One of the world's largest comic book distributors is bankrupt, and it has this St. John's publisher reeling
Black Panel Press publisher Andrew Benteau says he's owed $28K
Elizabeth Whitten · CBC News Feb 20, 2025
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/black-panel-press-diamond-1.7461515
'Maya, Give Me a Title' Review: Michel Gondry Dreams Up a Deliciously Silly World of Stop-Motion Adventure
The French filmmaker's first animated feature, competing in Berlin's Generation Kplus section, is an hourlong compilation of handmade shorts he made for his daughter over a period of six years.
Sheri Linden
February 20, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/maya-give-me-a-title-review-michel-gondry-stop-motion-animation-1236140976/
EXCLUSIVE: DSTLRY LAUNCHES NEW RETAILER PLATFORM, 'TASTING ROOM,' AT COMICSPRO
App Will Offer Previews, Info, and Incentives for Retailers
Brigid Alverson on February 20, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58899/exclusive-dstlry-launches-new-retailer-platform-tasting-room-comicspro
Ray Mundo Futcast interviews Roy of the Rovers Editor Barrie Tomlinson "Live from Melchester"
John Freeman on February 20, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/ray-mundo-futcast-interviews-roy-of-the-rovers-editor-barrie-tomlinson-live-from-melchester/
"The 2000AD Art of Sean Phillips" out in October
John Freeman on February 20, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/the-2000ad-art-of-sean-phillips-out-in-october/
Fighting the Streaming Wars With Prestige Cartoons [GKIDS]
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture Feb. 20, 2025
https://www.vulture.com/article/gkids-animation-toho-acquisition-streaming.html
'Super Duper Bunny League' Swoops in to Save the Day on Nickelodeon
Mercedes Milligan
February 20, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/nickelodeon-unmasks-brand-new-pre-k-toon-super-duper-bunny-league/
'Robot Chicken' Celebrates 20 Years of Animated Parodies with New Adult Swim Special
Mercedes Milligan
February 20, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/robot-chicken-celebrates-20-years-of-animated-parodies-with-new-adult-swim-special/
'Captain America must die in China': Nationalism fuels Ne Zha 2 fans
Koh Ewe
BBC News February 20 2025
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl026rw7xpo
Kickstart Entertainment Workers Vote To Leave The Canadian Animation Guild
By Amid Amidi | 02/20/2025
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/kickstart-entertainment-workers-have-voted-to-leave-the-canadian-animation-guild-245941.html
'Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse' Review
Alan Gardner
February 20, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/02/20/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-review/
'Conej Steps Out' Is A Charming, Exuberant Homage To The Golden Age Of American Animation [Spain]
By Chris Robinson | 02/19/2025 https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-pick/conej-steps-out-is-a-charming-exuberant-homage-to-the-golden-age-of-american-animation-245928.html
The Daily Heller: Knowing Which Way the Wind Blows [ The Weatherman, Nathan Fox interview]
The Daily Heller February 17 2025
By Steven Heller
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-which-way-the-wind-blows/
10 wry, controversial, viral covers from the New Yorker's 100 years
The New Yorker, now celebrating its centenary, has defied media trends by giving an unusual amount of control to the artists behind its conversation-starting covers.
By Michael Cavna
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/02/21/new-yorker-covers-100th-anniversary/
M Is for Mortality: Lessons from Edward Gorey on His Hundredth Birthday
Gorey said, "I write about everyday life." His work reminds us that death is a major fact of existence.
By Bryn Durgin and Navied Mahdavian
February 21, 2025
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/m-is-for-mortality-lessons-from-edward-gorey-on-his-hundredth-birthday
IDW Hires Kim Estlund, April Venditti & Zane Lomeli, Promotes Many
20 Feb 2025 Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-hires-kim-estlund-april-venditti-zane-lomeli-promotes-many
Rocketship Signs With Lunar, Hires SNL's Danielle Garre As VP
20 Feb 2025 Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rocketship-lunar-snl-danielle-garre-vp/
Exclusive Interview: Adriana Melo on Their Latest Campaign, THE ART OF ADRIANA MELO! [Brazil]
By Diego Higuera on 02/21/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-interview-adriana-melo-on-their-latest-campaign-the-art-of-adriana-melo/
Ethics Gradient – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | February 21, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/ethics-gradient-this-weeks-links/
As 'The New Yorker' turns 100, an art editor reflects on its distinctive look [Françoise Mouly]
STEVE INSKEEP,and LEILA FADEL
Morning Edition February 19, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5300020/as-the-new-yorker-turns-100-an-art-editor-reflects-on-its-distinctive-look
Anand Shenoy, February 19th, 2025 [aka Anand Shenoy on How Comics Chose Me; India.]
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 414; Feb 19, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qJ9VqlrPko
Beloved Tacoma comic book shop known for its queer and BIPOC-friendly titles to close
By Becca Most
Tacoma News-Trbune February 14, 2025
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article300152059.html
The Beginning After The End Web Comic's TurtleMe on His Upcoming Anime Adaptation
by MrAJCosplay & Rebecca Silverman, Feb 19th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-02-19/the-beginning-after-the-end-web-comic-turtleme-on-his-upcoming-anime-adaptation/.217387
The grand mythology of the Fourth World: Ram V and Evan Cagle on 'The New Gods' #3
David Brooke
February 17, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/17/the-new-gods-3-ram-v-evan-cagle/
TMNT Tuesday #4: Tom Waltz and Luis Antonio Delgado answer your fan questions
David Brooke
February 18, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/18/tmnt-tuesday-4-tom-waltz-delgado/
Absolute Flash: Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles talk redefining Wally West
David Brooke
February 20, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/20/absolute-flash-jeff-lemire-nick-robles-qa/
Yoon Ha Lee explores the cost of heroism in 'Doom's Division'
David Brooke
February 21, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/21/yoon-ha-lee-explores-the-cost-of-heroism-in-dooms-division/
PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 660: Meg Lemke Named Eisner Judge and More
Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons
on 02/14/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1355
Off Panel #487: Know Yourself with Tradd Moore
Feb 17 2025
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-487-know-yourself-with-tradd-moore
David F. Walker, Mark Twain and Big Jim
By Beth Accomando
KPBS' Cinema Junkie February 13, 2025
https://www.kpbs.org/podcasts/cinema-junkie/david-f-walker-mark-twain-big-jim-and-the-white-boy
At Home with Michael D. Kennedy for Milk White Steed
Drawn and Quarterly February 18 2025
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGORxSRI-U9/
Smash Pages Q&A | MK Reed + Jonathan Hill on 'Budding Crisis'
The creators of 'Americus' reunite for a new fantasy series from Comixology Originals.
JK Parkin
February 18, 2025
https://smashpages.net/2025/02/18/smash-pages-qa-mk-reed-jonathan-hill-on-budding-crisis/
DS Interview: Comic Writer Matthew Rosenberg talks punk rock, "What's The Furthest Place From Here?" and more
Forrest Gaddis
Dying Scene February 17 2025
https://dyingscene.com/ds-interview-comic-writer-matthew-rosenberg-talks-punk-rock-whats-the-furthest-place-from-here-and-more/
Graphic novels, zines from the Northeast have become a gateway to know the region
The Brahmaputra Literature Festival brought together artists, illustrators, poets, from Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, among other northeastern states. [India]
Tina Das
The Print 14 February, 2025 https://theprint.in/feature/around-town/graphic-novels-zines-from-northeast-become-gateway-to-know-region/2493266/
Review: 'I Was A Fashion School Serial Killer' Is A Bloody Good Time
Tiffany Leigh,
Feb 18, 2025, https://www.forbes.com/sites/tiffanyleigh/2025/02/18/review-i-was-a-fashion-school-serial-killer-is-a-bloody-good-time/
Fans And Scholars Are Rediscovering Their Love For Romance Comics
Rob Salkowitz,
Feb 14, 2025, https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/02/14/fans-and-scholars-are-rediscovering-their-love-for-romance-comics/
How MAD magazine, family ghosts and censorship made Art Spiegelman an anti-fascist artist
A new documentary about the 'Maus' author reveals his influences, and what keeps him up at night
By PJ Grisar
The Forward February 18, 2025
https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/697249/art-spiegelman-documentary-maus-comic-book-ban-holocaust/
The Combined Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2024!
February 15, 2025 Jamie Coville
https://jamiecoville.com/blog/blog/2025/02/15/the-combined-best-comics-graphic-novels-of-2024/
