Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/18-19/2025

 

Live at the People's March DC

A recording from Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome's live video

Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Seeing Things Jan 18, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-at-the-peoples-march-dc

 

Live @ the People's March, DC

A recording from Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome's live video

Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Seeing Things Jan 18, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-the-peoples-march-dc

 

Live-Drawing The People's March with Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Washington DC, two days before Trump's inauguration

Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Seeing Things Jan 18, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-drawing-the-peoples-march-with

 

Visual Reportage: The People's March in photos and video

Liza Donnelly

Seeing Things Jan 19, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/visual-reportage

 

André Lima Araújo

 Why Comics?

CASTRUM LUSITANIA  Jan 18, 2025

https://andrelimaaraujo.substack.com/p/why-comics

 

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 309: Inside Charles Soule and Ryan Browne's 'The Lucky Devils'

David Brooke and Nathan Simmons

January 12, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/12/aipt-comics-podcast-ep-309-charles-soule-ryan-browne/

 

X-Men Monday #281 – Alison Sealy-Smith Talks Voicing Storm in 'X-Men '97' and 'What If…?'

Chris Hassan

January 13, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/13/x-men-monday-281-alison-sealy-smith-talks-voicing-storm-in-x-men-97-and-what-if/

 

Antarctic Press' Ben Dunn On The Diamond Bankruptcy Announcement

 

Antarctic Press' Ben Dunn talks about the impact of the Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy announcement on smaller publishers.

 17 Jan 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/antarctic-press-ben-dunn-on-the-diamond-bankruptcy-announcement/

 

Will Diamond's Bankruptcy Process Go After Comic Shops' Debts?

 

How much will the court's bankruptcy process for Diamond Comic Distributors demand of their comic book shops over possible debts?

, 17 Jan 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/will-diamond-bankruptcy-process-go-after-comic-shop-debt/

 

What Does Diamond Comic Distributors Owe Marvel?

Marvel Comics is now very interested in Diamond Comic Distributors' bankruptcy... is it more than just the money owed to Disney?

17 Jan 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/what-does-diamond-comic-distributors-owe-marvel/

 

The Top Thirty Companies That Diamond Owes Money To

The top thirty companies Diamond owed money to when it went bankrupt, from Penguin to Bandai, Todd McFarlane to Hasbro, Funko to Udon

by Rich Johnston

 15 Jan 2025

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-top-thirty-companies-that-diamond-owes-money-to/

 

A Darrin Bell Update

D. D. Degg

: January 18, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/17/a-darrin-bell-update/

 

DMZ America Podcast Ep 189: Darrin Bell Arrested for Child Porn

Ted Rall and Scott Stantis

DMZ America Podcast

 Jan 17, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKarzJQjdJ4

 

Darrin Bell, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, appears in court Friday

KCRA Jan 17, 2025

https://www.kcra.com/article/darrin-bell-pulitzer-prize-cartoonist-court/63462287

Lee Anne Denyer

 

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested for AI child porn, Sacramento sheriff says

KCRA Jan 16, 2025

https://www.kcra.com/article/darrin-bell-cartoonist-arrested-child-porn-sacramento/63444918

By David Groves

 

THE DCU RIGHT NOW WITH MARK WAID

wordballoon

 Jan 16, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2x3g-6suvw

 

Words, Images, & Worlds with Josh Tierney

Jason DeHart

 Jan 18, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvDBkp4iKYg

 

Distribution: Connecting Comics and Readers

Neil Brideau

CXC Festival

 Jan 18, 2025

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

 

Ryan North ushers in a new age of Victor von Doom at Marvel Comics

Our interview with North includes a preview of his new series, One World Under Doom.

By Oliver Sava  |  January 17, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/one-world-under-doom-marvel-comics-ryan-north-interview

 

Waarom Kuifje ontbreekt in de duurste expo ooit over Belgische strips

Geert De Weyer

De Morgen 7 oktober 2024

https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/het-stripmuseum-eert-belgische-striphelden-maar-kuifje-lag-dwars~becd5cc75/

 

Neil Gaiman has responded to sexual misconduct allegations

Elizabeth Blair

January 14, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/14/nx-s1-5259516/neil-gaiman-response-sexual-misconduct-allegations

 

Wigmore J, Ahmed B, Joaquino G, Jaibeeh Barah E, Upal Z, Boring T, et al. (2025) Are adverse childhood experiences scores associated with heroism or villainy? A quantitative observational study of Marvel and DC Cinematic Universe characters. PLoS ONE 20 (1; January 15, 2025 ): e0315268. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315268 and https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0315268

 

'It's Jimmy himself. Pass the word.' [ Michael Ramirez letter]

Nick Glakas,

 

Washington Post January 18 2025: A15.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/17/carter-funeral-medal-honor-polyamory-trump/

 

You've given him the business. Now give us the business. [Scott Adams, "Dilbert" letter]

Jim Stahl,

Washington Post January 18 2025: A15.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/17/carter-funeral-medal-honor-polyamory-trump/

 

Ned Riddle obituary [ "Mr. Tweedy"]

Dallas Morning News from Oct. 16 to Oct. 19, 2003.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/ned-riddle-obituary?pid=1483415

 

SHOW AND TELL-Lacordaire Academy budding artist, Joseph Vassar of Montclair, introduces his grandfather, Ned Riddle, syndicated cartoonist of "Mr. Tweedy," to his kindergarten classmates [photo]

20010125 (The Montclair Times)

 

'Mr. Tweedy' never aged-and some fans haven't forgotten him

Mary Ficklen

19930221 (Abilene Reporter News)

 

Mr. Tweedy is now history

19881021 (Hartford Courant).

 

["Saddened to hear of the passing of Turtel Onli, founding father of the Black Age of Comics movement and creator/author of comic book projects NOG, Malcolm10, and others"]

Rob Stull

Rob Stull's Post January 19 2025

https://www.facebook.com/770728938/posts/10163151749943939/

 

Often overlooked, Turtel Onli, an advocate for Black artists in comics, has a new exhibition in Café Logan

By Christopher Borrelli | Chicago Tribune

March 5, 2024

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/05/turtel-onli-advocate-black-artists-comics/

 

The Making of David Lynch's comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World

Dan Barton,  01/19/2025

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-making-of-david-lynchs-comic-strip-the-angriest-dog-in-the-world/

 

Political cartoons in a second Trump administration

Mike Luckovich, political cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, advances American democracy in his own 'minor' way

Rob Tornoe | for E&P Magazine

January 16, 2025 https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/political-cartoons-in-a-second-trump-administration,253783

 

Charles Rozanski

["I am still processing the news of Diamond Comic Distributors entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy."]

Charles Rozanski's Post Jan 15 2025

https://www.facebook.com/chuckrozanski/posts/10229542445198694

 

'Marvel Snap' Digital Game Goes Dark in U.S. Due to TikTok Ban Bill

The Marvel Comics digital game counts Nuverse as its publisher, which like TikTok is owned by the Chinese conglomerate ByteDance.

Alex Weprin

January 19, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/marvel-snap-game-shuts-down-tiktok-ban-1236112793/

 

Marvel Snap is banned, just like TikTok

The superhero card battler got Thanos-snapped out of Apple and Google's stores because its publisher is owned by ByteDance.

By Richard Lawler,

The Verge Jan 19, 2025,

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24347034/marvel-snap-banned-tiktok-bytedance

 

"We will no longer be publishing political cartoons"

D. D. Degg

January 19, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/19/we-will-no-longer-be-publishing-political-cartoons/

 

A message to our readers, from the publisher: [Lee Judge political cartoon; censorship].

Dave Cuddihy,

    Latrobe Bulletin   Jan 18, 2025

    https://www.latrobebulletinnews.com/news/local/a-message-to-our-readers-from-the-publisher/article_30bc1e32-d529-11ef-9cfd-43282dd307ab.html

 

Robert Verrall, Oscar-Nominated Animation Pioneer, Dies at 97

He worked at the National Film Board of Canada from 1945 to 1986 in animation, documentary and fiction films.

Etan Vlessing

January 17, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-verrall-dead-canadian-animation-film-pioneer-1236112403/

 

So You Want To Open A Comic Store In Your Future?

So You Want to Open A Comic Store In Your Future? Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics in Ankeny, Iowa takes us through the ups and downs.

  19 Jan 2025

by Rod Lamberti

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/so-you-want-to-open-a-comic-store-in-your-future/

That darn Michael Ramirez and Scott Adams

'It's Jimmy himself. Pass the word.' [ Michael Ramirez letter]

Nick Glakas, Bethesda

Washington Post January 18 2025: A15.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/17/carter-funeral-medal-honor-polyamory-trump/

My compliments to Michael Ramirez for his spectacular Jan. 10 editorial cartoon, "A life of service," on the death of Jimmy Carter. It immediately brought to mind another great editorial cartoon, by the legendary Bill Mauldin in 1969 for the Chicago Sun-Times.

I received that cartoon in a letter from my father while I was serving aboard a D-Day-era LST in the Mekong Delta. My father, his four brothers, three brothers-in-law and two cousins, all Washington boys, had served when Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the D-Day landing on June 6, 1944. The cartoon, commemorating Eisenhower's death in 1969, showed a row of marble crosses at a military cemetery with the caption "It's Ike himself. Pass the word." It brought tears to my eyes then and brings tears to my eyes now. Two cartoonists, 56 years apart, recognizing the deaths of two American presidents in two simple but memorable political cartoons.

You've given him the business. Now give us the business. [ Scott Adams, "Dilbert" letter]

Jim Stahl, Orange Village, Ohio

Washington Post January 18 2025: A15.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/17/carter-funeral-medal-honor-polyamory-trump/

In this season of pardons, both by President Joe Biden and by soon-to-be President Donald Trump, might The Post consider one for Scott Adams, creator of "Dilbert"?

As reprehensible as Adams's comments in the real world might have been, his comments on life at the office in the comic strip world were one of the best things on those pages. Please let Dilbert, Wally and Pointy-Haired Boss return!

NPR on Gaiman allegations

Neil Gaiman has responded to sexual misconduct allegations

Elizabeth Blair

January 14, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/14/nx-s1-5259516/neil-gaiman-response-sexual-misconduct-allegations

The Oaf of Office by Daniel Boris

Liza Donnelly was Live at the People’s March DC

Live at the People's March DC

A recording from Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome's live video

Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Jan 18, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-at-the-peoples-march-dc

Live @ the People's March, DC

A recording from Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome's live video

Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Jan 18, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-the-peoples-march-dc

Live-Drawing The People's March with Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Washington DC, two days before Trump's inauguration

Liza Donnelly and Kate Woodsome

Jan 18, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-drawing-the-peoples-march-with

Visual Reportage: The People's March in photos and video
Liza Donnelly
Seeing Things Jan 19, 2025
https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/visual-reportage

Seen in Arlington library today

My friend Dean Haspiel's book is highlighted at the Columbia Pike branch.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/17/2025

Kibbles 'n' Bits 1/17/25: Cohen to Abrams, romantasy wars and more

Heidi MacDonald on 01/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/kibbles-n-bits-1-17-25-cohen-to-abrams-romantasy-wars/ 

 

Interview: Alisa Kwitney talks to us about the 1950s and HOWL

Christian Angeles on 01/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-alisa-kwitney-talks-to-us-about-the-1950s-and-howl/

 

The Week in Diamond Comics Bankruptcy: a wrap-up

Heidi MacDonald on 01/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-week-in-diamond-comics-bankruptcy-a-wrap-up/

 

MAD Magazine: Warping America's Brain! – free online event

John Freeman on January 17, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/mad-magazine-warping-americas-brain-free-online-event/

 

Authorgraph 270: Jamie Smart

Author: Paul Gravett

Jamie Smart interviewed by Paul Gravett

Books for keeps 270 January 2025

https://booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/authorgraph-270-jamie-smart/

 

Windows into Illustration: Caroline Magerl

Author: Caroline Magerl

Books for keeps 270 January 2025

https://booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/windows-into-illustration-caroline-magerl/

 

Latest free comic magazine from Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Between the Lines #4, available now

By John Freeman on January 16, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/latest-free-comic-magazine-from-lakes-international-comic-art-festival-between-the-lines-4-available-now/

 

Alverson, Brigid. 2025.

VAULT TO LAUNCH DIRECT-TO-RETAILER DISTRIBUTION; Early Birds Get Free Shipping for First Six Months

ICv2 (January 16): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58643/vault-launch-direct-retailer-distribution

 

Numerous Women Accuse 'Coraline' Author Neil Gaiman Of Sexual Assault

Amid Amidi | 01/14/2025

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/law/numerous-women-accuse-coraline-author-neil-gaiman-of-sexual-assault-245015.html

 

Image Comics Launches GI Joe Silent Missions Month Every Week In April

Image Comics, Skybound and Hasbro launch GI Joe Silent Missions month, with a new one shot every week in April 2025

16 Jan 2025   Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/image-comics-launches-gi-joe-silent-missions-month-every-week-in-april/

 

Al Milgrom Amazing Spider-Man #194 Cover Art Sells For Over A Million

Al Milgrom's original cover art for Amazing Spider-Man #194 sells at auction for over a million dollars at Heritage Auctions.

Rich Johnston 16 Jan 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/al-milgrom-amazing-spider-man-194-cover-art-sells-for-over-a-million/

 

Vault Comics Announces Direct-To-Retailer Distribution

Vault Comics announces direct-to-retailer distribution, after Diamond Comic Distributors declares bankruptcy

16 Jan 2025   Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/vault-comics-announces-direct-to-retailer-distribution/

 

Diamond In Negotiations With Image Comics Over Further Distribution

Diamond Comic Distributors now in negotiations with Image Comics over further distribution... but this week is a wash

16 Jan 2025   Rich Johnston   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-in-negotiations-with-image-comics-over-further-distribution/

 

MoCCA Festival unveils 2025 plans, including Media Sponsorship by The Beat

Heidi MacDonald on 01/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/mocca-festival-unveils-2025-plans-including-media-sponsorship-by-the-beat/

 

Tokyopop Pitches in $10K to Binc's L.A. Wildfire Relief

Jan 17, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5155&oly_enc_id=8353F6941023E6R

 

Award-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested over child abuse material

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 01/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/darrin-bell-arrest/

 

Darrin Bell, Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist, Faces Child Pornography Charges

Sara Ruberg

Jan. 16, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/darrin-bell-arrest-child-pornography.html

 

Cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested on child pornography charges [in print as 'Candorville' cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested on child pornography charges]

Police said some of the material owned and controlled by Bell was generated by artificial intelligence.

By Herb Scribner

Washington Post January 17, 2025 : C3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/01/16/darrin-bell-cartoons-child-pornography-arrest/

 

This Reform candidate reposted a 'racist' Matt cartoon. He 'was sacked' by a housing association

Saba Poursaeedi suing for political discrimination after he says he was fired over links to the party and for sharing Telegraph drawing

Robert Mendick 

10 January 2025

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/10/reform-candidate-sacked-housing-association-matt-cartoon/

 

The Daily Heller: New Yorker Cover Artist Frank Viva Rethinks His Political Content

The Daily Heller Jan 13 2025

By Steven Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-new-yorker-cover-artist-frank-viva-reconsiders-political-content/

 

New Yorker Cartoon Exhibit walk-through!

Cartoons Over 100 years!

Liza Donnelly

Seeing Things Jan 16, 2025

https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/new-yorker-cartoon-exhibit-walk-through

 

What the Songs of 'Moana 2' Owe to Beyoncé and 'Beauty and the Beast'

In writing their first film soundtrack together, the TikTok duo of Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear looked to those influences and "Anchorman." Of course.

Sarah Bahr

Jan. 17, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/movies/moana-2-abigail-barlow-emily-bear.html

 

With Their Lives Upended, They Practiced the Art of Resilience [Miné Okubo]

"Pictures of Belonging" traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government's imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

By Aruna D'Souza

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 17, 2025, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: They Practiced the Art of Resilience

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/arts/design/japanese-artists-smithsonian-show.html

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 655: Rick Parker Interview

Meg Lemke

on 01/13/2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1350

 

Batman: Modern myth or old-fashioned fiction?

In a new essay, we dig through comic history to find out if the Dark Knight's dated.

Marvel Maximus

January 14, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/14/batman-modern-myth-fiction/

 

It's time Spider-Man grew up for real. Here's how.

The slippery slope of Spider-Man's ongoing character development.

Michael Guerrero

January 15, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/15/spider-man-grow-up-character-development/

 

Taking Leave [Neil Gaiman]

Whatever blog January 15, 2025    Posted by John Scalzi

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/01/15/taking-leave/

 

Harvey, Devon. 2025. Falling Back in Love with Trans-Inclusive Feminism: Canadian Creative Artists Re-Story Death and Choose Transformation [Sophie Labelle's Assigned Male ]. Humanities 14, no. 1: 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/h14010004 and https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/1/4

 

Cold Weather Blues – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | January 17, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/cold-weather-blues-this-weeks-links/

 

Q & A with Maria van Lieshout

By Brigid Alverson

Jan 14, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/96851-q-a-with-maria-van-lieshout.html

 

Paul Peart-Smith Makes 'An Indigenous Peoples' History' Accessible in Graphic Form

By Amelia Nash

January 13 2025

https://www.printmag.com/comics-animation-design/paul-peart-smith-graphic-novel-adaptation-indigenous-peoples-history/

 

Off Panel #482: The Devils You Know with Charles Soule and Ryan Browne [The Lucky Devils]

David Harper

January 13 2025

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel482-the-devils-you-know-with-charles-soule-and-ryan-browne

 

"Portrayal of a Person with a Long Term Disability Living Their Life is So Rare" – Jeremy Whitley on 'Navigating with You', His Slice-of-Life Graphic Novel Collaboration with Cassio Ribeiro

Ellie Egleton

    January 10, 2025

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/navigating-with-you-whitley/

 

Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi refuses France's highest award over Iran 'hypocrisy'

AFP

The Straits Times (January 15 2025): https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/persepolis-author-marjane-satrapi-refuses-frances-highest-award-over-iran-hypocrisy

 

Here: this mawkishly sentimental adaptation has lost the brilliance of Richard McGuire's graphic novel

Julia Round and  Alex Fitch

  The Conversation UK (January 16, 2025): https://theconversation.com/here-this-mawkishly-sentimental-adaptation-has-lost-the-brilliance-of-richard-mcguires-graphic-novel-247390

 

Caravaggio, Jessica. 2025. Thrown to the (Were)Wolves: Sisterhood, Vengeance, and Liberal Feminism in Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle's Squad. Humanities 14, no. 1: 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/h14010003 and https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14/1/3

 

Abrori, Fadhlan Muchlas, Zsolt Lavicza, and Adi Nur Cahyono. 2025. Socioscientific Issues Comics: A Scoping Literature Review. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, January, 1–20.  https://doi.org/ 10.1080/21504857.2024.2447311 and  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2024.2447311

 

Brandt, I., Some, S., Millogo, O. et al. Effectiveness of a comic book intervention on mental health literacy among adolescents and youth in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial protocol. BMC Public Health 25, 107 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21325-2  and https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-21325-2

 

Visual Narratives and Global Journeys: Unveiling Contemporary Arab Cultures

Edited by Claudia Maria Tresso, Jolanda Guardi, and Sarah L. Nesti Willard

Edizioni Centro Studi Ilà, 2024.

online at https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1992752?mode=simple

https://iris.unito.it/retrieve/9c922ca1-b7cb-46f0-bef9-52695e46030b/2024%2c%20Anzaar%2c%20Visual%20Narratives.pdf

 

The Anzaar Lab

9 Introduction

Claudia Maria Tresso, University of Torino

13 Fifty Years of Comics in Algeria

Jolanda Guardi, University of Torino

25 Comics and Illustrations from the UAE

Sarah L. Nesti Willard, United Arab Emirates University

37 Graphic Novels as a Reflection of Egyptian Society: the Case of Metro

Miriam Zatari and Paola de Ruggieri

51 Lawīn minwassalik yā Mārī?

Stories of Lebanese Feminism Through Words and Images

Chiara Capparelli

65 An Alternative to Marvel's Western Superheroes:

The Islam-Inspired 99 by Naif al-Mutawa

Benedetta Brossa

77 Reality in Comics: How to Show the Arab World Through Comic Strips

Paola de Ruggieri

87 Historical Evolution of Arabic Children's Literature: the Renewal of the 2000s

Samia Makhloufi

101 A Universal Call for Peace and Tolerance: the Calligraffiti of eL Seed

Manuela Talarico

111 Street Art as a Form of Protest: Haifa Subay

Tullia Armano

125 Spaces of Memory and Resistance.

Graffiti and spontaneous writings from the Arab Spring to walls of Turin

Lucia Aletto

143 Migrants and Migration Writers:

Graphic Novels and Journals on Migrants' Stories in Italy

Claudia Maria Tresso, University of Torino

I can't separate the art from the artist. But I can separate myself. [aka One longtime Gaiman fan on where we go from here]
By Glen Weldon
Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter Jan 17 2024
https://view.nl.npr.org/?qs=8370865e574d7e78faf994f7472cd66367a76fb9f65ec7f977779c67ce25c859239a06f17ea913abac81aae814afc8dcc45508c2ddc2376f08f743b2622ac20ed91253fd4fe3101e8751295d48bf6edf

Glen Weldon on Gaiman

I can't separate the art from the artist. But I can separate myself. [aka One longtime Gaiman fan on where we go from here]

By Glen Weldon Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter Jan 17 2024   https://view.nl.npr.org/?qs=8370865e574d7e78faf994f7472cd66367a76fb9f65ec7f977779c67ce25c859239a06f17ea913abac81aae814afc8dcc45508c2ddc2376f08f743b2622ac20ed91253fd4fe3101e8751295d48bf6edf

Jan 30: Animezing! | The Deer King at Japan Information & Culture Center

Register for a FREE film screening at the JICC now!

Animezing! | The Deer King Thursday, January 30, 2025 Doors open 6PM Screening starts 6:30 pm 📌JICC Embassy of Japan,  🎟️Registration Required REGISTER FOR TICKETS Join us for a FREE film screening! Ticket registration is currently open. Mark your calendars for our next Animezing! screening: The Deer King, an epic animated feature based on the acclaimed novel by UEHASHI Nahoko. Directed by ANDO Masashi—whose stunning work shaped modern animation classics like Spirited Away and Your Name—this breathtaking film has captivated audiences worldwide. Co-directed by MIYAJI Masayuki and produced by the renowned Production I.G., The Deer King brings a powerful and heartfelt story to life. Set in a land torn by war, the film follows Van, a former soldier, and Yuna, a resilient young orphan, as they navigate survival, mystery, and the bonds of newfound family in the face of a deadly plague.Don't miss this critically acclaimed masterpiece, praised as "a gorgeously realized anime epic" (Carlos Aguilar, L.A. Times). Experience the magic of The Deer King—a must-see for fantasy lovers and anime enthusiasts alike!   In Japanese with English subtitles  |   2022  |  114 min  |  Drama, Fantasy |  Directed by ANDO Masashi & MIYAJI Masayuki JICC EVENT & PHOTO POLICIES This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required for security purposes. Program begins at 6:30PM. Doors open 30 minutes prior. No admittance after 7:00 PM or once seating is full. Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee guests a seat.   The JICC reserves the right to use any photograph/video taken at any event sponsored by JICC without the express written permission of those included within the photograph/video. In the event of a cancellation or if you require further assistance, please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp. Thank you for your patience and cooperation!   © 1981-2025 Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan 1150 18th St NW Suite 100 | Washington, DC 20036 US

Feb 8: Leland Melvin - Space Chasers - at MLK Library

Leland Melvin - Space Chasers - at MLK Library

https://politics-prose.com/event/2025-02-08/leland-melvin-space-chasers-mlk-library

Date:02/08/2025

Time:1:00pm - 2:00pm

Place:

901 G St NW
Washington, DC 20001

About the Book: 

An unlikely group of misfit middle schoolers are chosen to take part in an exclusive NASA program. Trained by famed astronaut Leland Melvin, they are then sent to a space station orbiting the earth.  But when disaster strikes with no adults and a bare bones crew, can they work together to get back home to earth? An exciting first book in a graphic novel series. 

About the Author: 

Leland Melvin is an American engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. After graduating from the University of Richmond, Leland was a professional football player and the only one ever to go into space! He served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on multiple flights.  He currently lives in Virgina with his dogs. 

Ages 8 - 12

Miné Okubo, proto-graphic novelist, in exhibit at American Art

Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

November 15, 2024 – August 17, 2025

https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/pictures-belonging-miki-hayakawa-hisako-hibi-and-mine-okubo:event-exhib-6717

Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th and G Streets, NW
Washington, DC

1st Floor, Osher Galleries

and the review that made me aware of it (sadly not from the WaPo):

With Their Lives Upended, They Practiced the Art of Resilience

"Pictures of Belonging" traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government's imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

By Aruna D'Souza

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 17, 2025, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: They Practiced the Art of Resilience

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/arts/design/japanese-artists-smithsonian-show.html

WaPo substitutes Six Chix for Candorville in print

... Following the arrest of Darrin Bell. Although with no signature and them crediting everyone on the title bar, I have no idea who did this strip.

WaPo on Darrin Bell's arrest

Cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested on child pornography charges [in print as 'Candorville' cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested on child pornography charges]

Police said some of the material owned and controlled by Bell was generated by artificial intelligence.

By Herb Scribner

Washington Post January 17, 2025 : C3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/01/16/darrin-bell-cartoons-child-pornography-arrest/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/16/2025

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: FORMER FANTAGRAPHICS, TAPAS MARKETING DIRECTOR JACQ COHEN TO ABRAMS As Director of Marketing & Publicity

Brigid Alverson on January 15, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58627/people-move-former-fantagraphics-tapas-marketing-director-jacq-cohen-abrams

 

A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE DIAMOND BANKRUPTCY

Rob Salkowitz on January 16, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/58634/a-few-thoughts-diamond-bankruptcy

 

Jim Keefe 

 Jan 16, 2025 

  Scouting Locations – Minneapolis

https://www.patreon.com/posts/scouting-119614337

 

Image Comics No Longer Available To Diamond, Dstlry Remains Optimistic

Image Comics are no longer available to be ordered through Diamond comic Distributors, only Lunar, but Dstlry remains optimistic

15 Jan 2025

 Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/image-comics-no-longer-available-to-diamond-dstlry-remains-optimistic/

 

Excerpt from Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund

Caitlin McGurk January 16, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/excerpt-from-tell-me-a-story-where-the-bad-girl-wins-the-life-and-art-of-barbara-shermund/

 

Reviews: Forces of Nature

Leonard Pierce | January 16, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/forces-of-nature/

 

Forces of Nature

Edward Steed

Drawn & Quarterly

 

Musical Brazilian Toon 'Lulumos' Launches on YouTube

Mercedes Milligan

January 15, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/musical-brazilian-toon-lulummos-launches-on-youtube/

 

FOX Toons Dominate Writers Guild Award Animation Nominations

Mercedes Milligan

January 15, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/fox-toons-dominate-writers-guild-award-animation-nominations/

 

'VeggieTales' Co-Creator Mike Nawrocki Uncovers the Secrets of His New Show, 'Dead Sea Squirrels,' Premiering Feb. 14

Ramin Zahed

January 15, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/veggietales-co-creator-mike-nawrocki-uncovers-the-secrets-of-his-new-show-dead-sea-squirrels-premiering-feb-14/

 

HERO WORSHIP: INTERVIEWING DAVID MICHELINIE [2005]

Joe Casey Writes   Jan 16, 2025

https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/hero-worship

 

Winter Carnival buttons, posters on sale now [Doonesbury]

Jan 15, 2025

https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2025/01/winter-carnival-buttons-posters-on-sale-now/

Aaron Marbone

 

Darrin Bell Arrested on Suspicion of Child Pornography Charges

D. D. Degg

  January 16, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/16/darrin-bell-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/

 

Alison Buckles Hennessey, R.I.P. [California comic book shop and convention worker].

Mark Evanier

News from ME January 14, 2025

https://www.newsfromme.com/2025/01/14/alison-buckles-hennessey-r-i-p/

 

The 5 Best Anime Premieres of Winter 2025, Ranked

By Elijah Gonzalez  |  January 16, 2025   https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/anime/the-5-best-anime-premieres-of-winter-2025-ranked

 

Interview: Dave Cook on KILLTOPIA NANOJAMS

Christian Angeles on 01/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-dave-cook-on-killtopia-nanojams/

 

Jordan Riefe

Storytelling Through Animation: A Conversation with 'Flow' Director

Art & Object January 16, 2025

https://www.artandobject.com/news/storytelling-through-animation-conversation-flow-director

MacDonald, Heidi. 2025.
Vault to start selling directly to retailers.
The Beat (January 16): https://www.comicsbeat.com/vault-to-start-selling-directly-to-retailers/

How to Draw SpongeBob SquarePants • The Wrong Way
Dave Kellett, Kevin McShane, and Brad Guigar
The Wrong Way Jan 16, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74IPbDRRrkA

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred twenty-two | Vita Ayala Returns, part two
Jan 16, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/you-know-of-the-rebellion-against

Four Questions for Kami Garcia
By Amanda Ramirez
Jan 16, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/96870-four-questions-for-kami-garcia.html

Navigating Comics Publishing & Promotion in 2025: A Fanbase Press Virtual Forum
Barbra Dillon.
Fanbase Press Jan 9, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-MkSzYhe5I

Cartoonist's Cartoonists: Who influenced Pedro X. Molina
Alan Gardner
January 16, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/16/cartoonists-cartoonists-who-influenced-pedro-x-molina/

Auster's complete New York Trilogy adapted by Mazzucchelli, Mattotti and Karasik
Heidi MacDonald on 01/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/austers-complete-new-york-trilogy-adapted-by-mazzucchelli-mattotti-and-karasik/

Fanbase Press celebrates 15 years by giving back with 'Build Your Community' Initiative
Christian Angeles on 01/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/fanbase-press-celebrates-15-years-by-giving-back-with-build-your-community-initiative/

Neil Gaiman responds to sexual assault allegations [in print as Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations, says acts were always consensual]
By Herb Scribner
Washington Post January 16, 2025: C3.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/01/14/neil-gaiman-responds-sexual-abuse-allegations/

Gaiman allegations article in today's print WaPo

Neil Gaiman responds to sexual assault allegations [in print as Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations, says acts were always consensual]

By Herb Scribner

Washington Post January 16, 2025: C3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/01/14/neil-gaiman-responds-sexual-abuse-allegations/

Jan 18: National Children's Museum welcomes Animationland to our Visiting Exhibit Hall

Discover Your Story - Animationland Opens at National Children's Museum

WASHINGTON – Calling all budding stop-motion animators, directors and sound artists! Animationland opens at National Children's Museum on Saturday, January 18, 2025. Guests are introduced to Tracey the pencil dog and her cast of fantastical friends as they make their way through the colorful and immersive environments of the exhibit, learning animation techniques along the way. Developed and produced by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), this exhibit seeks to educate young learners about how art and science intersect in the making of animation.

Hosted in the Museum's Visiting Exhibit Hall, Animationland is designed for guests of all ages and artists of all skill levels. The exhibit focuses on the basics of the animation process featuring interactive experiences including a sketching studio, a sound effects booth, and the opportunity to plan and star in a stop-motion production.

Through immersive experiences, visitors learn to use animation as a gateway into the world of math and science. This allows children to understand the interplay that occurs between art and science and how they can apply those skills to tell their own stories in innovative and dynamic ways.

As guests journey through Animationland, they explore the following realms and animation techniques:

• Turtleback Island: Visit Tracey's Studio to learn about storyboarding, draw characters using transparent light tables, and make your own storyboard template.
• Prickle Desert: Play with a model Mutoscope, an early motion picture device, and learn about frame rates and frame isolation.
• Comfort Peaks: Create stop-motion animations at four stations supplied with a variety of props and colorful backdrops.
• Blub-Glub Village: Dive into full-body stop-motion animation using a gridded floor plan and creative image capturing.
• Forgotten Forest: Engage with new senses and props in a Foley sound artist studio.

"We are thrilled to host an exhibit that supports our mission to promote STEAM education, dynamically connecting the creative world of art with the scientific world of physics and math," said Kiryn Hoffman, President and CEO of National Children's Museum. "Animationland allows children to be curious and inventive in a positive space where all ideas are supported. Everyone can be an artist and bring their own stories to life."

Animationland is included in the cost of Museum admission. Tickets to the Museum are $18.95 for adults and children 1 and older and are free for children under 1 and Museum members. For more information about the exhibit at National Children's Museum, please visit the Museum's website: www.nationalchildrensmuseum.org/explore/exhibits/animationland/.

Located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW off the Woodrow Wilson Plaza, National Children's Museum is open 9:30 am – 4:30 pm every day except Tuesdays.

Animationland was created by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and is locally supported through the District of Columbia Executive Office of the Mayor – Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development.

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About Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Founded in 1944, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is one of the nation's leading science museums, a world-class tourist attraction, and an award-winning educational resource for the kid in each of us. OMSI operates the largest museum-based outdoor science education program in the country and provides traveling and community outreach programs that bring science learning opportunities to schools and community organizations in nearly every county in Oregon. OMSI is located at 1945 SE Water Avenue, Portland, OR 97214. For general information, call 503.797.4000 or visit omsi.edu. Connect with the museum on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

About National Children's Museum
Celebrating five decades of play in 2024, STEAM adventure awaits at National Children's Museum, located in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C. With a mission to inspire children to care about and change the world, the Museum sparks curiosity and ignites creativity for children under the age of twelve and their families. Through playful science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) based exhibits, programs and virtual offerings, the Museum reaches millions of people each year. Learn more and plan your visit at nationalchildrensmuseum.org.

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