Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/11/2025

WEBTOON GETS FIVE MORE DARK HORSE PROPERTIES For Vertical Scroll

Milton Griepp on June 11, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59759/webtoon-gets-five-more-dark-horse-properties

 

Mafalda, Argentina's Very Opinionated Cartoon Heroine, Is Coming to America

A collection of Quino's translated works will provide new audiences a taste of the satirical comic compared to "Charlie Brown with socialism."

By Benjamin P. Russell

A version of this article appears in print on June 11, 2025, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Arriving With Opinions and a Curious Mind.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/books/review/mafalda-quino-translation.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/books/review/mafalda-quino-translation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OE8.jMoT.GsBHKAcfHuIG&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

No filter, no regrets: Cartoonist Steve Bonello hangs up his pen after 34 years

Bonello's biting satire will be missed by many. Here are some of his greatest hits

Times of Malta  June 9, 2025

Matthew Bonanno

https://timesofmalta.com/article/no-filter-no-regrets-cartoonist-steve-bonello-hangs-pen-34-years.1111086

 

Alf Clausen, Emmy-winning composer for 'The Simpsons,' dies at 84 [in print as Emmy-winning composer for 'The Simpsons,' others]

For nearly three decades, he wrote and conducted virtually all of the show's music cues and original songs. "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening called him "our secret weapon."

By Harrison Smith

Washington Post June 11, 2025: C4.

online https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/06/02/alf-clausen-dead-simpsons-composer/

 

Alf Clausen, Who Gave 'The Simpsons' Its Musical Identity, Dies at 84

He created the music for hundreds of episodes over 27 seasons, spanning jazz, rock, blues and musicals. He won two Emmys and was nominated for 28 more.

By Clay Risen

A version of this article appears in print on June 6, 2025, Section B, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Alf Clausen, 84; Gave 'The Simpsons' Its Musical Identity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/arts/music/alf-clausen-dead-the-simpsons.html

 

Skottie Young

Me And Derek Laufman Q & A  [I Hate Fairyland]

STUPID FRESH MESS   Jun 11, 2025  https://skottieyoung.substack.com/p/me-and-derek-laufman-q-and-a

 

The weird zombie existence of the Family Circus

Don McHoull

  Jun 5, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOV0BV45NqA

 

Xencelabs Pen Display Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw6Pz5387uA

Tom Richmond

Jun 9, 2025

 

Millar Time #41 | Steve Englehart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PrikZ_uD0s

Millar Time  Jun 11, 2025

 

'Cornélius means I will stay poor my whole life': The Jean-Louis Gauthey Interview

Robert Aman | June 11, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/cornelius-means-i-will-stay-poor-my-whole-life-the-jean-louis-gauthey-interview/

 

Inkpulp Live #28 - New Gods w/ Dean Haspiel

Jim Mahfood and Shawn Crystal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9ZjQFwfIM

May 7, 2025

 

Bored to Death [Dean Haspiel]

Jim Norton and Dave Attell

Jim Norton Can't Save You - episode 18.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQoOTApm8EE

 

VITO x DINO: Episode 19 - x Sean Izaakse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFbB6-1sdcE

Vito Delsante

May 12, 2025  VITO X DINO

 

VITO x DINO: Episode 20 - Neil Kleid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7E8w8CSP1Y

Vito Delsante

May 19, 2025 

 

VITO x DINO: Episode 21 - x Owen Kline

Vito Delsante

May 26, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwD1cNTyklU

 

VITO x DINO: Episode 22 - ...But I Digress [Peter David]

Vito Delsante

Jun 2, 2025   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDIvGt6SGQg

 

VITO x DINO: Episode 23 - x Bob Fingerman

Vito Delsante

Jun 9, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKZ4c2fhV9k

 

Geoff's rare find offers remarkable insight into World War II cartoonist [Australian amateur cartoonist Cyril Tighe's WWII envelopes]

By Rowan Cowley

The Senior June 10 2025 - https://www.thesenior.com.au/story/8988618/second-hand-store-envelopes-offer-rare-insight-into-world-war-ii/

Interview: Taboo and his daughter Jett discuss her first role on DORA season 3
Ollie Kaplan on 06/10/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-taboo-and-his-daughter-jett-discuss-her-first-role-on-dora-season-3/

Now Diamond's New Owner Ad Populum Sues Alliance Entertainment (AENT)
Diamond Comic Distributors' new owner Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop is suing Alliance Entertainment (AENT) over trade secrets and staff hiring
by Rich Johnston
10 Jun 2025  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-ad-populum-sues-alliance-entertainment-aent-bankruptcy/

Diamond Comic Distributors Ends COD Cash-On-Delivery For Comic Shops
10 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-comic-distributors-ends-cod-cash-on-delivery-for-comic-shops/

Competing Lawsuits Reveal Diamond Bankruptcy Timeline Began In July
  10 Jun 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/competing-lawsuits-reveal-diamond-bankruptcy-timeline-began-in-july/

Diamond Owner Ad Populum Still Ghosting Comic Book Publishers
Diamond Comic Distributors' new owner Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop is still ghosting comic book publishers over due payments
Rich Johnston 10 Jun 2025  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-owner-ad-populum-still-ghosting-comic-book-publishers/

Hermes Press Hires Steve Leaf, Formerly Of Diamond for Over 30 Years
Hermes Press hires Steve Leaf as their new Sales Director, formerly of Diamond Comic Distributors for over thirty years
  11 Jun 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/hermes-press-hires-steve-leaf-formerly-of-diamond-for-over-30-years/

Jimmy Palmiotti Promises Free Sketches With Every Jonah Hex Omnibus
Jimmy Palmiotti promises free sketches with every Jonah Hex Omnibus you bring him to sign at a show
 11 Jun 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jimmy-palmiotti-promises-free-sketches-with-every-jonah-hex-omnibus/

Johnston, Rich. 2025. Patton Oswalt & Jordan Blum Named Ambassadors of Local Comic Shop Day. Bleeding Cool (June 10): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/patton-oswalt-jordan-blum-named-ambassadors-of-local-comic-shop-day/

YouTube Star Mark Crilley Auctions Rights To Gwen Benny Graphic Novels
YouTube cartooning star and comic book creator Mark Crilley auctions the world rights to the first of his new Gwen Benny graphic novel series
 10 Jun 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/youtube-star-mark-crilley-auctions-rights-gwen-benny-graphic-novels/

Sierra Barnes [Lower Your Sights Ukrainian benefit comic]
2002
https://madcavestudios.com/lower-your-sights/sierra-barnes/?v=0b3b97fa6688

TCAF answers! from Sierra Barnes
by Mike Rhode
 ComicsDC blog June 11, 2025
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/06/tcaf-answers-from-sierra-barnes.html

A PRIDE MONTH YA GRAPHIC NOVEL READING LIST FROM WENDY MARTIN, CREATOR OF CASTLE SWIMMER
Wendy Martin
June 2, 2025
https://teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/06/02/a-pride-month-ya-graphic-novel-reading-list-from-wendy-martin-creator-of-castle-swimmer/

Brad Bird hands over the reins for Incredibles 3; Bird's still writing the script, but Peter Sohn (Elemental) will direct.
By Mary Kate Carr  |  June 10, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/incredibles-3-brad-bird-not-directing-pixar

AI-Powered Animation Studio Toonstar Signs With WME (Exclusive)
The L.A.-based company behind YouTube's 'StEvEn & Parker' is partnering with the agency to scale up its slate, their first collaboration a project from comedian Nigel Ng.
Katie Kilkenny
June 11, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ai-powered-animation-studio-toonstar-wme-exclusive-1236260904/

Regina Hall, Ice Spice Join New 'SpongeBob' Movie
Sherry Cola, Arturo Castro and George Lopez have also signed up for Derek Drymon's 'The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants,' with Ice Spice contributing an original song to the film.
Scott Roxborough
June 10, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/regina-hall-ice-spice-join-cast-new-spongebob-movie-1236260457/

'Fixed': Genndy Tartakovsky's Long-Neutered R-Rated Dog Comedy Finally Gets Unleashed
How the passion project from the 'Hotel Transylvania' and 'Samurai Jack' director, about a dog's last night with his balls, survived three studios and David Zaslav's axe to premiere at Annecy.
June 11, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fixed-annecy-genndy-tartakovsky-raunchy-dog-animation-film-1236262308/

"We Were Breaking the System": Cartoon Network Pioneers Celebrate Studio's 25-Year Legacy
At Annecy, two generations of creators — from the makers of 'Dexter's Laboratory' and 'Powderpuff Girls' to the minds behind 'Adventure Time' and 'Steven Universe' — explain how the studio rewired TV animation.
Scott Roxborough
June 10, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cartoon-network-pioneers-celebrate-25-year-legacy-1236261411/

'Smiling Friends' Lands Two-Season Pickup at Adult Swim (Exclusive)
Co-creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel tell THR which episodes are their favorites, the secondary characters they hope to revisit, and how much longer the series might run: "It won't go and go and go."
Ryan Gajewski
June 11, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/smiling-friends-adult-swim-renewed-two-seasons-interview-1236262230/

Backstage With Crystal Skillman [theater]
word balloon   Jun 10, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjf77N2yKIk

Talk & Teach: Look Ma! Hands! Effective Hands and Gestures with David Rickert [2024; drawing]
CXC Festival
Jun 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YDrZvBk8ms

Tape Dec #16 | Gerry Duggan
Declan Shalvey
  Jun 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGkuMBJ1gFM

Tom Rodriguez Looks at Comics Art [Filipino original art collector]
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano
Jun 11, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD5mbNYip-Q

Sean Phillips The Return Of Criminal and More
wordballoon
Jun 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jusVjYj7s7c

Backstage With Crystal Skillman [theater]
word balloon   Jun 10, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjf77N2yKIk

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live: With Special Guests Morgan Beem and Jorge Corona
  Jun 10, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncjXunEEaXk

TCAF answers! from Sierra Barnes

by Mike Rhode 

A few local cartoonists were selected to attend TCAF in Canada this year - it's a curated show, and not a lottery like SPX is. I think it has invited guests and people who apply to exhibit. I reached out to ask about their experiences. Here's Sierra Barnes' thoughts on it. Her 2020 interview can be read first here for background. And here's a brief 2022 interview about Lower Your Sights, a Ukrainian benefit anthology that I didn't know she had work in.

How did you get selected for this show? Did you have to apply?

This year was my 6th year applying for TCAF and the first year I got in! I'm not sure if it's a lottery or not, but I do know it's not uncommon to take a couple of years to get in and a ton of people apply every year.

So, this was this your first time?

Yes!

How was the experience? How does it compare to SPX or other local cons?

I had a fantastic time! The venue was different this year than in years past, it used to be held at the reference library in downtown Toronto but this year was at the Mattamy Athletic Center. There were two floors of comics--exhibitors were split between the hockey rink on the third floor, and the basketball court on the second floor. I was on the basketball court. The hockey rink had a majority of the exhibitors and I think all of the publishers, so if you wanted to go do a lap of the floor on a quick break, it was a bit of a pain to get all the way up and over unless you were already at the hockey rink.

The big drama was on Saturday afternoon, when a pipe broke in the ceiling of the basketball court and water spilled onto the con floor. They managed to move the tables out of the way, but it was a pretty dramatic moment. I wasn't able to talk to anyone affected, but I could see it dripping from my table. I tried to get a picture but I don't know if you can really see it that well.

Biggest frustrations was the inability to take card--Square doesn't work out of country, and while the option existed for international exhibitors to rent Square readers from TCAF, the organizers recommended for first-time exhibitors to just use Paypal with a QR code. Most people didn't have Paypal, and when they did the app was a pain to use, so there was a lot of standing around frowning at phones involved. Fortunately word spread pretty quickly, and most people had cash by Saturday afternoon. If I can get in again, I'm definitely springing for the reader.

Getting Kate Beaton to sign my copy of Ducks was definitely a highlight. Lots of incredible artists were there, and I got to meet some Canadian artists I had been online friends with for a long time in-person and that's always a magical moment.

How were your sales? Did you reach a new audience?

My sales were great! I think with the conversion it was about equal to my SPX sales, maybe a little less, but I got to talk to all new people and meet some really incredible cartoonists.

How did Canadians react to Americans in light of the current administration's misbehavior to our ally?

At least in my experience, people seemed pretty understanding and sympathetic to us Amis. I think the understanding was there that the Americans coming to TCAF were not in support of the regime (if there were any, I certainly didn't see them!). Lots of people were curious about what it was like or what we thought about the news, especially when I told people that I was living outside of DC. I hadn't been keeping up with the news while traveling so I learned about some US news from the visitors!

Military Parade Charade - June 14, 2025. Washington D.C. by Daniel Boris

WaPo obit for Simpsons composer Alf Clausen runs in today's paper

Alf Clausen, Emmy-winning composer for 'The Simpsons,' dies at 84 [in print as Emmy-winning composer for 'The Simpsons,' others]

For nearly three decades, he wrote and conducted virtually all of the show's music cues and original songs. "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening called him "our secret weapon."

By Harrison Smith

Washington Post June 11, 2025: C4.

online https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/06/02/alf-clausen-dead-simpsons-composer/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/10/2025

 Sparkle Pop files complaint against Alliance Entertainment for stealing trade secrets [Diamond bankruptcy].

Heidi MacDonald on 06/10/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sparkle-pop-files-complaint-against-alliance-entertainment-for-stealing-trade-secrets/

 

Sparkle Pop enters a complaint against Alliance Entertainment for Disregarding a Non-Disclosure and Non-Solicitation Obligation and theft of Trade Secrets

  June 9, 2025    by Brett

https://graphicpolicy.com/2025/06/09/sparkle-pop-enters-a-complaint-against-alliance-entertainment-for-disregarding-a-non-disclosure-and-non-solicitation-obligation-and-theft-of-trade-secrets/

 

NEW LITIGATION AROUND DIAMOND BANKRUPTCY As New Diamond Comic, Diamond Select Owner Asks for TRO on Alliance Entertainment

  Milton Griepp on June 10, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59751/new-litigation-around-diamond-bankruptcy

 

The Beat Digest 06/10/25: Doug Wright Award winners announced

 Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 06/10/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-061025/

 

Unknown. 1941.

Two Editorships, Art Work for This College Senior [Roberta MacDonald].

Stockton Daily Evening Record (January 4)

It's Beetle Bailey's 75th Too

D. D. Degg 

June 9, 2025  https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/09/its-beetle-baileys-75th-too/

 

2000 AD digital subscription prices to go up

Dean Simons on 06/10/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/2000-ad-digital-subscription-prices-to-go-up/

 

Announcing the Winners

June 8 2025 by Brad Mackay

https://dougwrightawards.com/announcing-the-winners/

 

'The Simpsons,' Matt Groening Honored as "Icon of Animation" at Annecy

Scott Roxborough

June 10, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-simpsons-matt-groening-annecy-icon-of-animation-1236261106/

 

'The Lunar Chronicles' Animated Movie Lands 2028 Release From Warner Bros.

Director Noëlle Raffaele is adapting Marissa Meyer's best-selling book series for the film that hails from Locksmith Animation.

Ryan Gajewski

June 9, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-lunar-chronicles-animated-movie-release-1236260174/

 

'Incredibles 3' Finds Its Director (Exclusive)

Who is it? Why, it's 'Elemental,' with filmmaker Peter Sohn taking the reins from franchise creator Brad Bird.

Beatrice Verhoeven

June 10, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/incredibles-3-director-peter-sohn-1236260365/

 

Celebrating Superman's Jewishness

By Mark Judge

June 9, 2025 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3433827/superman-jewish-comic-books-religion-antisemitism/

 

DC Comics Has New Owners At Warners, With A "Ten Year Plan For DC"

DC has new owners, Warner Bros. Streaming & Studios? It's looking that way. And they have a ten year plan...

Rich Johnston 09 Jun 2025  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-has-new-owners-at-warners-with-a-ten-year-plan-for-dc/

 

Printer Refuses To Print Gehanna: Naked Aggression Maria Llovet Cover

Printer refuses to print the Maria Llovet cover to Gehanna: Naked Aggression, which should have been published from Image Comics this week. 

09 Jun 2025  Rich Johnston   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/printer-refuses-to-print-gehanna-naked-aggression-maria-llovet-cover/

 

Japanese Cancel Holidays Over "Nostradamus" "Baba Manga" Predictions

Japanese cancel holiday and travel plans over "Nostradamus" and "Baba Manga" predictions in Ryo Tatsuki's The Future I Saw 

Rich Johnston 09 Jun 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/japanese-cancel-holidays-over-nostradamus-baba-manga-predictions/

 

'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' Directors Discuss Crafting a Modern Fable in Miniature [stop-motion]

Jennifer Wolfe

June 9, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/the-girl-who-cried-pearls-directors-discuss-crafting-a-modern-fable-in-miniature/

This article was written for the

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

 

'You Would Not Survive if There Wasn't Humor': The Kate Beaton Interview — The Comics Journal #311 Preview

Sarah Glidden | June 10, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/you-would-not-survive-if-there-wasnt-humor-the-kate-beaton-interview-the-comics-journal-311-preview/

 

Reviews: Rebellion Presents The José Muñoz Collection

Hagai Palevsky | June 10, 2025  https://www.tcj.com/reviews/rebellion-presents-the-jose-munoz-collection/

 

Rebellion Presents The José Muñoz Collection

José Muñoz with Chris Lowder, Frank S. Pepper and Eric Bradbury

Rebellion/2000 AD

 

PATTON OSWALT AND JORDAN BLUM ARE LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY AMBASSADORS, First Ever

Posted by Milton Griepp on June 10, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59749/patton-oswalt-jordan-blum-are-local-comic-shop-day-ambassadors

Federal Court sanctions Jesse David Spurlock after forged licensing claim
Javier Perez on 06/10/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/federal-court-sanctions-jesse-david-spurlock-after-forged-licensing-claim/

CONVOCATION ADDRESS [at minute 36]
Bob Mankoff
Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences Convocation and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Convocation (May 19 2025): https://commencement.syr.edu/commencement-weekend/ceremony-events/convocation-arts-sciences-maxwell.html

J Alex Morrissey
Shawn Crystal
Tradecraft  Jun 10, 2025  Episode 242
https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-242-shawn-crystal

Kickstarter Scammers Impersonating Me
Steve Conley
Blog https://steveconley.com/2025/06/05/kickstarter-scammers-impersonating-me/

Children's Institute 2025: Graphix Celebrates Two Decades of Kids' Comics
By Nathalie op de Beeck |
May 23, 2025 A version of this article appeared in the 05/26/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Words, Pictures, Revolution https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/97817-children-s-institute-2025-graphix-celebrates-two-decades-of-kids-comics.html

A Meta New Yorker Cartoon By Warren Miller
Michael Maslin
Inkspill June 10, 2025 https://michaelmaslin.com/tuesday-spill-a-meta-new-yorker-cartoon-by-warren-miller/

Showrunner Matt Selman wonders if Fox News would exist without The Simpsons
In a panel, Selman questioned whether The Simpsons "sort of destroyed" the world.
By Emma Keates  |  June 10, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/simpsons-showrunner-fox-news

Superman lights the way: How Hollywood's new Man of Steel shepherds the DC universe of tomorrow (exclusive)

Ten of DC's "Super" stars — including director James Gunn, stars Rachel Brosnahan and Nicholas Hoult, and Clark Kent himself, David Corenswet — take EW inside the first feature film of the newly revamped franchise.
By
Nick Romano
Published on June 10, 2025 https://ew.com/superman-new-man-of-steel-leads-dcu-of-tomorrow-cover-story-11751060

'Invincible' Is Finally Getting Its Own Fighting Game
Stand ready for the arrival of 'Invincible VS,' a bloody tag-team 3v3 fighter coming to PC and consoles in 2026.
By Justin Carter  io9 June 8, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/invincible-is-finally-getting-its-own-fighting-game-2000613009

George Takei believes our democracy will be OK — once the 'Klingon president' is out of office
By Tracy Brown
June 10, 2025
 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2025-06-10/george-takei-it-rhymes-with-takei-memoir-coming-out-incarceration-camps

It Rhymes With Takei
By George Takei, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger and Harmony Becker (illustrator)
Top Shelf Productions

George Takei talks new graphic memoir, 'It Rhymes with Takei'
The actor opens up about his new graphic memoir, out June 10, which shares his most personal story yet told in full for the first time.
George Stephanopoulos
Good Morning America June 10, 2025
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/video/george-takei-talks-new-graphic-rhymes-takei-122688792

George Takei gets candid about coming out, feud with Trump: 'Biggest Klingon around'
 Clare Mulroy
USA TODAY June 10 2025
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2025/06/10/george-takei-memoir-trump-interview/84056460007/

Akron's Justin Eisinger is co-author of George Takei's memoir 'It Rhymes with Takei'
Akron native is co-author of 'Star Trek' actor George Takei's new graphic novel 'It Rhymes with Takei.'
June 10 2025 https://www.beaconjournal.com/videos/news/2025/06/10/justin-eisinger-is-co-author-of-george-takeis-memoir/84070800007/

Despicable Me by Daniel Boris

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Resistencia California"

"Resistencia California"
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4127


In solidarity with our freedom fighters in the Battle Of Los Angeles.
Time to support OUR troops.

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"Protests continue in Los Angeles in response to fascist immigration
raids" Jacob Cross and contributors at World Socialist Site 07.06.2025
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/06/07/tebb-j07.html#903286324

"Nationwide protests multiply against fascist ICE raids and military
deployment in Los Angeles", Jacob Crosse at World Socialist Site
07.10.2025
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/06/10/fxqc-j10.html


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

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/9/2025

Interview: Matt Braly and Ainsworth Lin discuss the genesis of FAMILY FORCE V

Avery and Ollie Kaplan

The  Beat  06/09/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-matt-braly-ainsworth-lin-family-force-v/

 

Indies and Icons, Tentpoles and Oscar Contenders: Annecy at 40 Sets the Animation Agenda

From the biggest studio titles to cutting-edge independents, every frame of the global animation industry runs through Annecy.

Scott Roxborough

June 8, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/annecy-at-40-sets-the-animation-agenda-1236257533/

 

Stephen Curry, Nicola Coughlan, Patton Oswalt Lead All-Star Voice Cast of Sony's 'GOAT'

Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, Nick Kroll, David Harbour, and Jenifer Lewis also join the NBA superstar in the basketball-themed feature, which screened first footage at Annecy on Monday.

Scott Roxborough

June 9, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/stephen-curry-nicola-coughlan-lead-voice-cast-animated-goat-1236259565/

 

How To Train Your Dragon remake trades animated magic for money-hungry mediocrity

A live-action remake that ironically feels more fake than the animated original glides by on goodwill alone.

By James Grebey  |  June 9, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/how-to-train-your-dragon-review

 

'How to Train Your Dragon' Review: DreamWorks Live-Action Remake Retains Charm but Plays It Safe

Original 'How to Train Your Dragon' screenwriter Dean DeBlois solo-directs this take on the popular franchise, which follows the adventures of a young Viking and the creature he befriends.

Lovia Gyarkye

June 8, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/how-to-train-your-dragon-review-dreamworks-remake-1236258510/

 

'PREVIEWS' EDITOR IS LOOKING With Ad Populum's Plans Still Opaque

  Milton Griepp on June 9, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59738/previews-editor-is-looking

 

"Canada's Greatest Cartoonist" Lou Skuce Enters Hall of Fame

D. D. Degg

June 8, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/07/canadas-greatest-cartoonist-lou-skuce-enters-hall-of-fame/

 

Unknown. 1942.

Revue Cartoonist Helped Blacksmith [Lou Skuce].

The Morning Call (September 26).

online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/07/canadas-greatest-cartoonist-lou-skuce-enters-hall-of-fame/

 

Canada's Greatest Cartoonist: Lou Skuce's charmed and versatile career.

By Conan Tobias

Taddle Creek  Summer, 2016 / No. 37

https://www.taddlecreekmag.com/canadas-greatest-cartoonist

 

How Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump came to life

Kaoru Kumi | June 9, 2025  https://www.tcj.com/how-akira-toriyamas-dr-slump-came-to-life/

 

Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson

Tom Sito

University Press of Kentucky, 2006

 

Is Marvel Cancelling The Marvel Masterworks Line? Goes On Hiatus…

07 Jun 2025  Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-cancelling-marvel-masterworks-line-hiatus/

 

How to Make a Killing in the (James) Bond Market

Long before Sean Connery ordered his first martini, a British tabloid's comic strip helped define 007. Now, those rare original drawings are up for sale.

Benjamin Svetkey

June 7, 2025

This story appeared in the June 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/original-007-comic-art-sale-1236236374/

 

WonderCon 2025 Interview: Artist Randal "R.K." Milholland

June 7, 2025 Angie Fiedler Sutton

https://thegeekiary.com/wondercon-2025-interview-artist-randal-r-k-milholland/132664

 

WonderCon 2025 Interview: Andy Nordvall, Kaj Kunstmann, and Bad Future Vol. 1 [Kickstarter]

May 26, 2025 Angie Fiedler Sutton

https://thegeekiary.com/wondercon-2025-interview-andy-nordvall-kaj-kunstmann-and-bad-future-vol-1/132475

 

The Great GoComics Restoration [of drop panels]

D. D. Degg

June 8, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/08/the-great-gocomics-restoration/

 

The man behind Denver's iconic sports cartoons [Drew Litton]

Peter Vo

Rocky Mountain PBS Jun 08, 2025

https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/arts-culture/drew-litton-cartoons

 

Gloucester's Mark Parisi up for Cartoonist of the Year

    By Joann Mackenzie

    Gloucester Times June 6 2025

    https://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/gloucesters-mark-parisi-up-for-cartoonist-of-the-year/article_115d73bc-ab7b-455b-914e-440b5c73444f.html

    or https://archive.ph/4ymS4#selection-2269.0-2709.27

 

Acclaimed Hungarian Animation and Vfx Studios Shine in the Global Spotlight [paid content]

June 6, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/acclaimed-hungarian-animation-and-vfx-studios-shine-in-the-global-spotlight/

 

The Creative Team of Pixar's 'Elio' Explore the Depths of Their Animated Space Adventure

Karen Idelson

June 6, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/the-creative-team-of-pixars-elio-explore-the-depths-of-their-animated-space-adventure/

This article was written for the

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

 

How 'Forevergreen' Directors Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears Planted the Seeds of Their Award-Winning Short (Exclusive)

Ramin Zahed

June 6, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/how-forevergreen-directors-nathan-engelhardt-jeremy-spears-planted-the-seeds-of-their-award-winning-short-exclusive/

 

Aussie Animation Studio Cosmic Dino Ramps Up Expansion for 'Bluey' Movie

Mercedes Milligan

June 6, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/aussie-animation-studio-cosmic-dino-ramps-up-expansion-for-bluey-movie/

 

Watch: 'Cardboard' Director J.P. Vine Takes Us Behind the Scenes of the New Locksmith Short (Exclusive)

Mercedes Milligan

June 6, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/watch-cardboard-director-j-p-vine-takes-us-behind-the-scenes-of-the-new-locksmith-short-exclusive/

 

The Making of Cardboard | The Origin Story with Director J.P. Vine

J.P. Vine

  Jun 6, 2025 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGYY9LiQBr8

 

Gib Crockett Cartoons: An inventory of his cartoons at Syracuse University. Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries: https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/c/crockett_g.htm

Rhode, Mike. 2025. Gib Crockett's original art, ties of friendship, and the ephemeralness of editorial cartooning. ComicsDC blog (June 9): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/06/gib-crocketts-original-art-ties-of.html

Wedderburn, Marjorie. 2023. Gib Crockett: DC Editorial Cartoonist. Marjorie Wedderburn Interiors (August): https://margerywedderburninteriors.com/2023/08/gib-crockett-washington-dc-editorial-cartoonist/

Award-winning colorist Matt Hollingsworth calls for fans to boycott CHRONONAUTS
Javier Perez on 06/09/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/award-winning-colorist-matt-hollingsworth-calls-for-fans-to-boycott-chrononauts/

Trump vs Musk! 115 Brilliant Political Cartoons!
Daryl Cagle, Dave Whamond, Monte Wolverton, Jeff Koterba, and Bob Englehart
Caglecast 69; Jun 9, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-n1ULJoiM

Inklore to Publish Manhua Adaptation of Heaven Official's Blessing
Jun 09, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5396

The Moomins Changed Children's Literature Forever. Now They're Getting a Major U.S. Show
Hosted at the Brooklyn Public Library, the exhibition takes a deep dive into the Moomin universe and the work of creator Tove Jansson.
Annikka Olsen June 5, 2025  https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-moomins-brooklyn-library-2647363

Ryan Reynolds Responds To Being Replaced In Deadpool VR
See how Ryan Reynolds responds to being replaced by Neil Patrick Harris as the voice of Deadpool in Marvel's Deadpool VR
 Gavin Sheehan
07 Jun 2025  https://bleedingcool.com/games/ryan-reynolds-responds-to-being-replaced-in-deadpool-vr/

Ryan Over-Reacts to Marvel's Deadpool VR
 Ryan Reynolds  Jun 7, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WIhc9hjlTQ

 

Gib Crockett's original art, ties of friendship, and the ephemeralness of editorial cartooning

by Mike Rhode

 I was looking up information on Gib Crockett after buying the FDR drawing previously posted here. It led me down a rabbit hole, as cartooning history often does. My previous posts on him* are barely worth linking to.

This drawing** popped up in my search: Gib Crockett Washington Star Cartoonist Signed Humorous Sketch Surgeon & Nurse - it was very reasonably priced and hit two of my interests - DC cartoonists and medicine. The description read in part, 

 This humorous sketch, drawn in pencil by Gib Crockett (1912-2000), political cartoonist for the Washington Star, was a gift to my grandfather (the "Walter" mentioned in the caption). Gib Crockett and my grandfather were friends and played squash together. My grandfather was a member of the University Club in Washington, DC. and passed away in 1987. I do not know when this was given to my grandfather. 

I reached out to the seller, who told me it was dedicated to his grandfather, Walter M. Macomber, and wrote, " I'm so glad that this has gone to a good home where it will be appreciated. My grandfather lived on Arlington Ridge Road up until the 1960s, so it's going home."

I asked if he had any more information, but "All I know for sure is that my grandfather played competitive squash at the University Club, up until he was in his 80’s. He used to play Gib Crockett, even though Gib was younger. How much of a friendship outside of the University Club existed, I am not sure."

image from eBay

 Crockett was one of the major political cartoonists in DC, working at the Washington Star alongside Clifford Berryman, and his son Jim Berryman as a sports cartoonist. He moved to editorial cartooning in 1948, and when he retired he was replaced by Pat Oliphant.  

Crockett is largely unremembered today, and he doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.  A nice essay by Marjorie Wedderburn, "Gib Crockett: DC Editorial Cartoonist"  talks about her family connection through her great aunt and uncle, similar to this eBay seller, although they appear to have had a much deeper friendship.

Syracuse University Library has a small Gib Crockett Cartoons Collection. The Library of Congress has original art, but you need to visit to see anything more than a thumbnail.

His WaPo obituary is at "Editorial Cartoonist Gibson Crockett; Drew for Washington Evening Star," Washington Post February 20, 2000, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/02/20/editorial-cartoonist-gibson-crockett/2eef05a5-0218-4882-9fc1-324f8c7b97ba/  For the collector like me, it noted, "In addition to his editorial cartoons, Mr. Crockett illustrated the covers of the program for the Army-Navy football game for 41 years until 1984." I'm going to try to avoid pursuing them... space is too tight and live is too short.

Mr. Macomber seems to have been an interesting man as well. An architect and architectural historian, he worked on Mount Vernon archeology, the renovation of the Old Fairfax Courthouse, and the State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms. He served on the Commission of Fine Arts, and his papers are at Colonial Williamsburg. ... well except for this cartoon that I'll be glad to own until I pass it on to the next owner.

*I don't seem to have followed up writing about Gib Crockett tumblers, and 18 years later, I have no idea what I was thinking about. 

**Hi-res scans in color and b&w are now available.

Just Another Day in Paradise... by Daniel Boris

The Insurrection Expert by Daniel Boris

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/7-8/2025

Ackerman, Blanche and David Suter (ill.). 1977. Peanuts to President [Jimmy Carter biography]. Silver Spring, MD: Adam Publishing Co.

Adams, Neal and Bob McLeod. 1976. Jimmy's Coloring Book [aka The peanut farmer's own coloring book; Jimmy Carter]. New York: Manor Books

Scott, Lloyd. 1973. Fisherman's Laugh Book [gag cartoons and jokes; author credit based on cover art signature]. Amarillo, TX: Baxter Lane Co.  

Merrihue, Jeff and Bill Hedburg. 197? Dreams I [fanzine. fantasy illustrations by CC Beck (1974), Al Williamson, 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]. [no location: no publisher]

Eden, Martin (ed). 2017. Justice League The Official Collector's Edition [movie]. Titan

Great chat w/ @christopherweyant about cartoons and kids books!
Tom Toro
TBToro (June 4 2025): https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKfLyVCvUil/

Into the Score #21 - Chad Bilyeu
Avishai Darash
Into the Score  Jun 7, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqGFO-8xcsA

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred forty | Rick Remender, part one
June 8 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/help-me-obi-wan-kenobi-youre-my-only-2ba

Mrs. Simon, Girl Missing in Carmel [ Roberta MacDonald]
(Salinas) Californian  Volume 77, Number 212, 4 September 1948: 1
online at
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CASAL19480904.1.1

Editorial Cartoonist Gibson Crockett; Drew for Washington Evening Star [obituary]
Washington Post February 20, 2000
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/02/20/editorial-cartoonist-gibson-crockett/2eef05a5-0218-4882-9fc1-324f8c7b97ba/

Matt Hollingsworth Calls For A Boycott Of Mark Millar's Chrononauts
Matt Hollingsworth has called for a boycott of the new Mark Millar's Chrononauts Library Edition from Dark Horse Comics
  06 Jun 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/matt-hollingsworth-boycott-mark-millar-chrononauts/

The 588 Comic Shops That Ordered The Future Is ****** From Rekcah
by Rich Johnston
  06 Jun 2025  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-588-comic-shops-that-ordered-the-future-is-from-rekcah/

Rithmetic [ Michael Ramirez letters]
Bob Dardano and  Colleen Fenlon-White
Washington Post (June 7 2025): A13.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/06/labubu-dyslexia-spelling-bee-trump-parade/

Words, Images, & Worlds with Jimmy Palmiotti & Dave Johnson [Pop Kill]
Jason DeHart
 Jun 6, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaXYzz07DAg

Words, Images, & Worlds with Todd Webb
Jason DeHart
Jun 7, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFRRSrV1dd0

Words, Images, & Worlds: Jason Walz Returns!
Jason DeHart
 Jun 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BezQTUIfqW4

Talk & Teach: Where Do You Get Your Ideas? [2024]
Jeff Smith
CXC Festival
Jun 6, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmQTnkUrrUs

Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly in Discussion with Jeff Smith [2024]
CXC Festival
 Jun 6, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXND7Q3kyAU

Translating Pros: In Dialogue with Manga Localizers [2024]
Ryan Holmberg, Fred Schodt, and Zach Davisson
CXC Festival   Jun 6, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeyVL3tLwd0

Talk & Teach: Deconstructing the Frame: Post-modern Comics and the Self [2024]
CXC Festival
L. Pidge
Jun 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7iDF4el6HU

A treasure trove of new books to read during Pride Month [in print as These new books capture the range and diversity of LGBTQ life; The Gaysians by Mike Curato]
By Charles Arrowsmith
Washington Post June 8, 2025: B7.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/06/05/lgbtq-books-pride-hewitt-ostlund/

Comic Stripper Guests at the 2025 San Diego Comic Con
D. D. Degg
 June 7, 2025  
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/06/comic-strippers-at-the-2025-san-diego-comic-con/

WaPo reviews The Gaysians by Mike Curato

...in a paragraph...

A treasure trove of new books to read during Pride Month [in print as These new books capture the range and diversity of LGBTQ life; The Gaysians by Mike Curato]

By Charles Arrowsmith

Washington Post June 8, 2025: B7.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/06/05/lgbtq-books-pride-hewitt-ostlund/

SNIP

"Gaysians," which is "Flamer" author Mike Curato's first graphic novel for adults, doesn't shy away from violence, racism and transphobia, outside the community or within it. The colors of the trans flag give the book its dominant palette, working especially well for its many nightclub scenes. The story, about a group of young Asian Americans living in Seattle in 2003, is most powerful when Curato unleashes his more expressionistic side to capture different characters' traumatic flashbacks and glimpses of historical tragedy. But this darkness is offset by the story's cozy, reassuring focus on friendship and found family. Some may find Curato leaning too heavily on sentimentality — his "gaysians" give themselves the cutesy name "The Boy Luck Club," riffing on Amy Tan's novel "The Joy Luck Club," and speak mostly in catty clichés, as if auditioning for "Drag Race." For me, this mawkish tendency stunted the book's emotional range.

SNIP

Into the Score #21 - Chad Bilyeu

Avishai Darash

Into the Score  Jun 7, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqGFO-8xcsA

Chad Bilyeu is a 49-year-old Black American writer, historian, and photographer who has been living in Amsterdam for 15 years. In 2018, he began writing and self-publishing an award-winning comic book based on his life as a foreigner, aptly titled CHAD IN AMSTERDAM. Currently, Chad is working on another autobiographical graphic novel, THE RE-UP. THE RE-UP is both written and designed by Chad. Book one of THE RE-UP is illustrated by renowned Dutch children's book illustrator Juliette de Wit; book two of THE RE-UP is illustrated by acclaimed Serbian designer and illustrator Iva Spasojević. THE RE-UP details Chad's halcyon days working and studying at Georgetown University, where he, unbeknownst to most, also sold copious amounts of drugs (mostly weed, back when it was illegal and exciting). https://chadbily.eu/ http://store.chadbily.eu/ 

Avishai Darash - Is an avid reader Joao MB Costa - Groo is his favorite comic book character Joshua Oostindiën - Has lethal hands

That darn Michael Ramirez

Rithmetic [ Michael Ramirez letters]

Bob Dardano and  Colleen Fenlon-White

Washington Post (June 7 2025): A13.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/06/labubu-dyslexia-spelling-bee-trump-parade/

Michael Ramirez's May 27 editorial cartoon, "Solving the debt crisis," illustrated the right-wing canard that the nation's debt is caused by too much spending. It is not. Neither, though, is it caused by too little taxation.

The annual deficit and the national debt are caused by an imbalance between taxation and spending. Tax more than you spend, and you get a surplus. Spend more than you tax, and you get a deficit. That's just arithmetic. The way to pay off our $36 trillion national debt is to cut spending and/or raise taxes. Instead of telling the two political parties only to cut spending, the child depicted in the cartoon should be telling them to go back to second-grade math class.

Bob Dardano, Washington

Michael Ramirez is right to be concerned about the $36 trillion national debt. It was ironic, however, that his cartoon used a small child to deliver a message to both parties to cut spending.

In 2023, Medicaid provided health coverage for 39 percent of children in the United States and 80 percent of children living in poverty, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. Medicaid is the largest source of health coverage in the United States and insures 72 million, or 1 in 5, Americans. In addition, about 41 million Americans receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The One Big Beautiful Bill would cut health care and food assistance to tens of millions of American children. These cuts would have a negligible impact on the national debt. Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that, in general, resources would decrease for the lowest-income households but increase for the highest-income households.

It would have been more appropriate for Ramirez to have Ebenezer Scrooge tell the lawmakers to cut spending. The child, whose health and well-being might depend on Medicaid and SNAP benefits, would have correctly told the lawmakers to increase revenue.

Colleen Fenlon-White, Gaithersburg