippopotamus-Like Trolls to the World 80 Years Ago [Moomins; Tove Jansson]. Smithsonian Magazine (n.d.): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-bold-finnish-artist-brought-these-precious-little-trolls-to-the-world-80-years-ago-180986897/

 

Galuppo, Mia. 2025. Alyssa Raimann will serve as vice president of Good Girl, which also has a Mariko Tamaki graphic novel adaptation in the works. [Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me]. Hollywood Reporter (June 27): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/tommy-dorfman-production-banner-thriller-aesthetica-1236301466/

 

Eckerling, Debra L. 2025. "The Writer:" A Fun Supernatural Graphic Novel Infused with Judaism. Jewish Journal (June 27): https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/books/382469/the-writer-a-fun-supernatural-graphic-novel-infused-with-judaism/

 

Burscough, Clark. 2025. (Slight Return) — This Week's Links. TCJ (December 5): https://www.tcj.com/slight-return-this-weeks-links/

 

Unknown. 2025. New stamps celebrate six Canadian graphic novelists. Canada Post Magazine (November 20): https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/personal/perspectives/graphic-novelists-2025/

 

Browning, Sommer. 2025. Comics and Comedy: Francesca Lyn is a key figure in the local comics scene — writing, editing, teaching and even performing stand-up comedy on the side. Style Weekly (November 17). online at https://www.styleweekly.com/comics-and-comedy/

 

Jahn, Jennifer. 2025. Author and educator Kim Shearer combines love of teaching with graphic-novel writing. Northern Kentucky Tribune (November 30): https://nkytribune.com/2025/11/author-and-educator-kim-shearer-combines-love-of-teaching-with-graphic-novel-writing/

 

Cornell, Paul, Stuart Moore and Chris Ryall. 2025. The Magic of Marvel: How We Met the Avengers, Doctor Strange, Daredevil and Others; Paul Cornell, Stuart Moore and Chris Ryall Discuss How They Discovered Their Love For Marvel Comics. Literary Hub (November 25): https://lithub.com/the-magic-of-marvel-how-we-met-the-avengers-doctor-strange-daredevil-and-others/

 

Mouly, Françoise. 2025. A Romp Through Rea Irvin's Forgotten Sunday Funnies; Revisiting a comic strip by The New Yorker's first art editor [Ra Irvin's The Smythes]. New Yorker (November 25): https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-romp-through-rea-irvins-forgotten-sunday-funnies

 

Clements, Alexis. 2025. And Then What? The Road After "Success" in the Arts; Alexis Clements uses Alison Bechdel's new graphic novel "Spent" to meditate on the predicament of the creative artist today. Los Angeles Review of Books (November 29): https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/and-then-what-the-road-after-success-in-the-arts/

 

Vittorini, Fabio. 2025. From "Here" to Eternity. Space-time singularities between literature, graphic novel and cinema [Richard McGuire]. Comparatismi (10): 570–587. Online at https://doi.org/10.14672/20253133 and https://www.ledijournals.com/ojs/index.php/comparatismi/article/view/3133 and https://www.ledijournals.com/ojs/index.php/comparatismi/article/view/3133/2253

 

Sorondo, Alexander. 2025. Giant of the Attic: On the Majesty of Alan Moore. Metropolitan Review (November 25): https://www.metropolitanreview.org/p/giant-of-the-attic

 

Vigneault, François. 2025. "You Laugh to Keep from Crying" — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections 'Pastimes' and 'Fruit Salad' [Canada]. Broken Frontier (November 19):

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/a-conversation-with-pascal-girard-and-cathon/

 

Oliver, Andy. 2025. "I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!" – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel 'Finding Home' [Indonesia]. Broken Frontier (December 3): https://www.brokenfrontier.com/dominica-claribelle-interview/

 

Wilyan, Kevin and Dany Muhammad (trans.). 2025. Interview With Comic Paradise Organisers at Comipara 5 [Indonesia]. KAORI Nusantara  / Indonesian Anime Times (December 4): https://www.kaorinusantara.or.id/english/27623/interview-with-comic-paradise-organisers-at-comipara-5

 

Wilyan, Kevin and Eriq Affandi (trans.). 2024. Has Comiket Changed Post Pandemic? Interview with Comic Market's Organizer. KAORI Nusantara  / Indonesian Anime Times (August 26):  https://www.kaorinusantara.or.id/english/22338/comiket-post-pandemic-interview

 

Brooke, David. 2025. Benjamin Percy brings brutality and brokenness to his new 'Punisher' ongoing in 2026. AIPT (December 2): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/12/02/benjamin-percy-punisher-2026/

 

Harkham, Sammy. 2025. R. Crumb and George DiCaprio Talk Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Astral Projection, and Acid Trips; The pair sit down to discuss the glory days of underground comics—and a new show of Crumb's work at David Zwirner in Los Angeles. Cultured Magazine (November 24):  https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/11/24/art-robert-crumb-george-dicaprio-david-zwirner/

 

Buhle, Paul . 2025. Conversations with Underground Comix Kingpin Dennis Kitchen; For Milwaukeeans with a long memory—really anyone in Wisconsin looking back fondly on the counterculture era—Denis Kitchen may be recalled as an almost cosmic force. Shepherd Express (December 3): https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/milwaukee-history/conversations-with-underground-comix-kingpin-dennis-kitchen/

 

Smith, Suzette. 2025. How Making Nonfiction Comics Changed My Mind; Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris have created the only primer on ethical comics reporting. Portland Mercury (November 13): https://www.portlandmercury.com/Comics/2025/11/13/48120960/how-making-nonfiction-comics-changed-my-mind

 

Keith, Jed W. 2025. Interview: Greg Weisman & Nate Cosby on Holiday Sleuthing in the GARGOYLES WINTER SPECIAL 2025! Freak Sugar (December 2): https://www.freaksugar.com/interview-greg-weisman-nate-cosby-on-holiday-sleuthing-in-the-gargoyles-winter-special-2025/

 

Keith, Jed W. 2025. Interview: Olivia Cuartero-Briggs on Magic & Teen Drama in FATE: THE WINX SAGA: DARK DESTINY. Freak Sugar (November 14): https://www.freaksugar.com/interview-olivia-cuartero-briggs-on-magic-teen-drama-in-fate-the-winx-saga-dark-destiny/

 

Keith, Jed W. 2025. Interview: Luciano Vecchio on Giving the X-Man His Due in MARVEL'S VOICES: ICEMAN [gay character]. Freak Sugar (November 14): https://www.freaksugar.com/interview-luciano-vecchio-on-giving-the-x-man-his-due-in-marvels-voices-iceman/

 

Schindel, Dan. 2025. Before Wonder Woman, There Was Fantomah; Fletcher Hanks, a cantankerous cartoonist who was active only from 1939 to '41, left behind a complex legacy and bizarre body of work. A new book offers clues about his enigmatic life. Hyperallergic (November 10): https://hyperallergic.com/before-wonder-woman-there-was-fletcher-hanks-fantomah/

 

Decker, Robert. 2025. On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power, by Michelle Bumatay [book review]. French Forum 49 (1): 186-188. online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/frf.2025.a975504 and https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/975504

 

Bumatay, Michelle. 2025. On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power. Columbus: Ohio State University Press

 

Hernon, Matthew. 2025.Shigeru Mizuki and His World of Yokai: A look back at the life and times of one of Japan's most revered manga artists. Tokyo Weekender (November 30): https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/anime-and-manga/shigeru-mizuki-and-his-world-of-yokai/

 

Stigliano, Giovanni. 2025. KUCHiXO Interview: Exploring the Frontiers of Comics Beyond Storytelling [Taiwan]. Asian Movie Pulse (December 4): https://asianmoviepulse.com/2025/12/kuchixo-interview/

 

Nelson, Samantha. 2025. Batman writer Scott Snyder would drop everything to bring American Vampire to the screen. Polygon (November 28): https://www.polygon.com/batman-scott-snyder-american-vampire-tv-show-adaptation/

 

Deverell,  Richard D. 2025. "This isn't a mudhole… It's an operating table.": The Second Comics Code and the Direct Market, 1980-1989." Mise au point (21; December 5):  http://journals.openedition.org/map/8205 and https://doi.org/10.4000/154x6

 

Kirtley, Clare, Christopher Murray, Phillip B. Vaughan, and Benjamin W. Tatler. 2025. Coming Up Next: The Extent of the Perceptual Window in Comic Reading. Cognitive Science, 49 (November 19): e70142. online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70142 and https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cogs.70142

 

Beers Fägersten, Kristy. 2025. Unsolicited: Dick Pics and Interactional Omissions as Visualized in Swedish Comic Art. Sexuality & Culture (November 16): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-025-10475-5 ; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-025-10475-5 ; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12119-025-10475-5.pdf

 

Rascoe, Ayesha. 2025. 'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees' is Patrick Horvath's gruesome graphic novel. NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday (November 16):  https://www.npr.org/2025/11/16/nx-s1-5602889/beneath-the-trees-where-nobody-sees-is-patrick-horvaths-gruesome-graphic-novel ; https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesun/2025/11/20251116_wesun_beneath_the_tress_where_nobody_sees_is_patrick_horvath_s_gruesome_graphic_novel.mp3 ; https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5602889

 

Chumko, André. 2025. Kim Anderson's art of chaos, colour and coping [New Zealand; disability]. [Wellington, New Zealand] Post (June 29): https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/360736429/kim-andersons-art-chaos-colour-and-coping

Capoccia, Noemi. 2025. Superman and Dante meet in Florence in new graphic novel signed by Nucci and Celoni [Italy]. Finestre sull' Art (June 29): https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/books/superman-and-dante-meet-in-florence-in-new-graphic-novel-signed-by-nucci-and-celoni
Grimaldi, Lennie. 2025. UB Recalls Schmoo-Mania, 'Walrus-Like Critters Devoted To Fulfilling All Human Needs' [Li'l Abner]. Only in Bridgeport (June 28): https://onlyinbridgeport.com/wordpress/ub-recalls-schmoo-mania-walrus-like-critters-devoted-to-fulfilling-all-human-needs/
JamesXRMan. 2025. "ALAMU: Diary of a Street Lagosian" Is the Bold New Motion Comic Redefining African Urban Drama [Nigeria]. Comic Book Movie (June 28): https://comicbookmovie.com/comics/alamu-diary-of-a-street-lagosian-is-the-bold-new-motion-comic-redefining-african-urban-drama-a221348

Arish. 2025. Make Your Own Graphic Novel Online – No Design Skills Needed [artificial intelligence]. Art (June ?): https://vocal.media/art/make-your-own-graphic-novel-online-no-design-skills-needed
Burlingame, Russ. 2025. Absolute Batman #1 goes back for a blockbuster tenth printing. The Beat (December 5): https://www.comicsbeat.com/absolute-batman-1-goes-back-for-a-blockbuster-tenth-printing/

Baxi, Steve. 2025. Trade Rating: Out Of Alcatraz is a prison escape thriller with something powerful to say. The Beat (December 5): https://www.comicsbeat.com/trade-rating-out-of-alcatraz-is-a-prison-escape-thriller-with-something-powerful-to-say/

Blumenthal, Ralph. 2025. Arthur Szyk: Spotlight Returns to a Forgotten 'Soldier in Art' [in print as In the Past, Finding a Parable for the Present]. New York Times (December 5): C10-11. Online at  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/arts/design/arthur-szyk-museum-of-jewish-heritage.html

Garbage Says What? by Daniel Boris

 

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "All I Want For Christmas"

"All I Want For Christmas"
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4213



"...history also remembers those who refused resignation. Those who
spoke in the cadence of resistance, who dared to describe the world not
as the powerful narrated it, but as the oppressed lived it."
      – Peter McLaren at Orinico Tribune, 11.29.2025


What really amuses me about all this – besides the fact that the Defense
Secretary sounds as if he got lost on the way to ComicCon – is that all
the imperialist Liberals out there are strangely silent. I mean, c'mon,
peeps – isn't this what you wanted? Wreck and occupy the place and nab
all of our oil that Venezuela had under their country? I mean, that has
to be the real mission, after watching the Donster pardon some
crooked-ass coke-dealing Honduran politician who was said to have
claimed he would shove the cocaine up Americans' noses personally, or
some whacked shit.

Perhaps I don't watch enough MSNBC – oh, sorry, MSNOW – but all the
imperialist Liberals in my life have been real, real, real goddamn
quiet. I mean, y'all wanted to get rid of that popularly-elected
socialist government which has actually been working to give the People
what they want and refuses to suck Uncle Sam's dick – oh, I'm sorry;
that corrupt, brutal dictator, huh? They're always "brutal dictators"
with these Liberals ...and you just know the People love Maduro when a
rank, fashy rag like the New York Times says that he's "clinging to
power".

Sometimes, I think it might almost be worth the risk of annihilation to
watch Amerika get its ass sucked into another quagmire in Latin America
against Russia and China. A ringside seat for the collapse of the Empire
would be really sweet.

Hooray for Santy Claus.

11 x 17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.5mb

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"Will US Attack Venezuela?", Roger D. Harris in the L.A. Progressive,
Oct 13, 2025
https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/will-us-attack-venezuela

"The Spirit of Chavismo: Why Trump Must Not Invade Venezuela", Peter
McLaren at Orinico Tribune, Nov 29 2025
https://orinocotribune.com/the-spirit-of-chavismo-why-trump-must-not-invade-venezuela/

"Why the US War Secretary doesn't want Venezuela 'cartel' strikes
investigated", Rachel Marsden at RT, Dec 05 2025
https://www.rt.com/news/629082-hegseth-venezuela-drug-strikes/

"Trump Pardons Convicted Narco-Trafficking Pol Amid Plot to Rig Honduran
Election", Wyatt Reed at Orinico Tribune, Nov 29 2025
https://orinocotribune.com/trump-pardons-convicted-narco-trafficking-pol-amid-plot-to-rig-honduran-election/

The Fleshtones, "Hooray For Santa Claus (Theme from 'Santa Claus
Conquers The Martians')"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKgD4Zua-F8
 ____________________________________________
Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org

Clown Laureate by Tony Rose

 

NPR talks to Patrick Horvath

'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees' is Patrick Horvath's gruesome graphic novel

Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday (November 16, 2025  

 https://www.npr.org/2025/11/16/nx-s1-5602889/beneath-the-trees-where-nobody-sees-is-patrick-horvaths-gruesome-graphic-novel

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesun/2025/11/20251116_wesun_beneath_the_tress_where_nobody_sees_is_patrick_horvath_s_gruesome_graphic_novel.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5602889

Francesca Lyn, Cara Gormally's editor and SPX volunteer, profiled in Richmond

Comics and Comedy: Francesca Lyn is a key figure in the local comics scene — writing, editing, teaching and even performing stand-up comedy on the side.

Sommer Browning

Style Weekly (November 17 2025). online at https://www.styleweekly.com/comics-and-comedy/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/4/2025

  *Burlingame, Russ. 2025. Retailers report disappointing sales on second Batman/Deadpool crossover issue. The Beat (December 4): https://www.comicsbeat.com/batman-deadpool-sales-brian-hibbs/

  *Higuera, Diego. 2025. Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: Hack/Slash Vol. 1-6, Ayuuah, I Will Save You, and three more projects you'll love! The Beat (December 4): https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-crowdfunding-round-up-hack-slash-vol-1-6-ayuuah-i-will-save-you-and-three-more-projects-youll-love/

  *Simons, Dean. 2025. Angoulême: Heated scenes at town hall as plans to fill the vacuum begin. The Beat (December 4): https://www.comicsbeat.com/angouleme-heated-scenes-at-town-hall-as-plans-to-fill-the-vacuum-begin/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. The 2026 Angoulême Cancellation… What Happens Next? Bleeding Cool (December 3): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-2026-angouleme-cancellation-what-happens-next/

  *Spratford, Sam. 2025. PRH Announces 'KPop Demon Hunters' Publishing Program. Publishers Weekly (December 4): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/99216-prh-announces-kpop-demon-hunters-publishing-program.html

  *Degg, D. D. 2025. Matt Golding Named MoAD's 2025 Cartoonist of the Year. Daily Cartoonist (December 3): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/03/matt-golding-named-moads-2025-cartoonist-of-the-year/

  *O'Brien, Kerrie. 2025. Matt Golding wins 2025 Political Cartoonist of the Year. Sydney Morning Herald (December 4): https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/matt-golding-wins-2025-political-cartoonist-of-the-year-20251202-p5nk4v.html

  *Degg, D. D. 2025. Walt Handelsman Retiring. Daily Cartoonist (December 4): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/04/walt-handelsman-retiring/

  *Ohman, Jack. 2025. My buddy Walt Handelsman is retiring. But he's not shy. Jack Ohman's You Betcha! (December 4): https://jackohman.substack.com/p/my-buddy-was-handelsom-is-retiring

   *Spera, Keith. 2025. Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman retiring after decades covering Louisiana; After more than 40 years of daily deadlines, he'll sign off at the end of 2025. New Orleans Times-Picayune (December 4): https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/times-picayune-cartoonist-walt-handelsman-to-retire/article_03ed8eda-196d-4348-a527-016ae801923a.html

  *Doran, Colleen. 2025. Art Storage Spaces [studio]. Colleen Doran's Funny Business (December 4): https://colleendoran.substack.com/p/art-storage-spaces

  *Alverson, Brigid. 2025. Burglars Hit Comic, Game Stores Over Holiday Weekend; Board Game Retailer Talks Tariffs; Fantagraphics Bookstore Profiled: Shop Talk for November 2025. ICv2 (December 3): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61141/burglars-hit-comic-game-stores-over-holiday-weekend-board-game-retailer-talks-tariffs-fantagraphics-bookstore-profiled

  *Uren, Adam. 2025. Comic book retailer is closing its Minneapolis store; Hot Comics in Minneapolis will close at the end of the year. Bring Me The News (November 11): https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/comic-book-retailer-is-closing-its-minneapolis-store

  *Elkins, Callie. 2025. 3 Questions with Big Adventure Comics owner Kevin Drennan. Santa Fe Reporter (December 3): https://sfreporter.com/columns/3-questions/3-questions-with-big-adventure-comics-owner-kevin-drennan/

  *Constant, Paul. 2025. Georgetown's Fantagraphics is a tribute to the art form of comics [bookstore owned by publisher]. Seattle Times (November 29): https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/georgetowns-fantagraphics-is-a-tribute-to-the-art-form-of-comics/

  *Beard, Brandy. 2025. Almost $1,700 of rare, rated comics and collectibles stolen from Belmont shop. WBTV (November 25): https://www.wbtv.com/2025/11/25/almost-1700-rare-rated-comics-collectibles-stolen-belmont-shop/

  *Matthews, Megan. 2025. Louisville small businesses recovering after being hit by Thanksgiving morning break-ins. Surveillance video shows thieves targeting at least four local stores, including two well-known comic book shops: Pop's Comics and Comic Book World. WLKY (November 30): https://www.wlky.com/article/louisville-small-businesses-thanksgiving-break-ins/69583297

  *Quaintance, Zack. 2025. Graphic Novel Review: Night Drive delivers must-read Richard Sala source code. The Beat (December 4): https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-night-drive-delivers-must-read-richard-sala-source-code/

  *Rhode, Mike. 2024. Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award editorial cartoon prize winner list. ComicsDC blog (March 18): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/p/robert-f-kennedy-journalism-award.html

  *Rhode, Mike. 2025. Herblock Prize winners and finalists. ComicsDC blog (March 14): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/p/herblock-prize-winners-and-finalists.html

  *Kinning, Nicole. 2025. Tom Toro on 15 Years of New Yorker Cartoons: "Each Had to Be Very, Very Funny". The cartoonist talks about his new book, embracing artistic mistakes, and how bank-robbing book clubs capture his approach to humor. GoComics (November 13): https://www.gocomics.com/extras/tom-toro-book-club-interview

  *Chris Beetles Gallery. 2025. Ed McLachlan: From the Archive. London: Chris Beetles Gallery (2 December 2025 - 3 January 2026): https://www.chrisbeetles.com/exhibition/348/ed-mclachlan-from-the-archive

  *Murphy, Patricia J. 2025. Comics in the Classroom: Teachers and Librarians Share Their Best Practices [literacy]. Publishers Weekly (November 24): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/99155-comics-in-the-classroom-teachers-and-librarians-share-their-best-practices.html

Langsworthy, Billy. 2025. Disney teams with street artist Mr Brainwash for Mickey & Friends collaboration. Brands Untapped (December 2): https://www.brandsuntapped.com/disney-teams-with-street-artist-mr-brainwash-for-mickey-friends-collaboration/

Dillon, Barbra. 2025. Fanbase Press Interviews Rising Empire Studios' Ridge Kiley on the Upcoming Launch of the 'Rising Empires' Kickstarter Campaign. Fanbase Press (December 3): https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57900-fanbase-press-interviews-rising-empire-studios-ridge-kiley-on-the-upcoming-launch-of-the-rising-empires-kickstarter-campaign/

Dillon, Barbra. 2025. Fanbase Press Interviews Austin Basis on the Release of the Middle Grade Graphic Novel, 'The Kinetix and the Glowing Orb of Gorthon'. Fanbase Press (December 1): https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57891-fanbase-press-interviews-austin-basis-on-the-release-of-the-middle-grade-graphic-novel-the-kinetix-and-the-glowing-orb-of-gorthon/

Keogan, Natalia. 2025. 100 Nights Of Hero weaves an entrancing feminist fairy tale; Julia Jackman's graphic novel adaption is replete with ornate costumes, queer yearning, and salvation through sisterhood. AV Club (December 3): https://www.avclub.com/100-nights-of-hero-review

Simons, Dean. 2025.  The Paths Of Anahuac wins French Critics Grand Prize. The Beat (December 4): https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-paths-of-anahuac-wins-french-critics-grand-prize/

Gonzalez, Ramon. 2025. Demon Hunter Join Forces with Z2 Comics To Release 'Exile' Graphic Novel. Knotfest (June 26): https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/demon-hunter-join-forces-with-z2-comics-to-release-exile-graphic-novel

Carmona, George 3rd. 2025. Interview: Kevin J. Anderson on Dune: The Graphic Novel. The Beat (December 4): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-kevin-j-anderson-on-dune-the-graphic-novel/

Milligan, Mercedes. 2025. 'Arco' Soars to Top Animation Honor from National Board of Review. Animation Magazine (December 3):  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/arco-soars-to-top-animation-honor-from-national-board-of-review/

Gardner, Alan. 2025. FranceInfo Releases Finalists for Graphic Journalism Prize. Daily Cartoonist (December 4): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/04/franceinfo-releases-finalists-for-graphic-journalism-prize/

Dozy Don by Daniel Boris

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/3/2025

Articles marked with a * will be in the 2025 annual compilation

  *MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. Lunar's Christina Merkler: "The numbers are bonkers." [distribution]. The Beat (December 3): https://www.comicsbeat.com/lunars-christina-merkler-the-numbers-are-bonkers/

  *Burlingame, Russ. 2025. Here's why you can't watch A Charlie Brown Christmas anymore. The Beat (December 3): https://www.comicsbeat.com/heres-why-you-cant-watch-a-charlie-brown-christmas-anymore/

  *Alverson, Brigid. 2025. Sacramento City Council To Lift Ban On Crime Comics: Widely Ignored Ordinance to Be Repealed After 75+ Years. ICv2 (December 2): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61131/sacramento-city-council-lift-ban-crime-comics

  *Associated Press. 2025. On paper, The City of Sacramento bans the sale of comic books to kids. Officials want to change that. Sacramento Observer (November 27): https://sacobserver.com/2025/11/sacramento-comic-book-ban/

  *Unknown. 2025. Top 50 Comics - November 2025 Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data. ICv2 (December 3): https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/61136/top-50-comics-november-2025

  *Arnott, Christopher. 2025. Beloved comic strip with CT ties facing resurgence with new artist and collections of classic strips [Nancy]. Hartford Courant (December 3): https://www.courant.com/2025/12/03/beloved-comic-strip-with-ct-ties-facing-resurgence-with-new-artist-and-collections-of-classic-strips/

  *Dueben, Alex. 2025. We are all in the gutter: Starman at 30, part 2. TCJ (December 3): https://www.tcj.com/we-are-all-in-the-gutter-starman-at-30-part-2/

  *Gardner, Alan. 2025. 2026 Angoulême Comic Festival Cancelled. Daily Cartoonist (December 2): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/02/2026-angouleme-comic-festival-cancelled/

  *Zahed, Ramin. 2025. 'KPop Demon Hunters' Wins New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature of the Year. Animation Magazine (December 2): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/kpop-demon-hunters-wins-new-york-film-critics-circle-award-for-best-animated-feature-of-the-year/

  *Milligan, Mercedes. 2025. 'Lupin the IIIrd The Movie – The Immortal Bloodline' Breaks into Theaters in January with GKIDS. Animation Magazine (December 2): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/lupin-the-iiird-the-movie-the-immortal-bloodline-breaks-into-theaters-in-january-with-gkids/

  *Amiri, Jasmine, Angie Jameson, Rosemary Kiladitis, Andrea Lipinski, Allison Tran. 2025. Best Graphic Novels 2025 - SLJ Best Books. School Library Journal (November 19): https://www.slj.com/story/best-graphic-novels-2025-slj-best-books

  *Amiri, Jasmine, Rachel Forbes, Joe Pascullo, Lisa Rowland. 2025. Best Manga 2025 - SLJ Best Books. School Library Journal (November 19): https://www.slj.com/story/best-manga-2025-slj-best-books

  *Doherty, Brian. 2025. The John Galt of Comic Books: The co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange later created some failed Ayn Rand–inspired superheroes. [Steve Ditko; in print as The Howard Roark of Comics]. Reason (December 27; in print January 2026): https://reason.com/2025/12/27/the-howard-roark-of-comics/

  *Johnson, R. Kikuo & Dash Shaw. 2025. R. Kikuo Johnson & Dash Shaw: On Rea Irvin's The Smythes, Dec 1, 2025. New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium (438; December 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9F0Snzb2yE

  *White, Shane Patrick. 2025. Mark Schultz Reveals The Story Behind Xenozoic Tales. Beyond The Process (December 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6iOoY2yz1w

  *Crane, Jordan. 2025. Jordan Crane, November 18th, 2025. New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium (436; November 21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtM0ZGQAJ_c

  *Harper, David. 2025.  Matt Fraction talks AdventureMan, Batman, and the journey he's been on in recent years. SKTCHD's Off Panel (December 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYjfjFkDUjY

  *Harper, David. 2025. Zander Cannon talks his new Image series, Sleep. SKTCHD's Off Panel (November 29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpNuhi6Z6Ro

  *Gonzalez, Elijah. 2025. Amazon's AI anime dubbing fiasco reminds us that voice actors are severely undervalued; Amazon backed down from its very bad initial AI dubbing experiment, but the fact they tried at all says a lot. AV Club (December 3): https://www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-anime-dubbing-voice-acting-issues

  *Smith, Steve. 2025. The Year in Pre-Code Comic Book Reprints, 2025 [reviews; Atlas and EC; horror and romance]. Panels & Prose (December 3): https://panelsandprose.com/2025/12/03/the-year-in-pre-code-comic-book-reprints-2025/

  *Held, John Jr. and Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. 1952. Held's Angels. New York: Crowell

  *Richards, Dave. 2025. Hart and Ryall Return to Spread Christmas Fear with Dread the Halls 2025 [interview]. Dave Richards Writes Awesome Stuff (December 3): https://www.patreon.com/posts/hart-and-ryall-144952658

  *Cox, Bill. 2025. Comic Art Collector Ron Sonenthal. CAF+ (December 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiOWVBtyuQ0


Mallonee, Dennis. 2025. Artist Don Nguyen talks about his gorilla Pablo, Topps and Upper Deck, and life. The Heroic Voice (72; November 27): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfz6Dri0ewo

Dollard, Terence. 2025. Comic Culture with Regine Sawyer. Comic Culture (December 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nc39QyiQ20

Dollard, Terence. 2025. Comic Culture with Matt Yocum. Comic Culture (December 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBefUah7G7M

Milligan, Mercedes. 2025. ZAG Races Ahead with Animated Women's Motorsport Project 'Carmen'. Animation Magazine (December 2):  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/zag-races-ahead-with-animated-womens-motorsport-project-carmen/

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds with Luke Piotrowski. Words, Images, & Worlds (November 29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SurCdhYUH_I

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds with Austin McKinley & Dirk Manning [Tales of Mr. Rhee; McKinley is comics artist]. Words, Images, & Worlds (November 30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SwJE2_rzf8

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds with Brian Buccellato & Mattia Monaco [Eat Your Young]. Words, Images, & Worlds (November 22): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMIrmT8Oj_w

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds: Snake Returns! Words, Images, & Worlds (November 23): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcRPTdeLgX8

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds with Scott Fogg & Charlie McElvy [The Monster Hunter Called Claymore]. Words, Images, & Worlds (November 18): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms7tPi84qFA

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds: Stuart Moore Returns! [Dr. Strange]. Words, Images, & Worlds (November 11): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q-zcVlUbgM

 Unknown. 2025. Japan Plans to Distribute Manga Overseas Via New Platform. Yomiuri Shimbun (November 26): https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/manga-anime/20251126-294948/

Simons, Dean. 2025. Check out the finalists for France Info's 2026 Graphic Journalism and Current Affairs Prize. The Beat (December 3): https://www.comicsbeat.com/check-out-the-finalists-for-france-infos-2026-graphic-journalism-and-current-affairs-prize/

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Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/2/2025

  *Griepp, Milton. 2025. Angouleme Comics Festival Canceled For 2026 After Boycott, Publisher Withdrawals, Loss of Public Funding. ICv2 (December 1):  https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61125/angouleme-comics-festival-canceled-2026

  *Unknown. 1925. [""Skippy" in comic strip form, drawn by Percy L. Crosby, contributor to Life, has been purchased for newspaper syndication by Johnson Features, Inc., New York."]. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4/page/26/mode/2up

  *Johnson Features, Inc. 1925. "Skippy" [syndicate advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 21. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4/page/20/mode/2up

Unknown. 1925. ["The McClure Newspaper Syndicate, New York, is now printing comic pages in tabloid size, it was announced last week"]. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4/page/26/mode/2up

Unknown. 1925. [Dumb Dora adds a full-color Sunday page]. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4/page/26/mode/2up

  *Chicago Tribune Newspapers Syndicate. 1925. Gaar William... consistently good [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 1. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4

  *Big Planet Comics. 2025. Best of 2025. Big Planet Comics (December 1): https://www.bigplanetcomics.com/best-of-2025

  *Unknown. 1925. ["Bill" Counselman and "Charley" Plumb, Author and Artist of Ella Cinders']. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4/page/26/mode/2up

  *Mollo, Drew, Jeremy Courtney, Kari Sanders, and Leo Pond. 2025. Chris Eliopoulos Talks Franklin Richards, Pet Avengers & Ordinary Heroes. Splash Pages Comic Book Club (December 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0UG6-ASvkY

  *Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2025. The Beat Digest 12/02/25: Live-action TMNT reboot coming 2028 The Beat (December 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-120225/

  *Clowes, Daniel and Ari Aster. 2025. Minor Indignities in Moviegoing. The Metrograph 1. Online at https://metrograph.com/magazine-1-minor-indignities-in-moviegoing/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Angoulême Comics Festival Officially Cancelled, Accusation Of Sabotage. Bleeding Cool (December 1): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/angouleme-comics-festival-officially-cancelled-accusation-of-sabotage/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Frank Cho Outrage With Rogue, ThunderCats, Power Girl And Poison Ivy. Bleeding Cool (December 1): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/frank-cho-outrage-with-rogue-thundercats-power-girl-and-poison-ivy/

  * Frank Cho Print dealer - https://www.raremarq.com/u/frankchoartist

  *Cho, Frank. 2022. More Outrage: The Art of Frank Cho. Self-published
  *Cho, Frank. 2023. The Book of Even More Outrage: The Art of Frank Cho. Self-published
  *Cho, Frank. 2024. The Book of Outrage 4: The Art of Frank Cho. Self-published
  *Cho, Frank. 2025. The Book of Outrage 5: The Art of Frank Cho. Self-published

  *Lamberti, Rod. 2025. Comic Store In Your Future: 2025, The Year I Felt Handcuffed & Beaten. Bleeding Cool (December 2): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-2025-the-year-i-felt-handcuffed-beaten/

  *Morrissey, J. Alex. 2025. JH Williams III. Tradecraft (255; December 2): https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-255-jh-williams-iii

  *Boyd, Robert. 2025. Canada Post has some comics recommendations for you [postage stamps]. The Great God Pan Is Dead (July 30): https://thegreatgodpanisdead.substack.com/p/canada-post-has-some-comics-recommendations

   *Boyd, Robert. 2025. Donald Trump Is Oppressing Me! He is preventing me from acquiring the Canadian comics collectible I crave! [postage stamps]. The Great God Pan Is Dead (December 2): https://thegreatgodpanisdead.substack.com/p/donald-trump-is-oppressing-me

  *De Jonge, Stefanie. 2025. De VUB eert Ever Meulen, nu hijzelf nog: 'Mijn werk is zeer belangrijk voor mij, maar moet ik daar trots op zijn?' HUMO (December 1): https://www.humo.be/achter-het-nieuws/de-vub-eert-ever-meulen-nu-hijzelf-nog-mijn-werk-is-zeer-belangrijk-voor-mij-maar-moet-ik-daar-trots-op-zijn~b79c7cc5/

  *Unknown. 2023. Ever Meulen: 'Ik ben een estheet en kijk voor Ella Leyers naar 'DIW''. HUMO (December 29): https://www.humo.be/eindejaarsvraagjes/ever-meulen-ik-ben-een-estheet-en-kijk-voor-ella-leyers-naar-diw~b34458ff/

  *Bellwinkel, Joris. 2025. Herr Seele stalt HUMO-cartoonisten uit: 'Een mooi onsterfelijk rijtje: de Vlaamse primitieven, Rubens, René Magritte en Cowboy Henk' [exhibit]. HUMO (June 13): https://www.humo.be/nieuws/herr-seele-stalt-humo-cartoonisten-uit-een-mooi-onsterfelijk-rijtje-de-vlaamse-primitieven-rubens-rene-magritte-en-cowboy-henk~b9a4ae0d/

  *Unknown. 2024. Herr Seele wordt 65 jaar: vier mee met 10 avonturen van Cowboy Henk. HUMO (April 12): https://www.humo.be/humor/herr-seele-wordt-65-jaar-vier-mee-met-10-avonturen-van-cowboy-henk~beeea9d2/

  *Freeman, John. 2025. In Memoriam: Comic Artist Frank Pé. Downthetubes (December 1): https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-comic-artist-frank-pe/

  *Chris Beetles Gallery. 2025. E H Shepard The Art of Popular Culture: From Winnie-the-Pooh to Punch. London: Chris Beetles Gallery (December 16 2025 - January 3 2026). Online at https://chrisbeetles.com/exhibition/349/e-h-shepard-the-art-of-popular-culture

  *Hughey, Jesse. 2025. 'Superman' No. 1 Sells for $9.12 Million at Heritage, Becomes World's Most Expensive Comic Book: The First-Edition Copy Had Been Forgotten In An Attic For Decades. Intelligent Collector (December 2):https://intelligentcollector.com/superman-no-1-sells-for-9-12-million-at-heritage-becomes-worlds-most-expensive-comic-book/

  *Griffin, Rick. 2025. MarketInk: Editorial Cartoonist Steve Breen, 'Reports of my absence are greatly exaggerated'. Times of San Diego (December 1): https://timesofsandiego.com/uncategorized/2025/12/01/steve-breen-union-tribune-ai-music-iheartmedia/

  *Harlock, J.D. 2025. Rahil Mohsin on using an endangered language in the recent series, Hallubol (Speak Softly) [India]. TCJ (December 2): https://www.tcj.com/indian-cartoonist-rahil-mohsin-on-his-new-comic-series-that-uses-an-endangered-language/

  *Young, Bud and Ken LG. 2025. Jim Zub stops by the show to discuss D&D, Avengers No Surrender, and Conan!!! Avengers Forever Podcast (November 27): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LizjWq10adk

  *Young, Bud and Ken LG. 2025. Jim Zub recalls the making of Avengers No Surrender. Avengers Forever Podcast (November 28): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijjbhjaSUqc

  *Tommy. 2025. Jim Zub talks all this Conan the Barbarian! Worldatwarcomics (November 25): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHKhbS7OYp0

  *Fiffe, Michel. 2025. Keith Giffen Part 1: Marvel, Legion of Super-Heroes, Ambush Bug, Lobo. Fiffe Files (November 30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm2Jc5qwr_E

  *Whitbrook, James. 2025. Amazon Quietly Rolls Back Its AI Anime Dubs After Massive Backlash; As quickly as they arrived, many of Prime Video's controversial generated dubs have been removed from the streamer. io9 (December 2):  https://gizmodo.com/amazon-anime-ai-dub-backlash-removal-2000694695

  *Denis, Ricardo Serrano. 2025. Interview: The Outer Worlds 2 composer Oleksa Lozowchuk on creating music for choices [videogame animation]. The Beat (December 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-the-outer-worlds-2-composer-oleksa-lozowchuk-on-creating-music-for-choices/

  *Gold, Mike and Bob Harrison. 2025. Live: With Special Guest Wells Thompson. Pop Culture SquadCast (November 4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GZjV5o4MIU

  *Gold, Mike and Bob Harrison. 2025. Live: With Special Guest Benjamin Percy. Pop Culture SquadCast (December 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acvxeiSriIA

  *Kannout, Farouk. 2025. With anime more popular than ever, it's time to go beyond shonen; While anime can be about anything, most Western viewers associate the medium with a specific kind of action series. AV Club (December 2): https://www.avclub.com/time-to-go-beyond-shonen-anime