Fantom Comics events coming up

Missed out on our event with Box Brown last weekend? We've got some signed copies of LEGALIZATION NATION and others titles! Get them while copies last.

This Saturday is Independent Book Store Day! A day created by the American Booksellers Association, it's celebrated across the country on the last Saturday of April every year. Washington DC is having its own bookstore crawl with 20 different stores throughout the city, Fantom included! Find out about this week's events and more information below:

>>>> IN-STORE EVENTS

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
>> SATURDAY, April 26th ALL DAY
Complete the DC Bookstore Crawl by getting your map stamped at 6 participating local shops and get a free tote bag at the 6th location—it could be Fantom!! All locations will have maps for participation. Our neighbors at Second Story Books are on the map too, so you can easily snag 2 stamps at once here on P Street.

INTERFAITH BOOK CLUB: BUDDHA VOL 1
>> SUNDAY, April 27th @ 3pm
This month's interfaith book club is the first volume of BUDDHA by Osamu Tezuka:

Japanese comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life like it's never been told before. Entertaining, visually spectacular, and warm, Buddha is the ultimate example of Tezuka's storytelling genius and artistic mastery. This life of Buddha is one that all ages and spiritual persuasions can enjoy!

Buy in-store or online!

QUEER BOOK CLUB: THE GUY SHE WAS INTERESTED IN WASN'T A GUY AT ALL 2
>>THURSDAY, May 1st @ 6:30pm
Queer bookclub is back to discuss the second volume of THE GUY SHE WAS INTERESTED IN WASN'T A GUY AT ALL!

Aya's found out that the guy she was interested in isn't a guy at all-and she's also realized that she just can't keep her cool around Mitsuki! The two haven't quite put a name on their complex, earnest feelings, but they only grow as the pair continues to bond over the music they love. With their senior year at hand, future plans are coming into question…and Aya's thrown for a loop when a mysterious woman shows up and wants Mitsuki to go overseas!

Get a copy in-store or on our website!

Baltimore Comic Con's Ringo Award jurors

2025 Ringo Award jury announced

Javier Perez on 04/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/2025-ringo-award-jury-announced/

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A brief chat with Cara Gormally

by Mike Rhode

I only recently realized that Cara Gormally is in DC. I reached out to them for an interview. Since we haven't met in person, I'm going to quote from their website for this background information (and use the photo from there as well). 

Cara Gormally (they/them) is a cartoonist, researcher, and professor. Cara’s narrative nonfiction comics remix autobiographical stories with research about socio-scientific issues to make science relatable. Their comics have appeared in the Washington Post, Mutha Magazine, Spiralbound, and other places. Their debut graphic memoir, Everything is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder, a story about an unexpected healing journey to come home to themself, is forthcoming in April 2025 from Street Noise Books. A second book of braided comic essays about the emotional inheritance of estrangement is underway. 

A professor at Gallaudet University, in Washington, D.C., Cara is fascinated by questions about belonging. Their interdisciplinary research focuses on questions related to making science relevant and accessible to increase students' belonging in STEM. Cara studied philosophy at St. John’s College where they first became fascinated with questions about the ecology of home and belonging. Cara earned a Ph.D. at the University of Georgia. Cara has been honored to receive grants, fellowships, and artist residencies from the National Science Foundation, Playa Residency Fellowship, the American Association of University Women, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Hodson Trust Foundation. 

A DC metro area resident, Cara is an avid morning person, loves nerdy research deep dives, and has more questions than answers. 

What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?

I make narrative nonfiction comics that remix autobiographical stories with research about socio-scientific issues to make science relatable. My debut graphic memoir is coming out April 15, 2025—Everything is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder.

How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?

I am mostly a Procreate-on-my-ipad artist these days. But I do love some pen and ink when I’m drawing just for myself.

Why are you in Washington now?  What neighborhood or area do you live in?

I’m here for my day job—I’m a professor. I live in Maryland, near the DC border.

What is your training and/or education in cartooning?

I’m mostly self-taught. I’ve taken several classes through the Center for CartoonStudies and Sequential Artist Workshop, as well as with some cartoonists directly. I love taking new comic-ing classes and connecting with comics community.

Who are your influences?

Oh, gosh, where to begin. I’d say for my graphic memoir, I had a few #goalbooks in mind: Erin Williams’ Commute; Teresa Wong’s Dear Scarlett; and Tessa Hulls’ Feeding Ghosts.

If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change? Or rather, how are you hoping your career will develop?

If only I could make comics full-time—that’s the dream right? And, I do very enjoy many other parts of my career, so there’s that.

What work are you most proud of?

I’m so delighted and proud of my graphic memoir that is soon-to-be-released. It’s my book baby. So much has gone into making this book. It’s been a labor of love.

What would you like to do or work on in the future?

I’m excited to work on new projects; they’re still evolving, but one involves a kids’ graphic novel. I can’t wait to play with my comics style—I love how style evolves for different needs.

What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?

So much of this is about trusting the process. One of my dear friends reminds me “we never regret rest.” I co-sign that for putting aside comics projects when needed.

What comic books do you read regularly or recommend? Do you have a local store?

I love graphic memoirs. I am big DC library fan and I also deeply love browsing local bookshops. Some of my favorites include Little District Books, Politics and Prose, Big Planet Comics, Busboys & Poets, Solid State, and Kramer’s.

What's your favorite thing about DC?

I’m continually grateful for community here and I love the easy access to the outdoors, even in the city.

Do you have a website or blog?

https://www.caragormally.com/

Instagram @cara_gormally

My zoom book launch is happening on May 12 @7pm EST–sign up here for the zoom link!

Selected Press & Work 

Illustrated interview about Cara Gormally’s creative process | Spiralbound

An interview with Cara Gormally | Autobiographix

Biology professor is drawn to creating comics | Gallaudet Today

Making science more inclusive | Wall Street Journal

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/23/2025

Rob Liefeld calls out Marvel executives and the "Quotaverse"

Heidi MacDonald on 04/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/rob-liefeld-calls-out-marvel-executives-and-the-quotaverse/

 

["Word is flying around the comics world that Comics creator Mark Zingarelli died last week."]

John Derf Backderf

April 22 2025

https://www.facebook.com/100008691630090/posts/3637206979912321/

 

Mark Zingarelli Obituary

Published by Tribune Review on Apr. 23, 2025.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/triblive-tribune-review/name/mark-zingarelli-obituary?id=58216877

 

Addis, Don. 2019.

Cartoons for the Irreverent: Celebrating the Wit of Don Addis.

Madison, WI: Freedom From Religion Foundation

 

Degg, D. D. 2025.

Years After His Death Don Addis Gets A Cartoon in The N.Y. Times.

New York Times (April 23): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/23/years-after-his-death-don-addis-gets-a-cartoon-in-the-n-y-times/#comment-519902

 

Unknown. 2019.

FFRF publishes Don Addis' 'Cartoons for the Irreverent'.

Freedom From Religion Foundation (September 12): https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-publishes-don-addis-cartoons-for-the-irreverent/

 

Rarities: The Cartoon Factory Ltd, Part 2 – Left Side Cartoonists

D. D. Degg 

April 23, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/23/rarities-the-cartoon-factory-ltd-part-2-left-side-cartoonists/

 

Houtman, Nick. 1981.

Fred Womack makes his mark in world of commercial art.

Boscobel Dial (October 15).

Partial scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fred-womack-The_Boscobel_Dial_1981_10_15-768x563.jpg

 

Mr. Ronald William Stanfield, Birth date: Sep 2, 1937 - Death date: Feb 26, 2025

https://www.resthaven.us/obituaries/ronald-stanfield/obituary

 

In Memoriam [Chuck Vadun, wargamer cartoonist]

Dan Richardson

Trojan Art Painting September 6, 2012

https://trojanartpainting.blogspot.com/2012/09/in-memoriam-i-reported-to-my-new-duty.html

 

The Losers — Film Review

"The Losers" is a cartoonish nonstop action movie in which characters zip around the world, breaking, entering and blowing things up without any pretense to logic.

By Kirk Honeycutt, The Associated Press

October 14, 2010

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/losers-film-review-29502/

 

Annecy to Honor Michel Gondry, Matt Groening, Joanna Quinn

The festival will pay tribute to the animation pioneers at this year's event, which runs June 8-14.

Scott Roxborough

April 23, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/annecy-honors-michel-gondry-matt-groening-joanna-quinn-1236196191/

 

Post Malone and Vault Comics promote Free Comic Book Day story

By Liam on 04/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/post-malone-vault-comics-free-comic-book-day/

 

Post Malone's BIG RIG - Free Comic Book Day 2025

Vault Comics

Apr 23, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11hiCd6zghw

 

Jason Chatfield

Book Creation Process: from Concept to Finished Book

  Process Junkie  Apr 23, 2025  https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/book-creation-process-from-concept

 

Rob Liefeld – Marvel, Fire Dan Buckley, David Bogart & David Gabriel!

Rob Liefeld tells Marvel Comics to fire Dan Buckley, David Bogart and David Gabriel to fix their X-Men comic books

22 Apr 2025

Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rob-liefeld-marvel-fire-dan-buckley-david-bogart-david-gabriel/

 

Kickstarter Reverses Policy On Don Simpson's Megaton Man Fundraiser

Kickstarter reverses policy on Don Simpson's Megaton Man crowdfunding project, and the listing has now gone live

Rich Johnston  22 Apr 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/kickstarter-reverses-policy-on-don-simpsons-megaton-man-fundraiser/

 

Jim Keefe

 AI art = Theft

Patreon Apr 23, 2025  https://www.patreon.com/posts/ai-art-theft-126939116

 

Eva in Wonderland: 'WondLa' EP Bobs Gannaway Tells All About the New Apple/Skydance Adventure

Ramin Zahed

June 19, 2024 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/eva-in-wonderland-wondla-ep-bobs-gannaway-tells-all-about-the-new-apple-skydance-adventure/

This article was written for the June-July '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 341).

 

Exec Producers Tony DiTerlizzi and Bobs Gannaway Give Us the Scoop on the Wonderful Second Season of 'WondLa'

Ramin Zahed

April 22, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/exec-producers-tony-diterlizzi-and-bobs-gannaway-give-us-the-scoop-on-the-wonderful-second-season-of-wondla/

 

'The Simpsons' Exclusive Episode "Yellow Planet" Launches on Disney+

Mercedes Milligan

April 22, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/the-simpsons-exclusive-episode-yellow-planet-launches-on-disney/

 

Tribeca Fest Unveils Animated Shorts Lineup Curated by Whoopi Goldberg

Mercedes Milligan

April 22, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/tribeca-fest-unveils-animated-shorts-lineup-curated-by-whoopi-goldberg/

 

Genndy Tartakovsky Looks Back at the Magic of 'Dexter's Lab' and the Cartoon Boom of the '90s (EXCLUSIVE)

Ramin Zahed

June 19, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/genndy-tartakovsky-looks-back-at-the-magic-of-dexters-lab-and-the-cartoon-boom-of-the-90s-exclusive/

 

Cartoon Network promo - Meet the Cartoonist - Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Laboratory) (1997)

RetroCCN

May 15, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMUhLVySL4o

 

MoCCA 2025: Comic art building connections

Tammi Morton-Kelly | April 23, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/mocca-2025-comic-art-building-connections/

 

Titan Comics Vs Diamond Comic Distributors Over What Happens Next

22 Apr 2025  Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/titan-comics-vs-diamond-comic-distributors-over-what-happens-next/

 

The 2024 Contract Between Titan & Diamond Comic Distributors, Revealed

The 2024 contract between Titan and Diamond Comic Distributors, revealed, including for Free Comic Book Day

, 22 Apr 2025   Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/2024-contract-titan-diamond-comic-distributors-revealed/

 Matt Madden 

Come Make Comics with Me in Banff this Fall!

Build Your Own Labyrinth: Constraints and Creativity, Apr 23, 2025

https://mattmadd.substack.com/p/come-make-comics-with-me-in-banff

 

Zoe Si

Oh Canada

Zoe Sees   Apr 23, 2025 https://zoesi.substack.com/p/oh-canada

 

Adrian Tomine's "Lucky Dogs"

Françoise Mouly

April 21, 2025

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-04-28

 

Quesada's Amazing Comics unveils Undiscover'd Shakespeare line

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 04/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/undiscoverd/

 

Lucia Gargiulo promoted to editor

Julia Pohl-Miranda

April 9, 2025

https://drawnandquarterly.com/news/63603/

 

Adventurer, horse photographer, killer: Eadweard Muybridge's extraordinary life told in a comic book

He is famed for being a pioneer of the moving image – but there was so much more to Muybridge than that. The great graphic novelist Guy Delisle explains why he turned his life into a rollicking read

Phil Hoad

Mon 21 Apr 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/21/adventurer-horse-photographer-killer-eadweard-muybridges-comic-book-guy-delisle

 

United States Mint Strikes First Medal in Historic Comic Art Coin and Medal Program

Inaugural design in the series pays homage to 'The Man of Steel'

April 22, 2025

https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/united-states-mint-strikes-first-medal-in-historic-comic-art-coin-and-medal-program

 

Amaris Ketcham

Autobiographix   Apr 23, 2025 

 An Interview with Glynnis Fawkes

https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-glynnis-fawke

 

Discover Your World with Glynnis Fawkes - SAW Free Friday Night Comics Workshop

Sequential Artists Workshop

Feb 16, 2024  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp8m32OLOPI

 

Five places to buy graphic novels instead of Amazon

E.B. Hutchins on 04/23/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/five-places-to-buy-graphic-novels-instead-of-amazon/

 

How Japanese Superfans Redefined What It Means to Be Obsessed

Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone's relationship to the culture.

By Nick Haramis

T Magazine April 22, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/t-magazine/japan-otaku-fan-culture.html

 

Jorge Jiménez Discusses His New DC Art Book
April 21, 2025 Nick Banks
https://conskipper.com/the-dc-art-of-jorge-jimenez-book/

April 22nd, 2025 | by Andrew Bistak
Clover Publisher Hank Kanalz Interview (The DC Art of Jorge Jiménez)
https://www.impulsegamer.com/clover-publisher-hank-kanalz-int4/

Comic Culture at JewCE with Chris Claremont
Roy Schwartz
terence dollard
Apr 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toii1vqP7jk

Dan Baillie and Tim Bradstreet - Look Out Graphic Novella
Justin Soderberg
Apr 23, 2025 Capes and Tights Podcast #220
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QspVgxdxSc4

Marvel's Cavan Scott on Launching a New Gwenpool, "I Love Gwenpool. I Love What She Represents. And I Want Her to Thrive'
By  Brian Cronin
CBR Apr 10, 2025
https://www.cbr.com/marvels-cavan-scott-gwenpool-interview/

Gil Roth
Ari Richter
Virtual Memories Show 635; April 22, 2025
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-635-ari-richter
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_635_-_Ari_Richter.mp3

Why R. Crumb Worked With a Biographer: 'I Guess I Felt Sorry For You'
Molly Young
April 20, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/books/review/r-crumb-feature-molly-young.html

A Cartoonist Who Tapped His Own Psyche and Found America's Unruly Id
By Dwight Garner
April 20, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/books/review/crumb-a-cartoonists-life-dan-nadel.html

"A Violation of the Law": After ChatGPT's AI Attack on Studio Ghibli, Lawmakers Are Looking to Take Legal Action
Evan D. Mullicane 4/21/25
https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-ai-artwork-chatgpt-japan-lawmakers-illegal/

Ella, Una y Todas: Mujeres En La Obra De Patricia Breccia [She, One And All: Women In The Work Of Patricia Breccia]
Mariela Acevedo 2010
Tebeosfera: Cultura Gráfica, ISSN-e 1579-2811, Nº. 13, 2014
Online at https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=7679164


Subcultura osuna en historieta: Un análisis de Horror! desperté con un cazador de Rubén Gauna [Bear subculture in comics: An analysis of Horror! I woke up with a hunter by Rubén Gauna]
Mariela Acevedo  2013
AVATARES de la comunicación y la cultura, Nº 5. ISSN 1853-5925. Junio de 2013
https://publicaciones.sociales.uba.ar/index.php/avatares/article/view/4778
https://www.academia.edu/34657732/Subcultura_osuna_en_historieta_Un_an%C3%A1lisis_de_Horror_despert%C3%A9_con_un_cazador_de_Rub%C3%A9n_Gauna_2013_

Boquitas pintadas historietada. Una lectura de la transposición de la novela de Manuel Puig en La Argentina en pedazos [Comics Adaptation of Boquitas Pintadas (Painted Little Mouths). A reading of the adaptation of Manuel Puig's novel in Argentina in fragments]
Mariela Acevedo  2012
Segundo Congreso Internacional Viñetas Serias : narrativas gráficas : lenguajes entre el arte y el mercado (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26 al 28 de septiembre de 2012, Biblioteca Nacional).
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34657731/Boquitas_pintadas_historietada_Una_lectura_de_la_transposici%C3%B3n_de_la_novela_de_Manuel_Puig_en_La_Argentina_en_pedazos_2012_

IMAGO FÉMINA. Ensayo sobre fábulas de heterodesignación y textos de resistencia en las historietas [FEMALE IMAGE. Essay on fables of heterodesignation and texts of resistance in comics]
Mariela Acevedo 2012
Buenos Aires : Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación. , 2012. E-Book. ISBN 978-950-29-1330-8
Online at https://repositorio.sociales.uba.ar/items/show/1519 or https://www.academia.edu/34657730/IMAGO_F%C3%89MINA_Ensayo_sobre_f%C3%A1bulas_de_heterodesignaci%C3%B3n_y_textos_de_resistencia_en_las_historietas_2012_
 
Creadoras de Mundos [Creators of Worlds]
Mariela Acevedo 2009
Marginaria 9 (October)
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34657735/Creadoras_de_Mundos_Revista_Maginaria_Sevilla_2009_
 
Creadoras de historietas: franqueando límites, creando mundos [Female comic book creators: pushing boundaries, creating worlds]
Mariela Acevedo, 2011
Voces polifónicas, María Alicia Gutiérrez, ed. Buscar por Godot - 14 de julio 1016 - Villa Ortúzar - CABA
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34658038/Creadoras_de_historietas_franqueando_l%C3%ADmites_creando_mundos_2011_

Una aproximación al cruce entre "lo popular" y "lo femenino" en las historietas [An approach to the intersection between "the popular" and "the feminine" in comics
Mariela Acevedo 2013
AVATARES de la comunicación y la cultura Mayo 2012
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34657729/Una_aproximaci%C3%B3n_al_cruce_entre_lo_popular_y_lo_femenino_en_las_historietas_2012_

Historieta feminista en américa latinaautoras de Argentina, Chile, Brasil y México [Feminist comics in Latin America: authors from Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Mexico]
Mariela Acevedo, Katherine Supnem (Chile), Gabriela Borges (Brazil), and Maira Mayola (Mexico).   2018
Tebeosfera: Cultura Gráfica, ISSN-e 1579-2811, Nº. 6, 2018
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=7665854
https://www.academia.edu/36878157/_2018_HISTORIETA_FEMINISTA_EN_AM%C3%89RICA_LATINA_AUTORAS_DE_ARGENTINA_CHILE_BRASIL_Y_M%C3%89XICO_en_Tebeosfera_
 

Off Topic - New Liniers book!

I'm a big fan of his work, so here's some PR I was just sent today. I'm pre-ordering it today at Barnes and Noble due to their 25% off sale.

PAPERCUTZ AND MAD CAVE STUDIOS ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE

The Ghost of Wreckers Cove

By Angelica Del Campo and Liniers

–on-sale September 16, 2025–

Two young girls and their father move next to an abandoned lighthouse, where the girls meet a strange new friend and work together to try to solve the mysteries of Wreckers Cove.

Eisner award-winning cartoonist Liniers and writer Angelica del Campo recreate the world of 19th century lighthouse keepers in a delightful supernatural tale about ghosts and shipwrecks, inspired by the real-life story of a heroic young woman who tended an isolated Maine lighthouse many years ago. Two young sisters Cristina and Martha and their dad, move to a summer home in a small coastal town located near an old nonworking lighthouse. As the two sisters explore the beach and the old lighthouse, they encounter a friendly, albeit unusual, red-haired girl, who turns out to be a ghostly local legend with a heartbreaking story shrouded in mystery.

"We are so excited that a creative force like Papercutz is releasing our story. We hope to reach as many readers as possible. This is our first collaboration. It is weird to work with someone you live with, so drawing and ideas were passed back and forth during road trips, dinners, right before a movie, or when we woke up in the morning. We wanted to write a mystery that had elements of the supernatural, and Ricardo had told me he really wanted to draw lighthouses. When I stumbled across the figure of the woman lighthouse keeper in a history of American lighthouses, I knew that it was what the story would be about and everything grew from there. I hope that this reminds us all that women have been doing remarkable things for centuries, way before the modern concept of feminism was born." – Angelica Del Campo & Liniers

We hope you'll join us in announcing the release of The Ghost of Wreckers Cove! The book is available for preorder now wherever books are sold, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Bookshop. Please reach out to James Faccinto of Mad Cave Studios at jfaccinto@madcavestudios.com if you have any questions. 

More info on: The Ghost of Wreckers Cove

Creators: Angelica Del Campo, Liniers

Format: 6 x 9 inches
Page count: 192

Paperback Price: $14.99

Hardcover Price: $22.99

Ages: Middle Grade 

Paperback ISBN: 9781545821237

Hardcover ISBN: 9781545821244

On-sale Date: September 16, 2025

ABOUT THE CREATORS

ANGELICA DEL CAMP is a writer and editor who lives and works in a little town in Vermont. She was born in Buenos Aires and lived in many different countries before settling into country life. She has three daughters and one dog.

LINIERS: Born in Argentina in 1973, Ricardo Liniers Siri (a.k.a. Liniers) started his artistic career making fanzines for his friends when he realized he was not made for law school.

He is the creator of the daily strip Macanudo and graphic novels for younger readers, including

the Eisner Award-winning Good Night, Planet. For the last 23 years, Liniers has been writing and drawing Macanudo, which has been published daily in Argentina by La Nación since 2002 and as English-language collections in the United States since 2014. Macanudo is also published in El Pais (Spain) and O Globo (Brazil), and debuted in the US market in September 2018 through a partnership with Hearst-owned King Features Syndicate. It has grown to be one of the most celebrated cartoon strips in South America, and Liniers has become one of the continent's most popular cartoonists. Liniers won the Inkpot Award for career achievement in 2018, and the Reuben Award for Best Newspaper Comic Strips in 2021.

Together with his wife Angie he founded Editorial Común with the aim of publishing graphic

novel by local and foreign authors.

He has more than 50 books published, many of which have been translated to English, French,

Italian, Czech, German, Portuguese, Korean and Chinese.

He has toured Latin America and Spain with his friend, musician Kevin Johansen, drawing on

stage while Kevin's band performs.

He performs stand up comedy with his friend and colleague, Chilean artist Alberto Montt.

He has illustrated 7 covers of The New Yorker magazine and has recently illustrated the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine, among other highly popular publications.

Liniers currently resides in Vermont drawing Macanudo daily.

About Papercutz: Papercutz is dedicated to publishing great graphic novels for all  ages. Popular with reluctant readers and gifted readers alike, Papercutz graphic novels  for kids, tweens, and teens include a wide range of genres, including humor, action  adventure, mystery, horror, and favorite characters. We work every day to introduce  young readers to the imaginative wonders waiting to be discovered in comics. To find  out more visit http://www.papercutz.com. 

Trading Texts (continued) by Daniel Boris

 

Frederick cartoonist Ron Stanfield passed away in February

Mr. Ronald William Stanfield

Birth date: Sep 2, 1937 - Death date: Feb 26, 2025

https://www.resthaven.us/obituaries/ronald-stanfield/obituary

DD Degg featured his cartooning work and a link to this obituary in his story Rarities: The Cartoon Factory Ltd, Part 2 – The Left Side Cartoonists.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/22/2025

Announcing the Diablo X Berserk crossover [manga licensing into videogame]

Heidi MacDonald on 04/22/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/announcing-the-diablo-x-berserk-crossover/

 

Interview: DAVID PEPOSE continues his run with SPACE GHOST ANNUAL #1

Deanna Destito on 04/22/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-david-pepose-continues-his-run-with-space-ghost-annual-1/

 

The Beat Digest 04/22/25: The Discworld Graphic Novel Universe is coming

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 04/22/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-042225/

 

INTERVIEW: Magnetic Press founder Mike Kennedy unpacks the last 10 years

Samantha Puc on 04/22/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-magnetic-press-founder-mike-kennedy-unpacks-the-last-10-years/

 

Netflix to Wrap 'Heartstopper' With Movie

In lieu of a fourth season, Netflix will finish the 'Heartstopper' storyline with a feature film, based on Alice Oseman's upcoming 'Heartstopper Volume 6.'

Scott Roxborough

April 22, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-to-finish-heartstopper-storyline-with-movie-1236197696/

 

Kickstarter Suspends Don Simpson's Megaton Man Over Iranian Artist

Kickstarter suspends Don Simpson's Megaton Man graphic anthology over four innocuous pages by Iranian comic book artist Milo Trent  

Rich Johnston  21 Apr 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/kickstarter-suspends-don-simpsons-megaton-man-over-iranian-artist/

 

Jim Zub on comics, creativity, and the future of art

PTI News Apr 18, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2OubK6S_KA 

 

Jim Zub Interview | Comic Con Mumbai 2025

Aalok Joshi

Indian Nerve

  Apr 20, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbI8sROtaRk

 

Kelly Thompson Interview - Comic book writer

Countdown City Geeks

  Apr 15, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3KoNFeHqM8

 

Kieron Gillen Talks To James Tynion IV About Exquisite Corpses

| by Kieron Gillen https://imagecomics.com/features/kieron-gillen-talks-to-james-tynion-iv-about-exquisite-corpses

 

The Fall and Rise (and Fall and Rise) of THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN

Dan Yergs

Conan Chronology 4/22/2025 https://conanchronology.weebly.com/home/the-fall-and-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-the-savage-sword-of-conan

 

Author and comics auteur Paul Gravett's name hijacked by scammers?

John Freeman

Down the Tubes Apr 22 2025  https://cruciblecomic.substack.com/p/author-and-comics-auteur-paul-gravetts

 

REVISED DIAMOND LIABILITIES, PLUS FEES, COSTS BRING CHALLENGES

To 100% Pay-Out for Unsecured Creditors

Milton Griepp on April 22, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59374/revised-diamond-liabilities-plus-fees-costs-bring-challenges

 

VAULT DOUBLES DOWN ON MUSIC TIE-INS IN JULY

Redman Graphic Novel Joins Post Malone Series Launch

Milton Griepp on April 22, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59375/vault-doubles-down-music-tie-ins-july

 

C2E2 2025 PHOTOS – PART 3-4: Saturday

Posted by Dennis Viau on April 22, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59377/c2e2-2025-photos-part-3

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59376/c2e2-2025-photos-part-4

 

CSotD: Jube, Domne, Benedicere* [Pope Francis' death editorial cartoons]

Mike Peterson

April 22, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/22/csotd-jube-domne-benedicere/#comment-519867

 

The Unified Advance Funny Pages

D. D. Degg

April 22, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/22/the-unified-advance-funny-pages/

 

Letter from the Editor: We're changing the comics, and adding lots

    Mar. 09, 2025,

    Therese Bottomly | The Oregonian/OregonLive

    https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025/03/letter-from-the-editor-were-changing-the-comics-and-adding-lots.html

 

Skottie Young

Me And Marvel's First Family [Fantastic Four covers]

STUPID FRESH MESS  Apr 22, 2025

https://skottieyoung.substack.com/p/me-and-marvels-first-family

Pope Francis - 125 Great Cartoons! All the best political cartoons covering Pope Francis' Papacy!
Daryl Cagle  and Taylor Jones
Caglecast 66  Apr 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiscXWr9jps

PanelFly Launches Online Marketplace for Comic Book Distribution
By Ed Nawotka
Apr 18, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/97583-panelfly-launches-online-marketplace-for-comic-book-distribution.html

Netflix's HEARTSTOPPER to end with a movie
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 04/22/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/heartstopper-finale/

Zdarksy, Chip. 2025.
With Great Power: What does it mean to be stronger? Legendary writer Joe Kelly sets out to answer that question as the new writer of Amazing Spider-Man!
Zdarksy Comics News 10 (April): 4-7, 9
Words, Images, & Worlds: Homebrewed Edition with Dan Price and Chris Sahloff [Homebrewed Comics company]
Jason DeHart
Apr 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUHxazVI9EA

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live: With Special Guest Stephanie Williams
Pop Culture SquadCast April 22 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwHN9gdfXMk

Four Questions for Calista Brill
By Amanda Ramirez
Apr 22, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/97599-four-questions-for-calista-brill.html

Maggie Shang & Johnell DeWitt Dive into the "Let's Go" Anthology
Barney Smith
StoryComic  Presents (430; Apr 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdPdMSgBsMk
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-j6wkg-18671d1

    Mujeres en situación de prostitución de calle y su representación en medios gráficos: La historieta "Clara de noche" (2009) [Prostitutes on streets and their representation in graphic media: The story ''Clara de Noche"]
    By Mariela Acevedo  2009
    Anagramas Rumbos Y Sentidos De La Comunicacion (June 1, 2009)
online at https://www.academia.edu/772192/Mujeres_en_situaci%C3%B3n_de_prostituci%C3%B3n_de_calle_y_su_representaci%C3%B3n_en_medios_gr%C3%A1ficos_La_historieta_Clara_de_noche_2009_

En la trinchera, una mujer: la obra de Patricia Breccia [In the trenches, a woman: the work of Patricia Breccia]
By Mariela Acevedo  2012
Narrativa gráfica. Los entresijos de la historieta / Ana María Peppino Barale (ed), México, D. F. : Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, 2012
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34664860/6_En_la_trinchera_una_mujer_la_obra_de_Patricia_Breccia_2012_    

Crítica Cultural feminista e Historietas. Notas para una discusión [Feminist Cultural Criticism and Comics: Notes for a Discussion]
By Mariela Acevedo  2016
Entre-dichos-cuerpos. Coreografías de los géneros y las sexualidades, María Alicia Gutiérrez (ed)
https://www.academia.edu/34664738/Cr%C3%ADtica_Cultural_feminista_e_Historietas_Notas_para_una_discusi%C3%B3n_2016_

Autoras de Fierro. Una aproximación a las "minas" que dibujan en una revista de historietas argentina en los años '80 [Fierro's female authors. An approach to the "minas" they draw in a Argentine comic magazine from the '80s]
Mariela Acevedo  2017
Descentrada, vol. 1, nº 2, e022, septiembre 2017
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34658047/Autoras_de_Fierro_Una_aproximaci%C3%B3n_a_las_minas_que_dibujan_en_una_revista_de_historietas_argentina_en_los_a%C3%B1os_80_2017_
 
Revista Clĺtoris. Comics y Explorations Varias. Feminismos y Textualities [Clitoris Magazine. Comics And Various Explorations. Feminisms And Textualities]
Mariela Acevedo
Tebeosfera (2008, Tebeosfera) -2a Epoca- 13, 1-VII-2015
online at https://www.academia.edu/34657737/REVISTA_CL%C3%8DTORIS_HISTORIETAS_Y_EXPLORACIONES_VARIAS_FEMINISMOS_Y_TEXTUALIDADES_2010_

Review: Peanuts minus Schulz [Ilan Manouach]
Nat Gertler
AAUGH Blog April 21, 2025
     https://aaugh.com/wordpress/2025/04/review-peanuts-minus-schulz/

Maggie Shang & Johnell DeWitt Dive into the "Let's Go" Anthology

Barney Smith

StoryComic  Presents (430; Apr 22, 2025

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

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-j6wkg-18671d1

Join us as we dive into the creative minds behind the "Let's Go" anthology from Kids Comics Unite. In this interview, children's book authors Maggie Shang and Johnell DeWitt share their experiences and inspirations behind their contributions to this exciting project. Discover how their unique backgrounds in illustration and storytelling blend into the captivating tales they've crafted for young readers. Don't miss their insights on collaborating in this vibrant anthology aimed at fostering creativity and love for comics among kids.

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Private Astronaut"

"Private Astronaut"
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4096

OK, US media – and aerospace-related trade media, I'm especially looking
at YOU – it's time to cut the goddamn crap and quit calling these knobs
"private astronauts" and call them what they are: "rich-ass
motherfuckers who can afford to have themselves shot into space",
especially this Isaacman clown who could afford to have himself shot
into space twice, and on the second flight performed the most
useless-ass excuse for an EVA ever. Even Alexei Leonov was out longer,
and actually managed to gather significant scientific and engineering
data while in the process of getting back into the spacecraft without
accidentally killing himself.

But yeah, sure... the standard-issue tech entrepreneur who has near-zero
training or experience in aerospace engineering or program management or
flying high-performance jet aircraft at all but who made himself a
massive pile off a payment processing company he supposedly started as a
teenager in his parents' basement (your standard tech-bro rags-to-riches
saga) and so was able to pay to have himself shot into space twice and
who is best buds with Elon Musk is, according to the Donster, the ideal
choice for NASA Administrator. Yeah, that's right — the goddamn "private
astronaut".

We're fucked on Earth, and fucked in space.


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"Become An Astronaut" basic astronaut qualifications at NASA:
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/become-an-astronaut/

"Katy Perry, Gayle King and 4 other women are headed for the 'edge of
space.' Here's what that means", Jackie Wattles at CNN, 04.13.2025
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/13/science/blue-origin-karman-line-space-mission/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

"SpaceX launches private astronauts on first crewed polar orbit", Space
Daily 04.01.2025
https://www.spacedaily.com/afp/250401021019.vm4h5rsn.html

"How did Jared Isaacman, billionaire behind first-ever private
spacewalk, make his money?", Tom Sanders at Metro UK, 09.12.2024
https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/12/jared-isaacman-billionaire-behind-first-ever-private-spacewalk-21591723/

"Demystifying Jared Isaacman, Trump's NASA nominee", Jeff Foust at
SpaceNews 01.22.2025
https://spacenews.com/demystifying-jared-isaacman-trumps-nasa-nominee/

"Jared Isaacman makes first public remarks since nomination for NASA
Administrator" Will Robinson Smith at Spaceflight Now, 12.12.2024
https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/12/12/jared-isaacman-makes-first-public-remarks-since-nomination-for-nasa-administrator/

"Alexei Leonov: Spacewalk Pioneer" bio by Kimberly Hickok at Space.com
10.11.2019
https://www.space.com/alexei-leonov-bio.html

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Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org