Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/1/2025

If you use ComicSuite, you're out of luck

Heidi MacDonald on 07/01/2025

https://www.comicsbeat.com/if-you-use-comicsuite-youre-out-of-luck/

 

Diamond Summit Marks Industry in Transition [ComicSuite POS system].

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on September 11, 2007

By Heidi MacDonald -- Publishers Weekly, 9/11/2007

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20071120013517/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6477520.html

 

Remembering Jim Shooter

Heidi MacDonald on 07/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/remembering-jim-shooter/

 

Brent Eric Anderson

["When I politely and calmly expressed a contrasting view of Marvel's art production policies, Jim Shooter responded "You're a class act, that's why we pay you the big bucks.""].

Brent Eric Anderson's post (June 30 2025):

https://www.facebook.com/brent.e.anderson.5/posts/pfbid0RWjsaC8Wp4rxTTq8NrWRUGgUSEbUmEY6WtsFdxruDwP5Cn9KVEEVZDFuy94ha7oBl  ·

 

Kurt Busiek

["RIP Jim Shooter."].

Kurt Busiek's post (June 30 2025): https://www.facebook.com/kdbusiek/posts/pfbid0273HyruTANjRKHCiya4AhC3itjbW1H9S7G4HgnajEgnrJT2wHiHynQHoStm4jWF5l

 

Bob Hall

["Just heard that Jim Shooter passed."]

Bob Hall's post (June 30 2025): https://www.facebook.com/bob.hall.3511/posts/pfbid02htDECxtxdGKCXtBkSi7xEaPC4DZR7oGBmP3pcgdD2e1gXB3CLtWfZ5MhpSqGjxjql

 

Larry Hama

["Jim Shooter has returned to the Universe after a grim battle with esophageal cancer."]

Larry Hama's post June 30 2025

https://www.facebook.com/larry.hama/posts/pfbid02ERGp45yMGQx3xuy2PBUUmt6aTP3HdKZtbVvV2x9AEV5z8GhjJQ7SpLqC34S48b32l

 

Fred Hembeck

["I owe an awful lot to Jim Shooter."].

Fred G. Hembeck's post (June 30 2025): https://www.facebook.com/fred.g.hembeck/posts/pfbid0eAJdJkKnWefVqb3FubMtJo5mBM7ifTwbkf8mHWryyANcwf6UehvJTEG3isTRFELql

 

Joe Illidge

["A gentleman of comics has informed many of us that Jim Shooter has passed on, and comics is much lesser for it."].

Joe Illidge's post June 30 2025

https://www.facebook.com/joe.illidge.3/posts/pfbid0uEK7thU8Fdsw8pFzn4WCfH27eHFEDwAhdbSZVZBQEKj3S9g5Eqjizn8NQBwKYLr4l  ·

 

Kelley Jones

["Jim Shooter has passed away."]

Kelley Jones's post (June 30 2025): https://www.facebook.com/kelley.jones.526/posts/pfbid0dMzuZagF3TfcMngUXGZNkA8L1s9PTBPuLaimMt8HuCdUzXPQZucpTpiTf1iLgHgfl

 

Erik Larsen

["Well, shit--we just lost another one. Jim Shooter just passed away."].

Erik Larsen's post June 30 2025: https://www.facebook.com/erik.larsen.75/posts/pfbid035z7uZsyXq5hBphhUWfEecvkbCrGSfuKpZSuMhvzjycfkg1MhYnQSA43NNSUv2zH3l

 

Jim Lee

["RIP Jim Shooter."].

Jim Lee's post July 1 2025

https://www.facebook.com/jimlee.fanpage/posts/pfbid0yVthGup72eAb3UH3rBnRkkBrP4GwMy7v1vrNNy5W8vL2ESEML5q7tZidKm1LG7Zzl  ·

 

Steve Leialoha

["I'm sorry to hear that Jim Shooter has passed away after a long illness."]

Steve Leialoha's post (July 1 2025): https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0QCqdxaEFSCGhintdknPQodegM5p7Pa5UHEC1YJU6NBL75EhkTXnMQKZftiqJhxM5l&id=100009051840011

 

Paul Levitz

["This is a hard one to write, and he'd have done it better if allowed by fate to write his own obit. Jim Shooter has apparently passed after a battle with cancer."]

Paul Levitz's post June 30 2025

https://www.facebook.com/paul.levitz/posts/pfbid0ouU3KZ5UpmnxafRpaGdpLvX49WtsMAZVrmH9nM26utUPcEEAxS858iyUsnn8AQFBl

 

Fabian Nicieza

["Having heard the news about Jim Shooter's passing, I wish peace to a man who rarely seemed at peace."].

Fabian Nicieza's post June 30 2025

https://www.facebook.com/fabian.nicieza/posts/pfbid0NJ6kMqHgEFbbf8AQ5u6fAor9QFsaQUdjPzLZ2fYtkeEjLMFrXg8omLn23RSbLWHyl  ·

 

Chris Ryall

Goodbye, Jim Shooter

Tales of Syzpense #85 Jul 1, 2025 https://chrisryall.substack.com/p/tales-of-syzpense-85

 

Walter Simonson

["As everybody knows by now, Jim Shooter, former editor-in-chief of Marvel back from the late 70s into the middle 80s, has caught the last train out."].

Walter Simonson's post July 1 2025 https://www.facebook.com/walter.simonson.5/posts/pfbid0TbXUxLsFb7DtnUpG1DUAecFBXeENrdN6u8a6irPR1N557SukBLDfV3XnW7cy2P4Fl

 

Yaoi-Con and BL, No Longer "Niche"

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on October 30, 2007 Sign up now!

By Ed Chavez -- Publishers Weekly, 10/30/2007

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20071214194216/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6495479.html

 

Your Friendly Neighborhood Icon [Spider-Man: The Icon]

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on October 30, 2007 Sign up now!

By Peter Sanderson -- Publishers Weekly, 10/30/2007

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20080102025044/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6495477.html

 

McKelvie Finds Glamour

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on October 30, 2007

By Stephanie Mangold -- Publishers Weekly, 10/30/2007

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20080102025038/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6495476.html

 

Web Comic Creators Take Charge

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on October 2, 2007

By Stephanie Mangold -- Publishers Weekly, 10/2/2007

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20071228041136/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6485953.html

 

Karin Slaughter Launches Graphic Novel Imprint at Oni

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week July 24, 2007

By Heidi MacDonald -- Publishers Weekly, 7/24/2007

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20071218111950/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6462423.html

 

MangaNovel Offers Digital Access, User Translations

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on November 13, 2007

By Ed Chavez -- Publishers Weekly, 11/13/2007

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20071222013041/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6500472.html

 

WGA Strike Affects Comics Creators

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on December 18, 2007

By Stephanie Mangold -- Publishers Weekly, 12/18/2007 6:24:00 AM

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20080112101735/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6513517.html

 

Washington's Big Monkey Encourages Debate

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on January 8, 2008

by Laurel Maury -- Publishers Weekly, 1/7/2008

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20080113040228/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6517856.html

 

Burns and Palmiotti Explore the Docks [Dock Walloper]

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on January 8, 2008

by Heidi MacDonald -- Publishers Weekly, 1/7/2008

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20080113053923/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6517853.html

 

Tor Books, Seven Seas Together at Last

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on January 8, 2008

by Calvin Reid -- Publishers Weekly, 1/7/2008 3:03:00 PM

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20080112085014/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6517859.html

 

Genshiken: Kio Shimoku and the Otaku Soul

This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on January 8, 2008

By Kai-Ming Cha and Ed Chavez -- Publishers Weekly, 1/7/2008

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20080113040215/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6517850.html

 

San Diego Comic-con Still Packing Them In

By Heidi MacDonald -- Publishers Weekly, 7/23/2007

archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20071220021218/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6462032.html

 

Warren Ellis Has Returned, But Don't Expect Him to Enjoy It

By Karen Holt -- Publishers Weekly, 7/28/2007

 archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20080213190440/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6463896.html

 

Reviews: The 1982 DC Comics Style Guide

Tegan O'Neil | July 1, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-1982-dc-comics-style-guide/

 

High debts, high rents and miscommunication: What happened to Silver Sprocket

Zach Rabiroff and Tate McFadden | July 1, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/high-debts-high-rents-and-miscommunication-what-happened-to-silver-sprocket/


Emily Botica
["It is with great sadness that I share the news that I will be leaving Diamond, with my last day likely sometime next week."]
June 26 2025
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7343815124656267264/

Read this: Pixar's self-censorship of Elio's queer themes may have doomed it
From losing its director to pre-emptive self-censorship of its queer-coded character, Pixar's attempts to make Elio more generic hindered its success.
By Matt Schimkowitz  |  June 30, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/read-this-elio-pixar-self-censorship-lgbtq

Topalian Promoted; Fensterman Joins NYCC
By Calvin Reid -- Publishers Weekly, 10/19/2007
archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20071228041219/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6492743.html

San Diego Comic-Con Sold Out; Dark Horse Presents Launches on MySpace
by Calvin Reid -- Publishers Weekly, 7/27/2007 8:44:00 AM
archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20080213190433/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6463637.html

Inside the Otaku Marketplace ["The ICv2 Anime and Manga Conference: Inside the Otaku Generation"].
 This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on November 27, 2007
By Calvin Reid -- Publishers Weekly, 11/26/2007
archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20071208212059/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6505264.html

Glen Cadigan from 20th Century Refugee Jul 1, 2025
Jim Shooter
https://glencadigan.substack.com/p/jim-shooter

Part 1 - The Legion of Super-Heroes
Hits and Misses
https://www.glencadigan.com/hits01.html
First in a short series
© 2017 Glen Cadigan
Originally posted on Facebook from June 7-9, 2017

Jim Shooter, Teenage Comics Writer Who Revolutionized Marvel as Editor-in-Chief, Dies at 73
He led Marvel from 1978-87 and oversaw the publishing of classic stories from Frank Miller on 'Daredevil' and Chis Claremont and John Byrne on 'Uncanny X-Men.'
Borys Kit
July 1, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jim-shooter-dead-marvel-comics-1236304076/

Jim Shooter – RIP
D. D. Degg  
July 1, 2025  https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/07/01/jim-shooter-rip/

A TRIBUTE TO JIM SHOOTER 1951-2025
word balloon
Jun 30, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gc3sKdpCHc

Comics Karma 12 with Lauren Weinstein + Tom Hart: How do I find an audience for my weird obsessions?
Sequential Artists Workshop
Jun 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5xpbKmaOTU

Comics Karma 13 with Lauren Weinstein + Tom Hart: Meaning and empathy in comics [Dante Gabriel Hookey]
Sequential Artists Workshop
Jun 30, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2TK9lsZ0Ig

Comics Karma 14 with Lauren Weinstein + Tom Hart: Redefining Finishing [Michael Aschner]
Sequential Artists Workshop
Jun 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN4r29XpvBE

Off Panel #506: Trench Warfare with Heather Antos [ IDW, Star Trek]
SKTCHD
Jun 30, 2025 Off Panel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR2ZXGB1jz4

VITO x DINO: Episode 26 - x Steve Bearfield
Vito Delsante
Jun 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVOPVRIDPaU

Frankie Frazetta Curator of the Frazetta Art Museum Talks TERROR Bill Cox
CAF+ 305; July 1 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY7XsM8EwQw

Talking Comics with Brad Guigar — The Hard Truths of Making Better Comics
Brad Guigar
 Jun 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PlNn-nbqcA

"How Do I Get My Work Out There?" You Already Did. Here's the Real Problem
Brad Guigar
Jun 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfr1P_u3WDA

Baltimore Sun Dismisses KAL
 D. D. Degg  
 July 1, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/07/01/baltimore-sun-dismisses-kal/

The Beat Digest 07/01/25: DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE trailer drops
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 07/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-070125/

CAKE in Chicago: A con report
Johanna Draper Carlson on 07/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/cake-in-chicago-a-con-report/

Barbara Sharp
Cartoonist 'one of the greats' [ Rhymes With Orange by Hillary Price, letter]
  Daily Hampshire Gazette
 06-28-2025  
https://www.gazettenet.com/Letter-62039766

The Argentinean Comic Strip That Galvanized a Generation
How the politically aware six-year-old heroine of "Mafalda" became an international phenomenon.
By Daniel Alarcón
June 30, 2025
Published in the print edition of the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue, with the headline "The Magic of "Mafalda"."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/07/the-argentinean-comic-strip-that-galvanized-a-generation

Mad Cave Studios 2025 Talent Search | Send Them Your Stuff!
Jamie Noguchi
Draw Jam  Jun 30, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nml1_IyLRP8

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Jamie Noguchi on Mad Cave Studios 2025 Talent Search


Le Pew! by Daniel Boris

 


PR: DC Zinefest Registration is Open!!!


 

Hey Zinesters!

We're excited to announce registration is open for DC Zinefest 2025 (for tablers AND workshops)! As usual, the application is free and we select tablers based on a lottery. If you are selected, the fee for a table is $20, however we offer honoraria/stipends for folks with financial need. 

We will once again be hosting our fest in the fall on the top floor of the beautiful MLK Jr. Library here in DC! The date of the fest is November 1st.


Check out our FAQ and let us know if you have any questions!

Love,

DCZF

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/30/2025

Space Force May Have its Biggest Media Moment Yet with Disney-Pixar's 'Elio'

Thomas Novelly

Military.com June 27, 2025

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/27/space-force-may-have-its-biggest-media-moment-yet-disney-pixars-elio.html

 

'It was just this continuous churn of shaping': Jon Allen lowers himself into The Well

Colin Blanchette | June 30, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/it-was-just-this-continuous-churn-of-shaping-jon-allen-lowers-himself-into-the-well/

 

Pride 2025 Interview: Khalid Johnson talks SANGUINE FOUNDATIONS and art as advocacy

Ollie Kaplan on 06/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/pride-2025-interview-khalid-johnson-talks-sanguine-foundations-and-art-as-advocacy/

 

International Journal of Comic Art Vol. 26, No. 2 Fall/Winter 2024

Editor's Notes

John A. Lent

1

Online at https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/06/editors-notes-international-journal-of.html

 

2025 IJOCA Price List

6

Comics Art in Korea by John A. Lent (Advertisement)

7

Comics and Human Rights UN Event: The Church Center for the United Nations, October 17, 2024

Transcript by Kate Kelp-Stebbins with Kim Munson

8

Illustrated Weeklies Introducing Graphic Sequences in Flanders (1868-1900)

Pascal Lefèvre

58

The Unique Aesthetic of Cao Hanmei in His Adaptation of Jin Ping Mei: Lianhuanhua or Manhua?

Marie Laureillard

82

German-Speaking Comics Artists in Interwar Czechoslovakia 1918-1938

Tomáš Prokůpek

102

An Ecocritical Analysis of Pakistani Tarzan Stories

Sobia Kiran

128

The Phantom Speaks Fijian: Cultural and Political Ambivalence in Bera-na-Liva

Thomas Vranken, Asela Tuisawau, and Paul Geraghty

145

Women Creating Monsters: A Bibliography of Comics and Graphic Novels, Part I:

Graphic Novels, 2014-2024

Lizzy Walker

161

Meet Sarah Firth of Australia: A Post-Small Press Expo Interview

Mike Rhode

228

Great Existentialism Carries Great Responsibility: Sartre's Philosophy in the Spider-Man Comics

Ignacio A. Loranca Frontana

252

An Extremely Personal Take on the History of Manga Studies

Natsume Fusanosuke

Translated by Jon Holt and Teppei Fukuda

265

Abstract Extortionist, A Photo-Graphic-Novel as a Way to Challenge Disciplinarity:

From Literary Studies to Comics Studies through Art History

Chris Reyns-Chikuma

283

Some Caribbean Comics Artists' Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence

John A. Lent and Geisa Fernandes

311

An Essay

First-Hand Impressions of Thai Comics and Pop Culture

Lim Cheng Tju

Extraordinary Master Erotic Artist and Storyteller, Kevin J. Taylor (1963-2024)

William H. Foster, III

328

In Search of a Meaning: Graphic Novels in China

John A. Lent

344

Defining Forms or Types (Not Genres): One-panel Comics Are a Contradiction in Terms

Jakob Dittmar

364

"Ecological Aesthetic Education": Lao Jiu and His Humorous Philatelic Cartoons

Xu Ying

International Journal of Comic Art Vol. 26, No. 2 Fall/Winter 2024 pp. 373-389

online at https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/06/ecological-aesthetic-education-lao-jiu.html


Carmilla and Vampirella: Sisters, Cousins, or Coincidence?

Liam Webb

381

"Tribute to Trina Robbins" San Diego Comic-Con 2024

Kim A. Munson

399

Research Prompts

Mike Rhode

414

"No Joke! No Joke!" A Short Survey of Philippines Political Comics and Cartoons in 2024

C.T. Lim

The World of Comics News

456

 

Book Reviews

Kenji Miyazawa. Adapted by Yasuko Sakuno and translated by Moss Quanci. Kenji Miyazawa's The Restaurant of Many Orders and Other Stories, by Jon Holt, p. 465.

Margaret C. Flinn, ed. Drawing (In) The Feminine. Bande Dessinée and Women, by Manuela Di Franco, p. 471.

I-yun Lee. Taiwan Comics: History, Status and Manga Influx 1930s-1990s, by John A. Lent, p. 476.

Neale Barnholden. From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich: The Materiality of Cheap Comics, by Brian Flota, p. 478.

Tom Heintjes, ed. The Complete Betty Brown, Ph.G., by David Beard, p. 483.

Mark Hibbett. Data and Doctor Doom: An Empirical Approach to Transmedia Characters, by Chris York, p. 487.

Paolo Alessandro Herras and Cheng Tju Lim, editors. South East Asian Kommunity 2024, by Duy Tano, p. 491.

Shawn Conner. Superheroes Smash the Box Office: A Cinema History from the Serials to 21st Century Blockbusters, by Edward Whatley, p. 493.

Ewa Stańczyk.C artoons and Antisemitism: Visual Politics of Interwar Poland, by John A. Lent, p. 495.

Nancy Burton. Hurricane Nancy, by Cassia Hayward-Fitch, p. 497.

Jim Coby and Joanna Davis-McElligatt, eds. Boom! Splat! Comics and Violence, by Kirsten Møllegaard, p. 499.

Ytasha L. Womack. Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration, by Charles W. Henebry, p. 502.

Rafael Carrión-Arias. Batman and the Shadows of Modernity: A Critical Genealogy on Contemporary Hero in the Age of Nihilism, by Felipe Rodolfo Hendriksen, p. 503.

Matthew Reinhart (paper engineering); Brad Walker, Marco Santucci, and Tom Derenick (pencils and inks); and Paul Mounts (colors). DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book, by Gene Kannenberg, Jr., p. 506.

 

Graphic Novel Reviews

Leonard Rifas, et al. Ground Zero Comics: Move Beyond Nuclear Weapons, by James Willetts, p. 511.

Charles Burns. Final Cut, by Luke C. Jackson, p. 514.

Tereza Čechová (text) and Štěpánka Jislová (ill.); translated by Martha Kuhlman and Tereza Čechová. Bald, by José Alaniz, p. 516.

Ginette Kolinka, Jean-David Morvan, and Victor Matet (writers), Cesc and Efa (illustrators), Roger (colorist), and Edward Gauvin (translator). Adieu Birkenau: Ginette Kolinka's Story of Survival , by Matt Reingold, p. 524.

Patrick Spät and Sheree Domingo; translated by Michael Waaler. Madame Choi and the Monsters: A True Story, by Cord A. Scott, p. 527.

Olivier Schrauwen. Sunday, by Luke C. Jackson, p. 531.

Rick Parker. Drafted, by Nicholas Wirtz, p. 534.

Craig Yoe. Woman & Man+, by C.T. Lim, p. 537.

David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson. Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined, by Matthew Teutsch, p. 539.

Claire Alet and Benjamin Adam. Thomas Piketty's Capital & Ideology: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Liz Brown, p. 542.

Eddie Ahn. Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice, by Margaret C. Flinn, p. 544.

Stéphane Douay and Benoist Simmat; translated by Montana Kane. The Incredible Story of Cooking: From Prehistory to Today, 500,000 Years of Adventure, by Cord A. Scott, p. 546.

Frédéric Fanget, Catherine Meyer, and Pauline Aubry (ill.). Translated by Edward Gauvin. The Anxiety Club: How To Survive Modern Life, by Ishita Sehgal, p. 548.

Cormac McCarthy and Manu Larcenet. The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Luke C. Jackson, p. 550.

 

Exhibition Reviews

"'Gordo' by/de Gus Arriola: Depicting Mexico and Modernism", by José Alaniz, p. 553.

"Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing", by Mike Rhode, p. 564.

"Exposition Collective Inaugurale", by Nick Nguyen, p. 589.

"Beautiful Monsters: The Art of Emil Ferris", by Carli Spina, p. 595.

Beijing Animation Festival China Picture Book Fair, by Xu Ying, p. 599.

"Hell, Ink & Water: The Art of Mike Mignola", by Carli Spina, p. 607.

"JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience", by Matt Reingold, p. 609.


Kaplan, Ollie. 2025. Jim Shooter, 73, has reportedly died of esophageal cancer. The Beat (June 30):
https://www.comicsbeat.com/jim-shooter-73-has-reportedly-died-of-esphogeal-cancer/

Waid, Mark. 2025. [RIP Jim Shooter, 1951-2025.]. Mark Waid's Facebook (June 30): https://www.facebook.com/mark.waid/posts/10163683228780799

Kallaugher, Kevin KAL. 2025. Kal is Out at The Sun, After 35 years of cartoons. Kal Draws The Line (July 1): https://kaltoons.substack.com/p/kal-is-out-at-the-sun

Monday, June 30, 2025

Baltimore Sun fires KAL

In the latest example of thin-skinned newspaper owners.

 Kevin KAL Kallaugher 
Kal is Out at The Sun, After 35 years of cartoons

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/28-29/2025

 

Words, Images, & Worlds: Ray-Anthony Height Returns!

Jason DeHart

Jun 28, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IpYdn1Nbz4

 

Evan Dorkin

My Drawing Hand

Evan Dorkin Jun 28, 2025

https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-drawing-hand-132665206

 

Jock OA sells for $288K at auction; artist won't see any money from the sale

Javier Perez on 06/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/jock-oa-sells-for-288k-at-auction-artist-wont-see-any-money-from-the-sale/

 

Comics Beat's Pride 2025 Manga Reading List

Beat Staff on 06/27/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-beats-pride-2025-manga-reading-list/

 

HeroesCon 2025 Panel - Appalachia Comics Project

Andrew Aydin (March/Run), Jonathan Marks Barravechia (Bear Pirate Viking Queen), Matthew K Manning (Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures, Marvel Action: Avengers), Laura Martin (colorist, if you are a fan of the Dollar Bin podcast, you know who she is), and Chris Sparks (Team Cul De Sac)

June 24, 2025 Dollar Bin

https://www.thedollarbin.net/shows/2025/6/24/heroescon-2025-panel-appalachia-comics-project

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50acbf0ee4b04170ccae3b85/t/685afc4d9d3b7b4c63b05103/1750793376149/HC2025-IslandsInTheSky.mp3/

 

Jim Rugg

November 13, 2017 Dollar Bin

https://www.thedollarbin.net/shows/2017/11/13/episode-363-year-10-interview-with-jim-rugg

http://shows.thedollarbin.net/storage/shows/audio/363Episode-Year-10-Interview-w-Jim-Rugg.mp3

 

Rugg, Jim, Chris Pitzer, Michel Fiffe, and Jim Mahfood. 2024.

The Ed Piskor Memorial Panel from HeroesCon 2024.

Cartoonist Kayfabe (July 9): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDJpcnqvjV8

 

Look who's coming to television [Peanuts animation;  Dolores, Latina character]

Nat Gertler

    AAUGH Blog June 28, 2025

    https://aaugh.com/wordpress/2025/06/look-whos-coming-to-television/

 

'Spider-Man' Director Jon Watts Reveals Why He Dropped Out of 'The Fantastic Four'

Chris Gardner

June 26, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-director-jon-watts-fantastic-four-1236300592/

 

Fighting For The Drawing You Want

Terry Moore Art

Jun 29, 2025

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

 

Live with Liana Finck

Liana Finck

Liana's Newsletter Jun 29, 2025

https://lianafinck.substack.com/p/live-with-liana-finck

 

The 'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' Trailer Locks In For the End

'Demon Slayer' is winding down starting with a movie trilogy based on its penultimate 'Infinity Castle' arc.

By Justin Carter

io9 June 28, 2025

https://gizmodo.com/the-demon-slayer-infinity-castle-trailer-locks-in-for-the-end-2000621777

 

Deconstructing Villainesses and Heroines: An Interview with I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History's Author, Izumi Okido

by Richard Eisenbeis, Jun 27th 2025 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-27/deconstructing-villainesses-and-heroines-an-with-ill-become-a-villainess-who-goes-down-in-history-/.224845?cmid=c3b3ad59-f4f2-49bc-96c1-e34f337874bb

 

Opening the Apocalypse Hotel with CygamesPictures President Nobuhiro Takenaka, Director Kana Shundo, & Screenwriter Shigeru Murakoshi

by Lynzee Loveridge, Jun 24th 2025  https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-24/opening-the-apocalypse-hotel-with-cygamespictures-president-nobuhiro-takenaka-director-kana-shundo-/.225414

 

Look, up in the sky! A new "Superman" arrives

Ben Mankiewicz

CBS Sunday Morning Jun 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTsxxjX6X3s

 

Extended interview: David Corenswet on becoming Superman

Ben Mankiewicz

CBS Sunday Morning

 Jun 29, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLqeqn0IA0Q

 

Gil Roth

Paul Karasik

Virtual Memories Show 644; June 25, 2025

 https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-644-paul-karasik

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_644_-_Paul_Karasik.mp3

 

A Page I Love with Comic Artist Chris Weston

Kevin Sharp

CAF+   Jun 28, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmR4HZzNTRs

 

Who Remembers KP Outer Spacers – The Comic Strip? [Frank Langford]

By John Freeman on June 28, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/who-remembers-kp-outer-spacers-the-comic-strip/

 

Words From Beyond: Lady Penelope Artist Frank Langford, Part 1 – Tardis Interview, Part 2 – Andersonic Quotes

 

By Jeremy Briggs on April 9-10, 2018

https://downthetubes.net/words-from-beyond-lady-penelope-artist-frank-langford-part-1-tardis-interview/

https://downthetubes.net/words-from-beyond-lady-penelope-artist-frank-langford-part-2-andersonic-quotes/

 

How the Beloved 'Peanuts' Found Its Way to Define the Modern Comic Strip

With poignant wisdom and gentle wit, Charles M. Schulz reinvented the form and introduced the nation to Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and so many more indelible characters

 

Chris Carra

This article is a selection from the July/August 2025 issue of Smithsonian magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/beloved-peanuts-found-way-define-modern-comic-strip-180986809/

 

Walking on water — thin ice, that is [WuMo letter]

Paul Coppola, Washington

Washington Post June 28 2025: A15.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/27/maga-women-tradwife-democratic-donors-ai/

 

Political cartoonist Jeff Danziger says at 81, drawing still brings him joy

Vermont Public | By Nina Keck

 June 26, 2025

https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-06-26/political-cartoonist-jeff-danziger-work-never-felt-more-important

 

Sketched Out: An Illustrator Confronts His Fears About A.I. Art

By Christoph Niemann

New York Times Magazine June 23 2025.

Online at

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/23/magazine/ai-art-artists-illustrator.html


Sunday, June 29, 2025

That darn WuMo

Walking on water — thin ice, that is

Paul Coppola, Washington

Washington Post June 28 2025: A15.


In his May 24 Free for All letter, "Slathered with blather," Lewis Gollub asked The Post to replace "WuMo" with a better comic strip. I concur.

The Eucharist (Sacred Host) is the pinnacle of the Catholic faith. Catholics believe they are truly receiving Jesus: body, blood, soul and divinity. Communion is part of the worship service at other Christian churches, too. It is never okay to make fun of someone's faith. The May 19 "WuMo" was very hurtful to Catholics and other Christians, especially during this joyous time of a new pope.



Smithsonian Mag on Peanuts

How the Beloved 'Peanuts' Found Its Way to Define the Modern Comic Strip

Chris Carra

This article is a selection from the July/August 2025 issue of Smithsonian magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/beloved-peanuts-found-way-define-modern-comic-strip-180986809/