Sunday, June 08, 2025

This weekend's Civitan flea market comics and cartoon finds (need some artist ID help)

This weekend's Civitan flea market comics and cartoon finds. Most were under 2 dollars. The comics and fanzines will go to the Library of Congress as will most of the ephemera. If anyone can help ID the World War II cartoonist, I'd appreciate it. And the golf blotter cartoonist.  


Signed first issue of Sex Criminals by Chip Zdarsky and
 Amanda Connor variant cover of Star Wars Princess Leia

Golf cartoon blotters from Minnesota Mining and Mfg Co by unknown cartoonist. 
Being donated to Library of Congress after hi-res scanning


Signed Herblock biography; these are still fairly easy to find around DC.

Dreams I fanzine cover. The Hobbit by CC Beck.

There's one copy at Bowling Green University library. Copies will be going to LoC and OSU soon.

A collection of fantasy illustrations by Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkle, Robert Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Neal Adams, Jim Starlin, R. Crandall, Jeff Jones, Al Bradford and Martin Grimes, Berni Wrightson, and Vaughn Bode

Dreams I fanzine back cover. Flash Gordon by Al Williamson.

                                                                  Dreams I fanzine title page.


Adventures of Big Boy 288

Adventures of Big Boy 263, in New York City

Adventures of Big Boy 266, with Superman

Adventures of Big Boy 257

ERBdom 27 fanzine from 1969.

Draw! 16 with Howard Chaykin

Draw! 18 with R.M. Guera.

The Acid Test political cartoons by William Sanderson.   

Avengers Assemble featuring Captain Citrus #1.

Copies of these are going to LoC and OSU (if they want it)


Avengers Assemble featuring Captain Citrus #2.


"Tony's Sports Comics" Kellogg's cereal giveaway.  Published by DC Comics in conjunction with Sports Illustrated. Cover titled "Nolan Ryan in The Winning Pitch." Art by Angelo Torres, according to Rodrigo Baeza.

 

Jimmy's Coloring Book cover by Neal Adams.

Jimmy's Coloring Book inside page by Bob MacLeod?

Peanuts to President by Blanche Ackerman with cartoons by David Suter. Silver Spring, MD: Adam Publishing Co., 1977.  Only held in 4 libraries.




Fisherman's laugh book. [Baxter Lane Co.], [Amarillo, Tex.], [©1973] 1 copy in 1 library.  
  

Unidentified WWII cartoonist photocopy
 
Does anyone know who this is drawn by? There's a symbol in the lower right. When I used Google image search this is the slop it gave me:
 
 

Gib Crockett original cartoon of Franklin Roosevelt saying "My Country First" into a microphone

 
German cartoon print on fashion in women's hats, probably removed from a magazine. Translated title as Fantasy of Fall Styles, 1882.



Justice League movie mook.

WaPo runs same Summer Art section two weeks in a row

I'm noting this because of the illustrations by Chalzea Xu, which are lovely, although she's not a cartoonist. 



 You can see that the stories changed slightly but the illustrations didn't.

Also Hannah Good, who is, illustrated a Pride story.

Saturday, June 07, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/6/2025

APRIL WAS A TOUGH MONTH FOR DIAMOND; Total Decline Since January Now Over $10 Million

Milton Griepp on June 6, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59728/april-was-tough-month-diamond

 

RETAILERS FEAR LOSS OF DIAMOND DATA FLOW

World According to Griepp

Milton Griepp on June 6, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/59730/retailers-fear-loss-diamond-data-flow

 

Marty Two Bulls' Herblock Prize Soirée in Bruce Guthrie Photos

D. D. Degg

June 6, 2025  https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/06/marty-two-bulls-herblock-prize-sioree-in-bruce-guthrie-photos/

 

Mark Millar Finding New Ways To Sell Psychic Sam With John Romita Jr [trading cards, Kickstarter]

  05 Jun 2025  Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mark-millar-finding-new-ways-to-sell-psychic-sam-with-john-romita-jr/

 

Uncivilized Books Finds A Comics Distribution Home For Living The Line

Uncivilized Books finds a comics distribution home for Living The Line, courtesy of Lunar Distribution and more

  05 Jun 2025   Rich Johnston   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/uncivilized-books-finds-a-comics-distribution-home-for-living-the-line/

 

Problems With Ad Populum's First Payments To Comics Publishers

The first payments due to comic book stores from Diamond Comics purchaser Ad Populum seem not to have been made. What's going on?

  Rich Johnston  05 Jun 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/problems-with-ad-populums-first-payments-to-comics-publishers/

 

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Episode 205 - Lindsey Budde

2025-06-04   https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-g5tsn-25cc2afe

 

The Cartoon Pad w/ John Cuneo

Bob Eckstein & Michael Shaw

The Cartoon Pad June 5 2025  https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vp1bfO6jlAOCDwrBQNtpT

 

A2CAF '24 Photo Report [small press convention]

Chris Anthony Diaz | June 6, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/a2caf-24-photo-report/

 

Spanish Comics focus of Durham University event [Quan Zhou Wu]

By John Freeman on June 5, 2025  https://downthetubes.net/spanish-comics-focus-of-durham-university-event/

 

Morningstar, Ashley. 2025. Action and fighting girls: the ethnographic interplay of Naoko Takeuchi's feminism. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (May 26): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2509626 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2025.2509626

 

Sarkar, Ritam & Somdatta Bhattacharya. 2025. Against the Grid: Urbanity and Infrastructure in Indian Sequential Narratives. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (May 20): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2506575 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2025.2506575

 

T, Mufeeda & Sajid A Latheef. 2025. From text to image: a comparative study of Haruki Murakami's 'Birthday Girl' and its graphic adaptation. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (May 4): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2498565 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2025.2498565

 

Daniel, Ritika. 2025. The refugee narrative in Thi Bui's graphic memoir: a multimodal approach. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (May 4): 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2497296 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2025.2497296

 

Pride 2025 Interview: Jeremy Whitley talks the ACES & AROS anthology

E.B. Hutchins on 06/06/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/pride-2025-interview-talking-with-jeremy-whitley-about-rhe-aces-aros-anthology/

 

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson

June 5, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-131/

 

Predator: Killer Of Killers is a gruesome animated battle for the ages

The animated anthology film stabs directly into the heart of what makes the series tick.

By Toussaint Egan  |  June 5, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/predator-killer-of-killers-review

 

'Predator: Killer of Killers' Just Rules

Third Floor and 20th Century Animation continue the Predator's recent hot streak with the excellent 'Killer of Killers.'

By Justin Carter

io9 June 5, 2025  https://gizmodo.com/predator-killer-of-killers-just-rules-2000608265

 

With 'Thunderbolts*,' Has Wyatt Russell Finally Broken Through?

Seth Abramovitch

June 6, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/wyatt-russell-thunderbolts-avengers-doomsday-1236257821/

 

Cantes de Confesión — This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | June 6, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/cantes-de-confesion-this-weeks-links/

 

Off Panel #502: Discovery with Gabriel Bá

June 2 2025

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-502-discovery-with-gabriel-b

 

Chris Weston interviewed – 2000 AD: The Creator Tapes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGA4lrXUTZ0 May 24, 2025  The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 675: Tiffany Babb

Heidi MacDonald

on 05/30/2025  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1370

 

On Alaska Robotics Mini-Con, the Biggest Little Comics Convention Around, and the "Comics Adventure" That Comes With It

David Harper

June 4, 2025 https://sktchd.com/longform/alaska-robotics-mini-con-feature/

 

Peter Kuper's Graphic Novel, Where the Insects Draw Us

Insectopolis explores the often-unseen—and rapidly disappearing—world we share.

Steve Brodner

May 29, 2025

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ecosystem-environment-biosphere-nature/

 

Rising Bubbles: A curated celebration of comics, Bubbles Con returns with guest artist, Charles Burns, among other exciting artists.

Don Harrison

June 4, 2025

https://www.styleweekly.com/double-doodles/

 

Webcomic phenom Let's Play is getting an anime — a dream come true for American creator Mongie

She's the first American woman to have her original comic adapted into a Crunchyroll anime

by Matt Patches

Polygon June 3, 2025, https://www.polygon.com/manga/603118/lets-play-anime-trailer-crunchyroll

 

Tessa Hulls On The Weight Of History, The Power Of Comics, And Winning A Pulitzer Prize

Rob Salkowitz,

May 31, 2025, https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/05/31/tessa-hulls-on-the-weight-of-history-the-power-of-comics-and-winning-a-pulitzer-prize/

 

Partners and Son – Gina Dawson and Tom Marquet talk about comics, art and the future [Philadelphia store]

By Oli Knowles June 1, 2025

https://www.theartblog.org/2025/06/partners-and-son-gina-dawson-and-tom-marquet-talk-about-comics-art-and-the-future/

 

Rockin' Out With Sumiko Arai, The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All Manga Creator

by Lynzee Loveridge, Jun 4th 2025

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-04/rockin-out-with-sumiko-arai-the-guy-she-was-interested-in-wasnt-a-guy-at-all-manga-creator/.223419

 

Alison Bechdel and the Search for the Beginner's Mind

With the cartoonist's new graphic novel, she appears once again to be trying for the "light, fun" book she's longed to write.

By Charlie Tyson

June 4, 2025

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/alison-bechdel-and-the-search-for-the-beginners-mind

 

Eedy, Sean. 2025. Book Review - Cartoons and Antisemitism: Visual Politics of Interwar Poland: By Ewa StaÅ„czyk, Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2024, X+271 Pp., US$30.00 (Paperback), ISBN 978-1-4968-5150-5." Canadian Slavonic Papers, May, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1080/00085006.2025.2506223 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00085006.2025.2506223

 

Sparring with Michael Schwartz about the all-new 'Armored' hardcover release

The book's Kickstarter kicks off this week (June 3).

Chris Coplan

June 3, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/03/armored-hardcover-qa/

 

Gail Simone interviews David Marquez on 'Uncanny X-Men' and 'The Unchosen'

'Just David being David': Inside the Marquez-Simone X-Men Era and the upcoming series 'The Unchosen' at Image Comics.

David Brooke

June 2, 2025  https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/02/gail-simone-david-marquez-uncanny-x-men-unchosen/

 

"Eighteen wheels of Holy Hell": Adrian Wassel and Nathan Gooden talk 'Big Rig'

The Post Malone-led 'Big Rig' #1 arrives July 9 from Vault Comics.

David Brooke

June 3, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/03/vault-big-rig-qa/

 

Demons, diesel, and Post Malone: Inside vault's wild ride 'Big Rig'

Vault Comics' Adrian Wassel and Nathan Gooden join the AIPT Comics Podcast to break down 'Big Rig' and we recap the week in comics.

David Brooke and Chris Coplan

June 1, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/01/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-331-post-malone-big-rig/

 

'Create something additive with long legs': Joseph Illidge talks 'Bloodletter' Spawn spin-off

Chris Coplan

June 5, 2025  https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/05/bloodletter-feature-interview/

 

Patrick Horvath talks revenge, character growth in 'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring'

Chris Coplan

June 2, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/02/beneath-the-trees-where-nobody-sees-rite-of-spring-qa/

 

'Some m***erf**kers, yeah, they're gonna have to die': Greg Rucka and Michael Lark detail 'Lazarus: Fallen'

The grand 'Lazarus' finale begins on June 25.

Chris Coplan

May 30, 2025  https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/30/lazarus-fallen-qa/

 

HOLLY J. FRAZETTA, HEIDI L. FRAZETTA, and FRAZETTA PROPERTIES, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 8:22-cv-581-WFJ-AEP VANGUARD PRODUCTIONS, LLC, andJESSE DAVID SPURLOCK

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, TAMPA DIVISION

https://ecf.flmd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2022-00581-279-8-cv

 

'People were repressed into silence': the Spanish artist creating a visual memory of fascism's horrors

A Madrid exhibition of work by the celebrated comic book artist Paco Roca marks 50 years since the death of Franco

Sam Jones in Madrid

Thu 5 Jun 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/05/paco-roca-comic-artist-madrid-franco-fascism-exhibition

 

Richard Appignanesi obituary; Graphic novelist whose pioneering educational books took a wry look at subjects including Shakespeare, Freud and Marx

Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton

Thu 5 Jun 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/05/richard-appignanesi-obituary

 

Richter, David F.  2025. Spanish Graphic Narratives and Women Writers: Intersections of Memory, Politics, and Gender in Ilu Ros's Cosas nuestras . Impossibilia. Revista Internacional De Estudios Literarios, (29; May 30): https://doi.org/10.30827/impossibilia.292024.32279 and https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/impossibilia/article/view/32279 and https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/impossibilia/article/view/32279 and https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/impossibilia/article/view/32279/29173

 

Friday, June 06, 2025

June 6-7: Bubbles Con in Richmond this weekend

https://www.bubblescon.com/



Rising Bubbles: A curated celebration of comics, Bubbles Con returns with guest artist, Charles Burns, among other exciting artists.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/5/2025

 Roberts, Ben. 2024.

A New Age of Super Hero: How iconic heroes, villains and fan-first strategies are forging a new future for Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products.

License Global (September): 19-26.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/brand-licensing-europe-issue-september-2024#4

 

Unknown. 2024.

Dyper Launches Smurfs Lin[e]. [diapers].

License Global (September): 17.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/brand-licensing-europe-issue-september-2024#4

 

MCKENNA MORGAN. 2024.

... MORE THAN MEETS The Eye: How the 40th anniversary of the iconic Transformers brand has aided in Hasbro's success [inc. comic books]

License Global (September): 42-47.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/brand-licensing-europe-issue-september-2024#4

 

TCAF 2025 returns in a new home this week

 Heidi MacDonald on 06/05/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/tcaf-2025-returns-in-a-new-home-this-week/               

 

'Predator: Killer of Killers' Review: Dan Trachtenberg's Animated Anthology Puts an Inventive Spin on a Durable Franchise

Premiering on Hulu, the film pits a Viking, a ninja and a World War II pilot against the titular adversary.

Frank Scheck

June 5, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/predator-killer-of-killers-review-dan-trachtenbergs-animated-anthology-puts-an-inventive-spin-on-a-durable-franchise-1236247198/

 

Diamond Cancels All Orders From Marvel, Boom, Dark Horse, IDW & More

Diamond Comics cancels all orders from Marvel, Boom, Dark Horse, IDW, Dstlry, Kodansha, Seven Seas, TokyoPop, Webtoons and more

  04 Jun 2025   Rich Johnston   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-cancels-all-orders-from-marvel-boom-dark-horse-idw-more/

 

Guru Studio Founder Frank Falcone Reflects on the Toronto Toon Powerhouse's 25 Years

Ramin Zahed

June 4, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/guru-studio-founder-frank-falcone-reflects-on-the-toronto-toon-powerhouses-25-years/

This article was written for the

May-June '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 350).

 

Hungarian Animation: From Cutouts to Cannes

Chris Robinson

June 4, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/hungarian-animation-from-cutouts-to-cannes/

This article was written for the

May-June '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 350).

 

Don Hertzfeldt Teams Up with Ink Films for Animated Shorts Program

Mercedes Milligan

June 4, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/don-hertzfeldt-teams-up-with-ink-films-for-animated-shorts-program/

 

Disney Halts 'Primos' Production After Single Season

Animation Magazine June 4, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/disney-halts-primos-production-after-single-season/

 

June 4, 2025 https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/spider-man-artwork-smashes-auction-record-greg-and-tim-hildebrandt

Spider-Man Artwork Smashes Auction Record for Greg and Tim Hildebrandt

 

Reviews: The Dissident Club: Chronicle of a Pakistani Journalist in Exile

Henry Chamberlain | June 5, 2025   https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-dissident-club-chronicle-of-a-pakistani-journalist-in-exile/

 

The Dissident Club: Chronicle of a Pakistani Journalist in Exile

Taha Siddiqui and Hubert Maury. Translated by David Homel

Arsenal Pulp Press

 

A letter I still owe Dan Nadel about Robert Crumb and racial obscenity

R. Fiore | June 5, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/a-letter-i-still-owe-dan-nadel-about-robert-crumb-and-racial-obscenity/

 

Interview: IDW editor Jake Williams discusses unleashing Godzilla Kai-Sei Era comics

Taimur Dar on 06/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-idw-jake-williams-godzilla-kai-sei-era/

 

Nickelodeon Acquires Animated 'Mr. Crocodile' Series, Based on French Children's Book

Georg Szalai

June 5, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nickelodeon-mr-crocodile-animated-series-joann-sfar-books-1236255647/

 

Interview: Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips on their creative partnership

Jared Bird on 06/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-chris-condon-and-jacob-phillips-on-their-creative-partnership/

 

How to KICK ASS in Comics with Mark Millar! [D/REZZED Podcast]

Clownfish TV's D/REZZED News

 Jun 3, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t4CBKT1qdg

 

Talking with John Romita Jr

Joe and Perch

Comics by Perch  Jun 5, 2025  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcVVY2u76o0

 

A Conversation with John Romita Jr.

John's Longbox June 4 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74IHIUaNne8

 

 A Conversation with Mike Baron
John's Longbox
Dec 6, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0kHIqS0vo

Immortal Wings: Interview with Carlo Jose San Juan and Rod Espinosa [Philippines]
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano
 Jun 5, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egbWrWiqWcw

Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity: The Comics Art of Frank Quitely
David John Boyd (Author), Julie Briand-Boyd (Author)
Leuven University Press  2025
https://lup.be/book/superhero-comics-and-scottish-identity/

The Art of the News: Comics Journalism
Katherine Kelp-Stebbins, curator, with associate curator Ben Saunders
Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art  September 24, 2021-January 16, 2022
https://jsma.uoregon.edu/art/exhibition/art-news

An Interview with Andy Warner [nonfiction comics, exhibit]
Forest
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Oct 22, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrOl4t4XJg0

Barry Fantoni obituary
Cartoonist, illustrator, TV show host, playwright and detective novelist whose greatest love was poetry
Ian Burrell
Thu 29 May 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/may/29/barry-fantoni-obituary

Comic Mystery Solved: Who Is This "Cable" Guy?
in Comics News: Cable's Mysterious Co-Star Revealed [Rob Liefeld; New Mutants; Youngblood; Cougar]
Heritage Auctions Comics and Animation Newsletter June 5 2025
https://view.emails.ha.com/?qs=2fe68727dae9cd493b66e78c1e5971dcf07a93ec2974eb81d3bf6c957a2058f3c726e21313446131ef90f65c9dbc5f43443216da1477b18c9359955f06b3b3be72db08e858dd4de75f86608d0bad4cb4ffc7c30c774bd6ee

TV Review: PHINEAS AND FERB returns without missing a catchy beat
Tim Rooney on 06/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/tv-review-phineas-and-ferb-returns-without-missing-a-catchy-beat/

Licensing Hotline: June 2025
By Karen Raugust              
Jun 05, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/97952-licensing-hotline-june-2025.html

    Fanbase Press Interviews Michael Schwartz on His Return to Kickstarter for the Collected Hardcover of 'Armored' in Collaboration with Clover Press
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    June 5, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56884-fanbase-press-interviews-michael-schwartz-on-his-return-to-kickstarter-for-the-collected-hardcover-of-armored-in-collaboration-with-clover-press/

A Girl and a God: PW Talks with Michelle Wong [prose novel by cartoonist]
by Lorraine Savage              
May 30, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 06/02/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Michelle Wong
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/97895-a-girl-and-a-god-pw-talks-with-michelle-wong.html

Family Ties: 7 Graphic Novels That Bring Family Dynamics to Life | Stellar Panels
by Brigid Alverson
Jun 03, 2025
https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/family-ties-7-graphic-novels-that-bring-family-dynamics-to-life-stellar-panels

Live with Liza and Andy Borowitz!
We talk about all of it.
Liza Donnelly and  Andy Borowitz
Seeing Things Jun 05, 2025
https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-with-liza-donnelly-d3f

Wizard at the Keys, Elton John writes forward to ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE
 Javier Perez on 06/05/2025
 https://www.comicsbeat.com/wizard-at-the-keys-elton-john-writes-forward-to-ultimate-oz-universe/


Thursday, June 05, 2025

Ingratitude! by Daniel Boris

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/4/2025

Status report: Why is Alliance hiring Diamond Comics employees and more

Heidi MacDonald on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/status-report-why-is-alliance-hiring-diamond-comics-employees-and-more/

 

Interview: Lucy Sullivan on mental health and BARKING

Jared Bird on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-lucy-sullivan-on-mental-health-and-barking/               

 

IT'S YOUR ANNIVERSARY,CHARLIE BROWN: IT HAS BEEN 75 YEARS SINCE THE DEBUT OF THE "PEANUTS" COMIC STRIP, YET THE IP IS MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.

AMANDA CIOLETTI

License Global Licensing Expo 2: 30-35.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/license-global-2025-issue-2#1  

 

BABY SHARK TURNS 10: The Pinkfong Company has entertained andeducated children for a decade. This year,it's celebrating in a big way.

ALEX MARKOVICH

License Global Licensing Expo 2: 44-45.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/license-global-2025-issue-2#1  

 

PEPPA'S' NEW ADDITION: Peppa Pig is going to be a big sister again! Find out what this means for the Hasbro franchise.

AMANDA CIOLETTI

License Global Licensing Expo 2: 54-55.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/license-global-2025-issue-2#1  

 

A MIRACULOUS NEXT CHAPTER WITH A ROBUST CONTENT PIPELINE AND GLOBAL LICENSING GROWTH, ROZ NOWICKI SETS THE STAGE FOR A "MIRACULOUS'" NEXT CHAPTER.

GIANNA ROSENBACH

License Global Licensing Expo 2: 94-95.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/license-global-2025-issue-2#1  

 

BACK IN BLUE: THE SMURFS RETURN TO THE BIG SCREEN Ahead of this summer's new movie"Smurfs," Peyo Company breaks down how continuous storytelling keeps the Smurfs brand thriving across screens, shelves.

GIANNA ROSENBACH

License Global Licensing Expo 2: 92-93.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/license-global-2025-issue-2#1  

 

Growing a Legacy: King Features exec, Carla Silva,heads up licensing of iconic IPs.

Jane Neal

License Global (August 2024):35-36.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/august-2024#1

 

License Global Magazine

https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue

 

Missed It: Paxton Went With KFS

D. D. Degg

June 3, 2025 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/03/missed-it-paxton-went-with-kfs/

 

MEET THE NEW TECH HELPING TO CLOSE GAPS FOR RETAILERS, CREATORS AND CUSTOMERS

Rob Salkowitz   June 3, 2025 https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/59705/meet-new-tech-helping-close-gaps-retailers-creators-customers

 

'Monster High' Movie Enrolls 'M3GAN' Director Gerard Johnstone

Aaron Couch

June 4, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/monster-high-movie-enrolls-m3gan-director-1236254861/

 

Massive Indies Expands Lunar Comics Distribution And Reduces Fees

#Massive Indies expands their Lunar Distribution deal for other comic book publishers and studios, while reducing their fees

03 Jun 2025  Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/massive-indies-expands-lunar-comics-distribution-and-reduces-fees/

 

PHOTOS: Bowie graphic novel LOW by Reinhard Kleist launches in style at Comica Festival London

 Dean Simons on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/photos-bowie-graphic-novel-low-by-reinhard-kleist-launches-in-style-at-comica-festival-london/

 

Good Omens Graphic Novel From Colleen Doran, Finally At The Printers

The Good Omens Graphic Novel adaptation from Colleen Doran is finally at the printers, according to Sir Terry Pratchett's estate.

03 Jun 2025  Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/good-omens-graphic-novel-from-colleen-doran-finally-at-the-printers/

 

Christopher Priest on returning to Black Panther and teasing 'The World To Come'

Marvel Maximus

June 3, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/03/christopher-priest-on-returning-to-black-panther-and-teasing-the-world-to-come/

 

'Wylde Pak' Creators Take Us Behind the Scenes of Their Buzzy New Nickelodeon Show

Ramin Zahed

June 3, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/wylde-pak-creators-take-us-behind-the-scenes-of-their-buzzy-new-nickelodeon-show/

 

"Dickie and Vicky Go Wild" exhibition featuring cartoons by Pieter de Poortere heads to Macclesfield

By John Freeman on June 3, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/dickie-and-vicky-go-wild-exhibition-featuring-cartoons-by-pieter-de-poortere-heads-to-macclesfield/

 

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Had A Rock On Set Named 'Jennifer' To Stand In For The Thing

Ben Travis

2nd June 2025

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/fantastic-four-first-steps-rock-jennifer-the-thing/

 

Disney Pulls Back the Curtain on Its New 'Cars' Land

Piston Peak National Park is coming to Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

By Germain Lussier io9 June 3, 2025

https://gizmodo.com/disney-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-its-new-cars-land-2000610703

 

At Home with Katie Fricas

Drawn & Quarterly  May 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3P4RrGd41I

 

Reviews: The Young Person's Illustrated Guide to American Fascism

Kristian Williams | June 4, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-young-persons-illustrated-guide-to-american-fascism/

 

The Young Person's Illustrated Guide to American Fascism

Sue Coe and Stephen F. Eisenman

OR Books

 

Remembering Gianfranco Manfredi, 1948-2025

Valerio Stivé | June 4, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/remembering-gianfranco-manfred-1948-2025/

 

Comics Beat's Pride 2025 Reading List

 Beat   06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-beats-pride-2025-reading-list/

 

Interview: Mat Wakeham on PHOO ACTION: DELUXE EDITION [UK]

Jared Bird on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-mat-wakeham-on-phoo-action-deluxe-edition/              

 

NEXUS OMNIBUS Kickstarter brings up questions about royalties

Javier Perez on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nexus-omnibus-kickstarter-brings-up-questions-about-royalties/


Chris Weston for Paranoid Gardens
Comix Experience
Jun 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bIcPWD_pxs

Millar Time #40 | Joe Madureira
Millar Time
 Jun 4, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbQhgmke6yY

Kyle Starks - Writer of Those Not Afraid
Justin Soderberg
 Capes and Tights Podcast #228; Jun 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPfqI-V0TLg

Steve Lieber Talks Metamorpho and Jimmy Olsen
word balloon June 3 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX-MY6thxEo

Declan Shalvey Draws: Moebius' Azrach
 Declan Shalvey  Jun 3, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jxPNbLhQGY

Keynote: Kate Beaton [2024]
CXC Festival
Jun 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRyrBbZJMIE

Words, Images, & Worlds with Samantha Newark [voice actor]
Jason DeHart
Jun 2, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv5b1Xwywms

Sanford Carpenter Comicpalooza University Is In Session
word balloon June 4 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vqEs96a5xY

Eat Popcorn Out of Galactus' Big Ol' Head at AMC Theaters
Marvel Studios dials the bucket game back up with 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' and also adds a HERBIE mega snack holder.
By Sabina Graves
io9 June 4, 2025  https://gizmodo.com/eat-popcorn-out-of-galactus-big-ol-head-at-amc-theaters-2000611146

Guys: Episode 113 - Coffee Guys with Mattie Lubchansky
Bryan Quinby
April 1, 2025 •
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-guys-with-bryan-quinby-112691460/episode/guys-episode-113-coffee-guys-271485011/

A Serious Woman ft. Mattie Lubchansky
  Dylan Hafer
Haus of Decline  Mar 6, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvufAYyl3yE

Upstream - S4E8: Dog Day Afternoon [Mattie Lubchansky]
November Kelly, Abigail Thorn and Devon
Kill James Bond February 21, 2025
https://podscripts.co/podcasts/kill-james-bond/s4e8-dog-day-afternoon

60 anticipated manga for summer 2025
Nancy Powell on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/60-anticipated-manga-for-summer-2025/

Welcome to this month's CartoonStock Caption Contest by Todd Condron
Bob Mankoff, Lawrence Wood, Trevor Hoey, Joel Mishon and Todd Condron
CartoonStock  May 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvhzgXNq8HE

"Car in Sinkhole" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
June 1, 2025 by Lawrence Wood
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/car-in-sinkhole-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

 

Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Bruce Guthrie's Herblock award photos

June 10: Murewa Ayodele Zoom at Fantom Comics

SUPERHERO BOOK CLUB: STORM VOLUME 1
>>TUESDAY, JUNE 10th @ 6pm
Series writer Murewa Ayodele will be joining the discussion at 6:30pm virtually to tell Fantom about the writing process and answer bookclub attendee questions. Attendees will be entered into a raffle to get free copies of volume 1!
Ororo Munroe has lived many lives. She's been a thief, a goddess, an X-Man, a queen, and now…an Avenger! She is the most prominent, most respected and most powerful mutant on the world stage—and in that role, she intends to be a force for positive change. First up: a major meltdown at a nuclear facility in Oklahoma City draws Storm from her Sanctuary in Atlanta—and into a moral conflict that will test her iron resolve!
Pre-order copies of volume one of STORM on ComicHub or in-store today! The trade paper back is coming out the day of the bookclub.

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The Breakup by Daniel Boris




South Africans read "Inside Woody Allen" comic strip in 1978

You can see the evidence in




David Goldblatt, "Sunday morning: A not-white family living illegally in the 'White' group area of Hillbrow, Johannesburg," 1978, printed later. (David Goldblatt/Yale University Art Gallery)

pictured in Sebastian Smee's exhibit review. Although strictly speaking, the reader is NOT reading the strip, but rather facing it out towards Goldblatt.

I was reading the strip at the same time in the NY Daily News, but probably not getting much out of it.

Smee's entire review is at

His photographs cut through apartheid — and never diminished their subjects

David Goldblatt's photographs, on view in a brilliant retrospective, exposed the moral rot of apartheid while preserving the humanity of the South Africans who lived it.

May 17, 2025